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Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_

BREAKING: A just-disclosed Aug. 4, 2022, FBI email reveals two DOJ officials involved in the Russiagate hoax--George Toscas and Jay Bratt--were pushing the Mar-a-Lago raid hard despite FBI WFO objections: "We heard Mr. Toscas say yesterday in the call that 'he frankly doesn't give a damn about the optics' [of raiding a former president's home] and Mr. Bratt already has built an antagonistic relationship with FPOTUS's attorney Mr. Corcoran just prior to the execution of the warrant," guaranteeing the raid "will not go well."

Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_


BREAKING: Newly released July 13, 2022, email b/t FBI field agents reveals they didnt think probable cause existed to search Mar-a-Lago but were "rebuffed" by Biden DOJ: "WFO does not believe we have established probable cause for the search warrant at Mar a Lago. DOJ has opined they do, requesting a wide scope including residence, office, storage space." Judicial Watch obtained the email thru FOIA.


Fabulous!

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Gunther Eagleman
@GuntherEagleman

BOOM! Kayleigh just dropped TRUTH:

There are over 500 firms in China helping CCP members come here to give birth in the US, all thanks to Obama’s 2009 loopholes.

That could mean 1 million new “anchor baby” voters by 2030.

Justice Alito wasn't having it.

Leading Report
@LeadingReport

BREAKING: Justice Sam Alito explains that unlimited birthright citizenship means a Chinese, Iranian or Russian foreigner can have a child in America, and that US citizen owes military allegiance to a foreign adversary.

Justice DEI wanted to prove that it's no big deal if millions of Fake American Citizens actually owe their primary allegiance to a hostile foreign country, so she embarrassed herself again. She claimed that if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan so what does it matter if we have 10 million Chinese anchor babies planted here by the CCP? We all owe our allegiance to some other country sometimes, baby.


Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS


The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most... She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It... if you have any questions... let's talk about Senator, now Secretary Mullin... or please pull the resumes of some of the other justices before entering this chat... actually just don't, it's not a debate, these are FACTS (alternative facts = LIES).


Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze

I think we're long over "Don't listen to her words, just pay attention to her skin color."

You of all people should have just learned that lesson in Texas.

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@christopherrufo

4h

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple senior HHS officials estimate that, under Gavin Newsom, California's state Medicaid program has lost 25 percent of its budget to fraud. This would mean it is currently losing $50 billion a year to scammers, fraudsters, and organized crime rings.

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Brandon Straka #WalkAway
@BrandonStraka

JD VANCE: "ICE arrested an illegal immigrant from Mauritania who's voted in 7 federal elections since 2008!"

"Even if you take the Democrats at their word, even if illegal aliens voting is very rare, then why don't we ban it anyway?"

Video here.

The internet did something it was supposed to do but never does: It actually brought together different people in a positive way.


Andrew Branca Show
@TheBrancaShow

1/6 Something remarkable just happened on X -- and almost nobody in legacy media noticed. A tweet about Japanese BBQ went viral in the US. What came next was completely unexpected. 🧵


2/6 X quietly launched automatic Japanese-to-English translation on posts.

The result? American and Japanese users started reading each other -- many for the first time.

And they immediately discovered something: they like the same things.
Andrew Branca Show

3/6 It started with meat.

It always does.


Japanese users were posting about wagyu, yakiniku, and grilling culture. Americans responded with their own BBQ passion. The two audiences went absolutely wild for each other.

A shared love of quality meat kicked off an international friendship movement in real time.

4/6 But it didn't stop at meat.

As the conversation deepened, both groups realized the connection ran much further.

Shared pride in their cultures.

Shared values around family, work, and national identity.

A shared worldview that the globalist left has spent decades trying to erase.

16h
5/6 This is what happens when the language barrier falls and ordinary people actually talk to each other -- without journalists, NGOs, or government officials in the way.

Japanese and Americans aren't supposed to like each other this much. The globalists need them divided.

Thanks to @Zakn.


Because Jonah Goldberg does not read actually-conservative media and never did, he is completely unaware that in fact there is a major and brutal pushback against the Nazis and fake conservatives who push socialism and Russian Imperialism. So no, it's not the same as Democrat senate candidates campaigning with Hasan "Let's face it, America deserved 9/11" Piker, an outright cheerleader for anti-American terrorist attacks. The left continues hugging its antifa and Islamic terrorists closer.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:48 PM




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1 Something happening in space today ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (eANu3)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (LdBR/)

3 There are over 500 firms in China helping CCP members come here to give birth in the US

How many *US* firms are doing the same thing, for *any* immivaders?

Posted by: just one more question at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (ULPxl)

4 Jonah is doubling up on the stupidium

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (bXbFr)

5 Jonah gets fatter and sadder every day.

Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (YwEeS)

6 We already knew he was gay for Iran, what difference does it make?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (nDXEV)

7 Integrity is reporting a momentary ooopsie of some type. MC is looking at it.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)

8 Willowed on the previous thread :

261 234
I was in the army at the time, Signal Corp. I recorded the landing and the first walk on the moon on 2" video tape on an Ampex VR-1000 video tape recorder at the TV Division at Fort Gordon, GA. Any TV broadcast old guys will remember those Ampex machines. Yeah, I'm over 29.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5xuJ/)

I was in the Air Force a few years after that, and we had VR-1200s. The VR-1200 was all solid state, I think the VR-1000 and VR-1100 had tubes. Did you go to school at Fort Monmouth?

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (X5Jzz)

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:55 PM (X5Jzz)

9 Watching a successful rocket launch never gets old. Especially a manned launch. That gigantic f'in thing was haulin' ass after 7 seconds.

/bunk

Posted by: 13times at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (JB8gf)

10 3/6 It started with meat.

It always does.
---
Indeed.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (Fi81e)

11 Jonah is long overdue to have a stroke and collapse on the floor of the local Taco Bell where he lives

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (REq0p)

12 Doesn't seem like an issue whatever it was. Some update on time when somesuch doohickey handover should occur.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (3uBP9)

13

Yay, NASA can still launch rockets! I want our govt to do the right thing, and do it well. Shame about the DEI grifting....

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (g6TN6)

14 Any way we can switch out the chinese babies for some jap babies?

Hell, even some Vietnamese would be better.

Posted by: Moo Goo Gai Pan at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (AknkO)

15
ICPS is firing, seems good. This is the perigee raise maneuver that gets in actual LEO, raising perigee out of the atmosphere.

They'll dick around a bit there, then do a big apogee raise burn, putting Orion in a very high elliptical earth orbit with a period of about 24 hours.

They'll then check systems out for a day, then the SM will do the final TLI push to the Moon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (w6EFb)

16 This is why I voted for President Trump.

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (LHPAg)

17 The issue was a temp reading on the line message and they are fixing the issue by,... suppressing the message. ENGINEERING!!

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (3uBP9)

18 I feel bad for ace that it was such a slow News day.
At least it's over now.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (Sco7b)

19 >>> if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

That is retarded.

Non-citizens are not subject to the draft nor charges of treason. Espionage maybe...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)

20 Hes approaching mr creosote dumensions

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (bXbFr)

21

"Definitely Earned It" la-fucking-mao

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 07:00 PM (g6TN6)

22 That was the coolest thing I’ve seen in a very long time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (A5RD0)

23 >>> Justice Sam Alito explains that unlimited birthright citizenship means a Chinese, Iranian or Russian foreigner can have a child in America, and that US citizen owes military allegiance to a foreign adversary.

It also means those same people are subject to being drafted into the US military w/o ever setting foot into the USA.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (/lPRQ)

24 Mr. Toscas in in prison now, right?

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

25 Godspeed, Artemis II.

Posted by: PabloD at April 01, 2026 07:01 PM (8sD0/)

26 Were any of these facts about the 500 CCP firms doing baby business in America for nefarious purposes argued before the SCOTUS during the hearings today?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (qBdHI)

27 One thing I like better about the NASA coverage of this launch vs SpaceX is that there weren't a bunch of 20-something dweebs squealing and clapping in the background every time some little thing happened during the launch. Although about ten minutes in they switched to a couple of chicks who sounded like they were on helium, at which point I closed that window.

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (X5Jzz)

28
SOunds like there was some clock synchronization problem between two different clocks that MC saw. It looked good on the spacecraft, Wiseman said, so it's some problem on the ground.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)

29 >>14 Any way we can switch out the chinese babies for some jap babies?

Hell, even some Vietnamese would be better.
Posted by: Moo Goo Gai Pan at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (AknkO)

Charlie don't surf.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (nDXEV)

30 I hope they all have an unbelievably boring mission.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (3uBP9)

31
She continues to flex her brilliance

Flex for me, baby!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (Cqx++)

32 in they switched to a couple of chicks who sounded like they were on helium, at which point I closed that window.

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

Same, i get enough of this at my job

Ill be nice though, I do hope the female astronaut is making nice sammiches right about now for the other astronauts for their road trip

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (REq0p)

33 >>> SOunds like there was some clock synchronization problem between two different clocks that MC saw. It looked good on the spacecraft, Wiseman said, so it's some problem on the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)


Time Lords. It's always Time Lords.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (3uBP9)

34 But to pretend or even imply this is just a problem with one of our parties is crazy, stupid, ideologically dangerous jackassery.

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The Democrats are just as sane as you and I!
- Mr. Bryon Noem

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (ndZc7)

35
NASA' graphic is showing the ICPS engine burning. It's not. The perigee raise burn hasn't happened yet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:05 PM (w6EFb)

36 >>Ill be nice though, I do hope the female astronaut is making nice sammiches right about now for the other astronauts for their road trip

Maybe she'll provide some Tang. To drink, of course.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (nDXEV)

37 An upside to the lone dissent on the speech decision just released -- KJB is so off the wall, so stupid, and so embarrassing that she might have a *positive* effect of making other justices move away from her arguments and positions because "if KJB thinks this way, it must be stupid."

I kind of Supreme Court Jim Cramer.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (Fg7bI)

38 ICPS is firing, seems good. This is the perigee raise maneuver that gets in actual LEO, raising perigee out of the atmosphere.

They'll dick around a bit there, then do a big apogee raise burn, putting Orion in a very high elliptical earth orbit with a period of about 24 hours.

They'll then check systems out for a day, then the SM will do the final TLI push to the Moon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (w6EFb)

There is an old program - Kerbal Space Program - that lets you design build and launch rockets with little critters in them and simulate these orbital maneuvers.

There is a replacement under development that uses kittens as the critters - Kitten Space Agency I think it is.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

39 I'm enjoying the Japanese Xitter. I think I started seeing some Swedish posts, too. It's as if a wall has come down, and everyone is running toward each other with hugs and gifts.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 01, 2026 07:08 PM (zYpTz)

40 Watching the Artemis cam, almost 1000 miles away from earth already

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:08 PM (REq0p)

41 Oldcat: KSP2 turned out to be a massive grift. The original devs I think moved to the Kitten one.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:08 PM (gKWVE)

42 "Non-citizens are not subject to the draft"

Au contraire, permanent residents have to register for the draft.

Posted by: Harun at April 01, 2026 07:09 PM (IuIym)

43 3/6 It started with meat.

It always does.
---
Indeed.
Posted by: The Paolo at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (Fi81e)

Vegans are too hungry to enjoy anything

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:09 PM (8avO+)

44
Note that the SLS-Orion is no Apollo-Saturn V. SLS/Orion does not have the delta-v fuel margin to put Orion in low lunar orbit and get back out.

This is why it's just a free-return flyby. The ICPS doesn't have the energy, and the final TLI has to be done by Orion itself.

Why you ask? Read up on the history of the boondoggle known as SLS.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb)

45 It's good that the roggets worked, but those are going to be replaced with the Superheavy booster.
Zimmerman is saying the real test will be with the life support system. SpaceX hasn't designed anything like this (the Dragon is just a shuttle to LEO).
Zimmerman is least hopeful for the return. The heat shields failed in 2022. NASA's response was "yolo" to that. The new trajectory is supposed to put less pressure on the shields.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (gKWVE)

46 One thing I like better about the NASA coverage of this launch vs SpaceX is that there weren't a bunch of 20-something dweebs squealing and clapping in the background every time some little thing happened during the launch. Although about ten minutes in they switched to a couple of chicks who sounded like they were on helium, at which point I closed that window.
Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (X5Jzz)

I believe you’re thinking of a Blue Origin launch. I was embarrassed for them. Cheering was contrived, excessive, and obnoxious.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (NZIuw)

47 One alleged controversial element of SCROTUS eliminating 'birthright citizenship' - "But, but, but what about all those anchor babies losing their citizenship?"

Happens en masse several times before.
When Philippines was cut lose from being a Territory they had a deadline to get ass into what would in the future be the US proper by a deadline or they would lose citizenship. If Puerto Rico goes independent, the same. When certain island nations of the Pacific Trust Territory went independent, same.

Nothing remarkable about it other than some people freaking out about "It cannot happen"

It happens and has happened to tens of millions in the past WRT US citizenship.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (/lPRQ)

48 And it also got revealed that Americans and Japanese dislike immigrants who refuse to assimilate. No wonder the globalists are pissed off.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (+NIRm)

49 Brandon Straka #WalkAway @BrandonStraka

JD VANCE: "ICE arrested an illegal immigrant from Mauritania who's voted in 7 federal elections since 2008!"

"Even if you take the Democrats at their word, even if illegal aliens voting is very rare, then why don't we ban it anyway?"
===========

if we used the Democrats "It's so rare why worry about it?" thinking, since bank robberies are rare these days, why should banks waste money on safes and armed guards? And why spend money for a missile defense system for any parts of the US? No one has ever launched a long-range ballistic missile at us!!!

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (5rh/l)

50 Oldcat - yes, throwing rock. That is air defense if you throw it at anyone else who tried to land you our Moon.

"Hey you kids - get off of my Moon!"

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Fg7bI)

51 19 >>> if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

That is retarded.
____

It will take a lot of retardation to decide that the 14th actually DOES confer birthright citizenship to children born of parents that are subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign country, but I think of at least 5 people who can come up with all sorts of retarded reasoning to make it happen!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Dv3i1)

52 Zimmerman is saying the real test will be with the life support system. SpaceX hasn't designed anything like this (the Dragon is just a shuttle to LEO).

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

As long as nothing was made by Boeing Im not worried

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (REq0p)

53 >> almost 1000 miles away from earth already

They aren't technically in orbit now, in a more ballistic missile like sub-orbital trajector. The orbit is about 15 x 1300 miles. The upcoming ICPS perigee raise burn will raise that to 100 x 1300 miles. Then they'll be in orbit.

Note this is quite elliptical, unlike Apollo's circular parking orbits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (w6EFb)

54 We already knew he was gay for Iran, what difference does it make?
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (nDXEV)


Well, until January they were hanging homos, and now their favorite son is one, so . . .

I am not seeing a lot of forgiveness in the near future to paper over this

I am also suspicious of some serious mindf___ery anti government agitprop going on, and it smells like violets

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (rbvCR)

55 I hope they all have an unbelievably boring mission.
Posted by: banana Dream

They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

56 This person received the no-show contract, and this person was a close friend of an assistant superintendent of Newark Public Schools."

Funds have flown to a "literary consultant," partly using federal dollars, yet 1 year later, "THE WORK NEVER BEGAN"


===
JD Vance should look into this.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (GD0B3)

57 A modest proposal: draft all illegal aliens into the military, into special "hard manual labor" units to build housing and infrastructure. Tens of millions put to use, with court-martials waiting if they attempt to flee. Then watch as their actual countries rise to their defense, asserting -- correctly -- that they were never under our jurisdiction.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (Sy6m/)

58 >>> There is an old program - Kerbal Space Program - that lets you design build and launch rockets with little critters in them and simulate these orbital maneuvers.

There is a replacement under development that uses kittens as the critters - Kitten Space Agency I think it is.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)


Kerbal is old? It came out in '15. I'M 29!!!!

Anyway KS2 is already in early release on steam at least.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)

59 Note that the SLS-Orion is no Apollo-Saturn V. SLS/Orion does not have the delta-v fuel margin to put Orion in low lunar orbit and get back out.

This is why it's just a free-return flyby. The ICPS doesn't have the energy, and the final TLI has to be done by Orion itself.

Why you ask? Read up on the history of the boondoggle known as SLS.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:10 PM (w6EFb)

Even with the Saturn V that rocket could not lift everything far, -- the second stage had to fire to get the package all the way up. The third stage got it a bit farther but the rest of the transfer was done by the small command module the rest of the way.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (8avO+)

60 They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


The claim is that zero gravity and zero privacy means zero boners (or ladyboners).

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (gKWVE)

61 How do Americans know they are talking to Japanese people and not some chatbot? And vice versa?

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (vFG9F)

62 "Non-citizens are not subject to the draft"

Au contraire, permanent residents have to register for the draft.
Posted by: Harun


Some people do not do context.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (/lPRQ)

63 39 I'm enjoying the Japanese Xitter. I think I started seeing some Swedish posts, too. It's as if a wall has come down, and everyone is running toward each other with hugs and gifts.
______

This is awful news! We simply cannot let this happen, shut down X now!
-Most World 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (Dv3i1)

64 if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

Actually, from recent videos, foreigners who screw up can be ejected by force, with comments like "you are lucky we have a plane"

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

65 Revolver News - Austria President says " A day will come when all women should wear a hijab"

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

66 Note this is quite elliptical, unlike Apollo's circular parking orbits.

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

I wonder what the flat earthers are thinking right now...

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (REq0p)

67 Is Pres Trump gonna give a speech or did I miss it?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (eZ5tL)

68 if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

That is retarded.

-
Say what you will about Justice Jackson, her wallet stealing analogy makes a lot of sense. I mean, look at the Somalis in Minnesota.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (ndZc7)

69 The claim is that zero gravity and zero privacy means zero boners (or ladyboners).
____

Paging Zombie Bob Dole, Mr. Zombie Bob Dole to the white courtesy phone!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (Dv3i1)

70 There is an old program - Kerbal Space Program - that lets you design build and launch rockets with little critters in them and simulate these orbital maneuvers.
Posted by: Oldcat


A game from 2015 is old? If you weren't called Oldcat, I'd ask you to remove yourself from my lawn.

The game was the source of some good euphemisms. It didn't coin the phrase, but it popularized "rapid unplanned disassembly" for "exploded."

I also like "lithobraking"--using a planet's surface to slow your spaceship down--for "crashing."

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (VHUov)

71 >> The third stage got it a bit farther but the rest of the transfer was done by the small command module the rest of the way.

The third stage had two burns. First one to complete parking orbit, and then TLI, which did the spacecraft fully on the way to the Moon.

The Apollo SM had to do the lunar orbit insertion burn (and return to earth burn), but the 3rd stage did all the TLI burn.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb)

72 Revolver News - Austria President says " A day will come when all women should wear a hijab"

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Not just the fugly ones?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 07:17 PM (ndZc7)

73 I understand that Artemis 11 has a fully functional toilet.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (+nEug)

74 60 They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

The claim is that zero gravity and zero privacy means zero boners (or ladyboners).
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:14 PM (gKWVE)

Enough about Katy Perry's spaceflight already.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (nDXEV)

75 Is Pres Trump gonna give a speech or did I miss it?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (eZ5tL)

Last I saw it was scheduled for 9:00 tonight.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (NZIuw)

76 > Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS

I thought we were rid of this scrunt.

> She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

"Brilliance" compared to who? You? Well, maybe so.

A retarded cocker spaniel could get away with cheating her in a poker game.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (IG3/x)

77 A day will come when all women should wear a hijab

Guessing the Austrian President, deep down, is contemptuous of women and hopes for revenge against them.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (gKWVE)

78 China is about to explode into violence, starvation and death on a large scale. The rich and well to do have been planning on an exit plan for years, especially for the issue of their loins.

Expect a large wave of chinese American citizens to flood into the country in the next decade escaping their war torn land.

Posted by: Rice Bowl at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (AknkO)

79 Hey Japan, we go the meats!

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (viF8m)

80 I hate it when people stop talking.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 07:19 PM (3uBP9)

81 Oldcat - yes, throwing rock. That is air defense if you throw it at anyone else who tried to land you our Moon.

"Hey you kids - get off of my Moon!"
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 07:12 PM (Fg7bI)

I'd think a cargo mass drive would have a limited ability to move its target and fire in all directions.

I have read an SF story, though, where a work team on the moon tells the AI computer controlling things the position of a ridge blocking the projected path of a new mass driver. The response came back - completion time, 40 minutes.

They park for lunch and are nearly killed when the kinda smart AI fires ore from a mass driver at the ridge, blowing apart the obstacle and nearly killing them. It seemed like a good idea to the AI!

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:19 PM (8avO+)

82 They could create the 100,000 Mile Club and knock boots.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


Private shows streaming on OrbitFans today!

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 07:19 PM (VHUov)

83 53 >> almost 1000 miles away from earth already

They aren't technically in orbit now, in a more ballistic missile like sub-orbital trajector. The orbit is about 15 x 1300 miles. The upcoming ICPS perigee raise burn will raise that to 100 x 1300 miles. Then they'll be in orbit.

Note this is quite elliptical, unlike Apollo's circular parking orbits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:13 PM (w6EFb)


I beg to differ. Orion is in an Earth orbit. Problem is, the perigee is below ground. CRUNCH!

Sorry, publius, I couldn't resist using some lame physics trivia.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:20 PM (5rh/l)

84 Thanks Buzz

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 07:20 PM (znREB)

85 Chkna alread have numerous police stations to collect information from their spys and control their citizens

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

86 > Actually, from recent videos, foreigners who screw up can be ejected by force, with comments like "you are lucky we have a plane"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

Allow me to suggest helicopters instead.

Posted by: Generalissimo Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (IG3/x)

87 "I understand that Artemis 11 has a fully functional toilet.
Posted by: Ben Had"

The entire spacecraft was designed around that toilet.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)

88 >> I wonder what the flat earthers are thinking right now...

It's all CGI, they say. All these billions and billions, private companies, ELon, Rooskies, Chicoms, it's all a big fake Satanic conspiracy to hide the truth of the flat earth.

Nothing will convince these loons.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (w6EFb)

89 "does not reflect our values"
Then your values suck. And you suck for promoting them.

Posted by: GWB at April 01, 2026 07:21 PM (tIv/K)

90 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

91 if you're in Japan and subject to Japan's laws, that means you "locally owe your allegiance" to Japan

Actually, from recent videos, foreigners who screw up can be ejected by force, with comments like "you are lucky we have a plane"
Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

A Youtuber who went about annoying the locals on stream live was recently given a long sentence in Korea for various crimes done for the views. Good.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (8avO+)

92 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.


Nope. Experts say your aim would improve over time.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8ty7h)

93 The Japanese twitters I saw were asking about open spaces, and the responses were of yards and trips and tilling up gardens

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (rbvCR)

94 Nothing will convince these loons.

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

Theyre just mad and butt hurt that all the conspiracy theories have been proven lately except for theirs

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (REq0p)

95 > It's all CGI, they say.

Little-known fact: the moon landings were faked by Stanley Kubrick.

However, notorious perfectionist that he was, he insisted that the filming be done on location.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (IG3/x)

96 90 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.
Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)

Wobbly legs?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (VR4+k)

97 I wonder if our astronauts will see the MOON NAZIS

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (n5tGW)

98 A retarded cocker spaniel could get away with cheating her in a poker game.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:18 PM (IG3/x)

Having raised cocker spaniels I have to say "Ouch."
Very smart dogs in some ways, but too often at Golden Retriever levels.

Posted by: GWB at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (tIv/K)

99 >> The third stage got it a bit farther but the rest of the transfer was done by the small command module the rest of the way.

The third stage had two burns. First one to complete parking orbit, and then TLI, which did the spacecraft fully on the way to the Moon.

The Apollo SM had to do the lunar orbit insertion burn (and return to earth burn), but the 3rd stage did all the TLI burn.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:16 PM (w6EFb)

I'd forgotten the exact burn sequence for the stages by now, being pretty young and not following it up after the program ended. Thanks.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (8avO+)

100 "I understand that Artemis 11 has a fully functional toilet.
Posted by: Ben Had"


It has a toilet that was fully functional in ground tests. Soon the astronauts will learn if it also works in zero-gee.

And if they need more toilet paper, they are now SOL!

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (5rh/l)

101
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2026 07:24 PM (tljrc)

102 92 I would miss a toilet after a few days in space too.

Nope. Experts say your aim would improve over time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8ty7h)


KEIN STEHPINKELN!!

Posted by: The German solution to the problem at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (PiwSw)

103 > A Youtuber who went about annoying the locals

The so-called "Johnny Somali".


Worthless shitstain from a worthless country.


He's up for sentencing in South Korea this month.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (IG3/x)

104 >> I beg to differ. Orion is in an Earth orbit. Problem is, the perigee is below ground. CRUNCH!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought these typical orbit number, n x m, were not geocentric, but relative to the surface. So, a 15 x 1300 mile orbits means a low point of 15 miles about the mean surface and apogee of 1300.

It has to be because earth's radius is about 4000 miles. If those numbers were geocentric, the whole thing would be unground. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (w6EFb)

Go For Launch: Artemis II Moon Shot Launch

Supposedly in six minutes. They're in the final checklist. Everything is a go so far.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:18 PM




Comments

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1 Good luck to all.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (q177U)

2 Firsts!

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (vFG9F)

3 futz

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

4 I guess I'm kind of an asshole chauvinist, I don't like all the chicks on the NASA comms.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (q177U)

5 Nasa live stream

Launch clock on hold at 10 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs

Posted by: BifBewalski

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (QVmho)

6 I could have been first but I was launching my rocket.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (vFG9F)

7 Amazing how nobody really seems to care.

Posted by: Erik L at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (xofyr)

8 Launch director performing final verification to come out of the 10 minute hold.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (O7YUW)

9 God speed Artemis.

Posted by: WisRich at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (mMoRd)

10 Go for launch!!!!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (bNf8H)

11 >>>Amazing how nobody really seems to care.
Posted by: Erik L at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (xofyr)

I'm STARTING to care. Getting excited finally.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (q177U)

12 Stop the speeches and light the candle!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (bNf8H)

13 The feed I've been watching is stuck on T -10:00, but it does not say "Hold".

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (vbXSk)

14 nuf speechifyin'. Light this candle.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (w/O5Q)

15 That's no moon.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (JkO4W)

16 This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (nDXEV)

17 Stop talking over the actual NASA personnel you stupid talking head.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (O7YUW)

18 How many G's are they going to pull, morons?

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (q177U)

19 Artemis II will loop around the moon, but not land on it.

Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)

20 Ads on YouTube really suck.

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (T8bqm)

21 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)

22 I'm gonna have to start dinner soon. Poor timing on NASA's part.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)

23 >>How many G's are they going to pull, morons?
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (q177U)
__
I heard 10 on re-entry.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (bNf8H)

24 This magic day when super-science
Mingles with the bright stuff of dreams

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (nDXEV)

That song is some of Peart's best lyrics.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (CNl8/)

25 Ads on YouTube really suck.
Posted by: Accomack


Brave Browser with Ad Block Plus, amigo.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (diia5)

26 Good luck to NASA.

Is it wrong that I expect something horrific to happen?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (zZu0s)

27 This would be the perfect moment for a mystery drone swarm.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (q177U)

28 This launch will only make Iran stronger.

Posted by: The Financial Times Theater Kids at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (1wjle)

29 DEI Apollo 8

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (7cwQo)

30 Rickl would have loved this. </3

Posted by: Oedipus at April 01, 2026 06:23 PM (Z6vKV)

31 Ads on YouTube really suck.
Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (T8bqm)


Assuming you're watching in a browser, switch to Brave and have no more ads.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

32 I'm old enough to remember when everyone would watch a launch. I thought we would be way beyond this by now. My chance of going to a moonbase are zippitydoda at this rate.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)

33 They are doing a "short purge" and then will continue with terminal count. in about a minute I guess. No idea what they are purging, "just wrapping up some final work". yeah, OK.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:24 PM (vbXSk)

34 23 >>How many G's are they going to pull, morons?
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (q177U)

I do not know but probably more E's and F's then G's ...

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (38587)

35 I think Andy Weir's middle novel was called Artemis.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)

36
Go/no-go was Go. Clock hasn't started yet. T-10 is terminal count. Automated system takes over when the start.

They can stop it if they have to, but it's harder to restart, they have to cycle back to T - 10M, I think, and can only do that so many times.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (w6EFb)

37 I remember staying home sick in junior high to watch our first space shuttle launch.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (IlL6s)

38 >>What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
__
Because in Artemis IV we're going to land at the southern equator of the moon - a much more difficult and unforgiving place than the sea of tranquility, with different hardware and an objective to set the stage for a permanent presence, not a "plant flag and footsteps" mission.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (bNf8H)

39
Watch the nasa live stream, no one overtalks their feed. Clock just restarted

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (QVmho)

40 Pretty cool shit to see this in a new generation.

Just remember, 10 days, 600,000 miles relying on equipment provided by the lowest bidder. Godspeed.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (m5cxz)

41 How many G's are they going to pull, morons? >>>>

20, same as in town.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (n5tGW)

42 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)


All new hardware, designed and built by people who - mostly - hadn't been born the last time we landed on the moon, and using a system which has had numerous time and cost overruns.

Plus, historic firsts, man.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (ExV1e)

43 "This is one small step for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming persons and one giant leap for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming person kind."


Rolls off the tongue.one more time...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (Sco7b)

44 Countdown resumed.

Posted by: WisRich at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (mMoRd)

45
Clock has started.

Scroll down here for T- 10 terminal countdown events:

https://is.gd/g3Qi4M

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (w6EFb)

46 I hope that, if something bad has to happen during this flight, it's that all of the rockets fail to ignite. That would keep the crew safe.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (S/Y4j)

47 Wait, Wait! I forgot my hearing aids!

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (LHPAg)

48 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)
---
Have we landed??

Have we??!

Have we??!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (Fi81e)

49 Wants to thanx Presdent Obana foor making this happin.

Thank You and we loves you...

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (dNEfJ)

50
I am praying that I'm grossly incorrect in my assumption that the rocket kills the crew.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (QVmho)

51 >> How many G's are they going to pull, morons?

3 - 4g.

Alan Shepard and the Mercury boys laugh. They pulled 7g during launch, and hit 11g during re-entry. They had the Right Stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (w6EFb)

52 The objective is to put a woman on the moon. Preferably black, possibly lesbian too. Beyond that I don't expect much until the government gets out of it.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (vFG9F)

53 What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (El6/E)

lots of processes developed back then are lost or are incompatible with modern tech. Have to be done over.

Blame the Democrats for aborting the Space Program in the 80s.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (8avO+)

54 19 Artemis II will loop around the moon, but not land on it.

Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)

Because this is step 1 on going to Mars.

This is also the first time in decades that NASA hasn't been virtue signaling instead of exploring space.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (k1E2D)

55 this launch has more time outs than an NBA fourth quarter

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:29 PM (1wjle)

56 I hope that, if something bad has to happen during this flight, it's that all of the rockets fail to ignite. That would keep the crew safe.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (S/Y4j)

Our first space casualties was when the oxygen rich atmosphere in the capsule and a spark incinerated the crew of Apollo 1 on the pad.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:29 PM (8avO+)

57 >>> Ads on YouTube really suck.
Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (T8bqm)


No youtube ads with Brave browser.

Posted by: banana Dream - Look at the plumage! at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

58 Because in Artemis IV we're going to land at the southern equator of the moon - a much more difficult and unforgiving place than the sea of tranquility, with different hardware and an objective to set the stage for a permanent presence, not a "plant flag and footsteps" mission.

And that requires merely orbiting why, exactly?

Plus, historic firsts, man.

This strikes me as the real reason. Get them up there safely and back home, so we can brag about DEI

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (El6/E)

59 I'm on NASA's youtube channel, but I don't see any countdown.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (qBdHI)

60
Listen to the call outs for pressurization, internal power switchover, and ignition sequence start.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (w6EFb)

61 We sit in a pinnacle of rock... and no bird to sing.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (nDXEV)

62 I took do not have much faith in the FrankenRocket.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (/lPRQ)

63 If successful, they will be the farthest from Earth as any other human being. Going to learn something. I love it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (vV6n9)

64 It's like watching dachshund puppies race.

tasty, delicious dachshund puppies

Posted by: The Reptilians at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (w/O5Q)

65 NASA feed is better, not watching the garbage that is CBS

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (REq0p)

66 lots of processes developed back then are lost or are incompatible with modern tech. Have to be done over.

That's like arguing we can't race in NASCAR because we have EFI instead of a carburetor. Better go back to driving around on roads a while first!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (El6/E)

67 >>And that requires merely orbiting why, exactly?
__
Because they want to see if the untested shit works before trying to land.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (bNf8H)

68 Well, this will be interesting....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (AkEZC)

69 CNN reporter to kid at NASA launch site: "Why do you want to be here?"

Kid to CNN reporter: "We're going back to the f*cking moon, that's why!"

http://tiny.cc/rx71101

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (mkw2N)

70 Awesome

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (tcsrY)

71 >>What I cannot figure out is why we are back to orbiting the moon after having successfully landed on it several times already? This is like going back to creeping around the shores of an ocean after discovering America.
__
Because in Artemis IV we're going to land at the southern equator of the moon - a much more difficult and unforgiving place than the sea of tranquility, with different hardware and an objective to set the stage for a permanent presence, not a "plant flag and footsteps" mission.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (bNf8H)

Southern Equator?

We landed at least once in or near a highlands on the first moon shots.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (8avO+)

72
59 I'm on NASA's youtube channel, but I don't see any countdown.

Posted by: Lady in Black

See my post at #5 for that link

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (QVmho)

73 >>>This is also the first time in decades that NASA hasn't been virtue signaling instead of exploring space.

It's been "historic first" non stop

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (7cwQo)

74 Why are we going back?
Something to do about China I heard.

Posted by: Case at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (pvf3X)

75 T-4

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (lHPJf)

76 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (5rh/l)

77
Call out for LES only. If they abort now, they'll have to fire the escape tower (this would be only if the rocket started to explode or something).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (w6EFb)

78 Artemis schmartemis.


NASA SCHMASA.

Posted by: eleven at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (aTgV0)

79 lots of processes developed back then are lost or are incompatible with modern tech. Have to be done over.

That's like arguing we can't race in NASCAR because we have EFI instead of a carburetor. Better go back to driving around on roads a while first!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:31 PM (El6/E)

Orbiting the moon is "driving on roads a while"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (8avO+)

80 Thanks, Bif!

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (qBdHI)

81 Taking me back to the Saturn V days ...

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)

82 This launch must halt now because it will dump filthy Rocket Exhaust in the atmosphere and accelerate.....

"GLOBAL WARMING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (38587)

83 Artemis II will loop around the moon, but not land on it.
Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????
Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)

They have to re-learn all the skills acquired by all those brave men 70 plus years ago. Many honed in war as fighter pilots or otherwise.

Hopefully they will but I have my doubts. Too many variables and DEI politics.

Posted by: The Right Stuff at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (AknkO)

84 i added the nasa feed, thanks

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (1wjle)

85 Orange rocket. Orange president. Coincidence?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (viF8m)

86 >> "OH-ree-on."

Brett Baier did that yesterday. I was disappoint.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (w6EFb)

87 Effing ads

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (tcsrY)

88 No kings!!

....

Well, it felt relevant....

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (Fi81e)

89 "less than two minutes"

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (1wjle)

90 35 I think Andy Weir's middle novel was called Artemis.
Posted by: Axeman


It's the one that people haven't read. Well, that people called "gKWVE" haven't read...
I understand it's a different formula than "The Martian". "Hail Mary" (which I did read) is a return to that "Martian" form, of one guy alone making quips.
"Artemis" is about a woman who is on the Moon for the tourist industry.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (gKWVE)

91 Am I the only one surprised ace did not follow up the pinball ref with something like 'We are about to schlong the sky.' Or something.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (zZu0s)

92
Gimbal test -- I always love that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (w6EFb)

93 Orbiting the moon is "driving on roads a while"

...which was my entire point.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (El6/E)

94 "one of them built from shuttle parts" ...oh great, they are being thrifty, using used parts.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vbXSk)

95 Why are we doing something we accomplished in the 1960's many times before ????

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Good lord! This doesn't mean disco is coming back, does it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (ndZc7)

96 https://www.rocketlaunch.live/

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (5xuJ/)

97 Streaming Tousi on uTube

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (/Chlc)

98 Heh, Three leftover used shuttle engines and one built from spare parts...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (/lPRQ)

99 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (5rh/l)


Reeding iz hard

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (lHPJf)

100 The CBC has no talking heads
Sweet.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (Sco7b)

101 One minute

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (FOlVe)

102 Awesome shots testing the hydraulics on the nozzles

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (IlL6s)

103 Judge Boassaberg just ruled that Donald Trump's Artemis rocket may not launch.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vFG9F)

104

Gimbal test -- I always love that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Totally cool looking.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (QVmho)

105 74 Why are we going back?

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Gene Cernan thinks he left his phone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (JkO4W)

106 And so the countdown begins.

Posted by: guy who always thinks the countown is beginning at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (1wjle)

107
1 minute, here we go.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (w6EFb)

108 1 minute!

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (q177U)

109 here we go!

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (REq0p)

110 "one of them built from shuttle parts" ...oh great, they are being thrifty, using used parts.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vbXSk)

'Pre-owned.'

Like a new girlfriend.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (zZu0s)

111 We don't need no steenkin adblock plus with Brave.

Posted by: eleven at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (aTgV0)

112 Here we go

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (A5RD0)

113 Am I the only one surprised ace did not follow up the pinball ref with something like 'We are about to schlong the sky.' Or something.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:33 PM (zZu0s)
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It would just reference Kurt Vonnegut's "The Space Fuck" short story.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:35 PM (Fi81e)

114 Nice camera work, NASA.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (bNf8H)

115 We're blowing our load!

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (q177U)

116 Wheee

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (tcsrY)

117 those rockets sound like me after Chinese, if you know what I mean

Posted by: Your Uncle Dale at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (1wjle)

118 We're blowing our load!
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (q177U)

116 Wheee
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (tcsrY)

Fuck. I love this place.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (zZu0s)

119 Wheee!

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (lHPJf)

120 Past MaxQ.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:37 PM (IG3/x)

121 NASA can learn alot from SpaceX regarding broadcasts. I like to see the altitude, speed, Gs, etc. at the bottom of the screen.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 01, 2026 06:37 PM (bNf8H)

122 Good booster separation

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:37 PM (QVmho)

123 Gary 7 has been thwarted.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Sco7b)

124 Butterflies in my stomach. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (lJ0H4)

125 i always think "performance nominal" means something's wrong

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (1wjle)

126 those rockets sound like me after Chinese, if you know what I mean
Posted by: Your Uncle Dale at April 01, 2026 06:36 PM (1wjle)
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Why are you after the Chinese?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)

127 How fast is it going??

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Oy/m2)

128 I'd like them to have a clue what to put the camera on. The audience watching the launch is NOT what I want to see.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (O7YUW)

129

They're going to try a live camera feed from the spacecraft. Note I said try. This won't be SpaceX quality.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (w6EFb)

130
those rockets sound like me after Chinese, if you know what I mean
Posted by: Your Uncle Dale
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Why are you after the Chinese?
Posted by: Axeman

No yellow!
-Hunter

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (QVmho)

131 Y'all tell me if they make it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (4NO2D)

132 So exciting!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (A5RD0)

133 You know, having a woman scream 'WHEEE' at just the right moment would be kind of awesome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (zZu0s)

134 Gary 7 has been thwarted.

Does that mean we get Teri Garr back?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (+9wcF)

135 Someone at Fox News cannot make up their mind about the camera choices.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (lHPJf)

136 sweating out here

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (diia5)

137 I once worked as a painter on new houses. One day the GC (generall contractor) kept going to the window, opening it, and yelling "Green side up boys, green side up."

He did this every 10 or 15 minutes, and then would go back to the jobs he was working on - cabinet installation, the boiler, etc.

Finally I asked him what the hell he was doing -- he said " I got the first female / black / gay / canadian crew outside installing sod."

I imagine there is another channel not made public today with some Mission Commander saying "Remember guys, don't touch anything."

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Fg7bI)

138 Pretty gripping stuff

Posted by: turambar at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Q0yOR)

139 Rockets' red glare!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (ndZc7)

140 I hope they remembered to bring a ballpoint pen.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (vFG9F)

141 5,000 mph.......so this thing is a lot slower than the space shuttle speeds after launch?

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (IlL6s)

142 Go for throttle up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (4NO2D)

143 Anyone else hearing Apollo 13 music?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (zZu0s)

144 This is so cool

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (REq0p)

145
How fast is it going??
Posted by: dantesed

2600mph was the last I heard. Probably faster by now, though.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (QVmho)

146 134 Gary 7 has been thwarted.

Does that mean we get Teri Garr back?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (+9wcF)

Have her shaved, washed and sent to my room.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Sco7b)

147 I haven't been paying attention - will we fet to the Moon faster than back in the Apollo days?

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (tcsrY)

148 I was singing the theme song for Enterprise, Faith of the Heart

No I am not teh ghey

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (REq0p)

149 Did he just say we're aiming at the moonrise? Poor moon...

Posted by: turambar at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Q0yOR)

150 How fast is it going??
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Oy/m2)

orbital velocity is about 17000 miles per hour.

velocity to get to lunar orbit is more than that so will require additional burns.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (8avO+)

151 7000 miles per hour.....

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (REq0p)

152 All that terrible chemtrail! Hope you have your vinegar spray bottles ready.

Posted by: mindful webworker - spaced at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (KNEaK)

153 Another theory why its an orbit instead of a landing by comedian Dana Gould: the moon sucks

https://youtu.be/aN5NdE-aBVw

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (El6/E)

154 NASA can learn alot from SpaceX regarding broadcasts. I like to see the altitude, speed, Gs, etc. at the bottom of the screen.
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Are those boosters going to land somewhere?

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (vSvIl)

155 We've all been in jets and fast cars. You get a real impression of SPEED. These folks are going 5,000 mph. Even without air resistance, that must feel wild.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (vV6n9)

156 Ten thousand MPH!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (5xuJ/)

157 They are just going to do a lap around the moon, not landing on it?

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

158 is this rocket carrying "astronauts" or actor-nauts? I hate fake moon launches, actually.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (1wjle)

159 One meellion miles per hour.

Posted by: eleven at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (aTgV0)

160 10,000mph

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (IlL6s)

161 I haven't been paying attention - will we fet to the Moon faster than back in the Apollo days?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (tcsrY)

we are popping past a bit farther so will be a tad faster, but the speeds needed are the same each time.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (8avO+)

162 10,000 mph, apparently.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (vV6n9)

163 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)

164 I have a lot of typical distrust of nasa but damn, that rocket was beautiful!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (2WIwB)

165 That was very cool.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (qBdHI)

166 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

167 Go space man... go.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (AkEZC)

168 >> Are those boosters going to land somewhere?

Yes, in the ocean, but they are completely expendable and won't be recovered unlike with the Shuttle. They will sink to the bottom.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (w6EFb)

169 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)
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Are we there, yet?

Posted by: Gen Z Mindset at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (rj6Yv)

170 More than 15,000 MPH at this point.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (5xuJ/)

171 media did a full blackout on this, because you know, trump

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (REq0p)

172 15,000 mph now!

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (vV6n9)

173 Hopefully there won't be a solar storm. They could end up on Gilligan's planet.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)

174 I wonder how Nasa's going to hide all the bases on the far side of the moon?

The aliens probably have it figured out.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:43 PM (Sco7b)

175
MECO is good

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (QVmho)

176 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

What would it take to support and maintain something like that?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)

177 Man's quest for the stars begins with the present moment, and that moment is now.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (1wjle)

178 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)
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Space miles.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

179 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

but think of the E-bay income by chopping them up and selling them.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (8avO+)

180 They are just going to do a lap around the moon, not landing on it?
Posted by: Skip

A lap around and show us the dark side that Pink Floyd was always yammering about....seeing if it is up to the hype.

Posted by: Cheri at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (oiNtH)

181 Program has already been canceled.
They are just burning up leftover fireworks and money.

On the bright side - they'll get some data out of it still.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (/lPRQ)

182 I could give a shit about going to space. As soon as I returned to earth if I had an opportunity to get a ride on that rocket all I could do is talk shit about how fast I just went.

15,000 mph oh hell yes!!!

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (IlL6s)

183 Main sustainer separation is good

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (QVmho)

184
Fox news coverage the worst I've ever seen and I go back to Alan Shepard's first flight.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (Y8DZL)

185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

186 To the moon Alice

To the moon

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (nGraA)

187
Core stage separation. We got a brief little video burst from a camera on top of the stage looking at the second stage pulling away.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (w6EFb)

188 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)
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You talking about a Space Elevator? *fistbump*

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (Fi81e)

189 180 A lap around and show us the dark side that Pink Floyd was always yammering about....seeing if it is up to the hype.

hope they remember to bring a bright spotlight

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (oY6Yp)

190 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref


What? You should always recycle! Even if it costs more! And pollutes more!

Posted by: the Green lobby at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (VHUov)

191 These camera operators keep missing critical moments where the audience would naturally want to be looking, like the separation from the actual moment of separation.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (O7YUW)

192 Apparently the name given to this Orion spacecraft is Integrity. Meh. No wonder NASA PAO didn't advertize it much if any pre-flight.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (5rh/l)

193
Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref


Same as with most recycling.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (Cqx++)

194 A rocket is like an electric school bus that takes you to a school on the moon.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (1wjle)

195 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)
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Star Trek is soooo much better.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (RIvkX)

196 >>>What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)

20 dollars, same as in town.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (q177U)

197 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

We have some data on long-term low-gravity impact on humanity, but need a lot more before attempting a colony. Honestly I think a high orbit station for testing ideas, then going to mine the asteroid belt makes a lot more sense than a lunar base. Saying its so far away doesn't really matter, distance becomes kind of relative at a certain point.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (El6/E)

198 I was watching on YuuuTube and had to turn off the chat when some nob was worried about all of the birds that were going to be killed by the launch and prayed that they all got out of the way quickly.

Posted by: Cheri at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (oiNtH)

199 To the platinum credentialed Expert, such a decisive military success being presided over by consensus idiot Donald Trump is completely inconceivable; so they will carry on strutting mindlessly, like a chicken which has been relieved of its head.
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Why do people refuse to get that IT IS NOT THIS.

They don't think Trump is stupid. He hornswaggled them three times and they know. They threw the world and a pandemic at him and convicted him and tried to kill him and he's still there. You think they don't know what he is yet???

The Left is wrong or lying about everything. It's all they do. It's all they ever do. It has fuck all to do with fucking TRUMP!!!

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (vE0+H)

200
Funs over. Time to feed the cat, get a beer, and chill.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (QVmho)

201 In orbit. Now the hard part, how are they going to get that thing to the moon? swim?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (D7v4F)

202
They made orbit. Now, they're going to do an "apogee raise" some time that will place the spacecraft in a very high elliptical orbit.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (w6EFb)

203 > 185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

I remember it well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (IG3/x)

204 Orion Integrity Kick

Posted by: banana Dream - The guys get shirts at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (3uBP9)

205 media did a full blackout on this, because you know, trump
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger


Trump has a scheduled speech tonight.
Although this launch was not on the agenda I am sure it is planned whether good or bad.

For the previous moon shots the then current El Presente had two speeches planned, one each for success or failure.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (/lPRQ)

206 their altitude is 100 miles above earth, ho lee fuk

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (REq0p)
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Space miles.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

Smiles

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (vSvIl)

207 Down to Earth.

Kristi Noem Asks Husband If There's Anything He Needs To Get Off His Chest

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (ndZc7)

208 176 I occurred to me the other day that before we start colonizing the Moon, we should see what it takes to have a manned orbital platform that's beyond low earth orbit, but not quite as far as the Moon. Maybe geostationary orbit.

what we *need* to do is go to titan and get the oil.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (oY6Yp)

209 I question the telemetary. It's staged. The jews are behind this, or Egypt.

Posted by: Candice Owens at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (bNf8H)

210 >>>What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ESVrU)

20 dollars, same as in town.
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:45 PM (q177U)

Less than a 20-something blonde with big tits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (zZu0s)

211 I hope we can colonize the moon soon if it means getting the F away from all these human asshos here

get off my lunar lawn

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (REq0p)

212 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I was. Watched the moon landing with a friend at the Ohio State student union. It was a packed house.

Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

213 185 I remember it well. Propped up on the floor with fluffy pillows and watching black and white TV with family.

Posted by: turambar at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Q0yOR)

214 Are they playing Space Trucking by Deep Purple yet?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Oy/m2)

215 Time to feed the cat beer.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (nDXEV)

216 Not sure if this mission helps Muslims feel better about themselves (as Obammy reportedly ordered), but hopefully they succeed in reaching the moon with no DEI catastrophes.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (vbXSk)

217 Are they there yet ??

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (GD0B3)

218 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

Geostationary orbit might have too much crap there now.

A middle orbit would require more fuel to hoist everything up each launch. The ideal would be to work to having the moon to earth orbit craft stay up there to avoid the huge cost of lifting them up each trip.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

219 >Hopefully there won't be a solar storm. They could end up on Gilligan's planet.
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no no no
if they are hit by a solar storm, they become The Fantastic Four

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (ZxPkt)

220 185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM

I missed the launch. Too young to enjoy the landing.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Sco7b)

221 So this thing accelerated like a large Chevy Suburban with a small block. The space shuttle accelerated like a Corvette.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (IlL6s)

222 What would it take to support and maintain something like that?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

A really big pedestal.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (/lPRQ)

223 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I was. Watched the moon landing with a friend at the Ohio State student union. It was a packed house.
Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (lJ0H4)

I was.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (8avO+)

224 Does anyone's knows if any of the astronuts are Gay or Transgindoor ???

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (dNEfJ)

225 I watched the Alan Shepherd launch in 1961. My Dad worked on Werner von Braun's team at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (rj6Yv)

226 53 years is too long to hear "All systems are go for launch" again! G-d, I never get tired of it. Some day hope to catch a launch, for which I'd endure Florida heat and humidity. Gives me shivers down my spine. May the Almighty hold the Artemis crew safe and see them through their mission, amen!

Posted by: tankascribe at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (NtoJk)

227 I love NASA-speak
"The Captain has confirmed visual confirmation of the destination.

Posted by: Ronsonic at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (tof4A)

228 Fox news coverage the worst I've ever seen and I go back to Alan Shepard's first flight.
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Are they showing anything other than the NASA youtube channel is?

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:48 PM (vSvIl)

229 Sue Storm, Reed Richards, The Thing, and Flame Boy

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (ZxPkt)

230 218 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:42 PM (5rh/l)

Geostationary orbit might have too much crap there now.

A middle orbit would require more fuel to hoist everything up each launch. The ideal would be to work to having the moon to earth orbit craft stay up there to avoid the huge cost of lifting them up each trip.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (8avO+)

I should have said this - the boosters will splash-down in the Atlantic.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5rh/l)

231 Break out the moon camo tarp

Posted by: Dark side aliens at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (1LgBj)

232 I saw Armstrong step on the Moon, but honestly, I was struggling to make anything out of the staticky picture on our B&W TV.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (4NO2D)

233 175 MECO is good

geico > meco

Posted by: the cave man at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (oY6Yp)

234 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

I remember it well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (IG3/x)

I was in the army at the time, Signal Corp. I recorded the landing and the first walk on the moon on 2" video tape on an Ampex VR-1000 video tape recorder at the TV Division at Fort Gordon, GA. Any TV broadcast old guys will remember those Ampex machines. Yeah, I'm over 29.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5xuJ/)

235 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I was - a mere tot but still remember it.

Posted by: Cheri at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (oiNtH)

236 Question -
Musk keeps talking about a mass driver on the Moon.

What is the difference between a mass driver and air defense?

Does the Moon belong to the first person to install that capability?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Fg7bI)

237 >>> 185 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (dIske)

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I was just discussing this with my older brother. He remembers, but I was only 17 months. I think I recall 17 on the tv.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (CyFyf)

238 I really noticed how much power they needed in getting this baby in orbit. That was one big candle.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (n5tGW)

239 I am looking forward to the news tomorrow with all the experts questioning why they aren't there yet?

Sabotage?
Trump failed to plan?
Spatial cooling?

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

240 That gigantic f'ing thing was hauling ass after 8 seconds.

This never gets old.

Posted by: 13times at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (JB8gf)

241 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (A5RD0)

242 Rockets' red glare!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:39 PM (ndZc7)

I'm dead ya know.

Posted by: Zombie Rockets Redglare at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (AknkO)

243 I question the telemetary. It's staged. The jews are behind this, or Egypt.
Posted by: Candice Owens


Fact Check - Jews and NAZIs are behind it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)

244 232 I saw Armstrong step on the Moon, but honestly, I was struggling to make anything out of the staticky picture on our B&W TV.

i was in yerp and we didn't have a tv. i remember dad taking us over to the neighbors so we could watch apollo 8 splash down, but don't remember anything about 11.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (oY6Yp)

245 We have some data on long-term low-gravity impact on humanity, but need a lot more before attempting a colony. Honestly I think a high orbit station for testing ideas, then going to mine the asteroid belt makes a lot more sense than a lunar base. Saying its so far away doesn't really matter, distance becomes kind of relative at a certain point.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (El6/E)

When Starship comes fully online, costs to orbit will drop to $100/kg. You can then do anything you want - mars, the moon, a space station, asteroids, whatever. Everything becomes possible. A single launch of starship carries half the weight of the entire ISS as cargo. It will be equal to 21 shuttle slights, at a fraction of the cost.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (D7v4F)

246 The Left is wrong or lying about everything. It's all they do. It's all they ever do. It has fuck all to do with fucking TRUMP!!!
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (vE0+H)

The consistent failure to see where his strategy is going shows that they do buy into their own lies to a good extent.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (8avO+)

247 you just know a lot of lefties were rooting for disaster.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (n5tGW)

248 NASA getting very female centric.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (q177U)

249 Fact Check - Jews and NAZIs are behind it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)

Little Jewish rocket with a sawed off nose cone hustling along starboard with a little camera....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (VR4+k)

250 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (LdBR/)

251 That launch was pretty cool. Being a dinosaur, I was fortunate enough to witness and follow the entire Apollo era, from the initial disaster through Apollo 17. I still find travel to the moon fascinating and thrilling.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (ceJ0R)

252 Are they playing Space Trucking by Deep Purple yet?
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (Oy/m2)

Space Cowboy by Steve Miller Band?

Rocketman by Elton John?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (S/Y4j)

253 240 That gigantic f'ing thing was hauling ass after 8 seconds.

This never gets old.


one of the fun things about the opening to the old buck rogers tv show was watching the shuttle crawl into the sky like a saturn five; back before we knew the shuttle leaped.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 06:51 PM (oY6Yp)

254 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?

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I was 6 and my dad got me up from bed to stand in front of our old Zenith TV. He said it was important and I needed to see it. I didn't understand at the time, but was always grateful he did that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (qBdHI)

255 Commander Koenig had a problem with this, and he said so too.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (nDXEV)

256 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Space is really big?

Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (lJ0H4)

257 157 They are just going to do a lap around the moon, not landing on it?
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

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Yes, a lot like Aollo 10 did back in 1969 as a rehearsal for the actual moon landing in Apollo 11.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (20pGq)

258 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (A5RD0)

space is big and many things left up there decay and fall onto earth.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)

259 221 So this thing accelerated like a large Chevy Suburban with a small block. The space shuttle accelerated like a Corvette.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 06:47 PM (IlL6s)


Space Shuttle launch max-gee was limited to 3.(I forget) gees. So the structures of the Orbiter and of the payloads it carried could be lighter (lower mass, in proper space-geek).

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (5rh/l)

260
Correction, they are not "in orbit" yet. I was looking at the trajectory profile. THe ICPS (second stage) won't fire for a while yet. Right now the "orbit" is highly elliptical with a perigee well inside the earth's atmosphere. If the ICPS fails to fire, they would take then back for near immediate reentry.

ICPS first firing will be a while.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (w6EFb)

261 234
I was in the army at the time, Signal Corp. I recorded the landing and the first walk on the moon on 2" video tape on an Ampex VR-1000 video tape recorder at the TV Division at Fort Gordon, GA. Any TV broadcast old guys will remember those Ampex machines. Yeah, I'm over 29.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (5xuJ/)


I was in the Air Force a few years after that, and we had VR-1200s. The VR-1200 was all solid state, I think the VR-1000 and VR-1100 had tubes. Did you go to school at Fort Monmouth?

Posted by: a.moron at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (X5Jzz)

262 Well. I’m glad they chose today as the full moon makes for a larger target, right?

Posted by: dumb blonde at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (A5RD0)

263 The consistent failure to see where his strategy is going shows that they do buy into their own lies to a good extent.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (8avO+)

They do and don't. He gives them bad choices constantly because he knows them.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (vE0+H)

264 Watching Warsaw 44, of course it won't end well getting squashed between the Communists and the Nazis

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

265 I was too young for Apollo 11, but I remember the last couple.

God speed to these people. I pray they have a successful mission.

And, as others have said, Rickl would have loved this.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 06:53 PM (0aYVJ)

266 Oh, well...willowed once again.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (ceJ0R)

267 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?

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I was away from my first year of college, sitting in front of a black and white t v to watch Neil Armstrong's first step.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (20pGq)

268 232 I saw Armstrong step on the Moon, but honestly, I was struggling to make anything out of the staticky picture on our B&W TV.

Ditto. Had a hard time making out anything. I'm really excited to eventually see modern video directly from the moon. Hope the recent CME won't impact the mission. Sun's been pretty active.

Posted by: tankascribe at April 01, 2026 06:54 PM (NtoJk)

269 The most nerve-wracking, space-related viewing was the Armstrong LM landing on the moon. All you could see was a crater-filled landscape while Cronkite droning on about how landing in one of those crookedly would be a disaster.

The whole world breathed a sigh of relief when Armstrong reported "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:55 PM (rj6Yv)

270 262 Well. I’m glad they chose today as the full moon makes for a larger target, right?
Posted by: dumb blonde at April 01, 2026 06:53

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Quite right. And it's much more difficult to establish an orbit around a half moon.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (20pGq)

271 Musk keeps talking about a mass driver on the Moon.

What is the difference between a mass driver and air defense?

Does the Moon belong to the first person to install that capability?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Fg7bI)

A mass driver is throwing rock. In theory an electromagnet cannon could shoot packages off the moon and they could be collected in orbit and again, reduce the cost of getting materials up into orbit for use in space.

"The High Frontier" was an interesting book in the 80s by O'Neal about setting up habitats in the earth/moon system.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

272 The most nerve-wracking, space-related viewing was the Armstrong LM landing on the moon. All you could see was a crater-filled landscape while Cronkite droning on about how landing in one of those crookedly would be a disaster.

The whole world breathed a sigh of relief when Armstrong reported "Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:55 PM (rj6Yv)

Armstrong had to make a late adjustment to avoid hitting a rough patch that might have wrecked the lander.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:57 PM (8avO+)

273 Maybe we can finally rescue Sam Rockwell and all of this clones.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at April 01, 2026 06:57 PM (0aYVJ)

274 I think I heard this is/was the most powerful rocket NASA has ever used ...

I'm just guessing, they do one (or more?) lap around earth before heading to the moon.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (vbXSk)

275 I'm taking the names of of all you (us) 29-year-lds. LOL

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (20pGq)

276 > 190 The Solid Rocket Boosters will not be recovered as in the Space Shuttle Program. Recovery is not planned for any SLS launches. Supposedly the recovery, refurb, and re-loading with propellant would cost more than building new boosters for each launch.
Posted by: Gref

Meanwhile, Musk just launched and recovered one of his rockets from its 34th flight.

Here we see the difference between a business and a tax suck.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 06:58 PM (IG3/x)

277 258 Stupid question.

How do they avoid all the space junk and other satellites floating about?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:50 PM (A5RD0)

space is big and many things left up there decay and fall onto earth.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (8avO+)


Theoretically, Space Force (previously done by USAF) can track objects down to about the size of a softball. The Shuttle Orbiter and the ISS are able to do debris avoidance maneuvers if the probability of collision is (a number I forget) or larger and there is sufficient time. The Russians never worried about orbital debris. They used what is called the Big Sky Theory. Based on their take that space is big and debris is very, very, sparse. A cold-blooded approach, but Soviets.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:59 PM (5rh/l)

278 So… are they catching the boosters with Elon's chopsticks?

Posted by: mindful webworker - spaced the final front tier at April 01, 2026 07:00 PM (KNEaK)

279 > "The High Frontier" was an interesting book in the 80s by O'Neal about setting up habitats in the earth/moon system.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO+)

In Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress the loonies used theirs to bombard Earth.

At an early stage one of the characters (no spoiler here) gives a figure for the explosive equivalent of hitting the Earth with a big rock launched by a mass driver.

"Well, that's a lot less than the nukes the earthworms will be using on us".

"Yes, but we have a LOT of rocks."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 07:02 PM (IG3/x)

280
A mass driver is throwing rock. In theory an electromagnet cannon could shoot packages off the moon and they could be collected in orbit and again, reduce the cost of getting materials up into orbit for use in space.

"The High Frontier" was an interesting book in the 80s by O'Neal about setting up habitats in the earth/moon system.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (8avO

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"Mass driver" sounds like the weapon Heinlen created in "The Moon Is a Harsh Mustress"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 07:02 PM (20pGq)

281 Already answered. That's okay - I knew they were going to be throw-away boosters. Musk was not involved. Heh.

Posted by: mindful webworker - when your eye hits the moon... at April 01, 2026 07:02 PM (KNEaK)

282 278 So… are they catching the boosters with Elon's chopsticks?

Posted by: mindful webworker - spaced the final front tier at April 01, 2026 07:00 PM (KNEaK)

Nope, by now they are sleeping with the fishes at the bottom of the sea.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 07:03 PM (5rh/l)

283 We were staying at beach cottage rental with my aunt and uncle and my cousins. Dad and I went out to buy a tv cause the cottage didn't have one. The whole group of us squished around a tiny black and white. Lifetime memory.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 07:04 PM (viF8m)

284 Hmmmm ...
As human population on the Moon becomes "a thing", will passports with ID be required to travel on spaceships? ... Will future residents of the Moon even BE humans -- requiring thousands of governmental agencies to manage "stuff" (same as here on Planet Earth)? ... Or will there just be a bunch of remote-controlled robots? ... Sorry, my mind tends to stray when washing the dinner dishes.

Posted by: Kathy at April 01, 2026 07:11 PM (zuKcR)

285 So, how many of your 29 year olds were around in 1969 to see the feature show as opposed ot this epilogue?
Posted by: Orson

I kept the "Louisville Courier Journal" paper for every day, from the launch for the first moon landing to the return. My first wife used them to wrap her china when she moved out.

Posted by: javems at April 01, 2026 07:23 PM (zFsEm)

286 Wow that was odd. I just wrote an really long comment but after I clicked
submit my comment didn't show up. Grrrr... well I'm not
writing all that over again. Anyway, just
wanted to say superb blog!

Posted by: Krypto-Ratgeber at April 01, 2026 07:25 PM (W3rgi)

"Experts:" Just Because the Combined US and Israeli Forces Are Having Their Way with the Iranian Regime Like Jodie Foster on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

This has been a running narrative in the Leftwing Joke Media for the entire month.

But the Theater Kids Media is really wedded to the idea that by killing the entire top two or three echelons of Islamic Occupation Army command, we've actually strengthened Iran.


In the below list, real media headlines have been hidden among the fake ones.

Give yourself five Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew points for each one you find.


.Analysts Warn That Loss of Mojtaba Khamenei's Leg Will Just Make Him 'More Resolved,' Open Up 'Sick Parking Opportunities' Outside of Pinkberry

After suffering two fatal wounds to his head and heart, General Custer is said to be preparing for a "rebuilding season"

AP: Israel Is Rapidly Killing Iran's Top Leaders. Experts Warn This Strategy Could Backfire.

The Loss of "Deadweight Cities" Hiroshima and Nagasaki Just Might Be the Boost Japan Needs

NBC: Israel killed another Iranian leader, but experts say that doesn't mean it's winning the war

Foreign Policy: D-Day More Like Flea Day Amirite

Hitler's Masterstroke: Furher's Brilliant Suicide Maneuver Stuns Jewish Capitalist Conspiracy by "Flipping the Script" and Taking the Polarizing Leader Out of the Equation

CNN: How Israel killing leaders in Iran could complicate Trump's search for an endgame

How many of the real headlines did you spot, Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew?

expertsoniran.jpg

israelendgame.jpg

israelkillingleaders.jpg

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM




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1 Top 5!

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (TN0g+)

2 Even read some of the content!

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 05:31 PM (TN0g+)

3 H

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (LdBR/)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (LdBR/)

5 "D-Day could be seen by Nazis as an escalation"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (8avO+)

6 Why are You People raw dogging the air?!

Wear a mask! Two masks!!!

Posted by: EXPERTS! at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (ULPxl)

7 "Shame on Donald Trump for funding the ballroom addition to the White House. It could end up costing millions."

?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (DwqWV)

8 Just Because the Combined US and Israeli Forces Are Having Their Way with the Iranian Regime Like Jodie Foster on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

Ace you cruel bastard I almost peed myself laughing at this.

Posted by: Never change, ace. Never change. at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (TbWk/)

9 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (GZYu7)

10 Brb. Busy picturing 1995 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (AkKZw)

11 I dunno ace, this is a tough quiz. They're all so... equal!

Posted by: RandomDave at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (aJQbY)

12 what i'm most proud of here is --

Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew

I made this up (I think)

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (1wjle)

13 With all these "experts" in town, Holiday Inn Express must be fully booked.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (ESVrU)

14 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (GZYu7)

The emerging facts of the last decade or so also has shown that most all of the experts are big dummies.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)

15 Oops. Didn't realize that was an actual movie scene! You film nerds.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (AkKZw)

16 Just Because the Combined US and Israeli Forces Are Having Their Way with the Iranian Regime Like Jodie Foster on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

There are not too many zingers that will make me go 'Fuck' but that is one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (zZu0s)

17 They don't want blaming Trump ("Piss be upon him") to fall off too much.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

18
The media, and the left, (BIRM) are retards. I guess that makes this post a three-peat?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (QVmho)

19 Brb. Busy picturing 1995 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (AkKZw)

It wasn't the fun time pinball machine.

It was the rapey pinball machine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (zZu0s)

20 "Jodie Foster on a pinball machine!" is my new go-to for skirting the Third Commandment.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (NYInA)

21 There has never, in recorded history, been a war wherein one side lost its entire chain of command—including its supreme political and religious leader—on the first day of fighting. In response to this, the entire foreign policy establishment has suffered a psychotic break.
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Some of that's Trump hate.

A lot of that is the notion that the 'special' people were off limits in war. A king might be captured and subject to some humiliation, but unless there was some bad blood involved, he'd be sworn to serve the victor rather than killed outright. There are exceptions (see most of the Old Testament, as God doesn't seem concerned with status).

What Trump and Israel have shown is that unspoken rule no longer applies. If anyone causes enough trouble to justify war, we'll start by killing the decision makers who caused the problem. And it would seem that targets like the ayatollahs are less command and control than those who give ideological support for the enemy's cause.

In the event of US Civil War 2.0 that is likely to include the entire 'expert' class. And they are just smart enough to have figured that out.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (vSvIl)

22 9 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM
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That is because of domestic politics and the feeling by most of the ruling class that they are all one big Globo Homo family even the dysfunctional and evil regimes like Iran, North Korea, etc.

Remember Clinton S. of State Albright's awful jig and clapping at some hideous Nork meeting.

Loathsome critters.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)

23 I saw a video where they showed what modern leftists would have been like with WW2, its so disturbing to watch.

And there are some on the right who pile on, because they were raised on War on Terror and think that is the ONY way anything can ever turn out. Its so ludicrous and almost painful to watch.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (El6/E)

24 I suspect very soon the left will be making Colin Powell's argument from the WoT that we "caused a mess" in destroying the Mullahs and so we have to send 100K American boys to make sure they get democracy or something.

Well, f*ck that.

Kill your enemies and keep killing them. When they are ready to surrender I don't care if they get a new Mullah, a General, or some collection of dipshits ruling parts of Iran as long as they are all still afraid to screw with the US

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (sKqQm)

25 I'm still worried about the 60-day clock.

We've got plenty of assholes in Congress for whom it could almost be their favorite accomplishment to tell Trump "we told you so".

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

26 To the platinum credentialed Expert, such a decisive military success being presided over by consensus idiot Donald Trump is completely inconceivable; so they will carry on strutting mindlessly, like a chicken which has been relieved of its head.

I mean, they could declare Netanyahu to be a military genius, I suppose.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (ExV1e)

27 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine? Holy Crap but that's a cruel pop cultural reference. Could have been written by Joss himself

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (PYrt4)

28 Is this where I bring up the cruise ship again? Because holy cheese, we live in stupid times.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Wmg4n)

29 If you have ever been chased by a headless chicken, it can be quite traumatic, especially if you're a toddler. They want payback.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (m5cxz)

30 After watching his wife get split like a stick of stove-wood by a series of bulls with penises that would make the average horse jealous, David French emerges more secure in his marriage than ever.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (oqH4h)

31 So, you're telling me there's a chance?

Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (98kQX)

32 Last night I told my father, who is the left of Karl Marx, that if he's having trouble understanding how totally we are winning, I could give him an example.

Imagine it is mid-January 1942 and US has already killed Hitler, Himmler, Goering, Rommel, Manstein, and every field marshal. The Kriegsmarine has been sunk, and the Luftwaffe wiped out. Our aircraft dominate the skies so completely over Germany that they can't even fire flak against the B-17s.

Our casualties include some mid-air collisions and an incident were an inexperienced Allied pilot shot down three of our fighters, but the pilots were rescued and are now back in the fight.

This is world-historical dominance.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

33 France has more resolve against Hitler than ever, after Paris falls in 1940.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (0U5gm)

34 That is because of domestic politics and the feeling by most of the ruling class that they are all one big Globo Homo family even the dysfunctional and evil regimes like Iran, North Korea, etc.

Remember Clinton S. of State Albright's awful jig and clapping at some hideous Nork meeting.

Loathsome critters.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:39 PM (E4rtv)
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Yep. They don't look at their diplomatic counterparts as "enemies" or even "adversaries."

At most, they are "brothers/sisters from a different mother/father."

The diplomatic political class really are a bunch of loathsome toads.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (ESVrU)

35 i'd like to take credit but the Jodie Foster Pinball Machine joke is so old that I guess it's new again.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (1wjle)

36 LOL, Ace. I LOVE THIS!

I was 6yrs old when I found out the South lost the Civil War. So this is similar mentality.

We were on a trip to DC, in the back of my parents Cadillac. [This was almost Civil War times, Morons and 'ettes, or the early'60's] The AC had two plastic things on each end of the back window.

Bro and I had our Rebel and Yankee plastic warriors and I was, of course, a Rebel. I'd say, "Start the war!" and we'd fight and I'd win.

My father spoke up while driving and informed me the South lost. Really? I was crushed and my brother was thrilled. It took a while to accept this crushing defeat but I eventually did.

It did not help that in Gatlinburg, TN we were drafted into the Confederate Army and rode a train. My brother got a grey uniform and wore it everywhere when we got home.

I was too young to be bothered by him, as his main problem was being carsick on every trip, which was gross.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (WONhk)

37 NBC: Israel killed another Iranian leader, but experts say that doesn't mean it's winning the war

This is a real headline because it's NBC.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (Oy/m2)

38 In the media's defense, it IS, LIKE DAY 32!!!!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (Sco7b)

39 Foreign Policy: D-Day More Like Flea Day Amirite

Hitler's Masterstroke: Furher's Brilliant Suicide Maneuver Stuns Jewish Capitalist Conspiracy by "Flipping the Script" and Taking the Polarizing Leader Out of the Equation



===

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

40 Halp!!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)

41 In the media's defense, it IS, LIKE DAY 32!!!!
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:42 PM (Sco7b)

Another grim milestone....the sun rising.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (8avO+)

42 I'm still worried about the 60-day clock.

We've got plenty of assholes in Congress for whom it could almost be their favorite accomplishment to tell Trump "we told you so".
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)
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It's meaningless. We had a no-fly zone over Iraq for 12 years. How is this different?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

43 14 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (GZYu7)

The emerging facts of the last decade or so also has shown that most all of the experts are big dummies.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (8avO+)
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The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)

44 >> Brb. Busy picturing 1995 Jodie Foster on a pinball machine...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (AkKZw)

It wasn't the fun time pinball machine.

It was the rapey pinball machine.


I am almost ashamed that I don't know which Pinball Machine she was raped on in that Movie.

Which is odd, because there should have been a callout or two during that rape scene.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (0CqYd)

45 Doesn't saying, as your fucking headline says, that "Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous than ever" mean that they were a danger to begin with?


The fucking media, man....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (dmDsy)

46 “I knew I was a Chad when I hit on a dozen girls at the club and they all told me ‘get lost, creep.’”

— Basement Dwelling Incel

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (jB7fc)

47 I mean, they could declare Netanyahu to be a military genius, I suppose.
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Yah, but Jew.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (vSvIl)

48 Best Ace headline ever

Posted by: John Hinckley Jr. at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (CNl8/)

49 i'd like to take credit but the Jodie Foster Pinball Machine joke is so old that I guess it's new again.
Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM
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Must've missed it first time around, but I still laughed.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (bQ4nt)

50 How many of the real headlines did you spot, Burger King Kids Club Clue Crew?
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All of them are real.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

51
T - 45 minutes till launch. They've got the FTS problem fixed, but now a problem with a battery on the launch abort system has popped up. The temperature of one of those batteries is out of allowed range. This will be a show-stopped if not fixed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (w6EFb)

52 I would be more inclined to believe these were actual headlines if they had Masturbatin' Pete in the byline. As it is, you almost got me with a good April Fool's joke, Ace! But no one is dumb enough to believe these!

Posted by: Wally at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (zG4BR)

53 Is the meaning of "expert" now equivalent to "lying idiot"?

Asking for CNN.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (AlhUl)

54 So now that the House has given in and agreed to the Senate's bill with ICE/CBP removed is that a win or a loss for our side? And whatever Ace write's about it I hereby disagree and request to have this rebuttal prominently placed within Ace's own post as is the new blog tradition.


Respectfully Yours,

Posted by: banana Dream CBP - Charlie Brown's Prostate? at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (3uBP9)

55 No one cares if we're "winning" acey girl.
Neocons started another middle east war and lost the America First coalition.

This resulted in a large portion of MAGA, MAHA, youth, and moderate voters largely peeled off and almost ensuring a complete loss in the midterms, 2028, and a return to Leftist rule.

This hangs on you and your pretty little war mongering heads.

Posted by: Clark at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (M8DlM)

56 I do have one concern in the back of my mind.
Bombing cannot win a war. But it does shape the battlespace for success for the ground forces. Whether those ground forces are military troops, or locals set to finally overthrow the last of the regime remains to be seen. At some point, somebody somewhere needs to walk into what remains of the IRGC HQs and say, "We are now in charge."

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (2WIwB)

57 The diplomatic political class really are a bunch of loathsome toads.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Well said.
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Retief, a fictional diplomat appearing in books by Keith Laumer's is about the only diplomat worthy of praise in recent memory. Rubio though is climbing up the charts.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (E4rtv)

58 Ron White was right, 'If you have a thought, just let it go.'. The MSM really should just stop.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 01, 2026 05:45 PM (Q/FnY)

59 no Iran post is complete without a pic of the Cardboard Cocksucker

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 01, 2026 05:45 PM (/4uPc)

60 Dear grok....

No specific named pinball machine is identified in the 1988 film The Accused, where Jodie Foster plays Sarah Tobias, who is gang-raped on a generic pinball machine in a bar's game room.

The scene uses a standard pinball machine (with artwork on the headboard/backglass showing a scantily clad woman in a basketball hoop theme), but it has no branded title or model name mentioned in the movie, credits, or production details. The prop was chosen to replace an original script idea of a pool table for legal reasons.

The film is a dramatization inspired by a real 1983 case but altered for the story

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:45 PM (Sco7b)

61 Is the meaning of "expert" now equivalent to "lying idiot"?

It means "dude who said something I like in a DM" to journalists.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:46 PM (El6/E)

62 The media is holding up Iran like the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:46 PM (6ydKt)

63 I'm still worried about the 60-day clock.

Epic Fury, day 59: Trump: We've completed Operation Epic Fury and our military is standing down.

Two days later...

Trump: We begun Operation Awesome Annoyance and shall be bombing Iran.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:46 PM (ExV1e)

64 Iran is proving to be resilient. The Islamic regime will survive to spite Trump. It will eventually rebuild, and become a greater threat than ever out of vengeance.

Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (hOdBU)

65 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)
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All the retired flag officers are going nuts because they realized they now look like dogshit, which they always were. All their motivational speaking gigs, prestigious board seats - gone. Losers who got our boys killed and lost 2 wars.

Oh, and were insubordinate and completely crooked. Mattis is among the worst.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (ZOv7s)

66
TDS is all consuming, and completely fatal. There is no cure. It begins in the brain stem and works its way through all faculties. It encompasses everything.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (IifOV)

67 In other news:

"Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia) is suing the California Department of Transportation for making her pay for two seats on the bus."

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)

68 Aha, the USAID/Trust the Science, Yay Brussels! fools think there might be an opening.

Posted by: Trying to Fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 05:48 PM (NFX2v)

69 Guess to an extent it depends on how you define winning. In two years, more or less, Trump will be out of power. If the same bunch, more or less, is still running Iran, who exactly wins? I know you're not supposed to ask such questions in some circles, but the questions remain.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (QaH55)

70 At some point, somebody somewhere needs to walk into what remains of the IRGC HQs and say, "We are now in charge."

My take is that if this is some currently midlevel guy in the leadership who has spoken to us and said "you win, no more terrorism" and has the means to make us believe him that's fine

While the Shah coming in and recreating Iran before the Mullahs would be good, it isn't necessary

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (sKqQm)

71 Neocons started another middle east war and lost the America First coalition.
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Bill Kristol is opposed to it, retard.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (vSvIl)

72 I am unfamiliar with the pinball machine and Jodie Foster.

Is this the moment she turned lesbo?

At least she doesn't act as gross as Ellen DeGenerate and others. She's a good actress and I try to ignore the lesbo stuff when she's kissing a man. Of course, kissing Gere might turn me lesbo thinking about the gerbil. If he farhted I'd probably faint.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (WONhk)

73 All the retired flag officers are going nuts because they realized they now look like dogshit, which they always were.

Yeah they are beating down the doors of reporters trying to get interviews and get their word in to say how bad everything is and how they would do it better. If this works out as Trump intends every single one of those SOBs who ran the War on Terror will look like Monty in WW2

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (El6/E)

74 >>I am unfamiliar with the pinball machine and Jodie Foster.

Is this the moment she turned lesbo?


'The Accused' was the Movie.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (0CqYd)

75 Our casualties include some mid-air collisions and an incident were an inexperienced Allied pilot shot down three of our fighters, but the pilots were rescued and are now back in the fight.

This is world-historical dominance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

The only anecdote that comes close that I remember is during the Civil Wars when an army from Pontus declared against Caesar and he detached a few legions, marched to Zela in Asia Minor with a forced march and caught the unprepared army and routed it. He reported home to Rome the famous "Veni, Vidi, Vici" - I came, I saw, I conquered.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (8avO+)

76 willowed:
IF they approached the speed of light, time would have "slowed down" on earth, I think. Or sped up for the travelers ... relativity and all that stuff. But getting to that speed requires more and more power, infinite power to actually reach the speed of life (as I recall the theory). But SciFi has to ignore much of real science I suppose.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (vbXSk)

A YouTuber went into this problem of time dilation and other issues with Project Hail Mary here:

https://youtu.be/8FT-oz9aZU4
'Time Dilation Visualized' by The Overview Effekt

Apparently it would take 32 years and three months to travel to the edge of the observable universe (46.5 billion light years) at steady acceleration near light speed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

77 Strike hard!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (2WIwB)

78 Kill all they send, until they send no more.

But we're up against real fanatics with these moslem assholes. They seem perfectly happy to keep marching right into the buzzsaw. I mean, sooner or later we will have bombed everything there is to bomb over there. But we have to kill their spirit, their will to continue. I don't know if we're even close to that. Fanatics are very hard to dislodge.

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ZxPkt)

79 The leftwing media’s narrative about a ‘stronger’ Iran is built entirely on the idea that Iran has the power to close the Strait and only allow its allies or those paying a hefty ‘toll’ to cross.

These are people who never heard of the Strait until a few weeks ago, and still can’t locate it on a map. I’ll bet money that some truly retarded idiots are confusing the Strait with the Panama Canal.

Regardless, it’s all built on a lie. Iran doesn’t have the power to close a toilet seat, the Strait was never ‘closed’ in any real sense, and judging from maritime traffic reports the Strait is not almost totally back to normal.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (jB7fc)

80 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)


81 years. They haven't gotten anything right since Japan surrendered.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ExV1e)

81 Dude! The war's over, Iran is defeated, the US has absolutely dominated them. Get over it already, sheesh...

Posted by: Teruo Nakamura at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (3uBP9)

82 No bastard ever won a war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. He won it by listening to poor dumb bastard Abby Phillips and CNN!
- General Patton

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ndZc7)

83 "Israel killed another Iranian leader, but experts say that doesn't mean it's winning the war."

If you read that in the voice of a 5-year-old who just struck out for the 10th straight time -- in tee-ball -- you can sense the hot tears of NBC and smell the appetizing, well-seasoned soupiness of them.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (NYInA)

84 Before America, we did not know that a sophisticated constitutional republic could be eventually be ruined by the net effect of opportunistic politics.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

85 I am unfamiliar with the pinball machine and Jodie Foster.

ITs a reenactment of a court case in which a trashy woman went to a bar, got drunk as hell then acted like she wanted every man there to chain her like an Only Fans girl then got upset when they took her up on the offer.

This is not to defend the men: she said "no" and that's when you lay off and leave her alone. They raped her and no matter how she was behaving, you don't do that. But she acted like the rake she stomped on was unthinkable when it hit her face.

Pro Tip: don't act like that, girls. Bad men will take you seriously.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (El6/E)

86 But we're up against real fanatics with these moslem assholes. They seem perfectly happy to keep marching right into the buzzsaw. I mean, sooner or later we will have bombed everything there is to bomb over there. But we have to kill their spirit, their will to continue. I don't know if we're even close to that. Fanatics are very hard to dislodge.
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (ZxPkt)
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Trump anticipated that. They have a limited time offer before them. If they don't act, he's going to turn out the lights. Bomb all the power plants. At that point, welcome back to Ancient Persia, losers.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)

87 Bonk bonk on tha head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (nDXEV)

88 I do have one concern in the back of my mind.
Bombing cannot win a war. But it does shape the battlespace for success for the ground forces. Whether those ground forces are military troops, or locals set to finally overthrow the last of the regime remains to be seen. At some point, somebody somewhere needs to walk into what remains of the IRGC HQs and say, "We are now in charge."
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (2WIwB)

It took about a year of protests and ...other stuff for Carter, France and the rest of the idiots to remove the Shah. Israel estimated 2-3 years for "regime change". I think this was after the original 12 day War. I've seen the reports from people inside Iran, Basiji/IRGC checkpoints abandoned and manned by rag tag motly crews of overweight arabs and youths from who know where. Not regulars. So, the bombing and decapitations is just the beginning. May not take a year.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (GD0B3)

89 Jodie Foster? Sure, that's one way to go

Posted by: Ned Beatty yearnfully holding a banjo at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (w/O5Q)

90 He called ace a girl!

You forgot to mention 'gay' dude.

You did not even pick particularly girlish ace. You should have jumped on when he was talking about not understanding power tools or giggling on the back of a Vespa garret was driving.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

91 rule of thumb:

whenever someone uses the term

'EXPERTS SAY"
they confirm that they themselves have NO EXPERTISE!

Posted by: avi at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (ieodf)

92 Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo was a devastating blow to England's prestige.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (Oy/m2)

93
The IRGC knows that the media along with the democrats will be able to eventually break the will of the USA appetite for war. Short term gas price hikes, and 401K ups and downs, along with an uphill election year will eventually force an end to it. After the midterms it will be Impeachmentpalooza and endless House investigations and the rest of the Trump administration will be a composite of V: The Final Battle and Scanners.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (IifOV)

94 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (3uBP9)

95 Before America, we did not know that a sophisticated constitutional republic could be eventually be ruined by the net effect of opportunistic politics.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

De Tocqueville in his "Democracy in America" knew that in 1835.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (8avO+)

96 Bill Kristol is opposed to it, retard.

His twitter timeline is glorious.

He was trashing Trump for being a pus and not attaching Iran until he did...

Then he was calling Trump a madman for attacking Iran

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (sKqQm)

97 Bill Kristol is opposed to it, retard.
Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:49 PM (vSvIl)
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Only because Orangeman is bad.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)

98

Y'know honestly, it really doesn't matter what happens in Iran in the longer term. The goal and target of this operation is China, and they are bleeding out from an arterial every day that this goes on. But these so called foreign policy experts can't even begin to get their head around that sort of strategic thinking. The price of gold has plummeted because all of the governments that were stockpiling it are now paying exorbitant amounts of money for basic energy. China's manufacturing base is crippled for the foreseeable future until the war resolves

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (g6TN6)

99 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (3uBP9)
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It's still going on. Look at Ellen Page.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)

100 His twitter timeline is glorious.

yeah the guy's entire worldview is "oppose Trump". That's it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (El6/E)

101 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)

They can't seem to grasp that the world changed and kept on changing, and refuse to adapt to the facts as they are now. I see this sort of ossification among Boomers quite a bit which contributes to intergenerational friction.

Posted by: Soviet Union is gone, get over it at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (TbWk/)

102 54 So now that the House has given in and agreed to the Senate's bill with ICE/CBP removed is that a win or a loss for our side? And whatever Ace write's about it I hereby disagree and request to have this rebuttal prominently placed within Ace's own post as is the new blog tradition.


Respectfully Yours,
Posted by: banana Dream CBP

Reconciliation means only a majority vote needed in the Senate but precludes due to the Byrd rule, adding on other non budgetary items like most of the SAVE act.

House is shaky on the majority but the special election for Marjorie Traitor Greene's seat is April 7th and the GOP is favored to win that one last time I checked. Dems are likely to gain a seat in NJ that was Jackie Sherrill's (D) seat. Then the other two vacancies don't matter much as LaMalfa (R) seat won't be filled until August.

217 Republicans, 1 Independent that caucuses with the GOP, and 214 Democrats. 3 vacancies with one Dem and one GOP seat likely to added by mid April. And one possible expulsion of a Dem for Ethics depending on the Dems as it takes 2/3rds to expel.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

103 >>We had a no-fly zone over Iraq for 12 years.

Two, actually.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 05:55 PM (Y1sOo)

104 Hello? Mr. Hallet, I know this is you because everyone else is at the football game this afternoon. I think I should warn you that the police are watching our house right this very minute, Mr. Hallet.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (nDXEV)

105 His twitter timeline is glorious.

yeah the guy's entire worldview is "oppose Trump". That's it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:54 PM (El6/E)
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Do what opposes Trump shall be the whole of the Law.

Posted by: Updated Political Aleister Crowly at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)

106 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot

Yeah I think she spent her first 20 years being casually molested and raped by Hollywood like a lot of those starlets. You can practically list their names off the top of your head like Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, etc. The girls who are a mess, the ones who were on drugs young, the ones who turned lesbian.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)

107 Regardless, it’s all built on a lie. Iran doesn’t have the power to close a toilet seat, the Strait was never ‘closed’ in any real sense, and judging from maritime traffic reports the Strait is not almost totally back to normal.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (jB7fc)

The Brits refusing insurance for ships in the straits did far more to block trade than anything Iran has done.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (8avO+)

108
IRan. IRan so far away.

Posted by: Flock of Seagulls at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (IifOV)

109 94 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.
Posted by: banana Dream
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She was a child actress at Disney and for films like Taxi Driver. Semi closeted lesbian probably due to sexual abuse as a kid.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

110 We had a no-fly zone over Iraq for 12 years.

"Except helicopters, I mean how can that go wrong?"
--Norman Schwartzkopf

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)

111 87 Bonk bonk on tha head
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 05:51 PM (nDXEV

With 3000 cc saline boobs?

Sorry, that was so 25 hours ago.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

112 The IRGC knows that the media along with the democrats will be able to eventually break the will of the USA appetite for war. Short term gas price hikes, and 401K ups and downs, along with an uphill election year will eventually force an end to it. After the midterms it will be Impeachmentpalooza and endless House investigations and the rest of the Trump administration will be a composite of V: The Final Battle and Scanners.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (IifOV)
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It's April. How many of them will even be alive by May?

The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Oh, and people have already flipped. Where do you think we're getting the targeting data?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

113
Financial Times: October 1942

Japan could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (IifOV)

114 I am almost ashamed that I don't know which Pinball Machine she was raped on in that Movie.

Which is odd, because there should have been a callout or two during that rape scene.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 05:43 PM (0CqYd)


Having never seen the movie, I looked it up. According to Brave AI, "the machine had a headboard depicting a scantily clad woman half-plopped in a basketball hoop," which "does not correspond to a known, commercially released pinball machine." Further, "It is widely believed that the machine used in the film was a custom-built prop created specifically for the production. This was likely done to achieve the specific visual required for the scene and to avoid any potential legal issues associated with using a real machine, especially given the film's sensitive subject matter and its basis on a real-life incident (which originally involved a pool table)."

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (Sy6m/)

115 The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Oh, and people have already flipped. Where do you think we're getting the targeting data?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

more like they could order other idiots to kill Americans using American Tax Dollars.

Most of that is shut down for good now.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (8avO+)

116 >ITs a reenactment of a court case in which a trashy woman went to a bar, got drunk as hell then acted like she wanted every man there to chain her like an Only Fans girl then got upset when they took her up on the offer.
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so, she was asking for it?

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (ZxPkt)

117 The Brits refusing insurance for ships in the straits did far more to block trade than anything Iran has done.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (8avO+)
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Yes, Starmer has tried to undermine us at every turn.

We're the ones closing the Gulf, though. It's deliberate. We're pretending it's Iran, but it's us. This is about letting China who controls the oil spigot. If they want to invade Taiwan, they better fit their warships with sales and build solar-powered jets, because they ain't getting oil.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

118 Iran nukes Paris and London.

"Experts praise Iran for helping Europe reach their Kyoto target emmissions!"

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

119 I mean, sooner or later we will have bombed everything there is to bomb over there. But we have to kill their spirit, their will to continue. I don't know if we're even close to that. Fanatics are very hard to dislodge.
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That's my one concern, too. You probably can't get the fanatics to surrender. By the end of the day, someone has to kill all of them. And while there are rumors that Israel's been working on the 'security forces' it seems to me like we've been mostly bombing launchers and supplies. I have no idea if it's true, but I saw somewhere recently that Iran has ~4 or 5k KIA, which doesn't seem like much given the size of the country (the breakdown on IRGC specifically was something like 20%, which doesn't seem like enough if we're serious about giving the currently unarmed Iranians the opportunity to overthrow them).

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (vSvIl)

120 sails!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)

121 Daniel Friedman replies to idiots at the FT:

"The US and Israel have complete air superiority over Iran and have been bombing it nonstop for six weeks. Over 10,000 targets have been struck. Iran’s Air Force is gone. Its navy is gone. Most of its top military and intelligence leadership is dead. At least half and possibly as much as 90% of Iran’s ballistic missiles are exhausted or destroyed. "
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I wonder what the "Experts" have to say about the Russian and PRC air defense systems that were sold to Iran?

Perhaps the "Experts" should also interview the surviving members of Maduro's security team on matters concerning the US Department War's force-projection capability.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:00 PM (rj6Yv)

122 so, she was asking for it?
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 05:58 PM (ZxPkt)

Fuck I was about to do the bit from Airplane 2 with the dad: 'They're all asking for it all the time!'

This place is a bad influence on me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (zZu0s)

123 The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Yeah, that reads right. Guys who were not big on the faith but loved the benefits of being in charge of it. Second generation rich brats.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (El6/E)

124
Battery problem is resolved -- it was an instrument issue -- bad reading. Closeout crew has left the pad. 26 minutes to go.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (w6EFb)

125 We're the ones closing the Gulf, though. It's deliberate. We're pretending it's Iran, but it's us. This is about letting China who controls the oil spigot. If they want to invade Taiwan, they better fit their warships with sales and build solar-powered jets, because they ain't getting oil.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:59 PM (ZOv7s)

The smart thing for China to do is to send some light ships to run tankers through the strait. They probably have more than the EU.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (8avO+)

126 so, she was asking for it?

Initially yes and probably she was hoping she'd loop one of the guys she liked. But she did NOT want the whole bar to rape her on the pinball machine and clearly told them no and screamed for them to stop, so in that sense, no she was not.

I mean I did say that very clearly in the post you quoted, but maybe you didn't read that far down.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (El6/E)

127 9 The establishment is trying awfully hard to keep their assessment of the real world of foreign policy alive, even though the emerging facts are screaming the experts are just a bunch of big dummies.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Trump is going to speak to everyone in the world,
who has brain enough to listen, tonight.
Anticipating much subtext below the bombast and congratulations to our men and women in service.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (9L6d7)

128 Winning is not having Trump involved in the matter, for them.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (pDt9x)

129 I wonder what the "Experts" have to say about the Russian and PRC air defense systems that were sold to Iran?

Perhaps the "Experts" should also interview the surviving members of Maduro's security team on matters concerning the US Department War's force-projection capability.
Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:00 PM (rj6Yv)
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Xi Jinping is now purging all the defense firms that made the gear of their top scientists. The guy who did primary work on the J-20 has expired.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)

130 Oh, and people have already flipped. Where do you think we're getting the targeting data?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM

I seem to remember a lot of Iraqis running around with purple thumbs ensuring we had changed things in Iraq and it was glorious. I am cautiously optimistic that the Iranians will step up and finish of their theocratic boots on their necks. Cautiously optimistic.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (IifOV)

131 Feeling all the bumpers
Always playing clean

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (nDXEV)

132 Genghis Khan's continued rape campaign across Asia casts doubt on his genetic legacy

Posted by: Another headline at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (TbWk/)

133 101 The old-school Cold War-era "foreign policy establishment" haven't been right about a DAMN thing in the last 35ish years.
Posted by: ballistic

They can't seem to grasp that the world changed and kept on changing, and refuse to adapt to the facts as they are now. I see this sort of ossification among Boomers quite a bit which contributes to intergenerational friction.
Posted by: Soviet Union
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History never stands still. Nations that were once great decline, nations that were never great rise, and you have religion, culture, wealth, resources, and linguistic cleavages that make a one world government a fantasy only fools would consider possible.

As mentioned above, NATO existed to repel Soviet invasion of Western Europe, the Warsaw Pact was Soviet response to build in defensive space and to enable resource stripping of its bloc. Neither are relevant today except NATO is still around.

After NATO, the US went on a spree with all sorts of new treaties like SEATO (SE Asia Treaty Organization), ANZUS (at least until New Zealand decided our nuclear ships were declasse), CENTO aka Baghdad Pact centered on the Middle East anchored by Turkey. That world is dead.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (E4rtv)

134 The upper tier guys aren't "austere scholars," they are second-generation spoiled brats with connections and gold toilet seats. The whole gig was that they could kill Americans with impunity. That is now gone.

Yeah, that reads right. Guys who were not big on the faith but loved the benefits of being in charge of it. Second generation rich brats.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (El6/E)

Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (8avO+)

135 Rome destroying Carthage salting the ground and leaving no two stones together could backfire on them.

Posted by: Archer at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (wvc0i)

136 >>> The guy who did primary work on the J-20 has expired.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:01 PM (ZOv7s)


He's pining for the fjords.

Posted by: banana Dream - Look at the plumage! at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (3uBP9)

137

Lloyd, China has a significant stockpile of petroleum, and no moron politicians who drain it for short term political game like the Crypt Keeper Biden. If they actually went to War for Taiwan, one would assume that they would be expecting to be fucked for the next 6 months to a year economically and would have prepared accordingly, but absent that war footing, they're going to have a hell of a time keeping their population in line throughout the running of energy austerity measures

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (g6TN6)

138 The media now has lost more credibility during this Iran war than the medical establishment lost during Covid.

And that’s saying a lot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (A5RD0)

139 I watch the war pron nightly on youtube, pounding them so bad we are basically running out of military targets, and have moved on to industrial targets.

Without resupply Iran will run out of missiles and drones eventually that they have stashed all over the country

The price of one egg in Tehran is $100, if you can find one, which basically means nobody is selling.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (n5tGW)

140 Marxists don't want us to win over their alliance with Muslims

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)

141 NYT, 1945


Experts say that Emperor Hirohito's surrender on September 2nd, 1945 will create more Kamikaze pilots!!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:04 PM (GD0B3)

142 I seem to remember a lot of Iraqis running around with purple thumbs ensuring we had changed things in Iraq and it was glorious. I am cautiously optimistic that the Iranians will step up and finish of their theocratic boots on their necks. Cautiously optimistic.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 06:02 PM (IifOV)
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Iran is not Iraq. Iraq was a colonial construct with zero common history. It's a mish-mash of Kurds and two bunches of Arabs who hate each other.

Iran is a cohesive nation with a sophisticated and ancient civilization that was hijacked by bearded whackos with the help of Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

143 getting ready to fight the previous war

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 06:05 PM (tcsrY)

144 IRGC: "Let me talk to your leader"
IRGC: " Then let me talk to his deputy."
IRGC: "What, him too?"
IRGC: " Is everybody dead?"
IRGC: " No, I won't talk to a female secretary."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (6voJQ)

145 >I mean I did say that very clearly in the post you quoted, but maybe you didn't read that far down.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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No, I read the whole post

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

146 She was a child actress at Disney and for films like Taxi Driver. Semi closeted lesbian probably due to sexual abuse as a kid.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

Incredibly sad for all child actors.

I guess I paid attention when Mel Gibson and others alluded to child trafficking,etc. The rape of Natalie Wood. The parents? Turned a blind eye vs murdering them like I would have. For money.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (WONhk)

147 The IRGC is currently in charge.

If they are not replaced by Pahlavi or some currently non-existent civilian alternative, do you think the IRGC will give up its support of terrorism in the region and against the US?

Do you think China will not help rebuild Iran, in exchange for tons of absurdly cheap oil?

Do you think Eurocrats will not help in exchange for less cheap oil?

Do you think Democrats will not help in exchange for votes, election interference, and virtue signaling points?

In such a scenario, how has the war, which began in 1979, been "won"?

There will merely be a delay of 10, maybe 20, years during which the IRGC rebuilds and rearms, and then it starts all over again.

The Confederates won the Battle of Bull Run. They did not win the war.

Posted by: Sam at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (7jMef)

148 Iran is a cohesive nation with a sophisticated and ancient civilization that was hijacked by bearded whackos with the help of Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)


And the various ethnic opposition groups released a joint statement that they wanted to be part of a unified Iran, just not under the mullahs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (ExV1e)

149 Rome destroying Carthage salting the ground and leaving no two stones together could backfire on them.
Posted by: Archer at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (wvc0i)

It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)

150 Marxists don't want us to win over their alliance with Muslims
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Ia/+0)
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Marxists only want those systems where people can own stuff to decline.

Posted by: Updated Political Aleister Crowly at April 01, 2026 06:07 PM (Fi81e)

151 Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.
Posted by: Oldcat

True enough but the US had the GWOT on Terror which in some ways damaged our national defense outlook and strategies just as much as Vietnam did.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:07 PM (E4rtv)

152 Lloyd, China has a significant stockpile of petroleum, and no moron politicians who drain it for short term political game like the Crypt Keeper Biden. If they actually went to War for Taiwan, one would assume that they would be expecting to be fucked for the next 6 months to a year economically and would have prepared accordingly, but absent that war footing, they're going to have a hell of a time keeping their population in line throughout the running of energy austerity measures
Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (g6TN6)
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Do they? Are you sure? The CCP has completely given up on socialism or any form of ideology and is now just a theft ring that pays each other off. There are stories that their strategic missiles have water in their fuel tanks. Everything is a rip-off. Bridges collapse on a weekly basis.

Why would anyone assume that the people in charge of their reserve is NOT selling that oil right now and getting ready to hide behind their anchor baby in the US with the proceeds?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)

153 is Sam a troll ? let me know , because I don't comment on trolls' garbage

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (GD0B3)

154

Somewhere in Geneva, a lot of Swiss Bank accounts have become orphans

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (g6TN6)

155 They are checking out a glitch on Artemis escape rocket system

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (ZxPkt)

156 I'm guessing israelis have intelligence on personal residences, safe houses, and other good targets. They're not quite at the point of just making the rubble bounce

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 06:09 PM (6voJQ)

157 Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.

This, too, is the story of Bill Kristol

True enough but the US had the GWOT on Terror which in some ways damaged our national defense outlook and strategies just as much as Vietnam did.

Which is sad because Schwartzkopf's book makes it clear that his entire view of the military and war was shaped around the mistakes of Vietnam.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:09 PM (El6/E)

158 Ironically the same description could be levied on the current day "Expert" class who took over as the Cold War generation retired in about the 1990 timeframe.
Posted by: Oldcat
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What Eisenhower actually warned us of in his farewell speech is the Expert class taking over a republic of laymen.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)

159 { In Ciampino's Memory }

NASA - Artemis II Launch
Kennedy Space Center, Launch Pad 39B
Launch Date: April 1, 2026
Launch Time: 18:24 (6:24 PM) EDT / 15:24 (3:24 PM) PDT

https://youtu.be/m3kR2KK8TEs

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (O7YUW)

160 >> They are checking out a glitch on Artemis escape rocket system

Of one of two of the batteries for that system was showing out of range temperature, highly out of range. They are confident it's a sensor problem. They aren't 100% sure, but they think that's what it is. Temperature is just too crazy to be real. So, they're going ahead. It's a risk but they are confident.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (w6EFb)

161 It looks like Artemis 2 may be good to go. I have a brother who is a huge moon landing denier. I think we probably went to the moon, but sadly I no longer laugh at his ideas.

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (q177U)

162 The IRGC is currently in charge.

-- doubtful. Most are dead, everyone else has their head down.

If they are not replaced by Pahlavi or some currently non-existent civilian alternative, do you think the IRGC will give up its support of terrorism in the region and against the US?

If we quit sending them billions to support terror, they will have trouble getting money.

Do you think China will not help rebuild Iran, in exchange for tons of absurdly cheap oil?

They only have cheap oil for sale because of our sanctions. And they won't have a free hand, any more than the current Venezuelan government does.

Do you think Eurocrats will not help in exchange for less cheap oil?

They have no money or means to rebuild anything either.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (8avO+)

163 is Sam a troll ? let me know , because I don't comment on trolls' garbage
Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (GD0B3)
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I'm going to say a troll. Never seen him before, immediately black pills, and does so in a particularly retarded way.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

164 "Experts" and their "expertise" are locked into their assinged political narrative. If anything is apparent, it should be that every narrative has a sell-by date, because "events", dear boy.

Time for a "new" narrative? Then it's time for "new" "Experts".

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (rj6Yv)

165
Terminal count is coming up. That's when the automated system takes over. They can stop it afterwards, but it's harder to restart.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (w6EFb)

166 Question for the black-pillers: how does the EU get Iran's oil?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

167 Say what you will about Justice Jackson, her wallet stealing analogy makes a lot of sense. I mean, look at the Somalis in Minnesota.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ndZc7)

168 I'm going to say a troll. Never seen him before, immediately black pills, and does so in a particularly retarded way.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:11 PM (ZOv7s)

good enough for me!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (GD0B3)

169 Sam's use of rhetorical questions is trollish, but at least he doesn't finish with "just sayin'".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (gKWVE)

170

I think we are vehemently agreeing, but my point is that they probably have enough to invade, but not enough to hold Taiwan. The message is crystal clear though, China has feet of clay because of its reliance on sanction oil. So much for the end of the petrodollar.

Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (g6TN6)

171 It looks like Artemis 2 may be good to go. I have a brother who is a huge moon landing denier. I think we probably went to the moon, but sadly I no longer laugh at his ideas.
Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (q177U)

The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites. You can today aim a laser at the moon from an observatory, see a 'huge' return signal when aimed at a landing site and see nothing when moved off any distance.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (8avO+)

172 >So, they're going ahead. It's a risk but they are confident.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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whew! it's good that the guys on the ground are fine with it

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ZxPkt)

173 Of one of two of the batteries for that system was showing out of range temperature, highly out of range. They are confident it's a sensor problem. They aren't 100% sure, but they think that's what it is. Temperature is just too crazy to be real. So, they're going ahead. It's a risk but they are confident.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:10 PM (w6EFb)


IIRC, when the problems started at Three Mile Island they were dismissed because the readings were just too crazy to be real.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ExV1e)

174 153 is Sam a troll ? let me know , because I don't comment on trolls' garbage
Posted by: runner
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Very possible. Likely a groyper and/or mASSIE fan.

And ignoring the elephant in the room which is enough enriched uranium to make 10-11 nuclear weapons--first one in about a week if the enough centrifuges still exist somewhere. Those plus missiles and like horseshoes, you only have to get close with a nuke for a nightmare scenario.

Whether the mullahs regime dies is up to the Iranian people but we simply cannot allow them to have nuclear weapons. Their attack everyone around them including allies like Oman and Qatar indicates a basic derangement in their war strategy made into nightmare fuel with nukes.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (E4rtv)

175 Sam's use of rhetorical questions is trollish, but at least he doesn't finish with "just sayin'".
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (gKWVE)
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It's basically begging every single question, with crap Civil War analogy thrown in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)

176 Sam's use of rhetorical questions is trollish, but at least he doesn't finish with "just sayin'".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (gKWVE)
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I've rarely and perhaps never seen a troll raise that many cogent points.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:14 PM (Fi81e)

177 Just for the record, the Brits, between the wars, pretty much controlled Iraq with just the RAF.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 06:14 PM (AlhUl)

178 I think people can disagree or say things we find mistaken without being a troll. Trolling is a post deliberately meant to cause trouble and get angry responses, not just disagreement.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (El6/E)

179 I think we are vehemently agreeing, but my point is that they probably have enough to invade, but not enough to hold Taiwan. The message is crystal clear though, China has feet of clay because of its reliance on sanction oil. So much for the end of the petrodollar.
Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (g6TN6)

Xi seems to be getting mired down in internal purges and the like these days. This makes huge military risks very very uncertain, especially given the demonstrated ability of the navy to break things.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (8avO+)

180 The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites.

The "soft" (or, fallback) form of lunar-landing denial is that the landings were real, but robotic. The human footage was done on a stage by Kubrick.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (gKWVE)

181 The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites. You can today aim a laser at the moon from an observatory, see a 'huge' return signal when aimed at a landing site and see nothing when moved off any distance.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (8avO+)


CGI man.

* I am not a moon landing denier.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (ExV1e)

182 I think we are vehemently agreeing, but my point is that they probably have enough to invade, but not enough to hold Taiwan. The message is crystal clear though, China has feet of clay because of its reliance on sanction oil. So much for the end of the petrodollar.
Posted by: imp at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (g6TN6)
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Any PLA troops that reach Taiwan will be either corpses or trying to surrender.

There is no way China can pull off a landing over rougher seas and multiple times farther than the English Channel in the face of Taiwan and Japan. The Japs have just moved long-range anti-ship missiles and SAMs to cover Taiwan.

Their sub fleet will chew the Chicoms up as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:16 PM (ZOv7s)

183 149 Rome destroying Carthage salting the ground and leaving no two stones together could backfire on them.
Posted by: Archer at April 01, 2026 06:03 PM (wvc0i)

It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)


There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii. Never heard of them? Today they are called the Swiss. In 58 BC, Caesar stopped them from 'migrating' from what is now Switzerland to their objective of what is now SE France.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:16 PM (5rh/l)

184 The lunar missions put a laser reflector out on the landing sites.

The "soft" (or, fallback) form of lunar-landing denial is that the landings were real, but robotic. The human footage was done on a stage by Kubrick.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 06:15 PM (gKWVE)

Lol. Making the robotics would be harder than the missions. Don't they know how "computers" worked back then?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:17 PM (8avO+)

185 so they will carry on strutting mindlessly, like a chicken which has been relieved of its head.

My mom grew up in a family with all girls, so it fell on her and her sisters to do the chicken beheading. She still tells tales of her and my aunts being freaked out by headless chickens running around. Different times, man.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 06:17 PM (gtcuf)

186 MOON NOOD!!!!

Posted by: Max Power at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (q177U)

187 There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii. Never heard of them? Today they are called the Swiss. In 58 BC, Caesar stopped them from 'migrating' from what is now Switzerland to their objective of what is now SE France.
Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:16 PM (5rh/l)

The ones that weren't scattered and smashed went back, about a third of the total according to JC. And he had to be a bit careful as every family in Rome had contacts in the army so he had to play it pretty straight.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:18 PM (8avO+)

188
Launch clock on hold at 10 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (QVmho)

189 Saw lauch was on YouTube live but just looked lkke guys takkng outvthe garbage

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

190 106 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot

Yeah I think she spent her first 20 years being casually molested and raped by Hollywood like a lot of those starlets. You can practically list their names off the top of your head like Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, etc. The girls who are a mess, the ones who were on drugs young, the ones who turned lesbian.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)


I take shaved heads as a tell that there's an element of bait-and-switch, where they went into it thinking they knew the score, expecting to just get used like a living blow-up doll, and ended up getting yanked around like it was a WWE match with a championship belt on the line. Maybe I'm reading too much into it.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Sy6m/)

191 It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)
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No. The Carthaginians were completely wiped out. The predations of the Vandals were a completely different and unrelated event.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

192
The earth is flat anyway. It's all a hoax.......

Check out some of those crazy flat-earth X feeds for a laugh about this -- they're going crazy with Artemis and the moon trip.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (w6EFb)

193 There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii.
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So you're saying their popularity of their font is part of an elaborate revenge plot against Times Roman?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Fi81e)

194 It has always been okay at the,HQ to have a difference of opinion, often quite a difference. The response to the rejoinder to that opinion is one way of judging trollishness, for me. Another is the no response by the divergent opinion maker. See - Ass. He never engages.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (pDt9x)

195
Final go/no-go poll afoot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (w6EFb)

196 There was at least one big tribe on the move that was stomped so hard it went back to where it started and has remained there ever since. The Helvetii.
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So you're saying their popularity of their font is part of an elaborate revenge plot against Times Roman?
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (Fi81e)

The Serifs in the legions were a devastating shock to the Sans Serif Helvetii

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:20 PM (8avO+)

197 "Relieved of the burden of managing vast expanses of territory to the East, a resurgent Germany directs its newfound zeal to an ambitious plan to defend Berlin"

Posted by: Experts Say ca. 1945 at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (JkO4W)

198
DId Gene Kranz ever feel the need to speechify during a go/n-go poll?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (w6EFb)

199 It kinda did. In about 100 years, the city was rebuilt and made a Roman colony. As Rome decline, the Vandal alliance invaded North Africa and set up shop there and built a fleet that sacked Rome in 455 AD.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:06 PM (8avO+)
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No. The Carthaginians were completely wiped out. The predations of the Vandals were a completely different and unrelated event.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at April 01, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)

City was rebuilt as a Roman colony in between, as I said. Also called Carthage.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 06:21 PM (8avO+)

200 ... on a Pinball Machine Doesn't Mean We're Winning

9/10 Thinking - Edemic just before CLOVERFIELD happens.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (K9ch3)

201 Looks like they've resumed the countdown at ten minutes

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (vSvIl)

202 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 06:26 PM (5rh/l)

203 T minus 9 minutes for Artemis II.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (vV6n9)

204 Foster was in a whole lot of movies when she was young and based on what we know about hollywood I'm sure she was abused a lot. I don't know how anyone comes out of that business normal.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (3uBP9)

After her parents divorced, she was raised by her mother and HER female partner.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:27 PM (5xuJ/)

205 T minus 5 minutes to launch.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (5xuJ/)

206 Worried about the address tonight (it's tonight, right?), if he simply says "We win, we will be winding down, all goals achieved."

With the Straight effectively still under Iranian control or at least under threat...the energy markets will still be pressured and US gas prices will likely remain elevated....that's what will put the Senate in play if fuel prices at home remain elevated through the midterms.

Positivity here, maybe tonight he says for the Persians to come out of hiding and begin revolution. Doubt it, but that would my preferred path.

Either way, rocky times ahead.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 01, 2026 06:40 PM (F2sSv)

207 The diplomatic political class really are a bunch of loathsome toads.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Well said.
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Retief, a fictional diplomat appearing in books by Keith Laumer's is about the only diplomat worthy of praise in recent memory. Rubio though is climbing up the charts.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (E4rtv)


Keith Laumer, the creator of Retief, was a member of the U.S. State Department. I'm pretty certain that Retief was a thinly disguised roman a' clef.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 01, 2026 06:44 PM (ksbjf)

208 202 Incredibly, I heard some TV news readers yesterday and early today call the spacecraft "OH-ree-on."
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Kids don't know anything about anything these days.

Now, get off my lawn!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (Dv3i1)

209 Orange Man Bad has screwed things up so bad I'm trying to brush up on my Farsi on Duo Lingo even as I write this.

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 06:46 PM (47/pr)

210 My cousin played the douche boyfriend who let Jodi down.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (cS1cw)

211 Keith Laumer, the creator of Retief, was a member of the U.S. State Department. I'm pretty certain that Retief was a thinly disguised roman a' clef.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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Yep. Stationed in Burma for part of his gig. Wrote a thinly disguised and coded obscene book about it. Sound out the character names phonetically.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)

212 24 I suspect very soon the left will be making Colin Powell's argument from the WoT that we "caused a mess" in destroying the Mullahs and so we have to send 100K American boys to make sure they get democracy or something.

That was Colin Powell's "Pottery Barn" Doctrine of when you go to War "if you break it you bought it."

That's retarded, sir.

Trump has the "Don't make me take my belt off" doctrine which leads to the Trump doctrine of "Rubble don't make trouble" and "Lather, Rinse, Repeat."

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 06:56 PM (47/pr)

Project Hail Mary Is #Based?

I saw it Tuesday night. I realized that was the last night to see it on a premium screen, because Super Mario Bros. would take al the premium screens Wednesday.

I'll review it below. (In short: It's good, worth seeing in the theaters.)

The movie isn't political, but the creators are pitching it low-key as a conservative-friendly movie.

First of all, the writer of the novel the movie is based on, Andy Weir, actually went on Critical Drinker for almost an hour. The Critical Drinker is hated and persona non grata with progressives, so when Weir decided he would ignore the #Deplatforming order on Critical Drinker, he was making a statement.

Not only did he #Platform Critical Drinker, but he trashed Fake Star Trek in much the same way as a conservative pop culture critic would.

"I forgot who it was--I wish I could remember who it was who said it, some analyst--he said something like, 'All modern science fiction TV shows and movies have been heavily influenced by the original Star Trek--except for the current batch of Star Trek shows,'" Weir noted. "I'm Gen X, so my sci-fi was like original series Star Trek reruns and Lost in Space reruns. And there wasn't really much in the way of [new] sci-fi that was airing--where people are off in space doing cool things--until we got to [The Next Generation]."

After discussing the fate of Starfleet Academy and Jordan suggesting that Paramount should simply decanonize all modern Star Trek, Weir offered something of a rebuttal while also revealing that he had attempted to pitch a Trek series of his own.

"You're a little more severe than I am--I'll give you my opinion, and I'm just a consumer. I like Strange New Worlds. I think it's pretty good. I didn't hate Enterprise. I thought it was kind of weird. Lower Decks, I thought, was entertaining and fun. All the others, they can go," Weir said.

"And here's another thing: I pitched a Star Trek show to Paramount, and I was in Zoom with the showrunners with all the shows and spent a lot of time talking to [executive producer Alex Kurtzman]," the writer continued. "I don't like a lot of the new Trek. He, as a person, is a really nice guy. But at the same time, those shows are shit. He is a nice guy. But they didn't accept my pitch, so, you know, fuck 'em."

He was forced to apologize for this -- conservatives also shouldn't court controversy or alienate potential ticket-buyers when they're promoting their movies, either -- but we all heard it. The Truth Is Out There now.

In another soft pitch to conservatives, star Ryan Gosling introduced the movie at a screening, he declared, "It's not [fans'] job to keep theaters open, it's our job to make things that make it worth coming out." That may seem obvious, but it's only conservative cultural critics who've been saying it. The left thinks we should show up for their Gay Illegal Alien Antifa Movies just to show our support for favored minorities.

Former Amazon executive Tom Price -- who greenlighted this movie -- writes in the NYT that maybe Hollywood should learn a lesson from Project Hail Mary's success and make movies which are -- get this -- broadly entertaining rather than filled with divisive and yet childlike political propaganda.

'Project Hail Mary' Is Fun. Maybe That's All It Takes.


By Roy Price


Mr. Price is the chief executive of International Art Machine, an entertainment studio, and was previously the head of Amazon Studios.


"Project Hail Mary" opened last weekend to more than $80 million at the domestic box office, the biggest opening for a nonfranchise, nonsequel film since "Oppenheimer" in 2023. For all the fretting about the decline of movie theaters, people apparently know where their local theater is just as long as they're given films they want to go and see. It's also the first major theatrical success for Amazon MGM Studios, which formed in 2023. (Despite my former association with Amazon, I don't enjoy any benefit from the film's success.)

It's not just a one-off hit, either -- the domestic box office in general in 2026 is up a robust 20 percent from the year before, driven by hits like the mid-December releases "Avatar: Fire and Ash" and "The Housemaid," along with the year's "Scream 7," "Wuthering Heights" and others.

A possible reason for this rebound? Movies are starting to feel fun again.

Eras change. Vibes, as they say, shift. In 1969, the low-budget counterculture road movie "Easy Rider" was the fourth-biggest box office hit -- edged out for third place by the low-budget, X-rated "Midnight Cowboy." By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked. That was the end of an era: Musicals were essentially over and the cinematic 1970s had begun, one year early.

We've had other eras since -- the blockbusters of the 1980s, the Sundance generation of the 1990s. But the most recent era, which started in the wake of Donald Trump's election in 2016 and went into overdrive after 2020, was one in which political and social messaging were what seemed to matter most in Hollywood.

I actually wrote that he rejected divisive political messaging before I read the actual article. But he said it! I was only thinking he'd softly imply it.


Sex, erotic thrillers and humor were on the outs. Romantic comedies essentially disappeared. From 2012 to 2016, roughly 67 comedy films with budgets over $5 million were released a year on average. From 2017 to 2023 (excluding the Covid year of 2020), that average dropped by a third, to some 45 comedies a year. It was an era when you could make "Nomadland" -- a best picture Oscar winner in 2021 -- but championing the ribaldry of a film like "Bridesmaids" seemed suddenly out of the question.

The Dionysian elements of popular entertainment -- irreverence, sexual frankness and broad, even scatological humor -- were cast aside as the industry sought to correct historic wrongs and resist current ones. An unmistakable censoriousness and fear of saying or doing the wrong thing seemed to settle over the creative process. Cultural and political considerations played an outsize role -- not only in what movies got made, but in how success for these movies was defined.

What didn't seem to matter as much? Making sure that audiences were filling seats.

It can't be a coincidence that Ryan Gosling is echoing this line, minus the overt criticism of progressive propaganda. This feels like a coordinated message.

In Price's case, he has nothing to gain from Project Hail Mary's success. I guess he had no points in the project. But many in Hollywood have recognized that the industry is now in a state of dire existential crisis and they need to get their heads out of their stinky asses ASAP or the whole rotten house is going to collapse. His interest here is about the general viability of the so-called "entertainment" industry.


Some might object that comedy in particular waned in that era because the genre, in the words of the industry, "doesn't travel," meaning it lacks international appeal. But the international appeal of comedy didn't suddenly change in 2017. Hollywood's tastes did.

That era might finally be ending.

Hollywood loves box-office data, and the recent data suggests that there are two paths forward for the industry. One path is the prestige message films that dominated the most recent Oscars, exemplified by this year's best picture winner, "One Battle After Another" (although that movie, with its chase scenes and stoner jokes, had a crowd-pleasing element). The other path is represented by eight-cylinder entertainment like "Project Hail Mary" and "The Housemaid" -- as well as pulpy films like "Weapons" and "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

If this new era of fun has a figurehead, it's the actress Sydney Sweeney, who almost single-handedly revived the romantic comedy with "Anyone but You" and the erotic thriller with "The Housemaid," two genres that 10 years ago had been cinematically left for dead.


Hollywood was built on entertainment. A big part of what makes entertaining movies work is that they engage audiences in a way that feels contemporary but would be completely recognizable to Billy Wilder or Frank Capra. These films spring from the belief that movies matter in and of themselves -- and not just as a means to influence society.

The question is not whether Hollywood should make serious or socially conscious films -- it should, and it will. But the success of "Project Hail Mary" and other recent films reminds us that in our new era, whatever it will be called, people appear to be responding to fun.

There was an old rule that actual movie stars observed: "One for the studio, one for me." In other words, one broadly entertaining movie likely to make a good amount of money, and then one more personal and "arty" project which probably wouldn't make money but would boost the star's prestige.

For ten years, Hollywood's rule has been "one for me, and another one for me, and oh how about another one for me, and this one for me, and this one for me." Yes, they made Marvel and other superhero movies during this period, but those were among the only broadly-entertaining movies they made -- everything else was overt, mentally-impaired hardcore woke propaganda. And then, of course, even the stupid superhero movies started pushing braindead woke propaganda as well, and people stopped seeing those.

The "star" of the upcoming Supergirl movie just decided to alienate the mostly-male audience for superhero movies and announce that she is a pre-emptive victim (TM) of internet bullying. You see, Basement Internet Babies cannot stand the thought of a Stronk Female playing... Supergirl.


And so Hollywood now finds itself making almost nothing but woke propaganda movies people just don't want to see. And they can no longer point to Marvel's success as evidence they're still relevant.

A review:

As I said, it's worth your time and money. The movie has a fair amount of spectacle -- there's a great sequence involving skimming the atmosphere of an alien planet towards the end of the movie -- and supposedly most of the effects were achieved in-camera with models and painted backdrops.

The story is a little contrived: the Sun is dimming due to strange alien cells called "astrophages," or star-eaters. The earth has about 30 years left before it is plunged into a lethal ice age that will kill almost all life on the planet. Local stars are similarly dimming, probably also from these astrophages. All except a star 13 light years away, Tau Ceti. The earth organizes an emergency crash project to build a ship to go to Tau Ceti and find out what makes Tau Ceti immune from the plague of the astrophages, and send what they discover back to earth via small probes.

The hitch: It's a one-way trip, a suicide run. They cannot load enough fuel on to the ship for a return trip. Whoever goes, dies in space.

One thing I like about this set-up: Author Andy Weir avoids the usual end-of-the-world scenario of "global warming." Instead he conjures up a fictitious threat that results in... global cooling. I think he did this on purpose.

When Ryan Gosling's character reaches Tau Ceti, he is menaced by an alien space ship that also has just arrived there. But he soon guesses the ship was sent by another civilization threatened by the astrophages, for the same reason he's there, to discover why Tau Ceti resists the plague.

This brings up two closely-related criticisms I have about the movie:

1, Hollywood's continued belief that audiences still love Marvel Trash Humor. The movie is loaded with jokes -- or "jokes" -- and while a fair number of them work, a lot of them are just thrown in because the movie thinks the audience has a short attention span and is bored by science and so there's a joke a minute to keep the audience engaged. Now, maybe they're right that the Modern Audience demands this constant barrage of light humor, but it grated on me. I have to repeat, a fair amount of the humor actually is funny, but I got annoyed at the many pop culture references. I felt like I was stuck at a party between Star-Lord and Dr. Strange trying to out-clever each other and both losing.

2, the movie aggressively wants you to like it and like the characters. It's like a hyperactive puppy in its drive to be liked. Of all the sins a movie can have, this is a pretty forgiveable one, but... I liked the characters well-enough without the cloying attempts to ingratiate themselves with me.

Directors Lord and Miller were fired from Solo for making that movie too much of a comedy. I long assumed that Kaffeine Kennedy was in the wrong, but now I'm not so sure.

Those flaws knock the movie down a point, but it's still a strong movie. The atmospheric-skimming sequence at the climax of Act II is spectacular and so tense that I wanted to walk out of the movie. That's not the movie's fault, it's just as I've gotten older I flinch from tension (and horror) more and more. The suspense was, for me, unbearable at points. But that is, of course, what they were aiming for.

Oh, I recognized Milana Vayntraub as a background character after a while. (Pretty much all characters except Ryan Gosling and his alien contact are background characters.) She is pretty, but, as usual, she dresses in baggy clothes because she really, really hates guys looking at her boobs. I count this as another attempt by the film-makers to appeal to conventional/traditional audiences, men in particular.

There is a flaw I felt when I was watching the movie but later decided wasn't a flaw: When Gosling encounters the alien craft, there's a sequence taking about 40 minutes of Gosling figuring out how to communicate with the aliens. While I was watching it, I felt as if Gosling was spending too much time on this rather than his actual mission, which was to explore Tau Ceti.

But of course partnering with aliens for this mission would greatly improve the odds of succeeding. I wish there had just been a quick line inserted where Gosling speaks into his video journal and declares that finding a way to communicate with the aliens will help him complete his mission. I know that's obvious, but he does spend a long time figuring out the alien language. I kept thinking, "What about your mission?" If the movie just offered a quick line saying that this is part of the mission, I wouldn't have been bothered.

I listened to that Idiot Whore Grace Randolf because I wanted to hear how the movie was performing financially. She was sure that there is no way the human and alien could have communicated with each other.

I was kind of infected with her Very Stupid Idea as I was watching the movie, but upon reflection, I think the learning-the-language sequence is perfectly plausible.

They don't learn each other's language at all, actually. They say words to each other, and get the other's equivalent word, and then enter the matching pair into the computer. It's the computer that does the translating, working from a lexicon they enter into it. Not having to actually memorize vocabulary really speeds things up.

Even though this takes a fair chunk of screen-time, in real time, I think it would only take 2-3 days. Because they only learn, at the end of their big language-learning session, 250 words.

At the end of a process of sharing vocabulary with each other, Gosling says something like, "We know about 250 of each other's words, not a lot but enough to order dinner in a restaurant." That's about right. Vocabulary goes by a power law: the 500 most common words in a language make up fifty percent of all words you will ever read or hear in it. The next 500 most common words make up 25% of all the words you will ever encounter. The next 500 most common make up 12.5%, the next 500 6.25%, etc.

So upon further reflection, their 250 word lexicon would be enough to start communicating.

I also realized that this explained away part of my problem with the movie: the cutesieness. I hope I am not spoiling the movie by telling you the alien Gosling partners with is very cute -- too cute, I found during the movie. Cuter than Ewoks.

But I now realize that a big part of why I found him so cloyingly cute was that he spoke with a child-like vocabulary. When he objected to an idea, he would say "Bad bad bad" or "dumb and stupid."

But... that's exactly what he would say, if he's limiting himself to the simplest possible vocabulary he knows so that the computer can look it up in their tiny 250-word lexicon. So the cuteness was actually plot-justified, which I didn't realize when I was watching it.

Of course he speaks like a little child, because he's working from a little child's 250-word vocabulary! Little children do not say "sub-optimal" or "insufficiently evidenced." They say "Bad bad bad" and "dumb and stupid."

(How exactly they communicated more technical/scientific ideas, I don't know. Fortunately for them, the science they end up doing is pretty basic. I don't know what they would have done if it got very technical. And they do continue adding to their lexicon as they work together through the movie.)

Maybe with that explanation, this aspect of the movie won't grate on you as it grated on me.

Overall, a good movie. Often over-cute, marred by Marvel humor, and there's a character arc that feels too writerly to me -- like Weir thought of it and then patted himself on the shoulder -- but worth the $11 and two and a half hours.

Plus, if they're trying hard to pander to normie audiences, normie audiences would do well to reward that.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM




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1 FOIST?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (WONhk)

2 She looks like a Fetal Alcohol Kid...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (Int1s)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 01, 2026 04:33 PM (LdBR/)

4 Why did Lt. Worf change his hair color?

It was a good day to dye.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 01, 2026 04:35 PM (1LgBj)

5 Nope

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 04:35 PM (T8bqm)

6 I don't know how "based" it was. It was just a good movie, with that old-fashioned value of story.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:36 PM (Fi81e)

7 I have this post all to myself!!!And Ace!

At first I thought Ace was still talking about the SCOTUS court future ruling today. It may take a Hail Mary for justice to rule for once. It could happen!

I'm going to add to my ever growing prayers. At this rate I will soon be one of those nuns who take a vow of silence and pray all day (my husband would like this part). The Carmelites.

Here they have bee hives and sell honey and jam. Markle wants to be like this but never shuts up and flits around. I once wanted to be a nun but was Presbyterian. I watched a movie or something. I also wanted to be Nelly Bly and Anne of Green Gables as I was busy.

I have my own version of peace here when my husband lets me out of my cell every morning. I then flit around a bit.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:37 PM (WONhk)

8 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which specifically included former slaves recently freed.

The Black population should be offended that these illegal Scum Bags get the same rights as they do and not pay any taxes or contribute to the US Society as a Whole and are just "Leeches on their Tax Dollars"...

Posted by: Ferd Berfall at April 01, 2026 04:39 PM (38587)

9 Hollywood needs the comedy of Tom Green more than ever. "Freddy Got Fingered" actually wasn't that bad.

$14 million bucks of gross and stupid but Hollywood has devolved so much in 25 years, it looked like Shakespeare.

No gays, no trannies, no messages, Drew Barrymore looked cute and BJ Betty was cute and kind of funny. Shakespeare.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Sco7b)

10 The left thinks we should show up for their Gay Illegal Alien Antifa Movies just to show our support for favored minorities.
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I think you misspelled "dramatized screeds".

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

11 My "left-leaning but still very open-minded" daughter really liked the movie and told me that I would probably like it enough that I should see it on the big screen.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at April 01, 2026 04:40 PM (HlyYF)

12 In another soft pitch to conservatives, star Ryan Gosling introduced the movie at a screening, he declared, "It's not [fans'] job to keep theaters open, it's our job to make things that make it worth coming out."
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Seems awfully similar to what I've been saying about whiny Republicans complaining about low turnout in non-Trump elections.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 04:41 PM (TN0g+)

13 2 She looks like a Fetal Alcohol Kid...
Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (Int1s)

Nah. FAS kids have no philtrum.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (WONhk)

14 My daughter read the book, said it was good.

The making of the woke movies reminds me of the woke sports leagues, the people that they are trying to impress with that crap aren't their customers. Or at least enough of them to make money. It's truly bizarre.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)

15
They've had a little glitch with Artemis II, just as I was expecting. It's a range issue with the flight termination system communications or some crap. This is the self-destruct system that blows up the rocket if it goes out of control.

In the you-can't-make-it-up category, they've sent some guy out to the VAB to look for an old piece of Shuttle hardware they are referring to as "heritage hardware" they think might help fix things.

As it is, range safety is no-go until this FTS problem is fixed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (w6EFb)

16 13 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (WONhk)

She ids as Mongoloid looking as the actress who played Ava in Justified....God there are a lot of fetishists in Whore E Weird...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:43 PM (Int1s)

17 "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

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See, it's ok to have a "message" in a movie (even if I disagree with it, because I can, you know, disagree with it). But the message has to be subordinate to making the movie. Entertain the audience, and if you can also make them think, that's a bonus.

But there's a word for media that puts political messaging ahead of the art: propaganda.

Posted by: can of spam at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (14gFN)

18 Saw it the other day, great movie very enjoyable. The movie is not woke but the Hail Mary team on earth is very strong woman and DEI-ish.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (GUOwU)

19 Saw it with the family, we all liked it.

I went because I saw reviews that it was one of the few "family" movies being made. Not a kids movie, but one every age could actually enjoy watching.

I'd give it a B+, worth seeing, but maybe a little over praised. No real politics that I could discern.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (eIzlH)

20 In another soft pitch to conservatives, star Ryan Gosling introduced the movie at a screening, he declared, "It's not [fans'] job to keep theaters open, it's our job to make things that make it worth coming out." That may seem obvious, but it's only conservative cultural critics who've been saying it. The left thinks we should show up for their Gay Illegal Alien Antifa Movies just to show our support for favored minorities.
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We ARE better, but not immune to that. Sometimes the guys at the Daily Wire (especially Klavan), and sometimes Morrissey talking to Toto are close to saying we HAVE to go to conservative made movies. Mark Judge does too. And note, in general I like all those. But there are just too many new books and movies I am not interested in.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 04:46 PM (AlhUl)

21 Helen slaters version looks like shakespeare compared to this

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (bXbFr)

22 I knew "Sinners" would probably have a message going into it. Black crop-pickers in the south during the 20s? How could it not. But I forgot about that when watching the movie and didn't think much about it after.

Posted by: redchief at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (X1ddP)

23 I saw PHM over the weekend and really enjoyed it. I largely agree with what Ace said; as far as it being Based, nothing really stood out except a moment where Gosling's character is talking to the project director and the issue of faith comes up.

He asks her, "You believe in God?" and she answers "What's the alternative?"

Nothing beyond that, but it was a nice moment.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (U7TBY)

24 That planet in the sidebar is a world of hydrogen ocean. I don't think this is the planet we are looking for.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:48 PM (n5tGW)

25 The Andy Weir book was good so I have high hopes for the movie. We are going to watch it for my wife's birthday.

And of course it is a shame that Milly is a toxic airhead.

Part of the romance of the movies is falling in love just a little bit with the women as you put yourself in that universe, and that is not possible when you couldn't even stand to be in the same room with them. These people build their careers around being more attractive than average, and then they run their mouths and ruin it.

Posted by: Thatch at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (i0077)

26 Former Amazon executive Tom Price -- who greenlighted this movie -- writes in the NYT that maybe Hollywood should learn a lesson from Project Hail Mary's success and make movies which are -- get this -- broadly entertaining rather than filled with divisive and yet childlike political propaganda.

Sorry to be a tiresome pedant, but childlike implies the sweeter, innocent nature of children, while childish is negative. If I'm reading this correctly, childish is the fitting word here.

Childlike and childish both relate to children but have opposite connotations: childlike is positive, highlighting innocence, wonder, and sincerity, while childish is negative, denoting immature, petulant, or irrational behavior. Childlike refers to admired traits, whereas childish describes unwanted behaviors like tantrums or self-centeredness.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

27 Faye dunaway realled chewed the scenery

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (bXbFr)

28 "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

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I genuinely enjoyed Sinners , but it was very clear the movie was very anti-white at basically every level.

The creator was clearly a racist.

It was also nowhere near an Oscar worthy movie, it was just a horror movie that punched above its weight. But DEI is what matters most to these people.

A white director or writer and this thing would have not gotten a single nom.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:49 PM (eIzlH)

29 I have not and probably will not for years see Hail Mary but it looks interesting and its main star is smart about his publicity. His statement that its not the job of fans to like stuff, its the job of them to make stuff people like. He said he was deliberately trying to make uplifting, positive stuff now too.

Which... brings us to Supergirl. Which looks grim and moany.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (El6/E)

30 Sven @16...seriously? No way she's Downs Syndrome, either. I guess she wants to be unique vs trans or something more common like a lesbo non-Chaz.

As a newborn RN we do the first physical exams before the doc...palms of hands, ears (if set low), eyes and other facial features, loose skin at back of neck, muscle tone, etc.

She's not very pretty, I'll give her that. But there is no "syndrome" she was born with.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (WONhk)

31
Wall O Content!

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (QVmho)

32 >>>The movie is loaded with jokes -- or "jokes

that's in the books too -- Weir's big hits, this one and The Martian, were written with the narrator making lots of jokes during all the science narration -- a lot of reddit-tier humor but both narrators are nerds so I guess it's supposed to fit

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (jGJov)

33 30 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (WONhk)

She looks like the idiot furry from Land of the Lost...I am sorry I am not sorry...the bitch playing Super Girl looks Cro-Magnon..

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Int1s)

34 A while back, WB actually had good, fun cartoon superhero movies. No messaging.

Now, it's like the rest. Messaging. They actually had an Aztec Batman. I just put it on when I want to fall asleep.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Sco7b)

35
K2-18b is a *possible*, possible, "hycean" planet. Could also be a super earth or mini-Neptune.
Hycean means hydrogen atmosphere but with a water ocean. These could support life.

This would be critters, bacteria and so forth, not likely big flora and fauna. But who the hell knows. Our sample of life in the universe consists of 1 data point.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (w6EFb)

36 Afternoon, all,

This movie sounds like it's worth going to see. The essence of the plot sounds like something Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle might have written, or in the pulp days Jack Williamson or Murray Leinster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)

37 He asks her, "You believe in God?" and she answers "What's the alternative?"

Nothing beyond that, but it was a nice moment.
Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 04:47 PM (U7TBY)
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Yes. I liked that moment, too.

It feels almost brave to put that in a movie these days.

"Yeah, but you didn't prove God!" -- people who do not know how little is formally *proven*.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

38 What you missing is how God is handled in the movie. In the movie, one of the respected characters sort of implies they believe in God. "What's the alternative?" In the book, the Christian character is not looked on as favorably. Did someone focus test that line? Religious nuts like me heard it and made me really happy to see a little bit of God in the midst of a celebration of humanism.

Posted by: Someone afraid of the LGTBQ lobby at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (5DTn7)

39 Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:51 PM (Int1s)

She could pass for a tranny.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (dK+Kv)

40 He asks her, "You believe in God?" and she answers "What's the alternative?"

It’s a good line; it’s interesting how rarely lines like these show up, especially well-written. Joss Whedon had a similar not-quite-throwaway in, I think, the first Avengers movie.

There’s only one God, ma’am, and he doesn’t dress like that.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (EXyHK)

41 We ARE better, but not immune to that. Sometimes the guys at the Daily Wire (especially Klavan), and sometimes Morrissey talking to Toto are close to saying we HAVE to go to conservative made movies. Mark Judge does too. And note, in general I like all those. But there are just too many new books and movies I am not interested in.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 04:46 PM (AlhUl)


It is our DUTY to eat each and every crap sandwich filmed, or else the genre is dead.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (rbvCR)

42 This movie sounds like it's worth going to see. The essence of the plot sounds like something Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle might have written, or in the pulp days Jack Williamson or Murray Leinster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (wzUl9)
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It's a really unique McGuffin, AFAIK.

And yeah, I would recommend this movie to anyone

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)

43 I think we've entered the time when it doesn't matter if a superhero movie is good or bad, whatever that might mean, I think they're just done. They need to disappear for at least a couple of decades.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (Riz8t)

44 I saw it last night. Liked it but didn't love it. Too long. And too many scenes of Ryann Gosling looking into a microscope. But the action sequence of collecting samples from the Tau Ceti planet was heart-stopping. And I love Ryan Gosling's speech to the screening audience. Almost Tom Cruise-level of audience service.

Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (eAAqq)

45 This would be critters, bacteria and so forth,

So democrats then.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:54 PM (n5tGW)

46 That planet in the sidebar is a world of hydrogen ocean. I don't think this is the planet we are looking for.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026


***
"Uh, there's no smoking here. NO SMOKING HERE!!! NO SMO--"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)

47 Sinners was a movie I probably shouldn't have liked, but I did.

It's one of those that really needs the music for it to work, though.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 04:55 PM (U7TBY)

48 The creator was clearly a racist.

He is, he's a very talented, capable film maker but he clearly hates white people LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 04:55 PM (El6/E)

49 So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?

Even if his ship traveled at near lightspeed, it would take a minimum of 13 year to get there, then it would take a minimum of 13 years to send the signal back to Earth (radio signal powerful enough to be received back on Earth).

That only leaves a maximum of 4 years to implement the solution, assuming our best scientists even understand it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)

50 Interesting. Thanks for the review, Ace! In the book, Weir actually rides the anthropogenic climate change bandwagon pretty hard. It doesn't take much page time, but it's in your face.

It seems like they did justice to the alien language part of the book. I'm glad to hear that.

Looking forward to seeing this one when I get a chance.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (mLePI)

51 Make entertaining films instead of laborious, boring blogs that people like TJM will nod thoughtfully at while holding their chins and say 'interesting?

What a fucking concept.

Of course, a lot of the modern shit is not even film snob shit. Its just shit shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

52 I would say childish

Childlike is optimistic not nihilist

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (bXbFr)

53 >>> 'Project Hail Mary' Is Fun. Maybe That's All It Takes.

WHY YES. Congrats, geniuses, you've figured out something the rest of us have known for a long time. Gold star for you.

According to Toto, Super Mario Bros is safe but quite fun. The Friday Night Tights gang thinks if it gets to stay in the theaters for a long time, it'll possibly rake in $1.5 billion.

They are also worried that one of the added characters for this movie will bring out all the furries. We'll see.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 04:57 PM (gWBY1)

54 39 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 04:53 PM (dK+Kv)

So Australian

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 04:57 PM (Int1s)

55 Some of the explodings in Iran are downright cinematic

https://tinyurl.com/49xh2226

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 04:58 PM (ZxPkt)

56 Going to see Hail Mary this weekend. One of my teens is a sci-fi freak and loved the book. Excited to see his take.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 04:58 PM (gWBY1)

57 . . . Even if his ship traveled at near lightspeed, it would take a minimum of 13 year to get there, then it would take a minimum of 13 years to send the signal back to Earth (radio signal powerful enough to be received back on Earth).

That only leaves a maximum of 4 years to implement the solution, assuming our best scientists even understand it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026


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Thus the title!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 04:58 PM (wzUl9)

58 I will probably do see " Hail Mary" with the family after Easter.

The movie I'm particularly interesting seeing is " A Great Awakening" about he 18th century evangelist George Whitfield and his friendship with Benjamin Franklin. Whitfield was a powerful preacher and Franklin was not an orthodox believer. He was interested in using his paper to promote Whitfield however. " Sight and Sound" does biblically based shows in the PA Dutch region and also has put out movies of their show:

https://tinyurl.com/mwtkemuy

Posted by: Fenelon spoke at April 01, 2026 04:59 PM (fQqaC)

59 Time slows down traveling that fast so his 13 years is really what 130 years on earth. I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if they actually mean 13 years earth time or we just go with the suspension of disbelief to enjoy it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:59 PM (n5tGW)

60 Supergirl is well named, "Milly Allcock", given s/he looks vaguely trans.

"Marvel humor" has been better described as "fake Joss Whedon dialogue". Whedon himself and the other Mutant Enemy writers could pull that off. Nobody else has been able to, but they keep trying.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 05:00 PM (2ocoG)

61 My kids love Mario so I'm hoping the new one doesn't have any woke crap in it. The first one was pretty good. Nintendo does not seem to tolerate too much risk to their flagship characters, to their credit.

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:00 PM (jGJov)

62 Saw it the other day, great movie very enjoyable. The movie is not woke but the Hail Mary team on earth is very strong woman and DEI-ish.
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 04:45 PM (GUOwU)


I'm not sure about that. It was a worldwide coalition so, since whites make up less than 10% of the worldwide population, they were over-represented on the team - as expected since they are among the high tech countries. I can only think of three women on the team, offhand, the head lady, the lady astronaut, and the one who fucked up a measurement and caused an issue.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (ExV1e)

63 Some of the explodings in Iran are downright cinematic

https://tinyurl.com/49xh2226
Posted by: Don Black

Michael Bay is jealous.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (ndZc7)

64 I think we've entered the time when it doesn't matter if a superhero movie is good or bad, whatever that might mean, I think they're just done. They need to disappear for at least a couple of decades.

I think its funny people say this about superhero movies, but 7 out of 10 Sci Fi movies bomb and nobody says we're in a science fiction fatigue era.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (El6/E)

65 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked./i]

Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

66 Reading this "positive" review of Project Hail Mary makes me not want to see it. I just can't muster any shits to give for this one, and I've really tried.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 01, 2026 05:02 PM (wKJf5)

67 That planet in the sidebar is a world of hydrogen ocean. I don't think this is the planet we are looking for.

I am highly skeptical about the claims they are making about planets thousands of lightyears away. Seriously we have good telescopes but they aren't THAT good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (El6/E)

68 Sorry, I'm gonna go back and read the content, but...

I've just watched the speech and presser by Queer Starmer. and holy shit!

He literally says the Straight of Hormuz is so very important to England to their fuel, but says nothing specific about what they will do except "We will figure out what to do about it once the Straight is open..."


Are you fucking kidding me?

Also, he says no way England will do anything about anything... and makes sure to stress that any of their participation in our "250 Celebration" has been completely planned a very long time ago, so don't blame me...


Last point- he uses the Biden way of taking questions- he knows the name and where they are from of every questioner...

Fuck me.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (dmDsy)

69 64 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (El6/E)

Same with romances, Superhero movies done well are timeless the problem is heroism pisses Whore E Weird off...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Int1s)

70 Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

Actually he's not terrible, Lee Marvin is far worse. But for some reason it works for Marvin and not for Eastwood. The problem with Paint Your Wagon is that its just not very good.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:04 PM (El6/E)

71 I can only think of three women on the team, offhand, the head lady, the lady astronaut, and the one who fucked up a measurement and caused an issue.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (ExV1e)


Without doing spoilers, "caused an issue" is certainly one way to put it.

I didn't realize that Lily from AT&T was the lady astronaut until I watched the end credits. Neat.

Posted by: Dr. T at April 01, 2026 05:04 PM (U7TBY)

72 “John Rambo” Executive Producer Says Audiences Crave “Masculine Alpha Males”

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You bet they do!
- Lindsey Graham

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:05 PM (ndZc7)

73 I'm still half asleep from a nap. I clicked AoS and seen this post. I thought the war in Iran had gone into a different phase, Project Hail Mary. Looked like a pretty big deal(figured ground troops) but it's a movie review. I'm slowly waking up.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 05:05 PM (IlL6s)

74 Its the python how to do it sketch

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (bXbFr)

75 Same with romances, Superhero movies done well are timeless the problem is heroism pisses Whore E Weird off

Word is the studios hate them but they make so much money when they work that they feel they have to keep doing it. And yeah hopeful heroic content primarily featuring white guys is like a cross to a vampire for Hollywood. we hates it!!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (El6/E)

76 I saw it last week. FYI: despite still being 29, I did, however, see Star Wars during its original release. That said, I did find myself looking at my watch no less than three times. It was better than any film I've seen in the theaters in the past 4 years (low bar). But I have no desire to see it again. Then again, I wasn't a fan of the Martian. You know, where everything tried for the first time in the movie surprisingly works. Maybe I’m just getting too old.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (CyFyf)

77 So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?

I believe that the Sun was going to dim sufficiently in 30 years that it would start to be a problem. Given the way that the movie ended, it looks like the process took about that long.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (ExV1e)

78 >>> Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

end credits of Gran Torino were the best part

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (jGJov)

79
By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.
Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Lee Marvin did it better...
https://youtu.be/N8608DIj-oc

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 05:07 PM (QVmho)

80 I am highly skeptical about the claims they are making about planets thousands of lightyears away. Seriously we have good telescopes but they aren't THAT good.

If you can read beyond the newspaper articles and click-bait web sites, astronomers are pretty honest about how much uncertainty is in these data.

It is real, in the sense that they are doing real analysis (of, for example, the spectrum of a planet’s atmosphere, the mass of the planet, its approximate size, and thus an approximate density) with real and useful results, but there are many possible interpretations of those results.

Sky & Telescope appears to be a pretty good reporter on this things.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:07 PM (EXyHK)

81 Marvel had heart even up to endgame although ragnarok and guardian 2 went too lame

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 05:07 PM (bXbFr)

82 Yes. Because have you heard Clint Eastwood sing?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)
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What are you talking about?

Eastwood was known to sit on many sets with his guitar just singing songs to pass the hours. Eastwood has a fine singing voice. It doesn't sound like he should, but he does.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e)

83 >> planets thousands of lightyears away.

K2-18b system is about 124 ly away. The dimethyl sulfide signature was detected by spectroscopy with JWST. This looks at what the atmosphere around the planet does with the starlight passing through when it transits in front of its star as seen from our perspective.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:09 PM (w6EFb)

84 I think the biggest problem with Supergirl is that the thundering gashcunt playing her isn’t hot enough. In some pics, she looks a little chubby too. She’s reasonably attractive, don’t get me wrong, but come on now — Supergirl has to be a babe.

I suspect the movie is expected to bomb or at least underperform, and they are laying groundwork for blaming the failure on stupid men who can’t stand stronk empowered wimmins.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:10 PM (jB7fc)

85 >>>So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?


there was much handwaving in the movie about how much time this took, or if the ship was moving at anything close to the speed of light, or what. They did show a character who remained on earth appearing maybe 10-15 years older, but it seems like she should have been much older.

The fuel they use is derived from the astrophages themselves so maybe there's some implied Magic Science going on here.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:11 PM (1wjle)

86 Reading this "positive" review of Project Hail Mary makes me not want to see it. I just can't muster any shits to give for this one, and I've really tried.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 01, 2026 05:02 PM (wKJf5)


To each their own. I enjoyed it, apparently more than Ace, but I wasn't concerned about the alien being cuter than me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:11 PM (ExV1e)

87 Maybe this is a fantasy movie.

Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS
The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most… She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It… if you have any questions… let’s talk about Senator, now Secretary Mullin… or please pull the resumes of some of the other justices before entering this chat… actually just don’t, it’s not a debate, these are FACTS (alternative facts = LIES).

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So we need a Superjustice movie?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (ndZc7)

88 i assume the book got specific about travel time and how fast the ship was going, but they stripped it out of the movie to keep it friendly for the non-NERDS!!!

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (1wjle)

89 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

It's been awhile since I went to a movie. Maybe 12-14 years ago.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Oy/m2)

90 If you can read beyond the newspaper articles and click-bait web sites, astronomers are pretty honest about how much uncertainty is in these data

Yeah its typical with science reporting. They say "our best data suggests that this planet may be" and the press goes "NEW PLANET DISCOVERED THAT IS"

I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (El6/E)

91 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.


Well, I liked it.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)

92 "69 64 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:01 PM (El6/E)

Same with romances, Superhero movies done well are timeless the problem is heroism pisses Whore E Weird off...
Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Int1s"

Not to ruffle too many feathers, but the whole western superhero tradition is sort of lame and gay. "Oh look at me and how tall my high horse is, I'm gonna go defeat all the villians but make sure to capture them all alive and leave them tied up in front of the precinct house".

It's a type of conflict for sheltered first worlders with no experience with real fighting and tends to be alarmingly self-centered from the hero/reader-insert standpoint.

The good stuff never loses sight of that and uses it as a source of plot tension, but if you aren't careful it's a short skip and a hop from Batman to the total ethical shitshow of Dr. Who.

Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (RW4Zm)

93 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (jB7fc)

94 For ten years, Hollywood's rule has been "one for me, and another one for me, and oh how about another one for me, and this one for me, and this one for me."
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Well, only Trump wins when you do one for the racist audience who voted in MAGA.

So, it's really understandable.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

95 I still want them to make my Covid Era, Over The Road Trucker Comedy, Starring DDL as a grizzled trucker who has an addiction to underground dance offs and Karaoke, who has a midget for a partner and they are pitted against teams of other truckers that have to get to a Macguffen load and bring it back from La to Florida for big money.

It's styled as, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad world meets Convoy, Meets Smokey and the bandit.

IT COULD WORK!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (XV/Pl)

96 I read and have read a lot of SF, since I was 12years old.
I found Hail Mary a good quick read.
I recommend it. Especially to those who like 'Science fiction'.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (Y/b9a)

97
Well, the range safety is now go. Their "heritage hardware" (piece of old Shuttle equipment) apparently solved the problem with FTS communication.

How would you like to be the range safety officer who had to make the call whether to hit the button and blow up a rocket with people on it?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)

98 73 I'm still half asleep from a nap. I clicked AoS and seen this post. I thought the war in Iran had gone into a different phase, Project Hail Mary. Looked like a pretty big deal(figured ground troops) but it's a movie review. I'm slowly waking up.
Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 05:05
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Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:14 PM (bQ4nt)

99 >>>Reading this "positive" review of Project Hail Mary makes me not want to see it. I just can't muster any shits to give for this one, and I've really tried.

i get that the review was more focused on criticism than praise but I was trying to avoid talking about much of the plot... I did think I had to note the Trash Marvel Humor and the excessive cuteness (even though after the movie I realized some of the cuteness was plot-justified)

it's good. Maybe too much sugar, not enough salt.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:14 PM (1wjle)

100 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Oy/m2)
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$20 bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:14 PM (Fi81e)

101 Also, this is a very exciting time for astronomers. Not only is there at least one private telescope in space, with bigger ones coming up, but ground-based telescopes are undergoing a renaissance too.

Computer calculations are making it possible to make absolutely gigantic optical telescopes by, rather than building gigantic telescopes that would be subject to collapse, but by building lots of smaller telescopes and treating them as a single lens.

Besides gravity, another of the limitations on ground-based astronomy has been turbulence in the atmosphere, which makes resolutions beyond a certain point useless. But it is now possible to measure that turbulence in real-time and so apply corrections in order to attain greater clarity on the ground.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (EXyHK)

102 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

103 >>>89 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

I went to Alamo and it was only $11.60 or something. I guess their prices are lower during the week. when I saw Fellowship of the Ring there it cost like $18.50.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (1wjle)

104 How much does it cost to go to a movie now?

It was $25 for two when I saw it.

On the one hand, it was the matinee. On the other hand, it was IMAX. On the gripping hand, $5 of that was the "convenience fee" for using the required service to buy the ticket.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (ExV1e)

105 Gah. I've been goofing on this movie since it came out because it's been shooting up the IMDB charts. It's now ranked as the #78 greatest movie of all time.

Up yours, "2001".
Too many notes, "Amadeus".
Forget it Jake, "Chinatown" sucks compared to this!

I'll probably go see it, but the Marvel humor is grating on me already, and they barely show it in the trailer.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (/d4WW)

106 >>> I think the biggest problem with Supergirl is that the thundering gashcunt playing her isn’t hot enough

she's the Feral Kid from Mad Max Road Warrior

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (jGJov)

107 Watched this movie in a theater that brings beer and freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies to your seat in the middle of the show. Thumbs up!

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (AkKZw)

108 >>>93 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.

what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (1wjle)

109 84 I think the biggest problem with Supergirl is that the thundering gashcunt playing her isn’t hot enough. In some pics, she looks a little chubby too. She’s reasonably attractive, don’t get me wrong, but come on now — Supergirl has to be a babe.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:10 PM (jB7fc)

Cosmicbook dot news said they had about 8 screenings so far and they're adding in more Superman. Apparently she's a little mopey too. Great.

And you're right, Supergirl should be hot.

And not carrying a movie alone. Bringing out heroes and villains people barely heard of isn't a great move. A Booster Gold series? Ughhh. And I watched most of the superhero cartoons in the 90's and have never heard of Black Adam...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (Sco7b)

110 @106

>>she's the Feral Kid from Mad Max Road Warrior

She has a punchable face, you never want your female lead to have a punchable face.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (XV/Pl)

111 https://youtu.be/nn8YubD01sk

Nahh, Clint is a fine actor and a good musician (Jazz I think?) but singing "I Talk To The Trees" sounds like Clint Eastwood singing as Clint Eastwood.

There's a reason he only did one musical.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (6ydKt)

112 >> Also, this is a very exciting time for astronomers.

In another 10, 20 years, I'm sure there will be a lot of amazing discoveries. There's a lot high resolution fancy stuff in the pipeline to probe exoplanets and their atmospheres.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (w6EFb)

113 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (jB7fc)


It really didn't feel like 2.5 hours to me. The fourth time I had to sit through a Cadillac commercial before the movie started... THAT felt like 2.5 hours.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (ExV1e)

114 Fun with the Kit Kat kaper.

https://is.gd/AbR76y

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7)

115 92 Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (RW4Zm)

Yeah Beowulf, Robin Hood, Arthurian legends, Dumas and others all suck as well...

again Superhero movies properly done are a good thing, for all I know Ishtar well done could be a good thing....

Zack Snyder is not a good thing.

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:18 PM (Int1s)

116 My local bijou has $7 matinees, and you can buy a book of 100 tickets for $700 if you want to go whenever.

That's pretty good. But they've jacked up the refreshments prices. It's about $20 for two large sodas and a large popcorn (with refills).

I've noticed a lot of the repertory places around here are offering ridiculously cheap tickets. They don't make much money off those anyway, I guess. (Interestingly, the refreshment prices are way cheaper than the big chains, too.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:18 PM (/d4WW)

117 I saw a clip of Project Hail Mary.
The aliens looked like little rock bears.

I'll check it out eventually.
Sounds better than most Sci-fi out in the past decade.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)

118 Eastwood did some singing in some episodes of Rawhide.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (Oy/m2)

119 She's also Australian and has a prototypical Australian look about her.

Super Girl needs to be All-American.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (XV/Pl)

120 what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.
Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (1wjle)


Only 10 minutes of commercials? Lucky bastard.

And all at ear splitting volume.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

121 I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.

For things that they can do spectral analysis on, the certainty that these are planets is very high. There have been enough observations across different types of measurements with enough predictability of what future measurements will show, that the alternative explanations have to get weirder and weirder to explain them as something other than a planet.

Then again, “the imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (EXyHK)

122 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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--Joe Montana

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (bQ4nt)

123 I’ll watch Hail Mary when it comes out on 4K. Over 2.5 hours tho? I’m not a fan of overlong movies.

what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.
Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:17 PM (1wjle)
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Yea, another reason why I stopped going to the theater. I’ll wait a month or two for the movie to come out on 4K disc and watch in my home theater.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (jB7fc)

124 >>>what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.

don't forget the glow of everyone scrolling their phones during the movie

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:21 PM (jGJov)

125 118 Eastwood did some singing in some episodes of Rawhide.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (Oy/m2)

Maybe he sounded better singing some country-western with a guitar, I don't know. I've only got Paint Your Wagon to go by.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:21 PM (6ydKt)

126 what gets me is the 10 minutes of commercials even before the 15 minutes of movie trailers.
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I gotta admit...I don't even arrive at the theater until marquee time. The big chains have 15 minutes of "pre-show content" at a minimum. AMC does 20.

The little places will do about 10. Arrive at marquee time, park, get tix, get popcorn, go to the bathroom...get there just in time to get spoiled for an upcoming movie.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (/d4WW)

127 49 So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?

Even if his ship traveled at near lightspeed, it would take a minimum of 13 year to get there, then it would take a minimum of 13 years to send the signal back to Earth (radio signal powerful enough to be received back on Earth).

That only leaves a maximum of 4 years to implement the solution, assuming our best scientists even understand it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ESVrU)

That's not exactly the problem in the movie. The world will lose half it's population in 30 years due to starvation caused by the dimming sun and all the wars that will be fought in those 30 years over food because of course the countries of the world will lie cheat and steal to survive. All of the stars in our immediate vicinity except Tau Ceti are experiencing the dimming. Don't want to spoil how they were able to accelerate the ship fast enough to make the mission viable, it's a major plot point and possibly a plot hole. Also a bit ironic.

Posted by: farquad at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (CFMhl)

128 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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What about me?

--Joe Montana
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (bQ4nt)


I'm standing right here. -- Roger Staubach (the guy who coined the term for a desperation pass)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (ExV1e)

129 And all at ear splitting volume.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (ExV1e)

I saw the last 2 Avatar movies with my friend.

I bring foam earplugs. Shouldn't have to...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Sco7b)

130 don't forget the glow of everyone scrolling their phones during the movie
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The Alamo will kick you out for that, as will most repertory theaters.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (/d4WW)

131 Saw it at an IMAX theater and it was wonderful.
Great crowd as well, not looking at phones, being loud, nor smelling of pot.
Great family afternoon.
Couple of hours of overtime will help pay for it.

Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (bkAYe)

132 I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.
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What they see is a little periodic dip in star radiance. This is what they take for "planets" in many cases.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)

133 "those shows are shit. He is a nice guy. But they didn't accept my pitch, so, you know, fuck 'em."

The funniest part - Starfleet Academy doesn't suck because it is woke, it sucks because it is poorly acted, directed, scripted, etc. They have an alien the barfs glitter. A gay Klingon. A female Jem hadar. A hologram that acts like it is six years old. A Vulcan bully. A guy in a wheelchair. They use modern slang and curses.

The wokeness isn't the problem as much as the utter lack of original thinking, stories, characters, AND a complete inability to stick with the canon. If you want to have someone be a bully, Klingon works better. If you want to have someone in a wheelchair, make it a fish alien with no legs. Want someone to be gay? Make it the Vulcan - they always seemed a bit gay. You can do what want, just don't find the lamest possible way to do it. or the "subversive" way.

Star trek was always about adult people dealing with adult situations. Or, at worst, adult people dealing with absurd and childish situations. It was never about children dealing with childish situations. In other words:

"Shut Up Wesely!"

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (D7v4F)

134 I don't get people calling Milly Allcock mid or ugly. She looks cute to me. I think its one of those "women consist entirely of breasts" ideology some people suffer under.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (El6/E)

135 >>>I saw a clip of Project Hail Mary.
The aliens looked like little rock bears.

that's about right. for multi-limbed rock creatures that look like chubby spiders, they are pretty cute.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)

136 Can these woke bitchtards come up with some new material? This “control over my body” is so old it’s senile and being pushed into MAID in Canada. It’s also ludicrous after all these strong woke bitches threw their bodies at the state during Covid. Suddenly, a woman’s body was not hers to control.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (jB7fc)

137
The Nancy Grace Roman telescope will be able to direct image some of the larger (gas giant) exoplanets in the near neighborhood. That will pretty much confirm, yep, these are planets.

And to be really technical the current official IAU definition of "planet" applies only to our solar system. But we know what we mean by planet, whether here or around another star.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (w6EFb)

138 I kind of enjoy all of the commercials, I don't go to the movies on a time clock.

I love the atmosphere of the movies, when I go, I get there ahead of time and stay until the credits role and the staff are coming in to clean up.

Hell, I don't even mind the price of concessions.

There was nothing like going to opening night at The Ziegfeld.

It's just that most movies are not worth seeing anymore and worth all of that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (XV/Pl)

139 I saw the last 2 Avatar movies with my friend.

I bring foam earplugs. Shouldn't have to...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Sco7b)


The movie itself was fine. It was the commercials and trailers that were the issue. If I ever go to a theater again, I shall have ear plugs with me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (ExV1e)

140 One hour till the Artemis Crew is scheduled to launch on a 10 day cruise ... a ten day cruise ... around the moon. (one of these days Alice, POW, to the moon. Too bad the female is not named Alice)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (vbXSk)

141 If people think the regular exoplanet hunting is a neat application of instruments, look at what they're doing finding loose planets in interstellar space.

Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (RW4Zm)

142 Dang…I didn’t intend to watch this Hail Mary movie but Ace is almost elevating it to a ‘can’t miss’ film.

Posted by: Chunk at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (KKkVN)

143 >>>The Alamo will kick you out for that, as will most repertory theaters.

i was reading The Hobbit on my phone through the commercials, but it was so damn loud I only got through like six pages.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (1wjle)

144 In the classic 30s SF story "A Martian Odyssey" a person on a Mars mission has his aircraft fail and decides to walk back towards the mothership. He meets a native called Tweel that looks like an ostrich and it learns a few phrases and words - Yes, no, one one two, two two four maybe a few other before it breaks down but Tweel tries to hint to him about the strange life forms they encounter using this extremely limited vocabulary.

At one point they meet a group of hive mind critters carrying trash into the home base and the spaceman stops one and says "We are friends!" ...after that all the critters call out "Weee are vrreends" as they pass. He blocks one and it reaches out and pinches his injured nose and he moves aside saying OUCH. After that the greeting phrase was "Weee are vrreends -- OUCH"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (8avO+)

145 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.


Well, I liked it.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)
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I laughed when the mine caved in.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (rj6Yv)

146 K thought all cowboys sang, some better than others but cows don't know the difference anyway

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)

147 The funniest part - Starfleet Academy doesn't suck because it is woke, it sucks because it is poorly acted, directed, scripted, etc. They have an alien the barfs glitter. A gay Klingon. A female Jem hadar. A hologram that acts like it is six years old. A Vulcan bully. A guy in a wheelchair. They use modern slang and curses.

I have not watched it but the clips and reviews I saw, it looks like some of the plots were kind of interesting. Most of the first few shows had decent ideas. But the execution looks absolutely awful and the characters a strange combination of forgettable and repelling. And the last two episodes are incomprehensibly bad plotting.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (El6/E)

148 128 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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What about me?

--Joe Montana
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:20 PM (bQ4nt)

I'm standing right here. -- Roger Staubach (the guy who coined the term for a desperation pass)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (ExV1e)


Remind me, didn't I win two playoff games with hail mary's?

Posted by: Aaron Rodgers at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (dmDsy)

149 134 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (El6/E)

well the Island was settled by inbred Celtic drunkard felons....

She is at least as cute as the south end of a north bound wombat.

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:26 PM (Int1s)

150 138 I kind of enjoy all of the commercials, I don't go to the movies on a time clock.
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When we started going to the Korean theater, they had Korean commercials, and those were a hoot. We still reference the "Trust TS" song. (Korean hair-care, I think.)

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:26 PM (/d4WW)

151 119 She's also Australian and has a prototypical Australian look about her.

Super Girl needs to be All-American.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 05:19 PM (XV/Pl)

Mily Alcock played the teenage version of one of the queens in House of Dragons. She was only in like four episodes.
That's the only thing I've seen her in.
She wasn't bad, and is kinda cute.

She said she only took the Supergirl role because she wasn't getting any offers and was worried her life was over at 22.

It's like she's already running away from it.
The first trailer having SG crawling around drunk didn't help it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:26 PM (6ydKt)

152 147 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:25 PM (El6/E)

Yes holograms which are of course artificial light based simulacrums would choose to look like cross-eyed nosering theory freakazoids...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Int1s)

153 Milly Allcock doesn't look the part. She just...doesn't. She has a bratty adolescent look.

In the comics Supergirl looks...sweet. Tall and skinny, almost gangly. California Girl. No brat.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (D7v4F)

154 I saw a clip of Project Hail Mary.
The aliens looked like little rock bears.
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But it wasn't a ro-ock....

Posted by: Fred Schneider at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Fi81e)

155 >>I didn't realize that Lily from AT&T was the lady astronaut until I watched the end credits. Neat.

Does 'Lily' still have a Hugh Jass?

Toward the end of the AT&T ad campaign with her, they had to shoot the scenes to hide her big butt.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (Y1sOo)

156 i was reading The Hobbit on my phone through the commercials, but it was so damn loud I only got through like six pages.
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I generally cannot read if words are coming into my ears. :shrug:

Hey.

Hey, guys...

If you want a real hard-science treat...*snicker*...read Andy Weir's "Aremis"...*snicker* *snicker*

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (/d4WW)

157 They crossed a Klingon and a Jen'Hadar and somehow got a fat black lady

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (G0Uu2)

158 I am of the opinion that they aren't even certain these ARE planets.
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What they see is a little periodic dip in star radiance. This is what they take for "planets" in many cases.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)

Could be sunspots, but then it wouldn't have to obey the rules of gravity governing the speed and distance of an orbit. Matter in orbit that isn't essentially a planet would have the dip have a more gradual edge than is usually seen.

Another method that can be used is to look at shifts in the spectral lines as the star wobbles due to the planet tugging on it.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (8avO+)

159 that's about right. for multi-limbed rock creatures that look like chubby spiders, they are pretty cute.

Posted by: ace at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)

It could be a good family movie.

Do families still go to the movies or just wait for it on Netflix?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)

160 By contrast, "Paint Your Wagon," a big-budget, star-driven musical, tanked.


Well, I liked it.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:12 PM (2WIwB)
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I laughed when the mine caved in.
Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 05:24 PM (rj6Yv)

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No Name City would be a perfect place for a MoMe.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (2WIwB)

161 thought all cowboys sang, some better than others but cows don't know the difference anyway

Pretty much yeah. Passed the time helped calm the cattle. It didn't matter how great you were, it was better than sitting around in silence.

One of my favorite singing bits in a TV show was Justified, season 2. The evil murderous mom of a clan of hill folk did a great job (like pretty much everyone else) and there's a scene where the family is having a picnic/barbecue. They all start singing and get mom to sing along. She's a terrible singer but nobody cared because it was about the family and the song and being together, not about perfection. They loved mom, they loved singing, they loved the family, who cares if she's not an opera singer.

We need more of that. Everyone is terrified to sing in public now, or anywhere, because they all feel like they have to be professional quality. Singing used to be everywhere, we sang as part of life. Now we delegate it all to professionals.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E)

162 Supergirl would be an interesting opportunity to make an action movie with a female protagonist that isn't stupid girrrlbossss crap

She is super strong for a reason in universe so yeah she can beat up most other characters in the DC universe and it isn't comical like watching Scarlet Johansen muff flip 250lb operators.

And she's always been feminine and tough in the classic sense - the Injustice story line does this I think very well.

But I suspect we'll get another stupid grrrrlllll boss movie that just makes the character into another Captain (Karen) Marvel

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (sKqQm)

163 I saw The Loose Planets open up for the Thundering Gashcunts at the Starlight Theater back in '06.....

Posted by: Denny Crane - Not a Joke! They Were Great! at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (dmDsy)

164 153 Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:27 PM (D7v4F)

She has the c-list porn chick playing a sorority slut on Girls Gone Wild look...

you need to cast a hot blonde for the role and she ain't it.

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (Int1s)

165 That's not exactly the problem in the movie. The world will lose half it's population in 30 years due to starvation caused by the dimming sun and all the wars that will be fought in those 30 years over food because of course the countries of the world will lie cheat and steal to survive. All of the stars in our immediate vicinity except Tau Ceti are experiencing the dimming. Don't want to spoil how they were able to accelerate the ship fast enough to make the mission viable, it's a major plot point and possibly a plot hole. Also a bit ironic.
Posted by: farquad at April 01, 2026 05:22 PM (CFMhl)
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That raises even more plot holes.

If the world has fallen to pieces while Gosling's ship is traveling, will anyone even be around to receive his signal when he finally broadcasts it home?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)

166 I'm standing right here. -- Roger Staubach (the guy who coined the term for a desperation pass)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:22
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akshually per wiki

The expression goes back at least to the 1930s, when it was used publicly by Elmer Layden and Jim Crowley, two former members of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's Four Horsemen. Originally meaning any sort of desperation play, a Hail Mary pass gradually came to denote a long, low-probability pass, typically of the "alley-oop" variety, attempted at the end of a half when a team is too far from the end zone to execute a more conventional play, implying that it would take a miracle for the play to succeed. For more than 40 years, use of the term was largely confined to Notre Dame and other Catholic universities.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (bQ4nt)

167 And, by the way, project Hail Mary isn't "based" - it's about two people, who are actual aliens, coming together, working toward solving a common problem, and having a friendship that extends beyond the stars. It just goes about the story without rubbing your nose in it, and making it seem normal that different people can understand each other and work toward the common good.

What it avoids is being lecturey about it.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (D7v4F)

168 I kind of enjoy all of the commercials, I don't go to the movies on a time clock.

20 straight minutes of commercials before the trailers. Like 6 commercials... over, and over, and over... for 20 minutes. At rock concert volumes.

I did not enjoy the commercials.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ExV1e)

169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?

Posted by: Fred Schneider at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e)

170 K thought all cowboys sang, some better than others but cows don't know the difference anyway
Posted by: Skip

Cows are headbangers? Or rappers?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ndZc7)

171 They crossed a Klingon and a Jen'Hadar and somehow got a fat black lady
Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (G0Uu2)
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Which shouldn't even be possible.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)

172 One thing I didn't like about going to the movies was the blinding sunlight afterwards when you went outside. You went from sitting in the dark for 2 hours and then going thru the exit door forgetting about how bright is outside.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 05:31 PM (Oy/m2)

173 Re: Roger Staubach

The term became widespread after an NFL playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings on December 28, 1975 (see Cowboys–Vikings rivalry), when Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach (a devout Catholic) said about his game-winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson, "I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary."

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (bQ4nt)

174 161 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E)
Tim Blake Nelson shows how terrifying the singing cowboy archetype really is

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (Int1s)

175 169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?
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Only the lesbians. The dudes hook up every 7 minutes.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (/d4WW)

176 Does 'Lily' still have a Hugh Jass?

Toward the end of the AT&T ad campaign with her, they had to shoot the scenes to hide her big butt.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (Y1sOo)


Wait, so her ass got bigger, but not the rest of her? Although, those tits were pretty much maxed-out...

Posted by: Denny Crane - Not a Joke! I LOVE Big Boobs! at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (dmDsy)

177 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?
Posted by: Fred Schneider

But first Pon Farr slap fights.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (ndZc7)

178 "So if the Sun is going to end in 30 years and the only solution is located at a nearby star 13 light years away, how fast was Ryan Gosling's ship traveling to get there in time to save our Sun?
there was much handwaving in the movie about how much time this took"

IF they approached the speed of light, time would have "slowed down" on earth, I think. Or sped up for the travelers ... relativity and all that stuff. But getting to that speed requires more and more power, infinite power to actually reach the speed of life (as I recall the theory). But SciFi has to ignore much of real science I suppose.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (vbXSk)

179 102 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

Not related to the movie, however I met Doug Flutie once. Nice man and still handsome. Unfortunately shorter than I am, and, well, we are both married to others. Our sons went to his junior high and the school had him speak. He signed two programs which I need to give our boys if I find them again.

IF the Hollyweird writers could come up with something orignal that I was interested in, I'd go.

IF they used leads that were good looking, I'd go.

IF they'd shut up about politics I'd go.

Otherwise I wait and pick and choose. A movie will look good, then I see who is starring, and nope! That witch Kidman is in everything! I can't stand her!!!

Limited entertainment for me, so I come to Ace's Place.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (WONhk)

180 I'll check it out when it gets to my big "small" screen. Which is more than I do for most of Pervywood's dreck.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (xvV+O)

181 Supergirl will likely not be shit because of Allcock. It will be shit because it is James Gunn. Everything he does is the same shit.

Even the trailer has vintage music. Come on dude. The horse is mere atoms floating on the wind. And he did not even use Kansas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

182 Supergirl is not just a bizarre choice for #2 movie in the brand new DC movie universe, but making her a mopey depressed alcoholic is even stranger. Hope, aspiration, uplifting, these are concepts Hollywood rejects.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (El6/E)

183
There are now about 6000 "confirmed exoplanets" and I was looking at just what criteria "confirms" it.

It takes multiple observations with at least two different techniques, like radial velocity and transit methods.

The probability these are not "planets" as we think of them orbiting their host star is very low. It looks, quacks, and swims like a duck.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (w6EFb)

184 akshually per wiki

The expression goes back at least to the 1930s, when it was used publicly by Elmer Layden and Jim Crowley, two former members of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's Four Horsemen. Originally meaning any sort of desperation play, a Hail Mary pass gradually came to denote a long, low-probability pass, typically of the "alley-oop" variety, attempted at the end of a half when a team is too far from the end zone to execute a more conventional play, implying that it would take a miracle for the play to succeed. For more than 40 years, use of the term was largely confined to Notre Dame and other Catholic universities.
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (bQ4nt)

***

Well it sure as Hell was not going to be invented at Baylor or Brigham Young. U.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (2WIwB)

185 Shows like 'Starfleet Academy' could benefit by having their budgets cut by 75% or so. Toss some of that to talented writers that can create something interesting.

There's been some fantastic low budget Japanese movies I've seen. 'Death Note' 1 and 2 on YouTube were pretty clever horror movies. Very fun. And 'Terrifier' isn't everyone's cup of tea, but those are great movies considering their budgets.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b)

186 akshually per wiki

Obviously written by a Vikings fan.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (ExV1e)

187 NOOD

DO AS WE SAY

WE ARE SMAAAHHHRRT

Posted by: EXPERTS! at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (ULPxl)

188 NOOD Project "Hail Experts"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (ESVrU)

189 181 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

Supers are really just self-absorbed fuckwits who are loathsome....

yeah Jimmy we got it the first eleven times..

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Int1s)

190 169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?

Posted by: Fred Schneider at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (Fi81e)

It's a good possibility that Vulcans would see homosexuality as illogical.

Until Kutrzman changes that.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:34 PM (6ydKt)

191 If the world has fallen to pieces while Gosling's ship is traveling, will anyone even be around to receive his signal when he finally broadcasts it home?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)


Not broadcast. Probes. In fact, multiple probes... just in case.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (ExV1e)

192 Wait, so her ass got bigger, but not the rest of her? Although, those tits were pretty much maxed-out...
Posted by: Denny Crane - Not a Joke! I LOVE Big Boobs! at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (dmDsy)

She did her own version of onlyfans which was called something like onlyphilanthropy. I think it crashed and burned.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (zZu0s)

193 By the way, Justice Jackson said this banger about birthright citizenship: "If I steal a wallet in Japan, I am subject to Japanese laws….. in a sense, it's allegiance."

That's her argument for why being born in the USA should make you a citizen, you'd get arrested for pickpocketing in Japan.

In her defense I would agree to this concept: we should have the same policy as Japan where you do not become a citizen simply by being born there.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (El6/E)

194 182 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 01, 2026 05:33 PM (El6/E)

She is drunk which is amazing because Kryptonians could not get drunk for decades...

Posted by: sven at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (Int1s)

195 It looks, quacks, and swims like a duck.

Actually, “it looks, quacks and swims like a duck… pick any two.” Which makes the chance it isn’t a duck unlikely, but probably not quite so unlikely that among those 6,000 confirmations, at least one of them will be a fascinating surprise when we find out what it really is.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (EXyHK)

196 175 169 Do gay Vulcan's only have to hook up every 7 years?
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Only the lesbians. The dudes hook up every 7 minutes.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (/d4WW)


Gay Vulcans seem odd...


Gay Vulcan 1 "I intend now to insert my hard cock into...well... your asshole, for no biological nor procreational reason.

Gay Vulcan 2 "Just stick it me me already!"

Posted by: Denny Crane - Vulcans Are Horny!!! at April 01, 2026 05:36 PM (dmDsy)

197 IF they approached the speed of light, time would have "slowed down" on earth, I think. Or sped up for the travelers ... relativity and all that stuff. But getting to that speed requires more and more power, infinite power to actually reach the speed of life (as I recall the theory). But SciFi has to ignore much of real science I suppose.
Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (vbXSk)


The movie explains how they do it. Yes, it's magic but it works in their universe.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (ExV1e)

198 "Oh, I recognized Milana Vayntraub as a background character after a while. She is pretty, but, as usual, she dresses in baggy clothes because she really, really hates guys looking at her boobs."

I'm fairly certain that a background character in a $200-million movie doesn't get to decide what clothes she wears (even if we kind of remember her from phone commercials).

Posted by: TR at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (hazdd)

199 171 They crossed a Klingon and a Jen'Hadar and somehow got a fat black lady
Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 05:28 PM (G0Uu2)
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Which shouldn't even be possible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU

I'd expect the replicators to limit the calories of the fat people.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (Sco7b)

200 She did her own version of onlyfans which was called something like onlyphilanthropy. I think it crashed and burned.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 05:35 PM (zZu0s)

Dude, you serious? And do you have a link?

Posted by: Denny Crane - Vulcans Are Horny!!! at April 01, 2026 05:38 PM (dmDsy)

201 >>> I'd expect the replicators to limit the calories of the fat people.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 05:37 PM (Sco7b)

=====

Each meal includes a daily dose of GLP-1.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 01, 2026 05:44 PM (CyFyf)

202 165

That raises even more plot holes.

If the world has fallen to pieces while Gosling's ship is traveling, will anyone even be around to receive his signal when he finally broadcasts it home?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 05:30 PM (ESVrU)

Hence the name of the movie and mission. The mission has probes that can be sent home with progress reports using the same propulsion method. Won't spoil the rest. But yes the time crunch and attainable acceleration are the major plot holes. The suspension of disbelief was enough to let me enjoy the movie, I only started really thinking about them in my car afterwards.

Posted by: farquad at April 01, 2026 05:47 PM (CFMhl)

203
for multi-limbed rock creatures that look like chubby spiders, they are pretty cute.

They make you join with Abraham Lincoln to fight a Klingon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)

204 173 The term became widespread after an NFL playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings on December 28, 1975 (see Cowboys–Vikings rivalry), when Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach (a devout Catholic) said about his game-winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Pearson, "I closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary."
Posted by: olddog in mo at April 01, 2026 05:32 PM (bQ4nt)
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And Pearson got away with a blatant push-off. Crime of the Century!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at April 01, 2026 05:52 PM (0bjKf)

205 I love a good physics thread.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 05:53 PM (pDt9x)

206 Speaking of entertainment, I am going to start watching Landman tonight. Heard good things about it from people who I think might be trustworthy.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 05:55 PM (pDt9x)

207 For what its worth, my 8 year old liked Project Hail Mary better than Super Mario 2.

Posted by: callister raine at April 01, 2026 05:56 PM (q+0Qp)

208 Worth a lot, for you and especially your kiddo.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 05:57 PM (pDt9x)

209 28 "Sinners" (which had its political notions, but you could enjoy it for the music and vampires).

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I genuinely enjoyed Sinners , but it was very clear the movie was very anti-white at basically every level.

The creator was clearly a racist.

It was also nowhere near an Oscar worthy movie, it was just a horror movie that punched above its weight. But DEI is what matters most to these people.

A white director or writer and this thing would have not gotten a single nom.

My wife made me watch this with her. It was a mid vampire movie. For me, any movie where you can k*ll the vampires rather than f*ck them, is a net positive. I thought it was..ok. Honestly Dusk til Dawn was way better and I f**king hate Jerg Clooners and I still watch it every time it's on.
When i heard it got an Oscar nomination, i blurted out...it's a f**king vampire movie. Why??

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 06:07 PM (7gpcF)

210 she's the Feral Kid from Mad Max Road Warrior
Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 05:16 PM (jGJov)

Dude, got to go back just a couple of years earlier.

She looks like Chaka from the old Land of the Lost TV show. if i saw her at a con, i would be yelling 'say 'Oganzaaaaa'

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 06:08 PM (7gpcF)

211 122 How can you have a Project Hail Mary without a reference to Doug Flutie?

That's what I want to know.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 05:15
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What about me?

--Joe Montana

I haven't watched football since Tom Landry got fired by that cryptkeeper looking l*sbian f**ker Jerry Jones..and you guys are talking about Doug Flutie and Joe Montana??

Roger F*cking Stauback to Drew Pearson in 1975. For f**ks sake. I was five when I saw that f*cking game and I never forgot the Hail Mary.
Doug F*cking Flutie. Your mancard is revoked.

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 06:12 PM (7gpcF)

212 The point I checked out mentally on Project Hail Mary was at the point they brought in "Metallic Xenon" as a foundational substance for the alien.

The threads holding up the suspension of disbelief were broken as a result of knowing too much chemistry. The story stepped over the line from science fiction into non-scientific fantasy.

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 06:14 PM (47/pr)

213 Watched The Thomas Crowne Affair at home rather than going to the theater for PHM. It was mainly nostalgic but popcorn fresh and cheap and couch more comfortable than theater and more private than a drive in…

Posted by: epador at April 01, 2026 06:25 PM (iMDpA)

214 Prediction: Dolls/plushies of "Rocky" (the alien from Project Hail Mary) will be released and outsell Grogu merch by Christmas.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (FIwBs)

215 I hear the audiobook for Project Hail Mary is excellent. I've been hoping the kindle ebook would go on sale so I could snag them together fir under 10 bucks, but I haven't seen it on sale in the past several months sadly (though I haven't checked every day).

The comment about most of the science being simple definitely has me hoping they save the earth with a science fair baking soda volcano though.

Posted by: tintex at April 01, 2026 06:28 PM (sBl13)

216 Something I've noticed as a Catholic (and I'm not the only one) is the spacecraft is the Hail Mary, and the crewman's last name is Grace.

A very standard Catholic prayer begins with these words: Hail Mary, full of grace ...

Coincidence?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 01, 2026 06:30 PM (ksbjf)

217 @211 hey fat, I think you're talking about the season I took the Cowboys to the super bowl. I'm smarter and a better quarterback than all the players in the hall of fame. No joke.

Posted by: Joe Biden at April 01, 2026 06:32 PM (sBl13)

218 The book is one of my favorites - and, as usual, it's best to read (or listen to - the narrator, Ray Porter, is excellent) the book first. Andy Weir puts a lot of humor in the book and the movie is very faithful to the book. It's not the writers, per se, trying to get you to like characters, it's how Andy Weir writes. The humor in the book doesn't come across that way at all, to me. I very much enjoyed the movie. I deliberately didn't read anything about it before I saw it. I wanted to just experience and hoped very hard that they wouldn't ruin the story. And they didn't.

I will also say that you get to know the alien a LOT more in the book. And he's actually been at Tau Ceti for 53 years before Grace comes along. They're very long-lived aliens. They communicate and work together as equals, each bringing critical skills to the task at hand. Really. Read or listen to the book.

Posted by: Rubeczech at April 01, 2026 06:34 PM (lLQGv)

219 Things are proceëding as we have foreseen.

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 01, 2026 07:20 PM (0sNs1)

Supreme Court Appears "Skeptical" of Trump's Completely-Correct Arguments on Birthright Citizenship
Plus: Trump to Sign EO Cracking Down on Illegal Mail-In Voting

Of course. Republicans nominate liberals to the Supreme Court, recommended by the fake conservatives of the Federalist Society.


The Supreme Court on Wednesday mostly appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's argument to end birthright citizenship for babies born to parents who are not U.S. citizens.

Solicitor Gen. D. John Sauer argued Wednesday before the high court, with President Trump in attendance, that birthright citizenship "rewards illegal immigration" and urged the justices to rule that the children of temporary visitors and illegal immigrants should not be deemed as citizens at birth, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Most of the justices, on the 9-member bench, said the Constitution had been interpreted for more than a century to grant citizenship to "all persons born" in the U.S., regardless of the citizenship status of their parents.

Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett said the 19th-century debates over citizenship focused on newborns, not their parents' legal status.

"In none of the debates are parents discussed," Gorsuch said.

Of course the liberal woman and libertarian sissy are defecting, as usual.


Barrett said the 14th Amendment's framers declared a "new type of American citizenship. ... They don't focus on the parents. They focus on the child."

So she's already gone -- she's stating that she already knows exactly what the 14th Amendment means.

Justice Elena Kagan told Sauer that he was seeking a major revision in longstanding law.

"Birthright citizenship has been the rule for a very long time," she said. Because of this, she said, why "accept this revisionist history?"

...

Sauer argued in response that this understanding of birthright citizenship had been wrong from the beginning.

He said the citizenship rule did not extend to the children of immigrants and visitors who were "subject to a foreign power," as those people did not have "allegiance" to the U.S.

Chief Justice John Roberts was also skeptical, saying, "It's a new world, but it is the same Constitution."

And there you go. The Grim Troika again.

You can listen to live arguments here, if you can take it. Go to the right sidebar and scroll down to Wednesday's arguments. (I can't link it directly.)

Trump is ready to sign another EO, which our corrupt liberal Supreme Court will probably strike down because they don't want to stop Democrats from openly stealing elections.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday cracking down on mail-in voting across the country, the Daily Caller learned first.

The executive order will require the Secretary of Homeland Security to create a list of verified U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote in each state with the Social Security Administration's help, according to a fact sheet shared with the Caller. The presidential action will also require that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) only send absentee ballots to those on each state's approved mail-in ballot list. Ballots will now have specific secure envelopes, with unique barcodes for tracking, the order mandates.

States will be provided with their revised list of confirmed voters no less than 60 days before each federal election under the order.


The executive order also tells the U.S. Attorney General to prioritize investigating and prosecuting anyone accused of sending ballots to ineligible voters, the Caller learned. States that disobey the order may lose federal funds under the presidential action.


...

The action comes as the U.S. Senate continues to debate the SAVE America Act. Under the legislation, voters would be required to provide proof of U.S. citizenship and ID, states would be required to clean up their voter rolls and approved reasons for mail-in ballots would be restricted.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:40 PM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)

2 When The Blade strikes FIRST, he strikes FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

3 Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

4 .
Supreme Court ... so many cunts, so little penis.

Posted by: Marooned at April 01, 2026 03:42 PM (kt8QE)

5 I have to watch "The Purge."

I think with a few modifications, it could be a kick-ass Executive Order.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Sco7b)

6 I heard Robert's quote above on the radio news break. That told me all I need to know about where this was going.

Posted by: Turn 2 at April 01, 2026 03:42 PM (CyFyf)

7 Howz my ass taste?

Posted by: Amy Coney Island at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (Zz0t1)

8 Okay.. The babies can stay but the illegal parents have to go....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (eANu3)

9 It’s DOA, Jim.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (pDt9x)

10 I mean...I suppose the motions must be gone through.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (OUMaO)

11 Things sure don't sound rosy about the outcome. That's from many sources I've been reading today.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (qBdHI)

12 "But if we don't let the Demoncrats win, we won't get millions in lobbyist funds and gifts!"

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (iXqHn)

13 6-3.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (pDt9x)

14 I roll up The Constitution and snort coke through it.

Posted by: Cheap Justice John Roberts at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)

15 BabylonBee: Trump Presidential Library To Feature Solemn 'Reflecting Pool' Of Liberal Tears

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (RHGPo)

16 I guess the Constitution got it all wrong then

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

17 No way Amy Barrett goes for it. It's too "mean."

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (jGJov)

18 This doesn't strike me as an issue that will be resolved through the "standard means". Whatever those are anymore.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (OUMaO)

19 They don't focus on the parents. They focus on the child."
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That is flat out twaddle.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Fi81e)

20 "Supreme Court Appears "Skeptical" of Trump's Completely-Correct Arguments on Birthright Citizenship"


Translation: We ain't touching this with a 20 foot pole, no way, no how.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (0N4FZ)

21 Roberts should get an axe handle across the back of the head for saying 'it's a New World.'

No. It really isn't. This stupid shit has been going on for 1000s of years. Same people. Same arguments. Same power struggles. Thinking you are new and unique is at the heart of modern thought and it is verifiable false. Your ideas are not new. The tech changes but the people stay the same.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)

22 I eat vag.

Posted by: Justice Elena Kagan at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (Zz0t1)

23 We’ll see.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (nqStX)

24 I had no doubts on this one.

Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 03:45 PM (YwEeS)

25 they're not ruling on this until June at the earliest

so maybe better to try to enjoy the spring while we can lol

(I also heard it might take until October for a ruling)

I still think they split the baby. some restrictions going forward, all existing grandfathered

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 03:45 PM (j+aD2)

26 As soon as the Marxists take over after the next 2 vote fraud we will be living in the Camp of the Saints

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)

27 GatewayPundit had thks argument from DEI hire Jackson.

"In the warped world of the radical left, being subject to criminal prosecution is now the same thing as the “allegiance” required for birthright citizenship.

Jackson laid out a convoluted hypothetical involving a trip to Japan.

Her argument? If she steals a wallet in Tokyo and gets arrested, she is suddenly “owing allegiance” to the Japanese sovereign.

“If I steal someone’s wallet in Japan, the Japanese authorities can arrest me and prosecute me. It’s allegiance, meaning can they control you as a matter of law?” Jackson posited. “So there’s this relationship based on even though I’m a temporary traveler… I’m still locally owing allegiance in that sense.”"

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 03:45 PM (Sco7b)

28 I'm just waiting for the Affirmative Action Jackson highlight real.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:46 PM (Zz0t1)

29 Let's get real.

The odds of any Supreme Court in the 21st century -- short of a wet-dream Court of five Clarence Thomases and four Sam Alitos -- ruling against birthright citizenship are .... zero-point-zero. Maybe less than that.

The best we could have ever hoped for was a punt.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

30 24 I had no doubts on this one.
Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 03:45 PM (YwEeS)

Yeah, foregone decision. It would take balls, big brass balls for a change in the matter. And this court lacks balls.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:46 PM (pDt9x)

31 8 Okay.. The babies can stay but the illegal parents have to go....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (eANu3)

wisdom of solomon here

Posted by: moki at April 01, 2026 03:46 PM (wLjpr)

32 31 8 Okay.. The babies can stay but the illegal parents have to go....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (eANu3)

wisdom of solomon here

Posted by: moki at April 01, 2026 03:46 PM (wLjpr

Agreed. Each parent gets half.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Sco7b)

33 They rule on cases that are controversial until the kast day that they can run away for vacation

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)

34 This is just the beginning. The only decision the Court can make to end this debate is to simply agree with the Trump position. It won't. But the side that thinks birthright citizenship is not just wrong, but ludicrous, will not just go away. If anything, it may harden the political debate. The Court cannot settle something like this. All they can do is delay it.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 03:48 PM (sX1BW)

35 Okay.. The babies can stay but the illegal parents have to go....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:43 PM (eANu3)



IF the baby is considered a citizen, it's a minor, so.......

It goes with the parents when they're deported. The child can come back when it's 18 as an adult citizen. No family riding the coattails.


But I still think the child shouldn't be a citizen from birth just because.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

36 Cuck the Supreme Fork!

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 01, 2026 03:49 PM (TezPK)

37 I eat vag.
Posted by: Justice Elena Kagan at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM


I believe the term is vagitarian.

Or dyke. Take your pick.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 03:49 PM (bFu5X)

38 34 This is just the beginning. The only decision the Court can make to end this debate is to simply agree with the Trump position. It won't. But the side that thinks birthright citizenship is not just wrong, but ludicrous, will not just go away. If anything, it may harden the political debate. The Court cannot settle something like this. All they can do is delay it.


I agree SH

this has shone a light on something most people had zero idea about

it's moving the needle

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 03:49 PM (j+aD2)

39 These are the two biggest issues
- birthright citizenship
- secure elections.

If Trump can fix these, now, I have hope.

If not? I think things will have to get a lot worse before they get better,.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:49 PM (Fg7bI)

40 I believe the term is vagitarian.

Or dyke. Take your pick.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 03:49 PM (bFu5X)



Lesbian dinosaur.

a.k.a Likalotapus

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:50 PM (Zz0t1)

41 John Robert’s stars in The Manchurian Candidate

Posted by: The Dog at April 01, 2026 03:50 PM (rzQeJ)

42 Probably the greatest abuse of thr justice system has been Trump and associates being persecuted in manifestly corrupt proceedings.

Federalist Society? A OK with them, never wrote one article about it.

They're just a bunch of big business toady assholes.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 01, 2026 03:50 PM (ZVE1T)

43 How is a brand new born baby "subject to " ANY "jurisdiction"??! It doesn't know what country it's even in. The idea of a country is going to have to be taught to it much later.

And what laws can a newborn break?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)

44 Maybe just maybe all of this was to get another high profile issue for the midterms, and going forward to 28. Twould be a good one.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:50 PM (pDt9x)

45 This would be an excellent ruling to go into "The court has given their opinion, now let them enforce it" mode.

Posted by: Methos at April 01, 2026 03:50 PM (vSvIl)

46 Whig - you had responded to an earlier post and then life got busy. I was aware of the earlier 19th century case, but even in that case the justices ignored a great deal of legislative history on what was meant, or so I have read.

My impression is that subsequent court cases built off that ruling, extending the error of the interpretation of the 14th. Clearly the legislature understood by the 1920s law regarding American Indians they needed to pass a law clarifying this topic. I am unaware of any further legislative action agreeing to universal birthright citizenship. It seems it all came from the Courts reading of the 14th, meaning the legislature will not be able to just pass a new law, because a law cannot override an amendment. By all rights, the 1920s law should have been unconstitutional, because it assumed they were not citizens even though they were most certainly born here.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (GZYu7)

47 what if PDJT can at least partially fix those two issues bob?

he is trying, he is moving the needle, he has the entirety of our soviet-style govt arrayed against him and yet he's making things happen

and everything is out in the open now

change is coming. maybe we're just in glasnost time now, not quite there yet

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (j+aD2)

48 Thats not the way it workd in japan in fact koreans in japan are second class citizens

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (bXbFr)

49 Lesbian dinosaur.

a.k.a Likalotapus
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:50 PM


*snort*

I forgot about that one.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (bFu5X)

50 Johnny put his finger in the dyke and saved the town.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)

51 "The constitution is not a suicide pact, making citizens of our enemies."


"It is, if we say it is. This is a 'new type of American citizenship' "

-- SCOTUS

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (YU46W)

52 Maybe just maybe all of this was to get another high profile issue for the midterms, and going forward to 28. Twould be a good one.

-------------

This could be a silver lining. Especially if people see Trump is fighting for this. This is type of issue that could move people to vote.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (sX1BW)

53
*snort*

I forgot about that one.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (bFu5X)



I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:51 PM (Zz0t1)

54 Roe was the law of the land for a very long time.
The Chevron Doctrine was the law of the land for a very long time.
Slavery was the law of the land for a very long time.

Bad law doesn't magically age into to good law.

Also, I thought everyone knew it's stupid to try and read the tea leaves of what justices ask in oral argument.
Especially since, often, they play devil's advocate to try and reason through the opposing argument.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 03:52 PM (HXT0k)

55 >>>"In the warped world of the radical left, being subject to criminal prosecution is now the same thing as the “allegiance” required for birthright citizenship.

DEI hire mindset

Posted by: brak at April 01, 2026 03:52 PM (jGJov)

56 There is something wrong that Jumanji Jemimah Jackson gets more than enough money to live on for the rest of her life, but my job is falling below the cost of living.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:52 PM (iXqHn)

57 We are just in a quiet reprieve until the next dem prez opens the floodgates again.

Sure looking back from 50 years ago until now, we are a very different country, but I think 50 years from now is very precarious. I fear for the world my kids will live in.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 03:52 PM (n5tGW)

58 56 There is something wrong that Jumanji Jemimah Jackson gets more than enough money to live on for the rest of her life, but my job is falling below the cost of living.
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:52 PM (iXqHn)

You must not have your mind right, or the right connections.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:53 PM (pDt9x)

59 35 IF the baby is considered a citizen, it's a minor, so.......

It goes with the parents when they're deported. The child can come back when it's 18 as an adult citizen. No family riding the coattails.


But I still think the child shouldn't be a citizen from birth just because.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

The child should have to stay so it cannot be indoctrinated in the other country's supremacy narratives.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:53 PM (iXqHn)

60 Illegals are super important to the ruling class. The Supreme Court is a bulwark of the ruling class. It stands to reason that they'll defend illegals with the ferocity all other ruling class institutions have.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 03:54 PM (BI5O2)

61
THere's some green on the radar rolling over the cape -- a little bit, but they think it will be out of there by launch time.

And I can't take that NASA official broadcast anymore. The grrrrrl power is just insufferable. Talking silly shit half the time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 03:54 PM (w6EFb)

62 We always argue how "it is the same constitution" regarding free speech and arms, and it makes sense.

But in the 18th century, if you were born in a place you existed in that place, likely for all your life. Crossing the Atlantic was dangerous, time consuming and expensive. It was just a wholly different issue.

Today we have Chinese flying to CA (or Mariana Islands) and becoming citizens. They can now vote. *Their kids can be citizens too* So can their grandkids,etc. What can not go on forever can not go on forever. This either ends at the SCOTUS, or in the future when 1,000,000 chinese nationals with US citizenship take over our elections and country.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:54 PM (Fg7bI)

63 “If I steal someone’s wallet in Japan, the Japanese authorities can arrest me and prosecute me. It’s allegiance, meaning can they control you as a matter of law?” Jackson posited. “So there’s this relationship based on even though I’m a temporary traveler… I’m still locally owing allegiance in that sense.”"

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 03:45 PM (Sco7b)
---
I knew somebody would make that asinine case.

But here's the thing, if anytime you go to another country you are "subject to their jurisdiction", why would that be something that needs to be specified?

That phrase is simply being carried along as a reference to its meaning before the 14th amendment.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

64 Sure, whatever you say, Jasmine:

Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS
·
2h
The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most… She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It… if you have any questions… let’s talk about Senator, now Secretary Mullin… or please pull the resumes of some of the other justices before entering this chat… actually just don’t, it’s not a debate, these are FACTS (alternative facts = LIES).

Posted by: beckster at April 01, 2026 03:56 PM (kX27y)

65 The child should have to stay so it cannot be indoctrinated in the other country's supremacy narratives.
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:53 PM (iXqHn)



Forced adoption?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)

66 I couple mor Cultural Marxists on the court and we are finished

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

67 My belief that even the bullshit that Jumanji spouts is not her own bullshit, but that of her danger hair law clerks given to her in her Show Prep.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:57 PM (pDt9x)

68
The child should have to stay so it cannot be indoctrinated in the other country's supremacy narratives.
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:53 PM (iXqHn)

I have no problem with seizing babies from expelled foreigners, and raising them as Americans. It's perhaps the only way we can profit from these foreign barbarians - as long as we're extremely discriminating about who can adopt.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 03:57 PM (BI5O2)

69 Chief Justice John Roberts was also skeptical, saying, "It's a new world, but it is the same Constitution."


So you stick with the same Constitution dipshit.
Otherwise, we can invalidate large swaths of the Constitution.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 03:57 PM (sUjod)

70 Sure, whatever you say, Jasmine:

Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS
·
2h
The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most… She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.

Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It… if you have any questions… let’s talk about Senator, now Secretary Mullin… or please pull the resumes of some of the other justices before entering this chat… actually just don’t, it’s not a debate, these are FACTS (alternative facts = LIES).
Posted by: beckster at April 01, 2026 03:56 PM (kX27y)
_______

Who?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)

71 holy smokes, she's not even 1/10 as good as most.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 03:58 PM (n5tGW)

72 @JasmineForUS
·
2h
The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most… She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents.



Seriously, I think she leans very heavily on the 'baffle 'em with your bullshit' than the 'dazzle 'em with your brilliance.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

73 It's a new world, but it is the same Constitution.

---------------

A Constitution that was able to adapt to include gay marriage. Convenient.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 03:58 PM (sX1BW)

74 The people who gladly redefined marriage, the oldest institution in history, are now going to pretend that changing something that has been "the rule for a very long time" is a problem for them.

Posted by: 29Victor at April 01, 2026 03:58 PM (0MjtC)

75 Jasmine Cricket never disappoints.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:59 PM (pDt9x)

76 Jasmine Crockett
@JasmineForUS

Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It

Posted by: beckster at April 01, 2026 03:56 PM (kX27y)


It'd be a nice change of pace if we could choose the color of smoke that gets blown up our asses...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 03:59 PM (Sco7b)

77 Doesn't help having John Sauer, with his "Wally Cox" voice, arguing for our side.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 04:00 PM (y171U)

78 The people who gladly redefined marriage, the oldest institution in history, are now going to pretend that changing something that has been "the rule for a very long time" is a problem for them.

Posted by: 29Victor at April 01, 2026 03:58 PM (0MjtC)
---
They have no standards. It's any port in a storm.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)

79 I'll also note on this matter, that nearly everyone who is commenting, especially in the mainstream news, have been getting their analysis from the media.

And the media (and the left) are all offended this is even a question.
So every framing starts with the (to them) obvious assumption that the Court has to rule 9-0 on this.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 04:01 PM (HXT0k)

80 his voice? sheesh

I'm sure you're James Earl Jones over there

Mr Sauer did a fantastic job today

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 04:02 PM (j+aD2)

81 Shes still here, go home cardi c-

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:02 PM (bXbFr)

82 It will be better times when Jasmine Crockett goes away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 04:02 PM (Zz0t1)

83 I'm close to becoming African-American pilled.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 04:02 PM (tWc/t)

84 79 I'll also note on this matter, that nearly everyone who is commenting, especially in the mainstream news, have been getting their analysis from the media.

that's incredibly obvious Peoples Hippo!

lol whatever

doom patrol activated here as per normal

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (j+aD2)

85 82 It will be better times when Jasmine Crockett goes away.
---------------
And High Speed Train arrives.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (n17eQ)

86 61
THere's some green on the radar rolling over the cape -- a little bit, but they think it will be out of there by launch time.

And I can't take that NASA official broadcast anymore. The grrrrrl power is just insufferable. Talking silly shit half the time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 03:54 PM (w6EFb)


Publius, it is bad when the silly sh** takes over.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (y171U)

87 It's a new world, but it is the same Constitution.

---------------

A Constitution that was able to adapt to include gay marriage. Convenient.
Posted by: SH


And the internet and infringing on an enumerated right that specifically says "shall not be infringed".

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (sUjod)

88 IF the baby is considered a citizen, it's a minor, so.......

It goes with the parents when they're deported. The child can come back when it's 18 as an adult citizen. No family riding the coattails.


But I still think the child shouldn't be a citizen from birth just because.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Zz0t1)

The child should have to stay so it cannot be indoctrinated in the other country's supremacy narratives.
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:53 PM (iXqHn)
____

Who is gonna raise these kids in the USA? Serious question. These illegal births are generally poor migrants with no roots in the USA. If we send the parents packing, then who is gonna raise the kids? Sure, adoption is an option, but I'll guarantee that "poor brown child of illegals" doesn't rank high on adoptive parents' wish lists.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)

89 The ones whi though trump could order seal team 6 to kill opponents

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:04 PM (bXbFr)

90 Any non-citizen female wishing to enter the country must submit to a pregnancy test when she is deloused and vaccinated before entry. Once on US soil, she will be fitted with a special Elite Hunting dentata proven effective at youth hostels in Slovakia.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 01, 2026 04:04 PM (GPa4z)

91 "In none of the debates are parents discussed," Gorsuch said.

_______________________

Sauer handled this rather well by pointing out that Courts never validly addressed the issue. They treated the concept as the "third rail."

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 04:04 PM (dIske)

92 If we send the parents packing, then who is gonna raise the kids?
-----------------
We give them to the trannies and gayz. They will become service animals.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 04:04 PM (n17eQ)

93 Chief Justice John Roberts was also skeptical, saying, "It's a new world, but it is the same Constitution."

==

In other words, it's a tax. Pvsshy...

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 04:05 PM (GD0B3)

94 I wish someone would come in to one of these USSC circle jerks and outright accuse the court of being a political entity. One that keeps arrogating Executive and Legislative powers to themselves.
What is supposed to be the redress for that? Wait for one of the judges to drop dead and then put your own guy on the court?
What if we don’t want to wait that long?
It probably won’t go over too well.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 04:05 PM (jbnUc)

95 That was a very lame argiment on roberts part

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:05 PM (bXbFr)

96 Let's just end this charade and have the SC declare everyone on planet fucking earth a US citizen.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 04:06 PM (tWc/t)

97 Who is gonna raise these kids in the USA? Serious question. These illegal births are generally poor migrants with no roots in the USA. If we send the parents packing, then who is gonna raise the kids? Sure, adoption is an option, but I'll guarantee that "poor brown child of illegals" doesn't rank high on adoptive parents' wish lists.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (iFTx/)
==
Interesting question, but I don't think you are necessarily correct.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 04:06 PM (GZYu7)

98 84 79 I'll also note on this matter, that nearly everyone who is commenting, especially in the mainstream news, have been getting their analysis from the media.


It's a way to backdoor pressure the judges to "meet the public's expectations" which themselves have now been set by the media...

As for the case...children are minors...they can't be subject to the jurisdiction...only their parents can. It would have been an interesting question, and maybe it was asked, if biological parents birth the child here, and then abandon it to the adoption system, could that child solely have citizenship. As in, as long as the parents go home and stay home in their previous country, they could have a baby to grow here (as long as the baby was adopted by US parents)...they themselves just get no bennies ever from the baby's birth location...it's like the reverse of Hollywood taking babies from overseas, but overseas giving them here...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 04:07 PM (tOcjL)

99 So, Jackson explained why the Left won’t deport criminals: they are citizens by way of prosecution.

Posted by: Accomack at April 01, 2026 04:07 PM (8jVAy)

100 This is just the beginning. The only decision the Court can make to end this debate is to simply agree with the Trump position. It won't. But the side that thinks birthright citizenship is not just wrong, but ludicrous, will not just go away. If anything, it may harden the political debate. The Court cannot settle something like this. All they can do is delay it.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 03:48 PM


What bugs me is why did SCOTUS take the case if they are so skeptical? They could have punted and let stand the lower court rulings that said anyone born here is a citizen no matter what but they did not do that and chose to take the case.


I suspect they are going to try and twist the language of the 14th amendment into something bizarre.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 01, 2026 04:07 PM (0N4FZ)

101 Stupid line from Roberts, this is the guy that agreed we should change the definition of marriage that we had for thousands of years.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:07 PM (n5tGW)

102 Bonhomme, the news you posted in the previous thread about the Nepal tourist scam is horrible.

On the one hand, someone rich enough to hike Mt. Everest possibly has the money to pay that. Maybe. On the other hand, making someone sick on a dangerous mountain on purpose just to swindle them of more money is beyond evil.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 04:07 PM (GSsFn)

103 Adding to my comment above, another big category of alien births is "birth tourism," but that's generally for rich foreigners who are generally here legally (on tourism visas or whatever). Many from China. Surprisingly, many then take the kid back to their country, at least until the kid is 18. They want US citizenship and passports for the kids, but not necessarily to raise here in USA.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

104 That was a very lame argiment on roberts part
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:05 PM (bXbFr)



Lame? No way. How do you do, fellow kids?

Posted by: John Roberts at April 01, 2026 04:08 PM (Zz0t1)

105 "The Grim Troika again."
speaking of gratuitous bunghole-fingering...

Maybe kbj can figure this one out?

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 04:08 PM (yxZ54)

106 Any non-citizen female wishing to enter the country must submit to a pregnancy test

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And why shouldn't that be the rule? If the Court says US birth is all that is needed, then this is a very common sense rule. Unfortunately, only enforceable if you have a Trump as president. But still.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:08 PM (sX1BW)

107 I have no idea why tourists go to the third world.

Crazy story out of Nepal:
Trekking company owners, helicopter operators, hospital executives, and mountain guides have all been caught in a dangerous scam. The guides put baking soda in the tourist's food. This gives the poisoned tourist severe gastric distress. The guides and medical teams then pressure them to evacuate by an expensive ride via helicopter to the local hospital. The hospital then falsely identifies the gastric distress as altitude sickness. Everybody profits at the expense of the tourist.

http://tiny.cc/xp71101

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 04:08 PM (mkw2N)

108 Clay Travis wondered if mail in ballots will be sent to China so the tourist babies can vote in our elections. Millions and millions of anchor baby votes.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 04:09 PM (y171U)

109 NPR, Gentlemen and Lady Gentlemen:

"The Artemis II mission crew contains four people — including one woman and one Black man, both of whom will be the first on a lunar mission. But NASA hasn't been talking about these milestones much.

Language celebrating this diversity has largely disappeared from NASA's website and rhetoric since Trump took office. He signed an executive order directing federal agencies to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The first Black astronaut to travel into space was Guion Bluford. He flew on the space shuttle Challenger in 1983. Since then, there have been other notable Black people in space, such as Mae Jemison or Leland Melvin. But these names aren't nearly as established in American folklore as moon walkers Neil Armstrong or Buzz Aldrin from the 1960s.

The homogeneity of the Astronaut Corps - all white, Christian men, married with children, jet test piloting experience - was seen at the time as hallmark of the exclusivity of the program."


Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Y1sOo)

110 If a foreigner goes on a murdering spree and the cops try to arrest him--see--he's "subject to the jurisdiction" unless we simply let him go on killing until he's all killed out.

Lesson: Don't enforce laws unless you want to make a new person "subject to your jurisdiction".

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

111 So Johnnie Bobbie has been long vying for Worst Chief Justice Ever but has been stymied by Roger B. Taney. Voila! THIS can be his Dred Scott!! A decision so stupid that a vicious war breaks out and ultimately his brain-dead ruling is overturned.

Good for you, Johnnie! You persevered and TOOK THE CROWN!!!

Posted by: lurk at April 01, 2026 04:09 PM (h0JFh)

112 Amy coney Barrett only sides with us on issues of religious freedom, women's issues, and children's protections, because she's female catholic and has kids. But those are important issues.

This case deals with foreign kids and she has adopted foreign kids, so not sure which way she'll land.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 04:10 PM (D1Y0k)

113 68 I have no problem with seizing babies from expelled foreigners, and raising them as Americans. It's perhaps the only way we can profit from these foreign barbarians - as long as we're extremely discriminating about who can adopt.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 03:57 PM (BI5O2)

Start with these two.

1. No Muslims
2. Nobody related to anyone affiliated with the CCP.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 04:10 PM (iXqHn)

114 Vox: Even this Supreme Court seems unwilling to end birthright citizenship. At least seven justices appear to believe that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it says.

I'm shocked. I expected the Roberts court to twist itself into a pretzel over this one.

Don't be shocked until we get the ruling. We will likely get exactly what we expect from this group.

There were moments where it felt like ACB, Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh were trying desperately to grasp for any thread of a legitimate argument for the EO. The fixation on “domicile” and exactly what that means and whether it’s relevant to the QP was exhausting.

As long as the Roberts court can touch the bases of “Unitary executive theory”, “national security”, and “history”- there’s nothing they can’t justify.

Will they overturn a 150-year precedent to completely destroy the lives of newborn babies? Yes, probably. They will find a way to do it. Anything great and positive and magnanimous about America - they will find a way to kill it, without going through the necessary amendment-process. They will *think* and *interpret* it out of existence. I expect nothing but the worst from them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 01, 2026 04:10 PM (JCZqz)

115 The Democratic party does not see itself as subject to American jurisdiction, so can't we just deport them?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:10 PM (Fi81e)

116
Barrett said the 14th Amendment's framers declared a "new type of American citizenship. ... They don't focus on the parents. They focus on the child."

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The amendment reaffirmed and clarified the nature of citizenship, it didn't create a new category. And it's all about the parents. Their status determines the status of the child. There isn't any other means to do that.

She's just making things up. It's not even plausible on the surface. Partisan signifying, she's joining i with the leftist hacks.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 01, 2026 04:12 PM (azNOR)

117 Adoption is another reason why it should be the who and not the where in all of this. The parents are citizens so the child can become a citizen.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:12 PM (n5tGW)

118 The SCROTUMs will shit the bed as usual.

"Supreme" Court my ass.

Posted by: Illegal, immoral and invalid at April 01, 2026 04:13 PM (/1l9x)

119 publius,

The coverage presentation is hideous. They might as well be talking about a NASCA race.

As far as weather, the Range WO will be keeping his eye on the field mill system that measures the electrostatic potential in the free air at specific sites scattered around the range.

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 04:13 PM (qmOsv)

120 "It's a new world, but the same Constitution". Yes, our point exactly, dummy. The Constitution - not what previously rulings have said, not what laws Congress has passed, not what "everyone knows", not what the lobbyist pays you to say, but the Constitution as written, is the supreme law of the land. And you don't get to ignore "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" just because it's inconvenient. Trump is right, you know he's right, you're just dumbasses. We don't have to enforce "no quartering of soldiers" these days, that doesn't mean it disappears. Just so, although you've never directly ruled on 'subject to the jurisdiction thereof' in this specific context, doesn't mean it's not a relevant phrase. Koremetsu is actually the opposite extreme, as I recall, vs what everyone on the left tries to claim.

Posted by: RandomDave - new laptop, new hash at April 01, 2026 04:13 PM (aJQbY)

121 Sometimes, it just feels like Redditard posts are stealth spiking the football.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 04:13 PM (iXqHn)

122 This case deals with foreign kids and she has adopted foreign kids, so not sure which way she'll land.

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I doubt she will be helpful. But this case doesn't affect her kids or similar kids. There is no serious contesting of whether foreign kids adopted should be citizens or not. Not now. I would think it would move her closer to our side. But probably not.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:13 PM (sX1BW)

123 Right to arm bears

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at April 01, 2026 04:14 PM (bXbFr)

124 >>> There is something wrong that Jumanji Jemimah Jackson gets more than enough money to live on for the rest of her life, but my job is falling below the cost of living.

It's a great big scam and you're not in it.

Apparently kash Patel revealed they've caught Warnock on fraud. His salary quadrupled 4x its previous level after he got elected and he moved from a one bedroom to a luxe mansion apartment.

Don't tell us this, Patel, until you actually arrest these parasites.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 04:14 PM (D1Y0k)

125 118 Need Luigi for supreme Court culling, only these black robed fascists think that if a billion pregnant foreign women show up tomorrow and drop a baby on the airport tarmac then a billion citizens are created in a day, ridiculous
Posted by: Matthew at April 01, 2026 04:13 PM (OdsgZ)

More importantly : A Billion Future Democrat Voters.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 04:14 PM (iXqHn)

126 I want the Supreme Court to answer for the surrogate issue. Rich Chinese pay surrogates here to have babies, they bring them back, and then they get to vote from China at 18. 1 man has over 100 babies this way. I am sure all those babies are being raised in wonderful conditions, too. Living a beautiful life. This is the biggest point against birthright citizenship. 1 person, 100s of babies…..

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Wmg4n)

127 Bad law doesn't magically age into to good law.

Also, I thought everyone knew it's stupid to try and read the tea leaves of what justices ask in oral argument.
Especially since, often, they play devil's advocate to try and reason through the opposing argument.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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I'll wait and see myself. I have made my arguments and no need to reiterate them. And both of those justices claiming the baby is the thing are undercut by Justice Gray's Wong Ark Kim decision. Deals with domicile and residence to distinguish Wong Ark Kim from the Elkins decision regarding Native Americans on reservations aka non taxed.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 04:15 PM (E4rtv)

128 Crazy story out of Nepal:
Trekking company owners, helicopter operators, hospital executives, and mountain guides have all been caught in a dangerous scam. ...

Everybody profits at the expense of the tourist.

http://tiny.cc/xp71101
Posted by: bonhomme

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Bonnie, are these Nepalese business owners, ... or *Chinese*?
It makes a big difference.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 04:16 PM (Fg7bI)

129 123 This case deals with foreign kids and she has adopted foreign kids, so not sure which way she'll land.

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I doubt she will be helpful. But this case doesn't affect her kids or similar kids. There is no serious contesting of whether foreign kids adopted should be citizens or not. Not now. I would think it would move her closer to our side. But probably not.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:13 PM (sX1BW)

Or it will, with her solely considering parental jurisdiction and upholding parental rights. You, the parent, always determine the fate of your child, unless you relinquish parental rights.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 04:16 PM (tOcjL)

130 Trump has done far more on this issue than anyone else. Methinks he is hoping the Court will push back on him, as he needs a foe.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:16 PM (sX1BW)

131 Don't tell us this, Patel, until you actually arrest these parasites.
Posted by: LizLem

It'll happen any day now. I'm holding my breath!

Posted by: No One with two or more Brain Cells at April 01, 2026 04:16 PM (JCZqz)

132 Cleanup 118

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 04:16 PM (RIvkX)

133 Our courts are safeguarding us into inaction as a country, against foreign elements, revolutionaries, criminal enterprises, and against progress itself.

Judges want the world to stop, if it moves away from control. We've seen that happen before the collapse of complex societies, like Rome, Maya, SE Asia. Joe Tainter weeps.

What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 04:17 PM (u82oZ)

134 It is comical when you think about it.

With a Republican congress and a Republican majority on the SC this "conservative" majority is about to declare it is fine with foreign invader's kids being made citizens AND that allowing massive voter fraud is fine

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)

135 127 I want the Supreme Court to answer for the surrogate issue. Rich Chinese pay surrogates here to have babies, they bring them back, and then they get to vote from China at 18. 1 man has over 100 babies this way. I am sure all those babies are being raised in wonderful conditions, too. Living a beautiful life. This is the biggest point against birthright citizenship. 1 person, 100s of babies…..
Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Wmg4n)

If the US surrogate gave up parental rights to the Chinese dad, then they are effectively Chinese citizens, not American ones. China doesn't believe in dual citizenship, so I'm surprised they can come back.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 04:18 PM (tOcjL)

136 Vox: Even this Supreme Court seems unwilling to end birthright citizenship. At least seven justices appear to believe that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it says.

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That's funny from a group of people who criticize the idea of originalism constantly. There, they argue: "Who can tell what a 200-year-old text really means?"

But it doesn't say "except diplomats and envoys". In that case, you could argue "it means what it says", but to find out what it says, you have to under stand the 19th century reading of "subject to the jurisdiction".

Newborns, born in America are born on American soil. But in what sense are they "subject to the jurisdiction"? They'll get arrested for DUIs? Not sure what crime even infants can commit, unless it's misgendering their brother who feels really more like a sister.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:18 PM (Fi81e)

137 101 Stupid line from Roberts, this is the guy that agreed we should change the definition of marriage that we had for thousands of years.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Roberts dissented in that case.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 04:19 PM (E4rtv)

138 It could be, likely so with these cowards, that they issue a decision that leaves the question entirely open to a million interpretations.

A simple from this day forward ruling would never even cross their minds.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:19 PM (n5tGW)

139 Whig - do you think the Court could give enough dicta on "subject to the jurisdiction of" that could give the admin room to change the relationship of what a foreign visitor is.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:19 PM (sX1BW)

140 Not a huge surprise. They don't rule til June, is this correct or am I hallucinating?

I will pray for minds to open, those that have one and not Kemondo Shell Necklace. For a grand surprise of justice and the right thing. It can't hurt to pray, Morons and 'ettes. It never hurts to pray for specifics. And heaven knows (seriously) all the specifics I pray for every night. The state of MN should feel these prayers against them due to their trans stuff and Somolians.

Dual citizenship...did that little racket come up? How the newly sprouted USA spawn then return to the homeland to train for gangs or commies and return here at 18yrs? To kill, murder and vote Dim? Was that mentioned?

Taking advantage of America's good heart and taxpayer dimes for the birthing. Enriching our culture from this insanity. Using money that should go to Americans, no matter how long they stay.

Legalese bull droppings. Small violins of empathy play as the ladies of the robes swish about piously with their vast intelligence.

I do hope there were some good points made against this, but I don't have the farhtitude to listen.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 04:20 PM (WONhk)

141 136 If the US surrogate gave up parental rights to the Chinese dad, then they are effectively Chinese citizens, not American ones. China doesn't believe in dual citizenship, so I'm surprised they can come back.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 04:18 PM (tOcjL)

Because the CCP is more than happy to have people who will vote in US Elections in the interest of the CCP without ever having to leave China again.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 04:20 PM (iXqHn)

142 "Why accept this revisionist history?"

[The Dred Scott decision has entered the chat.]

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 04:20 PM (gtcuf)

143 oh wow whig, I thought for sure he was a yes on gay marriage. I take back what I said.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:20 PM (n5tGW)

144 Yeah, that was Kennedy's "the right not to be lonely" bs

Posted by: RandomDave - new laptop, new hash at April 01, 2026 04:21 PM (aJQbY)

145 I love that the Orientals are having babies here! Maybe I can add to my collection of trophy stunt children...let's see...I need a Tibetan, a Mongolian and a Laotian or a Hmong pygmy child.

Decisions, decisions...

Posted by: Amy Conehead Barrett, collector of trophy stunt children at April 01, 2026 04:21 PM (/1l9x)

146 New York: 7-month-old baby girl in stroller shot and killed in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 04:21 PM (y171U)

147 The Supreme Court will rule that anchor babies are eligible for WIC, Snap, medicaid, free day care and school lunches before the placenta splashes across the tarmac.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 01, 2026 04:21 PM (GPa4z)

148 KBK never read the Constitution

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

149 New York: 7-month-old baby girl in stroller shot and killed in Brooklyn.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 04:21 PM (y171U)



Terrible.

Mamdani's America.

Posted by: John Roberts at April 01, 2026 04:22 PM (Zz0t1)

150 I should just go back to bed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 04:22 PM (Zz0t1)

151 And both of those justices claiming the baby is the thing are undercut by Justice Gray's Wong Ark Kim decision.

Be he was old. And white. And a man. So, it's not precedent for modern American jurisprudence unless a BIPOC judge agrees. And Thomas don't count, 'cause he ain't black!

Posted by: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson at April 01, 2026 04:22 PM (JCZqz)

152 If you read the congressional record about the discussion before this vote a few things are clear.

- They did not intend it to apply to tourists or those who are loyal to another country, or even "gypsies" or anyone not in good standing
- The text approved by committee was sloppy and they did not quite agree on what it meant, but agreed on what it should mean
- The committee that wrote the amendment was worthless.
- The Senators that debated it were worthless, lazy, and stupid. They knew it was shit, but they moved it on for US to deal with in future.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Fg7bI)

153 If the US surrogate gave up parental rights to the Chinese dad, then they are effectively Chinese citizens, not American ones. China doesn't believe in dual citizenship, so I'm surprised they can come back.
Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 04:18

But they aren’t, they were born here. And if China can control our elections, they are thrilled with a person who is a US citizen on paper, but Chinese in reality.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Wmg4n)

154 Skip

Actively ignorant is no way to go through life.

I would look into the funding of her backers for National Security vetting / prosecution. Gramsci without a license.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 04:24 PM (u82oZ)

155 It's an exclusive club.

And we ain't in it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 04:24 PM (Zz0t1)

156 "106 Any non-citizen female wishing to enter the country must submit to a pregnancy test"

Nah, that'll get knocked as sexist. hmm, wait I know! Now that men give birth have every non-citizen checked for pregnancy!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 04:24 PM (Vpqw1)

157 Christy I don't know if those are in the legal briefs. The part I heard this morning didn't seem to address it and there was a lot of talk of the Wang or Wong case.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:24 PM (n5tGW)

158 Oh, God, they are playing the Challenger tapes. Totally tasteless. This just not done, especially during a launch countdown. NASA has totally lost it.

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 04:25 PM (qmOsv)

159 106 Any non-citizen female wishing to enter the country must submit to a pregnancy test"

Nah, that'll get knocked as sexist. hmm, wait I know! Now that men give birth have every non-citizen checked for pregnancy!

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We should give this test to everyone anyway. Too easy to appear male. Best way to avoid that is everyone must succumb to a drug test before entering our border. Frankly, we should be doing that anyway.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:25 PM (sX1BW)

160 I don't want the country punished with... your babeh!

Posted by: Barky One at April 01, 2026 04:25 PM (DqQS/)

161 It's an exclusive club.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 04:24 PM (Zz0t1)
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And they should be bludgeoned with it, repeatedly.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:26 PM (Fi81e)

162 157 Christy I don't know if those are in the legal briefs. The part I heard this morning didn't seem to address it and there was a lot of talk of the Wang or Wong case.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

I talked to the judge about my Wang in traffic court, and got thrown in jail for 48 hours for contempt! Two tiered justice system!!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 01, 2026 04:26 PM (JCZqz)

163 Christy I don't know if those are in the legal briefs. The part I heard this morning didn't seem to address it and there was a lot of talk of the Wang or Wong case.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:24 PM (n5tGW)
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No briefs are illegal!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:26 PM (Fi81e)

164 159 106 Any non-citizen female wishing to enter the country must submit to a pregnancy test"

Nah, that'll get knocked as sexist. hmm, wait I know! Now that men give birth have every non-citizen checked for pregnancy!

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We should give this test to everyone anyway. Too easy to appear male. Best way to avoid that is everyone must succumb to a drug test before entering our border. Frankly, we should be doing that anyway.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:25 PM (sX1BW)

I think you mean blood test, so we can check for pregnancy and a host of diseases/viruses (and yes, drug use, too)...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (tOcjL)

165 “ If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.”

Deutoronomy 17:8

Posted by: Marcus T at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (DGgho)

166
Just passed T - 2 hours.

Oh wait, they've made things more complicated. There's an "L" clock and a "T" clock. It passed the L - 2 hour mark.

The T clock starts and stops at various time during the L countdown.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (w6EFb)

167 161 And they should be bludgeoned with it, repeatedly.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:26 PM (Fi81e)

In honor of the celebrated Japanese cultural exchanges, we shall use a Kana-Bo.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (iXqHn)

168 At this point I feel that we are hanging on to the constitutional ledge with broken fingernails.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (P5EsP)

169 OK, Left and Red China. Keep not having babies.

Conservative, home-schooling parents -- Practice makes pregnant.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (u82oZ)

170 What did I tell you about lawyers? Fucking nailed it!

Posted by: Bill Shakespeare at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (2UnvF)

171 No briefs are illegal.... on stolen land!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:28 PM (n5tGW)

172 169 Conservative, home-schooling parents -- Practice makes pregnant.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 04:27 PM (u82oZ)

And teachers make troons.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 04:28 PM (iXqHn)

173 So we are going to do something that Jim Lovell did 50 years ago?

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:29 PM (sX1BW)

174 I'm sick of the Supreme Court. I don't want them in our lives like this. They're not practically, emotional or even intellectually cut out for roles this significant. We've ceded them and the Courts in general way too much power. It's a systemic breakdown in responsibility and in comprehension of and respect for our history.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 01, 2026 04:29 PM (fZiTB)

175
Anchor Babies aweigh, my boys!

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 04:29 PM (IifOV)

176 All of the Puperime Justises says they be has end hearing after 30 minutes b because Trumps Breath smelled likes a old garbage can !!!

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at April 01, 2026 04:29 PM (dNEfJ)

177 I listened to the first 40 minutes of the questioning of the Solicitor General. I agree that there won't be five that will agree with Trump's assertion that birthright citizenship is not applicable to children of non-citizens born in the US.

However, I got an impression a majority might agree that Congress can pass a bill defining exactly what 'subject to the jurisdiction of' means in this context. For example, meaning what Trump's team argued for today. A vote on any such bill will never happen, of course. There's nothing in it for any current or future non-Left Congresscritter. Oh well, Trump and the Solicitor General and staff did give it a try.

Posted by: Gref at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (5rh/l)

178 At this point I feel that we are hanging on to the constitutional ledge with broken fingernails.

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One more Democrat president should finish us off. I can't help but think that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (qBdHI)

179 So we are going to do something that Jim Lovell did 50 years ago?

Math?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)

180 Guy Mohawk

The land in Kansas was stolen by crabs, mollusks, octopi, and shallow water fish, all living in the Inland Sea lo these many years ago.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (u82oZ)

181 Bonnie, are these Nepalese business owners, ... or *Chinese*?
It makes a big difference.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 04:16 PM (Fg7bI)
_________________________

Valid question. China and India both compete for dominance in Nepal. Both sides run scams within to curry favor with the residents. I'd lean towards an India connection.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (dIske)

182 So what does the SC decision look like?

Anyone born here, even from illegal aliens, automatic full citizenship?

Barrett has how many of the illegal bastards as her pretend kids?

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (eIzlH)

183 No briefs are illegal.... on stolen land!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk


What about tightie whities?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (sUjod)

184 I'm turning it off until final count. Talk about a jinx.

Discusting.

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 04:31 PM (qmOsv)

185 Only an idiot, or, apparently, a Supreme Court Justice, could interpret the 14th amendment to be anything other than ensuring that newly-freed slaves would be considered full citizens. The idea that an illegal alien could have a baby on US soil, and that baby be considered a US citizen, is absurd on its face.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (XMwZJ)

186 stolen From crabs... Sigh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 04:32 PM (u82oZ)

187 Biden appointed Hawaiian Judge orders Trump to surrender to Iran the way Ole "Blood and Guts" Joe Biden did in Afghanistan.

Quated as saying that "It's for the Children"....

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 01, 2026 04:33 PM (YnF8s)

188 No briefs are illegal.... on stolen land!
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Not stolen... on loin.

Posted by: Barky One at April 01, 2026 04:33 PM (DqQS/)

189 Only an idiot, or, apparently, a Supreme Court Justice, could interpret the 14th amendment to be anything other than ensuring that newly-freed slaves would be considered full citizens.

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It also meant that in 150 years gays can marry.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 04:33 PM (sX1BW)

190 Nood - Movie review of "Hail Mary".

Posted by: Thrawn at April 01, 2026 04:34 PM (9Ovst)

191 If the left has it's way tighty whiteys will be banished from the earth. Get your equity card fast.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 04:34 PM (n5tGW)

192 Can we tax the parents of any kids born here illegally?

I mean its of course stupid, but we have John Roberts to thank for such gymnastics.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:34 PM (eIzlH)

193 "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof"
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There's an and in there. It doesn't take a genius to know what that means logically. It means that both conditions must hold.

Now, what laws are there that babies must or do follow?

If we take the deflationist approach and say that any sense of being subject to laws applies, how clearly does that apply to kids under 5?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)

194
Uh-oh, they've got a range safety "issue" they're "working". As of now, range is no-go for launch.

The problem is with the FTS system (flight termination, the self-destruct system if the rocket goes out of control).

From what I just understood they've sent somebody to the VAB to fetch a piece of "legacy hardware" from the Shuttle days they hope to be able to use to fix something.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 04:34 PM (w6EFb)

195 Subject to the jurisdiction thereof comes from older British common law--jus soli was distinguished from sojourners aka travelers, diplomats, etc. Subject in that meaning had a literal allegiance to her or his majesty. And that meant they were legally bound to do what the sovereign wanted or face charges of treason, sedition, etc.

See Calvin's case as to what that means--Calvin's Case 7 Coke Report 1a, 77 ER 377 where the argument turns on whether Calvin who was a subject of King James of Scotland during Elizabeth's reign suddenly became a English citizen after James ascended the throne.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 04:34 PM (E4rtv)

196
Sorry, they're not saying "legacy hardware", it's "heritage hardware". Heritage hardware... Okay.

So, the FTS isn't working, and they've sent some guy to rummage around the cavernous VAB looking for some piece of old equipment they're supposed to still have lying around.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 04:36 PM (w6EFb)

197 Even if you want a plain text reading of the Constitution, there's just common sense.

Like when the 2A enshrined gun rights for Americans, it obviously doesnt apply for someone incarcerated in a prison.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:36 PM (eIzlH)

198 When the revolution finally comes, I don't want a hair on Jumanji's head harmed. But I do expect her to be picked up by her belt-loops and tossed forcefully into the streets, with the admonition that she will be locked away for life if she ever again asserts that she is so much as an attorney, much less a Supreme Court Justice.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 04:36 PM (TN0g+)

199 The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which specifically included former slaves recently freed.

The Black population should be offended that these illegal Scum Bags get the same rights as they do and not pay any taxes or contribute to the US Society as a Whole and are just "Leeches on their Tax Dollars"...

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 01, 2026 04:37 PM (YnF8s)

200 165 “ If cases come before your courts that are too difficult for you to judge—whether bloodshed, lawsuits or assaults—take them to the place the Lord your God will choose.”

Deutoronomy 17:8
Posted by: Marcus T

Israel required three generations before a person was 'naturalized' to their kingdom. Basically to ensure loyalty in a dangerous neighborhood and ejection if the family could not adhere to Israeli customs and law during that time.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)

201 So what is the expected vote for this? 7-2? 9-0?

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:37 PM (eIzlH)

202 >>The problem is with the FTS system

They didn't have that problem on my flight.

Posted by: zombie Christa McAuliffe at April 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Y1sOo)

203 I have 0 faith anything said in the Supreme Court has any bearing on how they rule on it.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)

204 So what is the expected vote for this? 7-2? 9-0?

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:37 PM (eIzlH)

5-4, if we're lucky, 7-2, if we're not.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 04:39 PM (dK+Kv)

205 Barrett has how many of the illegal bastards as her pretend kids?
Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:30 PM (eIzlH)

This is very, very ugly. Adopting children is a great option and it should be something we strongly support in our quest to end abortion. An adopted child has the exact same standing as a biological child. The birth certificate for an adopted child looks no different than a birth certificate for biological children. ACB may be a wild card, but her children are her children, there is nothing illegal about them.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 04:40 PM (Wmg4n)

206 >>Vox: Even this Supreme Court seems unwilling to end birthright citizenship. At least seven justices appear to believe that the Fourteenth Amendment means what it says.


The 14th is a Hot Mess.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 04:40 PM (0CqYd)

207 A ha, ha, ha, ha!

Media jinxed the launch.

Probably a battery went out of spec.

I don't know about the new config but the odds of doing a repair on the pad are dicey / Probably have to recycle the propellant load.

Here we go!!!!!!

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 04:41 PM (qmOsv)

208 When the revolution finally comes, I don't want a hair on Jumanji's head harmed. But I do expect her to be picked up by her belt-loops and tossed forcefully into the streets, with the admonition that she will be locked away for life if she ever again asserts that she is so much as an attorney, much less a Supreme Court Justice.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 04:36 PM (TN0g+)

I don't expect a riotous mob to be so discerning. But sow and reap.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 04:42 PM (dK+Kv)

209 This is very, very ugly. Adopting children is a great option and it should be something we strongly support in our quest to end abortion. An adopted child has the exact same standing as a biological child. The birth certificate for an adopted child looks no different than a birth certificate for biological children. ACB may be a wild card, but her children are her children, there is nothing illegal about them.
Posted by: Piper

==

Oh please, it clearly means shes going to be super biased to this position.

I'm sure you think all of these Hollywood celebrities that pick up all of these random kids this are just the salt of the Earth and we can criticize it.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:43 PM (eIzlH)

210 Like when the 2A enshrined gun rights for Americans, it obviously doesnt apply for someone incarcerated in a prison.
Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:36 PM (eIzlH)
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The extent to which an individual citizen held their rights could always be amended by "substantive due process" (trial). Such an individual review of rights was not seen as "infringement" or "abridgement"

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:44 PM (Fi81e)

211 The 14th is a Hot Mess.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 04:40 PM (0CqYd)
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The 14th is a good example of how exuberance should not be the propulsion behind Constitutional amendments.

Hudson confused the enumerated powers which limited the ways that the federal government could interfere with you, with its complement of when the federal government starts insisting to the state that you have this newly found right, on the basis that our rights are not numerable.

It was a overture to a shitshow.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

212 >>The 14th is a good example of how exuberance should not be the propulsion behind Constitutional amendments.


Well said.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 04:50 PM (0CqYd)

213 The extent to which an individual citizen held their rights could always be amended by "substantive due process" (trial). Such an individual review of rights was not seen as "infringement" or "abridgement"
Posted by: Axeman

==

Now do airports, why can't I bear arms on a plane?

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 04:52 PM (eIzlH)

214 "Barrett said the 14th Amendment's framers declared a "new type of American citizenship. ... They don't focus on the parents. They focus on the child."

No the fuck they did not, and this would be a pretty solid causus belli.

There is no amendment enshrining foreign invasion. That's both retarded and suicidal

Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 04:57 PM (RW4Zm)

215 Trump can only blame himself for this effing MESS!

Posted by: kurtz at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (rm5Dq)

216 Once the Supreme Court says we are going to get swamled wi t h new citizens we will be screwed

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 05:06 PM (Ia/+0)

217 Order of the Qweef strikes again!

Posted by: Law Review Ninnies Always Wreck America at April 01, 2026 05:23 PM (izK05)

The New York Times Shrieks About the 1% Recividivism Rate for Pardoned J6 Protesters, But Continues to Support the Release of Hardened Criminals with 30%+ Recidivisim Rates

From David Strom, we must re-carcerate the J6 protesters.


But we should also allow Iryna Zarutska's butcher to keep killing women until he's all "murdered out."

Strom is amused/angry that the NYT has suddenly discovered a zeal for punishment by incarceration -- but only for conservative political prisoners.

Maybe it was an April Fool's joke? The New York Times, which is deeply upset that Trump is arresting rapists, pedophiles, and sex traffickers to deport, wants you to know that the people Trump pardoned over January 6th infractions are on a crime spree.

Crime spree.

Apparently, of the more than 1200 people he has pardoned, 12 have been arrested for a crime since their pardon.


"One does not have to be a criminologist to predict that people who commit a violent act and are absolved of any punishment might become repeat offenders,"

Twelve people. Obviously, I want any of these people who committed a crime to get the appropriate punishment, and I wish I could say the same thing about New York Times readers and writers.

But they only care about criminals who support Donald Trump. Antifa rioters? They are "protesters." Homeless drug addicts pooping on the streets? "Victims." Somali fraudsters? No big deal. Hamas supporters taking over college campuses? They are bravely expressing their First Amendment rights.

The man who slashed Iryna Zarutska's throat committed more felonies than all the January 6ers combined, and The New York Times barely tut-tuts. Illegal alien gang members? They are our "neighbors."


Daniel Friedman
@DanFriedman81

The Times editorial board points out that 12 people Trump pardoned for January 6 offenses have been rearrested in the 14 months since Trump pardoned them. Trump pardoned 1270 January 6 convicts. That is a rate of 1% of pardon recipients reoffending.

Among arrestees free pending trial in New York City under the 2018 bail reform, about 22% are rearrested within 6 months. The people we need to worry about becoming repeat offenders after being absolved of punishment are not the J6ers.

I am all for a punitive justice system. I am all for mass incarceration. But to pretend the J6 offenders are dangerous recidivists who need to be locked up while it's fine to immediately release most criminals arrested by the NYPD is profoundly ridiculous.

Say -- what's the recidivism rate for antifa street thugs repeatedly sentenced to "time served" -- just the hours or days they spent in county jail awaiting their "sentencing"?

What do you guess the repeat-offender rate is there? 100% or thereabouts?

By the way, the J6ers were held without trial for up to a year, often in the most degrading and intentionally-damaging conditions. Some were held in solitary confinement for no reason except to punish before trial.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:18 PM




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1 Shocking

Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (YwEeS)

2 The NYT never saw a gulag it didn't want to fill with conservatives.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (IifOV)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

4 J6ers have toured the Capitol again?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:20 PM (ExV1e)

5 NYT editorial board prefers Castro to Trump.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 02:20 PM (rJ48h)

6
I still have nightmares and PTSD from J6. I need Ketamine therapy. Happy now?

Posted by: AOC at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (IifOV)

7 The Death Penalty may not deter, but it damn sure cuts down on recidivism.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (4NO2D)

8 The only people that died on Jan. 6th were at the hands of the Capitol Police.


They were given medals.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (Zz0t1)

9 How many of those 12 actually committed a real crime, or got snagged because once you’re in the system, you never get out of it?

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (m+r/u)

10 I'm still beaming that Trump pardoned all of them. That took political guts and it also instantly became a near non-issue after hearing about J6 as if it was Pearl harbor and 9/11 combined for 4 years.

The jig was up.

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 02:22 PM (eIzlH)

11 But they only care about criminals who support Donald Trump. Antifa rioters? They are "protesters." Homeless drug addicts pooping on the streets? "Victims." Somali fraudsters? No big deal. Hamas supporters taking over college campuses? They are bravely expressing their First Amendment rights.


It's in the Constitution.

Illegals can murder Americans IN America. It is written.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (Zz0t1)

12 I will never be FIRST today.

I am surprised the Dims have not made January 6th a federal holiday like Juneteenth.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (WONhk)

13 uncharacteristically early...

Posted by: DanMan at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (8uzBS)

14 Absolved of any punishment? Most of them sat in prison with no bail or even trial dates

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (FtULh)

15 It is interesting that protesting in the People's House is considered a crime that one can never be forgiven for.

But crossing the border and getting on welfare...both illegal? The FNM argues constantly that these people have committed no crime at all!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (sKqQm)

16 Illegal alien gang members? They are our "neighbors."



I believe the correct term is "Undocumented Americans."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (Zz0t1)

17 Was the most "violent" act that was committed by a protester on J6 the guy that put his feet up on Nancy Pelosi's desk?

Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (eIzlH)

18 We need to revisit sentencing guidelines nationwide.
Have the judges put some skin in the game. Let them serve out the perps sentence if re-arrested.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (abIsI)

19 The Times editorial board points out that 12 people Trump pardoned for January 6 offenses have been rearrested in the 14 months since Trump pardoned them. Trump pardoned 1270 January 6 convicts. That is a rate of 1% of pardon recipients reoffending.



And what were their crimes?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)

20 Hey, to be fair, antifa is doing what they are paid to.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)

21 J6 was worse than Pearl Harbor and 9/11 combined!!!!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (xT8gx)

22 Just curious--what were the heinous crimes committed by those recidivist J6'ers? Jay-walking? Littering? Spitting on the sidewalk? Referring to someone not using his/her preferred pronoun? Taking the tag off the mattress?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (xAP/Y)

23 It amazes me how much of the media's stories (and this goes with allegedly non-political topics like sports as well) consist of taking ONE single item and then attempting to build a card-house of falsehoods around it that support whatever societal narrative they wish to spin at that moment.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 02:25 PM (TN0g+)

24 On Jan 6 one police officer shot an unarmed woman stuck in a door way in the neck.

Another used her truncheon to beat an unarmed woman to death that was stuck in a crowd.

If police had done something that uncalled for to one of the BLM martyrs we would literally never have heard the end of it

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

25


This is prolly the worst thing, like, everrrrrr

Surprised Ace hasnt mentioned the wonderful interview of Mrs Newsom by Bitch Psaki yet.

It’s good.

Posted by: E Buzz at April 01, 2026 02:25 PM (z2hJm)

26 I will never be FIRST today.


Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (WONhk)




Certainly not with THAT attitude, missy!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:25 PM (Zz0t1)

27 It's the end of the world as we know it...

Posted by: Denny Crane - And You Know...I Feel Fine! at April 01, 2026 02:25 PM (dmDsy)

28 On J6 they erected gallows to hang Mike Pence! Reeeeeeee!!!!! That's violence for you!!!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 02:25 PM (xT8gx)

29
Take a tour of capitol: Prison for life!

Throw people onto train tracks to die: Meh.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (IifOV)

30 Somebody wrote that if the trials of the J6ers had been televised, citizens would have burned down the courthouses.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (rJ48h)

31 "absolved of any punishment"

Yes, being held in a gulag for years pending trial is just like going to Disneyland.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (1LgBj)

32 Take a tour of capitol: Prison for life!

Throw people onto train tracks to die: Meh.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (IifOV)



Yeah, but that dude was asking for it.....standing close to the tracks like that. What a maroon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Zz0t1)

33 20 Hey, to be fair, antifa is doing what they are paid to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone


Still investigating their financial support. #twoweeks

Posted by: Pam Bondi's Bunions at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (abIsI)

34 I'm still beaming that Trump pardoned all of them. That took political guts and it also instantly became a near non-issue after hearing about J6 as if it was Pearl harbor and 9/11 combined for 4 years.

Yeah, it let the air out of the issue. M-SNOW still tries to make that particular fetch happen, but nobody cares.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (2ocoG)

35 Have the judges put some skin in the game. Let them serve out the perps sentence if re-arrested.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (abIsI)


That's a thought. Let's kick this around a bit and see if we can think of anything better. -- Vlad III

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

36 OT but in case you want to track the astronauts in real time (may need desktop since its a web app):

https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 02:27 PM (REq0p)

37 Um I may be crazy but in 2024, a reported 8 million adults were arrested, which is about 3% of all adults in a year.

So in a year 1% of January 6th victims were arrested and they're touting that as a mark AGAINST the population?

Now I'm no mathematician.....

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:27 PM (DWX+q)

38 Wow, the NYT in that last X is super duper extreme conservative thought. They don't believe it as a general rule, of course, as Ace points out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:27 PM (n5tGW)

39 Was the most "violent" act that was committed by a protester on J6 the guy that put his feet up on Nancy Pelosi's desk?
Posted by: Leupold at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (eIzlH)

Buffalo Guy goes around the desk side, round the desk side, round the desk side...

Posted by: Buffalo Guy at April 01, 2026 02:27 PM (/1l9x)

40 On J6 they erected gallows to hang Mike Pence! Reeeeeeee!!!!! That's violence for you!!!!

I tried reporting some people on Farcebook that called for Trump, ICE agents, or SC justices they didn't like to be murdered.

Note, not for saying that are bad, insulting them or even that they should be impeached/arrested, these were flat out calls for murder.

Farcebook told me they carefully reviewed them are determined these were acceptable statements on their platform.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (sKqQm)

41 18 We need to revisit sentencing guidelines nationwide.
Have the judges put some skin in the game. Let them serve out the perps sentence if re-arrested.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

And share a cell.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (A5RD0)

42 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (WONhk)

Hey there ChristyB

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (DWX+q)

43 I'm not doing anything illegal....but I'm the problem? WTF

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (KtOUo)

44 I still have nightmares and PTSD from J6. I need Ketamine therapy. Happy now?
Posted by: AOC at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (IifOV)



Part of the reason this is the best damn place on the internet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Zz0t1)

45 And what were their crimes?

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

Probably overtipping the staff at Texas Roadhouse who are actual citizens

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (REq0p)

46
Now I'm no mathematician.....
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:27 PM (DWX+q)



You damn sure better not be.

There are RULES on this blog about math.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Zz0t1)

47 That is such a low recidivism rate, it's evidence for how bad the original prosecutions were. I would have expected the NYT to try and sweep it under the rug, instead of drawing attention to it.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Sy6m/)

48 Still investigating their financial support. #twoweeks
Posted by: Pam Bondi's Bunions at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (abIsI)

You bunions are on your husband's chest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:29 PM (zZu0s)

49 I'm more-than-average worried about this mission. I do NOT trust NASA.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM


It's a 3 way collaboration between Lockheed, SpaceX and NASA, isn't it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

What? Not enough budget to include Boeing?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 02:30 PM (ndZc7)

50 Oh, I also was following a left thread where they had a handy dandy quiz to determine what sort of commie you were.

So apparently I am a "Utopian Socialist"

I assume because I don't hate mankind and the closest thing they track are non-Marxist socialist version

But the part that struck me is out of their 80 or so questions, 10 were around what forms of violence are acceptable for people that won't get with the socialist program.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:30 PM (sKqQm)

51 >>> "One does not have to be a criminologist to predict that people who commit a violent act and are absolved of any punishment might become repeat offenders,"

No kidding! that's why we wanted Iryna's murderer behind bars in the first place.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (gWBY1)

52
And share a cell.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (A5RD0)



💩

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)

53 On a thread yesrerday, Israel had a solution to prevent recidivism.

The topic turned to mass hangings.

In reality, there are some people that are just NEVER going to be a functioning part of society. And most countries are so far in debt, it's a waste of resources to keep them around.

Oh crap, I may end up in a Canadian medical school....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Sco7b)

54 What? Not enough budget to include Boeing?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 02:30 PM (ndZc7)



Not after they fubar'd the ISS.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)

55 I'm not doing anything illegal....but I'm the problem? WTF
Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (KtOUo)


You need better crisis management. What you should have said is that, apparently, the American people aren't ready for a person with large breasts. Make it a woman thing. Say you're trans. You'll have 90 year old people marching for you in a minute.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (ExV1e)

56 Never forget Ted Cruz and a group of his cocksucking RINO's giving the Capital Police their awards and slapping them on the back for a heroic job well done.

Never forget kid f*cker Lindsey Graham telling the Capital Police "You’ve Got Guns. Use Them."

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (abIsI)

57 What? Not enough budget to include Boeing?

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

I think Boeing demanded insanely high liability insurance because they're so confident in their hardware

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (REq0p)

58 Over at Insty:

'Pig semen shot into eyes helps cure cancer!'

What the fucking hell world did I stumble into?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

59 In reality, there are some people that are just NEVER going to be a functioning part of society. And most countries are so far in debt, it's a waste of resources to keep them around.

TBH a lot of career criminal types would never start down that path if they regularly saw other career criminals hanging on TV.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

60 58 Over at Insty:

'Pig semen shot into eyes helps cure cancer!'

April Fools ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (FtULh)

61 Over at Insty:

'Pig semen shot into eyes helps cure cancer!'

What the fucking hell world did I stumble into?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)



What the f*ck kind of cancer did they have?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)

62 Note it says arrested "for a crime" not violent crime. And the tweeter then intentionally conflates the two.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (DWX+q)

63 And share a cell.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (A5RD0)


💩
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)

Thats a very happy/manic poop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (zZu0s)

64 And most countries are so far in debt, it's a waste of resources to keep them around.

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

That's literally all of Africa, and by Africa I mean Europe

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (REq0p)

65 Not to mention that for every criminal arrested (and frequently released by Soros DAs) for one or more crimes, how many MOAR crimes have they committed that go unreported and unsolved?

Imma gonna go out on a limb and guess at least an order of magnitude more (that's 10x as many for you math-h8rs!) ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (vV9qP)

66 Thats a very happy/manic poop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (zZu0s)



It was the first one I found.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

67 7 The Death Penalty may not deter, but it damn sure cuts down on recidivism.
Posted by: toby928(c)
========
Yes it does. It is estimated that the Bloody Codes adopted by Parliament in the 1700's was responsible for England being far more peaceable and law abiding by the time of the Victorian era.

Dead violent criminals do not breed new criminals essentially whether by genetics or by transmission of family values.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:34 PM (E4rtv)

68 The national arrest rate in the general adult population is somewhere between 2200 and 3000 per 100,000 people. By my math, that's somewhere between 2.2% and 3%. That's at least twice the arrest rate than the J6ers!

The NYT doesn't understand that a 1% recividivism rate not only doesn't support their theory that J6ers are bad guys, it actually shows just the opposite: that J6ers are nearly universally law-abiding people, and far less criminal than the average person.

By contrast, the recidivism rate for actual criminals is at least 35-50x higher than the J6ers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

69 That's literally all of Africa, and by Africa I mean Europe

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (REq0p)

------------

Funny ... and stolen.

Posted by: ShainS at April 01, 2026 02:34 PM (vV9qP)

70 https://tinyurl.com/4npuv6f7

Congresscritter Loudermilk did a good job reporting on who the J6 gallows people are.
I betcha Aunt Nancy knows who they are.

Posted by: torabora at April 01, 2026 02:34 PM (KtOUo)

71 A more typical rate would be 30-50%.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 02:34 PM (okun6)

72 I am surprised the Dims have not made January 6th a federal holiday like Juneteenth.

I live an hour out of Houston now. Found a barber that was born in Texas between here and Houston and happened to attend high school in Minneapolis growing up and we got to talking about Juneteenth and George Floyd.

He laughed about Juneteenth becoming a holiday because he knew nobody up there knows shit about it. He couldn't believe the praise 'ol George was getting because he knew people like him that are a drag to be around (one was his brother).

black guy about 40 years old, still tends to his mom, solid citizen

Posted by: DanMan at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (8uzBS)

73 Not to mention that for every criminal arrested (and frequently released by Soros DAs) for one or more crimes, how many MOAR crimes have they committed that go unreported and unsolved?

Most crimes are committed by a small number of people - so your point is spot on.

As ES showed throw these people in jail instead of letting them out and most crime just stops...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)

74 TBH a lot of career criminal types would never start down that path if they regularly saw other career criminals hanging on TV.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

A career being one violent crime?

And I was kidding about Canadian medical school. A straight, white conservative? Lol. Lol. Yeah, no.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)

75 Decarlos Brown Jr. is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (/1l9x)

76 He laughed about Juneteenth becoming a holiday because he knew nobody up there knows shit about it. He couldn't believe the praise 'ol George was getting because he knew people like him that are a drag to be around (one was his brother).

black guy about 40 years old, still tends to his mom, solid citizen
Posted by: DanMan at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (8uzBS)



Was there ever a more glaring example of pandering than the Biden Adminstration?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

77 The NYT is also ignoring that NOT ALL OF THE JAN 6ERS WERE MAGA.

At least one of the Jan 6ers, John Earle Sullivan, was BLM/Antifa and a "photojournalist," was egging them on to start fires and hurt people in the Capitol, and was the guy that got the footage of Ashi Babbitt getting shot. Then sold it for money.

He stupidly recorded audio of himself ENCOURAGING arson. That's why they convicted him. But Pres Trump pardoned him in that big sweep of people he pardoned.

from his Wiki: "On November 16, 2023, Sullivan was convicted of five felonies and two misdemeanor charges. On April 23, 2024, he was sentenced to six years in prison. On January 20, 2025, the first day of the second presidency of Donald Trump, Sullivan was pardoned along with nearly every other participant in the Capitol attack."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
John_Earle_Sullivan

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:36 PM (gWBY1)

78
And I was kidding about Canadian medical school. A straight, white conservative? Lol. Lol. Yeah, no.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (Sco7b)



They would happily use you as the test subject for MAID training.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:36 PM (Zz0t1)

79 I've gotten so completely sick of Dems harping on J6.... it was a tempest in a teapot and they always conveniently forget the entire 2020 "summer of love" where cities all across the country went up in flames over St. George.... without double standards they'd have no standards at all

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 02:37 PM (xT8gx)

80 NYT editorial board prefers Castro to Trump.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 02:20 PM (rJ48h)

---------------

What's always amazed me is that they'd prefer Hitler, Stalin, or Mussolini to Trump ... yet they continually defame him by calling him "Literally Hitler," "Literally Stalin," and "Literally Mussolini."

Schizophrenia is not just a river in Egypt ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 01, 2026 02:37 PM (vV9qP)

81 *tunes up backhoe*

I have the perfect solution to violent criminal reciddi...ahh..recidivid...ahh...crap...repeat offenders.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 02:37 PM (2WIwB)

82 The NYT is also ignoring that NOT ALL OF THE JAN 6ERS WERE MAGA.

At least one of the Jan 6ers, John Earle Sullivan, was BLM/Antifa and a "photojournalist," was egging them on to start fires and hurt people in the Capitol, and was the guy that got the footage of Ashi Babbitt getting shot. Then sold it for money.



*waves*

*laughs*

Posted by: Ray Epps at April 01, 2026 02:37 PM (Zz0t1)

83 O/T...another demented retard popped up from his gopher hole in another blog to defend Hamas and Gaza against Israel.

Claims Bibi said this war was to defeat them. I looked at the video and he never said this. I said Israel has every right to defend themselves in that pit of the ME.

He then shows me an Israeli patch and I reply, Go Israel, like it is March Madness basketball.

I stand alone and don't much care. Can't figure out anti-semitism no matter how much I try.
...........................................
Carry on my wayward friends. I didn't dream of Ace's dinner party last night, but I did see him in my dream two nights ago. He is not a hairy man or Ewok. He's one of those sexy intelligent dudes who wears glasses.

Granted, I am sure this is not correct, but he was very kind in hosting dinner for all the Moron's and 'Ettes. I even saw his office in my dream of where all this happens!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (WONhk)

84 Is it too late for me to point out that America isn't ready for men with large breasts?

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (KtOUo)

85 Aren't these the people who argue that illegals are good for the country because they only commit crimes at a 10% rate, slightly lower than the general population?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (Fg7bI)

86 *tunes up backhoe*

I have the perfect solution to violent criminal reciddi...ahh..recidivid...ahh...crap...repeat offenders.

Posted by: Diogenes


You're skipping steps.

/warms up woodchipper

/tips hat to the late, great backhoe, RIP

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (OUMaO)

87 58 Over at Insty:

'Pig semen shot into eyes helps cure cancer!'

What the fucking hell world did I stumble into?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

What it do if it's shot in your mouth?
Hypothetically speaking.

Posted by: guy with a very different decision-making matrix at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (N8mUY)

88 Thats a very happy/manic poop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (zZu0s)


It was the first one I found.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)

The poops were manic that day, my friends!

Posted by: Last time I get Ethiopian food at 3AM at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)

89
The poops were manic that day, my friends!
Posted by: Last time I get Ethiopian food at 3AM at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)



Just another manic poop Monday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:39 PM (Zz0t1)

90 65 Not to mention that for every criminal arrested (and frequently released by Soros DAs) for one or more crimes, how many MOAR crimes have they committed that go unreported and unsolved?

Imma gonna go out on a limb and guess at least an order of magnitude more (that's 10x as many for you math-h8rs!) ...
Posted by: ShainS
=======
FBI Uniform Crime Report stats from 2018. Murder cases 62.3 percent cleared by arrest (not necessarily a conviction), Rape 33.4, Robbery 30.4, Aggravated assault, 52.5. Burglary 13.9, Larceny Theft 18.9, motor vehicle theft 13.8.

And some of the worst jurisdictions do not submit information to the FBI on their crimes.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

91 I'm not sure that mere 1% recidivism is even correct. How many of the J6ers actually committed "crime" crime. Parading? Trespassing? Most of them were worn down a plead to some crime to just get it over with.

The real criminals were the one that put this op together and hounded these people for 4 years.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 02:39 PM (GUOwU)

92 By contrast, the recidivism rate for actual criminals is at least 35-50x higher than the J6ers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

They understand they just hope their readers don't.

Remember: Every Leftard Statistic Is a Lie (or couched within a lie)

Lying is all they know.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:39 PM (DWX+q)

93 Is it too late for me to point out that America isn't ready for men with large breasts?
Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (KtOUo)
****
call me
You can be my VEEP

Posted by: Mayor Pete at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (KtOUo)

94 Aren't these the people who argue that illegals are good for the country because they only commit crimes at a 10% rate, slightly lower than the general population?

Its actually worse then that - legal immigrants do commit crimes at a lower rate then citizens, so they just throw out the crime rate of legal immigrants and claim those are the crime rate for all immigrants

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)

95 They are setting the stage for preemptive re-imprisonment if they ever have the power.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Fg7bI)

96 Rahm Emanuel Heads to South Carolina After New Hampshire, Weighing 2028 Run for President


Oh no!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (abIsI)

97 87 58 Over at Insty:

'Pig semen shot into eyes helps cure cancer!'

What the fucking hell world did I stumble into?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:32 PM (zZu0s)

What it do if it's shot in your mouth?
Hypothetically speaking.
Posted by: guy with a very different decision-making matrix at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (N8mUY)
- - - - - - - - - -
Helps cures hunger?

Hypothetically speaking.

Posted by: Another Anon at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (4h45B)

98 96 Rahm Emanuel Heads to South Carolina After New Hampshire, Weighing 2028 Run for President



Tiny dancer ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 02:41 PM (FtULh)

99 What crimes did the 12 J-6ers commit? Parading without a license?

When are we going to lear that when you go soft on parading without a license you get unlicensed parading?

Posted by: Minuteman at April 01, 2026 02:41 PM (47/pr)

100 https://tinyurl.com/4npuv6f7

Congresscritter Loudermilk did a good job reporting on who the J6 gallows people are.
I betcha Aunt Nancy knows who they are.
Posted by: torabora at April 01, 2026 02:34 PM (KtOUo)

Reeks of a false flag op, like Patriot Front.

Posted by: Probably FBI or Capitol Police assets at April 01, 2026 02:42 PM (TbWk/)

101 Let's also understand what crimes these people were arrested for post-J6, because if it isn't a crime in the same general area of "causing a ruckus" then it's not really recidivism.

I'm guessing at least half of the 12 people who have "re-offended" caught a DUI or something similar.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 02:42 PM (oqH4h)

102

If that's the case then I'm gonna live forever!!!

Posted by: Jonah G at April 01, 2026 02:42 PM (DWX+q)

103
If that's the case then I'm gonna live forever!!!
Posted by: Jonah G at April 01, 2026 02:42 PM (DWX+q)




Fatf*ck

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)

104 >>> Is it too late for me to point out that America isn't ready for men with large breasts?
Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 01, 2026 02:38 PM (KtOUo)

The memes about that are hilarious. The one of Marco Rubio having to take on the job of being Kristy Noem's husband, and he's wearing the huge fake boobs, is killer.

Apparently the final straw that made Trump let her go was that she was dodgy on the stand about her affair. The overspending for her dumb ads when we are trying to DOGE down the deficit didn't help. But I'm glad her demotion happened before the pics of her husband leaked.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:43 PM (gWBY1)

105 95 They are setting the stage for preemptive re-imprisonment if they ever have the power.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (Fg7bI)

I hate to say it, but, why wouldn't they?

They know that nobody will even try to stop them.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 02:43 PM (iXqHn)

106 I'm more-than-average worried about this mission. I do NOT trust NASA.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM


It's a 3 way collaboration between Lockheed, SpaceX and NASA, isn't it?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

What? Not enough budget to include Boeing?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 02:30 PM (ndZc7)

It's a NASA booster flying a NASA capsule on a NASA mission supported by NASA control. SpaceX might have put a sticker somewhere on the vehicle.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:43 PM (g8Ew8)

107 98 96 Rahm Emanuel Heads to South Carolina After New Hampshire, Weighing 2028 Run for President

He was on 'The View' yesterday.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

108 85 Aren't these the people who argue that illegals are good for the country because they only commit crimes at a 10% rate, slightly lower than the general population?
Posted by: bob

Contaminated sample. Illegals in sanctuary jurisdictions are often administratively cleared even on fairly serious offenses like DUI, etc. because it might subject them to deportation. So police agencies turn a blind eye on chargeable offenses--sometimes even violent ones.

Unz did some early work dealing only with California arrests in the 90's which is where a distorted view of immigration crimes comes into play. But he ignored federal crimes including serious drug crimes, immigration fraud related crimes including welfare benefits, identity theft, and other non violent crimes.

When including those factors, the crime rate is substantially more. At least double maybe triple at the low end. Half or more at the high end including misdemeanors, etc.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

109 Rahm Emanuel's father was a member of the Irgun. How well does he think this will sit with today's Democrat party?

Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 02:45 PM (rJ48h)

110 Oooh. The Hydrocodone is starting to kick in.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)

111 Congresscritter Loudermilk did a good job reporting on who the J6 gallows people are.
I betcha Aunt Nancy knows who they are.
Posted by: torabora
======
Loudermilk is retiring from Congress this November. Unfortunate as he was one of the good ones who did thankless task of investigating Jan 6 without much if any support from GOP colleagues in the matter.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)

112 I don't understand what you are saying here.

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (4NO2D)

113 106 I'm more-than-average worried about this mission. I do NOT trust NASA.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

It'd be more worrying if their muslim outreach program was still going on.

Obama announced that and I remember a rocket blowing up.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Sco7b)

114 28 On J6 they erected gallows to hang Mike Pence! Reeeeeeee!!!!! That's violence for you!!!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 02:25 PM (xT8gx)


The "inability" to identify the builders of that scale model of a gallows is evidence that they were plants. The FBI protects its own.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (Sy6m/)

115 109 Rahm Emanuel's father was a member of the Irgun. How well does he think this will sit with today's Democrat party?
Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 02:45 PM (rJ48h)

All he has to do is march King Barry and ValJar out to endorse him and the Demoncrats will forget.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (iXqHn)

116 Don Lemon is thinking about running for president.

https://tinyurl.com/2pwzbxjz

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (NpAcC)

117 >Oooh. The Hydrocodone is starting to kick in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)


Save me some.

Posted by: tiger at April 01, 2026 02:48 PM (rJ48h)

118 I don't understand what you are saying here.

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (4NO2D)



I'm betting this really doesn't shock anyone in any way whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)

119

Save me some.
Posted by: tiger at April 01, 2026 02:48 PM (rJ48h)



F*ck off. You're rich. Get your own, addict.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)

120 Reeks of a false flag op, like Patriot Front.
Posted by: Probably FBI or Capitol Police assets at April 01, 2026 02:42 PM


Talk about a group that just fell off the Earth..

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (4NO2D)

121 Don Lemon is thinking about running for president.

https://tinyurl.com/2pwzbxjz
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (NpAcC)



I thought he said he couldn't because he's black.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)

122 Oooh. The Hydrocodone is starting to kick in.

Better living thru chemistry

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Kt19C)

123
Talk about a group that just fell off the Earth..
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (4NO2D)



*whistles*

*walks away slowly*

Posted by: Christopher Wray at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)

124 Interesting exchange here.
======
Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
·
3h
BOMBSHELL: Sauer (Trump Solictor General) to Sotomayor: "We are NOT asking to overrule Wong Kim Ark. Those parents were lawfully domiciled.

Later cases casually calling children of illegal aliens citizens were drive-by rulings with no real analysis.

The executive order is prospective only. No retroactive stripping of citizenship."

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

125 But the part that struck me is out of their 80 or so questions, 10 were around what forms of violence are acceptable for people that won't get with the socialist program.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 02:30 PM (sKqQm)

Of course they need coercion. Nobody will willingly let the usual Socialist group leaders speak for them and get rich in the process without it.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (8avO+)

126 Better living thru chemistry
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Kt19C)



It's not really doing much for the pain, unfortunately.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)

127 Imma thinking of picking up some Spanish Brandy tonight.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (n17eQ)

128 Wrangler Khakis hardest hit.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM (4NO2D)

129 Don Lemon is thinking about running for president.

https://tinyurl.com/2pwzbxjz
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (NpAcC)


I thought he said he couldn't because he's black.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)

Wasn't he born in South Africa?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)

130 Imma thinking of picking up some Spanish Brandy tonight.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (n17eQ)



I thought we were boycotting Spain?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)

131
Wasn't he born in South Africa?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)



I thought that was the incredibly unfunny Trevor Noah.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:52 PM (Zz0t1)

132 I thought we were boycotting Spain?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM


Farewell and adieu...

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:52 PM (4NO2D)

133 The 2028 D nominee is already known. That's how it works.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:52 PM (DWX+q)

134 129 Wasn't he born in South Africa?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)

That was the halfrican Trevor Noah.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 02:52 PM (iXqHn)

135 Oooh. The Hydrocodone is starting to kick in.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:46 PM (Zz0t1)

Pass the dutchie, maaaaan

Posted by: Canadian hockey goalie at April 01, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)

136 121 Don Lemon is thinking about running for president.

https://tinyurl.com/2pwzbxjz
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (NpAcC)


I thought he said he couldn't because he's black.
-----------------
The good news about Don thinking about running is the Dems are clearly into the 'Send in the Clowns' mode, presently.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:53 PM (n17eQ)

137
Pass the dutchie, maaaaan
Posted by: Canadian hockey goalie at April 01, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)




Only if you're on the left hand side.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:53 PM (Zz0t1)

138 Rahm Emanuel's father was a member of the Irgun. How well does he think this will sit with today's Democrat party?

Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 02:45 PM (rJ48h)


For f*ck's sake...he's a Joooo!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo...anti-Semite at April 01, 2026 02:53 PM (n9ltV)

139 BOMBSHELL: Sauer (Trump Solictor General) to Sotomayor: "We are NOT asking to overrule Wong Kim Ark. Those parents were lawfully domiciled.

Later cases casually calling children of illegal aliens citizens were drive-by rulings with no real analysis.

The executive order is prospective only. No retroactive stripping of citizenship."

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

Turley has this 7-2 against Trump after oral arguments.

I can easily see Thomas/Alito agreeing to hear it to strike down birthright citizenship.

I can easily see the women agreeing to hear it to enshrine birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 01, 2026 02:53 PM (FmapG)

140 Let's also understand what crimes these people were arrested for post-J6, because if it isn't a crime in the same general area of "causing a ruckus" then it's not really recidivism.

I'm guessing at least half of the 12 people who have "re-offended" caught a DUI or something similar.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 02:42 PM (oqH4h)

if ANY of them were something the Times could milk outrage for, it would have been stated.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 02:54 PM (8avO+)

141 I thought he said he couldn't because he's black.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)
*******
His ego trumps his skin color.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:54 PM (NpAcC)

142 The New York Times Shrieks About the 1% Recividivism Rate for Pardoned J6 Protesters, But Continues to Support the Release of Hardened Criminals with 30%+ Recidivisim Rates

==

Excellent. This is what gets them - facts. The late Charlie Kirk was good at holding a lot of these important facts in his head, with which he completely drowned the emotive, shrieking ,woke opponents.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 02:54 PM (GD0B3)

143 The Times editorial board points out that 12 people Trump pardoned for January 6 offenses have been rearrested in the 14 months since Trump pardoned them.
_______________________________

You can't just say something like this and not give it context. What were the charges? How many were felonies? For all we know, these 12 individuals (not convinced that this number is correct either) might have had a minor tax evasion charge. Maybe they were being harrassed by someone and defended themselves.

Amateur league writing...in search of the narrative.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 02:55 PM (dIske)

144 130 Imma thinking of picking up some Spanish Brandy tonight.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (n17eQ)


I thought we were boycotting Spain?
---------------
I'm not boycotting Spanish Brandy or hawt Spanish Ladies cuz Imma not a Fagz.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:55 PM (n17eQ)

145 *******
His ego trumps his skin color.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:54 PM (NpAcC)




He thinks going ATM makes him qualified.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Zz0t1)

146 129 Don Lemon is thinking about running for president.

https://tinyurl.com/2pwzbxjz
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:47 PM (NpAcC)


I thought he said he couldn't because he's black.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Zz0t1)

Wasn't he born in South Africa?
Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO

Again, Don's a fighter.

Look at him pushing through despite the laws of biological reproduction. He tirelessly carries on.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Sco7b)

147 Imma thinking of picking up some Spanish Brandy tonight.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (n17eQ)

Es una chica muy buena, pero mi vida, mi amor, mi novia es el mar.

Posted by: El yacht rock en espanol at April 01, 2026 02:56 PM (TbWk/)

148 It's important to keep things in perspective here.

Trump raped children.

Posted by: Hug brunch at April 01, 2026 02:56 PM (LpLVo)

149 Ah c'mon guys, the NYT knows this is just rubbing salt in the wounds of their own behavior.

Think about it. They KNOW that mass-releases of criminals in the blue shitholes is driving rape, murder, assault, and theft. THAT IS THE ENTIRE POINT OF DOING IT.

You think they won't do an endzone dance like this just to get an extra measure of assholery in?

We are still in the stage where they feel they can't lose - Trump is just a transient speedbump, so the keep on with the plan to put the screws to us. If we don't do anything back, they win. If we do, the knives come out and they can start rounding up the kulaks. They feel that with near-total control of the MSM there is no way to over-commit.

Along that vein, I'm not the only one keenly watching the birthright case argument with the understanding that if the .gov doesn't unfuck themselves on this, we are virtually guaranteed to see political/ethnic cleansing at some point, at a minimum (against who remains to be seen). The progs' behavior is calculated to enrage and specific items like the foreign invasion aren't tolerable.

Posted by: heya at April 01, 2026 02:56 PM (rb1no)

150 Some April Fool's Day humor from the Trump. administration

https://tinyurl.com/j9r7chap

Posted by: Lightening up at April 01, 2026 02:57 PM (ZCxQ+)

151 Any word on what charges the 12 J6 "repeat offenders" were arrested on?

Felonies? Violet crimes?

...or jaywalking?

Seems that would be useful to know.

Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 02:57 PM (qgHp7)

152
I'd like to know what the 1% of pardoned J-6ers were arrested for.

How many cases assignable to disruption and stress of being locked up in intentionally abusive conditions for a year without charges? Loss of employment, houses, marriages?

How many because some law enforcement knew who they were, and were eager to get them for something, anything?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 01, 2026 02:57 PM (VWtfl)

153 139 BOMBSHELL: Sauer (Trump Solictor General) to Sotomayor: "We are NOT asking to overrule Wong Kim Ark. Those parents were lawfully domiciled.

Later cases casually calling children of illegal aliens citizens were drive-by rulings with no real analysis.

The executive order is prospective only. No retroactive stripping of citizenship."

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

Turley has this 7-2 against Trump after oral arguments.


The media was giddy saying this was a slam dunk against it and Trump had to witness it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 02:58 PM (eANu3)

154 Any word on what charges the 12 J6 "repeat offenders" were arrested on?

Felonies? Violet crimes?

...or jaywalking?

Seems that would be useful to know.
Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 02:57 PM (qgHp7)



That was my question as well.

Seems convenient they didn't mention one charge......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:58 PM (Zz0t1)

155 We need to revisit sentencing guidelines nationwide.
Have the judges put some skin in the game. Let them serve out the perps sentence if re-arrested.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

And share a cell.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (A5RD0)


I'm thinking 3 strikes and you're out for judges. Three re-arrests and the judge is fired for life.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 02:58 PM (2WIwB)

156 The good news about Don thinking about running is the Dems are clearly into the 'Send in the Clowns' mode, presently.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:53 PM (n17eQ)
*******
He said he would have choose a side because he's an independent and they don't win. So he would have to run as a Democrat.

Then he said he would be great at running a news organization.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:58 PM (NpAcC)

157 The best part about Patriot Front is that they were an obvious made up group. We knew it. They knew we knew it. And we knew they knew we knew it- but they did it anyway for the lols.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:59 PM (zZu0s)

158 I am guessing 6-3 for the birthright matter. Either Gorusch or Kavanaugh in minority vote for cover/cred and it not affect the outcome.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:00 PM (pDt9x)

159 158 I am guessing 6-3 for the birthright matter. Either Gorusch or Kavanaugh in minority vote for cover/cred and it not affect the outcome.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:00 PM (pDt9x)


That's how I see it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:00 PM (eANu3)

160 The best part about Patriot Front is that they were an obvious made up group. We knew it. They knew we knew it. And we knew they knew we knew it- but they did it anyway for the lols.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:59 PM (zZu0s)



NORTON, pal, come down here! I wanna show you sumpthin!

Posted by: Ralph Kramden at April 01, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

161 Not on topic, but the pilot of Artemis 2 today is an alum of my local school, Cal Poly in SLO.


https://tinyurl.com/nhzdcwae

Posted by: beckster at April 01, 2026 03:01 PM (kX27y)

162 96 Rahm Emanuel Heads to South Carolina After New Hampshire, Weighing 2028 Run for President


Oh no!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (abIsI)

lol. The only guy with less balls than Newscum.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at April 01, 2026 03:01 PM (wGerL)

163 Found two of the re-arrests. Both are somewhat questionable in validity.
_____________________________

Matthew Huttle was fatally shot during a traffic stop in January 2025 when he resisted arrest and was armed, just days after being pardoned.

Daniel Ball was rearrested shortly after his release on federal gun charges.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

164 Imma thinking of picking up some Spanish Brandy tonight.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:50 PM (n17eQ)


I thought we were boycotting Spain?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Zz0t1)


I'm just going to walk past the Spanish wines and brandies and wave my dollars at the bottles.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 03:01 PM (2WIwB)

165 “ Topics” at the HQ are more like guidelines.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:02 PM (pDt9x)

166 The Death Penalty is justice. It is for the protection of the innocent. - Catechism of the Council of Trent (paraphrased)

Pope Leo needs a refresher course on the Fifth Commandment.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 03:02 PM (qFwJc)

167
Pope Leo needs a refresher course on the Fifth Commandment.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 03:02 PM (qFwJc)



I'd be willing to bet he's never even cracked the cover of a Bible.

Posted by: Ralph Kramden at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

168 Trump will need to pardon damn near everybody in his administration. You've heard Susan Rice's threats and other members of Congress. They don't just want the President's scalp; they want it all.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (ovff8)

169 great googlymoogly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

170 What's the Recidivisms Rates for lying journalist muck-rakers - nearing 100% High 90's?

Too bad they can't be jailed for their outright slanders, slight-o-handing the truth, and wordsmith odysseys they constantly take us on, often proven wrong and fabricated

Posted by: Pinochet Air Flight Attendant at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (zL/eJ)

171 Turley has this 7-2 against Trump after oral arguments.


The media was giddy saying this was a slam dunk against it and Trump had to witness it...
Posted by: It's me donna

I think the EO loses. I don't think the ACLU will like the fact that a majority will kick it to Congress to legislate, not a constitutional amendment as most of the court are supposedly originalist and the historical record using subject to the jurisdiction thereof is clear as well as caselaw.

Remember that Congress set natural born citizenship to include the Canal Zone and for parents of children at foreign military bases. That is why John McCain could run for president as a natural born citizen despite being born in the Canal Zone. His admiral father was stationed at the Canal Zone at the time.

So a split the baby decision that allows Trump to pivot and use that as another cudgel to beat Congress and the Senate with. Will be an election issue in 2026 if that is the case.

70-30 or even 80-20 that no one supports rich Chinese assholes from dropping kids on the US via surrogacy or the citizenship birthing industry.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

172 Re: sidebar
Is dimethyl sulfide just a fart by a fancier name?

Posted by: Wally at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (zG4BR)

173 120 Reeks of a false flag op, like Patriot Front.
Posted by: Probably FBI or Capitol Police assets at April 01, 2026 02:42 PM

Talk about a group that just fell off the Earth..
Posted by: toby928(c)
--------------------

They were new FBI recruits larping as the enemy as a "training" exercise. They kept it under wraps claiming it was for training, (not popaganda or indoctrination of the recruits) and so nothing to do with the public at all. No one came forward because their entire career was at stake. KP just shut it down and unable to reveal truth because it affects literally, everyone.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:04 PM (Fg7bI)

174 Posted by: Hug brunch at April 01, 2026 02:56 PM (LpLVo)

The thought of it turns you on, doesn't it.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 03:04 PM (gKWVE)

175 great googlymoogly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Drugs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

176
70-30 or even 80-20 that no one supports rich Chinese assholes from dropping kids on the US via surrogacy or the citizenship birthing industry.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)



Read something the other day about some rich Chinese asshoe already having 100 anchor babies in the US.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)

177 Drugs?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)




It will be my excuse for today, yes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:05 PM (Zz0t1)

178 168 Trump will need to pardon damn near everybody in his administration. You've heard Susan Rice's threats and other members of Congress. They don't just want the President's scalp; they want it all.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (ovff

They will likely find a way to get a record of who everybody voted for and arrest everybody who did not vote for Hillary, Biden, or Commie-La.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:05 PM (iXqHn)

179 Spain is the country that euthanized a 25-year0old woman without giving her a 6 month respite to re-think her request...

...because the organ harvesting teams had already been scheduled.

(in JJ's MR)

Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 03:06 PM (qgHp7)

180
They will likely find a way to get a record of who everybody voted for and arrest everybody who did not vote for Hillary, Biden, or Commie-La.
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:05 PM (iXqHn)



To SAVE our DEMOOCRISY!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

181 Turley has this 7-2 against Trump after oral arguments.


==

They had to try. With a 80-20 issue Rs can run perfect campaigns in '26 and 2028. it was the border crisis before, now it's the inside the border crisis.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 03:07 PM (GD0B3)

182 Rahm Emanuel Heads to South Carolina After New Hampshire, Weighing 2028 Run for President

Oh no!

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 02:40 PM (abIsI)

------------

Rahm "The Ballerina" Emanuel AKA Rahm "The Jew Who Has No Chance in the Overtly Anti-Semitic Democrat-Communist Party" Emanuel?

* cues "Hold Me Closer Tiny Dancer" *

Emanuel/Shapiro 2028 -- Two Jewish Mossad Undercover Agents and Israeli Double-Spies for the Price of Two Shekels!

Posted by: ShainS at April 01, 2026 03:07 PM (vV9qP)

183 Called the IRS. They offered to send me a new PIN number.

"If approved, it will be sent to you in the next 21 days."


"Um, tax day is April 15th........"


Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:07 PM (Zz0t1)

184 I'm just waiting for the Patriot Front to reappear at any moment!

What's that you say? Oh, yeah...okay....

Posted by: Boswell at April 01, 2026 03:08 PM (V7158)

185 >> What? Not enough budget to include Boeing?

Boeing is in there -- core stage. Lockheed Martin is the Orion spacecraft (with Airbus doing the "European" service module).

This SLS-Orion boondoggle has clocked it nearly $100B so far.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 03:08 PM (w6EFb)

186 Emanuel/Shapiro 2028 -- Two Jewish Mossad Undercover Agents and Israeli Double-Spies for the Price of Two Shekels!
Posted by: ShainS at April 01, 2026 03:07 PM (vV9qP)



But do they have sisters with big tits?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

187 Remember that Congress set natural born citizenship to include the Canal Zone and for parents of children at foreign military bases. That is why John McCain could run for president as a natural born citizen despite being born in the Canal Zone. His admiral father was stationed at the Canal Zone at the time.

Posted by: whig
---------------
Also, his parents were citizens. Children of citizens are natural born -- it has FUCKING nothing to do with where they are born.

- This means that every generation of those Chinese are also citizens. In enough time, the entire Chinese population will have one ancestor who is a citizen and if they keep applying at the embassy for citizenship, they will be too.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:08 PM (Fg7bI)

188 179 Spain is the country that euthanized a 25-year0old woman without giving her a 6 month respite to re-think her request...

...because the organ harvesting teams had already been scheduled.

(in JJ's MR)
Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 03:06 PM (qgHp7)

Serious question on my mind - what did they do, drag her ass out of her house, snatch her on the street, to haul her off to their abattoir?

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:08 PM (pDt9x)

189 Turley has this 7-2 against Trump after oral arguments.

I can easily see Thomas/Alito agreeing to hear it to strike down birthright citizenship.

I can easily see the women agreeing to hear it to enshrine birthright citizenship.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

The case is a lot more complicated than that. The EO was a means of forcing the issue onto a reluctant ruling class. Court will have a lot more trouble trying to get a majority to rule what the ACLU wants which strips out the words subject to the jurisdiction thereof from the 14th Amendment. I don't think absolute jus soli is going to fly in the ruling. My guess again is that the dispute is kicked to Congress to resolve as it has in prior precedents. That can be done without disturbing Elkins nor Wong Ark Kim caselaw.

My guess is a plurality opinion with a bunch of concurrences and at least one or two dissents. This is going to be like the Obamacare case in my estimation. Some parts for everyone to hate.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

190
Well, the've got the thing fueled up, and in boil-off replenish mode. All stages are topped off. Astronauts have boarded. No major problems yet.

I was figuring they'd have another LH2 leak during fueling.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 03:09 PM (w6EFb)

191 The Supreme Court, then, is about to make a suicidal decision. Our enemies are going to engage in birth tourism and sow the seeds of this country's destruction from within. I believe we are the only western country to allow this madness.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:10 PM (d4zil)

192 Trump will need to pardon damn near everybody in his administration.

Trump made a paperwork mistake in hand-signing his pardons. This is a list of traitors; we have just reinstitute the death penalty in DC, and that’s where they’ll all be tried.

Posted by: The Shallow State at April 01, 2026 03:10 PM (EXyHK)

193 I'm just going to walk past the Spanish wines and brandies and wave my dollars at the bottles.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 03:01 PM (2WIwB)


Buy Pisco. Very good quality of white brandy for what it costs, and it doesn't require a loan like French brandy

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)

194 I imagine the Democrats fever dream is to decree a version of a Bill of Attainder against all of their targets. Ruination is their goal.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:12 PM (pDt9x)

195 I think SCOTUS shoots Trump down on birthright citizenship. The congress gave the executive the statutory authority to prevent any alien or class of aliens from entering the country. What's to stop Trump from barring any pregnant woman entry to the US?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 01, 2026 03:12 PM (2UnvF)

196 You guys!! can you tell the difference Cucker and Temu Cuckers like Posobiec, and Islamic Republic's Masoud Pezeshkian: "The U.S. is acting as a proxy for Israel, which manufactures an Iranian threat to divert from Palestine and seeks to fight Iran to the last American soldier and taxpayer dollar. Is ‘America First’ truly a priority? "

🤣🤣🤣🤣

🤪🤡

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 03:13 PM (GD0B3)

197 Buy Pisco. Very good quality of white brandy for what it costs, and it doesn't require a loan like French brandy
---------------
Not a big fan of French Brandy. Spanish brandy is packed with flavor - French brandy is monotone.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 03:13 PM (n17eQ)

198 70-30 or even 80-20 that no one supports rich Chinese assholes from dropping kids on the US via surrogacy or the citizenship birthing industry.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)


My prayer, whig. Thank you and hope you are feeling much better.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 03:13 PM (WONhk)

199 They had to try. With a 80-20 issue Rs can run perfect campaigns in '26 and 2028. it was the border crisis before, now it's the inside the border crisis.
Posted by: runner

Trump did it to force the issue and it worked. And no, I don't think it will enshrine what the ACLU wants even if and when the EO is terminated by a ruling. Both Roberts and ACB are essentially cowards but they would find a hard time to reconcile what the ACLU wants and their supposed originalism. Ditto for textualism from Gorsuch. Alito and Thomas are likely to dissent in part and concur in part is my guess.

I don't see the left gaining much if anything out of it to be honest. There is enough justices to disturb the status quo that is what I think they will do. Rule against the EO, kick the debate over to Congress.

And no, I don't think like Schlicter thinks it will take a constitutional amendment.

Trump is likely though to limit visas to foreigners with third term pregnancies and strike at birthing centers (which are already illegal under existing law).

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)

200 ---------------
Not a big fan of French Brandy. Spanish brandy is packed with flavor - French brandy is monotone.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 03:13 PM (n17eQ)



That's because Macron's wife has a dick!

Posted by: Candace Owens at April 01, 2026 03:14 PM (Zz0t1)

201 can you tell a difference between Jihadi foot soldiers and demagogues and the Woke Reich ? I don't.think.so!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 03:14 PM (GD0B3)

202 A small caution about Hydrocodone: taking modest amounts -- a pill in the morning and one at bedtime for a week, and you may experience mild withdrawal symptoms.

Better let me hold on to those for.safekeeping.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 01, 2026 03:14 PM (wBaIH)

203 A small caution about Hydrocodone: taking modest amounts -- a pill in the morning and one at bedtime for a week, and you may experience mild withdrawal symptoms.

Better let me hold on to those for.safekeeping.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 01, 2026 03:14 PM (wBaIH)



Took 10mg about an hour ago. Likely won't be taking anymore for a while. That's just not how I roll.

Posted by: Candace Owens at April 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

204 Oh ffs.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

205 Whatever happened to Oxycontin? Never hear about it anymore. Twas once the Great Scourge.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:16 PM (pDt9x)

206 Artemis 2 crew = spam in a can

Posted by: zombie Chuck Yeager at April 01, 2026 03:16 PM (Y1sOo)

207 202 A small caution about Hydrocodone: taking modest amounts -- a pill in the morning and one at bedtime for a week, and you may experience mild withdrawal symptoms.

Better let me hold on to those for.safekeeping.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 01, 2026 03:14 PM (wBaIH


LOL... But seriously you are right about that... During another bout of sciatica I was prescribed that... I took half a dose of what they prescribed for about 2 weeks.... When I stopped I had unpleasant withdrawals...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:17 PM (eANu3)

208 Are the D's gonna try to create a circus for their nomination process in 2028? I feel like that's what's coming. To drown out the R side.

And out of it will come a sober, serious, truth teller who does not adhere to anyone's rules.

(butreallytheyre aleftistfag)

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 03:17 PM (DWX+q)

209 1% Recividivism Rate for Pardoned J6 Protesters

so... what... they went to another political protest in a blue zone and got thrown in the slammer by the local komissar?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (a+4eV)

210 Oh ffs.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

--------------

You've taken enough Oxy to make you think you're a black chick? Strong stuff.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (2UnvF)

211 Me and the socks are going to have a battle to the death today, it seems.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

212 Sponge, instead of another pill, try eating a chocolate as a "helper"

A bud of mine who had really messed himself up as an enthusiastic youth does that. Chocolate is supposed to trigger the same pathways as opiates, and is easier to wean off of.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (rbvCR)

213 For everything else, there's Mastercard.

https://tinyurl.com/3sjp72pv

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 03:19 PM (abIsI)

214 Serious question on my mind - what did they do, drag her ass out of her house, snatch her on the street, to haul her off to their abattoir?
Posted by: tubal

-----------
No, she was in hospital because of injury when she jumped. She was improving and able to walk, but once she agreed (decided?) to off herself she refused to talk to any family or friends. Or so they say.

I have doubts about the organs being already committed. Surely the hospital would not say that, they just said she would not talk to anyone. Likelythough that they pressured her to keep her commitment to die.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:19 PM (Fg7bI)

215
You've taken enough Oxy to make you think you're a black chick? Strong stuff.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (2UnvF)



I identify. Where's my welfare check?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:19 PM (Zz0t1)

216 "One does not have to be a criminologist to predict that people who commit a violent act and are absolved of any punishment might become repeat offenders,"

Think the NYT will actually learn from that statement?

No. Neither do I.

Posted by: GWB at April 01, 2026 03:19 PM (tIv/K)

217 A bud of mine who had really messed himself up as an enthusiastic youth does that. Chocolate is supposed to trigger the same pathways as opiates, and is easier to wean off of.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (rbvCR)



Too much chocolate makes my face break out like a teenager.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

218 214 I have doubts about the organs being already committed. Surely the hospital would not say that, they just said she would not talk to anyone. Likelythough that they pressured her to keep her commitment to die.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:19 PM (Fg7bI)

I don't doubt they were already committed.

I just don't think they were committed to the CCP like some people were saying earlier.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 03:20 PM (iXqHn)

219 Took 10mg about an hour ago. Likely won't be taking anymore for a while. That's just not how I roll.

Posted by: Candace Owens at April 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

204 Oh ffs.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

Are you crushing them finely enough prior to snorting?

Posted by: Seems you're doing well so far though at April 01, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)

220 >>> Whatever happened to Oxycontin? Never hear about it anymore. Twas once the Great Scourge.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:16 PM (pDt9x)

Sorta like how I never hear about people dropping acid anymore. It's all marijuana, meth, and fentanyl now.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 03:21 PM (OzboF)

221 You've taken enough Oxy to make you think you're a black chick? Strong stuff.
Posted by: Duke Lowell


I can't take Oxy, it gives me the itchies and I break out in hives. Same with codeine.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 03:21 PM (abIsI)

222 Are you crushing them finely enough prior to snorting?
Posted by: Seems you're doing well so far though at April 01, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)



Crushing before snorting? What?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

223 My prayer, whig. Thank you and hope you are feeling much better.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Good days and bad days, had to have the cervical spine operation as I was losing feeling and control of arms and hands. But fusing the cervical region via a cage means the stress is concentrated lower. Already have 1 herniated thoracic disk and 4 in the lumbar so the pain in those joints is substantial along with muscle spasms from the readjustment process.

The muscle tightness in the cervical region is much diminished as time goes on so everything has moved downward.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

224 Too much chocolate makes my face break out like a teenager.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)


so what does lying flat on the floor with the worse symptoms of a nasty flu, and your abdominal muscles quivering like a dog having nightmares as you cold turkey do for you?

Take the chocolate and scrub your face every morning and night with diluted vinegar

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)

225 I wonder if Huey Lewis ever found that New Drug he was pining for?

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:23 PM (pDt9x)

226 I think oxycontin was reformulated and generics were banned

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 03:24 PM (DWX+q)

227 I had three tablets of hydrocone left in a bottle in my medicine, cabinet from dental work. Thought I'd hang on to them just in case, but somehow they disappeared after workmen were in the house doing remodeling.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:24 PM (P1YPV)

228 >>> 1% Recividivism Rate for Pardoned J6 Protesters

so... what... they went to another political protest in a blue zone and got thrown in the slammer by the local komissar?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (a+4eV)

One of the 1%ers was a Utah guy who got arrested while visiting his sister in Chicago I think. He claims he stabbed someone in self defense. Who knows if it was that or he really murdered the person. Also, Chicago. But I think the guy was also arrested on assault charges possibly.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 03:24 PM (OzboF)

229 so what does lying flat on the floor with the worse symptoms of a nasty flu, and your abdominal muscles quivering like a dog having nightmares as you cold turkey do for you?

Take the chocolate and scrub your face every morning and night with diluted vinegar
Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 03:23 PM (rbvCR)



I just won't take much of the hydrocodone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)

230 Oh ffs.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

--------------

You've taken enough Oxy to make you think you're a black chick? Strong stuff.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (2UnvF)

Note: he did not say 'ah, hell no!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

231 Whatever happened to Oxycontin? Never hear about it anymore. Twas once the Great Scourge.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:16 PM (pDt9x)

People sued the fuck out of Purdue Pharma is what happened.

Posted by: Multi-billion dollar settlement and reformulation at April 01, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

232 Whatever happened to Oxycontin? Never hear about it anymore. Twas once the Great Scourge.
Posted by: tubal

It is still around. Prescribed some low dose varieties for my recent post spinal surgery. Longer lasting than Vicodin aka hydrocodone with some mild anti inflammatory effects as well.

I don't care for it as it gives me a headache which offsets the pain relief of the spine.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)

233 New York Times: Just Kidding, We Don't Give A Fuck About Crime and In Fact We Pray Someone Does a Lot of it to You

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 03:25 PM (DWX+q)

234 Are there any men left in the space program?

Good grief, their voices are exhausting to listen to.

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 03:25 PM (qmOsv)

235 Are you crushing them finely enough prior to snorting?
Posted by: Seems you're doing well so far though at April 01, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)


My nephew checked out that way. He also got into the habit of chasing it with half a fifth of something as well, which contributed. He messed his back up in construction.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 03:25 PM (rbvCR)

236 People sued the fuck out of Purdue Pharma is what happened.
Posted by: Multi-billion dollar settlement and reformulation at April 01, 2026 03:25 PM (TbWk/)

Then they switched to Fentanyl and everything was Jake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

237 Then they switched to Fentanyl and everything was Jake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)



She sounds hideous.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)

238 >> Good grief, their voices are exhausting to listen to.

Just be happy they're speaking English.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 03:27 PM (w6EFb)

239
All these narcotics like oxycontin contain large amounts of Tylenol. It's like they want to punish excessive use with liver damage.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 01, 2026 03:27 PM (VWtfl)

240 Then they switched to Fentanyl and everything was Jake.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

And heroin, let's not forget the heroin. Though I think they're cutting the heroin with fentanyl these days, so you know. Overlap.

Posted by: Don't do drugs, drugs are bad, mmmkay? at April 01, 2026 03:28 PM (TbWk/)

241 Are there any men left in the space program?

Good grief, their voices are exhausting to listen to.
Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 03:25

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Women are the majority in law medicine.academia etc. And in the pipeline from professional schools. Men BAD, BAD.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:28 PM (PU21p)

242 I was thinking of growing opium poppies this year. Pretty pretty poppies.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:28 PM (pDt9x)

243 198 70-30 or even 80-20 that no one supports rich Chinese assholes from dropping kids on the US via surrogacy or the citizenship birthing industry.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)


My prayer, whig. Thank you and hope you are feeling much better.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

-------------

It is much worse - tourists to some US overseas possessions receive US citizenship and the Chinese have turned it into a vacation industry - show up, drop a kid, they are a US citizen. Obama made this happen (probably for kickbacks) and it is a very big deal. Google Mariana Islands and birth tourism.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Fg7bI)

244 226 I think oxycontin was reformulated and generics were banned
Posted by: ...

Yes, I think it was reformulated but no, generics are still around and I was prescribed some post surgery. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen 325 mg.

Re 2010 reformulation, "OxyContin was reformulated with a polyethylene oxide matrix in August 2010 to reduce the potential for intravenous abuse and for abuse by insufflation. "

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

245 whig your back situation

wow

hang in there

it sounds very challenging

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 03:30 PM (j+aD2)

246 and is easier to wean off of.
Posted by: Kindltot


why would anyone want to wean off chocolate?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:30 PM (Fg7bI)

247 244 226 I think oxycontin was reformulated and generics were banned
Posted by: ...

Yes, I think it was reformulated but no, generics are still around and I was prescribed some post surgery. Oxycodone-Acetaminophen 325 mg.

Re 2010 reformulation, "OxyContin was reformulated with a polyethylene oxide matrix in August 2010 to reduce the potential for intravenous abuse and for abuse by insufflation. "

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

Insufflation. Nice word. Have to use it sometime.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:31 PM (pDt9x)

248 Alan Shepard famously said, "why don't you fix your little problem and light this candle?" Which got the ground crew off their asses to give him the go for liftoff

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:31 PM (Fg64+)

249 Me and the socks are going to have a battle to the death today, it seems.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)
----
Send them my way...

Posted by: The Dryer at April 01, 2026 03:32 PM (ESVrU)

250 Insufflation. Nice word. Have to use it sometime.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:31 PM (pDt9x)

It IS a good word. Sounds better than 'snort that shit.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:32 PM (zZu0s)

251 246 why would anyone want to wean off chocolate?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:30 PM (Fg7bI)

Diabeetus-beetus-beetus-beetus-beetus-beetus-beetus

Posted by: Wilford Brimley at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (iXqHn)

252 When including those factors, the crime rate is substantially more. At least double maybe triple at the low end. Half or more at the high end including misdemeanors, etc.

Posted by: whig

---------------

Yes, I understand and agree.
I treat all statistics in the news the way I treat dog shit on my shoe.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (Fg7bI)

253 Insufflation. Nice word. Have to use it sometime.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:31 PM (pDt9x)

You have to properly prepare the ramekin or your insufflation will fall.

Posted by: Getting baked at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (TbWk/)

254 "Insufflation. Nice word. Have to use it sometime."

Maybe in a limerick...

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (2Ez/1)

255 why would anyone want to wean off chocolate?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 01, 2026 03:30 PM (Fg7bI)


The withdrawl gets nastier as you go on, and you start hurtin'. Then the assholes start offering it to you but for a price, right?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (rbvCR)

256 All these narcotics like oxycontin contain large amounts of Tylenol. It's like they want to punish excessive use with liver damage.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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325 mg acetaminophen is not a lot. Vicodin used to have 500 mg.

Where people get into trouble is when they combine extra acetaminophen in various OTC products with existing pain meds like Nyquil, Tylenol or Headache formulas, etc.

Think the upper limit per day (which is probably generous is about 3000 mg which down from the absolute limit of 4000 previously.

When I do take acetaminophen products, I keep it under 1800 mg per day.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)

257 I mean, no one is actually going to fly that thing.

Posted by: zombie Chuck Yeager at April 01, 2026 03:34 PM (Y1sOo)

258 I backed off acetaminophen stuff. Went back to aspirin. Seems to work better and feel better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)

259 256

325 mg acetaminophen is not a lot. Vicodin used to have 500 mg.

Where people get into trouble is when they combine extra acetaminophen in various OTC products with existing pain meds like Nyquil, Tylenol or Headache formulas, etc.

Think the upper limit per day (which is probably generous is about 3000 mg which down from the absolute limit of 4000 previously.

When I do take acetaminophen products, I keep it under 1800 mg per day.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)

I am whig’s liver.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:34 PM (pDt9x)

260 BOMBSHELL: Sauer (Trump Solictor General) to Sotomayor: "We are NOT asking to overrule Wong Kim Ark. Those parents were lawfully domiciled.

Later cases casually calling children of illegal aliens citizens were drive-by rulings with no real analysis.

The executive order is prospective only. No retroactive stripping of citizenship."
---
That's what I keep saying:
Everyone is focused on the wrong question.

The left wants to make this about the horrors of shipping people who've been here for decades out.
And all it does is say, "we no longer deeming children born here of illegals as citizens."
Children who never had citizenship.

Once you strip out "what are we to do with those who are already here?!" with "nothing, they stay" then this is merely no different than, say ... ruling gay marriage is a Constitutional right--overturning near 200 years of practice and law.

Going forward, the parents of noncitizens have to prove their child is a citizen.
Shifting the burden, that's all, where before, the government had to prove they were not a citizen.

That's why I say it's 6-3--since it doesn't change the status of anyone already here.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 03:34 PM (HXT0k)

261 Think the upper limit per day (which is probably generous is about 3000 mg which down from the absolute limit of 4000 previously.

When I do take acetaminophen products, I keep it under 1800 mg per day.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)



I took 2 of the 5 / 325 hydros. 5 hydro, 325 acetaminophen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

262 225......sorry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

263 Oh, and whomever suggested drink creatine in milk to avoid stomach upset, you rock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

264 Sounds like a Hospital ward around here

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:36 PM (eANu3)

265 mean, no one is actually going to fly that thing.
Posted by: zombie Chuck Yeager at April 01, 2026 03:34 PM (Y1sOo)

--‐----

Maybe they'll make a movie about these new astronauts."The Woke Stuff"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Fg64+)

266 Sounds like a Hospital ward around here
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:36 PM (eANu3)

We are the Olds.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)

267
Maybe they'll make a movie about these new astronauts."The Woke Stuff"
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Fg64+)



The broad has a serious case of manface.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:37 PM (Zz0t1)

268 266 Sounds like a Hospital ward around here
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:36 PM (eANu3)

We are the Olds.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)


I was gonna say Geriatric ward

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:37 PM (eANu3)

269 They just keep trying to make J6 mean something... at this point I have to ask why?
You'd think they'd just never mention it again, but here we have plaques going up in congress and the Times writing stories about it...

Posted by: Inogame at April 01, 2026 03:37 PM (53oGX)

270 All the girls, sorry, women will vote in favor of birthright citizenship. Roberts will lead the way of course. It’s the humane thing, dontcha know. Be nice if I was wrong.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (pDt9x)

271 O suspect if you could record the Horde collectively getting out of their chairs, it would sound like an old wooden Man of War creaking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (zZu0s)

272 There was a gent of a particular station,
The cream of this great nation.
He sifted for bugs,
as he ground up his drugs.
Said I ain't snorting this is insufflation!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (2UnvF)

273 Sounds like a Hospital ward around here
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:36 PM (eANu3)

We are the Olds.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:37 PM (zZu0s)



When asked how he does so well at his age, Clint Eastwood says "I don't let the old man in."

Easier f*cking said than done........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (Zz0t1)

274 Is people "parading" in the "People House" now a violent act?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (ZVE1T)

275 245 whig your back situation

wow

hang in there

it sounds very challenging
Posted by: BlackOrchid
=======
Eh, painful but that is what inflammatory arthritis leads to. So far, I've kept it away from internal organs so I am better off than others.

Part of it was that the injectables have spike and then fall in levels over time. In my case, that meant about 1/3 of the month, I had levels of the injectables insufficient to ward off arthritic damage. And the injectable biologics can have some side effects.

The pill forms are weaker but right now is keeping my inflammation markers more stable because I take a dose daily. But the first pill I took, stopped being effective around about the covid era from 2020-2023. That required a return to Humira, and then to Cosentyx which never worked right for me in the last two years.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (E4rtv)

276 Me and the socks are going to have a battle to the death today, it seems.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)
----
Send them my way...
Posted by: The Dryer at April 01, 2026 03:32 PM


Don't get greedy, guy.

Posted by: The Eater of Socks at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (bFu5X)

277 Come to the HQ to discuss ailments. And geopolitics.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:39 PM (pDt9x)

278 I was gonna say Geriatric ward
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 03:37 PM (eANu3)

When shitposting, always go with your gut.

Unless your gut is racist.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:39 PM (zZu0s)

279 So 12 of them stormed the Capital again?

Because I'm seeing some people calling them "reoffenders".

They don't know what words mean.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)

280 "The Woke Stuff"

Artemis (DEI) - II

First black to orbit the moon!
First woman to orbit the moon!
First female NASA launch director!

Posted by: zombie Chuck Yeager at April 01, 2026 03:39 PM (Y1sOo)

281 I backed off acetaminophen stuff. Went back to aspirin. Seems to work better and feel better.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 03:34 PM (zZu0s)

I can't take NSAIDS or Ibuprofen due to a medical condition so I'm stuck with acetaminophen.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 01, 2026 03:40 PM (tYGL3)

282 All the girls, sorry, women will vote in favor of birthright citizenship. Roberts will lead the way of course. It’s the humane thing, dontcha know. Be nice if I was wrong.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (pDt9x)

-'----

I'm hoping Roberts will change his mind because he's tired of listening to KBJ who can't shut up and says, "I don't understand"

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:40 PM (eBcaT)

283 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 03:41 PM (Zz0t1)

284 That's what I keep saying:
Everyone is focused on the wrong question.
---
A common outcome of Democratic dissembling.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

285 The Woke Stuff"

Artemis (DEI) - II

First black to orbit the moon!
First woman to orbit the moon!
First female NASA launch director!
Posted by: zombie Chuck Yeager at April 01, 2026 03:39 PM (Y1sOo)

-----

DEI is messing with air traffic control and the airlines; so good an idea that we're taking it to space

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (eBcaT)

286 Imagine if one these lefty politicians or media figures got stabbed to death on public transportation.

They don't fret about such things because the public is trash and would be relegated to such heinous travel conditions.

If these people getting pushed onto train tracks and being set on fire were the "beautiful people", we would never hear the end of it.

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 01, 2026 03:47 PM (llbwB)

287 I have no idea why tourists go to the third world.

Crazy story out of Nepal:
Trekking company owners, helicopter operators, hospital executives, and mountain guides have all been caught in a dangerous scam. The guides put baking soda in the tourist's food. This gives the poisoned tourist severe gastric distress. The guides and medical teams then pressure them to evacuate by an expensive ride via helicopter to the local hospital. The hospital then falsely identifies the gastric distress as altitude sickness. Everybody profits at the expense of the tourist.

http://tiny.cc/xp71101

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 03:47 PM (mkw2N)

288 285 The Woke Stuff"

Artemis (DEI) - II

First black to orbit the moon!
First woman to orbit the moon!
First female NASA launch director!
Posted by: zombie Chuck Yeager at April 01, 2026 03:39 PM (Y1sOo)

-----

DEI is messing with air traffic control and the airlines; so good an idea that we're taking it to space
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 03:44 PM (eBcaT)
---
Presumably to a safe distance from Earth.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (cWLG3)

289 Where the allegiance question is concerned it should apply to Muslims, who have no allegiance to anything but Islam.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at April 01, 2026 04:03 PM (GL+EM)

290 Our courts are safeguarding us into inaction as a country, against foreign elements, revolutionaries, criminal enterprises, and against progress itself.

Judges want the world to stop, if it moves away from control. We've seen that happen before the collapse of complex societies, like Rome, Maya, SE Asia. Joe Tainter weeps.

What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 04:15 PM (u82oZ)

Rubio Blasts Our Frenemy "Allies:" You Know, We Don't Rely On Oil That Passes Through the Strait of America. You Do.

Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

Overton
@overton_news

Secretary Marco Rubio just delivered a BRUTAL wake-up call to U.S. allies refusing to step up on the Strait of Hormuz.

"We depend very little on the straits -- this is a problem for the WORLD."

RUBIO: "Well, the Straits of Hormuz, those are international waters, so anything Iran does to impede commercial traffic is illegal."

"For all these countries that like to talk about international law, it is a violation of international maritime law to impede the free flow of travel in international waters, so that's number one."

"Number two, it's illegal to bomb and hit and attack commercial shipping, and sink them."

"That's what the Nazis did during World War II in the Atlantic, and that's what they are doing now to ships from countries they don't like, flagged by countries they don't like."

"These are TERRORISTIC acts that they are undertaking."

"So the United States gets very little energy through the Strait of Hormuz."

"Our allies ship out a lot of oil through there...and certainly countries in Asia and Europe on it."

"We depend very little on the straits, if, in fact, Iran decides to set up a toll, if, in fact, Iran decides that they are going to illegally control the Straits of Hormuz..."

"I imagine that will be the president's call whether he wants to help but this is a problem for the world."

"It's countries around the world that should be stepping up and dealing with that and saying that's intolerable and that's what we've encouraged them to do."

Rubio just exposed the truth -- Iran is committing terroristic acts in international waters and America's allies are sitting on their hands.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:28 PM




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1 first

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (GD0B3)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (Zz0t1)

3 hahah! they are still kvetching about IRAs and SS...

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (GD0B3)

4 Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

5 Not only mooch but sniff disdainfully down their raised honkers at us while doing so.

Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (YwEeS)

6 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

==

Enough!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (GD0B3)

7 THE BLADE IS ... FIRST!*




* Using leftspeak to mean "not first"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

8 A cruel Ace is a wonderful Ace.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (m+r/u)

9 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.


I NEED TEEPEE!!!!

Posted by: Beavis at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (Zz0t1)

10
Trump needs to have the NATO alliance "reassessed". He needs to say that tonight in his national address.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (IifOV)

11 Rubio now > old Rubio.

Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (98kQX)

12 Euros are not allies, more like dependents.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:31 PM (GD0B3)

13 Euros are not allies, more like dependents.
Posted by: runner

I'd suggest 'leeches' or 'moochers'.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (cYBz/)

14 Tis true. Very little oil there goes to the U.S. in comes the 23 year veteran Masturbating Pete soon. I remind you he has been here for 23 years. He will remind you of that too.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (z/ZK2)

15 "Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes."

This has been nominated to the Webby Awards, for online excellence.

Slow Claps

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (IifOV)

16 As Ace has suggested, rename it the Strait of America and start charging Europe Billions in passage fees.

F*ck it. We're the world's police, funder and overall punching bag. Time to pay the piper, f*ckholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)

17 Rubio just exposed the truth -- Iran is committing terroristic acts in international waters and America's allies are sitting on their hands.
---
Because not one of them has the stones or the military capability to do anything about it.

If the US went home tomorrow and left control of the Straits to Iran, there is NOTHING that any other country could or would do to stop them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (ESVrU)

18 I'm old enough to remember when 'fartclam' was a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

19 Bold Prediction: The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they're all a bunch of soft-ass homos.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (oqH4h)

20 @14 the key to dealing with lefty trolls is not to engage. yourwelcome.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (GD0B3)

21 Tis true. Very little oil there goes to the U.S. in comes the 23 year veteran Masturbating Pete soon. I remind you he has been here for 23 years. He will remind you of that too.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (z/ZK2)



I've been here longer.

He can play a nice rousing game of hide and go f*ck himself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)

22
Spain & France need to be made examples of. Especially Spain. Fuck them.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (IifOV)

23 Remember, the Strait was the "Strait of Muz" before your mother was there, Trebek.

Posted by: Zombie Sean Connery at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

24 Want to really stir up the pot? Make up with Russia and have them be a no-kidding ally against the Euroweenies.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (GjEvj)

25 OT, but I got willowed:



Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass believes solar-powered streetlights will make it harder for thieves to swoop in and plunge neighborhoods into the dark.


"Luddites and anti-intellectuals do not master the differential equations of thermodynamics or the biochemical cures of illness. They stay in thatched huts and die young.” – Edward O. Wilson

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (SRRAx)

26 I NEED TEEPEE!!!!
Posted by: Beavis at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM


Piss off!

Posted by: Fauxcahontas at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (bFu5X)

27 France. Home to the world’s greatest painters, chefs.. and anti-Semites.

The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Paris. The city of whores. Dog feces on every corner. And effete men yelling anti-Semantic remarks at children. The real creme de la creme of world culture.

With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)

28 Want to really stir up the pot? Make up with Russia and have them be a no-kidding ally against the Euroweenies.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

You know who else was an ally of Russia (for a time)?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (cYBz/)

29 Wait....maybe I haven't been here longer. I don't really remember.

But my point still stands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Zz0t1)

30 Um, Marco? It's the Strait of Hormuz. Singular.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (Y1sOo)

31 OT, but I got willowed:



Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass believes solar-powered streetlights will make it harder for thieves to swoop in and plunge neighborhoods into the dark.



LOLWUT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (Zz0t1)

32 Rubio now > old Rubio.

Rubio before he betrayed everyone and made Ace stop sniffing his garbage was good too. I still don't trust him.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (2ocoG)

33 Bold Prediction: The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they're all a bunch of soft-ass homos
***
So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.

Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)

34 The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Paris. The city of whores. Dog feces on every corner. And effete men yelling anti-Semantic remarks at children. The real creme de la creme of world culture.

With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Careful! They may fart in our general direction.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (cYBz/)

35 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

36 Europe is dead or very quickly dying. Nothing can save Europe, because it does not want to survive. The entire continent is basically one big MAID suicide club.

The European population of Europe is old, lazy, and dying out. They only want to hold onto their pensions and what little retirement assets they have. They have neither the will nor the ability to resist the feral class of foreign savages invading their countries. Some of them -- just like in the USA -- are cheering on their own colonization.

Trump understands that Europe is dying. That's why he's been bolstering and building relationships with other countries, like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

37 Euros wanted the US to go to war with Russia for some insane fantasy they had, but removing ME jihadi pain in the ass that's been messing up our cards for the last 50 years is none of their concern? ok. How much real estate does mujtaba owns in London again? what about the French riviera for the rest of IRGC honchos ?

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (GD0B3)

38 The gays of Hormuz had no comment...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ynpvh)

39 So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.
Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)



They're going to be wiping their ass with their bare hands soon anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (Zz0t1)

40 With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?

You stopped hating the French? Rookie mistake.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (2ocoG)

41 The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Paris. The city of whores. Dog feces on every corner. And effete men yelling anti-Semantic remarks at children. The real creme de la creme of world culture.

With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?
Posted by: toby928(c)



CBD hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (Zz0t1)

42 So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.
Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)
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Good. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (oqH4h)

43 France. Home to the world’s greatest painters, chefs.. and anti-Semites.

===

take out the painters and chefs and you got UK

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (GD0B3)

44 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

It's Dire Straits

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)

45 Rubio now > old Rubio.
Posted by: huerfano


He really is good when he has someone to point him in the right direction.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (a+4eV)

46 42 So then Europe starves. They're going down the tubes anyway, this might save some time.
Posted by: Megthered at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (EdzLt)
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Good. Fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (oqH4h)

Don't forget freezing...when winter comes again.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (ynpvh)

47
It's Dire Straits
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)



Twistin' by the pool!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Zz0t1)

48 Straits and Strait seem to be interchangeable. I don't know if there is a rule.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (CNl8/)

49 Oh FFS.

Here we go again.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Zz0t1)

50 45 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

It's Dire Straits

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)

I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...

Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

51 Strait of Trump. I know he wants it!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (GD0B3)

52 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

Thanks for giving away the details of the lead float in this year's Pride Month Parade.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (Y8DZL)

53 I'm going to hold my water until Trump and the Shah give the go signal for the uprising. It may fail, it may succeed, but either way, it's going to change the facts on the ground in ways that we cannot anticipate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (4NO2D)

54 Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher...

No way those white boys are bigger than me. -- Big Mike Obama

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

55 52 Strait of Trump. I know he wants it!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (GD0B3)

The Queer of Obama...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (ynpvh)

56 It's Dire Straits

...and The Sultans they played Creole



Creole

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (DgMqy)

57 Oh FFS.

Here we go again.......


Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

58 Bold Prediction: The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they're all a bunch of soft-ass homos.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:33 PM (oqH4h)

Do you have any Grey Poupon ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (NtVYv)

59 Spain & France need to be made examples of. Especially Spain. Fuck them.
Posted by: Frank Barone


And the Should Be Speaking German UK.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (sUjod)

60 @54 either way , we are way, way, WAY ahead then where we were 30 days ago!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (GD0B3)

61 To be fair, Europeans - the actual indigenous people - are plagued by politicians even worse than ours. Look at how they change the rules to keep decent people out of power.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (AlhUl)

62 First line from Wikipedia:

The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (CNl8/)

63 Rubio just exposed the truth -- Iran is committing terroristic acts in international waters and America's allies are sitting on their hands.

-
Iran Strike Sets [Kuwaiti] Oil Tanker Ablaze off Dubai Coast

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (ndZc7)

64
Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)



except, she dead.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)

65 64 First line from Wikipedia:

The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Gibraltar

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (CNl8/)

Because it is a strait on either side?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (ynpvh)

66 27 France. Home to the world’s greatest painters, chefs.. and anti-Semites.
The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course,
...
With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?

Why? away bemused for the Noodle Headed Macaroni to be put on carbonite dislay next to Zelensky for thinking he would fare any better than Napoleon or Hitler against Russa.

Hormuz is strategically linked to the security of Tawain for the next 50 years.

Why?
China cannot invade, let alone continue to maintain status as they do without Iran/Oil. Any invasion of the Taiwan strait will involve mining it, which when the euroMONSTERS are desperate enough will beg Trump to demine Hormuz in a way that will forever preclude China's mining of the strait and forever close the window on their Taiwan ambitions

“Such a consequential president of the United States, a Mount Rushmore kind of president of the United States,” Pelosi'24 feeling that she's getting real on IceKingJOE

The LIBs ceaseless quest for the unearned remains forever ceaseless because the Value Illicitly Obtained retains no Value forWAR'd !!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (K9ch3)

67 Appropos of most of our lives, I finished washing the car about an hour ago and now it's pouring outside.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (cYBz/)

68 51 45 OK, OK, can we at least get this, you know, straight? Some say "Strait of Hormuz" and others "Straits of Hormuz" so which is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (ndZc7)

It's Dire Straits

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (NtVYv)

I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (ynpvh)


And his name is "George".

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (SRRAx)

69 >>Straits and Strait seem to be interchangeable. I don't know if there is a rule.

Oh, there is a rule. We follow it.

Posted by: world maps at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (Y1sOo)

70 First line from Wikipedia:

The Strait of Gibraltar, also known as the Straits of Gibraltar....

-
Damn wishy washy Wikiwashers!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (ndZc7)

71 Appropos of most of our lives, I finished washing the car about an hour ago and now it's pouring outside.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (cYBz/)



Can you come to NTX and wash your car, please?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (Zz0t1)

72 ...sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes.

Throw in some fake boobies and I'm there!!

Posted by: B. Noem at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (8C1eU)

73 I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (ynpvh)

Strait up now tell me

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (NtVYv)

74 And his name is "George".
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (SRRAx)



He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)

75 I believe it is the singular form. There is ONE STRAIT...
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard

And his name is "George".
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth


Amen.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (sUjod)

76 > 41 The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)

You forgot "think Jerry Lewis was the greatest comedian in history".

> 11 Rubio now > old Rubio.
Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (98kQX)

I think his balls must've finally dropped some time between 2020 and now.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (IG3/x)

77 Rubio now > old Rubio.
Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (98kQX)


The question being which is the real Rubio.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (ExV1e)

78 If the straight of Hormuz is the world's problem - and sounds like it is - then pack up our military and bring them home.

Nukes are gone.

If the Iranian people can't overthrow the Mullahs and IRGC, not our problem.

We can just pound the next iteration of their nuke program to dust.

It's been real, Europe!

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (fq8Zx)

79 Restrained himself from saying, That ain't no joke, on First April MMXXVI. What a diplomat!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (YlWIZ)

80 China is truing to figure out why all the military technology they stole from the US is not working for them !

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (GD0B3)

81 69 Appropos of most of our lives, I finished washing the car about an hour ago and now it's pouring outside.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (cYBz/)

Now wait for the flock of Canadian geese who just finished an 8-course lunch to fly over.

Posted by: Think of it as a marbling effect at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/)

82 Ghey or Strait ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at April 01, 2026 01:44 PM (NtVYv)

83 I liked when we called Rubio; Dondi. You can't unsee it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (4NO2D)

84 I do like him and Trump calling this out. Pay me now or pay a lot more later.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (n5tGW)

85 > ..and The Sultans they played Creole



Creole
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (DgMqy)


Trump don't give a damn about any turban-wearing man.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (IG3/x)

86 "Europe, the world's most arrogant welfare moocher, wants us to -- get this -- do all the work for them while they can keep sitting on the couch fingering each other up the bungholes."

Yes, but also I think a major reason why Europe doesn't want to help out in any war against an Islamic country is because they have been so infiltrated and invaded by radioactive Muslim CHUDs that European leaders are afraid of murderous reprisals by these lunatics. And on that score, they are probably right.

We in the USA have our own Muslim problem. It is much worse in Europe. If Keir Starmer comes out in support of USA against Iran, those gay Ukrainian rentboys will be the least of his worries. Muslims run the UK now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

87 He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.
Posted by: Sponge


Been to one concert in my life. And that's only because the ex (before she was an ex) wanted to go. Never understood paying to hear music I was going to hear on the radio for free.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (sUjod)

88 So did they run out of tall buildings for the
Oh never mind

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (YlWIZ)

89 Shorter version -"Europe is full of ungrateful freeloaders."

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (2vHPe)

90 Hormuz is only a problem because Trump decided to illegally invade for no reason. Why should Europe help with an illegal and unnecessary war? And Trump only cares about Hormuz because the oil price is biting him in the ass!

Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (hOdBU)

91 89 He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.
Posted by: Sponge


Been to one concert in my life. And that's only because the ex (before she was an ex) wanted to go. Never understood paying to hear music I was going to hear on the radio for free.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (sUjod)

My wife enjoyed going to concerts. I went to two concerts...one with her, and one with her and the kids. I do, one day, want to see an opera...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (ynpvh)

92
I saw Bunghole Fingerers open for Old McSpringsteen in ...

... that's a lie, actually. I never saw Bunghole Fingerers open for anybody.

But if I had, I have no doubt that they would have done so for Old McSpringsteen.

And he would have loved it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (xG4kz)

93 Rubio was on Hannity yesterday.

Grok said Canada actually has 16 oil refineries and Australia has 2. I thought the Aussies grabbed that golden Net Zero ring and had none.

More info.

Canada sends the vast majority of its exported crude oil to the United States to be processed in U.S. refineries (particularly those configured for heavy oil sands crude in the Midwest/PADD 2 and Gulf Coast/PADD 3). In recent years (2023–2025 data), Canada exported approximately 3.8 to 4.3 million barrels per day (MMb/d) of crude oil to the U.S., representing about 95–97% of Canada's total crude exports.


This volume accounts for roughly 60% of all U.S. crude imports and about 23–24% of total U.S. refinery throughput. U.S. refineries process this Canadian crude (mostly heavy grades) into refined petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and petrochemicals.

The "returned" portion (refined products imported back to Canada)

Canada has limited domestic refining capacity (~1.9 MMb/d total, with much of it in Ontario, Quebec, and the West), so it imports a significant share of its refined petroleum products (RPPs) from the U.S.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (Sco7b)

94 I don't understand what happened to concert tickets over the years.

When Young Rodrigo was a broke-ass teen metalhead, he could sometimes scrape up enough for a concert ticket by collecting pop bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a trailer load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

95 Wow, Trump invaded a strait! All those ships are also invaders too...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (ynpvh)

96 The Russo-Ukrainian War has been illuminating in many ways. One of them has been the glaring disconnect between European rhetoric and action. Even with four years now to build up their militaries in the face of what they claim to be an existential threat, most of them have done no such thing. I don't think they're just pretending; the Poles have certainly acted on it. I think Western and Southern Europe is literally incapable, with levels of corruption that make New York, California, and Illinois look like pillars of rectitude.

I'm talking all of their national wealth already looted, and -- my new guesstimate based on Cali's bespoke butterfly bridge -- 85% of their of annual budgets going poof every year, vaporized by grift, fraud, and outright theft. It helps explain why they're bending over for a lightly-armed barbarian invasion, if they literally *can't* do anything to stop it.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (Sy6m/)

97
"Get This" ace is some of the best ace.

Posted by: Person who likes Get This at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (2Ez/1)

98 Bet Rubio had his zipper boots on when he delivered this speech. Rubio is Badass in Zipper Boots.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (n17eQ)

99 96 I don't understand what happened to concert tickets over the years.

When Young Rodrigo was a broke-ass teen metalhead, he could sometimes scrape up enough for a concert ticket by collecting pop bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a trailer load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

Sounds like Weimer Republic Germany...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (ynpvh)

100 Why do they call them 'sliced' bagels, when they aren't?
They should be called 'barely-nicked' bagels.
Or maybe 'Tis But A Flesh Wound' bagels.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)

101 My wife enjoyed going to concerts. I went to two concerts...one with her, and one with her and the kids. I do, one day, want to see an opera...
Posted by: jim


Does Phantom of the Opera count? Saw that at the Bass Music Hall in Ft. Worth or is that just a musical?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (sUjod)

102 He wants over $800 to get in the door for his next concert.

I'm not onboard with that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:43 PM (Zz0t1)


I believe it is the people in charge of selling the tickets who set those prices.

FWIW, I am seeing him twice this month (Bucket List rules) - nosebleed cheapo tix (nowhere near $800), but I'm going for the music this time, not the great view.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (SRRAx)

103 Picnic Bagel Disaster Scenario:
Dad: 'OK kids, who's hungry?'
Kids: 'We are! we are!'
Mom: 'Bob, I can't divide these bagels cleanly.'
Dad: 'Did you buy the sliced? I told you to get the sliced.'
Mom: 'Yes, but they aren't.'
Kids: 'We're hunnnngryyy!!'
Dad: 'Try "unscrewing" them. That works sometimes.'
Mom: 'I told you to bring a knife, Bob. Didn't I TELL you?'
Dad: 'And I told YOU to get the sliced.'
Mom: [Rips up the damn bagels and flings them at Dad.]
Kids: 'I hate bagel pieces! They taste icky! WAAAAH!'

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)

104 Europe is pathetically weak. We all new it but, Trump and Rubio proved it to the world.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (NpAcC)

105 Europe is dead or very quickly dying. Nothing can save Europe, because it does not want to survive. The entire continent is basically one big MAID suicide club.

A large segment of the European population is like a certain segment of the elderly in this country. They do not want their nation to exist when they are gone. So they do everything to kill it, and to ensure that those who follow cannot save it.

They are evil.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

106 Oil supply and price is global. If Hormuz is blocked all oil gets expensive no matter where it comes from. This is a bad argument.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (IlFr/)

107 Is anyone just exhausted from listening to commies and their stupid bullshit commie thoughts all day long?

Maybe the internet was a bad idea. I liked it better when it was just cookie recipes and porn.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (DWX+q)

108 Sorry. The constitution says you can’t leave NATO. It’s right there nowhere in the text.

Posted by: John Roberts and the SCOTUS Scum at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (HsXHq)

109 Let's see if the PLAN can sail any ships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (2vHPe)

110 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

111 106 Picnic Bagel Disaster Scenario:
Dad: 'OK kids, who's hungry?'
Kids: 'We are! we are!'
Mom: 'Bob, I can't divide these bagels cleanly.'
Dad: 'Did you buy the sliced? I told you to get the sliced.'
Mom: 'Yes, but they aren't.'
Kids: 'We're hunnnngryyy!!'
Dad: 'Try "unscrewing" them. That works sometimes.'
Mom: 'I told you to bring a knife, Bob. Didn't I TELL you?'
Dad: 'And I told YOU to get the sliced.'
Mom: [Rips up the damn bagels and flings them at Dad.]
Kids: 'I hate bagel pieces! They taste icky! WAAAAH!'

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)

There's also St. Louis sliced bagels...they slice it on one of the other axes...(plural of axis)

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (ynpvh)

112 Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

except, she dead.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)


Damn, I forgot. Let's see, who would be an acceptable substitute...

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (2ocoG)

113 17 If the US went home tomorrow and left control of the Straits to Iran, there is NOTHING that any other country could or would do to stop them.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (ESVrU)

So true Perfessor, so true...

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (y171U)

114 113 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

They put up barriers like Obama did during the Gov't shutdown?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (ynpvh)

115 Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financ (BZ=F)

100.65 -3.32 (-3.19%)
As of 1:40:14 PM EDT. Market Open.

Crude Oil May 26 (CL=F) WTI

99.00 -2.38 (-2.35%)
As of 1:40:41 PM EDT. Market Open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (4NO2D)

116 92 Hormuz is only a problem because Trump decided to illegally invade for no reason. Why should Europe help with an illegal and unnecessary war? And Trump only cares about Hormuz because the oil price is biting him in the ass!
Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (hOdBU)


He's baaaack.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (SRRAx)

117 BTW, good job everyone not engaging the paid Islamic troll.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

118 113 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

Same.

We keep hearing that their military is destroyed. So how the fuck are they maintaining a naval blockade? Something doesn’t add up.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (IlFr/)

119 In WWII did any of the combatants attack non-combatants vessles for shits and giggles?

Posted by: Operator Error at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (Hh5dq)

120 Unified theory.

Nicholas Fondacaro
@NickFondacaro
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.

-
Responsible contrary opinions will be ignored.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)

121 96 I don't understand what happened to concert tickets over the years.

When Young Rodrigo was a broke-ass teen metalhead, he could sometimes scrape up enough for a concert ticket by collecting pop bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a trailer load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

Hate to say it but greedy corporations played a large role in it, starting with Ticketmaster and all these other rent-seeking middlemen. Concerts used to be far more accessible to the people who loved the music but didn't have a lot of scratch. Now it's 3 and 4 figures for nosebleed seats.

Posted by: One of many sad trends at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)

122 Posted by: Sid at April 01, 2026 01:46 PM (hOdBU)



You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (Zz0t1)

123 Hold up, if it's that song we need Tawny Kitaen.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)


https://tinyurl.com/56d7hvpj

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ExV1e)

124 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

They put up barriers like Obama did during the Gov't shutdown?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (ynpvh)


HEH!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (dmDsy)

125 121 113 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:50 PM (dmDsy)

Same.

We keep hearing that their military is destroyed. So how the fuck are they maintaining a naval blockade? Something doesn’t add up.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (IlFr/)

It's not a blockade, they're just using drones to attack ships now and then.

Basically anyone in the region could "close the straits" in the same manner.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (okun6)

126 Why do they call them 'sliced' bagels, when they aren't?
They should be called 'barely-nicked' bagels.
Or maybe 'Tis But A Flesh Wound' bagels.
Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:48 PM (N8ZBc)
*******
Split English Muffins are the worst. I wish they would be split them in half so that they would be even on both sides.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)

127 St. Louis Sliced Bagels...
https://youtu.be/KgEvyPQ3n08

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (ynpvh)

128 Europe should care about this because we now know that Iran's missiles have the range for Paris and Berlin. The mullahs have an ideology to bring about the end of the world as a good thing. Enrichment for nukes takes two weeks from 60% to weapons grade 90%. F the oil prices, it's existential.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (n5tGW)

129 @NickFondacaro
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.



Seems Trump should be jumping back on the 'sue' train.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (Zz0t1)

130 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Same. They have no boats to do any harassment, although it was kind of funny to see the CENTCOM footage of them blowing up random fishing boats with outboard motors that IRGC was trying to use after their real ships all got sunk.

And the ship tracker yesterday was showing quite a bit of traffic going through.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (2ocoG)

131 Lloyds of London is scared of the alleged Iranian threat so ship owners are being skittish.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (2vHPe)

132 Just looked at the Maritime tracker. Strait seems open to me.

Of course, that could just be the Jooos faking us out again.

Posted by: Grover at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (9CBNQ)

133 "I wanna get something Strait up the whore muss"

-- Whoever Noem's creepy husband is

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)

134 Oil is sold to the highest bidder
Gasoline is sold to the highest nidder

If the Euros will pay more than USA the oil goes there

The biggest teginetu on the USA is owned by the David (Trump approved thst dale?/ They will always send the gasoline to whatever country pays the most
Capitalism !!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (GSpuR)

135 So it's a bagel thread?

Posted by: Just got here at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

136 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IG3/x)

What about a baseball game. Not that I'd ever go again but you need about 750 for a day at the ballpark with decent seats.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (DWX+q)

137 Do the Gulf States not have any fast boats of their own they can run around the Strait and fight Iranian ones and water drones? Or would that just draw the A10s? Deconflicting might be a bitch.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (4NO2D)

138 I've been looking around, but can't find out exactly how Iran is keeping the Straight "closed"

Is it mines? Threats of missile attacks?

Noogies?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)


Missiles if the story about hitting a Gulf States taker is correct.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (sUjod)

139 138 So it's a bagel thread?
Posted by: Just got here at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)

Oy vey!

Posted by: Beware the bagel lenders! at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (TbWk/)

140 I thought Ace banished the Ass Hole ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (FtULh)

141 Shut up, Dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (4NO2D)

142 Sportsbra!

GO BOOBS!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (Zz0t1)

143 Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)
______________________

I think it's deeper and more nefarious than that. Just like George Galloway and Iraq, I'm convinced that there are quite a few European politicians and bureacrats who were making a rather nice nest egg off of the Iranians by covertly allowing them to circumvent sanctions for a little personal scratch.

These same politicians need the regime to stay in place for financial, and reputational reasons (also criminal reasons).

Personally, I think there are quite a few European opportunists that are pissed off something fierce because of this, but can't come out and explain themselves....so they just sit back and do nothing.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (dIske)

144 Split English Muffins are the worst. I wish they would be split them in half so that they would be even on both sides.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (NpAcC)


Awww, I like that you use a fork and decide which one is flat and which one is more rounded....

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Love Thomas, Whoever He Is! at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (dmDsy)

145 US to Europe:

"If my help's not appreciated, then lotsa luck, gentlemen."

Posted by: Winston Wolf at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (bNf8H)

146 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (GSpuR)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (Zz0t1)

147 https://tinyurl.com/56d7hvpj
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ExV1e)


You can tell Redditors are gay since the top upvoted comment on that post is that she isn't hot.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (2ocoG)

148 AI says even a small risk from drones, mines, etc, speedboats is enough to deter ships.

Take that for what its worth. lol

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (DgMqy)

149 Don't take Teginetu if you're allergic to Teginetu.

Posted by: Big Farma at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (2Ez/1)

150
Sorry. The constitution says you can’t leave NATO. It’s right there nowhere in the text.

Posted by: John Roberts and the SCOTUS Scum


WRONG! It's on that bronze plaque held by the Statute of Libertine! Know wan noes the Constipation like wee due, MAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAGAA...!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (xG4kz)

151 One mine in the strait is enough. Most would probably be lucky going through but who is gonna take that chance with the value of their cargo ships.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

152 Helpful memory tool: Straits aren't always straight, but they are always narrow. Thus the Strait Undnaro.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (NYInA)

153 I saw the methinks jabber in the last thread...

According to "experts," text using "methinks" and em dashes is a sign that it was written by AI.

I like to use both — methinks I am screwed.

(Guess what text is readily available to train AI on? Literature from pre 1900s in the public domain, which liberally uses both. I suspect that is why AI adds it to writing so much.)

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (gWBY1)

154 Rubio must surrender passport. Neither parent was American citizen when he was born hefe

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (GSpuR)

155 "So it's a bagel thread?"

No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

156 ace does not ban like he used to, sometimes it was just for fun!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (GD0B3)

157 The ASS is too stupid to understand what “here legally” means. Hint: doesn’t have to be citizenship.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (IlFr/)

158 According to "experts," text using "methinks" and em dashes is a sign that it was written by AI.

Those of us who know the rules of English grammar are offended that either of those are considered AI.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (2ocoG)

159 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (GSpuR)



Never gets old.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 01:58 PM (4NO2D)

160 Man what fruity pebbles is A$$ gargling to post the Candy Ovens grade stuff?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2vHPe)

161 Why did the chicken cross the road? Because of white supremacy and the patriarchy!
- Progressive comedian Whitney Cummins

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ndZc7)

162 134 Lloyds of London is scared of the alleged Iranian threat so ship owners are being skittish.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 01:53 PM (2vHPe)


Didn't President Trump take the insurance part of the equation out of it by offering some kind of US insurance?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Love That Gekko! at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (dmDsy)

163 159 "So it's a bagel thread?"

No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 01:57 PM (N8ZBc)

No bagels for practicing Jews for the week of unleavened bread...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ynpvh)

164 Europe is pathetically weak. We all new it but, Trump and Rubio proved it to the world.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:49 PM (NpAcC)


They have certainly made mention of the apparent lack of attire of the European rulers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)

165 No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.

Comment 100 only matters on the Art Thread and the themed weekend threads. Really.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

166 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

The petroleum monopoly needs to be dismantled and let the companies and countries compete instead of price-fixing.

Posted by: p-squared at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (0prFs)

167 Is an Everything bagel properly named?
I mean "Everything" is a VERY inclusive word...

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

168 Whitney Cummings a little while ago was saying how the woke have fucked up the left. I guess she’s back to being super woke.?

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (IlFr/)

169 165 Why did the chicken cross the road? Because of white supremacy and the patriarchy!
- Progressive comedian Whitney Cummins

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ndZc7)

Why did the one-handed man cross the road? To get to the second hand store...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (ynpvh)

170 80 If the straight of Hormuz is the world's problem - and sounds like it is - then pack up our military and bring them home.
...
Nukes are gone.
...

If they wan't nuclear weapons we should gift it to them.

Each facility gifted with a 100Megaton warhead, their gov't now responsible for preventing their own incoherant masses from setting it off...
which you know they will...

And if, after upon adequate, reflection and a period of house arrest, they can be removed, upon request...
if they ask nicely, after decades of good behavior, or self-remove rapidly, if they don't.

FACT: They use their own people as human shields, and the rest of the world hostage, and if, the euroMONSTERs don't act after they off the first ones, what good are they anyway?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n29c-q3_8Q&t=44s

forWAR'd !!!
Remember who did this:
I remember Judas, that was Bill Clinton before he Disgraced his office and Betrayed us ALL!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (K9ch3)

171
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.


Oh, yes, the Teddy Ruxpin Ninja teams.

Mickle dangerous they are and uncontrollable!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (xG4kz)

172 155 One mine in the strait is enough. Most would probably be lucky going through but who is gonna take that chance with the value of their cargo ships.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

Let the countries pledge to cover any losses.
Take it from the stash.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Sco7b)

173 Bagels and English muffins are both acceptable delivery systems for excessive amounts of butter.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)

174 "So it's a bagel thread?"

-
The Jews control everything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (ndZc7)

175 ASS is an unmitigated mental retard.


Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (Zz0t1)

176 123 Unified theory.

Nicholas Fondacaro
@NickFondacaro
On The View, "progressive" comedian Whitney Cummins, who admitted yesterday all her doctors have diagnosed her as "crazy," suggests Trump has "child slaves" he got from Epstein and claims he's sending child soldiers to fight Iran.
-
Responsible contrary opinions will be ignored.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)
********
Where do these people come up with this crap? Bluesky and Reddit?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (NpAcC)

177 Rubio is shaping out to be really great.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (6U1c2)

178 Sidebar
>>>In more marketing for Project Hail Mary, scientists say they've found the biosigns indicating life growing on an alien planet.

In related news:

A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu - Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/
s41550-026-02791-z

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

179 172 Is an Everything bagel properly named?
I mean "Everything" is a VERY inclusive word...

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)

Bagels and donuts have holes...does Ariana Grande lick both?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (ynpvh)

180 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

The petroleum monopoly needs to be dismantled and let the companies and countries compete instead of price-fixing.
Posted by: p-squared at April 01, 2026 01:59 PM


Where are you buying?

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (4NO2D)

181 I just thought of a good way to fix this problem of allies not helping militarily - Just have the Supreme Court decide that everyone on the planet is a US Citizen. That way, for example, President Trump can order the Royal Navy to the Straits of Hormuz.


Eezy Peezy.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (tWc/t)

182 Artist make the bulk of their money from ticket sales.

So blame artists as well.

Tickets to see The Doors at the LA Forum in '68 were around 6 bucks accounting for inflation, it would be 50 bucks today.

The average price of a concert ticket today is 130 bucks.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (XV/Pl)

183 The Phillippines is almost out of oil. Like, out-out. Like not a drop of oil left in the country. They rely on oil that passes through Hormuz and they are screwed.

Methinks they should buy oil from the US going forward...

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (gWBY1)

184 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

Other commodities are priced separately by origin. It's actually retarded that oil isn't.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (2ocoG)

185 178 Bagels and English muffins are both acceptable delivery systems for excessive amounts of butter.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)

But bagels work better for smoked salmon and Phily cream cheese...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (ynpvh)

186 Yesterday, a British pundit made a great point - just a few months ago, Keir Starmer was all up for committing UK troops to Ukraine, actual boots on the ground. Never happened, of course.

When the US and Israel committed air force, naval, and infantry forces to impose their demands by means of an armed conflict with the government of Iran, Starmer was unable or unwilling to send a single ship or aircraft to the theater of operations, even to protect British interests, for three weeks.

All talk and posturing from Starmer. Lies for his putative "friends", deference to his country's enemies.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (rj6Yv)

187 Let the countries pledge to cover any losses.

What's a ship worker's life worth?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

188 Aren't bagels made with judo?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (wBaIH)

189
Comment 100 only matters on the Art Thread and the themed weekend threads. Really.

Posted by: Ian S.


There is no Comment 100 Rule on the Moon, actually.

As a matter of fact, it's all Comment 100 Rule.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (xG4kz)

190 No, I was just working through some childhood trauma, and it was after comment 100, so I let it all out.



You asked for it........


https://youtu.be/cWEu9Rn-PaE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (Zz0t1)

191 I just gave the wheels its monthly drink. $38 dollars at $3.19 a gallon. Beats the fuck out of radiation poisoning.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (gm9Sb)

192 The worst picnics were actually the ones where Dad remembered to bring the knife. Things could get dicey.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (N8ZBc)

193 But no one wants a Nagel Bagel.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (2vHPe)

194 171 What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.



It’s a global market.

Gold works the same. The price you pay is the same, it doesn’t matter where the gold is
Mined. All commodities work like that. It’s a fungible product so the price is the same everywhere.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (IlFr/)

195 And why do bagels need locks? I mean are bagels worth so much money that you have to...
What? Oh.
Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (2Ez/1)

196 But bagels work better for smoked salmon and Phily cream cheese...

I'll take your word on that. I am *violently* allergic to salmon.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (2ocoG)

197 Methinks they should buy oil from the US going forward...
Posted by: LizLem


That would be lovely. California can refine all that oil they got sitting there up along their coa-
Oh. Right.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (gKWVE)

198 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

Makes me want to say "Betlejuice" three times....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (dmDsy)

199 I thought bagels were a dog breed.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (tWc/t)

200 . All commodities work like that. It’s a fungible product so the price is the same everywhere.
Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM


Except for shipping and handling. I live relatively close to refineries and fuel here is well below world price.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

201 Aren't bagels made with judo?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM (wBaIH)



Hi Karate

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (Zz0t1)

202 201 And why do bagels need locks? I mean are bagels worth so much money that you have to...
What? Oh.
Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (2Ez/1)

Yeah, fer sure!

Posted by: Jenny Telia at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

203 190 178 Bagels and English muffins are both acceptable delivery systems for excessive amounts of butter.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)
_________________________

I almost fell over laughing when I ordered a personal single size pizza up in N. New Hampshire, and they handed me an English muffin with sauce, cheese and oregano.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)

204 >>Rubio is shaping out to be really great.


He's certainly evolved into a much more sensible option than Vance, imo.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (0CqYd)

205 I thought Ace banished the Ass Hole ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 01:55 PM (FtULh)


Probably using a VPN. They wouldn't want to miss the 3-way "we're doomed" circle jerk with Sid and Wanking Larry.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)

206 The simple truth is that European countries are simply not capable of providing troops, they don't have the man power, the equipment nor the intestinal fortitude.

So asking them to provide that which they don't have is folly.

Or factoring in their assistance in any meaningful way is double folly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (XV/Pl)

207 2pm

CBC and CNN - Artemis
MS Now - Supreme Court
FoxNews - President Trump's speech.

"Due to Europe's inaction, I have decided that the best way to protect the world from a dangerous Iran is the limited use on lower yield nuclear weapons. Bombing should start in 5 minutes!



April Fools!!!"

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (Sco7b)

208 Commercial ships need defensive weapons. For centuries of sailing ships, the merchant ships had almost as many gun ports as the military ones.

Posted by: MartynWW at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (M9zxq)

209 We're happy paying the jizya toll to the Iranian mullahs.
-European 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

210 >>>In more marketing for Project Hail Mary, scientists say they've found the biosigns indicating life growing on an alien planet.
----------

Life = a "biosign" growing on an alien planet
Not Life = The clump of cells growing inside a woman

#Science

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (DWX+q)

211 Quite Seriously: Dear God, please keep everybody safe on the Artemis mission. Amen!

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (N8ZBc)

212 Is an Everything bagel properly named?
I mean "Everything" is a VERY inclusive word...
Posted by: I gotta ask


I never got bewbs with my everything bagel.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (sUjod)

213 Me sowing: "Oh hell yeah! Fuck Europe! Let's make them pay through the nose for fuel!"

Me reaping: "Well this sucks, why is my fuel so expensive?"
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (FAJQW)


Where the fuck do you get your retarded fucking talking points from?

That 3rd Grade boy you talked about last week.

Fucking pedo.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (dmDsy)

214 174 165 Why did the chicken cross the road? Because of white supremacy and the patriarchy!
- Progressive comedian Whitney Cummins
...
Why did the one-handed man cross the road? To get to the second hand store...

How did LIB's learn to think so quickly with their feet?

https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsChickenRun
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-OBAMA-theBirdie
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-TrueFaceOfLIBTerrorism
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheBotchmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShTVpGuzk1M&t=51s
What happened to the American Dream? It came TRUE! forWAR'd !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (K9ch3)

215 Sesame seed bagels are the best.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (NpAcC)

216 206 . All commodities work like that. It’s a fungible product so the price is the same everywhere.
Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 02:02 PM

Except for shipping and handling. I live relatively close to refineries and fuel here is well below world price.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (4NO2D)

Spreads on Brent and Murban over WTI were also massive for a few days because benchmarks are also tied to delivery in specific areas. Markets aren't frictionless and oil for that matter isn't uniform.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (okun6)

217 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

ASS and Sid also showed up. There's probably a Troll Alert system that pages them when Ace posts about Iran. He can test it later on with a thread about Flock of Seagulls.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (2ocoG)

218 We're happy paying the jizya toll to the Iranian mullahs.
-European 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

Ahhhh and that's the stuff right there.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (DWX+q)

219 You can tell Redditors are gay since the top upvoted comment on that post is that she isn't hot.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:56 PM (2ocoG)


Yeah, I almost didn't post that link because it went to reddit but I liked the photo.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (ExV1e)

220 215 We're happy paying the jizya toll to the Iranian mullahs.
-European 'Leaders'

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

They also like it when you jizya their face...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (ynpvh)

221 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (2vHPe)

222 If it were up to me, I'd outright allow Iran to collect "tolls", while we continue to beat the shit out of them. Any payoffs are just going into the pockets of IRGC goons to use when they flee.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)

223 >>Sesame seed bagels are the best.


Toasted Pumpernickel slathered with Butter.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (0CqYd)

224 Someone remind me, who was it that Pete wanted to be the Republican nominee for 2016? 2020? 2024?

Posted by: Open Channel D at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (gYnrv)

225 223 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

ASS and Sid also showed up. There's probably a Troll Alert system that pages them when Ace posts about Iran. He can test it later on with a thread about Flock of Seagulls.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (2ocoG)

I almost ran, ran so far away, on that comment...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (ynpvh)

226 So asking them to provide that which they don't have is folly punctuating the point that they are useless welfare leeches in the NATO treaty relationship[/].

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:04 PM (XV/Pl)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (dK+Kv)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (dK+Kv)

228 186 I just thought of a good way to fix this problem of allies not helping militarily - Just have the Supreme Court decide that everyone on the planet is a US Citizen.

By this definition, how many really are?
A: STARSHIP TROOPERs -- citizenship is not a birthright; it is a status earned

"The difference between a civilian and a citizen? A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic, of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not."


A World Safe for Socialism? needs de-bugging. no more Iraqnid's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV_IPiVDdLc

forWAR'd !!!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (K9ch3)

229 Commercial ships need defensive weapons. For centuries of sailing ships, the merchant ships had almost as many gun ports as the military ones.
Posted by: MartynWW


The reason they don't is because of ports.
A way around that is, a boat, like a pilot boat, goes out and either collects the weapons or weapons and mercs before the ship enters port. Nothing stops them from having weapons on the open ocean. It's just countries laws while in port.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (sUjod)

230 234 Sorry to spoil the party guys but I remember this triumphant nonsense and ridiculing of pessimistic opinion on this Smart Military Blog from Iraq and Afghanistan, and it appears that 99% of you have learned not a single thing from the experience.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (FAJQW)

Which is why you support a ground invasion to drive regime change?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (okun6)

231 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (2vHPe)

You mean the Apolla 8 reboot?

Meh. Reboots are never as good as rhe original.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (zZu0s)

232 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (2vHPe)



do we have to include the Canadian?


*I kid

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM (Zz0t1)

233 Nothing stops them from having weapons on the open ocean. It's just countries laws while in port.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM


and, oddly, insurance companies. They don't like it.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)

234 Kramer and the bagel worker's strike:

https://youtu.be/ffCPUS7GNuI

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at April 01, 2026 02:09 PM (2Ez/1)

235 God speed and safe journey for the Artemis crew.

Amen!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 02:09 PM (Kt19C)

236 You will be gone the moment it's clear you are wrong and not a second later.

At least people like Sid stick around for their rightful beating.

Holy crap - imagine Sid having more spine than you.

Damn.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (DWX+q)

237 The average price of a concert ticket today is 130 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

You'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (ndZc7)

238 The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they let the barbarians through the gates and worry about riots.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (qFwJc)

239 Sanctus? Ah DeSantis autocucumber.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

240 Apparently it sounds like it's Earth Month now. It's a month now? The gays get a season. McCain's funeral is ongoing.

The Blacks should be pissed only getting a day.

Oh, I'd like my Soylent Green to be unjabbed and in Tex Mex flavor.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (Sco7b)

241 Hillary, Biden, Kamala

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (DWX+q)

242 What's a ship worker's life worth?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

Tree fiddy.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (g8Ew8)

243 You will be gone the moment it's clear you are wrong and not a second later.

At least people like Sid stick around for their rightful beating.

Holy crap - imagine Sid having more spine than you.

Damn.
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM


You have to applaud the strength of their delusions.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (4NO2D)

244 What's a ship worker's life worth?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)


Back when I was in the Navy, 27 cents an hour. Although I got paid all 24 hours.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)

245 Nothing stops them from having weapons on the open ocean. It's just countries laws while in port.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:08 PM

and, oddly, insurance companies. They don't like it.
Posted by: toby928(c)



Honestly? I think an insurance company should be bankrupted if one person dies due to that prohibition.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM (sUjod)

246 >>> What I have a hard time accepting is that I'm paying $5/gallon for diesel that doesn't come from the war zone.

I got to shoot the breeze with a friend that has a family farm. The price of fertilizer never went down, and is currently outrageous. If the price of diesel does not drop back to below $5 a gallon soon, there's a lot of small family farms that need to fertilize soon, and they won't be able to afford the gas to power their equipment to put down the fertilizer on their fields.

My friend was kicking themselves they didn't stock up on diesel, back when gas prices plummeted right before the Iran conflict happened. But they thought it would keep dropping.

They voted for Trump and don't regret it. But the point of Trump is that the little guy in America feels heard and looked after. They are not feeling that right now. Trump can't afford to lose rural America in the midterms. If there's any way to ease our pump prices soon, I have a feeling he'll have to do it so he doesn't lose support.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (gWBY1)

247 All the jaw boning over Kharg Island was to prod the EU into providing security for their own shipments of oil. Sitting on the sidelines, expecting the US to setup some sort of armed convoys for them was never going to happen with the current state of affairs.

Trump's already told the EU that if they want oil shipments, come and get them. Taking Kharg Island with the tanker terminals, refineries and whatnot would only provide security at that point, not in Hormuz.

If Europe isn't willing to do that little bit of security for their own goddamn oil shipments, I haven't a clue what they're usefulness is anymore.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (AkEZC)

248 Honestly? I think an insurance company should be bankrupted if one person dies due to that prohibition.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 02:11 PM


It's usually just Pakis and Filipinos dying.

Posted by: toby928(c) from the future at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (4NO2D)

249 You know what chaps my hide?

Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

250 Man, someone up-thread mentioned Pud-Pullin' Pete, and just like the Candyman, he appears....

Makes me want to say "Betlejuice" three times....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (dmDsy)


I'd go with Sydney Sweeney but you do you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)

251 Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:07 PM (FAJQW)


That's what we in the real world call "an absolute fucking lie"...

Face it, Whackin' Pete, you have no sway here, except for the 10 cents you get per post....


Maybe get a real job, you fucktard?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)

252 heh... 27 cents an hour, 24 hours a day, 85 year life expectancy... fuck wait that's math!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (n5tGW)

253 The Europeans ain't gonna do shit because they let the barbarians through the gates and worry about riots.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 02:10 PM (qFwJc)



That is true. Profoundly true.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (tWc/t)

254 You know what chaps my hide?

Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)



We have a solution for that.

Posted by: The Canadian Healthcare System at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (Zz0t1)

255 259 237
Which is why you support a ground invasion to drive regime change?
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
______

Yes.

If Iran is an existential threat, then I want a full-scale invasion to role the regime, coordinated with the opposition to ensure a transition to a stable, friendly government. From what I've seen that's doable.

But that's the kind of thing that we have to be sure about. It's the kind of thing that Congress needs to authorize, and the public had to get on board with. If we're going to do this, we need to commit to it and do it right.

I'm not convinced that Iran is that kind of threat though, not least because Trump never tried to convince me. He was just like "Trust me bro."

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (FAJQW)

So the lesson you took from Iraq and Afghanistan is you want to use the same approach Bush did? Hell of a takeaway.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 02:14 PM (okun6)

256 257 You know what chaps my hide?

Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

It's the PNW. Just poop on the beach.

Posted by: I'm not retarded, you're retarded at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (hqQIL)

257 "Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route."

I'd say wade in and poop out in the ocean. But the ocean is full of poop. So that's out.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (N8ZBc)

258 217 Quite Seriously: Dear God, please keep everybody safe on the Artemis mission. Amen!
Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:05 PM (N8ZBc)

I'm more-than-average worried about this mission. I do NOT trust NASA.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (g8Ew8)

259 Suzy Creamcheese >>> Bagel with cream cheese

Whats’s got into you?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (NZIuw)

260
Face it, Whackin' Pete, you have no sway here, except for the 10 cents you get per post....


Maybe get a real job, you fucktard?
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)



Wait. I can get 10 cents a post?


"Amerikkka sucks and Iran is smarter than Trump!!"

Posted by: The Canadian Healthcare System at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

261 ...and shit.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)

262 And, France and Spain won't even let us fly through their airspace to defund it.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (D7v4F)

263 Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

(ascends high horse) You would really not enjoy Crohn's Disease.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (DWX+q)

264 Iran is not attacking U.S. or Israeli ships. They are attacking unarmed, civilian ships from third parties.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (D7v4F)

265
I'm more-than-average worried about this mission. I do NOT trust NASA.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM



It's a 3 way collaboration between Lockheed, SpaceX and NASA, isn't it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)

266 And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

We clean ours out monthly.

Posted by: Honey Bucket Inc. at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (abIsI)

267 I am surprised how riled up people are getting talking about something where we don't actually know what is going on, or what is being planned, and that we have zero control over. We will have a much better sense of how things are going to work out in a month or so.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (4NO2D)

268 Rubio's a born jefe? Interesting take, Ass!

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (Sy6m/)

269 Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)

270 And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

We clean ours out monthly.
Posted by: Honey Bucket Inc. at April 01, 2026 02:16 PM (abIsI)



We have syringe disposal units for the crackheads!

Posted by: Starbucks! at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (Zz0t1)

271 Iran launched two missiles 1800 miles a week or so ago, they admit they have enough material for 10 nukes, they are a threat.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (n5tGW)

272 nurse, have you considered just pooping in your pants?

Posted by: Joe Potato at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Y1sOo)

273 And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.

The world is your toilet.

Posted by: Seattle and Portland at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (abIsI)

274 We will have a much better sense of how things are going to work out in a month or so.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:17 PM (4NO2D)

Now do Ukraine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (zZu0s)

275 I used to know the time and distance to every toilet in a five mile radius. God has blessed me with a large degree of healing in latter years so I am NOT complaining.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (DWX+q)

276
And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

Pretend it's Paris...
Or San Francisco

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Sco7b)

277 "Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience."

First you have to clear out all the pervs. Weirdos commute from over 100 miles away to perv in our park restrooms here in Shitsville.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (N8ZBc)

278 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 02:13 PM (dmDsy)


Wait. I can get 10 cents a post?


"Amerikkka sucks and Iran is smarter than Trump!!"
Posted by: The Canadian Healthcare System at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (Zz0t1)


Sorry, dude, we don't pay for sock fail posts.....

Posted by: The Retards That Pay These Other Retards. at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (dmDsy)

279 Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

=====

And then there's the camp system of The Boy Scouts of America

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (nEEKE)

280 nurse, have you considered just pooping in your pants?
Posted by: Joe Potato at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (Y1sOo)




This is sage advise. Cayenne, even.

Posted by: Jerry Nadler at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (Zz0t1)

281 Admit? More boast. I kind of think they are full of shit. Do not get me wrong, they have been begging for this ass kicking for 40 years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (zZu0s)

282 187 Artist make the bulk of their money from ticket sales.

So blame artists as well.

Tickets to see The Doors at the LA Forum in '68 were around 6 bucks accounting for inflation, it would be 50 bucks today.

The average price of a concert ticket today is 130 bucks.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 02:01 PM (XV/Pl)

Back in 68 The Doors had a tiny sound system on a bare stage with one or two roadies.

My friend recently went to a Lady Gaga concert and it was more like a Broadway show with extended stages, video screens, light shows, costumes, backup dancers, incredible sound.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (y171U)

283 Now do Ukraine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM


I don't know how that is going to work out either. All I can do is bitch at my Reps about it costing me money.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (4NO2D)

284 That Pete fella ought to up his game.

Posted by: Bryon Noem at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (KtOUo)

285 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 02:20 PM (Zz0t1)

286 Nood. Criminals or something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 02:20 PM (ExV1e)

287 nurse, have you considered just pooping in your pants?
Posted by: Joe Potato


Only if you have someone around to wipe you.

Posted by: Biden at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (abIsI)

288 Yeah, they lie a lot, but you want to take that chance? And I agree, this war should have been done many presidents ago with all their f'ing terrorism.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 02:21 PM (n5tGW)

289 Going for a lovely walk on the beach in the rain only to be plagued by having to poop halfway along my route.

And I’m NOT pooping in a public toilet.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 01, 2026 02:12 PM (A5RD0)

My normal running route used to be along the ocean in SoCal... I had a running partner who would run with me about once a week. Like clockwork this guy would have to stop in one of the restrooms down on the strand; something about running made him have to take a dump. Sometimes I'd wait but most of the time I was on my way... I'm like I'm all warmed up and now I have to stand here waiting for 10 minutes (or longer)... no thanks

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 02:22 PM (xT8gx)

290 Oil price may be global, but gas at the pump is over $8/gal in Europe, while it is $4/gal in the USA.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (vbXSk)

291 >>> Posted by: Honey Bucket Inc.

I always thought that was a hilarious name for a port-a-potty company. Really trying to spin what they do so it doesn't sound gross.

If they can get that judge's ruling nixed that stopped the WH ballroom construction for now, soon there will be no more honey buckets at the WH for large events with world leaders. Honestly, I love the concept of someone like King Charles having to stoop to using a Honey Bucket. But it's not the best look for the US either.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 02:24 PM (gWBY1)

292
Expensive gas in California and Europe is just what they've been wanting for a decade, right?

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Y8DZL)

293 I love Sec Rubio and he knows me from FL emails. I voted for him. He's doing very well and this job was made for him.

I wonder if gheys are going to find offense with the Straits of Hormuz (or however it's spelled). They will freak out that it doesn't look straight to them and should be inclusive or have an equity card.

Straight Jacket of Hormuz
Strait Queer Bay of Hormuz
Fire Island Whores of Hormuz
Strait Is Homophobe of Hormuz
S&M of Hormuz

I am waiting on my man to bring me a sammich so I can be productive on this rainy and cold day. Finally we have a normal spring day in the mountains!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 02:29 PM (WONhk)

294 278 Pooping in an old outhouse/state park outhouse is a traumatizing experience.
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The worst shitter I was ever in was Azerbaijan. How they got shit all over the walls is beyond my imagination. Nasty.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:30 PM (n17eQ)

295
Income-based gas prices is the only moral solution.

Extra privilege tax for the you-know-who's.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Y8DZL)

296 300 Oil price may be global, but gas at the pump is over $8/gal in Europe, while it is $4/gal in the USA.
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The fallacy of collectivism is you can vote to make your neighbor make you rich.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (n17eQ)

297 After arguments, Turley says this decision will be 7-2 in favor of outright birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (FmapG)

298 295 Income-based gas prices is the only moral solution.

gas is a basic human right, like health care and food!

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 02:33 PM (oY6Yp)

299 294 The worst shitter I was ever in was Azerbaijan. How they got shit all over the walls is beyond my imagination.

same way you get to carnegie hall. practice, practice, practice.

Posted by: anachronda at April 01, 2026 02:35 PM (oY6Yp)

300 188 The Phillippines is almost out of oil. Like, out-out. Like not a drop of oil left in the country. They rely on oil that passes through Hormuz and they are screwed.

Methinks they should buy oil from the US going forward...
Posted by: LizLem
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Thailand seems to be in the same boat (pun intended).

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 01, 2026 02:37 PM (VkY89)

301 With all that’s going on in the world, isn’t it about time we got back to hating the French?
Posted by: toby928(c)

I'm way ahead of you Toby!

Posted by: The guy that says nothing will happen (again) at April 01, 2026 03:10 PM (6uxuX)

302 Here is what I am shocked that no one mentions.

What is left of Iran's economy is hanging by a thread that runs through a narrow strait. We can close that strait from our end whenever we like. Iran has zero leverage against us in any negotiation. And Rubio is pointing that out in a way Iran will understand, but the populace here will not.

We are energy independent, and Iran at its worst can not do more to our gas prices than Biden intentionally did as part of his policies. So the one thing people point to as how Iran has us over a barrel is just the opposite. This all needs to be explained more clearly.

Posted by: Thatch at April 01, 2026 03:18 PM (i0077)

303 An Iranian tanker from the country's shadow fleet caught fire after being struck by its own naval forces in the Strait of Hormuz. Omani authorities reported that 20 crew members, including 15 Indians, were rescued as the vessel continued to sink. The tanker, part of a network used to bypass international sanctions, was reportedly targeted for "illegally passing" through the strategic waterway. After being hit, fires erupted on board, forcing a rapid evacuation by nearby rescue teams.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 03:31 PM (RHGPo)

304 Rubio is en fuego these days.

Posted by: Kathysaysso at April 01, 2026 03:38 PM (Hy3cF)

Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Attend Supreme Court Oral Arguments, Showing Up to Hear Discussion About His Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Oh no Trump is threatening the Supreme Court with his presence or something

President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court.

The Republican president's official schedule, sent out by the White House, included a stop at the Supreme Court, where justices will hear Trump's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down his executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

The order, which Trump signed on the first day of his second term, declared that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. It's an about-face from the long-standing view that the Constitution's 14th Amendment and federal law since 1940 confer citizenship to everyone born on American soil, with narrow exceptions.

It's not the first time Trump has considered showing up for a high court hearing. Last year, Trump said that he badly wanted to attend a hearing on whether he overstepped federal law with his sweeping tariffs, but he decided against it, saying it would have been a distraction.

On Tuesday, however, Trump seemed more sure he'd be in court for Wednesday's hearing while he spoke with reporters in the Oval Office.

"I'm going," Trump said, when the upcoming arguments in the birthright citizenship case were mentioned. To a follow-up question clarifying that he planned to go in person, Trump said, "I think so, I do believe."

The argument is about the 14th Amendment's declaration that any person "born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is a citizen. This was intended to make it clear that slaves released from bondage after the Civil War were now citizens. The whole point of the "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" line was to make it clear that this did not apply to foreigners, who are subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign sovereign.

We should win this case on the merits, but we're fighting against more than logic here.

Meanwhile, a drunk Congresskaren overreacted as we've come to expect AWFULs to overreact 24/7/365:


Related:


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:18 PM




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1 You know it ain't easy
Running out of thrills
You know it ain't easy
When you don't know what you want
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

You want to FIRST now, FIRST the night
Till early in the morning light

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)

3 Trump's Executive Orde instituting "The Purge" should this faik will be Epic!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:19 PM (Sco7b)

4 top 10

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 01, 2026 12:19 PM (578V/)

5 If BlueSky wasn't started as a FBI honeypot, Kash and Bondi need to treat it as one.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 12:20 PM (gKWVE)

6 How did I time this so well?

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:20 PM (fq8Zx)

7 classic! hitler used to do that all the time, then they'd have hot dogs and schnitzel pie

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 01, 2026 12:20 PM (CWTWj)

8 I love this worm's self-exculpation for using such crude language:

“Clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it,” Lee wrote.

That's it. You act like a poorly raised middle schooler because you CARE SO MUCH!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

9 I don't expect SCOTUS to rule in Trump's favor on this but it was worth a try...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (eANu3)

10 What was the announcement on Iran?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (Vvh2V)

11 th!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (bFu5X)

12 "That's just stupid!" -- Trump commentary on an opposing argument.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (Q4cxx)

13 At some point Bluesky will be exceptionally helpful for rounding up the mentally ill once asylums are reopened.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 01, 2026 12:22 PM (Dg7ng)

14 What do we want ?
WE DON'T KNOW
When do we want it?
NOW!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 12:22 PM (sZ+hC)

15 Today is going to a busy and vigorous news day. So, let's hope Ace got enough sleep.

Posted by: Orson at April 01, 2026 12:22 PM (dIske)

16 10 What was the announcement on Iran?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (Vvh2V)

Tonight a 9 ET

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 12:22 PM (eANu3)

17 Bullet the Bluesky.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Zz0t1)

18 It continues to amuse me that Blueskyers abandoned twitter to avoid the toxicity, only to discover that they *were* the toxicity.
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Well put.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Q4cxx)

19 The whole point of the "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" line was to make it clear that this did not apply to foreigners, who are subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign sovereign.

It took later legislation to make the Indians citizens.

Why? They weren't subject to the jurisdiction of the US government

This is also true for illegals. Because if they were subject they wouldn't be here.

It still allows the children of legal visitors to get citizenship, which is stupid, but at least this would stop 90%+ of these cases.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

20 At some point Bluesky will be exceptionally helpful for rounding up the mentally ill once asylums are reopened.
Posted by: the lower depths at April 01, 2026 12:22 PM


Start with Reddit and DU.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (bFu5X)

21 President Trump just wanted to shoe The SCROTUMs what big balls really look like.

Posted by: Abolish The SCROTUMs at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (/1l9x)

22 I'm just going to write 'First! To avoid typos....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

23 Oh, thank you, Donna, I thought is was 9 this morning!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Vvh2V)

24
willowed (I knew it!)

Anyway, the San Francisco Examiner is downright Hochul-esque in editorializing for anchor babies:

>>thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants.

We don't have enough OPM in San Francisco for the kids of "immigrants," so in order to uphold our lefty generosity, we must have OPM from all American taxpayers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (n7rxJ)

25 It continues to amuse me that Blueskyers abandoned twitter to avoid the toxicity, only to discover that they *were* the toxicity.
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Well put.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (Q4cxx)

but they aren't self-aware enough to realize it...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (578V/)

26 thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants.



Send them home. Their home countries won't let them starve because they're more socialist than the US.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

27 >>thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants.

This is Orwellian.

Removing the requirement to feed, clothe, and give medical care to the children of foreigners would dramatically improve the financial results for American citizens.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

28 I'm just going to write 'First! To avoid typos....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)




Solid plan.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:25 PM (Zz0t1)

29 Rubio better think on his feet if SCOTUS agrees with Trump.

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:25 PM (fq8Zx)

30

What a cunt.

Susie Lee
@SusieLeeNV
Clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (et1vG)

31 >>thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants.

This is Orwellian.

Removing the requirement to feed, clothe, and give medical care to the children of foreigners would dramatically improve the financial results for American citizens.


That can't be correct. I was assured by my betters that illegals actually used LESS resources than the native born.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

32 Rubio better think on his feet if SCOTUS agrees with Trump.
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:25 PM (fq8Zx)



He got fourteen job, mon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (Zz0t1)

33 I've stopped reading tweets, etc. from Congresskarens and other AWFLs spraying their political dysentery all over the internet. Do. Not. Care.

Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (qUkBO)

34 I'm just going to write 'First! To avoid typos....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)



Solid plan.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:25 PM


You should listen to this guy, Stateless. He's FRIST!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 12:27 PM (bFu5X)

35 @SusieLeeNV
Clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (et1vG)



Yet you constantly vote to destroy it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:27 PM (Zz0t1)

36 Flounce Stern Flounce!!!

Punish them with your absence.

Guess what, they are communists, they don't give a shit if you live or die, but they vastly prefer you die.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:27 PM (DWX+q)

37 "Separation of powers!", what a farce. These people live for the amalgamation of all power, their power, under one whip hand. The phrase means about as much as "the Constitution!"

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 01, 2026 12:27 PM (fZiTB)

38 29 Rubio better think on his feet if SCOTUS agrees with Trump.

I predict memes with him as a worker at an airport ticket counter.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 12:27 PM (Riz8t)

39 I'm just going to write 'First! To avoid typos....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)
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Well, you misspelled fist.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:27 PM (Q4cxx)

40 If you pulled together every congressman and SC justice from when the 14th was passed and asked them if it should apply to the children of invaders they would have laughed in your face.

Hell, imagine in 1942 the Japanese had brought Korean "comfort" women and had children there. Would anyone have tried to argue those kids would be Americans?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

41 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

I'm surprised no sitting president has ever attended a SCOTUS meeting before. "Separation of Powers" doesn't mean that one can't sit in and listen to arguments/decisions, nor should it. I am sure that he wants to hear the decision firsthand.

Most people who are "on trial" get to hear their verdicts live, no?

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (SRRAx)

42 President Trump makes leftists lose their shit simply by existing. Gotta love it.

Posted by: steevy at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (YwEeS)

43

Goodbye, blue sky
Goodbye, blue sky
Goodbye
Goodbye

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (Cqx++)

44 Has Professor Brian In New Orleans appeared today to lecture us yet? If he's not in here in the next 15 minutes can we go?

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (DWX+q)

45 Anybody who thinks being a lawyer is easy should just think of being peppered by questions by the SCOTUS while the POTUS and AG watch.

They are in the show.

Posted by: PJ at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (+jscL)

46 I said this in the last thread...

Trump making history as the first sitting president ever to attend SCOTUS hearings...I feel like dem presidents will pounce on that idea and steal it, and use it for political theater going forward.

Also, Waiting for SCOTUS is like Waiting for Godot but more painful.

(I got to see that play on Broadway with Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. The play was absurdist torture, but they were delightful. It's fun to see two friends get to play off each other onstage, it was clear they were having a blast.)

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (gWBY1)

47 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."

Wut? Is this an Engrish phrase for fellatio?

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (mkw2N)

48 >thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants.

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I think they forgot the word "illegal" immigrants. Must've been an honest oversight.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (qBdHI)

49 I just love President Trump.
He has so many "firsts" and the left hates it that they didn't think of them when they had the White House.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 12:29 PM (2WIwB)

50 Is she saying that the "separation of powers" doesn't allow the President to sit in on oral arguments at the SCOTUS?

Where's the *power* there?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:29 PM (Q4cxx)

51 "Separation of powers!", what a farce. These people live for the amalgamation of all power, their power, under one whip hand. The phrase means about as much as "the Constitution!"

The founders separate powers between the legislative and executive branches with only a modicum going to the judicial, but they also built a system that distributed power between the federal, state, and local governments AND religious and civic groups.

The left has burned all that and somehow makes the argument that not letting the permanent bureaucracy control the country violates the separation of power...?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

52 I noted below, Trump's EO is only as to those born after the EO.

And, you'll note, the pretend plaintiff's in this case were pregnant women.
(Which they sought out as plaintiff's in violation of ethical rules, btw.)

Anyway, everyone is trying to read this as, "but what do we do with all the children already born here?!" and that's the wrong question.

Every year, all over the nation, what was legal before, what you were allowed to do, changes with a mere signature of a governor or the President.
Or, bluntly, most states legally banned fags from pretending to be married until "sweet mysteries of the night" suddenly found that was a Constitutional right.

6 in favor of the EO as it is written.
Roberts and ACB pretend to split the baby and give a win to the left by saying it doesn't apply to children already born her.
The other four say as an aside, "duh."
Of course, the three idiots will all say that even a toe just across the border is an "olly-olly oxen free" everyone is a citizen.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (HXT0k)

53 Why do libtards love to play bridge?

Because they can always declare NO TRUMP!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (w9Wax)

54 Also, Waiting for SCOTUS is like Waiting for Godot but more painful.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (gWBY1)
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They'll tell you in June.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Q4cxx)

55
The Twitter thread shows those Bluesky "conversations" in full (they're cropped in that one tweet). The dude tried to explain that the SCOTUS decision only applies to purely "talk" therapy and it doesn't actually strike down the CO law on its face but merely requires strict scrutiny.

The other Blueskyers proceed to wish death on him in various ways.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (n7rxJ)

56 Didn't Washington or one of the founding Presidents go sit in on Congress for a couple of days and then said WTF? I'm out of here.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4NO2D)

57 I love all these new found powers in the Constitution that didn't exist when Biden or Obama were President. It's like our founding document was written on disappearing ink.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (jjoN6)

58 The left: Trump is senile and is controlled by THE JEWS!

Also the left: Trump coming to an SC hearing shows that he is a dictator and a tyrant who will allow no dissent!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

59 Trump sure knows how to make a headline. And he knows people can't pay attention to more than one thing at a time.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (DWX+q)

60 And SCOTUS is about to give it to the American people in the ass. Again.

Because we all know the 14th Amendment was adopted to allow illegal immigrants to sneak across our border, squeeze out a dependent mouth, and make them an automatic American citizen. Duh.

Oh, and that Chinese birth tourism industry the are using to undermine our country. Totally cool, says John Roberts and friends.

F the courts. They are destroying the republic.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Q6Bu6)

61 Anyway, everyone is trying to read this as, "but what do we do with all the children already born here?!" and that's the wrong question.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (HXT0k)
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Wha-at?? Democrats are dissembling about an issue??!!!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Q4cxx)

62 "thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants"

I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources. I guess that is no longer in effect. Especially for the precious illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (GUOwU)

63 >>> In a now deleted post, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) said of President Trump going to SCOTUS this morning:
"So fucking fucked up. I'll pray they fuck him to his face."

>>> @SusieLeeNV
The only thing more powerful than hate is love 💛
@MeidasTouch Bad Bunny’s closing messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love”

Only liberals get to decide who is worthy or deserving of love, hello!

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (gWBY1)

64 President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court.

Does he get a desk and a leather chair, too? I'll pay good money to watch "The Associate (Justices)" with his catchphrase of "You're fired!"

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 12:32 PM (iFEms)

65 Maybe trump should flash a Glock 18C with a happy stick that he has under his jacket.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 12:32 PM (abIsI)

66 The other Blueskyers proceed to wish death on him in various ways.

I see this pattern in a lot of leftwing threads.

They'll one up each other in how some minor thing will lead to "literal genocide" and then when one of them tries to pull them somewhat back to reality they all call zer a Rethuglican NAZI Russian bot and which for zer to be beaten, raped, and murdered (not necessarily in that order)

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

67 56 Didn't Washington or one of the founding Presidents go sit in on Congress for a couple of days and then said WTF? I'm out of here.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Yep. It was on a treaty that the Senate was debating. Washington found the experience degrading to the executive branch and preemptively ended the possibility of Question Time in Congress for the US presidency. And he should have based on separation of powers.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:32 PM (E4rtv)

68 What was the announcement on Iran?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (Vvh2V)

Still the only hit by Flock of Seagulls

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 12:32 PM (y9ksN)

69 >Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Attend Supreme Court Oral Arguments
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Is he gonna give the justices the stink eye?

I expect the gynecological Justices to vote against him
Roberts too
I'm calling it 5-4 against the Preznit, maybe even 6-3

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:32 PM (ZxPkt)

70 16 10 What was the announcement on Iran?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (Vvh2V)

I'm saving up so I can buy Iranian glass as souvenirs.


And rqemember 'Love Trumps Hate.'

Unless you are talking about President Trump, his family, anyone that remotely supports MAGA, conservatives, anyone who knows you can't change sexes and expresses that out loud, anyone who can't support adults pleasuring themselves in front of children, anyone who wants safe borders, anyone who realises Islam is a threat, anyone who appreciates a great pair of boobs on a hot biological female and the other 165, 666 things that set them off.

But 'Love Trumps Hate!' Racists!

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:33 PM (Sco7b)

71 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."

Wut? Is this an Engrish phrase for fellatio?
Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (mkw2N)
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I'm thinking it's evidence of demonic possession.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 12:33 PM (rj6Yv)

72 The left: Trump is senile and is controlled by THE JEWS!

Also the left: Trump coming to an SC hearing shows that he is a dictator and a tyrant who will allow no dissent!

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)
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Orwell would take notes that the development of double-think can happen with willing participants who hold themselves to no standard.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:33 PM (Q4cxx)

73 The left: Not a single dollar of welfare goes to illegals

Also the left: If you cut off illegals from welfare millions will die

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

74 The 14th is a poorly worded, piece of crap.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 12:33 PM (0CqYd)

75 The irony is the court that abolished Roe v Wade may force us to engage in baby killing.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (qwx/I)

76 It's funny how they'll take a "purist" position like, "Trump can't sit at SCOTUS during arguments" after many decades of delegating their powers and authority to gov't agencies who derive their power from POTUS.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)

77 >> In a now deleted post, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) said of President Trump going to SCOTUS this morning:
"So fucking fucked up. I'll pray they fuck him to his face."


Did she have a Marlboro hanging from the side of her maw?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (abIsI)

78 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."

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"Blessed Jesus, hear my prayer ...."

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (Q4cxx)

79 thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants.


Please point to the article in the Constitution that authorizes the feral government to provide food, housing & healthcare to ANYONE.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (sUjod)

80 >>> I noted below, Trump's EO is only as to those born after the EO.

All over America today, a bunch of Chinese birth tourists are trying to induce birth early, so they can pump out their babies before the ruling, I'm sure.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (gWBY1)

81 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."
--------

I don't believe God does anything with those but worth a shot.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (DWX+q)

82 I have very little faith in a judiciary that's in full revolt against the executive. As I've been saying; Trump and his administration should have confronted the judicial coup on day one of their insurrection.

Instead we get dog and pony shows like this.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (AkEZC)

83 Doesn't SCOTUS have an honorary chair for POTUS they keep empty just in case he chooses to visit?

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)

84 So other than opposing EVERYTHING Trump does, raising taxes, supporting illegal aliens rights to rape, rob and murder American citizens and giving comfort, support and cash to our enemies what exactly do the Democrats stand for?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (MNCvZ)

85 The whole point of the "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" line was to make it clear that this did not apply to foreigners, who are subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign sovereign.
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The plaintiffs are trying to say that only was meant to exclude ambassadors and diplomats.

One of the Justices asked something like, "well, if that's what it means, how come they didn't just write 'ambassadors, diplomats and Indians?"

The response was something like, to launch into a muddled discussion of "well under common law everyone knew that's all it meant."

Or, to put it another way, if the exception to birth citizenship was a narrow class, why did they not write that and instead used the more expansive "subject to the jurisdiction?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (HXT0k)

86 Yeah I don't think this one is going our way. The dumbest ruling ever gets to remain the dumbest.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (DWX+q)

87 It's funny how they'll take a "purist" position like, "Trump can't sit at SCOTUS during arguments" after many decades of delegating their powers and authority to gov't agencies who derive their power from POTUS.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 12:34 PM (mkw2N)
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Also, if they meant that about separation of powers, independent agencies would be gone. As they often perform all three functions for their jurisdiction.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (Q4cxx)

88 “Clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it,” Lee wrote.


I took the Oath too.
So, when was the last time you ate MREs for a couple months in a row, defending the Constitution?

And when some pink-haired freak goes out to the steps of the Supreme Court and burns a copy of the Constitution, are you going to join me when I am kicking their ass?

When was the last time YOU sat in on the Supremes? You can you know.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 12:36 PM (2WIwB)

89 This will come up during our seder. Now, I won't say anything about it, but if I did, when they say everyone inside the US is "subject to the jurisdiction thereof," I'll ask, so that clause doesn't need to be there?

They will agree with that and then I will inform them that they broke the first rule of statutory construction - every word is there for a reason.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:36 PM (Vpqw1)

90
Still the only hit by Flock of Seagulls
Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 12:32 PM (y9ksN)



Space Age Love Song hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:36 PM (Zz0t1)

91 I don't know if the April Fools X post that the Statue of Liberty will be replaced by a gold Trump statue was ACTUALLY posted on the White House X account...but it was funny! And I'm sure plenty of lefties think it's real and are panicking.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:36 PM (gWBY1)

92 Isn't it time for Trump to put up memes of Schumer and Jeffreys with crowns instead of sombreros?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 12:36 PM (AlhUl)

93 84 So other than opposing EVERYTHING Trump does, raising taxes, supporting illegal aliens rights to rape, rob and murder American citizens and giving comfort, support and cash to our enemies what exactly do the Democrats stand for?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (MNCvZ)

Yes

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:36 PM (DWX+q)

94 Turn your backs on the children of illegals. You never should have showed them your front. You're supposed to be serving Americans.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 12:36 PM (BI5O2)

95 Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Attend Supreme Court Oral Arguments

I believe that Obama showed up for the Obamacare oral argument.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (n1OCj)

96 Sara Lee >>> Susie Lee

Nobody does it like Sara Lee.™

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (ynpvh)

97 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources. I guess that is no longer in effect. Especially for the precious illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (GUOwU)


I thought that was actually written into the Constitution. Maybe I am wrong.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (SRRAx)

98 The left: Not a single dollar of welfare goes to illegals

Also the left: If you cut off illegals from welfare millions will die
Posted by: 18-1


If they die, they die.
Posted by: Ivan Drago

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (sUjod)

99 I’m so sick of these courts trying to parse out some ridiculous reason to arrive at their forgone conclusion which always seems to diminish the American people’s freedom. Most Americans know precisely what freedom is and what the constitution protects- and most of the time that isn’t what these pretend unelected rulers in black pajamas conclude.

We should abolish the courts.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (Q6Bu6)

100 In all honesty, I wish Trump had not chosen this case to sit it. It’s almost like he is trying to make the court show they aren’t intimidated y him so they can’t rule in favor. This one is so important, and we see in the arguments that Roberts is a very weak man, ACB will be a wild card, KBJ is an idiot of the highest order.

This one is so important. The Chinese are going to cause havoc with this. 1 guy has over 100 surrogate babies - I mean that in and of itself is just disgusting, but I will try to stay focused on the topic.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (hftzA)

101 "Please point to the article in the Constitution that authorizes the feral government to provide food, housing & healthcare to ANYONE.
Posted by: rickb223"

At least all that federal funding materializes out of thin air so nobody has to pay for it.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (GUOwU)

102 95 Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Attend Supreme Court Oral Arguments

I believe that Obama showed up for the Obamacare oral argument.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (n1OCj)

No, he was more like backdoor waiting for anal arguments...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (ynpvh)

103 "what exactly do the Democrats stand for?"

Gubbermint Payout Mechanisms.

Death.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (DgMqy)

104 Again...
Keep women far far away from positions of power.


Posted by: melodicmetal at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (67JAc)

105 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."


Probably not the best week to be writing stuff like this.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (2WIwB)

106 I believe that Obama showed up for the Obamacare oral argument.

Just to remind Rooberts that they still had the kompromat on him if he voted the wrong way.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (n1OCj)

107 It still allows the children of legal visitors to get citizenship, which is stupid, but at least this would stop 90%+ of these cases.
Posted by: 18-1
=======
No. They are discussing domiciled here which if Scotus splits the baby, as I suspect it will due to the Rule of 4 needed to even grant cert. Basically that sojourners aka tourists, etc. would NOT be considered domiciled under the Congressional debate over the 14th. And that echoes from British law--travelers, foreign diplomats, etc. passing through were not considered subjects of the king or queen.

That would restrict citizenship to children of those with working visas that allowed them to be here.

These complications are probably why I think Scotus will punt the whole debate to Congress as it can decide then which of the people here on visas are 'domiciled or reside' in the US.

FWIW, 4 Justices had to consider overturning the lower courts in the first place to hear the case.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)

108 Doesn't SCOTUS have an honorary chair for POTUS they keep empty just in case he chooses to visit?
Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 12:35 PM (mkw2N)

In the theater we call them the "Mike Schmidt seats". If Mike Schmidt shows up to a sold out show, we're not going to tell him to go home. There's always a few seats available.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (y9ksN)

109 When did that sow become Tony Montana.

"You don't has the BALLS to fuck me to my face. You jus has someone do it for you." -Susie Lee

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (DWX+q)

110 Re : Drunken Congresswoman

It's just disturbing to watch fully grown adults act in ways that would have gotten the shit beat out of children in the 80s and early 90s.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (uEmCf)

111 We should win this case on the merits, but we're fighting against more than logic here.

I've listened to today's hearing on and off, and I'm not liking what I'm hearing. They grilled Sauer pretty hard, and seem much more amenable to the ACLU position. More like they'll rule in her favor, but need to determine how narrow or wide-ranging the ruling will be. Ugh.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (JCZqz)

112 My own legal opinion is that Congress can pass a law restricting birthright citizenship, but the President can't by executive order.

However, Ireland used to prohibit pregnant women from leaving out of concern they would get an abortion. We could do the reverse

I am pretty sure the President could turn away at the border any pregnant woman who was not legally allowed to be here.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (Vpqw1)

113 103 "what exactly do the Democrats stand for?"

Gubbermint Payout Mechanisms.

Death.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (DgMqy)

Power.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

114 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."

---
So much for "No means no."

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (Q4cxx)

115 "It continues to amuse me that Blueskyers abandoned twitter to avoid the toxicity, only to discover that they *were* the toxicity."
- - - - - - - - -
If someone is complaining that there's an asshole everywhere they go, there's a high chance that person is the asshole.

Posted by: Another Anon at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (4h45B)

116 Is this chair open to anyone who wants to watch?

Posted by: David French at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (bss/y)

117 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."


push his face to his crotch while they cram a cock in his ass?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)

118 >>> Yeah I don't think this one is going our way. The dumbest ruling ever gets to remain the dumbest.

You never know...there was a push on social media lately that black america wants birthright citizenship to end. It was to protect THEM and their ancestors, not asians and middle eastern and latinos. If that kind of racism is genuine and not being falsely ginned up by the algorithm for clicks, it's hilarious.

That line of argument might even sway KBJ!

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (gWBY1)

119 "what exactly do the Democrats stand for?"

Gubbermint Payout Mechanisms.

Death.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (DgMqy)

Power.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)
---
Just not of the useable kind.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Q4cxx)

120 Hey Suzy,
I was at the Super Bowl. Bad Bunny was as offensive to normal Americans as anything I have seen or heard in years. Well, until I read what you wrote about the President.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB)

121 Rubio better think on his feet if SCOTUS agrees with Trump.

===


Rubio's parents immigrated to the US legally.

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (GD0B3)

122 113 103 "what exactly do the Democrats stand for?"

Gubbermint Payout Mechanisms.

Death.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (DgMqy)

Power.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

"There is no G-d, because I Am G-d! I decide who lives and dies!".

That's what they stand for.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (uEmCf)

123 104 Again...
Keep women far far away from positions of power.


Posted by: melodicmetal at April 01, 2026

Roberts is a woman? Who knew.

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (hftzA)

124 Keep women far far away from positions of power.


Posted by: melodicmetal at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (67JAc)

Except cowgirl and reverse cowgirl. Those can stay.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (DWX+q)

125 112 My own legal opinion is that Congress can pass a law restricting birthright citizenship, but the President can't by executive order.

However, Ireland used to prohibit pregnant women from leaving out of concern they would get an abortion. We could do the reverse

I am pretty sure the President could turn away at the border any pregnant woman who was not legally allowed to be here.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (Vpqw1)

The assignment of citizenship is handled by the executive. This is a question of how the executive should interpret the law.

Why would there be an automatic presumption that an interpretation contrary to the authors of the law is the correct interpretation?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)

126 >>And when some pink-haired freak goes out to the steps of the Supreme Court and burns a copy of the Constitution, are you going to join me when I am kicking their ass?

Oh, Ed, you just sounded like Dirty Harry just then.

Posted by: Grace at April 01, 2026 12:41 PM (Y1sOo)

127 Or, to put it another way, if the exception to birth citizenship was a narrow class, why did they not write that and instead used the more expansive "subject to the jurisdiction?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


Wanna find out if a wetback is "subject to jurisdiction"?

Try drafting them or executing them. Watch how fast their home country intervenes.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:41 PM (sUjod)

128 Except cowgirl and reverse cowgirl. Those can stay.
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (DWX+q)

Except none of us are interested when those are serious in their misogyny. 😉

Posted by: Piper at April 01, 2026 12:41 PM (hftzA)

129 115 "It continues to amuse me that Blueskyers abandoned twitter to avoid the toxicity, only to discover that they *were* the toxicity."
- - - - - - - - -
If someone is complaining that there's an asshole everywhere they go, there's a high chance that person is the asshole.
Posted by: Another Anon at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (4h45B)

And then the "Bluesky art community" threw a fit when staff said "No more rape porn."

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 12:41 PM (uEmCf)

130 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."


push his face to his crotch while they cram a cock in his ass?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Zz0t1)

Usually you pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.

Posted by: Pepper Brooks at April 01, 2026 12:42 PM (y9ksN)

131 I asked this on the Morning Rant, and Lord God King Boasberg said no, but I'm looking for a second opinion.

My question is about U.S. Senate parliamentary procedure. I know that there are a lot of things about it that are mere convention, not a mandatory rule, like the "blue slip" approval for Presidential nominees in a Senator's state. I think the Senate President pro tem is another one, and Majority Leader Thune apparently just let the Senate go on two-week vacation. So.

As the Constitutional President of the Senate, could Vice-President Vance force the Senate into formal recess, when they don't have a physical quorum present to prevent him? They've been doing some cutesy formal nominal sessions to prevent President Trump from being able to make recess appointments the way every other President has been able to do, and I'm wondering if it's mere courtesy that is keeping the Administration from forcing the issue, or if the President pro tem actually has that much formal power somehow.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 12:42 PM (Sy6m/)

132 127 Or, to put it another way, if the exception to birth citizenship was a narrow class, why did they not write that and instead used the more expansive "subject to the jurisdiction?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


Wanna find out if a wetback is "subject to jurisdiction"?

Try drafting them or executing them. Watch how fast their home country intervenes.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:41 PM (sUjod)

And we so happen to have a conflict going on.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 12:42 PM (okun6)

133 Oh, Ed, you just sounded like Dirty Harry just then.
Posted by: Grace at April 01, 2026 12:41 PM (Y1sOo)


I don't know that you were really Ed Rooney's type...

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (gKWVE)

134 I read somewhere this morning that the Supreme Court has always had a chair specially reserved for the President in case he wanted to attend a session.

For those complaining about "separation of powers" here, I need to ask if they know what branch of government the Soliciter General belongs to.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (6XIEG)

135
Except cowgirl and reverse cowgirl. Those can stay.
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM (DWX+q)




3 dots for president.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

136 Poly market has the odds at 95% that the SC strikes down Trumps EO.

Not looking good

It’s beyond stupid to think this amendment had anything to do with someone sneaking in and having kids. It was about slavery

Posted by: Maroon at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (JzGvw)

137
I don't know that you were really Ed Rooney's type...
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (gKWVE)



George Pederson thinks Rooney is an asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

138 Maybe he'll be sitting with Justice Ketanji's brother who came all the way from Italy.

Posted by: CrustyB at April 01, 2026 12:44 PM (3yau/)

139 "60 And SCOTUS is about to give it to the American people in the ass. Again."

Like night following day.

And Barrett is no wild card. She votes with Roberts 90% of the time and will this time too.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 01, 2026 12:44 PM (fZiTB)

140 It’s beyond stupid to think this amendment had anything to do with someone sneaking in and having kids. It was about slavery
Posted by: Maroon at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (JzGvw)




Not when The Constitution is a living, breathing document, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)

141 124 Keep women far far away from positions of power.


Posted by: melodicmetal at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (67JAc)

Except cowgirl and reverse cowgirl. Those can stay.
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM

HEY!!!

Posted by: Missionary at April 01, 2026 12:44 PM (4q/mG)

142 If the SC says that borders just don't matter, it is fomenting a coup and deserves to be handled accordingly.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 12:44 PM (gKWVE)

143 >>> 97 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources.

Yes, in the 50s. That was the immigration rules my grandparents came over here with. They were basically indentured servants to their employer and/or sponsor, and they didn't make waves so they wouldn't lost their employment. But it was only for a few years, and then they were free to go wherever they wanted.

Thank the Chappaquidick Kennedy for killing that.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (gWBY1)

144 3 dots for president.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (Zz0t1)

A lid in every pot!

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (DWX+q)

145 136 Poly market has the odds at 95% that the SC strikes down Trumps EO.

Not looking good

It’s beyond stupid to think this amendment had anything to do with someone sneaking in and having kids. It was about slavery
Posted by: Maroon at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (JzGvw)

Polymarket does seem to tend towards wishcasting though, although they could be right here.

I am expecting a good number of defections. Roberts will argue that upholding will be too big a decision, and he does not like those when they do not favor democrats.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

146 it's 'nobody doesn't like Sara Lee'

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)

147 100 In all honesty, I wish Trump had not chosen this case to sit it. It’s almost like he is trying to make the court show they aren’t intimidated y him so they can’t rule in favor. This one is so important, and we see in the arguments that Roberts is a very weak man, ACB will be a wild card, KBJ is an idiot of the highest order.

Posted by: Piper
=======
Eh, justices that don't like him may have colleagues they don't like as well. Justice Jackson seems to be even on the outs with her erstwhile leftist justices like Sotomayor and Kagan.

Basically, I think all along this was Trump's moving the Overton Window and rightfully so. The power has always been with Congress to legislate just as they did to extend voting to Indians on reservations (aka non-taxables) in the 20's.

Even Wong Ark Kim decision declined to extend citizenship beyond a son admitted from two legally admitted immigrants. That decision ignored the subject to the jurisdiction thereof which was common for the rancid Scotus courts post civil war.

Trump is forcing Scotus and Congress to address the situation and 4 justices agreed that it was time to do so.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

148 Not when The Constitution is a living, breathing document, silly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:44 PM (Zz0t1)

I defy anyone to go to a casino and play blackjack with a living rule book.

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 12:46 PM (y9ksN)

149
A lid in every pot!
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (DWX+q)



Far out, man!

Posted by: Cheech and Chong at April 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

150 good, I hope he is

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 01, 2026 12:46 PM (xcxpd)

151 Susie Lee
@SusieLeeNV
Clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (et1vG)


Methinks her nerve was "touched" by a little nip of gin...

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 12:46 PM (SRRAx)

152 Keeping it light (from Critical Drinker):

Will Supergirl Be A Superflop?

https://youtu.be/3UX5k-RThpc

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

153 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources.

Yes, in the 50s. That was the immigration rules my grandparents came over here with. They were basically indentured servants to their employer and/or sponsor, and they didn't make waves so they wouldn't lost their employment. But it was only for a few years, and then they were free to go wherever they wanted.

Thank the Chappaquidick Kennedy for killing that.
Posted by: LizLem


That was from the oughts and the tens.
The 1900's & 1910's. Longstanding.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:46 PM (sUjod)

154 Just another chance for Amy Coney Souter to prove to us what a foolish nomination she truly was.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 01, 2026 12:47 PM (MNCvZ)

155 it's 'nobody doesn't like Sara Lee'
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)



There's a bathroom on the right.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)

156 Methinks her nerve was "touched" by a little nip of gin...

Methinks she spends a lot of time "touching her nerve", IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

157 For those complaining about "separation of powers" here, I need to ask if they know what branch of government the Soliciter General belongs to.
Posted by: tankdemon

He's probably with the Army. The MIC is the true enemy of democracy!!!!

Posted by: Retarded Leftist at April 01, 2026 12:47 PM (JCZqz)

158 145 136 Poly market has the odds at 95% that the SC strikes down Trumps EO.

Not looking good

It’s beyond stupid to think this amendment had anything to do with someone sneaking in and having kids. It was about slavery
Posted by: Maroon at April 01, 2026 12:43 PM (JzGvw)

Polymarket does seem to tend towards wishcasting though, although they could be right here.

I am expecting a good number of defections. Roberts will argue that upholding will be too big a decision, and he does not like those when they do not favor democrats.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

As I have repeatedly said, Congress due to prior precedents is given full enumerated power over immigration. The EO may be struck down but my guess is that Congress will be allowed to set what subject to the jurisdiction thereof means just like other immigration laws and creating voting and full citizenship for Native Americans on reservations in the 1920's. That was not Scotus doing it, it was Congress.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)

159 In all honesty, I wish Trump had not chosen this case to sit it. It’s almost like he is trying to make the court show they aren’t intimidated y him so they can’t rule in favor. This one is so important, and we see in the arguments that Roberts is a very weak man, ACB will be a wild card, KBJ is an idiot of the highest order.
---
These 9 love the smell of their own farts above all other fart-sniffers in the world.

Trump visiting to listen to them fart out sonnets will please their egos.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 12:48 PM (HXT0k)

160 SusieLeeNV
Clearly my language touched a nerve — my nerve was touched by the attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers. I took an oath to protect and defend it.



Sugartits, you and the dems have been dancing on my last nerve for years. Does that mean I get a free pass?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:48 PM (sUjod)

161 155 it's 'nobody doesn't like Sara Lee'
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)


There's a bathroom on the right.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)

With a sushi glory hole?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 01, 2026 12:48 PM (xcxpd)

162 125 "Why would there be an automatic presumption that an interpretation contrary to the authors of the law is the correct interpretation?"

Section 5 of the 14th;

The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Vpqw1)

163 please stop saying 'methinks'

pet peeve, ymmv

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (ZxPkt)

164 I can see the Court agreeing that children of illegals and temporary visitors are not automatically granted citizenship, but then state that the executive order is not valid because it takes an act of Congress to address the issue.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (6XIEG)

165 156 Methinks her nerve was "touched" by a little nip of gin...

Methinks she spends a lot of time "touching her nerve", IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Archimedes

Sounds like a goooood evening. Huma! Get over here! I'm feeling frisky.

Posted by: Hillary! at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (JCZqz)

166 I hope DJT sits there and trolls the shit out of Ketanji with funny faces and eye rolls.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (gKWVE)

167 Did PDT shout "Pussy!" during arguments?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (nEEKE)

168 Posted by: Piper

I suspect what he's doing is taking control of some narrative and putting air back in to the conversation that got him elected.

It also keeps the media from ignoring it until the day of the ruling when they can brag that Trump's EO got fucked by the SC and make it look like another loss in a string of losses. Which means "nationwide" discussion of the *issue* is forced not just the outcome. It's a strong move.

They're gonna rule the way they're gonna rule and if they're not, then we have much bigger problems than birthright citizenship.

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (DWX+q)

169 please stop saying...

My name is Inigo Montoya

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 12:50 PM (DgMqy)

170 Someone pointed out elsewhere that Susie is divorced with a couple kids. The first thing I can understand. The second... not so much.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 01, 2026 12:50 PM (QaH55)

171 "There's a bathroom on the right.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)"

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:50 PM (Vpqw1)

172 >>> That was from the oughts and the tens.
The 1900's & 1910's. Longstanding.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:46 PM (sUjod)

sorry for the confusion...my grandparents came here in the 50s after WW2, but the immigration laws they had to follow were clearly before that, the ones you described.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:50 PM (gWBY1)

173 I am expecting a good number of defections. Roberts will argue that upholding will be too big a decision, and he does not like those when they do not favor democrats.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y)

—-

Maybe we could start taxing anchor babies?

Roberts has pledged saying something is a tax in the ultimate blank check

Posted by: Maroon at April 01, 2026 12:50 PM (JzGvw)

174 153 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources.

Yes, in the 50s. That was the immigration rules my grandparents came over here with. They were basically indentured servants to their employer and/or sponsor, and they didn't make waves so they wouldn't lost their employment. But it was only for a few years, and then they were free to go wherever they wanted.

Thank the Chappaquidick Kennedy for killing that.
Posted by: LizLem
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Still the law, been unenforced but sponsors take pledges binding in court of financial liability if their immigrant ends up being a public charge to the US. The Hart-Celler Act removed the geographic quotas on immigration and created some new avenues that the older 1950's and earlier immigration acts did not have. It did not eliminate the public charge requirement.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

175 "There's a bathroom on the right.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)"

'Scuse me while I kiss this guy!
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:50 PM (Vpqw1)
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Hold me closer, Tony Danza.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Q4cxx)

176 Afternoon all,

Coverage for tonights manned moon launch will begin shortly.

NASA - SLS Block 1 - Artemis II
LC-39B - Kennedy Space Center - Space Affairs Livestream
Launch Date Planned: April 1, 2026
Coverage begins: 12:55 P.M. EDT

https://youtu.be/_owzmracVDo

Actual launch is tonight.

Lift-Off Time: 6:24:00 PM EDT (222400 UTC (April 2, 00:24:00 CEST)

Posted by: Joyenz at April 01, 2026 12:51 PM (2F0/Y)

177 The solicitor general, John Sauer spoke too fast and was hard to understand.
Does he have laryngitis or does he have a form of spasmodic dysphonia?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 12:51 PM (NpAcC)

178 So I went to see what the Senate says about the powers of the VP as President of the Senate:

The Constitution names the vice president of the United States as the president of the Senate. In addition to serving as presiding officer, the vice president has the sole power to break a tie vote in the Senate and formally presides over the receiving and counting of electoral ballots cast in presidential elections.

Today vice presidents serve as principal advisors to the president, but from 1789 until the 1950s their primary duty was to preside over the Senate. Since the 1830s, vice presidents have occupied offices near the Senate Chamber. Over the course of the nation’s history, the vice president’s influence evolved as vice presidents and senators experimented with, and at times vigorously debated, the role to be played by this constitutional officer.


I found this unhelpful. Though if he gets to interpret the rules and recognize debaters, he could be pretty powerful.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 12:52 PM (4NO2D)

179 162 125 "Why would there be an automatic presumption that an interpretation contrary to the authors of the law is the correct interpretation?"

Section 5 of the 14th;

The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (Vpqw1)

The legislation directs the executive to take action.

Congress is not directly granting citizenship to people, the bureaucracy, part of the executive, handles the administration.

Conventionally, the bureaucracy has some flexibility when the law is ambiguous. Unless Congress were to clarify that they meant something else, there wouldn't seem to be an issue with an Executive Order to adhere to the original meaning of the amendment.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 12:52 PM (okun6)

180 How better would life had been if the Democrats never had any power?

If after Carter we never had a Democratic President and they never held a majority in either the House or Senate how would this country have faired?

Who am I kidding, the Republicans would have delegated them power.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 01, 2026 12:52 PM (Oq/TM)

181 Who named this stupid issue? What about Anchor Baby Certification?

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:52 PM (DWX+q)

182 Wrapped up like a douche

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:52 PM (DWX+q)

183 sorry for the confusion...my grandparents came here in the 50s after WW2, but the immigration laws they had to follow were clearly before that, the ones you described.
Posted by: LizLem

I just remember it from the last time we, as a group, discussed this. Also, roll in sick with a communicable disease like TB and you were on the next boat out.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:53 PM (sUjod)

184 oh well

hit me with your pet shark

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:53 PM (ZxPkt)

185 You plebes are just too stupid to understand the law.

Didn’t you know illegal immigrants are part of the constitutional fabric?

The court system has become a fifth column.

Posted by: That Guy at April 01, 2026 12:53 PM (3g5Xe)

186 >>> It did not eliminate the public charge requirement.

If it didn't remove the public charge requirement, why are so many immigrants on the public dole?

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:53 PM (gWBY1)

187 The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924)

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:53 PM (Vpqw1)

188 Except cowgirl and reverse cowgirl. Those can stay.
Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 12:40 PM

HEY!!!
Posted by: Missionary

Boring!

Posted by: Kama Sutra at April 01, 2026 12:54 PM (w9Wax)

189 > "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."
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Imagine someone like Nancy Mace saying this about *biden. The GOP would censor her while the left demands her death.

This broad? Zilch.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 12:55 PM (AkEZC)

190 187 The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 253, enacted June 2, 1924)

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 12:53 PM (Vpqw1)

To reiterate, Congress set forth a set of conditions for citizenship. Those conditions are arguably ambiguous.

Trump has directed the bureaucracy to interpret the law in accordance with the authors of the law.

How is this stepping on Congress's toes, absent them issuing some form of clarification?

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 12:55 PM (okun6)

191 If it didn't remove the public charge requirement, why are so many immigrants on the public dole?
Posted by: LizLem


It's like a lot of other things. They only enforce it when they want to.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:56 PM (sUjod)

192 As the Constitutional President of the Senate, could Vice-President Vance force the Senate into formal recess, when they don't have a physical quorum present to prevent him? They've been doing some cutesy formal nominal sessions to prevent President Trump from being able to make recess appointments the way every other President has been able to do, and I'm wondering if it's mere courtesy that is keeping the Administration from forcing the issue, or if the President pro tem actually has that much formal power somehow.
Posted by: SciVo
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Technically due to Senate GOP assholes keeping the Senate in technical session, any member COULD make a quorum call if they have the floor and if Vance is there to sustain the motion, then as a privileged motion, he can actually send the Senate's Sergeant at Arms to 'arrest' any member and return them to the Senate Chamber.

Best done by someone retiring that does not give a shit about working with his or her 'colleagues' in the future as it would kick over an anthill.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)

193 Now Miss Potty mouth is worried about separation of powers when I'm sure she's been ok with every rogue judge shutting PDT down all the time, everyday and sometimes multiple times per day. These people are certifiably insane and stupid.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 01, 2026 12:56 PM (2NHgQ)

194 So has Jumanji Brown Jackson humiliated herself yet ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 12:56 PM (eANu3)

195 If they are intimidated by his presence,


then that is good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 12:56 PM (RIvkX)

196 47 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."

Wut? Is this an Engrish phrase for fellatio?
Posted by: bonhomme at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (mkw2N)

That's massage parlor slang; $20 bucks extra.

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 12:56 PM (7gpcF)

197 "Trump is going to use his demonic psychic powers to override the wills of the Supremes, so Trump should not be allowed to attend" Susie Lee (probably)

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 12:57 PM (vbXSk)

198 Just like the one-winged dove.

Posted by: Stevee Nix at April 01, 2026 12:57 PM (KAi1n)

199 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources. I guess that is no longer in effect. Especially for the precious illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (GUOwU)

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Every elderly American citizen is a burden on the treasury.

Medicare and Social Security ain't free and regardless of what those uncs have told you, they have not paid into the system enough to fund it.

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:57 PM (fq8Zx)

200 That BlewSky thing is something. Mark Joseph Stern is a lefty and his summary of the "conversion therapy" decision was "look on the bright side" of this decision. He summarized the decision fairly well, IMO.

It was a big loss for Big Gay & Tranny, but Stern is correct that it was a narrow decision in many respects.

He was clearly trying to cheer up his fellow travelers. They reacted by wishing he was raped and abused and his dick cut off. These people are deranged.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

201 The Twitter thread shows those Bluesky "conversations" in full (they're cropped in that one tweet). The dude tried to explain that the SCOTUS decision only applies to purely "talk" therapy and it doesn't actually strike down the CO law on its face but merely requires strict scrutiny.

The other Blueskyers proceed to wish death on him in various ways.


The best reply was the one by the tranny claiming that their parents had already killed them. Either that's profound mental illness or the best troll ever.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 12:58 PM (2ocoG)

202 IMO Trump should invite Thune to the WH for lunch and have a few Secret Service agents just beat the shit out of the guy til he agrees to play ball

I kid, of course

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:58 PM (ZxPkt)

203 194 So has Jumanji Brown Jackson humiliated herself yet ?

Just her sitting there is humiliation enough.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 12:58 PM (abIsI)

204 .
Perhaps Trump's presence will convince Amy Cunty Barrett to do the job she swore to do.

Posted by: Marooned at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (kt8QE)

205 Greg Price
@greg_price11
ACLU Attorney Cecillia Wang argues that any newborn child, regardless of their parents' legal status and allegiance to foreign nations, even adversaries like Iran, should be granted citizenship without regard to said allegiance.

Completely damning.
12:22 PM · Apr 1, 2026

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Contains a plus 2 minute long audio clip of Wang's arguments that has not been included in this post.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (NFX2v)

206 By merits, it should be definitive that the "subject to the jurisdiction" was not read to include native Americans, as demonstrated by the separate act to include them.

However, there are many different inputs into the Court decisions than simply valid argument.

The court regularly uses Misericordiam arguments, these days.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (Q4cxx)

207 114 "I'll pray they fuck him to his face."

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So much for "No means no."

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:39 PM (Q4cxx)

Hey, it's just part of the job...

Posted by: Kumala at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (ynpvh)

208 Every elderly American citizen is a burden on the treasury.

Medicare and Social Security ain't free and regardless of what those uncs have told you, they have not paid into the system enough to fund it.
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:57 PM


Congress made a law about citizens and SS. They also made a law that immigrants can't be public charges.

You are running through a field of strawmen with a torch.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (4NO2D)

209 191 If it didn't remove the public charge requirement, why are so many immigrants on the public dole?
Posted by: LizLem


It's like a lot of other things. They only enforce it when they want to.
Posted by: rickb223

Exactly. All those church groups that sponsor immigrants could theoretically be on the hook for any of their sponsored immigrants that goes on the dole. But enforcement has been rare.

Basically the entire premise of our ruling class since the Simpson Mazzoli amnesty bill in 1986 is open borders bullshit--good for corporations and farmers (cheap labor), good for Democrats (more social spending and political clients), and screw the American public at large.

That is why they keep bringing up amnesty but fortunately Barry and his Dem Congress like to keep that dangling rather than ram it through. They want cover from the GOP corporate class before doing it.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

210 all seriousness aside, Trump should be calling Thune out, publicly, loudly and often

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (ZxPkt)

211 Also, remember when BlueSky announced that posts on their platform should be called "skeets", and then someone directed them to Urban Dictionary? Good times.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

212 The power has always been with Congress to legislate just as they did to extend voting to Indians on reservations (aka non-taxables) in the 20's.

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If it's deemed we have to rely on Congress to legislate birthright citizenship, when they can't even get out of their own way to pass the SAVE Act, I won't be holding my breath anytime soon.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 01:00 PM (qBdHI)

213 202 IMO Trump should invite Thune to the WH for lunch and have a few Secret Service agents just beat the shit out of the guy til he agrees to play ball

I kid, of course
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:58 PM

One can dream. :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at April 01, 2026 01:01 PM (qoLdL)

214 I guess there's two ways to read the prevailing opinion that SCOTUS will punt this to Congress:

1) they strike the EO and say Congress can fix it if they don't like it.
2) they uphold the EO and say Congress can fix it if they don't like it.

All I'm saying is, over the last 4 years or so, the Court has issued a lot of opinions that are "the law means precisely what it says, just because it was "always" interpreted the other way, just because a lot of people like it that way doesn't change that fact."

Recall, for decades, Roe v. Wade was called a "super-precedent."
Chevron was settled law.

Could they rule against Trump?* Yeah.
But if you take the strict meaning of the 14th, I don't see them reversing all the prior reasoning and saying, "but here, let's allow the broadest, most expansive meaning of the statute."

*look at the tariff opinion. The left wanted a broad rule of all tariffs and no power to declare emergency. But the opinion was, "in this narrow circumstance, under this statute only. And oh yeah, we're not going to deal with the consequences of this ruling (refunds)."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 01:01 PM (HXT0k)

215 Heard on radio this morning that 14th Amendment says that if you are born in the US then you are a US citizen.

I do not recall ir saying that.
It seems a little more involved, and if it was as simple as "born in the US then you are a US citizen" then that is exactly what it would say.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Hh5dq)

216 163 please stop saying 'methinks'

pet peeve, ymmv
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (ZxPkt)


What, you have a peeve with The Bard? I'll have you know, I only quote from the best!

***adjusts sash, straightens tiara, stomps off in a huff***

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:01 PM (SRRAx)

217 Medicare and Social Security ain't free and regardless of what those uncs have told you, they have not paid into the system enough to fund it.
Posted by: Diabeetus
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You want to repeal Social Security and Medicare, go ahead.

Public charge is already the law, simply not enforced.

As said above, apples and oranges.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

218 205 Greg Price
@greg_price11
ACLU Attorney Cecillia Wang argues that any newborn child, regardless of their parents' legal status and allegiance to foreign nations, even adversaries like Iran, should be granted citizenship without regard to said allegiance.

Completely damning.
12:22 PM · Apr 1, 2026

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Contains a plus 2 minute long audio clip of Wang's arguments that has not been included in this post.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (NFX2v)

And what about the parents?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:01 PM (ynpvh)

219 Like a virgin, touched for the 31st time.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 01:02 PM (NpAcC)

220 Congress made a law about citizens and SS. They also made a law that immigrants can't be public charges.

You are running through a field of strawmen with a torch.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 12:59 PM (4NO2D)

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The only strawman I care about is green because he's stuffed with dollars.

And you should too. Debt is 32 trillion and climbing. Neither Democrats or Republicans care.

But they should. We should.

And the only way to solve it - barring a miracle - is to shrink government spending. And that means the Big three: Medicare/Medicaid, SS, military.

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 01:02 PM (fq8Zx)

221 The Constitution names the vice president of the United States as the president of the Senate. In addition to serving as presiding officer, the vice president has the sole power to break a tie vote in the Senate and formally presides over the receiving and counting of electoral ballots cast in presidential elections.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 12:52 PM (4NO2D)

I wonder what things would be like if somebody other than Adams had been the first VP, as he was generally well respected but not very well-liked. Maybe if the Pres/VP ran as a ticket from the start the VP would act more like a majority/minority leader.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 01:02 PM (6XIEG)

222 The other thing about the BlewSky thing with Stern is that it seems like everyone on the site was subject to conversion therapy and forced -- often supposedly violently -- into genders or sexual orientations they opposed.

As Ace says, "press X to doubt." These people are deranged drama-queen liars who will say anything for attention and to try to bolster their dogshit opinions.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

223 203 194 So has Jumanji Brown Jackson humiliated herself yet ?

Just her sitting there is humiliation enough.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Sadly, she may be part of a majority striking down Trump, and the future of the US, in this case, so she may get the last laugh.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 01, 2026 01:03 PM (JCZqz)

224 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources. I guess that is no longer in effect. Especially for the precious illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (GUOwU)
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It made Jim Crow look like Jim Rodan!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 01:03 PM (Q4cxx)

225 Please stop saying "Please stop saying"...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:03 PM (RIvkX)

226 Sadly, she may be part of a majority striking down Trump, and the future of the US, in this case, so she may get the last laugh.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 01, 2026 01:03 PM (JCZqz)

Oh, I have no doubt she will be... But she's still a half wit

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (eANu3)

227 @greg_price11
ACLU Attorney Cecillia Wang argues that any newborn child, regardless of their parents' legal status and allegiance to foreign nations, even adversaries like Iran, should be granted citizenship without regard to said allegiance.

Completely damning.



Annoying
C*nt
Languishing
Unabashed

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)

228 I'm wondering if Trump discussed birthright citizenship with Barrett in their interviews. If she votes the wrong way, he should state that she's a bold-faced liar on every news channel that will have him.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (abIsI)

229 glirpgleepgloop

Posted by: Hopeful at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (eeCgU)

230 If it's deemed we have to rely on Congress to legislate birthright citizenship, when they can't even get out of their own way to pass the SAVE Act, I won't be holding my breath anytime soon.
Posted by: Lady in Black

The old guard are dying off of McConnell types literally but Trump's EO mandating that cheat by mail have to be US citizens to use the mail to send in their ballot is going to be amusing. And the full tracking and special envelopes are going to make fraud by mail a lot tougher.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)

231 ---
It made Jim Crow look like Jim Rodan!
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 01:03 PM (Q4cxx)



Jim Eagle!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (Zz0t1)

232 The other thing about the BlewSky thing with Stern is that it seems like everyone on the site was subject to conversion therapy and forced -- often supposedly violently -- into genders or sexual orientations they opposed.

That's part and parcel of the purity spiral. To get above the crowd there you have to be a forcibly converted trans half-black Palestinian woman.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (2ocoG)

233 224 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources. I guess that is no longer in effect. Especially for the precious illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Ripley at April 01, 2026 12:31 PM (GUOwU)
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It made Jim Crow look like Jim Rodan!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 01:03 PM (Q4cxx)

I saw Rodan fight Godzilla...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ynpvh)

234 Medicare and Social Security ain't free and regardless of what those uncs have told you, they have not paid into the system enough to fund it.

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:57 PM (fq8Zx)


Learn about compounding growth, and then get back to me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:05 PM (n9ltV)

235 You have gotta love mobys.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 01:05 PM (bss/y)

236 Rep Lee of NV sounds incredibly level headed and mature.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:05 PM (z/ZK2)

237 The politics that will flow from this case will be interesting. Roe v Wade set the political discourse for 50 years. Will this follow?

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM (sX1BW)

238 [don't cut and paste troll droppings[CBD]]

Uh, think you are in the wrong place - this isn't DU.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM (Vpqw1)

239 228 I'm wondering if Trump discussed birthright citizenship with Barrett in their interviews. If she votes the wrong way, he should state that she's a bold-faced liar on every news channel that will have him.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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The normal interview is NOT on specifics but rather how would they interpret the law. Trump was also constrained by Mitch the Chicom Bitch as to get someone in to replace Ginsburg in the short time left to do so, meant that Mitch could call the tune on who was picked.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

240 Rep Lee of NV sounds incredibly level headed and mature.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:05 PM


Very vaxed and boosted, certainly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM (bFu5X)

241 Posted by: Hopeful at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (eeCgU)

Luckily, not everybody in Tennessee is as stupid as you.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM (n9ltV)

242 Luckily, not everybody in Tennessee is as stupid as you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM (n9ltV)



Nope! They still have the drinker's side of every vehicle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

243 237 The politics that will flow from this case will be interesting. Roe v Wade set the political discourse for 50 years. Will this follow?

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM (sX1BW)

If this does I don't plan to be around that long to see it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (ynpvh)

244 Do we haz a troll?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (qBdHI)

245 >>Every elderly American citizen is a burden on the treasury.

That reminds me to call the marina and have them fuel up my boat on the 12th, the day my next SS payment arrives in my bank account.

Posted by: Grace at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (Y1sOo)

246
Did ya'll see that CAIR demands Elissa Slotkin apologize for appearing on Maher's show?

They are here and are taking over.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (3ek7K)

247 Listened to the Oral Argument (whole thing) though I didn't read the Briefs. I think we are correct on the Law insofar as the existing understanding of the 14th Amendment requires "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" to be read as superfluous or so narrowly that the framers would have just put "diplomats" and been done with it. We should also prevail on the grounds that the extant interpretation yields an obscenely absurd result of the nation's immigration being entirely at the whims of foreigners who either break our laws regarding territorial sovereignty or commit a species of fraud with birth tourism without reasonable control. However my Spidey sense is that this is that this goes bad in a 6-3 or 7-2 against the administration. Alito/Thomas and maybe the Bethesda Strangler for the administration. I just don't think that Roberts will want the Court stripping citizenship from millions of people (who shouldn't have it) for the Court's "legitimacy" (as Article III crumbles around him by way of lunatic District Court injunctions).

Posted by: Alec Leamas at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (ssz2a)

248 Uh, think you are in the wrong place - this isn't DU.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM


More like Stormfront, but, yeah. F*ck off, troll.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (bFu5X)

249 If we get a favorable ruling from the SC, would we be able to expel all the Jews?
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Inshallah, amirite?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)

250 Posted by: Hopeful at April 01, 2026 01:04 PM (eeCgU)



You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (Zz0t1)

251 Blueskyers abandoned twitter to avoid the toxicity, only to discover that they *were* the toxicity.

-
Karens gotta Karen.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

252 Learn about compounding growth, and then get back to me.

Every penny anyone's paid into it has been spent at least 7 times by Congress, so there is nothing to compound. "There is no lock box" was a known fact 40 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (2ocoG)

253 I just don't think that Roberts will want the Court stripping citizenship from millions of people (who shouldn't have it) for the Court's "legitimacy" (as Article III crumbles around him by way of lunatic District Court injunctions).


they can rule that they won't do that, that the new understanding starts after the ruling.

I think that makes the most sense. avoids craziness and yet is the correct ruling.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (j+aD2)

254 I saw Rodan fight Godzilla...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ynpvh)
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off the shoulder of Orion?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (Q4cxx)

255 Dammit

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Y1sOo)

256 Also I will never not be infuriated by the sheer gall of the people who found a right to Gay Marriage in the 14th Amendment strictly parsing the text "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" like Hasidic Rabbis.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (ssz2a)

257 "But if you take the strict meaning of the 14th, I don't see them reversing all the prior reasoning and saying, "but here, let's allow the broadest, most expansive meaning of the statute."

And an outcome of anchor babies, is the Chinese tourist baby industry, which brings their new American Baby back to China to be subjects of the CCP, from which they can emerge 18 years later as voting Americans (and still probably not subject to American law). This is just surrender of our country to foreign powers.

I hear a lot of middle class Mexicans have been doing the same thing for decades ... have the baby here for the future benefits, but move back home to Mexico (under whose laws they were always subject).

Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (vbXSk)

258 And the only way to solve it - barring a miracle - is to shrink government spending. And that means the Big three: Medicare/Medicaid, SS, military.
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 01:02 PM (fq8Zx)


What the fuck is wrong with you? The government set up SS, so those who worked for 55+ years suddenly deserve nothing? Poor American Citizens don't deserve medical care? Veterans don't deserve, what, fucking anything?

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (dmDsy)

259 Every elderly American citizen is a burden on the treasury.

Medicare and Social Security ain't free and regardless of what those uncs have told you, they have not paid into the system enough to fund it.
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:57 PM (fq8Zx)


***raises paw***

I would argue that if every senior had been allowed to invest their 6 1/2% contribution into the system, ALONG WITH THE 6 1/2% REQUIRED TO BE CONTRIBUTED BY THEIR EMPLOYER, rather than allowing Congress to take it from them under force of law and telling us to "trust them" to keep it safe, EVERY senior citizen would have enough saved up to cover those costs.

It chaps my hide when people act like people who have been paying into the system their entire working lives are somehow not allowed to reap the benefit of their contributions.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (SRRAx)

260 Did ya'll see that CAIR demands Elissa Slotkin apologize for appearing on Maher's show?

They are here and are taking over.

Posted by: fourseasons

TDS Elissa?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (ndZc7)

261 "...the Court's legitimacy..."

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*points and laughs*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (RIvkX)

262 And the only way to solve it - barring a miracle - is to shrink government spending. And that means the Big three: Medicare/Medicaid, SS, military.
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 01:02 PM (fq8Zx)

It’s laughable you consider the military to be one of the “big three”. Now I agree…we should spend money there more efficiently. I cannot understand why logistical chains cannot be more unified. That would save tons of money and time. But it’s laughable to consider that one of our bigger expenses. (But it should be the biggest. Government isn’t here to give you a doctor or a pension. It exists to kill people.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (z/ZK2)

263 bald-faced

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (ZxPkt)

264 The best reply was the one by the tranny claiming that their parents had already killed them. Either that's profound mental illness or the best troll ever.
Posted by: Ian S.


They probably called zer by his dead name.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (sUjod)

265 things are going to change I can feel it

within the next decade the very concept of birth tourism will be fully anathema

the fact that we are thinking about this at all is incredible progress

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (j+aD2)

266 Also I will never not be infuriated by the sheer gall of the people who found a right to Gay Marriage in the 14th Amendment strictly parsing the text "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" like Hasidic Rabbis.

Hasidic Rabbis have *nothing* on lawyer Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (2ocoG)

267 252 Learn about compounding growth, and then get back to me.

Every penny anyone's paid into it has been spent at least 7 times by Congress, so there is nothing to compound. "There is no lock box" was a known fact 40 years ago.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (2ocoG)

Debt also compounds...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (ynpvh)

268 Uh, think you are in the wrong place - this isn't DU.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM

More like Stormfront, but, yeah. F*ck off, troll.


There's a difference?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (+9wcF)

269 The concept of birthright citizenship is one of the most batshit insane bits of legal fuckery that has ever been shit out of our judicial branch in history and everyone that advocates for it is a retard.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (oqH4h)

270 Inshallah, amirite?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:07 PM (RIvkX)


Probably not. Posting from near Nashville, so my guess it is some retard who got beaten up by a Jewish kid in 6th grade.

But mostly...retard.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:11 PM (n9ltV)

271 Does anyone understand that SS is a transfer payment?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:11 PM (z/ZK2)

272 So has Jumanji Brown Jackson humiliated herself yet ?

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You mean today?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:12 PM (ndZc7)

273
Probably not. Posting from near Nashville, so my guess it is some retard who got beaten up by a Jewish kid in 6th grade.

But mostly...retard.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:11 PM (n9ltV)



Remember, a bunch of hollywood agents moved to Nashville and destroyed the country music industry, so he's likely a transplant racist from California.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Zz0t1)

274 And the only way to solve it - barring a miracle - is to shrink government spending. And that means the Big three: Medicare/Medicaid, SS, military.

I believe Hegseth said recently that the military is something like 10 or 15% of the total budget. This ain't the 1970s anymore when the Pentagon was the biggest of businesses.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG)

275 Wow.....damn back pain.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:12 PM (Zz0t1)

276 265 things are going to change I can feel it

within the next decade the very concept of birth tourism will be fully anathema

the fact that we are thinking about this at all is incredible progress
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM (j+aD2)


I like it!

Posted by: Denny Crane - Come See My On The Balcony To Discuss Your Newsletter. at April 01, 2026 01:12 PM (dmDsy)

277 and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" like Hasidic Rabbis.
Posted by: Alec Leamas


Another "subject to the jurisdiction thereof"?
Try to force a wetback to sign up for selective service.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:12 PM (sUjod)

278 ]63 please stop saying 'methinks'

pet peeve, ymmv
Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 12:49 PM (ZxPkt)

What, you have a peeve with The Bard? I'll have you know, I only quote from the best!

***adjusts sash, straightens tiara, stomps off in a huff***

Methinks yon Don Black, also yclept Frauncis, hath need to alighten his heart.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (Riz8t)

279 What if Trump glares at one of the Justices? Or even, gulp, the Chief Justice?

Looks like we might be in for a constitutional crisis!!!

Posted by: No Name Today at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (8mulE)

280 263 bald-faced
Posted by: Don Black


I'm not a smart man.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (abIsI)

281 Uh, think you are in the wrong place - this isn't DU.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:06 PM

More like Stormfront, but, yeah. F*ck off, troll.

There's a difference?
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 01, 2026 01:10 PM


Umm...these days? Your point is valid.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (bFu5X)

282 256 Also I will never not be infuriated by the sheer gall of the people who found a right to Gay Marriage in the 14th Amendment strictly parsing the text "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" like Hasidic Rabbis.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (ssz2a)
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They've been doing that with "...shall not be infringed" for nearly 100 years.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (oqH4h)

283 The whole point of the "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" line was to make it clear that this did not apply to foreigners, who are subject to the jurisdiction of a foreign sovereign.
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The plaintiffs are trying to say that only was meant to exclude ambassadors and diplomats.
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As noted above, SCROTUS will decide if the entire fricken world is subject to US jurisdiction.

If YES then start drafting the whole of central / south America and send their asses tonwar.

Posted by: Operator Error at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (Hh5dq)

284 Every penny anyone's paid into it has been spent at least 7 times by Congress, so there is nothing to compound.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (2ocoG)


That's not the point. The government took money that could have been invested into retirement accounts, and everyone would have been better off...by a lot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (n9ltV)

285 F*ck me to my face.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (Zz0t1)

286
Could they rule against Trump?* Yeah.
But if you take the strict meaning of the 14th, I don't see them reversing all the prior reasoning and saying, "but here, let's allow the broadest, most expansive meaning of the statute."

*look at the tariff opinion. The left wanted a broad rule of all tariffs and no power to declare emergency. But the opinion was, "in this narrow circumstance, under this statute only. And oh yeah, we're not going to deal with the consequences of this ruling (refunds)."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Roberts likes kicking the can down the road. And has done so repeatedly, like his Obamacare decision and the abortion decisions, it kicked the can to Congress and the states respectively to deal with.

In this case, Roberts and ACB can kick the can to Congress to let them deal with it. That removes the political 'taint' in their minds to what they are doing.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

287 282 256 Also I will never not be infuriated by the sheer gall of the people who found a right to Gay Marriage in the 14th Amendment strictly parsing the text "and subject to the jurisdiction thereof" like Hasidic Rabbis.
Posted by: Alec Leamas at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (ssz2a)
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They've been doing that with "...shall not be infringed" for nearly 100 years.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (oqH4h)

All rights are equal, but some are more equal than others...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:14 PM (ynpvh)

288 >>Try to force a wetback to sign up for selective service.


If this is the test, Women can't be citizens and should justifiably lose the right to vote.

No argument from this quarter.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:14 PM (0CqYd)

289 please stop saying 'methinks'
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So what is the plural of methink?!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 01:14 PM (Q4cxx)

290 If the Court just says birthright citizenship just means you need to be born here, then the administration would be within its right to shut down all forms of immigration and visits as being a security threat. The admin would be within its right to ultrasound all foreign visitors to see if pregnant and not allow in if they are.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 01:14 PM (sX1BW)

291 I think that crack to the head he took shortly after being confirmed did more to Roberts than anyone realized.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:14 PM (Zz0t1)

292 284 Every penny anyone's paid into it has been spent at least 7 times by Congress, so there is nothing to compound.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (2ocoG)

That's not the point. The government took money that could have been invested into retirement accounts, and everyone would have been better off...by a lot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (n9ltV)

It does that with other taxes too. Hardly an argument for continuing the destructive cycle.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 01:14 PM (okun6)

293 Every elderly American citizen is a burden on the treasury.

Medicare and Social Security ain't free and regardless of what those uncs have told you, they have not paid into the system enough to fund it.
Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 12:57 PM (fq8Zx)

I agree with you! It’s why I said the elderly have a duty to die!

Posted by: Gov Richard Lamm at April 01, 2026 01:15 PM (z/ZK2)

294 Every penny anyone's paid into it has been spent at least 7 times by Congress, so there is nothing to compound.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:08 PM (2ocoG)

That's not the point. The government took money that could have been invested into retirement accounts, and everyone would have been better off...by a lot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo


Took it under threat of gun and I didn't get a vote on it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:15 PM (sUjod)

295 At some point Mrs. F. is going to ask me to slice the brisket and I will turn to her and say

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:15 PM (RIvkX)

296 Remember the shitstorm when GWB suggested SS be privatized and people allowed to invest in their own retirement futures?


Good times......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Zz0t1)

297 The government took money that could have been invested into retirement accounts, and everyone would have been better off...by a lot.

There's a simple way to determine if SS is a good deal. Does the government allow you to opt out or invest your money in a personal account which your kids could inherit? No? Then it's not.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)

298 please stop saying 'methinks'
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So what is the plural of methink?!
Posted by: Axeman


Wethinks.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (sUjod)

299 In this case, Roberts and ACB can kick the can to Congress to let them deal with it. That removes the political 'taint' in their minds to what they are doing.

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They could and they may, and that may be the best we could hope for.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (sX1BW)

300 At some point Mrs. F. is going to ask me to slice the brisket and I will turn to her and say
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:15 PM (RIvkX)




......but you will blow me first.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Zz0t1)

301 I hear a lot of middle class Mexicans have been doing the same thing for decades ... have the baby here for the future benefits, but move back home to Mexico (under whose laws they were always subject).
Posted by: illiniwek at April 01, 2026 01:09 PM (vbXSk)

While I was stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX, I remember hearing that there was an express lane at the El Paso border checkpoint for students to attend school.

Let that one sink in a moment.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (6XIEG)

302 please stop saying 'methinks'
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So what is the plural of methink?!
Posted by: Axeman


Wethinks.


In San Francisco, it's xethinks.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

303 wasn't Plyler about providing education benefits for itinerant farm worker's children from Mexico?

Texas didn't want to go along with Carter's demand to accommodate all children into local schools.

Next thing you know itinerant workers have citizen rights in 1986.

Posted by: DanMan at April 01, 2026 01:17 PM (8uzBS)

304 It does that with other taxes too. Hardly an argument for continuing the destructive cycle.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 01:14 PM (okun6)


Huh? It is an argument against SS. Where do you get that it is in support of it?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (n9ltV)

305 That's not the point. The government took money that could have been invested into retirement accounts, and everyone would have been better off...by a lot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Sunk cost. The question is how to move forward and companies destroying pension plans means that for voters, the alternative is a rickety Social Security system or defined contribution 401k plans.

We have seen what happens in a natural experiment. How many people fully fund their 401k plans voluntarily? For most, it is always the devil of spending money today versus saving it for tomorrow. Make the future really uncertain, people will rationally spend today to avoid uncertainty.

And inevitably, those private piggybanks are just like Social Security, looked at by politicians as a way to grab it and spend it for their reelection, power, and wealth.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (E4rtv)

306 please stop saying 'methinks'

Please stop saying "A bite to eat." WTF does that actually mean.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (abIsI)

307 >>In San Francisco, it's xethinks.


Hethinks

Shefeelz

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (0CqYd)

308 This ruling should help bring forward the dual citizenship question and why that is bad.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (sX1BW)

309 95 Trump Becomes First Sitting President to Attend Supreme Court Oral Arguments

I believe that Obama showed up for the Obamacare oral argument.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 01, 2026 12:37 PM (n1OCj)

No, he GAVE oral during the Obamacare argument, to Justice Roberts I believe. Still a first, but not the one you think.

Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (7gpcF)

310 ......but you will blow me first.
Posted by: Mel Gibson at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Zz0t1)
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Newsletter, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (RIvkX)

311 Roberts likes kicking the can down the road. And has done so repeatedly, like his Obamacare decision and the abortion decisions, it kicked the can to Congress and the states respectively to deal with.

In this case, Roberts and ACB can kick the can to Congress to let them deal with it. That removes the political 'taint' in their minds to what they are doing.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

Which is what I have thought they will do since this case started. They won't rule based on the merits; they'll rule that the President has not the authority to make this change on his own through an EO.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (/QdgR)

312

They didnt like that due to the rackets they created, see Minnesota and California.

That's why they were mad, trilions at stake.

It's all fucking fake.


Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (et1vG)

313 251 Blueskyers abandoned twitter to avoid the toxicity, only to discover that they *were* the toxicity.
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Karens gotta Karen.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

You can basically see them debating in person if you YouTube the recent Canadian NDP meeting.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (JCZqz)

314 The government took money that could have been invested into retirement accounts, and everyone would have been better off...by a lot.

Ok, good. I'm glad you weren't trying to make the "FDR was the Second Coming and all the money I paid in is in a lockbox waiting for me" slop that a lot of folks over 59 still believe. (Those of us merely over 29 all have private retirement accounts, I hope).

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)

315 At some point Mrs. F. is going to ask me to slice the brisket and I will turn to her and say
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 01:15 PM


"...is that what the kids are calling it these days?"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (bFu5X)

316 There's a simple way to determine if SS is a good deal. Does the government allow you to opt out or invest your money in a personal account which your kids could inherit? No? Then it's not.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)


That's a change that can, and should be made...tomorrow.

For now, we have an obligation to the generations that have been "forced" to pay into Social Security.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Hey, I Have Enough For Myself, But I'm Thinking Of My Mother! at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (dmDsy)

317
Methinks say what you want.

We have way bigger problems in our country.

Posted by: fourseasons at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (3ek7K)

318 >>We have seen what happens in a natural experiment. How many people fully fund their 401k plans voluntarily?


401Ks are every bit as Coercive as Taxation.

There is no reason your Investments should be slaved to the Market.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (0CqYd)

319 The timing of de-throning Cesar Chavez was right on time - now, the Solicitor General can't quote what he said about illegal aliens.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (Vpqw1)

320 Not in abstention, mind you...but under our Tax Code.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:20 PM (0CqYd)

321 No, he GAVE oral during the Obamacare argument, to Justice Roberts I believe. Still a first, but not the one you think.
Posted by: Nelly at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (7gpcF)


*two thumbs up*

Posted by: Denny Crane - Hey, Have a Drink On Me! at April 01, 2026 01:21 PM (dmDsy)

322 Supreme court oral arguments against birthright citizenship were given by Solicitor General John Sauer, whose speaking voice sounds like Wally Cox.

Who thought it would be a good idea to have Wally Cox argue against birthright citizenship?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 01, 2026 01:21 PM (y171U)

323 Which is what I have thought they will do since this case started. They won't rule based on the merits; they'll rule that the President has not the authority to make this change on his own through an EO.
Posted by: Tom Servo

That might not be sufficient, and the other justices (on both sides) might push back. I think they'll have to at least give some indication of what the constitutional/14th amendment floor is: who, at a minimum, is guaranteed birthright citizenship, with congress allowed to expand.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 01, 2026 01:21 PM (JCZqz)

324 That's a change that can, and should be made...tomorrow.

For now, we have an obligation to the generations that have been "forced" to pay into Social Security.


No argument. Had W been able to open personal accounts when he proposed them, I'd be far, far better off today, AND I could leave that money to my grandkids.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t)

325 When I opted to take SS, I determined that I have to draw 22 years to break even on what I paid in. I've been drawing for 5. It might be a bit less since they keep bumping the payments but I guess that is canceled out by interest and inflation.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

326 401Ks are every bit as Coercive as Taxation.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (0CqYd)
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My employer won't send armed men to my house to force me to fully fund my 401(k) plan, so no, they aren't.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (oqH4h)

327 316 There's a simple way to determine if SS is a good deal. Does the government allow you to opt out or invest your money in a personal account which your kids could inherit? No? Then it's not.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)


That's a change that can, and should be made...tomorrow.

For now, we have an obligation to the generations that have been "forced" to pay into Social Security.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Hey, I Have Enough For Myself, But I'm Thinking Of My Mother! at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (dmDsy)

SS has always been a Ponzi scheme, only legal because the Gov't runs it and doesn't allow competition.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ynpvh)

328 401Ks are every bit as Coercive as Taxation.

There is no reason your Investments should be slaved to the Market.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (0CqYd)


We aren't forced to contribute to 401(k) plans. We are forced to contribute to SS.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (n9ltV)

329 >>My employer won't send armed men to my house to force me to fully fund my 401(k) plan, so no, they aren't.


The Feds will send Armed Men to your Employer if they fail to send in your Contribution.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (0CqYd)

330 "please stop saying 'methinks'"

Methinketh is more technically precise.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (Vpqw1)

331 326 401Ks are every bit as Coercive as Taxation.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (0CqYd)
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My employer won't send armed men to my house to force me to fully fund my 401(k) plan, so no, they aren't.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (oqH4h)

And you don't have to contribute to them unless you want to...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (ynpvh)

332 No, he GAVE oral during the Obamacare argument, to Justice Roberts I believe. Still a first, but not the one you think.

I thought the allegation from that one dude who claims to have tasted Obama's rainbow is that he really gets off on having white-haired white men blow him. And given Roberts I would completely believe *that* version of events at SCOTUS.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (2ocoG)

333
Learn about compounding growth, and then get back to me.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 01:05 PM (n9ltV)
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Only thing compounding is our debt. 32 trillion. Let me know when you can wrap your head around that figure. I cannot.

Posted by: Diabeetus at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (fq8Zx)

334 "please stop saying 'methinks'"

Methinketh is more technically precise.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM


Verily.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (4NO2D)

335 Meanwhile, in El Lay . . .

New York Post
@nypost
Copper crooks gut internet, kill street lights in Van Nuys heist

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Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass believes solar-powered streetlights will make it harder for thieves to swoop in and plunge neighborhoods into the dark.

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Yeah, let 'em steal sunshine!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (ndZc7)

336 308 This ruling should help bring forward the dual citizenship question and why that is bad.
Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 01:18 PM (sX1BW)


***stares incredulously***
***laughs uproariously***
***wanders off, sadly shaking head***

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (SRRAx)

337 The Feds will send Armed Men to your Employer if they fail to send in your Contribution.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (0CqYd)
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Corporations aren't forced to offer them, either.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (oqH4h)

338 There is no reason your Investments should be slaved to the Market.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (0CqYd)

Um…

Everything is.

Unless you want communism.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (z/ZK2)

339 >>We aren't forced to contribute to 401(k) plans. We are forced to contribute to SS.


You are forced to use a 401K rather than any other vehicle of Investment, should you choose.

It's a bullshit carveout to force participation in a specific market.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (0CqYd)

340 330 "please stop saying 'methinks'"

Methinketh is more technically precise.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (Vpqw1)

Hmm. Me Think this too much.

Posted by: So Easy a Caveman Can Do it at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (ynpvh)

341 401Ks are every bit as Coercive as Taxation.

There is no reason your Investments should be slaved to the Market.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (0CqYd)


Well..... you can pick your investment options, bonds for instance? Other security types not tied to the market? At the very least, you have some options with a 401K.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:24 PM (dmDsy)

342 There is a better chance of Sydney Sweeny showing up nekkid at my front door than ACB or Roberts getting rid of birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:24 PM (IlFr/)

343 They could and they may, and that may be the best we could hope for.
Posted by: SH (no more socks)
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Ironically, Scotus has been pretty solid in immigration cases (obscured by lower courts Resist crap) and has continually ruled in favor of congressional laws that restrict even the court's abilities to interfere.

Immigration and naturalization is a direct enumerated power in Article I, Section 8 for Congress. "To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization".

And kicking the can to Congress of the mess is appealing to Justices like ACB, Roberts, or perhaps even Kavanaugh or Gorsuch. It has A) strong legal precedents buttressing the idea that Congress make immigration law, B) historically accurate, C) politically removes Scotus from the inevitable wailing and retaliation by the left.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)

344 The Feds will send Armed Men to your Employer if they fail to send in your Contribution.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (0CqYd)

To a 401(k)?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (z/ZK2)

345 338 There is no reason your Investments should be slaved to the Market.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (0CqYd)

Um…

Everything is.

Unless you want communism.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (z/ZK2)

Just depends on WHICH market. Stocks? Bonds? Real Estate? Comic Books? Pokemon Cards? Tulip Bulbs?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

346 329 >>My employer won't send armed men to my house to force me to fully fund my 401(k) plan, so no, they aren't.


The Feds will send Armed Men to your Employer if they fail to send in your Contribution.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (0CqYd)

Employers don't have to do a match. IRAs are an option if employers don't offer some sort of 401k.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (okun6)

347 344 The Feds will send Armed Men to your Employer if they fail to send in your Contribution.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (0CqYd)

To a 401(k)?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (z/ZK2)

If the Gov't takes them over, then yes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (ynpvh)

348 Yeah, let 'em steal sunshine!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (ndZc7)

You asked for it.

youtube.com/watch?v=E1fzJ_AYajA

Posted by: Catchy at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (TbWk/)

349 You can basically see them debating in person if you YouTube the recent Canadian NDP meeting.
Posted by: Moron Analyst

Best SNL skit ever!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM (ndZc7)

350 >>And you don't have to contribute to them unless you want to...


What does the 401k carve out do to the employment market? It certainly has a measurable outcome.

It's coercion, the whole way down. The fact that it is not direct coercion from the Gov't to the Individual does not mean it is not coercive.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:26 PM (0CqYd)

351 And kicking the can to Congress of the mess is appealing to Justices like ACB, Roberts, or perhaps even Kavanaugh or Gorsuch. It has A) strong legal precedents buttressing the idea that Congress make immigration law, B) historically accurate, C) politically removes Scotus from the inevitable wailing and retaliation by the left.
Posted by: whig


And then Congress simply ignores their duty.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:26 PM (sUjod)

352 You are forced to use a 401K rather than any other vehicle of Investment, should you choose.

It's a bullshit carveout to force participation in a specific market.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:23 PM (0CqYd)

Where does this happen?

You can refuse to participate in one and invest however you please. You can buy baseball cards instead and no one can stop you.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:26 PM (z/ZK2)

353 I can't believe this is real:

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
55m
🚨 JUST IN: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Jackson argues for illegal aliens having birthright citizenship by saying if she steals somebody's wallet in Japan, she has "allegiance" to that country

She has to freaking go. This is absurd. Actually.

"I was thinking, you know, I'm a U.S. citizen, am visiting Japan. And what it means is that, you know, if I steal someone's wallet in Japan, the Japanese authorities can arrest me and prosecute me. It's allegiance, meaning can they control you as a matter of law?"

"So there's this relationship based on—even though I'm a temporary traveler, I'm just on vacation in Japan, I'm still locally owing allegiance in that sense. Is that the right way to think about it?"

"And if so, doesn't that explain why both temporary residents and undocumented people would have that kind of, quote-unquote, allegiance, just by virtue of being in the United States?"

I guess it is April Fools 🤡🤡🤡

Posted by: beckster at April 01, 2026 01:26 PM (kX27y)

354 >>Just depends on WHICH market. Stocks? Bonds? Real Estate? Comic Books? Pokemon Cards? Tulip Bulbs?


This is my point.

You don't have the choice of investment vehicles.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (0CqYd)

355 Significantly cutting benefits to current SS recipients will not happen before the Burning Time.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (4NO2D)

356 It's coercion, the whole way down. The fact that it is not direct coercion from the Gov't to the Individual does not mean it is not coercive.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:26 PM (0CqYd)

If you do not have to participate, how is it coercive?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (z/ZK2)

357 Not that any of this has to do with law debates, but it simply can't be the "where" of a birth and must be the "who" you were born of.

That doesn't seem to be an argument of either side that I could hear. But I don't read submissions to the court either, so maybe.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (n5tGW)

358 >>You can refuse to participate in one and invest however you please. You can buy baseball cards instead and no one can stop you.


Can you get your employer to match your Baseball Card Invesment?

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (0CqYd)

359 339 >>We aren't forced to contribute to 401(k) plans. We are forced to contribute to SS.


You are forced to use a 401K rather than any other vehicle of Investment, should you choose.

It's a bullshit carveout to force participation in a specific market.

Posted by: garrett
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My point is that you will still have a societal problem---most people, when given an option, choose not to invest for the future (think the average balance in 401k's is something like 50,000).

Grossly insufficient to retire or pay medical bills as the elderly. People arguing against the current compulsory Social Security and Medicare have a political problem that if the GOP does not fill the space, the Dems certainly will.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

360 And kicking the can to Congress of the mess is appealing to Justices like ACB, Roberts, or perhaps even Kavanaugh or Gorsuch. It has A) strong legal precedents buttressing the idea that Congress make immigration law, B) historically accurate, C) politically removes Scotus from the inevitable wailing and retaliation by the left.

-----------------

The upside is in doing so, it actually strengthens what the admin can do vis a vis immigration.

The other upside is it puts a big political issue front and center on the table, one that likely favors Trump.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (sX1BW)

361 I expect the gynecological Justices to vote against him
Roberts too
I'm calling it 5-4 against the Preznit, maybe even 6-3
Posted by: Don Black
+++
I kinda think it's redundant to say Roberts too.
Pretty sure he's included in the gynecological judges.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (Lo97M)

362 >>If you do not have to participate, how is it coercive?


You lose potential benefits if you do not participate.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (0CqYd)

363 Technically due to Senate GOP assholes keeping the Senate in technical session, any member COULD make a quorum call if they have the floor and if Vance is there to sustain the motion, then as a privileged motion, he can actually send the Senate's Sergeant at Arms to 'arrest' any member and return them to the Senate Chamber.

Best done by someone retiring that does not give a shit about working with his or her 'colleagues' in the future as it would kick over an anthill.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)


Thanks! Not what I was hoping to hear, but it would be more than fair to ruin Thune's vacation as punishment for deceitful gaming of the system. "Should've let it go into recess, bruh."

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (Sy6m/)

364
Trump walking in conjures the movie Godfather II where the guys brother is flown in from Italy and sits down in the audience, causing the witness to suddenly get amnesia.

I like Trumps style.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (IifOV)

365 This is my point.

You don't have the choice of investment vehicles.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (0CqYd)

And it’s lame.

You can refuse to participate and invest where you damn well please. Your choice is not to invest in a 401(k) and go elsewhere. If you can’t understand that, sorry.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (z/ZK2)

366 You can refuse to participate in one and invest however you please. You can buy baseball cards instead and no one can stop you.


Form BCITs!

Baseball
Card
Investment
Trusts

Posted by: Nevermind, Blackrock will just buy them all at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (TbWk/)

367 JUST IN: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Jackson argues for illegal aliens having birthright citizenship by saying if she steals somebody's wallet in Japan, she has "allegiance" to that country

She has to freaking go. This is absurd. Actually


This broad is stupid. Actually, quantifiably, stupid.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (sUjod)

368 In a twisted way, I got lucky on SSI benefits. When wifey died, I had two children under 18. They (really I) received her dependent benefits monthly for ten years. It was an absolute shit ton of $$$ over that time period. One more reason the fund has been bankrupt since the beginning.

Posted by: Wesley at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (cYBz/)

369 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (Zz0t1)

370 350 >>And you don't have to contribute to them unless you want to...


What does the 401k carve out do to the employment market? It certainly has a measurable outcome.

It's coercion, the whole way down. The fact that it is not direct coercion from the Gov't to the Individual does not mean it is not coercive.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:26 PM (0CqYd)

Our tax system is voluntary, but don't pay and the IRS will take you house, your car, and your little doggy too. This does not happen with 401Ks. You can say "NO", and they can't force you to make use of them. That said, it seems, to a great extent, foolish not to make use of a 401K with employer match...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (ynpvh)

371 Off asshoe sock!!

Posted by: Tonypete at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (cYBz/)

372 Feds will send Armed Men to your Employer if they fail to send in your Contribution.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (0CqYd)


And they should. Because if you contribute to a 401k and your employer keeps the money that’s theft.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (IlFr/)

373 You lose potential benefits if you do not participate.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:28 PM (0CqYd)

This has never happened to me anywhere I have worked. Ever.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (z/ZK2)

374 SS has always been a Ponzi scheme, only legal because the Gov't runs it and doesn't allow competition.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ynpvh)

It did become one, yes, when some Administration decided to start using SS money to fund other government programs... but that fact does not allow for the government to renege on the promise they made when they took our money by force.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (dmDsy)

375 This is my point.

You don't have the choice of investment vehicles.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (0CqYd)
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I can decline to do anything with my 401(k) and invest all of my money in a local dildo manufacturer if I want. I don't understand the point you're trying to make here.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (oqH4h)

376 Big Mouf Bass leaps into action!

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass believes solar-powered streetlights will make it harder for thieves to swoop in and plunge neighborhoods into the dark.


"Luddites and anti-intellectuals do not master the differential equations of thermodynamics or the biochemical cures of illness. They stay in thatched huts and die young.” – Edward O. Wilson

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (SRRAx)

377 Another "subject to the jurisdiction thereof"?
Try to force a wetback to sign up for selective service.
Posted by: rickb223

Instead of turning them around at the border or signing up for the draft itbis right straight into the Wetback Battalions. Every forth man gets a weapon. Charge@

Posted by: Operator Error at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (Hh5dq)

378 367 JUST IN: SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Jackson argues for illegal aliens having birthright citizenship by saying if she steals somebody's wallet in Japan, she has "allegiance" to that country

She has to freaking go. This is absurd. Actually


This broad is stupid. Actually, quantifiably, stupid.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 01:29 PM (sUjod)

If Tim Walz steals tampons from a men's room, does that make him a citizen of the toilet?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:31 PM (ynpvh)

379 "She's got better days aside..."

Posted by: Boswell at April 01, 2026 01:31 PM (V7158)

380 My employer used to coerce me to go to his business by paying me to be there.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 01:31 PM (4NO2D)

381 A 401k without an employer match is kinda dumb. You can invest the money yourself in an IRA and have a lot kore flexibility.

Also dumb is NOT using a 401k with an employer match. You’re giving up free money.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:31 PM (IlFr/)

382 Ironically, Scotus has been pretty solid in immigration cases (obscured by lower courts Resist crap) and has continually ruled in favor of congressional laws that restrict even the court's abilities to interfere.

Immigration and naturalization is a direct enumerated power in Article I, Section 8 for Congress. "To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization".

And kicking the can to Congress of the mess is appealing to Justices like ACB, Roberts, or perhaps even Kavanaugh or Gorsuch. It has A) strong legal precedents buttressing the idea that Congress make immigration law, B) historically accurate, C) politically removes Scotus from the inevitable wailing and retaliation by the left.
Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:25 PM


But if the narrow question is what the language of the 14th amendment actually means wrt birthright citizenship, it would be difficult for the Court to say, with a straight face*, that Congress gets to decide that constitutional question and the Court doesn't. Which would they rather do...blow up birthright citizenship with a sound legal argument, or essentially overturn Marbury v. Madison?

*yeah, yeah...I know.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 01:31 PM (bFu5X)

383 And then Congress simply ignores their duty.
Posted by: rickb223
=========
Dunno, the Overton Window is going away from Open Borders across the West. The left and their globo homo ruling class are trying to fight that but increasingly the facts on the ground are shifting the debate toward ending it.

Trump is good at making opponents pick the 20 percent option (and that would be like Action Jackson's stupid remark above) and then beating them about the head with it.

And Trump does have power of admittance and this will supercharge deportation under existing power and to deny for example, pregnant foreigners from admittance and airfare to the US.

He knows how to bring pain to his opponents and is likely to continue doing that for three years.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)

384 >>And they should. Because if you contribute to a 401k and your employer keeps the money that’s theft.


What if your employer is 100% Benevolent and invests that money itself, with the only intent is that the principle and profts are exclusively for you?

Feds are still gonna kick down their doors to get their bite.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (0CqYd)

385 It did become one, yes, when some Administration decided to start using SS money to fund other government programs... but that fact does not allow for the government to renege on the promise they made when they took our money by force.

No, SS is a Ponzi scheme by its original definition. It didn't have some better intent that was overruled later. Take off the Democrat colored glasses.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (2ocoG)

386 374 SS has always been a Ponzi scheme, only legal because the Gov't runs it and doesn't allow competition.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ynpvh)

It did become one, yes, when some Administration decided to start using SS money to fund other government programs... but that fact does not allow for the government to renege on the promise they made when they took our money by force.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (dmDsy)

It comes down to you and what army. Gov't can be extremely coercive, and going against it often leaves you, even if correct and righteous, in tatters.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (ynpvh)

387 A: STARSHIP TROOPERs -- citizenship is not a birthright; it is a status earned

"The difference between a civilian and a citizen? A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic, of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not."


"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory" -- Shameless Politico THUG, Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China. Not just Mistaken, EVIL. PERIOD.

A World Safe for Socialism? needs de-bugging. no more Iraqnid's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV_IPiVDdLc

forWAR'dv!!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (K9ch3)

388 199. Every elderly American citizen is a burden on the treasury.

Medicare and Social Security ain't free and regardless of what those uncs have told you, they have not paid into the system enough to fund it.
Posted by: Diabeetus

Have long have you paid into the system to-date?

What is your argument for the many union pensions that are or have been underfunded and then must be bailed out on the US taxpayers' dime?

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) itself had to be backstopped after bailing out and stabilizing
how many multi-employer union pensions?

"The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) stabilized the PBGC's multiemployer insurance program, extending its solvency from 2026 to 2055. It established the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program, providing $74–$91 billion to failing multiemployer pension plans, securing benefits for over 3 million workers."

Taxpayer funded, dear, for the 'working' and for the retired and their families.

By he way, NOT every retiree receives Social Security or goes onto Medicare, but do not single out those that have as worthless and a burden on the society that they've also supported.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (NFX2v)

389 You don't have the choice of investment vehicles.
Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:27 PM (0CqYd)


Yes you do! Dude, do you even have a 401K?

And if so, haven't you looked into the myriad of investment choices they give you???

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (dmDsy)

390 >>I can decline to do anything with my 401(k) and invest all of my money in a local dildo manufacturer if I want. I don't understand the point you're trying to make here.


Will the Feds allow your Employer to match your dildo funding the same way that they allow you to match your 401k?

No. They do not.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (0CqYd)

391 385 It did become one, yes, when some Administration decided to start using SS money to fund other government programs... but that fact does not allow for the government to renege on the promise they made when they took our money by force.

No, SS is a Ponzi scheme by its original definition. It didn't have some better intent that was overruled later. Take off the Democrat colored glasses.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 01, 2026 01:32 PM (2ocoG)

It's really simple...where did the money come from to pay the first recipients of SS? At that point, they hadn't put ANYTHING into it, yet received monies from it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:35 PM (ynpvh)

392 >>And if so, haven't you looked into the myriad of investment choices they give you???


Is that Myriad without limits?

Can you Invest in Beanie Babies under your 401k?

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (0CqYd)

393 But if the narrow question is what the language of the 14th amendment actually means wrt birthright citizenship, it would be difficult for the Court to say, with a straight face*, that Congress gets to decide that constitutional question and the Court doesn't. Which would they rather do...blow up birthright citizenship with a sound legal argument, or essentially overturn Marbury v. Madison?

*yeah, yeah...I know.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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It is less a constitutional question about subject to the jurisdiction thereof, it is a specific fact finding pattern best suited for Congressional definition.

Too tired and too limited to fully make this judicial temperament clear but judicial restraint types that have been the traditional GOPe appointees to courts, believe and claim that courts did too much. And therefore to maintain comity in our system with other branches, it should defer to Congress as to the particulars of policy unless it clearly violates the Constitution. And to determine that, judicial restraint types look toward the original understanding of the language, the subsequent actions by the Court in the past, and only then practical analysis of the problem.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:36 PM (E4rtv)

394 FWIW, I used 401k as a placeholder for Trad IRAs, Roths, 403b, and other deferred tax retirement plans.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:37 PM (E4rtv)

395 I'm old enough to remember when immigrant had to show they would not become a burden to public treasury and could support themselves or had a sponsor with financial resources.

Yes, in the 50s. That was the immigration rules my grandparents came over here with. They were basically indentured servants to their employer and/or sponsor, and they didn't make waves so they wouldn't lost their employment. But it was only for a few years, and then they were free to go wherever they wanted.

Thank the Chappaquidick Kennedy for killing that.
Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:45 PM (gWBY1)

My grandparents immigrated here in the early part of the last century, 1900 to 1907. And the rules were very strict. You had to have employment lined up and be sponsored by a relative or spouse already here. Many of the Hungarian women were employed by the many cigar factories in the Perth Amboy/New Brunswick area. My maternal grandmother was no exception. Found her name on a manifest from 1907, and again on the 1910 census, living in New Brunswick, within walking distance of a cigar factory.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (5xuJ/)

396 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:30 PM (dmDsy)

It comes down to you and what army. Gov't can be extremely coercive, and going against it often leaves you, even if correct and righteous, in tatters.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (ynpvh)


OK, when you boil it down to that, yes. In the end, the very end, the government "owes" you nothing...

My problem is, I believe in America as founded, and regardless of the mistakes made by past rulers, I still do.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:38 PM (dmDsy)

397 I am not making the argument that 401k investments are BAD for the individual. I am making the argument that 401k investments are limiting of the individual.

And that limit has a myriad of downstream effects. One of which is a diverting of liquidity into the specific Market allowed under the 401k rules.

It's forcing that participation through coercion.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:39 PM (0CqYd)

398 The same type of distortion occurs in Insurance markets due to employment rules. And I have the same problem with those.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:41 PM (0CqYd)

399 Will the Feds allow your Employer to match your dildo funding the same way that they allow you to match your 401k?

No. They do not.

Posted by: garrett at April 01, 2026 01:34 PM (0CqYd)


So no employer matching, fine. I'm still investing my money the way I see fit, and don't have to pay the SS tax...


What's wrong with that?

Honestly, man, what is the fucking point you are trying to make here?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 01, 2026 01:42 PM (dmDsy)

400 Oh, and RMB, the last part of judicial restraint is to limit your decision to the narrowest ground possible. The specific case before them is NOT where Congress may or may not find individuals born here as subject to the jurisdiction thereof. The case before them is whether Trump can unilaterally declare a definition.

Given that Congress has already exercised that power regarding Indians, and supported by the dialogue of the 14th Amendment's ratification, and even the Wong Ark Kim decision (legal residency aka domiciled aka resides), easy enough to build a winning coalition that kicks the can to Congress rather than trying to institute a fiat court definition of natural born. For example, Congress is the one that extended that right to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (see Insular Cases), to Indians on reservations, and to the Panama Canal Zone (see the McCain case).

Want to see how the court avoids issues--look up the Guarantee Clause of a Republic. "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government". Then read Luther v. Borden. Court invents the political question doctrine here of justiciability.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)

401 Most 401k options are very high cost mutual funds,
Some of the expense rations are as high as 2%. Which is nuts.

You should only contribute if there’s a match. And only contribute up the maximum match. Contribute to IRA or SEPs and invest in cheap mutual funds.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 01:47 PM (IlFr/)

402 It still allows the children of legal visitors to get citizenship, which is stupid, but at least this would stop 90%+ of these cases.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

Legal visitors are still citizens of another country and subject to the foreign jurisdiction. As are diplomats, etc which it is the intent of the amendment to exclude.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 01:51 PM (8avO+)

403 100 In all honesty, I wish Trump had not chosen this case to sit it. It’s almost like he is trying to make the court show they aren’t intimidated y him so they can’t rule in favor. This one is so important, and we see in the arguments that Roberts is a very weak man, ACB will be a wild card, KBJ is an idiot of the highest order.

Posted by: Piper

They are what they are, why they were 'hired' & that shall not be changed in its current, longtime configuration.

But if not now, when? Bless him.

NYT and others: The President of the United States is not forbidden from attending Supreme Court matters. President Donald Trump made history by becoming the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on April 1, 2026, to watch a case regarding his birthright citizenship executive order.
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BTW, K. Harris' mother's parents were diplomats. Reportedly, she came to the US for education and to avoid arranged marriage.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 01:54 PM (NFX2v)

404 FWIW, 4 Justices had to consider overturning the lower courts in the first place to hear the case.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)

I don't agree.

Roberts and Alito could have wanted to hear it to strike down birthright citizenship.

The women could have wanted to hear it to enshrine birthright citizenship in case law.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 01, 2026 02:03 PM (FmapG)

405 When do they rule on this? June?

Prayers for some to step up and vote for our country for a change.

The birthright industry of illegals crossing the border to hatch a baby, return to their country with the baby and dual citizenship.

Then after 17 or 18yrs of thug life returning here to join a gang. Or vote like a commie.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 01, 2026 02:06 PM (WONhk)

406 Honestly, I'm happy about each and every person that left X.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 02:19 PM (D7v4F)

407 Honestly I think Trump is going to win this one. It is long been understood that the children of ambassadors to this country do not automatically become U.S. citizens. Because they are subject to the laws of a foreign power. Illegals are no different - the law says they are not U.S. citizens, and hence not subject to the constitution. It's why their asylum applications are adjudicated by article II courts, and not article III courts.

My thoughts - Trump wins. Then goes to congress and says, the children of illegals, when they turn 18, are given citizenship. It's a simple matter of congress passing a law. But going forward, anyone dropping a kid here - the kid goes home with you.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (D7v4F)

408 I don't agree.

Roberts and Alito could have wanted to hear it to strike down birthright citizenship.

The women could have wanted to hear it to enshrine birthright citizenship in case law.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
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And the others would do something called defensive denial. Simply put, for the most part, and this has been empirically proven in old docket books, in justice's papers and interviews. It is rare for those wanting to solidify a decision to vote to grant cert. After all, they could lose and enshrine a bad precedent.

That in part, is why 2A advocates are so frustrated with the court and 2A denials of cert are fairly frequent. It is because the justices needed to overturn laws like in NJ, etc. want to make sure they have a winning coalition in the first place.

Trump had already lost at lower courts which had enshrined the globo homo view of drop a kid on US soil, they become a citizen. This is a decision that will overturn the status quo to some degree, my guess is in line with other decisions, a messy plurality will kick it to Congress as the decisionmaker, not the Prezzie.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:26 PM (E4rtv)

409 For anyone that wants to do reading on cert grants, there are quite a few law review articles and you get some game theory from Lee Epstein (I think she is now at Northwestern Law).

I spent time dealing with old Warren court documents at Library of Congress on a research project that ended up going nowhere on agenda setting at the Supreme Court but ended up getting a paper published on it with some co authors.

The old docket books tell a story as well as internal correspondence between the justices and Library of Congress has the largest set of justices' papers. Burger's are at William and Mary but not open until 2033. I think CJ Vinson's are in Univ. of Kentucky Lexington.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)

410 My thoughts - Trump wins. Then goes to congress and says, the children of illegals, when they turn 18, are given citizenship. It's a simple matter of congress passing a law. But going forward, anyone dropping a kid here - the kid goes home with you.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 01, 2026 02:23 PM (D7v4F)

Why should he do any such thing as give free citizenship to children of illegals?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 01, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)

Wednesday Morning Rant

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Declining Standards

There are many reasons that naysayers looked at the prospect of state-sponsored "assisted suicide" with everything from trepidation to open horror. These reasons range from the religious to the moral to the pragmatic, but there have been many objectors wherever such notions have been floated. In this country, it's a state-level consideration. In other countries, like Canada, it's national. More states and countries every year enable it, and the naysayers now have the records of places where it has already been done to point to.

One thing that state-sponsored "assisted suicide" has demonstrated is that on this particular topic, the goalposts aren't merely mobile, they have wheels and powerful engines to propel them down the field. Yesterday, Ace posted an ad from Canada, encouraging that country's flavor of euthanasia (called MAID) by extolling the virtues of offing yourself. In his Morning Rant yesterday, CBD mentioned the legal battle over what became Spain's youngest person killed through its euthanasia program.

In Canada, MAID's goalposts have been moving rapidly. It took just five years for Canada to mash down the accelerator on MAID. When passed in 2016, MAID required a 10-day "reflection period" before a person could be eligible. This was repealed for terminal patients in 2021, and they installed a MAID express lane. There is still a waiting period for MAID's "Track 2" participants - which is for those without "forseeable death" - but it can also be waived. From "death as a mercy" to express-lane, state-sponsored killing in five years. Impressive.

But it doesn't stop there for MAID. MAID still doesn't kill citizens suffering only from mental illness. That is changing. It was supposed to change last year, but there was enough objection that it's been deferred until 2027. But they will get there, and open a whole category of people who can be killed by the state. Sure, it requires consent - but as we see reported frequently, MAID is enthusiastically offered to those seeking medical treatment and - unlike many other medical treatments in Canada - MAID acts fast. The slope is slippery indeed.

Colorado also passed its euthanasia law in 2016. Unlike Canada, it took longer to start moving the goalposts. It wasn't until 2024 that they cut the waiting period in half and added a waiver process to skip the waiting period if the prescriber thinks death is imminent. That same year, Colorado also expanded who can prescribe the drugs to include Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in addition to doctors. This latter change was made specifically to cover doctor-scarce rural areas. Vermont passed its euthanasia law in 2013 and also took longer to start moving the goalposts. In 2022 they "expanded access" by eliminating one of the two waiting periods, allowing remote diagnosis ("telemedicine") and opening eligibility to non-residents. In neither state is it available for mental illness, nor can the doctor administer the drugs - but I will be surprised if it takes more than five years to get there under the banner of "expanded access." After all, neither state made it even a decade before hitting the accelerator.

Then there is Spain. Spain was comparatively late to the party, not legalizing state-sponsored euthanasia until 2021. Spain does still have a waiting period, but also permits it for mental illness. That permission is not explicit, but it is nonetheless permitted. A mere three years after the law's passage, the Spanish parliament attempted to make it explicitly permitted. The attempt failed - probably because it wasn't necessary - but many in Spanish government wanted to make it very clear that they will help you off yourself for mental illness. They learned from their forbears to be expansive, but wanted to make it explicitly expansive just in case they can help shuffle more people into the grave by doing so.

The reason I looked into this further is the same case that CBD discussed yesterday. In that case, a mentally-ill young woman named Noelia Castillo Ramos became the youngest person in Spain to die by assisted suicide, and it was for mental illness that was exacerbated by sexual assault. Her family sued to prevent it, citing mental incompetence. The court ruled that she was competent, and so it proceeded. That makes sense as far is it goes, but I was curious as to why the lawsuit was about competence rather than diagnosis, why the argument was that Ramos couldn't make that choice, rather than because it was for a non-terminal illness. That is when I learned that it needn't be for a terminal - or even physical - illness in Spain. Competence was the only avenue available to fight it.

The press and politicians happily ignored those who objected to these laws. The press wrote off the moral and religious objectors as atavistic cranks, and declared that the pragmatic objectors were arguing in bad faith. The pragmatic objectors to state-sponsored euthanasia are perhaps the most interesting, because they feared exactly this ratcheting expansion even if they didn't have moral or religious objections to the idea of a "mercy killing." The pragmatists were proven correct as everywhere such laws have been implemented, the requirements are subsequently loosened. Wait less. Make diagnosis easier and faster. Expand the list of eligible conditions. Once permitted at all, the steady march toward expansion, acceleration, popularization or - G-d forbid - a mandate immediately began.

Encouraging citizens to die is too great a temptation for the state. Once that door has been opened, it not only can never close, it can only open wider. Whether through misplaced empathy, financial considerations or simple malice, the standards and restrictions always decline and - like abortion - what started as "safe, legal and rare" becomes the heavily-encouraged first choice.

Also, I hope that our Jewish Hordelings have a good Pesach (which begins tonight) and that our Christian Hordelings have a blessed Good Friday and a happy Easter!

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM




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1 rst

Posted by: Reforger at April 01, 2026 11:02 AM (7WnOb)

2 Monkey

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 11:03 AM (eANu3)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 01, 2026 11:03 AM (NcvvS)

5 In other countries, like Canada, it's national. More states and countries every year enable it, and the naysayers now have the records of places where it has already been done to point to.


Canada has euthanized more than it lost in WWII.

That's evil and disgusting.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:04 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Dystopian

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:04 AM (Suwql)

7 Decline of hope.

Predatory.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:04 AM (bss/y)

8 It's murder by numbers
1 2 3
It's as easy to learn
as your A B C

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 11:04 AM (yYROg)

9 Canada has euthanized more than it lost in WWII.


I suppose it accelerates the great replacement; the one that doesn't exist.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

10 In my earlier years I didn't really buy much into the idea that we're in an existential struggle against pure evil, but I'm coming around.

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 11:06 AM (oqH4h)

11 In the workplace, there's a particularly nasty strategy of making people so miserable they quit, rather than forcing their employer to fire them. It happened to me just last year.

I could absolutely see the State deliberately making peoples' lives so miserable they decide to take advantage of the State's off-ramp from life.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 11:07 AM (ESVrU)

12 That poor young lady. My heart breaks.

Posted by: Reforger at April 01, 2026 11:07 AM (7WnOb)

13
I suppose it accelerates the great replacement; the one that doesn't exist.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)




The goal. No government assisted olds and imported voters. POWER to the GOVERNMENT, f*ck the people.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

14 Suicide of western civilization.

Medically assisted suicide.

Makes sense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

15 Canada has euthanized more than it lost in WWII.

I suppose it accelerates the great replacement; the one that doesn't exist.
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I bet the statistics are overwhelmingly white in regards to those signing up to be offed. White guilt is very popular, particularly among those on the left.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 11:08 AM (TN0g+)

16 I have back pain. Were I to go to the Dr. in Canada, they would immediately recommend assisted self-termination.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

17 ballistic, I used to roll my eyes at the Police when they were singing about how "murder is the sport of the elected" in 1983. It was unelected dictators and Soviet commissars doing the murdering!!
Now I see Sting as a prophet.
Kind of like with "Russians".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 11:09 AM (yYROg)

18 White guilt is very popular, particularly among those on the left.
Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 11:08 AM (TN0g+)



I'm OK with that, really.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)

19 I don’t know whether we’re going to ultimately beat the ‘Rats in this country.

But if we do, the first thing we should do is step on Canada like a bug.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 11:09 AM (jbnUc)

20 10 In my earlier years I didn't really buy much into the idea that we're in an existential struggle against pure evil, but I'm coming around.
Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 11:06 AM (oqH4h)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:09 AM (bss/y)

21 Then there are the involuntary programs: Liverpool Care Pathway (discontinued, IIRC) and Groningen Protocol.

In both programs, doctors could prescribe death by removal of all assistance, including food and water, without the family's awareness or consent.

With LCP, it was the doctors that finally revolted. The program was set up with participation goals and bonuses to hospitals that exceeded goals. Hospital administrators were harassing doctors, telling them to kill more and more patients to reap the financial rewards. They were essentially killing senior patients who were annoying, without family to protect them, and those with mental disabilities.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:10 AM (Suwql)

22 When do we get in on this?

Posted by: The Soylent Corp. at April 01, 2026 11:10 AM (JkO4W)

23 CAROUSEL!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 11:10 AM (yYROg)

24 Canada's MAID is like a US military induction center.

Sorry. You signed on the dotted line. No going back.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:10 AM (sUjod)

25 God is not entertained.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

26 Ask yourself, Canada - why do you need a cutesy acronym like MAID if what it is is morally just?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 11:11 AM (nqStX)

27
Make
An
Idiotic
Decision

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:11 AM (Zz0t1)

28 CO... added a waiver process to skip the waiting period if the prescriber thinks death is imminent.

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"How dare G-d think he can kill this guy before we can? Who does that guy think he is?! He's not even gay!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:12 AM (BI5O2)

29 When do we get in on this?
Posted by: The Soylent Corp.
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We should talk!

Posted by: Sensient Technologies Corporation at April 01, 2026 11:12 AM (TN0g+)

30 "How dare G-d think he can kill this guy before we can? Who does that guy think he is?! He's not even gay!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:12 AM (BI5O2)



But, they told me Jesus was trans......or was it non binary.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

31 It is a small step from pre-death application for "assisted suicide" to post-death application. But I'm sure the government monitors that closely and would never allow people to be put to death against their will. Right, UK?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 11:13 AM (ExV1e)

32 >>Medically assisted suicide.


How much of it is really suicide?
When the state controls what medical treatment is available to you, such as in Canada and the UK, they can essentially tell you your only treatment they will approve is MAID.

As with the trans movement, I would imagine a good portion of these participants are vulnerable people being preyed upon by ghouls.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:13 AM (Suwql)

33 It's murder by numbers
1 2 3
It's as easy to learn
as your A B C
Posted by: gKWVE
_______

They would kill me for a cigarette
But I dont even want to die just yet

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 01, 2026 11:13 AM (XvL8K)

34 22 When do we get in on this?
Posted by: The Soylent Corp. at April 01, 2026 11:10 AM (JkO4W)

This was hilarious when I first saw it. Also kind of intriguing- a meal replacement that offers all the nutritional benefits. Kind of 'eating in pill form' like from In the Year 2525.

The reports of the massive colonic blowouts people reported were also hilarious.

BUT, it gets less funny the more time goes by.

https://soylent.com/

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:13 AM (bss/y)

35 I still think assisted suicide for the clinically insane, of which there are plenty of candidates roaming our streets, is a viable alternative to letting them loose on the public. There's a raft of seriously depressed, manic leftists unhappy with their lot in life. Here's an alternative to moving to Canada or Scotland or wherever if you're so unhappy with life in America under Trump.

Just end it. We'll all thank you later.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 11:14 AM (AkEZC)

36 Canada's MAID is like a US military induction center.

Sorry. You signed on the dotted line. No going back.
Posted by: rickb223


Well, they've already re-homed your organs. You can't change your mind and keep them.

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Fi4Tu)

37 >>CO... added a waiver process to skip the waiting period if the prescriber thinks death is imminent.


Just noting this subtle but widespread change in language form "doctor" to "prescriber."

I see that a lot in pharma ads nowadays.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Suwql)

38 Canada is going to be at "Logan's Run" levels in no time.

Unfortunately, the US blue states will probably be there too in the next decade. Red State Run will be the new title.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 11:15 AM (n5tGW)

39 Involuntary Organ Harvesting is here.

Because this was always going to lead to that.

"Your Organs have been promised to someone important. Time to die."

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:15 AM (uEmCf)

40 I also see this as a natural outgrowth of the trans insanity. Lifetime decisions made in a moment of weakness or delusion.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

41 >11 In the workplace, there's a particularly nasty strategy of making people so miserable they quit, rather than forcing their employer to fire them.

+++
I just need my red stapler...

Posted by: Milton at April 01, 2026 11:15 AM (2Ez/1)

42 35
‘ There's a raft of seriously depressed, manic leftists unhappy with their lot in life.’

I too support self termination for leftists.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 11:16 AM (jbnUc)

43 BUT, it gets less funny the more time goes by.

https://soylent.com/
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:13 AM (bss/y)
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It was supposed to be a fucking warning!!!

Posted by: zombie Harry Harrison at April 01, 2026 11:16 AM (+DAqq)

44 "Your Organs have been promised to someone important. Time to die."

https://youtu.be/b-EdiXP87uE

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

45 38 Canada is going to be at "Logan's Run" levels in no time.

Unfortunately, the US blue states will probably be there too in the next decade. Red State Run will be the new title.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 11:15 AM (n5tGW)

A former friend of mine (former because he went full commie) was saying in 2010 that he was in support of The State killing people in order to harvest their organs.

That was the last time I ever spoke to him.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:16 AM (uEmCf)

46 In the workplace, there's a particularly nasty strategy of making people so miserable they quit, rather than forcing their employer to fire them.


This strategy has been recommended here many times as a way of getting Feds to quit. Wanna work for USDA? Move to our new HQ in Bumf*** North Dakota.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

47 40 I also see this as a natural outgrowth of the trans insanity. Lifetime decisions made in a moment of weakness or delusion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)

If anything, trooning out will protect you from that by making your organs unusable.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:17 AM (uEmCf)

48 "Your Organs have been promised to someone important. Time to die."

https://youtu.be/b-EdiXP87uE
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)



"Better listen to him. He's in pre-med."

.....with a zero point zero.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)

49 A former friend of mine (former because he went full commie) was saying in 2010 that he was in support of The State killing people in order to harvest their organs.

That was the last time I ever spoke to him.
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:16 AM (uEmCf)


I'd have responded with, "Those are some might nice kidneys you got there, pardner."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (ExV1e)

50 Make
An
Idiotic
Decision
Posted by: Sponge


I make lots of Idiotic decisions. "Irreversible" is the problem.

Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Fi4Tu)

51 A former friend of mine (former because he went full commie) was saying in 2010 that he was in support of The State killing people in order to harvest their organs.

That was the last time I ever spoke to him.


Was he eying your liver?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

52 I thought Bumf*** was in northern Georgia.

Posted by: purty mouth at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (yYROg)

53 Point to ponder: Assisted Suicide is inextricably linked to the death penalty.
The State is killing someone, albeit one is presumed innocent, the other found guilty of their crimes by their peers.

Interestingly enough -- there is no problem getting the drugs for someone to punch their own clock, but getting drugs to administer in a death penalty execution is......difficult.

I presume those who are all in on assisted suicide -are OK with the death penalty?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (N39Ws)

54
A former friend of mine (former because he went full commie) was saying in 2010 that he was in support of The State killing people in order to harvest their organs.

That was the last time I ever spoke to him.
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:16 AM (uEmCf)



Shoulda killed him and ate his liver.

He asked for it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)

55 52 I thought Bumf*** was in northern Georgia.
Posted by: purty mouth at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (yYROg)

San Francisco.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (N39Ws)

56 Nobody watches the classics these days. Charlton Heston assisted with detailing so many morality conundrums...it's like he had ESPN way back then.

Posted by: dandydon at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (saTlL)

57 >Just noting this subtle but widespread change in language form "doctor" to "prescriber."

I see that a lot in pharma ads nowadays.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Suwql)

Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are filling the gap because there is a dearth of primary care docs. Both can write scripts and depending on the state, may not require a supervising physician.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (NgqoH)

58 I make lots of Idiotic decisions. "Irreversible" is the problem.
Posted by: mikeski at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Fi4Tu)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y)

59 I also see this as a natural outgrowth of the trans insanity. Lifetime decisions made in a moment of weakness or delusion.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:15 AM (bss/y)
______

Yea, and also decisions that you are pressured to make. Announce you're trans and you get feted and saluted. These are already vulnerable, depressed, and mentally-ill people. They are being preyed upon in a ruthless manner, and probably 40% of even the USA cheers it on.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (iFTx/)

60
Shoulda killed him and ate his liver.

He asked for it.


Maybe XTC doesn't like fava beans or chianti.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

61
Maybe XTC doesn't like fava beans or chianti.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)




Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

62 Say, I have a question about U.S. Senate parliamentary procedure. I know that there are a lot of things about it that are mere convention, not a mandatory rule, like the "blue slip" approval for nominees in a Senator's state. I think the President pro tem is another one, and Majority Leader Thune apparently just let the Senate go on two-week vacation. So.

As the Constitutional President of the Senate, could Vice-President Vance force the Senate into formal recess, when they don't have a physical quorum present to prevent him? They've been doing some cutesy formal nominal sessions to prevent President Trump from being able to make recess appointments the way every other President has been able to do, and I'm wondering if it's mere courtesy that is keeping the Administration from forcing the issue, or if the President pro tem actually has that much formal power somehow.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (Sy6m/)

63 Canada's MAID is like a US military induction center.

Sorry. You signed on the dotted line. No going back.
Posted by: rickb223

Welcome to the Hotel Canafornia!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

64 >>Both can write scripts and depending on the state, may not require a supervising physician.


Which is scary.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (Suwql)

65 Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Suwql)

What is that trying to accommodate or manipulate do you think?

Posted by: ... at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (DWX+q)

66 54 Shoulda killed him and ate his liver.

He asked for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)

I didn't have any fava beans.

thp-thp-thp-thp-thp.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (uEmCf)

67 When I die you can cut me up
and take all that you need
but I pitty the poor damn fool
who gets my bleeding spleen

Posted by: Reforger at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (7WnOb)

68 Canada is going to be at "Logan's Run" levels in no time.



Useless trivia: Logan's Run was partly filmed in Ft. Worth at the Water Gardens outdoor waterfall.
And two other locations around DFW.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:21 AM (sUjod)

69 Yea, and also decisions that you are pressured to make. Announce you're trans and you get feted and saluted. These are already vulnerable, depressed, and mentally-ill people. They are being preyed upon in a ruthless manner, and probably 40% of even the USA cheers it on.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (iFTx/)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:21 AM (bss/y)

70 This is OT, but it is interesting. Geert Wilders has announced on twitter that the Dutch Prime Minister Jetten has contacted him to transfer the Premiership to Wilders -- This is kind of big it it happens.

Prime Minister Jetten just called me.

He said he had severely underestimated the demands of the premiership and greatly overestimated the confidence of his coalition partners. He no longer had confidence in his own cabinet. I told him I appreciated his honesty.

Since our parties had won an equal number of seats in the elections, Mr. Jetten indicated that he wished to transfer the premiership to me.

We will go together to the King at 12:00 p.m. to formalize the transfer.

Tomorrow I will enact emergency state law, close the borders to all asylum seekers, and make preparations for a large-scale repatriation of Syrians and others back to their home countries. Asylum centers can close, the coercive law will be repealed, our homes will belong to us again, and with the money saved, we will immediately lower the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel.


Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 11:21 AM (rbvCR)

71 Shoulda killed him and ate his liver.

He asked for it.

Maybe XTC doesn't like fava beans or chianti.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

Liver and Wild Irish Rose?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:21 AM (bss/y)

72 This is what happens when humans have no divinely endowed intrinsic value. They become means rather than ends, conduits for money and power at best, chattel and raw materials to be harvested at worst.

It comes for us all. Be ready.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 01, 2026 11:21 AM (OUMaO)

73 I'd have responded with, "Those are some might nice kidneys you got there, pardner."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


I might have called him "old bean". Those organs are smashing in a pie, wot.

Posted by: purty mouth at April 01, 2026 11:22 AM (yYROg)

74 Please don't bury me
Down in the cold, cold ground
I'd rather have 'em cut me up
And pass me all around

Throw my brain in a hurricane
And the blind can have my eyes
The deaf can have both of my ears
If they don't mind the size

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

75
As the Constitutional President of the Senate, could Vice-President Vance force the Senate into formal recess, when they don't have a physical quorum present to prevent him? They've been doing some cutesy formal nominal sessions to prevent President Trump from being able to make recess appointments the way every other President has been able to do, and I'm wondering if it's mere courtesy that is keeping the Administration from forcing the issue, or if the President pro tem actually has that much formal power somehow.
Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 11:20 AM (Sy6m/)



No!

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at April 01, 2026 11:22 AM (Zz0t1)

76 >>>Canada is going to be at "Logan's Run" levels in no time.

I know, right?

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at April 01, 2026 11:22 AM (rbvCR)

77 Nobody watches the classics these days. Charlton Heston assisted with detailing so many morality conundrums...it's like he had ESPN way back then.
Posted by: dandydon at April 01, 2026 11:19 AM (saTlL)
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Well, we could strap his dead body to a horse...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:22 AM (+DAqq)

78 Can we add people to the death panel punch list?

Because I have a few select names to add. Whom is OPSEC. But not my friends and members in good standing of the Horde.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 11:23 AM (u82oZ)

79 Both can write scripts and depending on the state, may not require a supervising physician.

Which is scary.


Yes it is. I assume, however, that this will soon be one of the areas taken over by AI.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

80 While I support the idea of not allowing terminally ill people to suffer, I can't accept that MAID had any good intentions in the first place.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:24 AM (jjoN6)

81 Posted by: Kindltot at April 01, 2026 11:21 AM (rbvCR)
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Whoa.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:24 AM (+DAqq)

82 Can we add people to the death panel punch list?

Because I have a few select names to add. Whom is OPSEC. But not my friends and members in good standing of the Horde.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 11:23 AM (u82oZ)


Eyes laminated membership card.

This isn't gonna get me into trouble, is it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

83 67
‘ When I die you can cut me up
and take all that you need
…’

Is this a poem? It looks like iambic poetry in pentameter.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (jbnUc)

84 Ok. Imma go stretch my back.

Hopefully I can move to get off the rack when done.


Pray for me..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (Zz0t1)

85 You know who else killed the mentally ill and undesireables......

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (NcBRt)

86 I see that a lot in pharma ads nowadays.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:14 AM (Suwql)

It’s simply too hard to use big words like “doctor”. So we have to say

Health care professional
Prescriber
Health care provider
Or, my favorite: provider

Doctor or physician are just TOO HARD.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (nqStX)

87 This is what happens when humans have no divinely endowed intrinsic value.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 01, 2026 11:21 AM (OUMaO)


Communism specifically rejects that intrinsic value, and it is glaringly obvious that the end result is mass death.

Always.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (n9ltV)

88 Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are filling the gap because there is a dearth of primary care docs.

Both can write scripts and depending on the state, may not require a supervising physician.
Posted by: Heavy Meta


I know they can in Texas. But I'm not sure about controlled substances. PA wrote my Wegovy. Dr. wrote my pain pills for kidney stones.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (sUjod)

89 The death of 11-year-old Alireza Jafari, the first known child recruit killed during the Iran war, underscores what rights advocates describe as a governing doctrine that places regime survival above civilian protection amid mounting wartime pressure. Jafari, a fifth-grade student, was killed at a military checkpoint in Tehran during US and Israeli airstrikes targeting military sites, according to Hengaw, a Norway-based Kurdish human rights organization that monitors abuses in Iran.

... this is what happens when your omnipotent god needs mere mortal flawed morons to help it.

File under: "Why does God need a starship?" -- "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (RHGPo)

90 Can we add people to the death panel punch list?

Because I have a few select names to add. Whom is OPSEC. But not my friends and members in good standing of the Horde.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 11:23 AM (u82oZ)
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*hurriedly checks Horde Standing Ratings*

*shakily passes hand across brow*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (+DAqq)

91 I was assured death panels was a right wing conspiracy theory. Was the left lying? Shocking if true.

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (IlFr/)

92 This is what happens when humans have no divinely endowed intrinsic value. They become means rather than ends, conduits for money and power at best, chattel and raw materials to be harvested at worst.

It comes for us all. Be ready.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum

+1

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (ndZc7)

93 I got my very first "you're old now so let me try to scam you call" just now. I feel like a real grown-up, and I've turned "silence unknown callers" back on.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (ExV1e)

94 Is this a poem? It looks like iambic poetry in pentameter.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM

Spleen Merchant by Clutch

Posted by: Reforger at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (7WnOb)

95 85 You know who else killed the mentally ill and undesireables......

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 01, 2026 11:25 AM (NcBRt)

It's been a technocratic wet dream for a long time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (bss/y)

96 But not my friends and members in good standing of the Horde.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 11:23 AM (u82oZ)



Uh oh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

97 >
Shoulda killed him and ate his liver.

He asked for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM (Zz0t1)


Newsletter.

Posted by: Liver-Eating Johnson at April 01, 2026 11:27 AM (IG3/x)

98 Also, how long will it be before the usual suspects start screaming that the race ratio of those being killed is not in line with anti colonization and exhibits wyte supremery .

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 01, 2026 11:27 AM (NcBRt)

99
Tan me hide, when I'm dead, Fred
tan me hide when I'm dead

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 11:27 AM (ZxPkt)

100 91 I was assured death panels was a right wing conspiracy theory. Was the left lying? Shocking if true.
Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (IlFr/)

Not even really tribunals though. Like you make a phone call and get routed to an automated menu.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:27 AM (bss/y)

101 While I support the idea of not allowing terminally ill people to suffer, I can't accept that MAID had any good intentions in the first place.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:24 AM (jjoN6)


"Not allowing?"

It is the inviolable choice of the individual to decide...it cannot be ceded to anyone else.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 11:27 AM (n9ltV)

102 Tomorrow I will enact emergency state law, close the borders to all asylum seekers, and make preparations for a large-scale repatriation of Syrians and others back to their home countries. Asylum centers can close, the coercive law will be repealed, our homes will belong to us again, and with the money saved, we will immediately lower the excise taxes on gasoline and diesel.

Interesting. I'm sensing a trend.

Germany’s Friedrich Merz Plans to Repatriate Nearly One Million Syrian Migrants

https://is.gd/DoEqU2

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

103 SCOTUS so far hasn't sounded great. Roberts and others have sounded skeptical of Trump's position, and have raked Sauer over the coals.

Maybe they'll be just as aggressive with the other side and I'll feel better.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 01, 2026 11:28 AM (JCZqz)

104 96 But not my friends and members in good standing of the Horde.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 11:23 AM (u82oZ)


Uh oh......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:26 AM (Zz0t1)

The 'in good standing' part is key, I'd agree.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:28 AM (bss/y)

105 >>What is that trying to accommodate or manipulate do you think?


Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are filling the gap because there is a dearth of primary care docs.. .

First, the number of medical students is limited. Allow more med students instead of allowing people who have fewer years of training fill in for doctors*.

It allows med to be prescribed more freely and remotely (see ads for 1-800 diet and erectile dysfunction meds), which helps Pharmaceuticals.

I should note my bias: my husband's cancer was misdiagnosed for up to a year because the nurse practitioner kept guessing different things for his symptoms at each visit. In retrospect, she was clearly unsupervised.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:28 AM (Suwql)

106 Germany’s Friedrich Merz Plans to Repatriate Nearly One Million Syrian Migrants
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Ethel's been on him about this.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:29 AM (+DAqq)

107 101 While I support the idea of not allowing terminally ill people to suffer, I can't accept that MAID had any good intentions in the first place.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:24 AM (jjoN6)

"Not allowing?"

It is the inviolable choice of the individual to decide...it cannot be ceded to anyone else.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 11:27 AM (n9ltV)

Remember Terri Schiavo?

This is where I parted ways from Derbyshire. Fuck you you, brit cunt. No life is 'worthless' and her husband was just looking for the quick, easy fix. And he got it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:30 AM (bss/y)

108 I am happy places like canada have state assisted end of life programs.

Most left leaning loons and other weirdos will take advantage of these programs.

I may want to work at one to ensure they get a quick send off. Would not want them to have to wait too long.

Posted by: Taking The Garbage Out at April 01, 2026 11:30 AM (d+TZW)

109 Like everything else, follow the money. There are many people making big bux from this. Just like there are people making big bux from the tranny surgery lunacy.

It’s always about the Benjamins. Or whatever is on Canuck money. Is it still QE2 or did they get King Chuck on the bills?

Posted by: Heroq at April 01, 2026 11:30 AM (IlFr/)

110 >>This is what happens when humans have no divinely endowed intrinsic value. They become means rather than ends, conduits for money and power at best, chattel and raw materials to be harvested at worst.

It comes for us all. Be ready.



So much THIS!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:31 AM (Suwql)

111 Or whatever is on Canuck money.
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Loons.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:31 AM (+DAqq)

112 Robert Hugh Benson predicted this in his 1907 dystopian novel, Lord of the World.

Scary how much of current technology and society he got right. And in his book, it ushered in the anti-Christ.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 01, 2026 11:31 AM (k4EKw)

113 So many examples of people in chronic pain needing pain meds, but being offered maid more enthusiastically the pain meds.

Won't be long before someone needing a surgery is told the wait time for surgery is longer than life expectancy, we can offer you maid today!!!

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 01, 2026 11:31 AM (NcBRt)

114 The politics of Merz's call for repatriation is interesting.

According to Reuters, “Merz's coalition government imposed tougher controls ‌when ⁠it took power last year, as support for the anti-immigration AfD party surged in the wake of former Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to admit around 1 million asylum seekers from countries including Syria and Afghanistan.

Roderich Kiesewetter of the CDU (Christian Democrats), which is Merz’s own political party, told the national German Handelsblatt news site that Merz made a politically “unwise” decision to get out ahead on this issue and make such statements if he can’t deliver when all is said and done.

If Merz fails, Kiesewetter said, other parties, like the Alternative for Germany (AfD), will likely take advantage.


Anke Rehlinger is from Germany’s Social Democrat (SPD) party and is premier of Germany’s Saarland state. She told Funke Media Gruppe that “putting forward specific figures with specific timeframes” is a way of setting yourself up to fail. Rehlinger also said that a large number of Syrians are now playing a key role in the German economy. ”

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

115 This a lot of fuss over little old us. After all, we're your biggest National Park.

Posted by: Canadia at April 01, 2026 11:32 AM (2Ez/1)

116 113 So many examples of people in chronic pain needing pain meds, but being offered maid more enthusiastically the pain meds.

Won't be long before someone needing a surgery is told the wait time for surgery is longer than life expectancy, we can offer you maid today!!!
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 01, 2026 11:31 AM (NcBRt)

Yeah! Better they are dead than addicted to Oxycodone!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:32 AM (bss/y)

117 Well, it's not all bad news.

Tiger Woods Awarded Honorary California CDL

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

118 It is the inviolable choice of the individual to decide...it cannot be ceded to anyone else.

As long as it's their choice I have no issues with it. The problem I am having is that we are seeing in real time how it goes from "This is an option for you" to "This is your only option."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:33 AM (jjoN6)

119 As long as it's their choice I have no issues with it. The problem I am having is that we are seeing in real time how it goes from "This is an option for you" to "This is your only option."

It's probably not quite that clearcut. There are many ways to steer people to a desired destination without explicitly telling them to FOAD.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)

120 94
‘ Spleen Merchant by Clutch’
Ah. A song. Nice.

Maybe it can be the Canadian national anthem.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 11:34 AM (jbnUc)

121 Yesterday, Ace posted an ad from Canada, encouraging that country's flavor of euthanasia (called MAID) by extolling the virtues of offing yourself.
---
1. "Life is meaningless and you don't have free will, anyway."

2. "Not all of us can be Chads, so you can cease striving."

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:34 AM (Q4cxx)

122 >>As long as it's their choice I have no issues with it. The problem I am having is that we are seeing in real time how it goes from "This is an option for you" to "This is your only option."

Yup.
Read "Nudge" by Cass Sunstein. They have been perfecting methods for leading us into making the "right" choice for years.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:35 AM (Suwql)

123 >The problem I am having is that we are seeing in real time how it goes from "This is an option for you" to "This is your only option."

++++
Like me?

Posted by: COVID 19 jabs at April 01, 2026 11:35 AM (2Ez/1)

124 I remember when Grandma was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer. Mom went to stay with her down in El Paso. Grandma had a will like iron. When the pain started to get really bad, the doctor prescribed morphine patches. She told Mom she did not want to use them because she did not want to get addicted. Mom asked what it mattered now (she was terminal.) I did not understand then and agreed with Mom.

I understand a lot more what Grandma thought at the time. That kind of decision is one in which you are giving up. You are essentially surrendering to death but still walking and talking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (bss/y)

125 Read "Nudge" by Cass Sunstein.

Read a few relevant quotes. Air Pinochet needs him as a customer.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (jjoN6)

126 Soulless bureaucracies are frightening. When your fate is placed in their hands your welfare is not the ultimate concern. It is process and procedure, with whatever philosophy it adheres to coloring every move.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (pDt9x)

127 It is the inviolable choice of the individual to decide...it cannot be ceded to anyone else.
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You might be surprised to find that Lockean rights start with your choice to do that. And everything expands from God's command that you remain living.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (Q4cxx)

128 So, how does Canada make up for less revenue when there are fewer Canadians to pay for stuff??

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (Oy/m2)

129 Setting aside all the insane moral hazards here... a lot of these people, it seems like most, would be physically able to kill themselves. Find a gun, a knife, or a tall bridge.

Stop asking for a handout.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

130 Both can write scripts and depending on the state, may not require a supervising physician.

Which is scary.

Yes it is. I assume, however, that this will soon be one of the areas taken over by AI.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)
==
Most prescription determinations are pretty much template based.
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I should note my bias: my husband's cancer was misdiagnosed for up to a year because the nurse practitioner kept guessing different things for his symptoms at each visit. In retrospect, she was clearly unsupervised.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:28 AM (Suwql)
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NP's and PA's are not trained in diagnosis - once you get past the easy stuff, a doc should be involved. I hope it worked out in the end. The office should be sued for malpractice.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 11:37 AM (GZYu7)

131 Or whatever is on Canuck money.
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Loons.
Posted by: Captain Obvious


I thought they took King Charles off the money?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:37 AM (sUjod)

132 "That kind of decision is one in which you are giving up."

OK, that's an interesting way to look at it. One of my grandfathers died from prostate cancer. He absolutely refused all treatment and died in a lot of pain. That might have been his reasoning.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:37 AM (jjoN6)

133 As long as it's their choice I have no issues with it. The problem I am having is that we are seeing in real time how it goes from "This is an option for you" to "This is your only option."
Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:33 AM (jjoN6)

It always ends up with..."Get in the back of the van."

Posted by: Unit 731 at April 01, 2026 11:37 AM (d+TZW)

134 70- What's today, again?

Posted by: vivi at April 01, 2026 11:38 AM (OFw3k)

135 The country of "Hey, have you ever considered suicide?" to our North.

So polite....

Clean streets.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:38 AM (Q4cxx)

136 So, how does Canada make up for less revenue when there are fewer Canadians to pay for stuff??
Posted by: dantesed


Tax the remaining people moar harderer!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:38 AM (sUjod)

137 129 Setting aside all the insane moral hazards here... a lot of these people, it seems like most, would be physically able to kill themselves. Find a gun, a knife, or a tall bridge.

Stop asking for a handout.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

It’s all about covering their actions with niceness and decorum. Also a form of cowardice and blame shifting.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 11:38 AM (pDt9x)

138
was it just me, or did anyone else visualize the moving city entities from the (bad) movie Imortal Engines motoring about chasing humans to murder while reading this?

Posted by: BifBewalski at April 01, 2026 11:38 AM (PnEh/)

139 125
‘ Air Pinochet needs him as a customer.’

Give Sunstein a ‘nudge’ toward the door.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 11:38 AM (jbnUc)

140 So, how does Canada make up for less revenue when there are fewer Canadians to pay for stuff??
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (Oy/m2)
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VOLUME!

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:39 AM (Q4cxx)

141 Sponge, Aetius451AD, Captain Obvious, & I used to have a different nic

You all are safe. I have in mind Aliassmithsmith, Sid, Sad!, raimondo and others of that ilk.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 11:39 AM (u82oZ)

142 >128 So, how does Canada make up for less revenue when there are fewer Canadians to pay for stuff??

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (Oy/m2)

Fewer white Canadians hoss.

Posted by: Somililand at April 01, 2026 11:39 AM (NgqoH)

143 NP's and PA's are not trained in diagnosis - once you get past the easy stuff, a doc should be involved.

A friend of mine in the neighborhood is a physician. We were chatting once about my back problems, and he got really exercised about the extent to which non-doctors are now substituting their relatively untrained opinions for those of doctors, who as he point out, have many years more training. It wasn't a matter of money for him; he's retired, and a very moral person to boot, he thought it was unconscionable and risky for people who can't afford more.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

144 Communists love accelerating things to the point where they can take anyone that doesn't openly, publicly, and enthusiastically agree with the state, declare them "crazy", and then kill them.

Looks like Canada's on the same path.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 11:40 AM (O7YUW)

145 129 Setting aside all the insane moral hazards here... a lot of these people, it seems like most, would be physically able to kill themselves. Find a gun, a knife, or a tall bridge.

Stop asking for a handout.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

This.

There are many ways one can die. If I want off the mortal coil it’s easy to do on my own.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 11:40 AM (nqStX)

146 With a weak and ill person, it is very easy to bully them into signing any paper in front of them, especially "consent".

We have abandoned the practice of allowing police to pressure witnesses into signing "confessions" after long interrogations with no counsel present; why would we allow this for the sick and elderly, who have done no wrong, save to exist?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 11:40 AM (/QdgR)

147 Take a moment to trod down memory lane with Rosie O'Donnell, "Meathead" (before he went room temp), Steven King, anyone working at CNN, the transgenders, etc. and tell me they're not clinically insane to some degree. Clearly miserable.

Be compassionate and offer them "an out."

Bet many take it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 11:40 AM (AkEZC)

148 @128/dantesed: "So, how does Canada make up for less revenue when there are fewer Canadians to pay for stuff??"

More immigrants from India!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 01, 2026 11:41 AM (O7YUW)

149 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:41 AM (bMfWR)

150 >>NP's and PA's are not trained in diagnosis - once you get past the easy stuff, a doc should be involved. I hope it worked out in the end. The office should be sued for malpractice.


He survived. She called him in the hospital to apologize, like that helped. We considered suing but ended up not doing it.

The doctor was terrible. He always gets high rating in the local city magazine, but he was responsible for that as well as my brother f'ing up his knee (he gave him the all-clear to resume running because he misdiagnosed the injury). Terrible doctor, terrible practice.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:41 AM (Suwql)

151 Fewer leopard seals and humans means more room for us.

* wing flaps in unison *

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 01, 2026 11:41 AM (0sNs1)

152 >128 So, how does Canada make up for less revenue when there are fewer Canadians to pay for stuff??

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (Oy/m2)

Fewer white Canadians hoss.
Posted by: Somililand at April 01, 2026 11:39 AM (NgqoH)
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One thing can be said, a drug cocktail is a far more efficient way to dispatch the old and infirm than hauling them out to an ice flow.

Posted by: mrp at April 01, 2026 11:41 AM (rj6Yv)

153 The left says 95% of the population must die to stop the apocalypse.

Once you understand they believe this a lot of of other things they do start to make sense

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)

154 NP's and PA's are not trained in diagnosis - once you get past the easy stuff, a doc should be involved.

A friend of mine in the neighborhood is a physician. We were chatting once about my back problems, and he got really exercised about the extent to which non-doctors are now substituting their relatively untrained opinions for those of doctors, who as he point out, have many years more training. It wasn't a matter of money for him; he's retired, and a very moral person to boot, he thought it was unconscionable and risky for people who can't afford more.


And that's why I think AI will soon dominate medicine (in some areas, it sort of already does). I don't worship physicians as our parent's generation did, and I think diagnosis is something that can ultimately do a better job than a human, although you'll want to keep a human in the loop for awhile yet.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

155
"Kill your babies. Cut off the living ones' genitals. Now kill yourself."

Anyone sensing a pattern, here?

They'll stop asking, soon enough.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (BI5O2)

156 "First, the number of medical students is limited. Allow more med students instead of allowing people who have fewer years of training fill in for doctors*."

There is only so much space to train them, and even then schools are doing everything they can to make sure once enrolled you graduate. The clinical requirements are extensive, you cannot magically create more supply to provide them proper training.

That is why NP's and PAs have become more popular in basics family practice settings. Quicker, less clinical training, work on training on the basic stuff most patients will present with. Once it goes beyond that, the doc should step in.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (GZYu7)

157 Can'tada.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (Q4cxx)

158 OK, that's an interesting way to look at it. One of my grandfathers died from prostate cancer. He absolutely refused all treatment and died in a lot of pain. That might have been his reasoning.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:37 AM (jjoN6)

That generation (and prior) had a different view of drugs. You had Audie Murphy who was addicted to Morphine and locked himself in a hotel room to try to crack it. Because the addiction was seen as shameful. Audie Murphy. Less of a Man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (bss/y)

159 MAID - Make Anyone ill Dead

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (bMfWR)

160 153 The left says 95% of the population must die to stop the apocalypse.

Once you understand they believe this a lot of of other things they do start to make sense
Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (sKqQm)

We must bring about the apocalypse in order to stop it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (/QdgR)

161 NP's and PA's are not trained in diagnosis - once you get past the easy stuff, a doc should be involved.
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Couple weeks ago Jordan61 mentioned that her Hubby had been misdiagnosed until an NP picked up on what was really going on. Mixed bag, I guess.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (+DAqq)

162 140 So, how does Canada make up for less revenue when there are fewer Canadians to pay for stuff??
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (Oy/m2)
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VOLUME!
Posted by: Axeman

They just write it off!

Posted by: Cosmo Kramer at April 01, 2026 11:43 AM (A/4JQ)

163 There are many ways one can die. If I want off the mortal coil it’s easy to do on my own.

Posted by: Cow Demon


OK, so the government shouldn't be involved - we agree on that. But then why should it be the government's business to deny you access to dirt cheap drugs that will, with your approval, send you on your way?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

164 I predict a 6 to 3 scotus against Trump in this case, maybe even 7 to 2, but doesn't matter, a loss is a loss. The constitution has become a suicide pact.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 11:45 AM (n5tGW)

165 Basically 100% of life up to the very end is a whole series of decisions made to avoid dying. Dying is easy. Not dying is super hard. Get off your ass, go die, and quit bothering your neighbors about it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

166 Aloha! I've had a few opportunities open up in my schedule, if you'd like to inform your girl.

Posted by: Brian Stelter at April 01, 2026 11:45 AM (0sNs1)

167 163 There are many ways one can die. If I want off the mortal coil it’s easy to do on my own.

Posted by: Cow Demon

OK, so the government shouldn't be involved - we agree on that. But then why should it be the government's business to deny you access to dirt cheap drugs that will, with your approval, send you on your way?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

Do you not know how to use what's already on the market? It doesn't take much...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 11:45 AM (tOcjL)

168 145 Yep. I had an uncle with bad old time cancer in the lowers. He had been talking about the solution, and my Aunt had Mom and Dad come and get his shotgun and revolver. A trip to the hardware store, a knowledge of knots, a stepladder, and he did it. Did it in the garage, door closed, simple note saying call the fire department, no mess.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (gm9Sb)

169 The left says 95% of the population must die to stop the apocalypse.

Once you understand they believe this a lot of of other things they do start to make sense
Posted by: 18-1


Fine. Them first. If you truly believe it, step up.

Or step the F off & STFU.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (sUjod)

170 We must bring about the apocalypse in order to stop it!

They don't see OTHER people dying as a bad thing.

Go on a lefty forum and they'll wax poetic about those "after humans" type shows and how they'd like to live in that scenario...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (sKqQm)

171 125 Read "Nudge" by Cass Sunstein.

Read a few relevant quotes. Air Pinochet needs him as a customer.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:36 AM (jjoN6)

Sean Hannity loved that asshole, had him on his show all the time.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (uEmCf)

172 He survived. She called him in the hospital to apologize, like that helped. We considered suing but ended up not doing it.

The doctor was terrible. He always gets high rating in the local city magazine, but he was responsible for that as well as my brother f'ing up his knee (he gave him the all-clear to resume running because he misdiagnosed the injury). Terrible doctor, terrible practice.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:41 AM (Suwql)
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You can never avoid the errors. They all make them, because there is still some art to the profession. The goods one know how to get all the info you can provide, along with the testing results and give good treatment. A few just can't.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (GZYu7)

173 >>We were chatting once about my back problems, and he got really exercised about the extent to which non-doctors are now substituting their relatively untrained opinions for those of doctors, who as he point out, have many years more training. It wasn't a matter of money for him; he's retired, and a very moral person to boot, he thought it was unconscionable and risky for people who can't afford more.


THIS.

No insult to NP and PA's, but they're not equivalent to doctors, no matter how much bureaucrats want us to believe.

My dad is a retired doctor (another bias), and in a medical journal (can't recall which one) a few years back, they did a study of a large medical practice that was moving more patient visits to NP's to save money. They discovered that it actually increased costs because the NP's were less sure of their diagnosis and ordered many more tests that the doctors. Totally unexpected result.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Suwql)

174 Shoulda killed him and ate his liver.

He asked for it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:18 AM


Commie liver. Probably tastes like patchouli and bad life choices.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (bFu5X)

175 What's funny about MAID is that there's an ENTIRE huge bureaucracy for mental health here too. Commercials air relatively often. There are plenty of hotlines to call. Suicide for serious stuff and talk lines for others. A lot of them.

I have called. Caregiver PTSD is actually a thing. I'm not a medication guy. I've been to my doctor about twice in 10 or 12 years. But he called and gave me meds. And a lady has come three times as I deal with anxiety that just popped up.

I believe that mental health bureaucracy was already in place. It's a government system designed to help people in crisis so you know it's not getting cut. And you have the medical system and MAID on the other side.

One bureaucracy to prevent suicide. The other to help you accomplish it. Weird.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Sco7b)

176 OK, so the government shouldn't be involved - we agree on that. But then why should it be the government's business to deny you access to dirt cheap drugs that will, with your approval, send you on your way?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

Do you not know how to use what's already on the market? It doesn't take much...
Posted by: Nova Local


Stepping off a 10 story building is free.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (sUjod)

177 Well, speaking of, I'm heading to the DMV today to get my Real ID with military indorsement and I'm going to take my name off the organ donor list.

We ain't in the 2001 anymore. My organs aren't in 2001 anymore either, although I can still hang a towel on my main organ.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (qwx/I)

178 Do you not know how to use what's already on the market? It doesn't take much...

Well, if you're talking about drugs like barbiturates, they're prescription only. If you asked the doctor for a lethal dose, he'd probably deny you. The idea is to go softly into that good night, not spend your final hours choking and vomiting, or worse, blowing your head off for your loved ones to find.

Like it or not, Jack Kevorkian did what he did for a reason.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

179 Eventually they'll push for minors to be able to get a suicide prescription.

It'll be useful in the following scenario:

"Mr. Jones, do you want a live daughter or a dead son?!"

"Which floor is the death chamber on?"

That'll put junior's mind right in a hurry, when he's looking into that Elevator To Nowhere.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:48 AM (BI5O2)

180 The thing with MAID and the like is that you can certainly make the case that people with painful incurable diseases should have options but as soon as the government gets involved, especially with fully socialized healthcare, they have an incentive to kill you.

And THAT is why Canada quickly moved away from the horrible cases to ever more minor issues. And it won't stop.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 01, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

181
OK, so the government shouldn't be involved - we agree on that. But then why should it be the government's business to deny you access to dirt cheap drugs that will, with your approval, send you on your way?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

I don’t think you are that stupid. There are countless do it yourself ways. If you have to get help, you are a coward, and anyone who helps is an accessory to murder.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 11:48 AM (nqStX)

182 Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde will have their hands full

Germany’s Merz Pushes Plan to Send Most Syrian Migrants Home Within Two Years

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 11:48 AM (RHGPo)

183 169 The left says 95% of the population must die to stop the apocalypse.

Once you understand they believe this a lot of of other things they do start to make sense
Posted by: 18-1


Fine. Them first. If you truly believe it, step up.

Or step the F off & STFU.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM (sUjod)

Glenn Beck, back before he went off the rails for good, played a clip of a mother and daughter talking about how the earth wasn't meant to have more than 500,000 humans living on it. (But of course, included themselves in the 500,000 who should be allowed to stay alive.)

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:49 AM (uEmCf)

184 I can still hang a towel on my main organ.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (qwx/I)
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Solemente uno?

Posted by: The Paolo at April 01, 2026 11:49 AM (oqH4h)

185 "Kill your babies. Cut off the living ones' genitals. Now kill yourself."

Anyone sensing a pattern, here?

They'll stop asking, soon enough.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (BI5O2)
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They're already past asking. That's why they are putting so many toxins in our food.

The "Elite" are way past the taboo notion of "equality" and think is "scientific" that the "smartest" people make decisions for all us dummies.

This is one thing that atheists in general refuse to grasp. Yeah, "equality" is a value that non-believers can have without a doctrine of equality--but when the rubber hits the road--DO THEY??!!!

Atheists have given us a century or two of slovenly thinking and "I'll get to it" rigor.

The question of "Can Christianity restrain man's evil" is valid given the ROAD RECORD of Christianity. But they never consider the ROAD RECORD of Atheist leaders.

Christians have a doctrine that makes "human worth" an actual desirable thing. There is no such thing as "human worth"--even in any religion--outside of Christianity that sounds like a good thing. Because "worth" comes from "warp" and "to turn", it means "turnaround in the marketplace" to a degree.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (Q4cxx)

186 178 Do you not know how to use what's already on the market? It doesn't take much...

Well, if you're talking about drugs like barbiturates, they're prescription only. If you asked the doctor for a lethal dose, he'd probably deny you. The idea is to go softly into that good night, not spend your final hours choking and vomiting, or worse, blowing your head off for your loved ones to find.

Like it or not, Jack Kevorkian did what he did for a reason.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

Sign a DNR, buy practically any over the counter drug and include a sleep pill so you don't feel it (or some NyQuil) and just take the whole bottle...and then take another one...and then wash it all down with a bottle of 151...

Internet could probably give you the cheapest and most certain combo of those OTC things...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (tOcjL)

187 >That is why NP's and PAs have become more popular in basics family practice settings. Quicker, less clinical training, work on training on the basic stuff most patients will present with. Once it goes beyond that, the doc should step in.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (GZYu7)

I have a front row seat to this. Meta Boy is in med school and Meta Girl is in NP school. Makes dinner conversations very interesting.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (NgqoH)

188 My organs aren't in 2001 anymore either, although I can still hang a towel on my main organ.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (qwx/I)
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Wurlitzer or Hammond?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (+DAqq)

189 leftists are miserable people. I am 100% for assisted suicide here in the United States. I think we're missing an opportunity here.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (IlL6s)

190 Like it or not, Jack Kevorkian did what he did for a reason.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

There is a vast difference in kind between allowing someone to take their life and encouraging it.

If you want to off yourself. Fucking do it. No one is stopping you. It is easier to get a gun than a book, so go to Buds, pick out a nice one to fit in your mouth and do it.

Where we are taking issue is when there is a government edifice dedicated to promoting that as an option- no different than the trans groomers, just a short hop and a jump away, morally speaking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (bss/y)

191 Well, assuming birthright occupation becomes the norm, then the young white men should get fitted in Hugo Boss clothes and start solving the problem on their own. I'll help. It's not like they can get accepted into Med School, even with 4.9 GPAs & 520 MCATs.

Turn that justifiable anger into something else.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (qwx/I)

192 179 It'll be useful in the following scenario:

"Mr. Jones, do you want a live daughter or a dead son?!"

"Which floor is the death chamber on?"

That'll put junior's mind right in a hurry, when he's looking into that Elevator To Nowhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 11:48 AM (BI5O2)

"On second thought, forget the death chamber. I want to kill the little faggot with my own hands, like a real man."

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (uEmCf)

193 I can still hang a towel on my main organ.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM


Can you lift it up and down for reps?

When it's soaking wet?

Posted by: Paolo at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (0sNs1)

194 Glenn Beck, back before he went off the rails for good, played a clip of a mother and daughter talking about how the earth wasn't meant to have more than 500,000 humans living on it. (But of course, included themselves in the 500,000 who should be allowed to stay alive.)
Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:49 AM (uEmCf)

I’ve occasionally wondered what happened to Beck… was he always nuts?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (OgOy1)

195 171
‘ Sean Hannity loved that asshole, had him on his show all the time.’

Are you suggesting Cass Sunstein isn’t a great American?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (jbnUc)

196 Nurse practitioners. I prefer them for the initial stuff due to the old bedside manner stuff. I don't like Doctors that waste half the consult in chewing me out for my choices, right or wrong.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (gm9Sb)

197 I don’t think you are that stupid. There are countless do it yourself ways. If you have to get help, you are a coward, and anyone who helps is an accessory to murder.

Great. So, step off a building, and leave the mess for your loved ones to deal with. Regardless, the point is that you've said it's not the government's business, and I agreed. Then you immediately want the government to deny your CHOSEN method of dying. Pick one.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

198 184 I can still hang a towel on my main organ.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (qwx/I)
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Solemente uno?

Brawny quilted.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (qwx/I)

199 Well, it's not all bad news.

Tiger Woods Awarded Honorary California CDL

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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)



Heh.

that's good.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (Zz0t1)

200 Stepping off a 10 story building is free.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (sUjod)


and sometimes you survive like that poor woman in Spain.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (rbvCR)

201 I can still hang a towel on my main organ.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie


Do paper towels count?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (sUjod)

202 Back stretched. Felt good.

Ice and sitting down, then something moved.........f*ck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:52 AM (Zz0t1)

203 I don’t think you are that stupid. There are countless do it yourself ways. If you have to get help, you are a coward, and anyone who helps is an accessory to murder.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 01, 2026 11:48 AM (nqStX)

THIS. Which is why Kevorkian was rightly vilified- he was a merchant of death, plying his wiles on impressionable people.

Having someone else do it removes a lot of the internal resistance to this type of shit.

Life has a purpose, quit fucking with God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:52 AM (bss/y)

204 The left says 95% of the population must die to stop the apocalypse.

Once you understand they believe this a lot of of other things they do start to make sense
Posted by: 18-1
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Fake news.

They only need 92% to bite it.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:52 AM (Q4cxx)

205 They prey upon the weak.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 01, 2026 11:52 AM (Q/FnY)

206 And that's why I think AI will soon dominate medicine (in some areas, it sort of already does). I don't worship physicians as our parent's generation did, and I think diagnosis is something that can ultimately do a better job than a human, although you'll want to keep a human in the loop for awhile yet.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
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AI actually will do a poorer job of diagnosis, because they won't be able to take what a patient says into consideration as well as a human. Templates already exist to determine what to do with the diagnosis, I would expect AI to speed up that process and probably reduce the need for back office types. Where AI will excel will be in surgical activities, radiology and such. It will probably wipe out over half the diagnostic radiologists, and will completely change what a surgeon does.

Going to become glorified machining specialists.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 11:53 AM (GZYu7)

207
and sometimes you survive like that poor woman in Spain.
Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (rbvCR)



Know a guy who's ex-wife did that. Called him to 'watch the dog,' then she threw herself off a bridge.

Lived. Rehab is going to be a bitch.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:53 AM (Zz0t1)

208 >>The goods one know how to get all the info you can provide, along with the testing results and give good treatment. A few just can't.


There are good and bad ones as in any profession.
There are legitimate errors and errors because of not paying attention. In our case, it was the latter. My husband's frequent visits with the PA's diagnoses all over the map and nothing working merited his attention. The cancer was found thanks to internal bleeding and him vomiting blood - we were lucky he got to the ER in time. **The doctor and the PA dropped the ball.**

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 11:53 AM (Suwql)

209 Great. So, step off a building, and leave the mess for your loved ones to deal with. Regardless, the point is that you've said it's not the government's business, and I agreed. Then you immediately want the government to deny your CHOSEN method of dying. Pick one.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

Self service suicide/crematory boothes?

They'll need guards. Maybe a concierge to help people into them. Advertising to pay for upkeep. ...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y)

210 Well, shutting down the laptop; on the road for Comox in a few minutes. Will log in this evening.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 11:53 AM (2JFBE)

211 Back stretched. Felt good.

Ice and sitting down, then something moved.........f*ck.
Posted by: Sponge


My back goes out more than I do.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:53 AM (sUjod)

212 Where we are taking issue is when there is a government edifice dedicated to promoting that as an option- no different than the trans groomers, just a short hop and a jump away, morally speaking.

We actually aren't talking about different things. I'm against government involvement in suicide, period. If you agree, then that means government doesn't stand in the way either.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

213 Germany’s Merz Pushes Plan to Send Most Syrian Migrants Home Within Two Years
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 11:48 AM (RHGPo)


I suspect that is going to cause a civil war, or at least a insurgency.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (rbvCR)

214 At WaPo: "Yes, you can make friends with trees. Here’s why it’s a good idea."

tl;dr: Because you don't want trees mad at you. Don't fuck with an oak.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (N8ZBc)

215 205 They prey upon the weak.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 01, 2026 11:52 AM (Q/FnY)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (bss/y)

216 OT but I have not seen Fenelon around much.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (pDt9x)

217 200 Stepping off a 10 story building is free.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:47 AM (sUjod)

and sometimes you survive like that poor woman in Spain.
Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (rbvCR)

Thus, the DNR is a necessity.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (tOcjL)

218 This whole subject sickens me to my very core. I find it hard to believe these "compassionate" lawmakers are anything less than motivated by pure evil.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (qBdHI)

219 194 I’ve occasionally wondered what happened to Beck… was he always nuts?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 11:50 AM (OgOy1)

30 years of Alcoholism, for one thing.

Yeah, he managed to quit a little while after he converted to Mormonism, but doing it that long still catches up to you.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (uEmCf)

220 Also, how long will it be before the usual suspects start screaming that the race ratio of those being killed is not in line with anti colonization and exhibits wyte supremery .
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Guilty white liberals will be the overwhelming majority of the early MAID numbers. The Muslims won't be signing up for this.

Posted by: Sensient Technologies Corporation at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (TN0g+)

221

Parts - The Clonus Horror

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (Cqx++)

222 OT but I have not seen Fenelon around much.

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She posted in the Pixy thread, I think. She was taking a break from the news.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (qBdHI)

223 Give Sunstein a ‘nudge’ toward the door.
Posted by: Dr. Claw


"No tears, Cass. Just gravity."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (jjoN6)

224 She posted in the Pixy thread, I think. She was taking a break from the news.

Smart thinking. I'd noticed her absence as well.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (jjoN6)

225 Postulate: Syria is in the state it's in because the assholes stayed behind.

Unfortunately, it seems that the assholes also went elsewhere.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (+DAqq)

226 Canada and Spain can just go fook themselves.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (qFwJc)

227 AI actually will do a poorer job of diagnosis, because they won't be able to take what a patient says into consideration as well as a human. Templates already exist to determine what to do with the diagnosis, I would expect AI to speed up that process and probably reduce the need for back office types.

Agreed, for the time being. My point is that the day is coming when it WILL do a better job than a human, including taking into account what the patient says, and knowing how to prompt them to provide useful information. At least that's what I foresee.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (Riz8t)

228 At NYT: "Is There a Least Bad Alcohol?"

EtOH: Tastes pretty darn good.
MeOH: Cheaper, better buzz.

Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (N8ZBc)

229 We actually aren't talking about different things. I'm against government involvement in suicide, period. If you agree, then that means government doesn't stand in the way either.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

We ARE talking about different things. You are proceeding from a purely intellectual argument and I am saying how people work.

In a purely intellectual way, I agree with you (although I still think suicide is wrong in nearly all cases.) In practice is always where the Devil lies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)

230 Give Sunstein a ‘nudge’ toward the door.

Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Or at the North edge of the Grand Canyon.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (Q4cxx)

231 "Yes, you can make friends with trees. Here’s why it’s a good idea."

tl;dr: Because you don't want trees mad at you. Don't fuck with an oak.
-------

The last thing you want is unrest in the forrest, trouble with the trees.

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (TN0g+)

232 164 I predict a 6 to 3 scotus against Trump in this case, maybe even 7 to 2, but doesn't matter, a loss is a loss. The constitution has become a suicide pact.
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You have Lincoln to thank for that.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (n17eQ)

233 222 OT but I have not seen Fenelon around much.

--

She posted in the Pixy thread, I think. She was taking a break from the news.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 11:55 AM (qBdHI)

Ah. Thanks. Absent regulars always get my antennae up. Except for TJM. That guy!!

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (pDt9x)

234 164 I predict a 6 to 3 scotus against Trump in this case, maybe even 7 to 2, but doesn't matter, a loss is a loss. The constitution has become a suicide pact.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 11:45 AM (n5tGW)

It's not a popular opinion, but I've maintained from the start that Trump will lose the birthright case not because of any of the merits of the issue, but because the President does not have the power to decide an issue like this through an EO. The Court is going to reserve the issue of Constitutional Interpretation for itself, and issue a ruling on that basis.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (/QdgR)

235 OT but I have not seen Fenelon around much.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (pDt9x)
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She's usually on the early morning Tech Thread.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (+DAqq)

236 I thought Glenn Beck's show on Fox was pretty entertaining.

Problem was he had an show with only 30 minutes of material.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (qFwJc)

237 and sometimes you survive like that poor woman in Spain.
Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at April 01, 2026 11:51 AM (rbvCR)


Know a guy who's ex-wife did that. Called him to 'watch the dog,' then she threw herself off a bridge.

Lived. Rehab is going to be a bitch.......
Posted by: Sponge


1. It was only 7 stories. Yeah. Extra 30+ feet matters.
2. She landed on an 81 yr old man and killed him.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (sUjod)

238 We ARE talking about different things. You are proceeding from a purely intellectual argument and I am saying how people work.

In a purely intellectual way, I agree with you (although I still think suicide is wrong in nearly all cases.) In practice is always where the Devil lies.


Looking for logical consistency is the only way I know how to argue a point. I'm not a leftist.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (Riz8t)

239 This is all getting depressing

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (bMfWR)

240 Ah. Thanks. Absent regulars always get my antennae up. Except for TJM. That guy!!
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (pDt9x)

Which reminds me, any Helena Handbasket sightings recently?

Posted by: Pug Mahon at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (PSEDc)

241 Based on articles I've seen it seems pretty clear that there are people getting paid finders fees (kickbacks) to get others to do the MAID treatment.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (n5tGW)

242 Some of the suicides we have in the news are over despair or even discouragement. Maybe plain old ennui. Very unsympathetic with that.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)

243
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (QDlji)

244 I guess it's an easy euro thing, by my Dad said when my Uncle did the dutchman it was the walk in the woods. My old Polish landlady used the same words, finding one of her tenants had done it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (gm9Sb)

245 I read somewhere on X that the Rothchilds took over the Bank of England 3 centuries ago.

And George Soros bankrupted it about 15 years ago.

Fun times.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (qFwJc)

246 239 This is all getting depressing

Posted by: Skip


Right. Let's move on. I doubt anyone has anything else to say that will change minds.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

247 225 Postulate: Syria is in the state it's in because the assholes stayed behind.

Unfortunately, it seems that the assholes also went elsewhere.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (+DAqq)

The ones that left were assholes. The ones that stayed were assholes. People ask "why does the US accept a murderous asshole as the new leader of Syria?"

Do you think there any choices that weren't?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (/QdgR)

248 This is all getting depressing
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (bMfWR)/i]


We've got something for that.

Posted by: Canadian Government Run Healthcare at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

249 I'm against government involvement in suicide, period.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)


Agreed. And I would add any organization that has any financial involvement with the person. Starting with hospitals.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 12:00 PM (n9ltV)

250 230
‘ Or at the North edge of the Grand Canyon.’

Yells over edge:
‘MAID just for you, Cass!
I bet you can count to 20 before you hit!’

Posted by: Dr. Claw at April 01, 2026 12:00 PM (jbnUc)

251 248 This is all getting depressing
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (bMfWR)/i]


We've got something for that.
Posted by: Canadian Government Run Healthcare at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Lol. Just had to.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 12:00 PM (pDt9x)

252 This is all getting depressing
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (bMfWR)/i]


We've got something for that.

Posted by: Canadian Government Run Healthcare


How about that. There was a joke in all the gloom and it was a good one.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

253 Hour long show with only 30 minutes of material.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 12:01 PM (qFwJc)

254 248 This is all getting depressing
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (bMfWR)/i]


We've got something for that.
Posted by: Canadian Government Run Healthcare at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

I was just thinking we stumbled on MAID's advertising campaign...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 12:01 PM (tOcjL)

255
How about that. There was a joke in all the gloom and it was a good one.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)



Laughter is the BEST medicine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)

256 They told me that suicide is painless.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Cqx++)

257 This is all getting depressing
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (bMfWR)/i]


We've got something for that.
Posted by: Canadian Government Run Healthcare at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)

Lol. Just had to.
Posted by: tubal


Fist bump

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (sUjod)

258 At NYT: "Is There a Least Bad Alcohol?"
Posted by: gp at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM


C2H5OH is generally considered better than CH3OH and higher-order alcohols, for consumption purposes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (0sNs1)

259 In a purely intellectual way, I agree with you (although I still think suicide is wrong in nearly all cases.) In practice is always where the Devil lies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 11:56 AM (bss/y)
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That's probably where I am as well. I pray if diagnosed with something terrible I won't succumb to offing myself early. I would hate to fail right at the end.

But as someone noted, in the US the States have police powers. They can say you can't kill yourself.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (GZYu7)

260 This is all getting depressing
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 11:58 AM (bMfWR)
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The Lord shines brighter when Man fills the world with darkness.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Q4cxx)

261 Fen has been around lately

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (bMfWR)

262 They told me that suicide is painless.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Cqx++)
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It does bring on many changes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (+DAqq)

263 I'm against government involvement in suicide, period.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

Agreed. And I would add any organization that has any financial involvement with the person. Starting with hospitals.
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"First Do No Harm" seems to directly contradict abortion and 40 years of "transgender healthcare".

Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (TN0g+)

264 Sean Hannity loved that asshole, had him on his show all the time.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 11:46 AM

Hey, let not your heart be troubled.....

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (IifOV)

265 "Yes, you can make friends with trees. Here’s why it’s a good idea."

tl;dr: Because you don't want trees mad at you. Don't fuck with an oak.
-------

The last thing you want is unrest in the forest, trouble with the trees.
Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (TN0g+)
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No, no you don't...

Posted by: Saruman the Many-Colored at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (ESVrU)

266 They told me that suicide is painless.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM


It also brings on many changes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (0sNs1)

267 Hour long show with only 30 minutes of material.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 12:01 PM (qFwJc)



Watching Mr. Inbetween on Hulu.

Hulu sucks.

5 minutes of show, 2.5 minutes of commercials you can't skip.

Really hard to get into what you're watching.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

268 Hour long show with only 30 minutes of material.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 12:01 PM (qFwJc)
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I enjoyed it.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:03 PM (Q4cxx)

269 Based on articles I've seen it seems pretty clear that there are people getting paid finders fees (kickbacks) to get others to do the MAID treatment.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (n5tGW)
________

The dirty little secret is that "body brokers" have been getting kickbacks to steer patients to certain treatments and centers since the earliest days. Every once in a while there's a prosecution over it, but I'm sure that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 01, 2026 12:03 PM (iFTx/)

270 It's not a popular opinion, but I've maintained from the start that Trump will lose the birthright case not because of any of the merits of the issue, but because the President does not have the power to decide an issue like this through an EO. The Court is going to reserve the issue of Constitutional Interpretation for itself, and issue a ruling on that basis.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 11:57 AM (/QdgR)
==
The only hope is that the case that set this all up was not determined by the legislature but by the courts. SCOTUS could correct itself. The courts overrode the legislature.

And the courts were wrong.

Posted by: Black JEM at April 01, 2026 12:03 PM (GZYu7)

271 Canada could really save money if they offered one of these machine inside of prisons.

Posted by: Reforger at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (7WnOb)

272 Now we're doing MASH

Posted by: Archer at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (wvc0i)

273 They told me that suicide is painless.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Cqx++)



Only when you take the black pill.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

274 Well back to work
3 hours to go but my co-worker will only stay until 2 pm

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (bMfWR)

275 5 minutes of show, 2.5 minutes of commercials you can't skip.

Really hard to get into what you're watching.
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True. I had that problem trying to watch Trailer Park Boys.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (n17eQ)

276 "First Do No Harm" seems to directly contradict abortion and 40 years of "transgender healthcare".
Posted by: Crusader at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (TN0g+)
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"Harm" is just their "personal truth of Harm".

Come on, no oath or code is going to outlast moderns.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (Q4cxx)

277 --------------
True. I had that problem trying to watch Trailer Park Boys.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (n17eQ)



It was a good thing Shoresy was funny.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)

278 "Harm" is just their "personal truth of Harm".

Come on, no oath or code is going to outlast moderns.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (Q4cxx)



They choose TRUTH over FACTS.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)

279 Hulu sucks.

5 minutes of show, 2.5 minutes of commercials you can't skip.

Really hard to get into what you're watching.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)
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Waaaaaaay back in the day, one of the networks broadcast "Ben Hur" and touted that the first hour? ninety minutes? would be commercial-free. It was, but they made up for it on the back end. It was five minutes of movie, five minutes of commercials. It became a death march.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 12:06 PM (+DAqq)

280 "Harm" is just their "personal truth of Harm".

Come on, no oath or code is going to outlast moderns.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (Q4cxx)


They choose TRUTH over FACTS.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:05 PM (Zz0t1)
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Everything is like the Pirate's Code.

More like a set of suggestions.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:07 PM (Q4cxx)

281 I’m just gonna put this here. This is God almighty speaking…

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Deuteronomy 30:19

God alone has sovereignty over life and death. Suicide puts a human in God’s place. It’s wrong. Period

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 12:07 PM (aSzdc)

282 5 minutes of show, 2.5 minutes of commercials you can't skip.

Really hard to get into what you're watching.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Subscribe to Hulu ULTRA Premium for a commercial free experience!

I almost unsubbed from amazon when I saw that on prime. But I still order a bunch of stuff.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)

283 Waaaaaaay back in the day, one of the networks broadcast "Ben Hur" and touted that the first hour? ninety minutes? would be commercial-free. It was, but they made up for it on the back end. It was five minutes of movie, five minutes of commercials. It became a death march.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 01, 2026 12:06 PM (+DAqq)



They did similar with Schindler's List. Broadcast 'uninterrupted' with 'intermissions.'

The intermissions were 20 minute commercial breaks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)

284
The Court is going to reserve the issue of Constitutional Interpretation for itself, and issue a ruling on that basis.
Posted by: Tom Servo

================

Issue a ruling? You mean just as to whether an EO is the proper way to do it, or on birthright citizenship? Exactly how narrow is the question before SCOTUS? From the arguments it sounds broad.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:08 PM (n7rxJ)

285 I opted for the ad free plan on Prime. I miss all the psoriasis and ulcerative colitis commercials. Well, not really.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 12:08 PM (pDt9x)

286 Subscribe to Hulu ULTRA Premium for a commercial free experience!

I almost unsubbed from amazon when I saw that on prime. But I still order a bunch of stuff.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)



Heh. I mooch off others for streaming TV. I take what I can get.

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)

287 VDH on Fang Fang and Fartswell

https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/
2039320294930665873

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 12:09 PM (/+uur)

288 273 They told me that suicide is painless.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (Cqx++)


Only when you take the black pill.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)

Oddly, a busty brunette will molest you while you are tranqed out on drugs and you'll feel better.

That movie is just retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 12:09 PM (bss/y)

289 279 Hulu sucks.

5 minutes of show, 2.5 minutes of commercials you can't skip.

Really hard to get into what you're watching.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)

Yeah, never watch anything on Plex either.

And the three Star Treks are off PlutoTV

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:09 PM (Sco7b)

290 Ben Hur (Willie Wyler version) is my favorite all time movie. It’s a masterpiece…. The actress who played Esther was so beautiful

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 01, 2026 12:10 PM (aSzdc)

291 The dirty little secret is that "body brokers" have been getting kickbacks to steer patients to certain treatments and centers since the earliest days. Every once in a while there's a prosecution over it, but I'm sure that's only the tip of the iceberg.
Posted by: Elric The Blade


Pilot for Made For TV Movie:

Body broker picks on the wrong person. Out of town brother shows up in the nick of time, injects body broker with fentanyl and substitutes body broker for patient.

Hospital finds out too late that they offed a body broker.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:10 PM (sUjod)

292 "Harm" is just their "personal truth of Harm".

Come on, no oath or code is going to outlast moderns.
Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:04 PM


First, do no haram!

Posted by: Mohamed M. Mohamed at April 01, 2026 12:10 PM (bFu5X)

293 Heard on Chris Plante this morning (so yesterday's show) that over 50% of women who identify themselves as politically liberal see a therapist or take some sort of psychoactive drug for mental illness.

Hoodathunk?

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:10 PM (Q4cxx)

294 >>Smart thinking. I'd noticed her absence as well.

Missing Irongrampa - haven't seen him here since December.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 01, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

295 I read somewhere on X that the Rothchilds took over the Bank of England 3 centuries ago.
And George Soros bankrupted it about 15 years ago.
Fun times.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 11:59 AM (qFwJc)


The Bank of England defaulted during WWI, and everything in modern economics and banking since then has been an attempt to paper over that fact, or get another country to pay the debt back for them.
Even Keynes was just formalizing the practices that the BOE adopted to hide the fact that they were deep in debt and had no way out.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at April 01, 2026 12:11 PM (rbvCR)

296
Regardless of any moral stance on self-offing, I'm vehemently against any govt involvement, permission or regulation of suicide. You want to end it all? Do it yourself. Hundreds of thousands of people find a way do it every year all on their own, why should you be any different?

There's something really perverse about setting up a government relationship with suicide where on the one hand they try to talk you into it and provide the means through lethal drugs; and on the other hand they operate suicide crisis hotlines where they try to talk you out of going through with it and getting you the mental health help you need to reduce or eliminate the suicidal urge.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 01, 2026 12:11 PM (QDlji)

297 When I transited Toronto last year, non white passport holders were allowed to skip passport checks.

Posted by: Meh at April 01, 2026 12:11 PM (N462N)

298 Maybe we can change the management on those birthing centers from "Birthing Clinics" to "Planned Parenthood."

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 12:12 PM (qwx/I)

299 Hospital finds out too late that they offed a body broker.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:10 PM (sUjod

Saw series. The insurance companies denied him treatment.

They paid....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:13 PM (Sco7b)

300 The Court is going to reserve the issue of Constitutional Interpretation for itself, and issue a ruling on that basis.
Posted by: Tom Servo

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That's kind of narrow minded, because the Executive does have to perform executive function.

It's long been allowed for Chief Executives to issue "clarifying statements".

After all, prosecuting only what they wanted was Obama's "prosecutorial discretion".

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:13 PM (Q4cxx)

301 There's something really perverse about setting up a government relationship with suicide where on the one hand they try to talk you into it and provide the means through lethal drugs; and on the other hand they operate suicide crisis hotlines where they try to talk you out of going through with it and getting you the mental health help you need to reduce or eliminate the suicidal urge.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 01, 2026 12:11 PM


Are you sure they're trying to talk them out of it, and not just telling them to make sure they choose the clean, professional option?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 12:14 PM (bFu5X)

302 While using my son's Prime account I noticed the ads and mentioned it to him.

He said he upgraded to "no ads" and sure enough, they went away in a few days.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 01, 2026 12:14 PM (qFwJc)

303 Missing Irongrampa - haven't seen him here since December.
Posted by: Nazdar at April 01, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)



Uh oh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:14 PM (Zz0t1)

304
"The case is submitted."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:14 PM (n7rxJ)

305 234 164 I predict a 6 to 3 scotus against Trump in this case, maybe even 7 to 2, but doesn't matter, a loss is a loss.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The Court is going to reserve the issue of Constitutional Interpretation for itself, and issue a ruling on that basis.
Posted by: Tom Servo
======
Unlikely. Rule of Four means that four justices had to want to hear the case. If they were comfortable with the status quo, they would have just let lower court decisions stand.

Alito and Thomas are originalists. Kavanaugh is another more or less originalist. That leaves Gorsuch whose textualism is less than originalist at least on statutory interpretation cases, and ACB who claims to be an originalist. Roberts is a judicial restraint type.

My personal guess is that the Courts will strike down the executive order but throw it to Congress to fix legislatively. That eliminates stripping citizenship retroactively from anchor babies and handing Trump a win. Fits in with prior rulings on immigration law--Congress's power is plenary. Also see Indian citizenship statute.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

306
Saw series. The insurance companies denied him treatment.

They paid....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:13 PM (Sco7b)



Aren't you just supposed to off the company CEO?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)

307 One thing about Trump's EO on the birthright citizenship that keeps being over-looked (intentionally) is that he wrote it to be forward-looking only.

It does not apply to children already here.

but, the left is pouring all their efforts into trying to make the argument about kicking out 50 year olds born here decades ago.

Because, if it only applies going forward, none of their sob stories and tales of woe mean anything.

And that's all they have in support of their arguments.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (HXT0k)

308 There's something really perverse about setting up a government relationship with suicide where on the one hand they try to talk you into it and provide the means through lethal drugs; and on the other hand they operate suicide crisis hotlines where they try to talk you out of going through with it and getting you the mental health help you need to reduce or eliminate the suicidal urge.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 01, 2026 12:11 PM
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Mussolini explained it this way: "Nothing outside of the state".

People calling the suicide helpline are 1) trying not to kill themselves, or 2) not filling out the right forms first.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (Q4cxx)

309
OT but I have not seen Fenelon around much.

=================

She's almost always around in the early morning.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (n7rxJ)

310 My personal guess is that the Courts will strike down the executive order but throw it to Congress to fix legislatively. That eliminates stripping citizenship retroactively from anchor babies and handing Trump a win. Fits in with prior rulings on immigration law--Congress's power is plenary. Also see Indian citizenship statute.
Posted by: whig

Split the baby.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (sUjod)

311 Whenever I'm trying to decide whom to vote for in America "memorizer of the Quran" is always my number one priority.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (RHGPo)

312
Are you sure they're trying to talk them out of it, and not just telling them to make sure they choose the clean, professional option?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 12:14 PM (bFu5X)



Good point. Nowadays it wouldn't surprise me, but before this government sanctioned suicide shit lately, they at least tried to prop themselves up as anti-suicide in public.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (QDlji)

313 Aren't you just supposed to off the company CEO?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1

And those just following orders...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b)

314 Split the baby.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (sUjod)

They're good at doing that

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 12:18 PM (eANu3)

315 Waiting for SCOTUS...like Waiting for Godot but more painful.

Trump is apparently the first sitting president ever to attend SCOTUS hearings? I feel like dem presidents will pounce on that idea and steal it, and use it for political theater going forward.

Posted by: LizLem at April 01, 2026 12:18 PM (gWBY1)

316 Split the baby.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (sUjod)

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It vacuums out so much better that way.

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:19 PM (Q4cxx)

317 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 12:19 PM (Zz0t1)

318 Sounds like the ultimate Boomer justice Roberts is skeptical --

SG: 8 billion people are a plane ride away from being an American citizen.

John Roberts -- It's a new world but the same Constitution.

So the Boomer mentality is everything we oversee will leave the world a worse place, but that's just how the cookie crumbles.

Unless it affects Social Security.



Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 12:20 PM (qwx/I)

319 Whenever I'm trying to decide whom to vote for in America "memorizer of the Quran" is always my number one priority.
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 12:17 PM (RHGPo)
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For me that can't have that "Declined" symbol by their name "(D)".

Posted by: Axeman at April 01, 2026 12:20 PM (Q4cxx)

320
the Courts will strike down the executive order but throw it to Congress to fix legislatively.

===============

So, dead again.

Meanwhile, the San Francisco Examiner is downright Hochul-esque about it:

>>thousands of residents would lose their eligibility for federal programs that provide needed food, housing and health care, forcing the city to spend millions of dollars it cannot afford — or turn its back on children of immigrants.

Flat out. ALL American taxpayers must support kids of "immigrants." We San Franciscans alone can't afford our generosity with OPM.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:20 PM (n7rxJ)

321
Commercials? VPN and BitTorrent FTW. Fuck those fucks in fucking Hollywood.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 01, 2026 12:21 PM (QDlji)

322 I, also, have noted IG's absence.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2026 12:22 PM (XeU6L)

323 The only hope is that the case that set this all up was not determined by the legislature but by the courts. SCOTUS could correct itself. The courts overrode the legislature.

And the courts were wrong.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Wrong way to read Wong Ark Kim. Basically both parents were legal residents and the son was born here while that was so. They went back to China and Wong Ark was denied reentry.

The lazy assumption since the 1920's was that the subject to the jurisdiction thereof meant jus soli so anyone could be American if they were born on magic dirt.

What they ignore is that it took an act of Congress to make Indians not taxable (reservations) citizens in the 1920's under Coolidge Administration. Coolidge's VP was actually Native American in part.

The whole impetus of the 13th to 15th Amendments were to get rid of the Dred Scott v San(d)ford decision. Too long to go into all of it but it specifically denied that blacks could be citizens of the United States whether free or slaves. And misread the Declaration of Independence to do so.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

324 You don't have to strip citizenship retroactively, just call it the date of the decision moving forward. Things have changed and there is an active threat to the country from the current interpretation of citizenship. But it's all just philosophizing at this point I think. The courts won't fix it, legislatively is impossible and an EO won't apparently work.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 12:24 PM (n5tGW)

325 Split the baby.
Posted by: rickb223
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Something like that if Roberts has anything to do a decision to limit birthright citizenship entirely is on the table. He will flip to the majority in order to try to control and limit the opinion.

Warren Burger used to do the same shit. Nasty political critters disguised as judges. And even the liberals Marshall and Brennan were glad when Burger resigned and Rehnquist took his place. Rehnquist as chief did not play the political games that Burger did.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:25 PM (E4rtv)

326 In the workplace, there's a particularly nasty strategy of making people so miserable they quit, rather than forcing their employer to fire them. It happened to me just last year.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 11:07 AM (ESVrU)

It's called a 'constructive discharge,' and employees in certain sectors have extensive protections against it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (FmapG)

327 324 You don't have to strip citizenship retroactively, just call it the date of the decision moving forward. Things have changed and there is an active threat to the country from the current interpretation of citizenship. But it's all just philosophizing at this point I think. The courts won't fix it, legislatively is impossible and an EO won't apparently work.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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I think legislatively it is possible, but not with our current GOP types in the Senate. Public is getting more and more comfortable with sending people back, ignoring Big Business on H1Bs, and the wailing of the Dems to keep despicable people in the US is not helping the open borders cause.

Once deportations become a statistic rather than individual stories, it builds in a new Overton window. Muzzies being muzzies is another sore spot and people are tired of their shit.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv)

328 324 You don't have to strip citizenship retroactively, just call it the date of the decision moving forward. Things have changed and there is an active threat to the country from the current interpretation of citizenship. But it's all just philosophizing at this point I think. The courts won't fix it, legislatively is impossible and an EO won't apparently work.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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I've seen that done on criminal sentencing but not in general application. Creates a lot of work there.

And to some extent, we are in this situation because Congress has abrogated its job pretty much because of the US Senate and the filibuster on any substantial non budgetary legislation.

Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

329 Death Cafes, which began in London, UK, have rapidly expanded around the US as have positions of Death Doulas, of course.

Attended a program through the local library recently to see what it was about. Many in attendance were actually looking for grief services after losing loved ones, others were exploring the availability of hospice services and how they're paid for through Medicare/Medicaid or private insurance. Just a few attendees were looking for answers on how to be prepared for death - theirs or others.

In the end, it seemed to be a business assisting in planning one's death, from coordinating Wills & Estates, helping with Living Wills and Advance Directives, coordinating care and/or respite, assisting in the final preparations, taking some of the burden from the dying and/or their families - depending.

Green burials, etc. were discussed, but also that PA does not yet allow the practices of euthanasia or aquamation.
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Traveling Death Doula Series: Switzerland

"Then I learned about physician-assisted dying (PAD).
Now I’m a traveling death doula, and the laws in Switzerland around death/dying are unique..."
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It brings me no comfort.

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 12:30 PM (NFX2v)

330 If you try to kill a murderer in any of these countries, expect the forces of hell (literally!) to stand against it.

We are dealing with great evil.

Posted by: TheMewTwix at April 01, 2026 12:38 PM (XodLO)

331 I read somewhere that through the middle ages, up until fairly recent times, that about one percent of the population in western societies wound up being executed.

Could there be some aspect of human nature that leads us to kill off some portion of us, regardless of our level of 'civilization'?

Horrible thought - is there some societal or evolutionary benefit to this?

Certainly, the issue of people killing people has always been with us.

Posted by: PARKER at April 01, 2026 01:19 PM (hJWil)

332 Unlikely. Rule of Four means that four justices had to want to hear the case. If they were comfortable with the status quo, they would have just let lower court decisions stand.


Posted by: whig at April 01, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)

Unless the liberals on the court wanted to create settled law at the SCOTUS level.

This is also a reason to want to hear the case.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 01, 2026 01:52 PM (FmapG)

333 Coloradoan here. I specifically updated my Living Will to formally refuse any and every application of Colorado's M.A.I.D. and under any and every circumstance. Yes, under Colorado law, my consent is still required, but I expect that in the very near future my consent will not be required, and that my trustee could off me that way if desired.

The one thing I could not formally get around is if the State of Colorado decides that I should be killed because they need my hospital bed. These type of documents are all under State Law, so if that's what State Law becomes, there is no resisting it.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 01, 2026 02:15 PM (bufu1)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Escalante Passover.jpg


Los Israelitas Celebrando La Pascua

Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




Comments

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1 St!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:30 AM (CaljU)

2 I blinked and it was back.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Q/FnY)

3 Hotfoot!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

4 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (CaljU)

5 Leggo my Eggo!

Posted by: Common Tater at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (gxIQr)

6 The people were hangry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

7 An action piece.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:32 AM (bss/y)

8 Everyone fighting over the last slice.

Nicely dramatic and very well detailed. A bit dark overall but not overly so.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 01, 2026 09:32 AM (CHHv1)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Kid in the foreground is making s'mores.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

11 At first glance I thought they were stirring a big pot of puppy stew.

Moar coffee!

Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM (qgHp7)

12 A lot of weaponry around that table.

Better not try to steal a morsel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

13 I'm guessing that's not a ham.

Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM (98kQX)

14 The Israelites celebrate the... Passover? What is Pascua?

Passover.

Why are they all waving sticks?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)

15 Hotfoot!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)



OOH! Ahh! Ouch!!!

I hate when I do that.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

16 Hope they ask the waiter for separate checks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Bless us, O' Lord, for these thy gifts......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

18 >>Why are they all waving sticks?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM

The chef will be bringing out the fondue soon.

Posted by: huerfano at April 01, 2026 09:35 AM (98kQX)

19 what am I looking at

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

20 Good, not great.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 09:35 AM (DgMqy)

21 Why are they all waving sticks?"

"I am NOT touching your staff!"

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:35 AM (XuXeR)

22 So many people jammed into so little space.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 01, 2026 09:36 AM (KVlOi)

23 Are they having pork chops?

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

24 Not much info on this artist in Wikipedia other than he died young and was known for his religious paintings.

Posted by: Tuna at April 01, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

25 Gimme dat brisket!

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:37 AM (gtcuf)

26 This painting is in need of repair.

Posted by: Because it's Baroque at April 01, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

27 They're foreigners eating with their hands. Deport them all!

Posted by: Based Take at April 01, 2026 09:38 AM (JCZqz)

28 Little guy in the foreground has some serious Popeye forearms.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:38 AM (bFu5X)

29 Kid with the Popeye forearm looks "special."

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

30 It's. . . fine, I guess?
For some reason, not connecting with this.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 09:39 AM (Suwql)

31 Where does the word Passover come from?

Posted by: Pop quiz at April 01, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

32 So many people jammed into so little space.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 01, 2026 09:36 AM (KVlOi)



Fat guy in a little coat........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

33 Dude playing with the fire is going to wet the bed tonight.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 09:40 AM (AkEZC)

34 Little guy in the foreground has some serious Popeye forearms.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:38 AM (bFu5X)
******
And Jazz hands.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

35 The guy in the blue on the left always manages to be in the bathroom or "needs to take a phone call" when the check comes.

Posted by: Lousy Tipper, Too at April 01, 2026 09:40 AM (paPdW)

36 Where does the word Passover come from?
Posted by: Pop quiz at April 01, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)



My childhood when they were picking teams?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

37 Looking at that head, it appears the artist had obviously never seen a real roasted lamb come off a spit before.

Damn. Now I want roast lamb and I can't have any until Easter.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM (bFu5X)

38 Guy in the front is warming his bone.

Heh heh. Heh heh.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

39 I get the feeling the lamb is not really feeling the Passover celebration.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)

40 The guy in the red tunic looks like he's missing a leg.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

41 28 Little guy in the foreground has some serious Popeye forearms.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:38 AM (bFu5X)

29 Kid with the Popeye forearm looks "special."
Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)



Hordemind is real and it's spectacular.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

42 Where does the word Passover come from?
Posted by: Pop quiz at April 01, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)


My childhood when they were picking teams?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM


My athletic brother!

*fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:42 AM (bFu5X)

43 Couple of them don't even look Jewish.

Posted by: Shabbos Goy at April 01, 2026 09:42 AM (paPdW)

44
My athletic brother!

*fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:42 AM (bFu5X)



*fistbump*

Fam......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

45 The guy in the red tunic looks like he's missing a leg.

The right foot is behind the brazier, but the left one sort of fades into the distance.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)

46 Couple of them don't even look Jewish.

Oh, and what are we "supposed" to look like, huh?

Posted by: Zombie Sammy Davis Jr. at April 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)

47 The right foot is behind the brazier, but the left one sort of fades into the distance.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 01, 2026 09:42 AM (Riz8t)



Wait....there's boobs?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:43 AM (Zz0t1)

48 What's up with the midget in the forefront with the Schwarzenegger forearms?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:44 AM (sUjod)

49 "Guy in the front is warming his bone."

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Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at April 01, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

50 Every arm displayed is ripped.

I'm guessing they don't spend a majority of their time playing Call of Duty online and trying to become an internet influencer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

51 The right foot is behind the brazier, but the left one sort of fades into the distance.
Posted by: Archimedes


What's up with the dude in blue on the left with painted toenails?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:46 AM (sUjod)

52 We're all Jewish. But, some of our wives are Shrewish.

Posted by: Los Israelitas at April 01, 2026 09:46 AM (gtcuf)

53 Lots going on but not sure what guy in front is doing

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 09:46 AM (S2ztc)

54 Every arm displayed is ripped.

I'm guessing they don't spend a majority of their time playing Call of Duty online and trying to become an internet influencer.
Posted by: Sponge


I guess this is where the term "jacked" comes from?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:46 AM (sUjod)

55 Lots going on but not sure what guy in front is doing
Posted by: Skip



Cooking his meat like a Chinese hot pot.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:47 AM (sUjod)

56 I'll pass on this one...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:48 AM (eANu3)

57
Cooking his meat

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:47 AM (sUjod)



What's THAT a euphemism for?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

58 *We're all Jewish. But, some of our wives are Shrewish.*

Sounds like the start of a you-know-what.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 01, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

59 They're all fighting over the brisket and ignoring the matzoh. There's a lesson to be learned here, I think.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)

60 Los Israelitas know how to put on a concert, I'll say that for them.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 01, 2026 09:50 AM (xcxpd)

61 They're all fighting over the brisket and ignoring the matzoh. There's a lesson to be learned here, I think.
Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)




Meat is king.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

62 Where's the brisket?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

63 Torah! Torah! Torah!

Posted by: Japanese Jew at April 01, 2026 09:50 AM (fuVj5)

64 Do Jews not shop at Piggly Wiggly?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

65 Lots going on but not sure what guy in front is doing
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 09:46 AM (S2ztc)
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The shank bone must be roasted before being placed on the Seder Plate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

66
Really? It was that dramatic an event? It was a celebratory meal, not a "dine and dash" affair.

The clown artist was a bullshitter in oils and canvas who no doubt smelled of boiled cabbage.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)

67 The right foot is behind the brazier, but the left one sort of fades into the distance.
Posted by: Archimedes

Sort of like a shapeshifting Jew...

Posted by: Hamas Retard at April 01, 2026 09:51 AM (JCZqz)

68 Guy in the front is warming his bone.

Heh heh. Heh heh.
Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM


Warming the Bone was an early, but rejected, title for a Rush album.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:51 AM (bFu5X)

69
Warming the Bone was an early, but rejected, title for a Rush album.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:51 AM (bFu5X)



Roll the Bones was one of their worst songs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

70 I'll pass on this one...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:48 AM


ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:52 AM (bFu5X)

71 They tried to kill us, G-d foiled them, let's eat!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:52 AM (gKWVE)

72 68 Guy in the front is warming his bone.

Heh heh. Heh heh.
Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:41 AM

Warming the Bone was an early, but rejected, title for a Rush album.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:51 AM (bFu5X)

Sounds like a KISS album, frankly

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xcxpd)

73 Sounds like a KISS album, frankly
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xcxpd)




Christine.......sixteen......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

74 Roll the Bones was one of their worst songs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

"Why are we here? Because we're here."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 01, 2026 09:54 AM (xcxpd)

75 The shank bone connected to the hock bone...

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:54 AM (gtcuf)

76 Every arm displayed is ripped

Most of their time was spent hauling big stone blocks for a temple of Ra.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 09:54 AM (gKWVE)

77 And now it's a music thread.

Still Art, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

78
"Why are we here? Because we're here."
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 01, 2026 09:54 AM (xcxpd)



Relax.....get busy with the facts.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

79 Bread looks kind of yeasty.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (pDt9x)

80 "Why are we here? Because we're here."

I took that as a nod to Buckaroo Banzai, and I like that.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (gtcuf)

81 Bread looks kind of yeasty.
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (pDt9x)



This is about me, isn't it.......

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

82 One thing the Art Thread has done is increase the awareness and appreciation of both the Christian and Jewish holy days. So today we learn that Passover and Easter, while celebrating two different events, are linked in the Spring, because of the supposition that The Last Supper was a Passover meal (although this is not universally agreed upon). This week it just so happens that Passover is on Wednesday and Easter the following Sunday, which comes very close to the timing of Jesus' and the Apostles' final days together.

Happy Passover and Blessed Easter to all!

Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (qgHp7)

83 Meat is king.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)


No Kings! -- International Vegan Coalition

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

84 Is that a whole dead unskinned lamb on the table??

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 09:56 AM (pDt9x)

85 I don't understand.

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at April 01, 2026 09:57 AM (4NO2D)

86
No Kings! -- International Vegan Coalition
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ExV1e)



I will grill a ribeye medium rare upon your pasty, white demise from malnutrition.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

87 Shyte......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

88 Maurice, why is there blood all over the front door? I just cleaned it Thursday so it would nice. Why can't we have nice things like the Maccabees?

Posted by: Mrs. Goldberg at April 01, 2026 09:58 AM (fuVj5)

89 Happy Passover and Blessed Easter to all!
Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (qgHp7)



Back at ya.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

90
"They Came to the Seder and a Donnybrook Broke Out"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 09:58 AM (xG4kz)

91 What are the sticks they are holding for?

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 09:58 AM (pDt9x)

92 I don't understand.
Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at April 01, 2026 09:57 AM (4NO2D)



Affirmative Action.......


*Not a song by The Firm

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

93 Interesting use of color and subtle detail. The figures are not as realistic as the stonework but that adds to the sense of motion, like it's a busy family meal. Each person has their own posture and facial expression. There is a feel, at least for me, of relaxed family ritual.

Totally irrelevant and irreverent, but I had a flash of some of John Sloane's McSorely's Bar paintings. Probably the way each person is going their own way in a familiar group setting.

Posted by: JTB at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

94 71 They tried to kill us, G-d foiled them, let's eat!
Posted by: gKWVE

Silly Jews. We slaughtered the Jewish men of Khybar, and the wife of one of my victims offered to cook me and my closest friends a lamb dinner! Let's eat!

Posted by: Muhammed, about to be poisoned because he's retarded at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (JCZqz)

95 What are the sticks they are holding for?
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 09:58 AM (pDt9x)



Chewing bubblegum and kicking ass.

And they're all out of bubblegum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

96 One thing the Art Thread has done is increase the awareness and appreciation of both the Christian and Jewish holy days. So today we learn that Passover and Easter, while celebrating two different events, are linked in the Spring, because of the supposition that The Last Supper was a Passover meal (although this is not universally agreed upon). This week it just so happens that Passover is on Wednesday and Easter the following Sunday, which comes very close to the timing of Jesus' and the Apostles' final days together.

Happy Passover and Blessed Easter to all!
Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM (qgHp7)
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I always loved Holy Week, when we theologically come together in waiting and yearning for the Moshiach to come.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (RIvkX)

97 Link to one a little lighter:

https://tinyurl.com/2z8e9n3c

Posted by: javems at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (zFsEm)

98 70 I'll pass on this one...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:48 AM

ISWYDT.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:52 AM (bFu5X)


Wondered how long it was gonna take for someone to get it...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (eANu3)

99 *Really? It was that dramatic an event? It was a celebratory meal, not a "dine and dash" affair.*

+++++++

"This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover."

Posted by: Exodus 12:11 at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

100 What's with the sticks? Did they Joos invent pool?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 10:00 AM (n17eQ)

101 By the way, where has Kris gone to? Did some miscreant offend her?

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:00 AM (pDt9x)

102 From previous - Oil is “fungible” in the sense of contracts on the open market.

But different types of crude don’t fetch the same price. “Benchmark” crude or WTI, or “light sweet” crude is a standard, that all crude oil probably aspires to.

Lesser oils trade at a discount. Then there’s transportation costs. They will trade contracts and offset with $$$. Say for example, Alaskan crude. Good stuff, it makes more sense to sell it to Japan, then refine it in the USA. They’ll trade it for something else from somewhere else, that kind of thing.

It’s a global market and reacts locally to global events.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 01, 2026 10:00 AM (gxIQr)

103 By the way, where has Kris gone to? Did some miscreant offend her?
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:00 AM (pDt9x)




Work.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

104
Wondered how long it was gonna take for someone to get it...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (eANu3)



Consider it got.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

105 103 By the way, where has Kris gone to? Did some miscreant offend her?
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:00 AM (pDt9x)



Work.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

Ah. Good.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:02 AM (pDt9x)

106 By the way, where has Kris gone to? Did some miscreant offend her?
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:00 AM (pDt9x)



Work.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:01 AM


The curse of the drinking class.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 01, 2026 10:02 AM (4NO2D)

107 In the 24 hour rule, the Pope is correctly not going to come to the aid of the Bulls player b/c the player doesn't want him to...

While the player ranted about Pride month, he didn't stop there. He said just as hateful stuff about Catholics. So, his best hope is that his Protestant minister comes out and speaks for him, b/c he rejected the Pope doing so...

"In one video, Ivey slammed the NBA for celebrating the LGBTQ community as a defiance of Christian “righteousness.”

In comments under another, he reportedly told one viewer that “Catholicism is a false religion,” adding that “it is not the true Doctrine of Christ,” and that it “does not lead to salvation in Jesus Christ.”"

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 10:02 AM (tOcjL)

108 I like Trump going to the SCOTUS ... after the last month, this will put him back in my good graces.

I hope he stares down Barrett and Roberts -- I hope he holds some cards on what went down with all of those foreign "adoptees."

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 10:02 AM (qwx/I)

109 A dull brazier makes for a terrible shave.

Posted by: Guy With A Burnt Nose at April 01, 2026 10:03 AM (iSRSK)

110 Iirc, Saudi crude requires very little refining. Some of it would probably run OK straight out of the ground in an old school Diesel engine. Maybe run it through a cheesecloth first.

Venezuelan crude is heavy on tar. Good for Shingles and Asphalt, but cracking will derive significant gasoline and other products. Much more involved refining though.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 01, 2026 10:03 AM (gxIQr)

111 In comments under another, he reportedly told one viewer that “Catholicism is a false religion,” adding that “it is not the true Doctrine of Christ,” and that it “does not lead to salvation in Jesus Christ.”"

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 10:02 AM (tOcjL)



I guess the priests molestation of children and the church covering it up had a profound affect on him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

112 A dull brazier makes for a terrible shave.
Posted by: Guy With A Burnt Nose at April 01, 2026 10:03 AM (iSRSK)



Sportsbra!

Go BOOBS!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

113 100 What's with the sticks? Did they Joos invent pool?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 10:00 AM
###

"...eat it with your staff in your hand..."

Posted by: Exodus 12:11 at April 01, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

114 Really? It was that dramatic an event? It was a celebratory meal, not a "dine and dash" affair.

The clown artist was a bullshitter in oils and canvas who no doubt smelled of boiled cabbage.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at April 01, 2026 09:51 AM


Historically it was kind of a dine and dash, though, wasn't it?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 10:05 AM (bFu5X)

115 "This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover."
Posted by: Exodus 12:11 at April 01, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)
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This conflicts with current practice in which pillows are offered when seated so that diners may recline and tarry when eating, as rich people do. Slaves eat what they can when they can and then back to work.

When I was a kid the seder was 3 hours long at least it was torture.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

116 For a celebration, nobody looks especially happy.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 01, 2026 10:05 AM (k4EKw)

117 Popeye kid is fixin' to steal that loaf of bread and mama is getting ready to smack hom down.

Posted by: Nicless at April 01, 2026 10:06 AM (nPp6w)

118 111 In comments under another, he reportedly told one viewer that “Catholicism is a false religion,” adding that “it is not the true Doctrine of Christ,” and that it “does not lead to salvation in Jesus Christ.”"

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 10:02 AM (tOcjL)


I guess the priests molestation of children and the church covering it up had a profound affect on him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

He apparently is not an intelligent one, b/c by being hateful toward a religion at the same time he was hateful towards PRIDE month, he's now muddied the waters of his support. And his eventual possible legal case b/c hateful religious statements probably do warrant release for cause...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 10:07 AM (tOcjL)

119 Happy Passover and Blessed Easter to all!
Posted by: muldoon at April 01, 2026 09:55 AM


And to you and yours, Muldoon!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

120 Wow! My household's in a painting? Kool!

Willowed:

How are things going over there during Holy Week?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Oy/m2)

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Relatively OK here in Jerusalem. The country is grinnig and bearing it and waiting for the job to be done - whatever it takes.

On of our pups is incommunicado - if you know what I mean. We've been told that he's taken out a lotta bad guys and that's all I can tell you.

Appropriate Jewish musical interlude, from this evening's Passover Haggadah:

https://youtu.be/fY1wgTq9SRM

Signing off. גוט יום טוב.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:07 AM (1o8D5)

121 So, if the Passover was a Grab-N-Go affair Da Vinci’s Last Supper was not entirely accurate?

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:09 AM (pDt9x)

122 They are all eating on the fancy eating table . They have their passing sticks.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:09 AM (V4IXI)

123 Was at a trivia night at a local haunt last night.

There's a table of folks that are there every Tuesday for said trivia night. They cheat, of course, and usually win every week. There's 8 or 9 of them, but they pitch a bitch any time their server auto-gratuity's them as a party of 6 or more, so they don't and the bastards tip like shit.

I was walking back from turning in our answer and a girl was walking up to do the same, so I stepped out of her path, being courteous. A dude from that table passed me by, as if I got out of HIS way, made HER move out of his way, all while he stopped to talk at a table and blocked the walkway.

As the guy says in that Mr. Inbetween show, assholes exist because no one stopped them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

124 When I was a kid the seder was 3 hours long at least it was torture.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)


We would go to a family friend's house (on the Grand Concourse!) for the second Seder. He was an orthodox rabbi, and his Seder would last for about six hours. It was agony.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 10:10 AM (n9ltV)

125 116 For a celebration, nobody looks especially happy.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 01, 2026 10:05 AM (k4EKw)

Adults aren't supposed to be happy.

They're supposed to be stern, stoic, and serious.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 10:10 AM (iXqHn)

126 So, if the Passover was a Grab-N-Go affair Da Vinci’s Last Supper was not entirely accurate?
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:09 AM (pDt9x)

I think they argued a bit and Judas did an Irish goodbye . No dessert.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:11 AM (V4IXI)

127 Iran Threatens To Blow Up American Tech Firms

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Can they start with Ubisoft?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

128 And his eventual possible legal case b/c hateful religious statements probably do warrant release for cause...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 10:07 AM (tOcjL)



Nah. That's not cause. He was critical of Christians, not muslhams.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

129 The country is grinnig and bearing it and waiting for the job to be done - whatever it takes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:07 AM (1o8D5)


Am Yisrael Hai!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 10:12 AM (n9ltV)

130 As the guy says in that Mr. Inbetween show, assholes exist because no one stopped them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

Best drama series evah imo.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:12 AM (V4IXI)

131 Best drama series evah imo.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:12 AM (V4IXI)


I stumbled onto Mr Inbetween as a workout show. It was great!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 10:13 AM (n9ltV)

132 Catholicism ... does not lead to salvation in Jesus Christ

Catholicism led Christianity through the Dark Ages far enough to where nitwits like Ivey can now bitch about it.
We might have doctrinal differences or think this particular pope has said some dumb shit lately himself, but that comment suggests Ivey should be wearing a helmet off the court.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:13 AM (yYROg)

133 129 The country is grinnig and bearing it and waiting for the job to be done - whatever it takes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:07 AM (1o8D5)

Am Yisrael Hai!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 10:12 AM (n9ltV)

Iam trying to stay abreast of the Israeli mood about what is going on. I have been reading the Israel Times. Is there perhaps a better news source fom over there?

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:14 AM (pDt9x)

134 108 I like Trump going to the SCOTUS ... after the last month, this will put him back in my good graces.

I hope he stares down Barrett and Roberts -- I hope he holds some cards on what went down with all of those foreign "adoptees."
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 01, 2026 10:02 AM (qwx/I)
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Maybe he'll *cough* "bullsh*t" *cough* every time KBJ makes a stupid point.

Posted by: WisRich at April 01, 2026 10:14 AM (G0vdT)

135
Best drama series evah imo.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:12 AM (V4IXI)



I'm 1/2 way through season 2. It's not terrible, for sure. but it's not all it was hyped. I'm into it, but it's not grabbing me and not letting me go. I have no issue stopping and going away for awhile.

But, it's a decent watch, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

136 tubal, arutz sheva and ynet .

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:15 AM (+nEug)

137 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

That's what makes the world go 'round.

I thought Breaking Bad was meh.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:16 AM (V4IXI)

138 Throw away that truss!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 10:16 AM (Kt19C)

139 136 tubal, arutz sheva and ynet .
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:15 AM (+nEu


Since this seems to be winding down I wonder what will happen to the Iranian people....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:17 AM (eANu3)

140 Maurice, why is there blood all over the front door? I just cleaned it Thursday so it would nice. Why can't we have nice things like the Maccabees?
Posted by: Mrs. Goldberg



*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:17 AM (sUjod)

141 Ah! Incoming!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:18 AM (1o8D5)

142 Dems Hope To Hide Anti-American Policies Behind ‘Straight, White, Christian Man’ 2028 Nominee

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That'll fool for sure.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

143 That's what makes the world go 'round.

I thought Breaking Bad was meh.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:16 AM (V4IXI)



I've not watched one second of that show.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

144 It's me donna, the Iranian people are going to get their freedom.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (+nEug)

145 Ah! Incoming!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:18 AM (1o8D5)



I can't imagine that way of life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

146 143 That's what makes the world go 'round.

I thought Breaking Bad was meh.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:16 AM (V4IXI)


I've not watched one second of that show.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

Nor I. The premise sucked.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (pDt9x)

147 Since this seems to be winding down I wonder what will happen to the Iranian people....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:17 AM (eANu3)

Seems their 'revolution' was a lot more active prior to the start of the war. Are they waiting for something?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (V4IXI)

148 Thanks Ben Had. Will check them out.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:20 AM (pDt9x)

149 I guess the priests molestation of children and the church covering it up had a profound affect on him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)


Just as likely, Ivey has a theological thesis against the Filioque in review at Mount Athos.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:20 AM (yYROg)

150 >>143 That's what makes the world go 'round.

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Wait. Wut?

Posted by: Fat-bottomed girls at April 01, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

151 Ah! Incoming!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:18 AM


Stay safe, Biden's Dog.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 10:20 AM (bFu5X)

152 Seems their 'revolution' was a lot more active prior to the start of the war. Are they waiting for something?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (V4IXI)


Presumably, they're waiting for either Trump, or Netanyahu, or Pahlavi, all of whom told them to stay indoors and out of the way, to tell them it's time to act.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)

153

Times of Israel

Some of US President Donald Trump’s aides tell the Axios news site that they believe the American leader is “mostly improvising, rather than following any clear plan” regarding the Iran war.

The aides tell Axios that Trump “likes to keep his options open, spitball with different audiences, then capitalize if he thinks he sees an opportunity.”

https://tinyurl.com/37aadv6p


You know who didn't? Custer.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:22 AM (sUjod)

154 When I was a kid the seder was 3 hours long at least it was torture.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

We would go to a family friend's house (on the Grand Concourse!) for the second Seder. He was an orthodox rabbi, and his Seder would last for about six hours. It was agony.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 10:10 AM (n9ltV)
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I feel very sorry for you folks. We're happy 5-6 hour people!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM (1o8D5)

155 Catholicism led Christianity through the Dark Ages far enough to where nitwits like Ivey can now bitch about it.
We might have doctrinal differences or think this particular pope has said some dumb shit lately himself, but that comment suggests Ivey should be wearing a helmet off the court.
Posted by: gKWVE

Chicago Bob was an unfortunate choice but the Catholic Church has been through tough times before. My friend spines that the Catholic Church is the number one reason we're not all speaking Islam now. No need to refight the 30 Years War.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

156 144 It's me donna, the Iranian people are going to get their freedom.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (+nEug)


I'm still worried about the armed Bands of IRGC

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM (eANu3)

157 Some of US President Donald Trump’s aides tell the Axios news site that they believe the American leader is “mostly improvising, rather than following any clear plan” regarding the Iran war.

The aides tell Axios that Trump “likes to keep his options open, spitball with different audiences, then capitalize if he thinks he sees an opportunity.”



Another "anonymous sourses" load of horseshit.

Axios.

HA!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

158 The fondue party had to be shut down after they discovered that's not cheese.

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM (ZN5Ar)

159 My friend spines that the Catholic Church is the number one reason we're not all speaking Islam now. No need to refight the 30 Years War.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)



I guess he didn't pay much attention to the last booger eater.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)

160 the Easter Vigil can take some time (more if you count the Thursday-Friday festivities, as the Trideum) but a lot of that is voluntary. Easter Sunday morning exists.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (yYROg)

161 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. A great picture for this week.
Goes looking for coffee

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (2WIwB)

162 Times of Israel and Jpost are only a half step ahead of Haaretz. None of them are worth reading.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (+nEug)

163 Seems their 'revolution' was a lot more active prior to the start of the war. Are they waiting for something?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (V4IXI)

Presumably, they're waiting for either Trump, or Netanyahu, or Pahlavi, all of whom told them to stay indoors and out of the way, to tell them it's time to act.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

And maybe for us to arm them as we did with resistance fighters in WWII.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

164 Some of US President Donald Trump’s aides tell the Axios news site that they believe the American leader is “mostly improvising, rather than following any clear plan” regarding the Iran war.

The aides tell Axios that Trump “likes to keep his options open, spitball with different audiences, then capitalize if he thinks he sees an opportunity.”


This could probably also be written as "Some of US President Donald Trump’s aides tell the Axios news site that they are not kept in the loop as to the President's plans."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

165 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)

I hope that's the case but almost seems the time has passed. As I posted previously, I want another day one of the war. Of course I hardly ever get want I want. Maybe I'll get what I need.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (V4IXI)

166 Another "anonymous sourses" load of horseshit.

Axios.

HA!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

The guy who brings in the coffee says...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (bss/y)

167 Well, it's Axios, so...

Posted by: Take it with a shaker of salt at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

168
And maybe for us to arm them as we did with resistance fighters in WWII.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)



We dropped loaded cans of tuna. What else do they want!?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)

169 I guess he didn't pay much attention to the last booger eater.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (Zz0t1


Which one is that?

Posted by: one of the hot latinas in 3 amigos at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (yYROg)

170 As a hardcore Protestant with a heavy garnish of Calvinism I am eternally grateful to the Catholic church for sutaining Christianity through some very dangerous, dark history. I will never Catholic-bash.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:26 AM (pDt9x)

171
Which one is that?
Posted by: one of the hot latinas in 3 amigos at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (yYROg)



The last pope. He embraced islham.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

172 The last pope. He embraced islham.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, he was a commie so...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:27 AM (bss/y)

173 Missile path was north of Jerusalem. Heard 2 intercept explosions. Remaining in my comfy chair.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:27 AM (1o8D5)

174
Well, he was a commie so...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:27 AM (bss/y)



Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

175 So it's a mackerel snapper thread now?

Posted by: Ducks out of sight at April 01, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

176 162 Times of Israel and Jpost are only a half step ahead of Haaretz. None of them are worth reading.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (+nEug)

Yeah I noticed a Lefty turn to what they wrote. Thanks again for your suggestions.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:28 AM (pDt9x)

177 175 So it's a mackerel snapper thread now?
------------
Snort.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 10:28 AM (n17eQ)

178 175 So it's a mackerel snapper thread now?
Posted by: Ducks out of sight at April 01, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)

'Papist Stooge', please.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:28 AM (bss/y)

179 Just as likely, Ivey has a theological thesis against the Filioque in review at Mount Athos.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:20 AM[i/]

In his case, I'm guessing not.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (bFu5X)

180 There are 90 million people in Iran. We are in the first week where the regime has been weakened enough for The Immortal Guard to start retribution and they are.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (+nEug)

181 F*ck my back hurts...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

182 It's not the way I do things but I'm also not rigid in my plans. Only legitimate complaint with the supposed criticism is if Trump never had a plan in the first place. We all know that's not the case. All plans change the moment you have contact with the enemy. That has long been the conventional wisdom.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (V4IXI)

183 What are the sticks they are holding for?
Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 09:58 AM (pDt9x)

They were supposed to eat while fully prepared to move out. The sticks are probably the walking staffs that God said they needed to have at/in hand.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (lFFaq)

184 I hope that's the case but almost seems the time has passed.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (V4IXI)


Do not allow what is reported, or not reported, to cause you distress. The best that can be said for the media is that they're clueless and just making shit up. Most pundits are even more clueless and making shit up. And then there's the folks who're flat out lying about shit.

Everyone who's talking about the conflict has a paymaster, or a personal ax to grind, and their comments should be taken with a one ton grain of salt.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

185 Not bad, but becomes less interesting on repeat viewing.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:31 AM (cWLG3)

186 All plans change the moment you have contact with the enemy. That has long been the conventional wisdom.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (V4IXI)



"Nope! He's just a stupid poopiehead!"

- - - - - - - Serial Whacker

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

187 CBD, just sent an email for a possible art entry.

Serious art. Not velvet Elvis.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:31 AM (sUjod)

188 Another "anonymous sourses" load of horseshit.

Axios.

HA!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:23 AM


More like Anaxios, amirite?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 10:31 AM (bFu5X)

189 181 F*ck my back hurts...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

That's what she said.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

190 I've heard Tousi mention this infamous Immortal Guard in Iran any number of times. Who's the leader? Is there a spokesman? An X account? A website?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (2Ez/1)

191
That's what she said.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)



I feel her pain, to an extent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

192 RMBS. Is your trip this month?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (+nEug)

193 Do not allow what is reported, or not reported, to cause you distress. The best that can be said for the media is that they're clueless and just making shit up. Most pundits are even more clueless and making shit up. And then there's the folks who're flat out lying about shit.

Everyone who's talking about the conflict has a paymaster, or a personal ax to grind, and their comments should be taken with a one ton grain of salt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

I was killed day one.

Posted by: The Truth at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (z/ZK2)

194 Serious art. Not velvet Elvis.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:31 AM (sUjod)


What the hell, man? -- Velvet Elvis Painters International

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (ExV1e)

195 144 It's me donna, the Iranian people are going to get their freedom.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (+nEug)
---
I read that in Charlton Heston's voice.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (cWLG3)

196 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

You are exactly right and I have always followed that path. My feeling though is my own evaluation. Admittedly my only qualification at this point is I've stayed at a Holiday Inn.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (V4IXI)

197 94 Serious art. Not velvet Elvis.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:31 AM (sUjod)


Serious Art ?

Posted by: Dogs playing poker at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (eANu3)

198 167 Well, it's Axios, so...
Posted by: Take it with a shaker of salt at April 01, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

Why it matters:

Posted by: Axios at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (z/ZK2)

199 Admittedly my only qualification at this point is I've stayed at a Holiday Inn.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (V4IXI)



There's your issue.

It's the Holiday Inn Express that provides knowledge.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

200 196 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

You are exactly right and I have always followed that path. My feeling though is my own evaluation. Admittedly my only qualification at this point is I've stayed at a Holiday Inn.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (V4IXI)

At least it was not a Marriott.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (pDt9x)

201 I was killed day one.
Posted by: The Truth at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (z/ZK2)
---
I spread halfway around the world before you even put your boots on.

Posted by: Media Lies at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ESVrU)

202 F*ck my back hurts...........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

That's what she said.
Posted by: Aetius451AD



You are only here because I wanted a back rub.

Posted by: Mom at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (sUjod)

203 I guess he didn't pay much attention to the last booger eater.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:24 AM (Zz0t1

Which one is that?
Posted by: one of the hot latinas in 3 amigos

Frankie Hollywood. I was consoling myself that at least Chicago Bob was not as bad as Frankie Hollywood but I'm not even sure of that anymore.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

204 Another incoming, again north of Jerusalem. Our country center pups and other family members there are jealous!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (1o8D5)

205 I feel her pain, to an extent.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

I could make some pegging jokes, but back pain sucks ass.

Just a side note: I was having a lot of issues with lower back pain where it would tighten up and occassionally I would wrench something and that just fucked everything. The new job has required a lot of bending and twisting and kneeling down to inspect things. The back pain has gone away.

Move. Best medicine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (bss/y)

206 Serious Art ?
Posted by: Dogs playing poker at April 01, 2026 10:33 AM (eANu3)

Yes please!

Posted by: Dogs Playing Pool at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (z/ZK2)

207 this infamous Immortal Guard in Iran any number of times. Who's the leader?

Some guy calling himself "Darius IV" at a countryside retreat. He's fingerpainting next to Napoleon XVI and Henry IX.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (yYROg)

208 What I never understood about passover is the food. Why not a pizza or two and maybe some kung pow chicken? I mean matzo and bitter herbs, c'mon man! How about some Colt 45 instead of all that wine. If I gotta drink, I want a drink man.

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (d+TZW)

209 Everyone who's talking about the conflict has a paymaster, or a personal ax to grind, and their comments should be taken with a one ton grain of salt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (ExV1e)

Better: EVERYONE on the internet or real life should be taken with a grain of salt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (bss/y)

210 I gotta ask, I'm sure a guerrilla army and resistance force is going to put that information right out there.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (+nEug)

211 The new job has required a lot of bending and twisting and kneeling down to inspect things. The back pain has gone away.

Move. Best medicine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:34 AM (bss/y)



It does get "better" if I fight through and keep working, yes.

I'll be on the stretch rack here in a bit, then ice it down.

Compressed disk or some shit.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)

212 It's me donna, the Iranian people are going to get their freedom.
Posted by: Ben Had


I read that in Charlton Heston's voice.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO


LET. MY. PEOPLE. GO.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:36 AM (sUjod)

213
It does get "better" if I fight through and keep working, yes.

I'll be on the stretch rack here in a bit, then ice it down.

Compressed disk or some shit.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Piker... I've got sciatica.... Really sucks

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:36 AM (eANu3)

214 Everyone who's talking about the conflict has a paymaster, or a personal ax to grind, and their comments should be taken with a one ton grain of salt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:29 AM (ExV1e)



6 conglomerates own all mass media. They all have their marching orders. Independents are the way. It's why they are jailed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

215 It does get "better" if I fight through and keep working, yes.

I'll be on the stretch rack here in a bit, then ice it down.

Compressed disk or some shit.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Piker... I've got sciatica.... Really sucks
Posted by: It's me donna


Right leg and half of right foot numb. 24/7.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:38 AM (sUjod)

216 Piker... I've got sciatica.... Really sucks
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:36 AM (eANu3)



Sorry to hear that. However, my pain is real too. Debilitating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

217
Sorry to hear that. However, my pain is real too. Debilitating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

I know.. Back pain is the worst

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:39 AM (eANu3)

218 In my Holiday Inn world I expected to see operations similar to the resistance fighters in WW2. Small bands causing havoc.

Maybe it's happening and no one , even in Israel, is reporting it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:39 AM (V4IXI)

219 I'll be on the stretch rack here in a bit, then ice it down.

Compressed disk or some shit.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Have you tried doing squats? Maybe some back exercises? Light weight, lots of reps to loosen things up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:39 AM (bss/y)

220 Victor Davis Hansen is not a playa.

VDH: Eric Swalwell wasn’t the only one Fang Fang approached in CA — he was just the one stupid enough to fall into the trap.
"I wrote some critical things of China, and Fang Fang came to see me."
“The way she changed accents and how she was dressed, you would have to be a stupid, narcissistic idiot to fall for that."
"Anybody who would fall for her honeypot is just a joke."

-
And Swalwell qualifies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

221
I know.. Back pain is the worst
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:39 AM (eANu3)



Every move awakens nerves. Then something pops.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

222 didn't pay much attention to the last booger eater.

The last booger is the best one.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 01, 2026 10:40 AM (Kt19C)

223 I can't imagine that way of life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)


The alternative leads to concentration camps and the destruction of the Jewish people.

Israel fights against that alternative, and I think that mindset is magnificent.

Am Yisrael Hai!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 10:41 AM (n9ltV)

224 Has there been an initiative to air drop Starlink equipment into Iran?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

225 @221 Sounds like my chronic neck pain (arthritis), which also causes frequent headaches. Working from a computer all day doesn't help.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:41 AM (cWLG3)

226 Sounds like my chronic neck pain (arthritis), which also causes frequent headaches. Working from a computer all day doesn't help.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:41 AM (cWLG3)



I also have some arthritis in my spine. It's a WONDERFUL life!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

227 Has there been an initiative to air drop Starlink equipment into Iran?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty


I thought they did that a month before we went in.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:42 AM (sUjod)

228 We'll see sometime in June I guess about the birthright citizenship, but I don't think this is the right court to have it decided. The current policy is is just suicidal though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 01, 2026 10:42 AM (n5tGW)

229 Why, oh why, do the Straights get all the press, leaving us out entirely?

Posted by: The Poofters of Hormuz at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (paPdW)

230 If you have radiating pain , that is nerve root compression and can only be relieved by eliminating the compression. Sometimes it's as simple as it being temporary inflammation causing swelling that causes the impingement. Worse case scenario is you have severe stenosis that impinges the nerve even if not inflamed.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (V4IXI)

231 Everyone in the painting is too happy. They're obviously not on round three of trying to get excused from Ontario jury duty. With freaking valid reasons and documentation.

And I can't even get someone executed. In Canada.

Okay, a quick search of Yoko nude uncensored did the trick. Sometimes the Horde just punishes themselves...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (Sco7b)

232 225 @221 Sounds like my chronic neck pain (arthritis), which also causes frequent headaches. Working from a computer all day doesn't help.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:41 AM (cWLG3)

Probably the worst possible activity. But bills need to be paid. Rock, hard place.

Posted by: tubal at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (pDt9x)

233 The IRGC confiscated a bunch of the starling equipment. They were raiding people homes.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (+nEug)

234 227 Has there been an initiative to air drop Starlink equipment into Iran?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty


I thought they did that a month before we went in.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 10:42 AM (sUjod)


Some have it but only a few

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (eANu3)

235 225 @221 Sounds like my chronic neck pain (arthritis), which also causes frequent headaches. Working from a computer all day doesn't help.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:41 AM (cWLG3)

I saw something where someone recommended face pulls using a resistance band.

This latest round of working out I have been able to maintain better than any time since high school, so I have been trying to look at ways to expand it and keep it interesting. I had forgotten how good it felt if you keep doing it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)

236 RMBS. Is your trip this month?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:32 AM


Next month. Exactly. We're leaving May 1st.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 10:44 AM (bFu5X)

237 Nancy Pelosi says Trump and Republicans may try to rig vote counts in the midterms:
“We have to be on guard…They may try to creep into the technology and create a false count."
Un. Freakin. Real.

-
Nancy is looking out for you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

238 Sometimes it's as simple as it being temporary inflammation causing swelling that causes the impingement. Worse case scenario is you have severe stenosis that impinges the nerve even if not inflamed.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (V4IXI)



That's why I stretch rack. It usually helps tremendously, but this round of irritation is pretty severe and I think it'll take some time to get past, unfortunately.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)

239 I saw Poofters of Hormuz open for Freddy Mercury and David Bowie at Chios in 1985

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:45 AM (yYROg)

240 Spanish Jews? Who was the biggest persecutors of Jews during that particular time?

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 10:45 AM (LHPAg)

241 Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum
Early American Jews often struggled to secure kosher wine for Passover—so they substituted what they could, including hard cider. But just imagine what the Seder was like at tables where they downed four cups of clear Jamaican rum.
Mar 31, 2026 · 7:54 PM UTC

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:46 AM (yYROg)

242 If I gotta drink, I want a drink man.

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson at April 01, 2026 10:35 AM (d+TZW)
-

We have kosher for Passover cognac, gin, kirsch, grappa, Campari, absinth. There's more - even tequila!

'Tis a great day and age.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:46 AM (1o8D5)

243 241 Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum
Early American Jews often struggled to secure kosher wine for Passover—so they substituted what they could, including hard cider. But just imagine what the Seder was like at tables where they downed four cups of clear Jamaican rum.
Mar 31, 2026 · 7:54 PM UTC
Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:46 AM (yYROg)

Probably pretty awesome.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:47 AM (bss/y)

244 240 Spanish Jews? Who was the biggest persecutors of Jews during that particular time?
Posted by: Eromero


Depends. The Umayyads were all right. The Almohads were so brutal most Spanish Jews (and some Moroccans) fled to the Catholic north.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:47 AM (yYROg)

245 We have kosher for Passover cognac, gin, kirsch, grappa, Campari, absinth. There's more - even tequila!

'Tis a great day and age.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:46 AM (1o8D5)

Kirsch? Cherries? Cherry Brandy?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:47 AM (bss/y)

246 Biden's Dog,
Are you keeping a journal? I'd think once this is over there a good book or major magazine article about riding out the rockets.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 01, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)

247 Sorry to hear that. However, my pain is real too. Debilitating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:38 AM


I hear you. Back pain sucks.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 10:48 AM (bFu5X)

248 >>“We have to be on guard…They may try to creep into the technology and create a false count."
Un. Freakin. Real.


Projection.
All the hysteria over electronic voting fraud in 2016 is coming back. Harder.

Has Hillary conceded the 2016 election yet - I mean, has she agreed it was a fair election yet?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 10:49 AM (Suwql)

249 and now i'm wondering about kosher-for-passover ganja

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:49 AM (yYROg)

250 >>so they substituted what they could, including hard cider.


Hard cider is an excellent option!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 10:50 AM (Suwql)

251 @230 ice gives some temporary relief, but can't do that while working. The specialist I saw said the audible popping is caused by connective tissue moving over the more arthritic vertebrae of the cervical spine when turning my neck. It got worse last year after an instance of vertigo while getting out of bed. It resulted in me headbutting the wall while falling. Hasn't happened again, thankfully. Life is good! /s

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:51 AM (cWLG3)

252 I rely on the JPost as an accurate reflection of the leftist establishment in Tel Aviv like the NYT does for the same in the U.S.

Know Your Opponent

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

253 >>VDH: Eric Swalwell wasn’t the only one Fang Fang approached in CA — he was just the one stupid enough to fall into the trap.
"I wrote some critical things of China, and Fang Fang came to see me."
“The way she changed accents and how she was dressed, you would have to be a stupid, narcissistic idiot to fall for that."
"Anybody who would fall for her honeypot is just a joke."



Imagine thinking you could manipulate VDH!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 10:51 AM (Suwql)

254 I will use matzos and Drambuie.

Posted by: Eromero at April 01, 2026 10:52 AM (LHPAg)

255 > Why are they all waving sticks?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:33 AM (bss/y)

The traditional Passover weenie roast.

Hebrew National, of course.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 10:52 AM (IG3/x)

256 paleojudaica.blogspot.com says it is also the Assyrian New Year. Year 6776

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:53 AM (yYROg)

257 > Imagine thinking you could manipulate VDH!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 10:51 AM (Suwql)

Imagine being a mutt like Eric Swalwell and believing that this hot Chinese chick is somehow genuinely into you.

Swalwell is a contender for the "Stupidest Person in Congress" award, against some stiff competition.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 10:54 AM (IG3/x)

258 VDH don't want none of Swalwell's sloppy seconds. He could probably smell his lingering fart on her

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 10:54 AM (yYROg)

259 240 Spanish Jews? Who was the biggest persecutors of Jews during that particular time?
Posted by: Eromero

Nobody expects the answer, right?

Posted by: Confused Moron at April 01, 2026 10:54 AM (JCZqz)

260 >>Imagine being a mutt like Eric Swalwell and believing that this hot Chinese chick is somehow genuinely into you.


Hot?
She was mid at best.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 10:55 AM (Suwql)

261 ice gives some temporary relief, but can't do that while working. The specialist I saw said the audible popping is caused by connective tissue moving over the more arthritic vertebrae of the cervical spine when turning my neck. It got worse last year after an instance of vertigo while getting out of bed. It resulted in me headbutting the wall while falling. Hasn't happened again, thankfully. Life is good! /s
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 01, 2026 10:51 AM (cWLG3)



Suck.........


I just struggle to move. Nothing interfering with my brain.....from a spine standpoint anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

262 G'day, mites.

I am the disappoint that CBD didn't use the "April Fools" art suggestion I made months ago.*

Of course, silly can't compete with "La Pascua"! Feast!

*Cubist Couple with Dog at the Seashore
A digital webwork composition from 1997, with dog, tree, sailboat on the water, therefore "art," according to Moron standards.

https://bit.ly/cubist-couple

Posted by: mindful webworker - seems like a dream now it was so long ago at April 01, 2026 10:55 AM (KNEaK)

263 231 Everyone in the painting is too happy. They're obviously not on round three of trying to get excused from Ontario jury duty. With freaking valid reasons and documentation.

And I can't even get someone executed. In Canada.

Okay, a quick search of Yoko nude uncensored did the trick. Sometimes the Horde just punishes themselves...
Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 10:43 AM (Sco7b)

Nor were they at the recent NDP meeting in Alberta, lol.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 10:55 AM (iXqHn)

264 Maybe it's happening and no one , even in Israel, is reporting it.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 01, 2026 10:39 AM (V4IXI)


Supposedly, people on the ground are supply troop locations which the Israelis are using to blow them up with drones. It's questionable whether a WW2-style resistance, blowing up train tracks and the like, would accomplish much in Iran, in 2026.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

265 Damn cheese eating surrender monkeys!

Trump: “The Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory. France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the “Butcher of Iran,” who has been successfully eliminated! The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!! President DJT”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 01, 2026 10:56 AM (ndZc7)

266
Hot?
She was mid at best.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 10:55 AM (Suwql)



But did butt stuff. Swalwell LOVES the butt stuff.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 10:57 AM (Zz0t1)

267 IRGC must have a lot of money stashed in France

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:57 AM (+nEug)

268 More of a Rosh Hashanah joke than a Pesach joke, but I don't have a Pesach joke on tap:

This is the year 5786 according to the Jewish Calendar, but only the year 4723 according to the traditional Chinese calendar.

That means the Jews had to live without Chinese food for over a thousand years.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 10:58 AM (IG3/x)

269 267 IRGC must have a lot of money stashed in France
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 10:57 AM (+nEug)

The Gay cardboard one legged Ayatollah has multi millions in property in France... Supposedly

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:58 AM (eANu3)

270 Kirsch? Cherries? Cherry Brandy?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 10:47 AM (bss/y)
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Not sweet Kirsch liquor. Think Swiss kirsch.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 10:59 AM (1o8D5)

271 The Gay cardboard one legged Ayatollah has multi millions in property in France... Supposedly
Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 10:58 AM (eANu3)
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Any relation to the one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater?

Posted by: ballistic at April 01, 2026 11:00 AM (oqH4h)

272 Lebanon is supposedly expelling IRGC and hezbollah members. Those guys aren't going back to Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 11:00 AM (+nEug)

273 > She was mid at best.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 10:55 AM (Suwql)

She's pretty cute, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 11:00 AM (IG3/x)

274 Why go to Iran? IRGC and Hezb can just move to Dearborn

Posted by: gKWVE at April 01, 2026 11:01 AM (yYROg)

275
She's pretty cute, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 11:00 AM (IG3/x)




But not treason cute.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

276 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 01, 2026 11:03 AM (NcvvS)

277 churrasco fogo de chao inspiration.

Posted by: cmeat at April 01, 2026 12:26 PM (R11M+)

278 Curious that it's "Los Israelit*as*"

Suggests to me it is ultimately Greek for its origin at least in the Spanish language, like el mapa or el programa.

Posted by: logprof at April 01, 2026 02:18 PM (wkqy0)

The Morning Report — 4/1/26

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Good morning kids. Lots of things happening, and ground to cover this morning. First to Iran where President Trump is making lots of things go boom including the heads of Leftists and miscreants. But in Iran:


Writing in Ynet on Tuesday, Israeli military analyst Ron Ben-Yishai — a veteran Yediot Ahronot correspondent and Israel Prize recipient — assessed that the strike reflects a deliberate U.S. effort to neutralize Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile by entombing it beneath rock, soil, and collapsed tunnel infrastructure rather than attempting to remove it by force.

Perhaps this was the plan all along and the deployment of several thousand US troops to or near the theatre was a big head-fake. Iran's nuclear program was always the prime if not sole reason why the President decided to attack, with regime change or as it stands the chance for regime change an enticing side benefit.

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, the pressure on the global economy as the free flow of Middle Eastern oil is severely hampered is tremendous, to say nothing of the political pressure as gas prices rise as a crucial midterm election season kicks into high gear.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Operation Epic Fury in Iran will come to an end in the next two or three weeks, or perhaps even sooner.

If the reports of Iran's enriched Uranium stockpile being buried forever are accurate, that is certainly a very good thing. And assuming their centrifuges are now also a pile of rubble and their nuclear and rocket scientists now so much moldering worm food, the odds of them being able to reconstitue what they once had, certainly in the near term are low. But, can we really breathe a sigh of relief if even a shadow of the Mullahocracy is allowed to take the reins of power. We are after all dealing not only with a 47-year old regime but with a 1500-year old ideology spanning the globe that seeks to conquer it and make it Planet Islam.

Yes, regime change is a good thing, But regime change begins at home!

The apparent eagerness of Trump to make a deal with Iran, leaving in place the current regime, has left many Iranians feeling deceived and disappointed. They are particularly alarmed that his mediators have been talking to the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. More on Ghalibaf can be found here: “Iranians feel ‘deceived, abandoned’ as Trump weighs striking deal with Iran’s old guard,” by Omid Habibinia, The Media Line, March 25, 2026 . . .

Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line. We've done more than enough heavy lifting already. The rest is up to you. What's better, living on your knees of dying on your feet?! I hope it doesn't come to that for you and every innocent decent person, but the ball is in your court.


And speaking of regime change beginning at home as well as President Donald Trump, he has done more to change the regime of business as usual here at home than any President since Reagan and Coolidge. Certainly more than the GOP that has been stabbing him in the back at almost every turn. For example:

President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening signed an executive order focused on election integrity, including a measure to ensure that mail-in ballots are sent to eligible voters and returned by them. Trump signed the order in the Oval Office while flanked by White House staff secretary Will Scharf and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick . . . “We’re going to take federal data, we’re going to ensure that each state’s election officials are provided with a comprehensive view of who the eligible voters in their jurisdiction actually are, allowing them to properly verify that everybody voting in their elections is legally able to vote,’ Scharf said of the first measure.

No doubt the lawsuits and phony injunctions from Justices Buch M. Danno and Mac A. Damia will be forthcoming. But still. At least we at long last have a real leader putting his ass on the line, unlike the GOP that is doing jack shit and worse, doing what they can to sabotage the efforts.

And speaking of literally leading from the front:

President Trump to Attend SCOTUS Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship. . . Soon after taking office last year, Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens and foreign tourists, often referred to as “anchor babies” as they anchor their parents permanently in the U.S. and can sponsor their immediate relatives for green cards once they become of legal age.

Wow. I'm no presidential historian but I think this is unprecedented. That said, I know of no rule that forbids Trump from sitting in on the SCOTUS session, especially since he himself, or his policy, is one of the parties in the case.

My first reaction is perhaps politically it's not such a great move as it gives the Leftists a potential talking point to attack him as a tyrant/Hitler intimidating the judiciary or some such rot. Then again, it brings the issue of the madness of the birthright citizenship abomination into the public discourse, alongside the madness of illegal aliens and election non-integrity that illegal aliens voting is a huge part of.

God bless and keep President Trump. Say what you will, but this is what I voted for. LEGALLY three times. One vote in each of three elections, for the record.


And if none of this is interesting enough, we have Muslim boys molesting girl mannequins for your April Fool's entertainment.


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1 first.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 01, 2026 07:45 AM (0N4FZ)

2 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

3 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

4 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (DMuRG)

5

GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE
@GOP_is_Gutless
🚨 Fetterman Drops a Bomb on Oprah:

Senator John Fetterman just exposed how Oprah Winfrey allegedly tried to buy his vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

“She had her assistant approach me and offer me $20 million to vote against the bill,” Fetterman told the Senate Oversight Committee.

“I told her that’s not how our country works.”

He immediately informed Democrat leadership.

Their response?

“They swept it under the rug.”

A Democrat senator turning down $20M from one of the most powerful liberals in America — and his own party buried it.

Integrity over cash.

Rare sight in DC.

What do you think — real stand or political theater? 👇

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (OKKmJ)

6 April Fools

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (m+r/u)

7 Nooded.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

8 Hi, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (jjoN6)

9 "President Trump to Attend SCOTUS Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship"


Unprecedented and IMO not a good idea.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (0N4FZ)

10 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 07:48 AM (AkEZC)

11
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2026 07:50 AM (tljrc)

12 Mornin’ Mow-rons!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at April 01, 2026 07:50 AM (ewuvP)

13 My first reaction is perhaps politically it's not such a great move as it gives the Leftists a potential talking point to attack him as a tyrant/Hitler intimidating the judiciary or some such rot.

They're going to do it no matter what. Nothing short of him leaving office in shackles will satisfy them and even then, they'll be miserable and angry.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:52 AM (jjoN6)

14
>A Democrat senator turning down $20M from one of the most powerful liberals in America — and his own party buried it.

Integrity over cash.

Rare sight in DC.

What do you think — real stand or political theater? 👇
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM
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My first response is to check the calendar and make note of today's date.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.

Agreed. They've already been attacking the Basij and having success. The mullahs could be turned into bearded wind chimes by next week.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (jjoN6)

16 You can't win a war from the air.

If the idea is that scuttering Iran's nuclear program is sufficient, that's an absurd idea.

The Iranian people have been completely disarmed so the notion they are going to rise up and overthrow the people with the guns is lunacy.

If we want a stable ME long term, the regime in Iran needs to be replaced, and that only happens one way.

Uggh, the ME and Asia will always be a f**** quagmire.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (XV/Pl)

17 The little muslim boy getting pedo on the doll was all at the request of the skanky muslim dude holding the camera. He was the one getting off.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (BCuCF)

18 >Concern spreads that the Islamic Republic might ultimately remain in power.
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that's what I'm afraid of

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)

19 What do you think — real stand or political theater? 👇
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (OKKmJ)

Theater...Mammy Oprah should play the race card and have Fetterman banned from the senate.

Posted by: Race Card Joe at April 01, 2026 07:56 AM (/1l9x)

20 The Iranian people have been completely disarmed

"Hello, Amazon? I have a shipping need that I think you can handle."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:56 AM (jjoN6)

21 Again, we're asking people with no guns to dislodge people with guns.

It's not going to happen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (XV/Pl)

22 14 Who killed Charlie Kirk?

The bullet recovered from his body can not be tied to the rifle Tyler Robinson carried .

… you got fooled. The ATF said due to fragmentation, the ballistic test was INCONCLUSIVE

The defense is trying to stop a metallurgical test comparing the fragments to the other three bullets in the recovered gun

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (OKKmJ)

23 >Politicians like to use the phrase “consent of the governed” to explain the policies that regulate our lives.
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I take back my consent

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (ZxPkt)

24 15 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.

Agreed. They've already been attacking the Basij and having success. The mullahs could be turned into bearded wind chimes by next week.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (jjoN6)



I saw the Bearded Wind Chimes open for Hawkwind at Earl's Court in '79

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (x0n13)

25 "Trump Says U.S. Will Exit Iran in 2-3 Weeks."

We already hit week four of the four day regime change operation. And the numbers of Marines and ships in the neighborhood are growing.

GWOT 2: Islamic Boogaloo, coming to a theater near you?

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 07:57 AM (DMuRG)

26 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Easy for us to say. How many guns and how much ammo have we dropped there? That is what they really need.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (AlhUl)

27 "If the idea is that scuttering Iran's nuclear program is sufficient, that's an absurd idea."

*****
>Blows whistle
>Throws flag

The word you're looking for is "scuttling."

Posted by: Smug grammatical twit at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)

28 The countdown for NASA's DEI-fueled rocket launch has begun.

From Breitbart:

Unlike Apollo, which sent only men to the moon from 1968 through 1972, Artemis’ debut crew includes a woman, person of color and a non-U.S. citizen.

Artemis II’s pilot Victor Glover said over the weekend that he wants young people to see them and think, “Girl power and that’s awesome, and that young brown boys and girls can look at me and go ‘Hey, he looks like me and he’s doing what???’”

At the same time, Glover, who is Black, looks forward to when ”one day we don’t have to talk about these firsts” and exploring the cosmos becomes an all-encompassing “human history.”

******

Also, according to the NYT, girlboss Charlie Blackwell-Thompson -- NASA's first female launch director in the history of forever!! -- is in charge of lighting the candle.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (Y1sOo)

29 Don't need to commit "*awwwkkkk!! boots on the ground awwwwwkkkk!!!**

Just need to start delivering arms and munitions to the right people and do it asap.

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (cO6oP)

30 Muslims are not the British who can be shamed into giving up control and power, Muslims will cut your f****g head off and take the heads of your entire family.


People don't seem to understand this fully.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (XV/Pl)

31 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."

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So what they're saying is she signed on the dotted line to end her life, and there was no going back if she changed her mind?

If true...that is mind-blowing.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

32 Happy Democrat Day!

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (AlhUl)

33 > Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Three weeks ago there was talk about "air dropping firearms." Maybe revisit that? Or covertly get arms into the civilian hands that will then use them.

The leadership that is talked about to come lead the country currently isn't even in Iran. Maybe change that too?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (AkEZC)

34 26 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Easy for us to say. How many guns and how much ammo have we dropped there? That is what they really need.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (AlhUl)


IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)

35 >‘Supergirl’ Adopts Insane ‘Lady Ghostbusters’ PR Push

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saw the trailer
absolutely ridiculous
IMO YMMV

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (ZxPkt)

36 Good morning J.J. and Horde.

OT but fascinating: Rick Beato lists the songs off his favorite childhood/teens four-record album "Best of the 70's" (1973) and guarantee you know 95-100% of these songs:

https://tinyurl.com/2stx3msf

It highlights not just the superiority of popular music from that era, but the shared experience of radio. He then challenges the viewer to compile a "Best of the 2020's" album. Dont take that bet.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (kpS4V)

37 I saw the Bearded Wind Chimes open for Hawkweed at Earl's Court in '79
Posted by: J.J. Sefton


I just missed meeting you by about two years then.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:01 AM (jjoN6)

38 Both Pahlavi and Trump have tod the Iranians to stay out of the streets until called. Maybe make that call now?

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 01, 2026 08:01 AM (cO6oP)

39 saw the trailer


I lost interest the instant she started bagging on Superman.

"He sees the good in people. I see what's real."

The writers can't help themselves.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:02 AM (jjoN6)

40 So if you start distributing guns and ammo won't the people who already have guns and ammo shoot their way into the distribution points and get all the new guns and ammo?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Is that Fetterman story an April Fools joke ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:03 AM (OKKmJ)

42 36 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (kpS4V)



I enjoy Beato's videos. And I likely do know the majority of those tunes without even watching.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:03 AM (x0n13)

43 Happy Democrat Day!
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:59 AM (AlhUl)

They's fish-eyed fools!

Posted by: Aunt Esther at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (wVcYX)

44 Left-Winger Says He’ll Destroy Food Ordered By Trump Supporters, Whines When DoorDash Drops Him

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This idiot looks just like you'd expect. Throwing an order out the window because he doesn't like your politics is better than him leaving his DNA in your food, I guess.

I'm really tired of these ignorant, intolerant and vile people.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

45 @34

>>IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.

Going to the streets and protesting is a whole other thing from dislodging the people with guns and monopoly on violence.


And looking at history, winning the bad guys to your cause is typically not the norm, the norm is the guys with the guns are dislodged with other people with guns.

The Iranian people don't have guns, or really a plan of real succession for rule.

In short, it's a f****g mess, and yet another mess in the Middle East.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (XV/Pl)

46 ‘Blessed Are Those Who Are Persecuted’: Christian Pro Athletes Stand Behind Jaden Ivey
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KBJ could explain how this has nothing to do with freedom of religion, or speech, or conscience. They are just limiting the harm of bigotry, and the White Man's Religion.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:05 AM (AlhUl)

47 >My first reaction is perhaps politically it's not such a great move as it gives the Leftists a potential talking point to attack him
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FFS, they attack him for waking up in the morning
Let Trump Be Trump

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 08:05 AM (ZxPkt)

48 Meanwhile, Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to piggyback off Trump’s tax cuts and has proposed a complete end to income tax for people making under $46,000.

No. No, no, no. Unless they eliminate the income tax altogether, this nonsense of making large swaths of the population unconcerned about government spending has got to end.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

49 O’Keefe Media Group: California Identity Scam: Petition Fraudsters Log Into Online Database to Get Real Voter Names for Forged Signatures

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:07 AM (OKKmJ)

50 Meanwhile, Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to piggyback off Trump’s tax cuts and has proposed a complete end to income tax for people making under $46,000.

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Don't they pay pretty much nothing already?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

51 As Yale's Jewish Population Declines to 1940s Quota Levels, University Leaders Say Jewish Community is ‘Thriving’

Why, Shlomo there hasn't been assaulted in days. Thriving, I tell you! -- Yale

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

52 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."
_______
Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:08 AM (AlhUl)

53 I used to have a different nic

Everyone deciding our leaders should have a lot of skin in the game. System works well without free riders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)

54 @52

>>Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis.

This story makes me physically ill just thinking about it, all of the monsters involved in the act of pure evil need to be chucked feet first into an industrial wood chipper.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

55 !SLOOF LRIPA

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:11 AM (NpAcC)

56 There’s only one way such a deeply arrogant and out-of-touch party can continue to win elections.

Because the other party is also deeply arrogant and out-of-touch?

Outside of Trump, maybe 2 Senators and a dozen members of the House, which Republican would you cross the street to piss on if they were on fire?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

57 SAVE Act Is 4 Times More Popular Than Congress

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This angers me on a level I can't truly describe. These sons'a'b*tches, who represent the people who put them there, are being told by a huuuge margin what we want them to enact. And they refuse to get done what is being demanded by their constituents. There's no better sign that they don't give a flip what the people want.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

58 The former first lady, who has a new memoir coming out, was unable to provide medical care

Nice snark.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

59 Dems Hope To Hide Anti-American Policies Behind ‘Straight, White, Christian Man’ 2028 Nominee
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First they'll have to find one. I suppose they can use Hochul's "Please come back" speech as a model.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:12 AM (AlhUl)

60 Again, on one side you have the ruling faction and the guys with the guns, on the other side you have what?

Two foreign nations bombing stuff from the air, what exactly does anyone think they are going to get out of that?

You're going to get 5 dollar gas, average price in NJ is now 4 bucks or so up from 2.30.

And you're not going to get regime change.

Troops have to go in at this point or this effort will be for naught.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:13 AM (XV/Pl)

61 With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed"

Still whipping that one, are we?

Coffeve?

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)

62 Fun fact I recently learned. There is a special chair at the Supreme Court reserved for the President. The fact that it has rarely been used for anything other ceremonial events doesn't mean it doesn't exist for hearing arguments.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)

63

Eris: There was only one song that I did not recognize out of all the tracks!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (x0n13)

64 Left-Winger Says He’ll Destroy Food Ordered By Trump Supporters, Whines When DoorDash Drops Him

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This idiot looks just like you'd expect. Throwing an order out the window because he doesn't like your politics is better than him leaving his DNA in your food, I guess.

I'm really tired of these ignorant, intolerant and vile people.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:04 AM (qBdHI)

It's a shame when a fine fellow's bright, promising, and long career as a Dasher, or in the food service industry, or any kind of guest services employment, is cut short by a youthful indiscretion. Anyways . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (wVcYX)

65 If this measure passes, it ‘would make Virginia the most gerrymandered state in the country,’ Virginia GOP Chair Jeff Ryer told The Federalist.
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It would help if the VA GOP were worth a barrel of warm p*ss. They have been pretty bad since Dick Obenshain died.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:15 AM (AlhUl)

66 You're going to get 5 dollar gas"

Keeps dropping around here. $3.29 yesterday.

Doesn't cost that much to transport. Yeah, must be Trump's fault.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:15 AM (XuXeR)

67 Rahm Emanuel the ballerina?

Posted by: fd at April 01, 2026 08:15 AM (ZN5Ar)

68 I'm really tired of these ignorant, intolerant and vile people."

They've always been around. We just get to see them...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)

69 @66

>>Doesn't cost that much to transport. Yeah, must be Trump's fault.

Uhmm... yeah, it is his doing, these are the direct results of us going to war with Iran.

You can't half step these things.

It's time for everyone to put on the big boy pants and do what has to be done.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:17 AM (XV/Pl)

70 So, Neptune produces more internal heat than Uranus. This is news we can use!

Posted by: Penguin Trans-Galactic Pioneer at April 01, 2026 08:18 AM (paPdW)

71 If the VA redistricting is testing VA GOP Get out the Vote, they've lost.

Heck, I, being female, got a handwritten postcard from Dems to vote yes...already. The same thing that worked for 18-29 women in 2025 has been expanded to all women in the state. It's genius, it's effective, the GOP is doing no similar effort for men, and it's likely to succeed, especially with the 54-1 monetary advantage.

So, please vote, but if you think it's a VA GOP get out the vote referendum, it's not. It's a display of how effective DEM Get Out the Vote efforts have become vs GOP ones...the personalized attention in this day and age was a winner in 2025, and it may be again in 2026, if nothing changes.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (tOcjL)

72 Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco has halted his office’s investigation into alleged inconsistencies in last November’s special election on redistricting over legal challenges from California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a voting rights group.

Bianco, who is currently a leading Republican candidate for governor in 2026, said in a statement to The Epoch Times that his office placed the probe “on hold because of the politically motivated lawsuits and court filings.”

Seriously?

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (Y1sOo)

73 Eris: There was only one song that I did not recognize out of all the tracks!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (x0n13)
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Me too! And I was a kid who only listened to classical music. But you got it through osmosis.

My one song was "Happy" by the Stones.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (kpS4V)

74 There’s only one way such a deeply arrogant and out-of-touch party can continue to win elections.
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That article overlooks the other way. Having an opposition - the GOPe - which positively encourages its base to sit out the election. It's the only thing establishment Republicans are good at.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (AlhUl)

75 Putin has got to be laughing about NATO.
What a bunch of losers to not even let us use our own landing bases.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)

76 About the DoorDash dude:

“So I guess I went viral on alt-right Twitter"

1. I am very tired of how it's acceptable to label anyone to the right of Mao is "alt-right", "far-right", "huwite soopremacists" or any thing other than just "right."

2. He's lucky that he only lost his job. Some people are getting malicious enough to start tracking down addresses.

3. It's adorable how he posts this drivel out in the open and he can't understand how a huge corporation would cut him out like the cancer he is.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:20 AM (jjoN6)

77 Uhmm... yeah, it is his doing, these are the direct results of us going to war with Iran."

So NJ prices are Trump's issues. Got it.

My $.02 is that we're punching them in the face. Not occupying....
If the people there want to stay in the 7th century, let them. Not my monkey, not my circus....

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

78
I can't imagine anything more boring than Jill Biden's "memoir."

Chapter 1: My Babysitter Job Really Paid Off
Chapter 2: I'm a Doctor!
Chapter 3: Dressing Like a Teenager at Age 70 is Fun
Chapter 4: My Husband Liked to Shower with Our Daughter
Chapter 5: Leading Joe Around the White House by the Arm

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

79 It's time for everyone to put on the big boy pants and do what has to be done.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 08:17 AM (XV/Pl)

True...put troops in there, kill as many of the regime thugs and their families, arm the opposition with regime weapons, hang a few mullahs for effect, the leave. Let the savages sort themselves out.

Posted by: Sgt. Rock at April 01, 2026 08:22 AM (/1l9x)

80 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

81 The regime has already been changed. How many times has Trump and Rubio said over the last few weeks they have decapitated multiple levels of Iran's top leadership? So much so they've been searching for someone to actually negotiate terms.

After watching Trump for the last decade why anyone would just assume Trump doesn't have a plan is beyond me.

>>@EricLDaugh
·
18m
>>🚨 JUST IN: UK PM Keir Starmer REALIZES President Trump is serious and announces military planners are meeting to discuss securing the Strait of Hormuz after the war ends

>>"This will not be easy!" 🤡

>>When big America leaves, sht gets real. Imagine that.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:24 AM (viF8m)

82 Somalis Demand Schools Teach in Somali So Their Kids Don’t Learn English
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Surely that should read "Lear English".

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:24 AM (AlhUl)

83 There are 90 million people in Iran. How does it take to arm up even 500,000?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (+nEug)

84 Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis."

Urus? Sounds painful.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

85 There have been seven cars named after planets. Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Terra, Mars, Pluto, and Venus. We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!

Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (paPdW)

86 Somalis Demand Schools Teach in Somali So Their Kids Don’t Learn English

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Here's a solution. Get your filthy asses back to Somalia, where they can lear in their own country with their own language.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (qBdHI)

87 73 Eris: There was only one song that I did not recognize out of all the tracks!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:14 AM (x0n13)
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Me too! And I was a kid who only listened to classical music. But you got it through osmosis.

My one song was "Happy" by the Stones.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 01, 2026 08:19 AM (kpS4V)


He didn't play the one I didn't recognize. Run Run Run from Jojo Gunne.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM (x0n13)

88 What do you think — real stand or political theater?

Hard to say. Part of me thinks that Fetterman, while a doctrinaire leftist, is a genuine guy. The other part notes that I don't believe that he's ever bucked the party when his vote made the difference.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)

89 A Joyous Passover to all the observant morons!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

90 UK PM Keir Starmer REALIZES President Trump is serious and announces military planners are meeting to discuss securing the Strait of Hormuz after the war ends"

But wait... I was told that we had to maximize flow for .... what?

Oh, we can be fully self sufficient in Oil/Gas production?

*BTW, not all crudes are equal. Despite what the newz says*
Annexing Alberta would do more for us.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

91 In 2023, the Center for Immigration Studies estimated that about 225,000 to 250,000 anchor babies were delivered to illegal alien parents, accounting for about seven percent of all U.S. births that year.

Crazy

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)

92 My parents would not have allowed me to act like that boy

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (lrMw0)

93 No Kings is about as impactful and significant as the MAGA slogan.

"The King Is A Fink!"

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (m5cxz)

94 We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!
Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus"

There's a whole Galaxy out there. Right, Ford?

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

95 We had that TDS lunatic yesterday yelling at people, demanding to know "is it ok with you if the Iranian regime remains in place?! Is that acceptable to you?!"

I disengaged after he was shrieking quite insanely that you're a neocon if you don't support NATO, but the answer to that is "yes, definitely."

There's a laundry list of things I'd like to see come out of this dustup. I suppose regime change is one, but that is far down the list. I'd be perfectly fine with some IRGC strongman who toes the line WRT to American demands - or blowing him up if he tries deceiving us. Either is fine.

As for the freedom of the Iranian people, that's even further down. Regime change or no, that's really not our problem. This ain't a charity, guys. If blood's to be spent on your liberty, it ought to be yours.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (BI5O2)

96 17 The little muslim boy getting pedo on the doll was all at the request of the skanky muslim dude holding the camera. He was the one getting off.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (BCuCF)

That was my first thought. 6 year old boys don’t do that unless they’re trained and/or directed by some man to do it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (0/dnM)

97 My one song was "Happy" by the Stones.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

Got my chance to do lead vocals. I did not disappoint.

Posted by: Keith Don't Go To Toronto! at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (paPdW)

98 Meanwhile, Democratic Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen wants to piggyback off Trump’s tax cuts and has proposed a complete end to income tax for people making under $46,000.

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Don't they pay pretty much nothing already?
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 01, 2026 08:07 AM
****
It's the absolute drop everything and get it filed that drives me nuts. Every damned year.

Posted by: torabora at April 01, 2026 08:30 AM (KtOUo)

99 > Noelia Castillo Ramos asked for 6 MORE MONTHS to reconsider euthanasia—Spain put her to death anyway: family attorney

I strongly suspect that a rather high percentage of the people involved in this shite are sociopaths who have found themselves a way to legally kill people.

When Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, his response was "Because that's where the money is."

Same thing.

Same reason that so many pedophiles go into teaching.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (IG3/x)

100 Secretary Rubio expressed deep disappointment with the response of allies in Europe to the conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that America may be better off without NATO.
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Gee, ya think?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (RIvkX)

101 There's a whole Galaxy out there. Right, Ford?
Posted by: man

Ahem. Galaxie.

Posted by: Ford Has A Better Idea at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (paPdW)

102 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?

Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (y9ksN)

103 GWOT 2: Islamic Boogaloo, coming to a theater near you?

The operation is about to end. The war will drag on for decades. The US will remove the mullahs. The US has betrayed the Iranian people. The US will emerge victorious. Derka Derka.

None of us knows what the actual state of things is. None of us knows what Trump plans. None of us knows what Trump will settle for. And none of us knows what the final outcome will be.

How you feel about the conflict today likely reflects how you feel about Trump and which media guesses, or lies, you accept to validate that feeling.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

104 It's adorable how he posts this drivel out in the open and he can't understand how a huge corporation would cut him out like the cancer he is.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:20 AM (jjoN6)
*******
Clicks and Views outweighs Common Sense for a lot of people.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

105 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."

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So what they're saying is she signed on the dotted line to end her life, and there was no going back if she changed her mind?

If true...that is mind-blowing.

Posted by: Lady in Black



They had already sold her organs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (0U5gm)

106 Well Said JJ. Morning Horde. Trump is a real leader, and we all should be behind him 1000%.

Every time in a GOP Admin, the Libiterian ship rats and Rino's , come out of the woodwork showing MSM polls that doom is coming. They did this in the fall of 16 and 24 also.

Posted by: Jonah at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (YCxFk)

107 If this one is in the links, I missed it.

Obama judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of hundreds of thousands illegals granted by Biden cellphone One App program.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y1sOo)

108 Truth-telling hero or friend to anti-Semites?
The Whitewashing of Joe Kent
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No one cares.

His 15 minutes ended 20 minutes ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

109 A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that illegal immigration costs American taxpayers $182 billion annually before offsetting taxes paid by these individuals. After applying that offset, the net loss is $150.7 billion per year. This represents roughly a $35 billion increase from FAIR’s 2017 estimate of $116 billion, driven by population growth and expanded state benefit programs.

More than any of the following:
FDIC
D of En
PBGC
DoI
DoJ

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

110 34 26 Well, dear Persians, my message to you is put your own asses on the line.
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Easy for us to say. How many guns and how much ammo have we dropped there? That is what they really need.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (AlhUl)


IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)
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That rings hollow from people like you and me, sitting safe over here. They've already lost thousands. "Let's you and him fight" is not a good look.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (AlhUl)

111 The little muslim boy getting pedo on the doll was all at the request of the skanky muslim dude holding the camera. He was the one getting off.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 07:54 AM (BCuCF)

That was my first thought. 6 year old boys don’t do that unless they’re trained and/or directed by some man to do it.
Posted by: Tom Servo



Women are for breeding. Boys are for pleasure.
Posted by: Some Shit Some Goatfucker Said

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 08:34 AM (sUjod)

112 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 01, 2026 08:34 AM (53oGX)

113 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?

Posted by: Josephistan


Different grades of oil provide different products. Meanwhile, our refineries supply 70 grades of fuel to 10,000 stations, and have to provide the right quantities of the right types to each in order to meet expected demand. What happens when a war starts? Everyone fills their tanks.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:35 AM (0U5gm)

114 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?"

We've (the US) done a fantastic job of limiting our own output, and California is shutting down even more output, thereby raising demand from other sources (and they're more $$$).
Not building pipelines, Not adding refining capacity (did y'all forget Valero a couple of weeks back?), and adding more taxes and regulations make for a fragile market. Throw in some speculation and *presto*, prices fluctuate.

I do note the higher price areas have added even more regulations lately...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)

115 If the idea is that scuttering Iran's nuclear program is sufficient, that's an absurd idea.

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I think you mean scuppering

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

116 > Secretary Rubio expressed deep disappointment with the response of allies in Europe to the conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that America may be better off without NATO.
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All the talk about Kharg Island and the oil terminal/refineries there is really prodding the EU to at least make an effort to protest their interests (oil) that the US can, if needed, secure there.

Trump's "come and get it" urging suggests he's not going to setup American flagged convoys to deliver product to the EU. They've got to get with the program.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 08:36 AM (AkEZC)

117 The word you're looking for is "scuttling."
Posted by: Smug grammatical twit at April 01, 2026 07:58 AM (2Ez/1)
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nope

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:36 AM (RIvkX)

118 > effort to protest protect their interests

*sighs*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 08:37 AM (AkEZC)

119 AAGHarmeetDhillon
@AAGDhillon
There’s literally a chair set up at SCOTUS for our presidents to sit in for oral argument. Your separation of powers nonsense is more imitation pearl-clutching hauteur.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

120 Today is also,
National Sourdough Bread Day 🥖

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

121 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?

Posted by: Josephistan


Different grades of oil provide different products. Meanwhile, our refineries supply 70 grades of fuel to 10,000 stations, and have to provide the right quantities of the right types to each in order to meet expected demand. What happens when a war starts? Everyone fills their tanks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine



Also, oil is a commodity. When Europe can't get mid-east oil, they buy on the open market. That sparks a bidding war. Which means our oil companies buy & sell at the bidding war price.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 08:39 AM (sUjod)

122 > Secretary Rubio expressed deep disappointment with the response of allies in Europe to the conflict in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz and suggested that America may be better off without NATO.
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actually, if NATO were to go away, it just might help end the "special military operation" in Ukraine because Ukraine could no longer join a non-existent organization that supposedly was a major point of contention at the beginning

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

123 I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (+nEug)

124 85 There have been seven cars named after planets. Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Terra, Mars, Pluto, and Venus. We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!
Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus at April 01, 2026 08:25 AM
____

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Comet, Galaxie and Nova at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

125 119 AAGHarmeetDhillon
@AAGDhillon
There’s literally a chair set up at SCOTUS for our presidents to sit in for oral argument. Your separation of powers nonsense is more imitation pearl-clutching hauteur.
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

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I've got a crush on you, A A G
All the day and night-time, hear me sigh

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (BydOW)

126 Oil pricing in all supply contracts is now set in relationship to international commodities market pricing; has been for decades now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 08:41 AM (0/dnM)

127 >>Too late. Her body parts had already been sold. The doctors need their Lamborghinis.

This story makes me physically ill just thinking about it, all of the monsters involved in the act of pure evil need to be chucked feet first into an industrial wood chipper.
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No, too quick. they need a good Roman torture death.

I'm partial to the one where they smear them with milk and honey, lock them in a box with just the hands and feet exposed.
Then set them afloat to sea.
The flies will find them, lay their eggs and the maggots will do the rest.
While they are alive.

Except, I say skip the sea part:
Leave them in the shade.
Give them water.
Make sure they live as long as possible.
The public needs to hear their cries and wails.
They too are guilty.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 08:42 AM (HXT0k)

128 When Europe can't get mid-east oil, they buy on the open market. "

Kinda sorta... except most of those facilities can't handle heavy sour. Which we can refine, and could (esp since Canadian and Venezuelan *extra heavy* crude already are), but we won't/can't build more of those facilities.

Fuel price spikes in the US are largely self inflicted.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

129 Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Comet, Galaxie and Nova at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

Vega baby Vega

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

130
I strongly suspect that a rather high percentage of the people involved in this shite are sociopaths who have found themselves a way to legally kill people.

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Close. Really, really close. But expand that to "all of them, and also everyone in any high-powered government position."

If you understand the psychology of people who enter government and especially the demons who rise to the top of it, you understand why they push for euthanasia programs, and why they should be denied them.

All the terrible things they do, they do to feed the demons gnawing on their innards, but nothing satisfies like murdering the innocent and vulnerable. It's like a tomahawk ribeye for power demons.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

131 I laughing at the EU. They can suck it. They'll figure it out eventually. Outrage at the UN will be off the charts.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 08:43 AM (m5cxz)

132 There have been seven cars named after planets. Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Terra, Mars, Pluto, and Venus. We get shunted aside again. Discrimination!
Posted by: The Automakers Union of Uranus


Come get your fudge packed in Uranus, Mo.
the best fudge comes from Uranus.

They really missed a Burma Shave type advertising blitz.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (sUjod)

133 Pedro Pascal, Madonna, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, America Ferrera, Elliot Page and Jane Fonda are among the dozens of Hollywood names who have signed an open letter calling on the federal government to shut down the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas, where ICE has been detaining children and their parents.

The Dilley Immigration Processing Center, also known as the South Texas Family Residential Center, has a significant history in the United States. Opened in December 2014, it was the largest immigrant detention center in the country, designed to accommodate up to 2,400 women and children from Central America.

.. who was President in 2014 ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (RHGPo)

134 Just to clarify, 87 octane gasoline sold in California is refined separately from 87 octane sold in Pennsylvania, which is also different than 87 octane sold in Florida, etc. Regulations require different methods and additives. It amazes me that we can get legal fuel to every station on a timely basis. Any disruption, from war to weather to refinery or pipeline damage always causes prices to jump around for a while.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (0U5gm)

135 Annexing Alberta would do more for us.
Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)


Or... letting Alberta remain independent, possibly joining any other contiguous territories which leave Canada and with which they're sympatico, and just buying the oil from them. They don't actually need to become part of the US to do that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

136 Kinda sorta... except most of those facilities can't handle heavy sour. Which we can refine, and could (esp since Canadian and Venezuelan *extra heavy* crude already are), but we won't/can't build more of those facilities.

Fuel price spikes in the US are largely self inflicted.
Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)

We are building a $300 B refinery here in Texas.
Brownsville, I assume to get Mexico and US oil.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

137 107 If this one is in the links, I missed it.

Obama judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of hundreds of thousands illegals granted by Biden cellphone One App program.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y1sO


900 thousand to be exact... And Morn' all

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 08:45 AM (eANu3)

138 .. who was President in 2014 ?"

*LALALALAICANTHEARYOU*

/

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

139
123 I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (+nEug)

Meloni is just the PM; not nearly as independent or strong as we like to picture her as being, She still has to do what the true powerbrokers in her party tell her to do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (0/dnM)

140 Great. I've just been told that I have to come into the office more than everybody else from now on.

And since I work in a place where there are no individual raises, I won't even get anything for it.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (iXqHn)

141 We are building a $300 B refinery here in Texas."

That's a light shale facility. And yes, I'm in Texas.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)

142 >>I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?

Not sure, Ben Had. A bit disappointed in her.

I've been wondering since the beginning why EU countries have been stiff arming us. I'm sure some of it is habit, we always carry the load. Some of it is probably the shitty condition of their militaries.

But I wonder if the fact they opened their borders to a much greater percentage of Muslims they clearly have no control over played a part. It looks like the leadership in the Netherlands is about to flip and Wilders is talking about mass deportations and closing the borders.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

143 Forgive a dumb question, but if we don't get our oil from the Persian Gulf, then why are our gas prices rising?
Posted by: Josephistan at April 01, 2026 08:31 AM (y9ksN)


Oil is fungible. When country X, which gets its oil from the PG, is cut off, they have to buy oil from elsewhere, raising prices everywhere.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

144 why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?

Posted by: Ben Had


The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

145 As for the freedom of the Iranian people, that's even further down. Regime change or no, that's really not our problem. This ain't a charity, guys. If blood's to be spent on your liberty, it ought to be yours.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:29 AM (BI5O2)
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If you were referring to Burkina Faso, Malawi, or Fiji, I would agree.

Iran and the Iranian people are too important to be held as slaves to Islamic fascists, exporting violence and terrorism worldwide.

They must be removed root and branch for the safety and security of the American people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

146 I now consider myself a Climate Refugee because it didn't rain like I wanted it to last night.

HAHA April Foolz!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (DgMqy)

147 The countdown for NASA's DEI-fueled rocket launch has begun.

Are we really supposed to believe that NASA is going to administrate its way back to the Moon today, April 1st?

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (iFEms)

148 .. who was President in 2014 ?"

*LALALALAICANTHEARYOU*

/
Posted by: man


But Obama was doing this for the Right Reasons.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (jjoN6)

149 Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie will appear at the Seder by video from Israel. The rabbi and human rights activist is best known as the subject of the documentary film Sabbath Queen (2024).

Sabbath Queen sounds like a death metal hair band.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (/+uur)

150 At my employer the Ok, Everybody Back In The Office edict lasted less than a year.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

151 I wish I knew how to link stuff. The American media coverage and commentary on this war, even from the “right” has been atrocious. I’ve abandoned our media coverage and tune in or read mainly news from Israel. Unless it’s the crafty Jews fooling me the news on this conflict isn’t as bleak as portrayed even here in the AoS comment section. We shall see I guess.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (PLgLU)

152 87 octane gasoline sold in California is refined separately"

Cali is importing gasoline from overseas. Not oil, GAS.
Idiots.
And that's driving the Nat'l "average" price up as well.

*that plus the change to "summer blends" in the "CA emissions states"*

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

153 If/when the Venezuelan oilfields are producing product again and refining it for US consumption, what goes on in the Middle East will become a lot less relevant to the US.

As far as fuel products are concerned.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 01, 2026 08:49 AM (AkEZC)

154 105 "Noelia requested a 6-month postponement of her euthanasia to take the time to think, which was denied to her."

--

So what they're saying is she signed on the dotted line to end her life, and there was no going back if she changed her mind?

If true...that is mind-blowing.

Posted by: Lady in Black



They had already sold her organs.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:32 AM (0U5gm)

You don't cross China.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 08:50 AM (tOcjL)

155 I don't care what happens with or who ends up running Iran.
Could be a peace-loving hippie.
Or the most radical muslim.

I don't care.
Not my problem.

All I care is, whoever it is, knows two things that they fear above all--even whatever god they worship:
1) Don't touch our stuff
2) Don't touch our people
3) Don't threaten either.

Die, suffer or thrive--I don't GAF.
Just remember those rules.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 08:50 AM (HXT0k)

156 Nobody watches the "news" anymore.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

157 142 I've been wondering since the beginning why EU countries have been stiff arming us. I'm sure some of it is habit, we always carry the load. Some of it is probably the shitty condition of their militaries.

But I wonder if the fact they opened their borders to a much greater percentage of Muslims they clearly have no control over played a part. It looks like the leadership in the Netherlands is about to flip and Wilders is talking about mass deportations and closing the borders.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:46 AM (viF8m)

It's definitely Islam.

The UN has already made all of its component arms Shari'ah-compliant, so why wouldn't the EU also make Islam it's #1 consideration?

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 08:51 AM (iXqHn)

158 A study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that illegal immigration costs American taxpayers $182 billion annually before offsetting taxes paid by these individuals.

Is that just the cost in direct government outlays? Cuz I'm betting that the increase in healthcare costs caused by them filling ERs and paying nothing is more than that just by itself. What about the costs in automobile insurance to cover the damages from uninsured motorists? Or the costs associated with citizens being out of work because employers hire illegals. Or...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

159 The destruction of the nuclear program is a big deal of course.

But the most important outcome is market-rate oil for the Chinese. That's the brass ring in this conflict.

Those two things, and an end to state sponsored terror abroad, are the important goals. The rest is just static, and we can always repeat this process if they step out of line on the important things.

If some regime strongman is willing to meet those demands, he can oppress his subjects with reckless, bloodthirsty abandon, AFAIC. Foreigners. Do not care. They'd never lift a finger for us besides the middle one, and that's only dug into their palms for the moment because they want something from us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 01, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)

160 IF they were ballsy enough to take to the streets on at least 2 occasions over the past 15 years, now is the time to go for broke especially if police forces or even individual cops and others are willing to look the other way if not join up.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)
________
That rings hollow from people like you and me, sitting safe over here. They've already lost thousands. "Let's you and him fight" is not a good look.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (AlhUl)


There have been reports of defections within the regular army and even some from the IRGC. I don't know if those reports are true, or if the defectors could link up somehow and oppose the remaining regime, but it's interesting. Time will tell.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

161 Oil is fungible."

Sorta. Well, not really. Send a few tankers of xtra heavy sour crude to most of the world's refineries and they'll choke on it. Gasoline (and other products) tend to be more fungible... *except for California and Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Washington D.C*

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:53 AM (XuXeR)

162 Very smart of Trump to do major Iran address on April 1. Later he can always he was joking!

Posted by: runner at April 01, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

163 I figure we owe it to the people of Iran to set things right. Jimmy Carter had a hand in pushing out the Shah and enabling the Islamic revolution of 1979.

Man, was that guy an asshole or what.

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 08:54 AM (ZxPkt)

164 That 'Candyman' essay is worth a read.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 01, 2026 08:55 AM (rJ48h)

165 Man, was that guy an asshole or what."

Well, he could be kinda hardcore, I guess.

Oh, you meant Jimmeh....

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)

166 78
I can't imagine anything more boring than Jill Biden's "memoir."
_____

We have pre-ordered 100,000 of these books. Not to read, silly. We're going to recycle them, responsibly of course.
- Money Laundering Service

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 01, 2026 08:55 AM (Dv3i1)

167 I figure we owe it to the people of Iran to set things right."

Interestingly enough, most (if not all) of the various regime issues there date back to the .... British.

Yeah, those assholes. Again. And State had to follow along, as they loved some BritShiitte...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:57 AM (XuXeR)

168 I used to have a different nic and JackStraw, why do you think Meloni threw in with the EU?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 08:40 AM (+nEug)


I don't follow Italy enough to say. I've heard grumbles in the past that she talks big but toes the line when it comes down to it. It may be that the EU has Italy by the short hairs fiscally and she doesn't have room to maneuver. I just don't know.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

169 Regulations require different methods and additives. It amazes me that we can get legal fuel to every station on a timely basis. Any disruption, from war to weather to refinery or pipeline damage always causes prices to jump around for a while.

Their distribution systems have got to be awfully rigid. When you're making 2¢: per gallon profit, you're not going to have spare trucks and drivers and time laying around to deliver substantially more or less gasoline if someone decides to have a sale.

I think that's why prices go up and, eventually, down in unison. The prices are dictated by the minute to keep the deliveries flowing.

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (iFEms)

170 Trump going to SCOTUS and looking straight in the eyes the weak, feckless Amy Phony Barret , the hopelessly compromised and duplicitous John Roberts and the SCOTUS estrogen , communist voting bloc as they destroy American Constitutional justice may be one of the truly greatest things Trump has ever done—or will do.

Posted by: Voter theater. at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (y/2Cz)

171 150 At my employer the Ok, Everybody Back In The Office edict lasted less than a year.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

Feds are having issues. Good employees all went back. Bad employees all played the disability card and kept full telework. This is causing issues b/c bad employees can't just be fired (b/c they aren't bad "enough" and they have docs going to bat for them), and now good employees and new Trump employees are getting bitter.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (tOcjL)

172 >>Unless it’s the crafty Jews fooling me the news on this conflict isn’t as bleak as portrayed even here in the AoS comment section. We shall see I guess.

I'm not bleak at all. In the last 3 months Trump took Maduro and in doing so freed Venezuela from the grip of China and Iran (hezbollah was part of Maduro's coalition), taken back control of the Panama Canal from China and back into western hands and decapitated Iran with our strong ally Israel. The GCC countries are now lining up with us against Iran and China is left trying to negotiate with Iran to stop the war because they are running out of fuel.

Then there's Cuba which is now slipping away from the communists and NATO as we knew it is pining for the fjords. That's just some of the highlights of a massive shift in global alignment. Just the other day the president of Costa Rica said she is going full Buekle and Chile has a new rightwing president.

Things are in motion, way more than just Iran. I'm enjoying it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)

173 wish I knew how to link stuff. The American media coverage and commentary on this war, even from the “right” has been atrocious. I’ve abandoned our media coverage and tune in or read mainly news from Israel. Unless it’s the crafty Jews fooling me the news on this conflict isn’t as bleak as portrayed even here in the AoS comment section. We shall see I guess.
Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (PLgLU)
******
FNC has done a good job reporting it. They're reporting how well we are doing.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

174 Things are in motion, way more than just Iran. I'm enjoying it."

NOOOOO.

You MUST be concerned 24/7!!! No happiness allowed!

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

175 150 At my employer the Ok, Everybody Back In The Office edict lasted less than a year.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 08:48 AM (2Ez/1)

This is literally only for me. Nobody else has to come in as often as I do. New Boss said that since I've been here the longest and am the oldest, she expects me to be able to work the fastest, so she needs me to do all the in-office stuff, which is great since it's always 100 degrees in here.

(And since I have no marketable skills, I'm stuck in a state job, so no raises and no promotions, ever.)

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 09:00 AM (iXqHn)

176 ... the dozens of Hollywood names who have signed an open letter calling on...

It amazes me that no one in the entertainment industry has come to the realization that we could not care less about their opinions on matters, even if we were to spend our every waking moment trying.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:01 AM (ExV1e)

177 California's oil refining process primarily involves the processing of heavy crude oil, which is a dense and viscous variety that is uniquely suited for the state's extensive refining infrastructure. This heavy crude is processed to produce various products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, and other refined products.

Pennsylvania's oil processing industry is known for refining Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil, which is a type of sweet crude oil found primarily in the Appalachian basin. This oil is characterized by its high viscosity index, low sulfur content, and high paraffin levels, making it ideal for refining into lubricants and other products.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:01 AM (RHGPo)

178 I had the thought this morning that Trump is the new Lawrence of Arabia. Except his name is Trump of Arabia.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (n17eQ)

179 Doesn't scuttling involve sinking ships to prevent it from into the enemy's hands?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (Oy/m2)

180 I'm enjoying it.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
=====

I haven't been this optimistic about foreign affairs since the Sandinistas took Nicaragua.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

181 But the most important outcome is market-rate oil for the Chinese. That's the brass ring in this conflict.
---
Every one of those tankers has $100-$200 million in oil.
At market rate.

China was getting it for like $50 million or less.
Often as trade for military hardware.

That 50-75% energy savings was--with their slave labor--what made "manufacture in China" so cheap.
Everything in China will now cost 50% more.

Few are calculating the effect or even the realization of that, that China's whole economy, already sinking, just suffered a fatal blow.

But they have solar farms!!
LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:03 AM (HXT0k)

182 American consumers shrugged off the Iran war and rising gas prices in March, pushing the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index up to 91.8 from 91.0 in February.

Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

183 >>@EricLDaugh
·
14m
>>🚨 BREAKING: Iran has asked President Trump for a CEASEFIRE in a huge development

>>47 says he will blast them into the STONE AGES until the Strait of Hormuz is open

>>"Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!"

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (viF8m)

184 The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)


Since Hungary is landlocked, that would kind of fuck them a bit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

185 178 I had the thought this morning that Trump is the new Lawrence of Arabia. Except his name is Trump of Arabia.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (n17eQ)

No Gay enough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (bss/y)

186 Few are calculating the effect or even the realization of that, that China's whole economy, already sinking, just suffered a fatal blow.

But they have solar farms!!
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:03 AM (HXT0k)

They are building 34 nuke power plants

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

187 Won't you please give to the Biden Presidential Libary Fund? We plan a replica Amtrak car, to go along with the replica Oval Office, and replica gang shower staffed by nubile junior high staff. Give til it hurts! The many Biden grandchildren will be on the Board, sucking up stipends. Not that Navy Joan, though!

Posted by: Joetato Libary Fund at April 01, 2026 09:05 AM (paPdW)

188 Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 09:00 AM (iXqHn)

Sounds like age discrimination, and that is something a labor attorney might be interested in!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 01, 2026 09:05 AM (n9ltV)

189 Trump attending today's hearing is a great opportunity for one of the liberal justices to pose a hypothetical about a Slovenian prostitute mothering an anchor baby

NO Us sitting president has ever attended a live Supreme Court oral argument in the 235 year history of the Supreme Court. The US Congress created a US monarchy, centralizing federal power to Trump who rules the US by Decrees.

He truly believes he is a King.

If he's lucky, he'll only fall asleep. He's also at risk of shitting himself, having a dementia outburst and telling random blondes they're hot, etc.

this could be really stupid by Trump. There's no valid legal question for SCOTUS to consider, so there’s a decent chance this case is only being heard because it’s an easy way for them to deliver a loss to him.

Roberts is obsessed with the court's image, so two cases in the term go against the administration seems like a thing he’d do

If Trump wins, any of us could be in danger of deportation. All they have to do is say our birth citizenship was obtained by fraud or was invalid at birth.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 01, 2026 09:06 AM (v/9T6)

190 The Jimmy Carter malaise was his highest achievement.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (m5cxz)

191 California's oil refining process primarily involves the processing of heavy crude oil, "

AI? Benicia is set up for sour (extra sulfer and hydrogen sulfide), not heavy.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)

192 >>They are building 34 nuke power plants

Hope they found better engineers than the guys who designed their radar systems. Could get glowie.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (viF8m)

193 Joe Kent ran twice for a safe Red congressional seat in Wash State, and lost because he could not keep his mouth shut. He is a war hero, but you cannot do anything, if you do not win

Posted by: Jonah at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)

194 184 The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

Since Hungary is landlocked, that would kind of fuck them a bit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

I want to throw out some pithy comment, but these people are really authoritarian wankers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (bss/y)

195 They are building 34 nuke power plants"

How many will actually produce 'lectric? I wonder...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (XuXeR)

196 BOING!

חג פסח כשר ושמח - ושקט - לכל עם ישראל

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (kwzqw)

197 "If he's lucky, he'll only fall asleep. He's also at risk of shitting himself, having a dementia outburst and telling random blondes they're hot, etc."

Hey! That hurts. Get out of my head!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (bss/y)

198 They are building 34 nuke power plants
---
Which is good.
Except.
Like 90% of what China makes is plastic.
Cheap oil = cheap plastic.

Maybe they can start recycling all the hundreds of tons of plastic they throw into the oceans every year?

LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (HXT0k)

199 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

200 196 BOING!

חג פסח כשר ושמח - ושקט - לכל עם ישראל
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (kwzqw)

No idea. But pretty. I should get this as a tattoo!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:09 AM (bss/y)

201 Perhaps this was the plan all along and the deployment of several thousand US troops to or near the theatre was a big head-fake. Iran's nuclear program was always the prime if not sole reason why the President decided to attack, with regime change or as it stands the chance for regime change an enticing side benefit.


Don't tell that jackoff jackass because he thinks we're just wasting money and the mullahs will still have nukes when it's all said and done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

202 No idea. But pretty. I should get this as a tattoo!"

"Eat At Mel's"?

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:10 AM (XuXeR)

203
Nations go to war over oil fields.
Nobody ever goes to war over solar panel fields.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 09:10 AM (2Ez/1)

204 If Trump wins, any of us could be in danger of deportation. All they have to do is say our birth citizenship was obtained by fraud or was invalid at birth.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions


STOP! It can only get so hard! I'm cutting diamonds now!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (sUjod)

205 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 01, 2026 09:08 AM (kwzqw)

How are things going over there during Holy Week?

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Oy/m2)

206 If Trump wins, any of us could be in danger of deportation. All they have to do is say our birth citizenship was obtained by fraud or was invalid at birth.

Retardation Level: 8.5

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (gtcuf)

207 No idea. But pretty. I should get this as a tattoo!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:09 AM (bss/y)



Buddy of mine from Japan saw a guy with a Japanese tattoo.

"Chicken?"

"What? No. It means 'peace.'"

"No, it says 'chicken.'"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

208 What is another word for "living off others"?
The term "living off others" can be paraphrased or rephrased in various ways, depending on the context. Here are some alternative phrases and synonyms for "living off others":

Parasite: A person who lives off the resources or support of others, often without contributing anything in return.

Sponge: A person who relies on others for support, often without giving anything in return.

Exploiter: A person who takes advantage of others for personal gain, often at the expense of others.

Manipulator: A person who uses others to achieve their own goals, often at the cost of others.

Narcissist: A person who uses others for their own benefit, often at the expense of others.

These terms capture the essence of someone who relies on others for sustenance or support, often without reciprocation. They highlight the idea of dependency and the potential for exploitation in relationships.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

209 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 09:12 AM (Y1sOo)

210 Doesn't scuttling involve sinking ships to prevent it from into the enemy's hands?
Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:02 AM (Oy/m2)


Yes. Scuppers are drains.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

211 Buddy of mine from Japan saw a guy with a Japanese tattoo.

"Chicken?"

"What? No. It means 'peace.'"

"No, it says 'chicken.'"
Posted by: Sponge



*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (sUjod)

212 The Jimmy Carter malaise was his highest achievement."

Release the Rabbits!

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (XuXeR)

213 209 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 09:12 AM

+++++

East.

Posted by: Pierside Brass at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (2Ez/1)

214 “Our team is vigilantly monitoring the retail, wholesale, and spot markets,” Tai Milder, first director of the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight (DPMO) for the California Energy Commission, announced last week, as gas prices were rising. “Any reports of unfair practices or market manipulation will be taken seriously, and we will not hesitate to refer any illegal conduct for further investigation and prosecution.”

You could drop the 189 different blends of gas and cut you state taxes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (/+uur)

215 Heh, the redditards are in rare form today.

Hard to pick a favorite out of todays buffet offering.

I'm going to go with the goofy "if he wins, any of us could be deported" delusion.

That is so insane, there's literally no starting point where you could begin to unpack it.
And no facts could convince that person otherwise.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 01, 2026 09:13 AM (HXT0k)

216 What is another word for "living off others"?


Teenagers.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (sUjod)

217 Good morning!

HA!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Suwql)

218 Joe Kent ran twice for a safe Red congressional seat in Wash State, and lost because he could not keep his mouth shut. He is a war hero, but you cannot do anything, if you do not win
Posted by: Jonah at April 01, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)



Remember. Eyepatch McCain gave his EYE for this country.

He was STILL a useless grifter stealing money when he got to congress.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

219 197 "If he's lucky, he'll only fall asleep. He's also at risk of shitting himself, having a dementia outburst and telling random blondes they're hot, etc."

Hey! That hurts. Get out of my head!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Of course I picked a hot blonde for SCOTUS. You see what the Democrats put on the bench? Two-baggers, that's what I call them. Disgusting. It's tough to find smart and hot, believe me, but Biden, he didn't get either with Ketanji. Sad. Kentanji...what a judge, right? So embarrassing, even her fellow liberal justices left her on the latest decision.

Posted by: Trump at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (v/9T6)

220

Teenagers.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (sUjod)



They can stay home and live off your insurance till they're 26 now!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (Zz0t1)

221 "No, it says 'chicken.'"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

Mmmm. Chicken.

There are worse things.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (bss/y)

222 Here’s how those exajoules stacked up by fuel source in 2024. Of the 592 exajoules produced (EJs), 199 came from oil, 165 came from coal, and 149 came from natural gas. That constitutes 87 percent of all energy consumed. The share of global energy produced by oil, coal, and gas is rising, not falling. Nuclear energy produced 31 EJs, hydroelectricity produced 16, and “renewables” altogether produced 33 EJs, but five of those were from biofuel.

28/592=4.7%

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (/+uur)

223 The Sun:

IRAN has asked America for a ceasefire, claims Donald Trump – but the president has vowed to continue blitzing the rogue state until the Strait of Hormuz is freed.

Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)

224 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.

Not gonna divulge that information. Not gonna do it. Read my lips. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:16 AM (gtcuf)

225 I saw Pierside Brass open for The Wharf Rats at the Norfolk Scope in '93.

Posted by: Back in the day at April 01, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

226
I'm going to go with the goofy "if he wins, any of us could be deported" delusion.



Fine. Deport everyone. Start with those illegally here and work your way down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

227 It doesn't matter where oil is refined, it's bought and sold in a market, the market price is dictated by all of the usual metrics, with uncertainty and risk being additional inputs.

So when the US goes to war with a major oil producer and you one of the main arteries for petroleum transport is affected, you're going to price spikes and other inefficiencies and constraints.


This is how things have literally worked, forever.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (XV/Pl)

228 Remember. Eyepatch McCain gave his EYE for this country.

He was STILL a useless grifter stealing money when he got to congress.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

Ok, was he at all useful at the beginning though? Or was he always a grifting asshat?

I seem to recall a lot of people talking about him, but I don't remember anything actually substantive- but then again that is true of virtually all of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (bss/y)

229 Mmmm. Chicken.

There are worse things.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (bss/y)



Not if you have a poultry allergy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (Zz0t1)

230 hypothetical about a Slovenian prostitute mothering an anchor baby

Gratuitous insult to Melania notwithstanding, she has one child, Barron, and became a citizen in the year that he was born. Since becoming a citizen is not an instantaneous event, she must have been working on it prior to him being born.

But this is reddit so one cannot expect an effort at actual understanding.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

231 These terms capture the essence of someone who relies on others for sustenance or support, often without reciprocation. They highlight the idea of dependency and the potential for exploitation in relationships.
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

Part II of the Adam Smith famous quote:
Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Even a beggar does not depend upon it entirely. The charity of well-disposed people, indeed, supplies him with the whole fund of his subsistence. But though this principle ultimately provides him with all the necessaries of life which he has occasion for, it neither does nor can provide him with them as he has occasion for them. The greater part of his occasional wants are supplied in the same manner as those of other people, by treaty, by barter, and by purchase.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)

232 Ask your doctor if Exajoule is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Farma at April 01, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

233
I seem to recall a lot of people talking about him, but I don't remember anything actually substantive- but then again that is true of virtually all of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:17 AM (bss/y)



I seem to recall everyone having high hopes for him because he was a former Seal badass hero that was going to congress to make changes and make America great again.

He ended up Amber Hearding and lining his pockets.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

234
We are seeing the end of 90 years of Ivy League Democrat Socialist Internationalism that has cost America trillions of dollars and thousands of lives.

The system Europe and Canada have imposed is a collapsing failure.

Posted by: Auspex at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (TvPmY)

235 103 "How you feel about the conflict today likely reflects how you feel about Trump and which media guesses, or lies, you accept to validate that feeling."

Generally speaking, sure. But I'm a political professional and a veteran. Reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources are a life and death matter to me.

That's one of the reasons I shouted from the rooftops here early on about the Covid-19 shots.

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (DMuRG)

236 He ended up Amber Hearding and lining his pockets.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

Heh. Shitting the bed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (bss/y)

237 I want the Iran thing to be "over" but what will victory look like ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (eANu3)

238
This is causing issues b/c bad employees can't just be fired (b/c they aren't bad "enough" and they have docs going to bat for them), and now good employees and new Trump employees are getting bitter.
Posted by: Nova Local

Then those bitter and angry employees should take over the union, change some rules, and keelhaul the dirtbags.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (QVmho)

239 East.
Posted by: Pierside Brass"

Nah. They're taking Petersburgh.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (XuXeR)

240 RedWave Press
@RedWavePress

Fox News’ Will Cain EXPOSES Birthright Citizenship: “Reports of foreign wealth being used to manipulate the system. One Chinese billionaire reportedly has more than 100 U.S.-born children through surrogacy. The idea: build a future family and business succession plan. Some clients, by the way, request up to 100 babies via multiple surrogates. It can cost as much as $200K per child… Also, surrogacy is illegal in China. Nearly 41% of international surrogate parents in the U.S. are Chinese.”

“Juan Carlos Valencia González… was born in Santa Ana, California, in 1984. His parents were from Mexico. He happens to also be the stepson of ‘El Mencho,’ the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. And now he is reportedly leading that very same cartel.”

https://tinyurl.com/2s3hdymd

Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)

241 No doubt the lawsuits and phony injunctions from Justices Buch M. Danno and Mac A. Damia will be forthcoming.


Heh.

Nicely done, JJ.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (Zz0t1)

242 164 That 'Candyman' essay is worth a read.
Posted by: mr tmz


Agreed completely. The movie was good but I should try and find the story at some point.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (jjoN6)

243 I don't know any or ever met a Slovenian.

Posted by: dantesed at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)

244 As I recall, there was an initial burst of good feelings toward Eyepatch McCain after some CNN or MSNBC creature mocked his disability and he handled it with grace and good humor. It didn't last.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (gtcuf)

245 Heh. Shitting the bed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (bss/y)



CORRECT!

*hands over cigar*

*lights zippo*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

246 @233

>>He ended up Amber Hearding and lining his pockets.

The existing system does not lend itself to major change, critters like Eyepatch realize this quickly and determine that the only thing they can really do materially is feather their own beds.

Critters with little honor and integrity go that route, critters with higher orders of honor and integrity, don't stick around long.

There is a subset of those without honor and integrity but also do not have the ability to feather their own beds very well. Guys like Flake come to mind.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 09:22 AM (XV/Pl)

247 SAVE Act Is 4 Times More Popular Than Congress

Butthole itch is 4 X more pop than congress

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (/+uur)

248 How dare you use my name as a verb!

Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

249 IRAN has asked America for a ceasefire, claims Donald Trump – but the president has vowed to continue blitzing the rogue state until the Strait of Hormuz is freed.
Posted by: SMOD at April 01, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)


He should respond with, "The word you're looking for is surrender."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

250 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)



You did that to yourself, sugartits.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

251 XTC, I'm not a fan of working from home. When Covid hit, being in construction our company worked the entire time and went into the office while much of the government was able to stay home for years. We had one girl who played that card with the masks and bitching about the rest of us saying "f" it and carrying on about our business like normal. She worked from home and never came back. Get your asses back to work, all of you. That said, hire the lawyer. Why not.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (BCuCF)

252 What is another word for "living off others"?
The term "living off others" can be paraphrased or rephrased in various ways, depending on the context. Here are some alternative phrases and synonyms for "living off others":


You left out the obvious "leaching."

Posted by: Confused Moron at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (JCZqz)

253 "The existing system does not lend itself to major change"

Yes. If you're gonna bring major changes, you don't get in.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (DgMqy)

254
“Juan Carlos Valencia González… was born in Santa Ana, California, in 1984. His parents were from Mexico. He happens to also be the stepson of ‘El Mencho,’ the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. And now he is reportedly leading that very same cartel.”

https://tinyurl.com/2s3hdymd
Posted by: redridinghood at April 01, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)

Bhussein had no issues executing Citizens.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 01, 2026 09:25 AM (/+uur)

255 Strait of Hormuz

Renaming it Straight of America should be a non-negotiable requirement in any peace treaty.

Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:25 AM (gtcuf)

256 We would have also accepted "mooching."

Posted by: The Judges at April 01, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

257 248 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Well, then maybe you should not have shit in that bed- and let everyone know in such a high profile manner- young lady!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:26 AM (bss/y)

258 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM


Bitch, please...

Posted by: Monica Lewinsky at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (bFu5X)

259 243 I don't know any or ever met a Slovenian.
Posted by: dantesed

I met several in Kosovo, two of which I worked with daily. The dude was short, scrawny, and soy. The woman was a stacked, super-hot brunette.

I like to believe they're representative of their entire national demographic.

Posted by: Military Moron at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (JCZqz)

260 You did that to yourself, sugartits.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

You know the sad thing is the only thing I remember seeing her in (never watched Aquaman) was Zombieland.

Yes, she was pretty hot, but there was nothing particularly special about her. She seemed to be a personality void.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (bss/y)

261 The prices are dictated by the minute to keep the deliveries flowing."

You're not really kidding... values of truckloads can (and do) change while on the road.

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (XuXeR)

262 >>Renaming it Straight of America should be a non-negotiable requirement in any peace treaty.


Big Beautiful Strait of America!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (Suwql)

263 leech

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ZxPkt)

264 @228 Aetius451AD-unfortunately we on the right like to fawn all over any of our warrior class running for high office. When you are retired military you are an automatic expert on war and foreign relations. You are above reproach because “did you serve!”. Even sites for military veterans are getting “veteran fatigue”. Comment sections get pretty heated.

Posted by: JROD at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (PLgLU)

265 But I'm a political professional and a veteran. Reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources are a life and death matter to me.

And do you have reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources regarding the current events? The closest I come is Tousi, who seems to be trying to get accurate information.

But my general attitude about information regarding Iran is the same as it was about Ukraine. Everything you hear is a lie. Even if it's actually factually correct, that's only accidental.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)

266 Prices here went to 3.99 across the board. I really wonder if there is some sort of set price ceiling or whether this is just all of the station owners trying to keep things mentally acceptable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (bss/y)

267 Everything would work out great if the Persians would just.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (2ap+5)

268 257 248 How dare you use my name as a verb!
Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

Well, then maybe you should not have shit in that bed- and let everyone know in such a high profile manner- young lady!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I told you it was the dog!! (Punch) Now look what you made me do! Stop crying, I didn't hit you! Be a man!

Posted by: Amber Heard at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (JCZqz)

269 I have no choice but to work from home. The whole company works by remote. We're all over the country, no office to go to.

I miss going to the office lately. Used to be you could get a lot of personal stuff done working from home. But being in the international trade biz, the tariff mess has made us busier and busier and busier, just a slave to the grindstone anymore. In those circumstances, it would be nice to have officemates to commiserate with.

(The tariff mess is also making us richer, and we keep hiring and hiring, so it's been good for business. Not so much for our mental health!)



Posted by: Delurker at April 01, 2026 09:29 AM (gtcuf)

270 Get your asses back to work, all of you. That said, hire the lawyer. Why not.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 01, 2026 09:24 AM (BCuCF)



Sure, I go in when I HAVE to, but I LOVE working from home. I mean, besides the weight gain because I tend to snack too much......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

271 I wonder if it is a good idea for Trump to sit in the SCOTUS today ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 01, 2026 09:30 AM (eANu3)

272 Prices here went to 3.99 across the board."

You may have just one local distributor, regardless of brand names. A local monopoly...

Posted by: man at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (XuXeR)

273 Art is nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (CaljU)

274 But my general attitude about information regarding Iran is the same as it was about Ukraine. Everything you hear is a lie. Even if it's actually factually correct, that's only accidental.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 09:28 AM (ExV1e)

Ok, here is an interesting psychological thing (in my own head): I always thought Ukraine was completely manufactured. But I do not think about Iran the same way. What's fascinating is that the other side is reacting exactly the way I did to Ukraine- just to Iran.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)

275 Yes, she was pretty hot, but there was nothing particularly special about her. She seemed to be a personality void.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 01, 2026 09:27 AM (bss/y)



I downloaded a movie she was in because she was naked the first 15 minutes of the movie.

I don't remember anything about the movie other than that as I didn't watch it after the first 15 minutes.

Oh, and Musk got her to dress up as an Overwatch character........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

276 >>I miss going to the office lately.

It's amazing how much is accomplished and how many opportunities are discovered in unplanned conversations before/after meetings, bumping into colleagues in the hall or kitchen, and even at happy hour.

I am an introvert, and after transitioning to WFH I missed the little bits of social interaction that enabled me to stay connected. It's not the same over the phone, not even close.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 01, 2026 09:34 AM (Suwql)

277 Sure, I go in when I HAVE to, but I LOVE working from home. I mean, besides the weight gain because I tend to snack too much......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

=====

This is a problem in retirement - food is always a short reach away. Fortunately, I am a cheap b*st*rd and have a long list of home improvement projects, none of which involves being in the kitchen.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at April 01, 2026 09:34 AM (2ap+5)

278 I wouldn't get a kanji tattoo if I ever got ink.

We don't have a Japanese community where I live, so I wouldn't trust anyone here to not mess up the kanji and make it say something it's not supposed to.

Posted by: XTC at April 01, 2026 09:35 AM (iXqHn)

279 265 "And do you have reliable, verifiable intel and vetted sources regarding the current events? The closest I come is Tousi, who seems to be trying to get accurate information."

That's a work in progress, unfortunately. Lots of misinformation, disinformation, news blackouts from the region out there.

"Is all of this theater?" is a frequent question.

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 01, 2026 09:37 AM (DMuRG)

280 Obama judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of hundreds of thousands illegals granted by Biden cellphone One App program.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 01, 2026 08:33 AM (Y1sOo)

Dear Judge, Please perform an anatomically impossible sex act upon yourself.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: D.J.T at April 01, 2026 09:47 AM (5xuJ/)

281 The EU is throwing out threats. They have already announced that if their efforts at getting Orban removed from office in Hungary don't succeed, they plan to push Hungary out of the EU.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 01, 2026 08:47 AM (0U5gm)

Yeah, piss off the Hungarians. That'll work just fine.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy (crazy Magyar) at April 01, 2026 09:52 AM (5xuJ/)

282 209 USS George H.W. Bush Strike Group departed Norfolk yesterday morning. No indication from the pier side brass as to where it is heading.
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Odds on Cuber?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 01, 2026 09:57 AM (n17eQ)

283 PASS THE FVCKING SAVE ACT!!! Why are congresscritters getting two weeks off?!?!

Posted by: rechill at April 01, 2026 10:03 AM (K1zyu)

284 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

A good Passover to all.
----------
American exceptionalism. Remember when it became a topic of debate in this country, and then beyond, about 16, 17 years ago?

"No Kings." The bitter joke that half of our political class and many of the builders of 'civil society,' along with some millions (in total) in our streets - joined by the clown show that is now much of Europe - march for, practically begging attachment to a continent that has never shed its now symbolic kings & queens and its embedded social classes, even as it becomes a New Europe (links above).

Apr 1st, 2026:
Bloomberg, UK's Starmer Urges Deeper EU Ties With World on 'Volatile Path'

aa dot com: EU Commission moves forward with Ukraine $104B loan plan as political deadlock persists
Bloc proposes allocating €45 billion ($49B) by end of year as part of broader loan package

NDTV: Will Bring Together 35 Nations, Take Steps To Reopen Hormuz Strait: UK PM35 countries have signed a statement committing to work together on restoring maritime security to the key oil transport route.

Al Jazeera English: Britain’s PM Starmer pledges UK won’t be dragged into war on Iran

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

285 Theater, so much theater, but for the transformation of Europe, largely through Z's Ukrainian-Russian War with US support, and the continuance of the US as the global the piggybank and lead undocumented dumping ground.

BTW:
Spain's energy mix is primarily of wind and solar, supplemented by hydropower and nuclear.
France has primarily nuclear power, which provided roughly 65–69% of electricity in 2024–2025. Hydropower is the second-largest source, followed by rising contributions from wind, solar, and natural gas.

>Reuters, European power companies plot US expansion despite past struggles, 31 Mar 2026

The US needs investment.
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Good day 🤗

Posted by: Trying to fuhgeddaboudit at April 01, 2026 10:26 AM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 1 April 2026

Top Story

  • Anthropic's Claude Code developer tool leaked. (Dev.To)

    Which... Well, so what? You can download it. Countless thousands of people have. I have. Anyone who wanted to put in the effort to pick it apart could have done so.

    Anthropic left a debug option set it one release and that made all the source files visible, but that just made it easier.

    The real brains - Anthropic's AI models like Sonnet and Opus - run safely on their servers and haven't leaked anywhere.

    If you're interested though it's available on GitHub.


  • If you want to run your own LLM and not just local tools that talk to a remote server somewhere Bonsai from PrismML might be of interest. (PrismML)

    Because the 1.7 billion parameter model runs in 240MB of memory - yes, M, not G - and churns through 130 tokens per second on an iPhone 17.

    Which uses noticeably less power than a rack full of high-end graphics cards.

    Bonsai 8B uses 1.15GB of RAM.

    While it doesn't lead in test scores, it's being tested against 16GB models, which require an entirely different class of hardware. It would be interesting to see how a 70 billion parameter model would perform on the same tests if it's possible to perform the same trick - quantising the model down from half-precision (16 bits) per parameter to 1 bit with error correction.


Tech News

Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Musical interlude has been replaced with potato salad at the last minute and at great expense.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 04:02 AM (sAmhv)

3 April fools day, and we sure have lot of them both in government and private industry.

Posted by: Colin at April 01, 2026 04:10 AM (e8qy3)

4 Things are so bad with memory I'm honestly considering buying a 32GB kit of Crucial CL32 6400mhz RAM on Amazon for $369 just because the price has dropped about 30% in a week.

I don't even own a DDR5 motherboard.

I guess I could just look at the box and admire its beauty like it's a bar of gold.
Who knows, I could keep it and maybe make a profit in a few months when the price goes back up.

Who would've guessed we'd be buying the dip on RAM a a year ago?

Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:12 AM (6ydKt)

5 Second, it's out of stock.

Well,... that figures.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:15 AM (6ydKt)

6 Uh oh! Barn's infested. Looks like... theater kids.

Posted by: SciVo at April 01, 2026 04:15 AM (Sy6m/)

7 OK NASA...

I'TS SHOW TIME!!!!

Get ready to dump a billion dollars of hardware into the ocean in six minutes.

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 04:34 AM (qmOsv)

8 Coffee is up, rater go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Happy Fool’s Day Morons,

I’m very intrigued by this notion of hosting an LLM on a local machine. I’m sure it’s far beyond my rudimentary tech skills, but theoretically being able to segregate your data would make me much less reluctant to load real life data to help with keeping life straight.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 01, 2026 04:39 AM (pearg)

10 Including assistance editing for clarity and brevity.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 01, 2026 04:41 AM (pearg)

11 Interesting thought experiment previous thread, about dates and numbering

if someone asks you to count to ten, what is the first number you say

zero, or one

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 04:42 AM (ZxPkt)

12 April fools day. I will keep my mouth shut for the day.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 04:42 AM (+nEug)

13 I'd like to run an LLM, too.
I've got a 16GB GPU, so I could fit some stuff on it.

Seems like it would be a challenging learning curve but might be fun to use once it's all set up.

There are so many models to choose from, though.
I'd like to get one that can work with images/video, along with text generation.

I'd rather do that than trust any Big AI with my info.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:45 AM (6ydKt)

14 I am seeing commercials advertising a roll of 2025 uncirculated pennies (the last ever issued) going for $9.95.

That's right, you pay $10 for 50 pennies.

I'm obviously not the target audience, but even my limited math skills are questioning that deal.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 04:49 AM (6ydKt)

15 G'morning, all!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:04 AM (iMotb)

16 Looks like the replacement Kwikset lock arrives via UPS tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:05 AM (iMotb)

17 Never got to ask you, VIA.

How's that Samsung Mini-LED working out so far?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:13 AM (6ydKt)

18 "How's that Samsung Mini-LED working out so far?"

Absolutely love it!

Gonna hold off on upgrading the soundbar system for a bit, but it does everything they said it does.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:18 AM (iMotb)

19 18 "How's that Samsung Mini-LED working out so far?"

Absolutely love it!

Gonna hold off on upgrading the soundbar system for a bit, but it does everything they said it does.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 05:18 AM (iMotb)

That's great.
It really is amazing how much difference a good display makes with high refresh rate, brightness and color volume.

I never knew what I was missing before OLED.
Still no soundbar on mine either, but I don't really mind it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 01, 2026 05:21 AM (6ydKt)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 01, 2026 05:24 AM (tljrc)

21 Evening and morning to all of you from a man who has been kicked out of bed by a fourteen-pound cat. Stirling is back to his old tricks. The last two mornings he let me sleep, and then today: wham!

It's Woden's Day, front tire replacement day ($$), and who knows what else.

Miss Linda wanted to go to an Easter buffet on Sunday at a pricey restaurant in the Quarter. Uh, $75/person? At that price they should come to me, prepare the food here, and have scantily-clad girls serve it to me. Ain't happenin'.

So -- and she probably planned it this way -- I've agreed to go with her to a Friday noon lecture & lunch at my old employer, given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality." It'll be tough to keep a straight face while I'm there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

22 w00t

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:30 AM (fNISR)

23 Today I go to the tire store to have two new Continentals put on the front of the Buick, with balancing and road hazard warranty. (Wincing at the price) At that, the tires are each $26 cheaper than the Kellys my regular mechanic was quoted, and Continentals are better tires to boot. Good for a long trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)

24 3 April fools day, and we sure have lot of them both in government and private industry.
Posted by: Colin at April 01, 2026 04:10 AM (e8qy3)

haha!

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:35 AM (fNISR)

25 Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 05:39 AM (jjoN6)

26 Still hanging around

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 05:42 AM (Ia/+0)

27 Those Ross sisters are ... flexible.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:43 AM (fNISR)

28 On the good side, I did up my state taxes. My first pass did not take into account the deductions I'm allowed, so I wound up with a small refund coming instead of a big payment. That's ready to go after I review it again tomorrow (the return is not due until 5/15).

The Exxon convenience store I go to was still at $3.49 for E10 87 yesterday, while some other stations, Shell and Racetrac, were at $3.75. I gassed up with their E0, $3.69. That price won't hold much longer.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

29 if someone asks you to count to ten, what is the first number you say: zero, or one

It depends on the language and how it treats lists. I cut my programming teeth on BASIC, which usually (on the hardware I had available, at least) started with 1. Most later scripting languages either started with 0 (Perl, Python, C, really everything except…) or didn’t have sequential-number indexed lists (PHP).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:47 AM (EXyHK)

30 Those Ross sisters are ... flexible.
Posted by: m at April 01, 2026


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And slim. Nice to see nowadays.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

31 April fools day. I will keep my mouth shut for the day.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 01, 2026 04:42 AM (+nEug)

I am staying away from my money.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 05:51 AM (dK+Kv)

32 Flexable is for sure

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 05:52 AM (Ia/+0)

33 Was Clippy ("It looks like you're writing a letter!") related to LLM/AI/whatever?

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:52 AM (fNISR)

34 Dagny La Siberienne is giving me The Look. Time to feed the furry thugs soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

35 Earlier this week, I was typing an email, and when I hit "send" I got a comment (from the email program?) saying (something like) "You said that you were going to enclose an attachment, but you haven't done that. Did you want to enclose an attachment before you send this email?"

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 05:55 AM (fNISR)

36 Was Clippy ("It looks like you're writing a letter!") related to LLM/AI/whatever?

What is considered AI programming changes over time; I suspect few professionals would consider Eliza to be AI programming today; I suspect at least some of Clippy’s developers considered its pattern-matching to be rudimentary AI at the time.

It was not LLM in any case, which is a specific kind of AI not really suited to Clippy’s tasks (other than its real task of annoying the hell out of people trying to get work done, which LLM is very suited for).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:56 AM (EXyHK)

37 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 01, 2026 06:00 AM (2Ez/1)

38 if someone asks you to count to ten, what is the first number you say: zero, or one

We were told to start at nine.

Posted by: Somali Millionaire Business Owners at April 01, 2026 06:01 AM (Q7yzj)

39 I hate when I think I sent a email then later see its a draft which to.me says it didn't get sent.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:02 AM (Ia/+0)

40 So -- and she probably planned it this way -- I've agreed to go with her to a Friday noon lecture & lunch at my old employer, given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality." It'll be tough to keep a straight face while I'm there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

Why would she - or anybody - want to go to something like that?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 06:02 AM (1Ff7Z)

41 Was Clippy ("It looks like you're writing a letter!") related to LLM/AI/whatever?

Hadn't thought of it that way but it makes a lot of sense. Perhaps current AI programs look at him as an elder.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 06:05 AM (jjoN6)

42 The supervisor at this job will not open the door 1 minute early, no point in getting thete 2 minutes early

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

43 42 The supervisor at this job will not open the door 1 minute early, no point in getting thete 2 minutes early
Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:05 AM (Ia/+0)

Fair enough.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 06:07 AM (fNISR)

44 given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality."

This just a fancy way of saying Asian porn, isn't it?

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 06:09 AM (ScG/9)

45 If you haven't been there yet, go over to X/ Twitter. My feed has been flooded with Japanese eager to learn about American Midwest Southern meat culture. They want to hear all about our brisket and huge slabs of steak. And it turns out, the right wing in Japan is experiencing exactly what we experience here. People are making friends with Japanese nerds who sound just like us. It's so wholesome.

Another interesting thing. The left-wing media in Japan has shamed them over Fukushima, the nuclear accident after the tsunami. They were told everyone hates them because of this. So the biggest consequence so far of our new meat friendship is their discovery that we don't hate them over Fukushima.

My guess is that the left started the anti-nuclear power plant psyop in order to give China and communist countries in advantage over us. And so we have made barely any progress in this, and the Japanese have been struggling against the same headwinds.

So if you haven't done it yet, get some photos of thick slabs of sirloin cooking on the grill, and head over to X to talk to your newest best friends in Japan. They want to hear from you.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at April 01, 2026 06:10 AM (xKjWc)

46 Never did rain last night
Have a great day and hope to pop in once in awhile

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 06:14 AM (Ia/+0)

47 I've been loving the exchange between Japan and the US on Twitter. I did see the Fukushima remark and was more than annoyed about the fact they were led to believe they were hated over it.

Elon deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for bridging this gap between cultures.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 06:15 AM (jjoN6)

48
Nikita Bier
@nikitabier
Mar 28
“They’re losing faith in humanity. Release the wholesome Japanese posts."

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 06:16 AM (fNISR)

49 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 01, 2026 06:19 AM (MIIRH)

50 >>>240MB of memory - yes, M, not G

; )

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 06:25 AM (fNISR)

51 Good morning, everyone.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 01, 2026 06:27 AM (CHHv1)

52 Most of X is bots.

Posted by: Prove me wrong at April 01, 2026 06:38 AM (2Ez/1)

53 Good morning. Another warm day forecasted for the foothills. April already...seesh.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at April 01, 2026 06:40 AM (S+2Xo)

54 Good morning BC,

What kind of plans does Robert have for you to suffer through today?

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 06:41 AM (qmOsv)

55 Most of X is bots.

Being able to block users by geographical region and showing where someone is based out of has done a lot of good on that site.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 01, 2026 06:44 AM (jjoN6)

56 Most of X is bots.

Most of the public are bots.

Posted by: Yep at April 01, 2026 06:46 AM (he+gc)

57 36 Was Clippy ("It looks like you're writing a letter!") related to LLM/AI/whatever?

What is considered AI programming changes over time; I suspect few professionals would consider Eliza to be AI programming today; I suspect at least some of Clippy’s developers considered its pattern-matching to be rudimentary AI at the time.

It was not LLM in any case, which is a specific kind of AI not really suited to Clippy’s tasks (other than its real task of annoying the hell out of people trying to get work done, which LLM is very suited for).
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at April 01, 2026 05:56 AM (EXyHK)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 06:49 AM (fNISR)

58
AI and bots have officially taken over the internet (cnbc.com)

via HackerNews

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 06:51 AM (fNISR)

59 @54 I suspect it's another day of "I want treats. No, not those. Something else. No, not those either."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 01, 2026 06:53 AM (CHHv1)

60 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 06:55 AM (u82oZ)

61 archive.is is putting me in an endless captcha loop.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:00 AM (fNISR)

62 quantising the model down from half-precision (16 bits) per parameter to 1 bit with error correction.

That's a pretty good one.

Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026 07:00 AM (ScG/9)

63 I kind of want the Artemis astronauts to get hit by a cosmic storm, and become The Fantastic Four

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 07:01 AM (ZxPkt)

64 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Snail Racer and spouse and I had lunch yesterday. It was a lot of fun. They are good people.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:01 AM (u82oZ)

65 also archive.ph and archive.today

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:03 AM (fNISR)

66 Shouldn't it be archive.yesterday?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 01, 2026 07:04 AM (2Ez/1)

67

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at April 01, 2026 07:06 AM (DDJSl)

68 Less than 70 posts? Disgusting!

Posted by: I'm not retarded, you're retarded at April 01, 2026 07:07 AM (WAgNm)

69 Hillary Clinton

How is the nation's strongest liver doing? Still not President. The world dodged a bullet that day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)

70 68 Less than 70 posts? Disgusting!
Posted by: I'm not retarded, you're retarded at April 01, 2026 07:07 AM (WAgNm)

At least 70, now.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:10 AM (fNISR)

71 I've agreed to go with her to a Friday noon lecture & lunch at my old employer, given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality." It'll be tough to keep a straight face while I'm there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026
*
Why would she - or anybody - want to go to something like that?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026


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The title of the talk intrigued her. Something to do with Korean children -- I don't have the listing here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:11 AM (wzUl9)

72 given by (brace yourselves) a Korean asst. professor of "race, gender, and sexuality."
*
This just a fancy way of saying Asian porn, isn't it?
Posted by: t-bird at April 01, 2026


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Up to a point, that sounds interesting. I repeat, up to a point.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:12 AM (wzUl9)

73 Anyway! I'm back from my workout, cleaned up, will shave later, and am planning a light breakfast before I head out to the tire store.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:14 AM (wzUl9)

74 Wolfus, googled:

"A Matter of Empire: Critical Adoption Studies and the Legacies of U.S. Militarism in Korean Adoption"

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:15 AM (fNISR)

75 So -- aside from references to Asian pr0n -- did I miss?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:16 AM (wzUl9)

76 "A Matter of Empire: Critical Adoption Studies and the Legacies of U.S. Militarism in Korean Adoption"
Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:15 AM (fNISR)

Doesn't really sound interesting at all, more like pro-China or Nork propaganda coming.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:17 AM (1Ff7Z)

77 Wolfus, googled:

"A Matter of Empire: Critical Adoption Studies and the Legacies of U.S. Militarism in Korean Adoption"
Posted by: m at April 01, 2026


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That sounds . . . about right. If Victor Davis Hanson were speaking on the topic, I'd probably be a little interested.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:17 AM (wzUl9)

78 m

Sounds like another fact-free, biased Leftist study, but ramped up to be from South Korea.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

79 Just wanted to pop in to wish our Jewish posters a blessed Passover, safety for them and their families, and to present this devotional from the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, "The importance of a question":

https://tinyurl.com/3f98rh33

Posted by: Not a communist at April 01, 2026 07:18 AM (n3VHW)

80 Sounds like another fact-free, biased Leftist study, but ramped up to be from South Korea.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

From someone who supports NK.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:18 AM (1Ff7Z)

81 >"A Matter of Empire: Critical Adoption Studies and the Legacies of U.S. Militarism in Korean Adoption"
----

sounds like a feel-good romp

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 07:18 AM (ZxPkt)

82 Wolfus Aurelius

Thinking of adopting a Korean baby? North Korea will sell you one for pennies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

83 Speaker: Soojin Pate, PhD

Bio: SooJin Pate is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Race, Ethnic, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at St. Olaf College where she teaches comparative and intersectional approaches to the study of race, history, and literature in the U.S.

Informed by the liberatory education she received at Howard University, Pate transforms her classrooms into sites of liberatory possibility and social change, as she engages in decolonial, anti-oppressive pedagogical praxis.

She is the author of From Orphan to Adoptee: U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption and was named Educator of the Year and Ally of the Year by Macalester College.

Her podcasts Antiracist Parenting Podcast and Decolonize Yourself are available on major platforms.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:19 AM (fNISR)

84 Trans-Visibility Day yesterday, April Fool's today. This week oughta be interesting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:19 AM (wzUl9)

85 Her podcasts Antiracist Parenting Podcast and Decolonize Yourself are available on major platforms.
Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:19 AM (fNISR)

So, a commie.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:20 AM (1Ff7Z)

86 M, knowing this, I will have even more trouble keeping my face straight during her talk. I hope the food is good and not vegan or something.

The location is right next door to where my last office moved after I retired -- in part, to avoid having to manage the move. But also because the university has stuff like this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

87 Oops; Back to my regular handle. I musty confess to you, brothers and sisters, that my forum addiction got the better of me and I stupidly responded to trolls. I have, however, spent much time away from regular news and I am glad.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 01, 2026 07:21 AM (n3VHW)

88 Sounds like another fact-free, biased Leftist study, but ramped up to be from South Korea.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)
*
From someone who supports NK.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026


***
It's hell what a guy will do to avoid spending $150 or more on an Easter buffet, huh?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

89 The location is right next door to where my last office moved after I retired -- in part, to avoid having to manage the move. But also because the university has stuff like this.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:21 AM (wzUl9)

I'd have to ask: why do you want me to attend something like that?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:23 AM (1Ff7Z)

90 Blah, blah, blah Korean militarism adoption in a linear regression model blah blah.

What, there were no root canal appointments available?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

91 "St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minnesota" sounds like it should be a school full of tough Leif Ericssons and young Scarlett Johanssens. Apparently the reality is quite different.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

92 Did some major updates to the ERP based on user feedback, added an X/Y Influence/authority scatter chart to the stakeholder registry, combined all of the different CRAID registers into one master CRAID register, completely revamped the RACI module so as to have multiple RACI's, added all kinds of signals to the main dashboard and the biggest is I'm now using a theme UI library to unify the UI, color scheme and theme across the entire app and added 2FA authentication.

All in all, pretty f*** awesome.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:26 AM (XV/Pl)

93 "St. Olaf College at Northfield, Minnesota" sounds like it should be a school full of tough Leif Ericssons and young Scarlett Johanssens. Apparently the reality is quite different.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

They're leftists up there. Best to never go.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:26 AM (1Ff7Z)

94 it probably was at one time, but the march through the institutions has been long, and remarkably thorough.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 01, 2026 07:26 AM (MIIRH)

95 I'd have to ask: why do you want me to attend something like that?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026


***
It's a free even with a free lunch. And I'm quite aware I'm being maneuvered: Miss Linda clearly brought up the $75/person buffet, knowing I'd give a flat NO, and then this one so I'd feel I ought to give way somewhere. Clever, these little New York State expatriates.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

96 Salty!


Snail Racer, another nic for the ages.

Say hello for me please.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 07:28 AM (iMotb)

97 It's a free even with a free lunch. And I'm quite aware I'm being maneuvered: Miss Linda clearly brought up the $75/person buffet, knowing I'd give a flat NO, and then this one so I'd feel I ought to give way somewhere. Clever, these little New York State expatriates.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

Wolfus, pull the double-goozle on her and go to the buffet. This commie might make you a target during her screed. Best to spend the money than get into a fight with a commie who'd probably dox you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

98 92 Did some major updates to the ERP based on user feedback, added an X/Y Influence/authority scatter chart to the stakeholder registry, combined all of the different CRAID registers into one master CRAID register, completely revamped the RACI module so as to have multiple RACI's, added all kinds of signals to the main dashboard and the biggest is I'm now using a theme UI library to unify the UI, color scheme and theme across the entire app and added 2FA authentication.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:26 AM (XV/Pl)

The first time that I read this comment, I read it as a question that began with the words "Did some major updates ..." and that was confusing.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:29 AM (fNISR)

99 Thomas Bender thanks for that, but I'll wait until the English translation is available.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:30 AM (fNISR)

101 Thomas Bender thanks for that, but I'll wait until the English translation is available.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

Chinese bot generated English, for sure.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:30 AM (1Ff7Z)

102 Thomas Bender thanks for that, but I'll wait until the English translation is available.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)
----
It still makes more sense than that Korean prof's bio...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 01, 2026 07:31 AM (ESVrU)

103 Not sure whether to tell those girls to cover up, get turned on, or just get hungry. Or maybe just wonder about their chiropractor bills later in life.

Posted by: GWB at April 01, 2026 07:31 AM (rFBZr)

104 The things people will do for a free meal.

Posted by: Timeshare pitch veteran at April 01, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Speaker: Soojin Pate, PhD

Bio: SooJin Pate is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Race, Ethnic, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at St. Olaf College where she teaches comparative and intersectional approaches to the study of race, history, and literature in the U.S.

Informed by the liberatory education she received at Howard University, Pate transforms her classrooms into sites of liberatory possibility and social change, as she engages in decolonial, anti-oppressive pedagogical praxis.

She is the author of From Orphan to Adoptee: U.S. Empire and Genealogies of Korean Adoption and was named Educator of the Year and Ally of the Year by Macalester College.

Her podcasts Antiracist Parenting Podcast and Decolonize Yourself are available on major platforms.
Posted by: m


WTF was that bullshit?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026 07:32 AM (sUjod)

106 Wolfus Aurelius

Good luck! We're all counting on you. Bring American common sense to that Commie cant with one penetrating question.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

107 Bring American common sense to that Commie cant with one penetrating question.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

So, we're back to Asian porn?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:34 AM (1Ff7Z)

108 Ross Sisters
pffft

I can do that- I just don't feel like it right now

Posted by: Don Black at April 01, 2026 07:35 AM (ZxPkt)

109 Good luck! We're all counting on you. Bring American common sense to that Commie cant with one penetrating question.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026


***
I've promised to "behave myself." (With fingers crossed, of course)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:35 AM (wzUl9)

110 A word to the wise: if you're dealing with someone who received a "liberatory education" at Howard University...

run away! run away!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:36 AM (2Ez/1)

111 . . . Informed by the liberatory education she received at Howard University, Pate transforms her classrooms into sites of liberatory possibility and social change, as she engages in decolonial, anti-oppressive pedagogical praxis. . . .
*
WTF was that bullshit?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026


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Sense-free. No real-world referents whatsoever.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:36 AM (wzUl9)

112 @99

>>Thomas Bender thanks for that, but I'll wait until the English translation is available.

I'm a Project Manager and one thing that every Project Manager needs are tools to run their projects, my current company lacks the necessary tools, my previous company had a robust tool set, my previous company was acquired by my new company and the first they did was mothball the tools under the guise of they were in the process of developing swell tools, that was 10 years ago, so 6 months ago I finally snapped and took matters into my own hands.

So the idea behind the Influence scatter plot is that every project has important people at various levels of influence and authority that you have to deal with and communicate with, the scatter plot give a visual representation of who's important an what level of influence they have. It's actually pretty neat.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:37 AM (XV/Pl)

113 Sense-free. No real-world referents whatsoever.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:36 AM (wzUl9)

Yeah. Go to the buffet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:37 AM (1Ff7Z)

114 Time for post walk shower.


BBIAB

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 01, 2026 07:37 AM (iMotb)

115 Whenever I hear about RAID in tech-speak, I think of the old Raid insecticide commercials, with cartoon roaches screaming "RAID!!!" just before the cloud of poison destroys them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:38 AM (wzUl9)

116 *WTF was that bullshit?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 01, 2026*


Wait. Check the calendar.
See what today's date is?
Aha.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

117 Sense-free. No real-world referents whatsoever.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026
*
Yeah. Go to the buffet.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026


***
I need that $150 for better things. Plus, with a drink or two for Miss L., it might well push close to $200.

On top of that, I hate going downtown now and seeing what a pesthole my old boyhood and teen-years neighborhood has become.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

118 So CRAID can have various different meanings, it's typically Constraints, Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Decisions. In my ERP, C is also Changes, A is also Actions, so it's really a CCRAAID register, there are also levels to Changes, whereby a you can have a C to the Contract, a Change order, or a Change Record, ie a to the System that would require RCA, Root Cause Analyssis, which would also require Release Notes, and Rollback, etc. So the Register is really a CCRRAAID.

If you saw it you would understand it.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:41 AM (XV/Pl)

119 Her podcasts Antiracist Parenting Podcast and Decolonize Yourself are available on major platforms.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:19 AM (fNISR)

Shut up, and take my money.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 07:44 AM (dK+Kv)

120 And I thought I was fancy with a two axis Pareto chart...

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 01, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1)

121 I need that $150 for better things. Plus, with a drink or two for Miss L., it might well push close to $200.

On top of that, I hate going downtown now and seeing what a pesthole my old boyhood and teen-years neighborhood has become.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 01, 2026 07:41 AM (wzUl9)

Well, sit in the back then, so she doesn't see you. I'd expect any other man there will look like a soy loser and you'll stand out.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 01, 2026 07:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

122 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

123 You could go to the lecture and get something out of it. Take notes; make an outline; look for something new. I bet she'll provide some vocabulary that's unfamiliar to you. Maybe photos of places you haven't been.

Posted by: m at April 01, 2026 07:46 AM (fNISR)

124 @120

>>And I thought I was fancy with a two axis Pareto chart...

Oh I got charts for days, mostly trend line and stacked bar charts, but I also have some exotic charts like X/Y, Radar and heat map, I got pies to, lots and lots of pies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (XV/Pl)

125 J.J. arrived. Runway 270.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

126 >>And I thought I was fancy with a two axis Pareto chart...

Oh I got charts for days, mostly trend line and stacked bar charts, but I also have some exotic charts like X/Y, Radar and heat map, I got pies to, lots and lots of pies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 01, 2026 07:47 AM (XV/Pl)

When do you have time to do work?

/sarc

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 01, 2026 07:52 AM (dK+Kv)

127 When I once adopted three female kittens, many years ago, I named them Aggie, Maggie, and Elmira.

Posted by: Fritz Geiger at April 01, 2026 04:02 PM (38jsa)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - March 31, 2026 [Doof]

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From
Moon4pics

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Tuesday night ONT. Last day of March. Did it go out like a lion or like a lamb for you? Do you have any good pranks planned for April Fools Day tomorrow? Anything else you want to talk about - have at it! Open thread as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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These kids need to take some lessons from MoMe attendees. Party hard, but leave the place better than you found it!

$5 Million Mansion Rented on Airbnb for Small Private Event, Vandalized by 800 Partying Teens

When Kishore Karlapudi saw his beautiful mansion in Celina, Texas, rented on Airbnb for a party of seven people, he never imagined it would be invaded and vandalised by hundreds of teenagers looking for a good time.

Karlapudi doesn’t live in the mansion himself, but instead rents it out on Airbnb for passive income. He never imagined that he could become the victim of some teenagers looking for a place to stage the mother of all parties.

“Somebody booked it, saying they needed the property for a party of seven people,” Kishore Karlapudi told Fox4 News.

According to Celina Police Chief John Cullison, that small party of seven swelled to between 500 and 800 people after the event was advertised on social media. On the evening of March 21, police started receiving calls about a massive gathering at the mansion, followed by reports of gunshots being heard on the property.

“We started getting the 911 calls with the shots fired. We also got a call that there was 10 men at the front gate, and they had guns, and they were threatening to kill someone. So, this of course amped our officers up just a bit to make sure we go inside and keep everybody safe,” Chief Cullison said. “But it wasn’t until they went inside and they actually realized how vast this party was.”

More at the link, including 2 video segments.

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Did you know there are some snakes that have an internal gauge for their level of poison? You do now!

These snakes steal poison from their prey—here's how they know they have enough

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Red-necked keelback snakes are highly toxic—mere drops of their pungent yellow poison could blind a mongoose and stop its heart within minutes. But the snakes don’t make that toxin themselves; rather, they steal it from the poisonous toads they eat.

After a red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus) eats a true toad (a member of the Bufonidae family), the snake’s intestines soak up the toxic bufadienolide molecules from the amphibian’s skin. The toxins are then shuttled into more than a dozen pairs of storage pockets in the snakes’ necks called nuchal glands. Then the snakes act fearless. They rise and jut their necks at mongooses and other would-be predators as if to say, “Go ahead—I dare you.”

That brazen attitude doesn’t last, though. If dinner has been nontoxic recently—poison-free frogs or fish, for example—these reptiles often hurriedly slither away.

Snakes are equal parts creepy and cool to me. How about you?

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In the market for a super cool vintage car? Here's one to consider.

Son Inherited Dad's 1968 Dodge Coronet R/T, Now Selling Because It Holds Too Many Memories

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This Coronet spent almost its entire life with the same man who picked it up from the dealership and drove it home. It remained in the family after his passing, but the son has decided to let it go for a simple reason. It holds too many memories, so someone else must cherish the car now.

That's why it's here. This Coronet R/T is looking for a new home, and while it's not a spotless specimen, it's worth knowing the car has never been restored or altered. I would still inspect it personally before making an offer to check if all of these are true, but at first glance, this Coronet just seems to check all these big boxes.

Dodge offered a little something to every Coronet buyer in 1968.

It started with the Coronet Deluxe, which was the most affordable configuration but also came with a six-cylinder 225 standard. A 273ci V8 unit was optional if buyers wanted a little bit more power.

The Coronet 440 also started with a six, but the engine options went all the way up to the 440ci with 375 horsepower. The Coronet 500 was next with a standard 318 and more options, including the popular 383, followed by the almighty R/T. The Coronet R/T was all about the power delivered by its engine and the mix of upgrades inside the cabin, and buyers could choose either the standard 440 or the 426 Hemi.

The Hemi was the engine to get if power was the main objective, but it's not a secret that this engine configuration was ridiculously expensive. It featured dual-quad carburetors and delivered 425 horsepower, so some buyers didn’t care and still ordered the engine, no matter the price.

This Coronet R/T was and still is equipped with a 440ci V8 engine paired with a 4-speed manual transmission.

The vehicle is up for online auction.

The top bid at the time of writing is $19,100, but it's expected to increase significantly, as the Coronet seems to get impressive attention lately.

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The car is parked in Chicago, Illinois, and if you don't want to pay more for shipping, you should be able to drive it home on its wheels.

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Hope the owner of this wallet isn't a Hordeling. There's math involved for it to be returned!


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Math adjacent - think you can answer this correctly?


This is one of my favorite pseudo trick questions. Did you get it right?

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DJ Doof - Born on This Date Edition
from this day in music.com

1954: British rock drummer Tony Brock, The Babys


1955: Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist with AC/DC


1958: Paul Ferguson, drummer from the British post-punk group Killing Joke


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Weekly commenter stats for week of 3-29-2026

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 87
Number of comments: 20911
Number of unique hashes: 1625

Top 10 commenters:
1 [432 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer' [61.36 posts/day]
2 [348 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films'
3 [333 comments] ''
4 [317 comments] 'man'
5 [292 comments] ' Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _'
6 [279 comments] 'Stateless - Day 7 of 14 or so - extreme dog care'
7 [250 comments] 'Skip'
8 [242 comments] 'Bulg'
9 [241 comments] 'San Franpsycho'
10 [223 comments] 'rickb223 '

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [138 names] 'Barry Soetero' [19.60 unique names/day]
2 [122 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
3 [88 names] 'Pinhead'
4 [71 names] 'SSBN 656 (G)'
5 [56 names] 'mindful webworker taps the Moronificial Intelligencia'
6 [46 names] 'mikeski'
7 [40 names] 'Duncanthrax'
8 [31 names] 'Count de Monet'
9 [25 names] 'Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison'
10 [24 names] 'pookysgirl, up too early'

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by Larry

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Doof Enterprises, LLC thanks you for a wonderfully whelming 1st quarter of 2026.

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 You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming,
― Pablo Neruda
Whoever that is.
https://w.wiki/32oN

Posted by: mindful webworker - so much for March at March 31, 2026 10:00 PM (jrd4M)

2 It’s all about time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:01 PM (ZwdAr)

3 Echo And The Bunnymen? I always thought that was one of those anime series.

Posted by: mindful webworker - or is that badbunny and the echoes? at March 31, 2026 10:03 PM (jrd4M)

4 Otters called.
off to the content.









Posted by: clarence at March 31, 2026 10:04 PM (bbCED)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 10:04 PM (cYBz/)

6 The Babys. I liked that song. John Waites has a good voice

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:05 PM (syAfa)

7 Snakes are equal parts creepy and not-cool.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:06 PM (ZwdAr)

8 What is, "who cares?"

Posted by: I lost on Jeopardy, baby! at March 31, 2026 10:06 PM (guCHD)

9 Evening.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (o/0R4)

10 It’s all about time.


Is on my side . . . yes it is.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (7D3Aa)

11 Willowed:

Ottawa will sign over all the oil and minerals to China and allow China to sue the province in court.
Posted by: Kindltot


1. Alberta doesn't recognize that court. They're independent.
2. Come get them. China can't do shit.
3. All it takes is one country to recognize their independence and it's game on. That one country would be the US.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (Kksvc)

12 Speaking of music...I confuse John Mellencamp and Bon Jovi.

At least until my wife and the younger brat disabused me of this notion that they were interchangeable.

Apparently, John Mellencamp makes good music and loves Israel, while Bon Jovi is a woke cocksucker who is pretty much a junior version of Springsteen.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (n9ltV)

13 Red-necked keelback? You've met my neighbor?

He's kinda toxic, but patriotic to a fault.

Posted by: mindful webworker - a snakey kinda guy at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (jrd4M)

14 Willowed:

But it seems preposterous to me that the state could license a physician and then have no control over the care he gives by verbal instructions.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (CKIwv)
==
Malpractice would end up wiping out the doctor with the first lung cancer patient he had.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (UVyKP)

15 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 31, 2026 10:08 PM (sAmhv)

16 My apologies for the dilatory arrival. I was perusing a thesaurus.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 31, 2026 10:09 PM (PMi3m)

17
I would have lost all my money on that Jeopardy question, too.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 10:09 PM (n7rxJ)

18 It’s all about time.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:01 PM (ZwdAr)

It's about space.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2026 10:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 12 Speaking of music...I confuse John Mellencamp and Bon Jovi.

At least until my wife and the younger brat disabused me of this notion that they were interchangeable.

Apparently, John Mellencamp makes good music and loves Israel, while Bon Jovi is a woke cocksucker who is pretty much a junior version of Springsteen.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (n9ltV)

This is a weird judgment. Because musically John Cougar Mellencamp is basically Temu Bruce Springsteen. Politics can't save Mellencamp.

Posted by: I lost on Jeopardy, baby! at March 31, 2026 10:10 PM (guCHD)

20 Yes, I answered the Jeopardy question correctly.

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

21
I don't mind snakes at all for some reason. Spiders, however...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 10:11 PM (n7rxJ)

22 It started with the Coronet Deluxe, which was the most affordable configuration but also came with a six-cylinder 225 standard. A 273ci V8 unit was optional if buyers wanted a little bit more power.

The Coronet 440 also started with a six, but the engine options went all the way up to the 440ci with 375 horsepower. The Coronet 500 was next with a standard 318 and more options, including the popular 383, followed by the almighty R/T. The Coronet R/T was all about the power delivered by its engine and the mix of upgrades inside the cabin, and buyers could choose either the standard 440 or the 426 Hemi.
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What a selection of excellent engines.
How many engine options did you have on your last purchase? How many options today?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:11 PM (ZwdAr)

23 3 [88 names] 'Pinhead'

I think he has more names than that.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

24 Would have won the Jeopardy answer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:12 PM (u82oZ)

25 How does the snake know when it has enough venom?

Why, he checks the dipstick, of course!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

26 Speaking of music...I confuse John Mellencamp and Bon Jovi.

At least until my wife and the younger brat disabused me of this notion that they were interchangeable.

Apparently, John Mellencamp makes good music and loves Israel, while Bon Jovi is a woke cocksucker who is pretty much a junior version of Springsteen.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (n9ltV)


Makes you feel good to be a New Jersey resident, don't it?!

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

27 That Coronet, bet you could put four bodies in that trunk or thousands of voter ballots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (ZwdAr)

28 "Perfessor" Squirrel

*Fist bump*

We would be a very powerful Jeopardy team.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)

29 So we all know who Vinnie Vincent is, right?

Okay, probably not.

He played with KISS. He did some guitar work on Creatures Of The Night and was the official lead guitarist on Lick It Up before leaving and doing time albums with his band Vinnie Vincent Invasion.

Hasn't done shit since.

Apparently he has a "new" (recorded in 1990) album called Guitarmageddon. Wants to sell it for $2 million.

No, really. $2,000,000 dollars. American.

Or $200,000 dollars per track.

I think Vinnie might be a bit on the crazy side.

You can find tracks on YT. I listened to part of one and it's...embarrassing. Like really really fucking bad. There's no musicality at all. It's just...awful. Check it out, though, it's worth a laugh.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (qoyWV)

30 23 3 [88 names] 'Pinhead'

I think he has more names than that.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

He has such comments to show you.

Posted by: cenobite appreciator at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (guCHD)

31 How many engine options did you have on your last purchase? How many options today?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:11 PM (ZwdAr)

The car already came with an engine. Only a sucker buys new.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

32 I cant believe the champ didnt bet $1.00 less than he had

I had the wrong answer too

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (lCppi)

33 Mr Mellencamp is hard to the left. Music is good.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (7D3Aa)

34 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (+9wcF)

35 This is one of my favorite pseudo trick questions. Did you get it right?

Of course.

They should send me all the money they bet.

Geez! What a gaggle of overconfident losers.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 1901, spaced oddity at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (jrd4M)

36 "Perfessor" Squirrel

*Fist bump*

We would be a very powerful Jeopardy team.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)
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Probably. I do pretty well in trivia contests.

My boss has gone through the tryouts for Jeopardy. Made it past the first round or so.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (ESVrU)

37 Yes, I answered the Jeopardy question correctly.

Yeah, no year 0 so 1st century AD was 0001 - 0100. The thing I don't get is why he bet more than $501.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)

38 16 My apologies for the dilatory arrival. I was perusing a thesaurus.
Posted by: tankdemon
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Glad you found your way out of the miasma.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (ZwdAr)

39
January 1, 1901

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 10:15 PM (xG4kz)

40 Yeah, no year 0 so 1st century AD was 0001 - 0100. The thing I don't get is why he bet more than $501.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)
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Greed. Overconfidence.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 10:15 PM (ESVrU)

41 ahhh, the days when Bon Jovi gave away his house on MTV. 1989.
the lucky winners then had to pay the $70k New Jersey taxes on that house... which they couldn't sell, because nobody is dumb enough to live in NJ who doesn't have to.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 10:16 PM (gKWVE)

42 Yes, I answered the Jeopardy question correctly.

===
their "right answer" is WRONG!!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:16 PM (GD0B3)

43 Echo And The Bunnymen? I always thought that was one of those anime series.
Posted by: mindful webworker


That's "Eiko and the Bunnygirls."

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

44 Screw Larry. And yes, I got the Final Jeopardy correct. I have heard that in the past, and I knew it was a trick question.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (P5A9z)

45 I got the correct date!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (VCgbV)

46 Here's to tankdemon! Late to his own hanging. Which will be after the Dems seize control of the US of A. Over my dead body.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

47 1st day of any year is already next year !

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (GD0B3)

48 Glad you found your way out of the miasma.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (ZwdAr)

Now I'm headed to the dictionary.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (PMi3m)

49 Apparently, John Mellencamp makes good music and loves Israel, while Bon Jovi is a woke cocksucker who is pretty much a junior version of Springsteen.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (n9ltV)

I don't know about Bon Jovi being woke but I know he's pissed off and alienated every musician that ever mattered to his career and his voice is completely shot to shit. Still tours even if he can't sing anymore.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (48E6j)

50 Yeah, no year 0 so 1st century AD was 0001 - 0100. The thing I don't get is why he bet more than $501.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)


I was particularly argumentative with people who thought Jan 1, 2000 was the first day of a new millennium.

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:18 PM (QMAsf)

51 this is bullshit!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:19 PM (GD0B3)

52
Wait a minute. January 1 in the year 1 A.D. was the beginning of the first century, right? Okay, so... yeah. 1901. But it still doesn't seem right that all of the year 1900 would be in the 19th century.

In fact, I was probably walking around in the year 2000 thinking all, "We're in the 21st century now, woo-woo" and we weren't.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 10:19 PM (n7rxJ)

53 Now I'm headed to the dictionary.
Posted by: tankdemon at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (PMi3m)
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I hear if you read from back to front, the aardvark commits the crime instead of the zebra.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 10:19 PM (ESVrU)

54 I love Mellencamp, but am shocked he's pro Israel. He is a flaming dem.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 31, 2026 10:19 PM (Vvh2V)

55 when a kid is 1 day old, he is already in his first year

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:20 PM (GD0B3)

56 46 Here's to tankdemon! Late to his own hanging. Which will be after the Dems seize control of the US of A. Over my dead body.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

Actually, I was kind of hoping to just skip out on my own hanging entirely.

Posted by: tankdemon at March 31, 2026 10:20 PM (PMi3m)

57 Howdy, Doof! Evening, Horde.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 10:20 PM (rPgxf)

58 In fact, I was probably walking around in the year 2000 thinking all, "We're in the 21st century now, woo-woo" and we weren't.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 10:19 PM (n7rxJ)
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There was a Seinfeld episode about this very conundrum.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 10:21 PM (ESVrU)

59 I hate snakes with a passion only reserved for hating Dims. May hate snakes worse. All of them.

I don't care if they are non-poisonous and eat rats.

The 5' black snake of our front hedge in FL did not eat rats. It is a myth. He/she hung out there to scare me. We still had a roof rat that also missed the myth memo. He also once got in the garage with me, as I had to go out the garage door to check the mail and he was waiting for me. This was not good but he left.

We had a dry winter, lack of snow and cold weather, and I am positive it's going to be a snake filled spring and summer.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:21 PM (WONhk)

60 Top 10 sockpuppeteers:…
5 [56 names] 'mindful webworker taps the Moronificial Intelligencia'


[Fondles plastic participation trophy]
Easy peasy. Send 50¢ and SASE for my simple, secret technique. Like and subscribe.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 1901, spaced oddity at March 31, 2026 10:21 PM (jrd4M)

61 Most people skip when being hanged

Posted by: the three legged mule at March 31, 2026 10:21 PM (gKWVE)

62 My three favorite songs about pimps and whores.

Love For Sale

https://is.gd/crAfkw

Street Life

https://is.gd/4mQlB7

Jojo

https://is.gd/SoSgMU

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 10:21 PM (ndZc7)

63 Re: Jeopardy.

I think the audience was ready to fucking riot at the end. I have never heard a game show audience so pissed off. Trabek handled it as well as he could but goddamn...

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:21 PM (48E6j)

64 their "right answer" is WRONG!!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:16 PM (GD0B3)


So -
Twelve months in a year - January is month 01.
28-31 days in a month - First day is 01.
But 100 years in a century - First year is 00??

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:22 PM (QMAsf)

65 Doof

I had the same argument at the Reflecting Pool on January 1st, 2000. Watching the fireworks launch from The Washington Monument was cool.

Bill Clinton was really tiny. And I don't know how Liz Taylor and Sophia Loren didn't catch cold. Vast tracks of uncovered land.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

66
Bon Jovi is a woke cocksucker who is pretty much a junior version of Springsteen


Those two suckers of cock, both of whom live in New Jersey, claimed to be farmers of ... something ... and bilked New Jersey for $$$ through tax credits, 'cause farmers.

And that's why Rick Zeoli sarcastically refers to Bruce as "Old McSpringsteen"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 10:22 PM (xG4kz)

67 Snakes are equal parts creepy and cool to me. How about you?

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We have rattlesnakes, copperheads and coral snakes on our property. Too dry for cottonmouths. These are the venomous species. Then there are the numerous sorts of nonvenomous species we see.

I could channel Samuel L Jackson channeling Clint Eastwood.
"Get these Motherf***ing snakes off my motherf***ing lawn". But we are temperate. We only kill the venomous snakes we see in the yard.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:22 PM (syAfa)

68 I'm here to see the monkey.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 10:22 PM (JkO4W)

69 when you were 1,1 2001 you are in the is 2nd year of millennium

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:23 PM (GD0B3)

70 You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming,
― Pablo Neruda
Whoever that is.
https://w.wiki/32oN
Posted by: mindful webworker - so much for March at March 31, 2026 10:00 PM (jrd4M)


Pablo Neruda was the Chilean Communist poet laureate of Chile, well known for his open rhyme poems like the one against Anaconda Copper and United Fruit. He was considered for Salvador Allende's vice president, but demurred as he was dying of cancer when Allende was elected.
Personally I think his poetry sucked, but then I hate Maya Angelou as well, so perhaps I am bigoted.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)

71 ok, in english now, january 1, 2001 is second year of the millenium

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:23 PM (GD0B3)

72 Fuck you Larry.

Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 10:24 PM (zZu0s)

73 Thanks for the Tuesday Night ONT, Doof!

That artwork up top is very colorful.

Sneks are creepy. No getting around it. There's a reason why generations of females in my family have been avid snake haters...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 31, 2026 10:24 PM (vrNzf)

74 Good evening morons e grazie Disko

I thought it was an mh painting...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 10:24 PM (RIvkX)

75 Not that it matters but I would have gotten the Jeopardy question wrong, too. Then ripped off the guy's toupee.

I would not have bet it all, however.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:24 PM (WONhk)

76 The 5' black snake of our front hedge in FL did not eat rats.

He probably did but only one every couple of weeks and maybe none at all in the winter. If you have a rat problem, snakes are not the answer.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 10:24 PM (vTZFs)

77 They were not wrong. Their supposed answer was wrong. They should all get their money back. In 2026 dollars!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (GD0B3)

78
I hate Maya Angelou as well


Of "De ribber, de rock and de tree" fame?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (xG4kz)

79 73 Thanks for the Tuesday Night ONT, Doof!

That artwork up top is very colorful.

Sneks are creepy. No getting around it. There's a reason why generations of females in my family have been avid snake haters...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 31, 2026 10:24 PM (vrNzf)

Tell me more about these sneks.

Posted by: zombie sigmund freud at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (guCHD)

80 I remember Larry. What a funny, funny guy!

Posted by: Weird Al at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (gKWVE)

81 My boss has gone through the tryouts for Jeopardy. Made it past the first round or so.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

During the last week of senior year in HS, the student council held a kick ass Jeopardy Tournament. It was great fun and lasted the entire week. We had two man teams though.

Me and my buddy won the whole enchilada by crushing Final Jeopardy.

"Name three of the first class of enshrines of the Baseball HOF."

We got to take the rest of the school year off. Big deal - it was noon on our last day.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (cYBz/)

82 I always thought that the only song The Baby's ever made was "Isn't It Time"

Because that's what you want some grownup Italian dudes in diapers singing to you.

Girls amirite?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (JkO4W)

83 My apologies for the dilatory arrival.…
Posted by: tankdemon


They have medications for that now.

Posted by: mindful webworker - axe your primate caret phosition at March 31, 2026 10:26 PM (jrd4M)

84 My cousin and her husband and new baby lived in an old house on a ranch he was working for in Colfax County, New Mexico. She told him that she could hear mice rustling around in the walls and under the floorboards, so he bought a bunch of traps to put in the crawlspace to get rid of them. He crawled about halfway under the house with the traps and scooted right back out. It wasn't mice. It was a rattlesnake den. They moved out. On the bright side, there weren't any mice.

Posted by: huerfano at March 31, 2026 10:26 PM (98kQX)

85 I'm thinking Larry is Somali.

Posted by: Wally at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (zG4BR)

86 Dammit made the Leaderboard again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)

87 Hi Robert- did you happen to see my comment yesterday about the Bruce Dickinson interview on the Hobby thread?

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (rPgxf)

88 Say you are 29. 1 day after your 29th birthday you are in your 30th year. get it ? new millennium. shut up Jeopardy.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (GD0B3)

89 Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes.

Posted by: Indiana Jones at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (D0HYP)

90 Hubby's psycho boss made it onto the Price is Right. They wanted big personalities. She had several.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (syAfa)

91
The lack of a Year Zero with the traditional AD/BC count is a problem for the arithmetic (think Julian date conversions and similar). The standard astronomical dating system sets 1BC as the year 0. So a year of N BC is the year 1 - N.

Now, when you do that, the question of when a century (or decade) begins depends on whether you start at 0 or 1, a classic off by 1 type of thing. It depends on just what convention you want to use.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (w6EFb)

92 They were not wrong. Their supposed answer was wrong. They should all get their money back. In 2026 dollars!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (GD0B3)


You are really making this a hill to die on, huh?

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

93 Most people skip when being hanged
Posted by: the three legged mule

Or, if in Spandau, do ballet.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 10:28 PM (cYBz/)

94 Chipolte?? Fuck You!

Posted by: Larry at March 31, 2026 10:28 PM (Q+gd/)

95 Or, if in Spandau, do ballet.
Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 10:28 PM (cYBz/)


I know this much is true.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 31, 2026 10:28 PM (t2oSI)

96 Are we in a springtime mood tonight?

https://youtu.be/qxTpvA-pUG0

Posted by: tankdemon at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (PMi3m)

97 I think the audience was ready to fucking riot at the end. I have never heard a game show audience so pissed off. Trabek handled it as well as he could but goddamn...

My first thought was that they could have a tie-breaker question but then that could drag on for multiple rounds which the show format can't accommodate.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (vTZFs)

98 Sorry, but that Jeopardy answer is one of those that make no sense.

It's the experts overriding what everyone knows... changing a definition.

It's like when they changed Pluto from a Planet, to something else... why would the beginning of a century not start at... you know... the beginning?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)

99 90 Hubby's psycho boss made it onto the Price is Right. They wanted big personalities. She had several.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (syAfa)


--------

FUN FACT: I once had a three-episode run on Sale of the Century.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (JkO4W)

100 Hi Robert- did you happen to see my comment yesterday about the Bruce Dickinson interview on the Hobby thread?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

THE Bruce Dickinson?

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (cYBz/)

101 Dammit made the Leaderboard again.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 10:27 PM (RIvkX)


I sometimes wonder if you ever sleep!

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)

102 This is fascism.

LMAO! President Trump’s response to the Kid Rock Army helicopter incident was PERFECT
“I didn't see it, but I'm sure they had a good time!
They probably shouldn't have been doing it, but they like Kid Rock. I like Kid Rock!
Maybe they were trying to defend him!”

-
Pete Hegseth
@PeteHegseth
Thank you @KidRock.
@USArmy pilots suspension LIFTED.
No punishment. No investigation.
Carry on, patriots.

-
Sweet, sweet fascism.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (ndZc7)

103 Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes.

Posted by: Archer at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (wvc0i)

104 I wish you folks would go a little easier on "Larry". That "could" be the first part of LRob.

You know, I'm a sensitive guy. And I didn't take the chicks meals, either!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (7D3Aa)

105 But we are temperate. We only kill the venomous snakes we see in the yard.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:22 PM (syAfa)
.....................................
My brother claimed he could smell cottonmouths. Which makes me want to harf and hurl. One would pop up in the lake now and then and he'd laugh at me as I'd raise my feet from the boat.

He once killed a copperhead in a flash, saw it next to my husband where he docked, told him, don't move, and crushed it's head with a large limb. Fearless man. The only snake killer I trust and he's in heaven.

I want them all dead and if they scare me I ask for their murder and my man does it for me. If I am weeding in my gardens they don't have the right to visit me until they pay property taxes. And then must wear bells to warn me if they want to live.

I don't care. It's not like there are not 1 million more waiting for me right now in the yard or extinct.

If one got in the house I guess we'd have to burn it down.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)

106 It's like when they changed Pluto from a Planet, to something else.

===

I think they changed it back already.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (GD0B3)

107 Snakes are equal parts creepy and cool to me. How about you?
+++
I had an encounter with a black snake in my yard a few days ago. It coiled up and was shaking it's tail like a rattlesnake. I have read about them doing that. But I had never seen one do it before. I just ran him off with a stick.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at March 31, 2026 10:31 PM (Lo97M)

108 I always thought snakes were cool and not creepy at all. When I'm out walking on the path and there's a big 5 or 6 foot rat snake on the trail, I always try to get him (or her) into the brush. "There's people on bicycles here and they'll just run right over you. It's nowhere near as fun as it sounds."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 31, 2026 10:31 PM (CHHv1)

109 >> 1 day after your 29th birthday you are in your 30th year. get it ?

But with your birth, you start counting at zero, not one. Your first year you age is 0. You don't turn 1 until 1 year after your birth. Your age is the number of integer years you've attained.

With the AD/BC system, there is no Year 0. This would be as if you counted your age as 1 when you were born.

The Romans, with their inclusive counting system, probably thought of things this way.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 10:31 PM (w6EFb)

110 Obligatory ONT greeting, 100+ comments late:

Doof! 'Ettes! 'Rons! Larry!

Actually, fuck you, Larry!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at March 31, 2026 10:31 PM (t2oSI)

111 why would the beginning of a century not start at... you know... the beginning?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)


Exactly. As in the FIRST year. Year 1.

A century ENDS at the (1)00th year. It doesn't BEGIN at the 1(00)th year.

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

112 Hubby's psycho boss made it onto the Price is Right. They wanted big personalities. She had several.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
--------

FUN FACT: I once had a three-episode run on Sale of the Century.
Posted by: Cicero

Catlin Jenner was on Queen for a Day.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 10:31 PM (cYBz/)

113 I sometimes wonder if you ever sleep!
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (QMAsf)
=====

Not the past 2 nights anyway...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

114
It's the experts overriding what everyone knows... changing a definition.

"That was not 'gain of function' research, Senator!"

-- Anthony "The Sciencs" Fauci

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 10:32 PM (xG4kz)

115 Tonypete - there was no cowbell

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 10:32 PM (rPgxf)

116 FUN FACT: I once had a three-episode run on Sale of the Century.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (JkO4W)

Ooh. Jim Perry. I liked that show. Did you win a radar range or a Chevy Cavalier?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:32 PM (syAfa)

117 did you happen to see my comment yesterday about the Bruce Dickinson interview on the Hobby thread?
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

No, sure didn't.

Dickinson interview, you say?

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (48E6j)

118 After a red-necked keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus) eats a true toad (a member of the Bufonidae family), the snake’s intestines soak up the toxic bufadienolide molecules from the amphibian’s skin. The toxins are then shuttled into more than a dozen pairs of storage pockets in the snakes’ necks called nuchal glands.

Stealing your food's poison is cool and all, but how about stealing the entire venom-delivery system?

Blue sea dragons, a type of sea slug, eat Portuguese man-o-war. They keep entire nematocysts for self-defense..... venom, stinger, everything.

They also look like real-life Pokemon, or something an AI dreamed up.

https://is.gd/CHS7pZ

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

119 runner

Mike Brown wrote a good book on that, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (u82oZ)

120 It was a rattlesnake den. They moved out. On the bright side, there weren't any mice.
Posted by: huerfano at March 31, 2026 10:26 PM (98kQX)

I'd be quite dead in there with the rattlesnake den if that happened to me.

I would leave everything and flee if I was not dead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (WONhk)

121 Ooh. Jim Perry. I liked that show. Did you win a radar range or a Chevy Cavalier?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:32 PM (syAfa)

--------

I won a shitload of, well, shit. And I got 1099'd for all of it at some fictional retail value that nobody on Earth ever paid.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (JkO4W)

122 I don't care. It's not like there are not 1 million more waiting for me right now in the yard or extinct.

If one got in the house I guess we'd have to burn it down.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (WONhk)

I've been shot at... shot.. gone up the mast in a major storm... rode motorcycles over 120 MHP... cars over 160... skied double black diamond slopes for decades... walked unafraid (and stupid) through areas of foreign ports I should not have been in... got scars to prove it....

But....

Show me a snake and you will hear me squeal like a little girl.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (mP0Kj)

123 >> Mike Brown wrote a good book on that,

He's quite proud of that, and loves to rub it your face.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 10:35 PM (w6EFb)

124 The Romans, with their inclusive counting system, probably thought of things this way.
Posted by: publius

I understand that during the Mission Statement portion of the meeting a number of the Romans became rather agitated at the goings-on.

One of the them was so pissed off he jumped up and hollered "Oh, for Christ's sake!!"

That was uncomfortable for everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/)

125 ok, in english now, january 1, 2001 is second year of the millenium
Posted by: runner


Runny, do you think insistence is tantamount to correctness?

What is the first year of the first century?

Posted by: mindful webworker - this was the year that is at March 31, 2026 10:36 PM (jrd4M)

126 For all you non-Oklahomans, the annual Rattlesnake Round-Up is this week in Okeene, OK. You gotta see that to believe it!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:36 PM (7D3Aa)

127 >>> Math adjacent - think you can answer this correctly? he

Since he presumably has my ID with BD. It could be done.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

128 I had a gf who was utterly phobic about spiders, and would shake when she saw one in public because she couldn't scream and cry.
On the other hand, there was a 3' bull snake that looked like a diamond back on the road, and she just walked up to it and picked it up behind the head and tossed it into the bushes.
I gladly got all the spiders out and taken care of for her.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)

129 Evening all,

Tomorrow we are supposed to have the manned launch to the moon. Hopefully it doesn't get scrubbed again for the 100th time.

First we'll have the Artemis II tanking.

NASA - SLS Block 1 - Artemis II
Tanking - LC-39B - KSC - Space Affairs Live
Date: April 1, 2026
Time: 7:40 A.M. EDT

https://youtu.be/o6rWxk0aVOc

Laterin the evening will be the launch.

NASA - SLS Block 1 - Artemis II
LC-39B - Kennedy Space Center - Space Affairs Livestream
Launch Date Planned: April 1, 2026 (EDT)
Lift-Off Time: 6:24:00 PM EDT (222400 UTC (April 2, 00:24:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/_owzmracVDo



Posted by: Joyenz at March 31, 2026 10:37 PM (2F0/Y)

130 What is the first year of the first century?
Posted by: mindful webworker - this was the year that is at March 31, 2026 10:36 PM (jrd4M)



what is the first day of your birthday ?

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:37 PM (GD0B3)

131 Show me a snake and you will hear me squeal like a little girl.

I had a cousin who was 6'6" and 275 and would absolutely lose his sh*t if he walked into a cobweb.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 10:38 PM (vTZFs)

132 The year 2000 was the last year of the 20th century. But it was absolutely the start of the 2000s.

There, now let's stop thinking about numbers. Numbers just make everyone angry.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:38 PM (48E6j)

133 I'm #2!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 31, 2026 10:38 PM (2Ez/1)

134 Echo and the Bunnymen (in their prime... or not) would've been better Half Time Show than Bad Bunny.

Posted by: Rex B at March 31, 2026 10:38 PM (DqQS/)

135 I won a shitload of, well, shit. And I got 1099'd for all of it at some fictional retail value that nobody on Earth ever paid.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (JkO4W)


So sad trombone? And IRS aggravation. I'm glad I don't have a face or personality for TV.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (syAfa)

136 read the content, now it's time for bed.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (nz1sK)

137 111 why would the beginning of a century not start at... you know... the beginning?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)

Exactly. As in the FIRST year. Year 1.

A century ENDS at the (1)00th year. It doesn't BEGIN at the 1(00)th year.
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

So Year 1 was... nothing? If BC / AD is delineated by the year Christ was born...

What the heck is Year ONE in? It would not, by your definition be in the First Century... but... how could it still be BC if Christ had been born?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)

138 "There's people on bicycles here and they'll just run right over you. It's nowhere near as fun as it sounds."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 31, 2026 10:31 PM (CHHv1)


This was a worry of mine in college. I'd bring my bike home on the plane (there were boxes for bikes) and ride country roads. I honestly worried they'd wrap themselves in the bike spikes to mess with me. They are out to get me.

I'd lift my legs for this as well (think Butch Cassidy riding bike scene).

I don't know why lifting my legs in boats and on bikes was going to work, but it was what I did. These water snakes are monsters.Huge and ugly.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (WONhk)

139 @117 - yes this was linked in the Hobby thread Saturday:

https://youtu.be/7zy63bs8hEs

Along with being a highly entertaining interview with the Maiden front man, he also mentions along the way some concoction he formulated to stave off gout. Thought of you on both counts....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (rPgxf)

140 133 I'm #2!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 31, 2026 10:38 PM (2Ez/1)

-------

I'm Royale!

Posted by: Quarter Pounder at March 31, 2026 10:40 PM (JkO4W)

141 He is a flaming dem.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at March 31, 2026 10:19 PM (Vvh2V)


He can't be as bad as Bon Jovi!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 10:40 PM (n9ltV)

142 publius

I told my brother my girlfriend was the square root of -100. A perfect 10, but imaginary. He laughed at the irrational comment.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:40 PM (u82oZ)

143 Chicago
25 or 6 to 4
Live at Tanglewood
July 21, 1971

The band is in peak form and Terry Kath's guitar solo is for the ages. It should be noted it is him, a Strat, a Wah-Wah pedal, and an amp. No pedal board, no effects.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 31, 2026 10:41 PM (glnUu)

144 For those of you saying there was no year zero, you are wrong. We are numbering the years, not naming them. Here's why:

We base our calendar, for right or wrong, off the birth of Christ.

If you were born on December 25, 1997 (because you're obviously 29), how many years old were you on December 28, 1997? None. Zero years old. On December 28, 0000 Jesus was zero years old. (Yes, I get the whole arbitrary birth date argument).

From December 25, 0000 until December 24, 0000, Jesus was zero years old. On December 25, 0001, Jesus was 1 year old.

There was, in fact, a year zero. Centuries begin on the zeros.

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 10:42 PM (C1NyB)

145 You know what, that Dodge Coronet needs?
The Dodge Girl. https://tinyurl.com/3v8xf7hb

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 10:43 PM (1A8DP)

146 March is going out like a lion here. Everything is in full bloom and I just hung the first hummingbird feeder yesterday after seeing one of the bright little birds zipping around. And now it's supposed to get down below freezing on Thursday night. Guess winter isn't quite ready to leave!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at March 31, 2026 10:43 PM (vrNzf)

147 https://youtu.be/7zy63bs8hEs

Along with being a highly entertaining interview with the Maiden front man, he also mentions along the way some concoction he formulated to stave off gout. Thought of you on both counts....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (rPgxf)

Oh, yeah, I had forgotten that he did that!

I never got around to watching it when it came out. :B

Thanks a bunch, man, I appreciate it!

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:43 PM (tsUau)

148 For all you non-Oklahomans, the annual Rattlesnake Round-Up is this week in Okeene, OK. You gotta see that to believe it!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:36 PM (7D3Aa)

How are OK sneks? I've been to a rattlesnake roundup in TX. The sneks here taste like catfish. Or chicken, maybe.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 10:43 PM (syAfa)

149 Have a great night, everyone.

May you be resting and smiling.
San Franpsycho, this especially applies to you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at March 31, 2026 10:43 PM (u82oZ)

150
When Christ was born is not known. There are a lot of theories, and some interesting astronomical alignments (the meaning of the Star of Bethlehem, just what was it).

The "consensus of experts" is 6 - 4 BC, although the max range is 6 to 1 BC. There was some Star of Bethlehem conjunction theory I really liked that put it 2BC, IIRC.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 10:43 PM (w6EFb)

151 This commentary on centuries/years/BC/AD, etc. may be one of the strangest I've ever seen on the ONT. I am amazed!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:44 PM (7D3Aa)

152 1 Willowed:

Ottawa will sign over all the oil and minerals to China and allow China to sue the province in court.
Posted by: Kindltot


1. Alberta doesn't recognize that court. They're independent.
2. Come get them. China can't do shit.
3. All it takes is one country to recognize their independence and it's game on. That one country would be the US.
Posted by: rickb223
---

What happens if Alberta pleas to the US for cover against Canada?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 10:44 PM (ZwdAr)

153 Jan 01, 1901.

So, what was the first day of the first century?
Nada, this calendar did not exist then. Which kind of suggests that the trivia question is BS too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

154 "In fact, I was probably walking around in the year 2000 thinking all, 'We're in the 21st century now, woo-woo' and we weren't."

I was more concerned about the Year Zero bug, and all the work we had had to do to fix it. When the world didn't come to an end on 01/01/2000 00:00:00 GMT, I didn't give a damn what century I was in.

Still, I remember the debates over when the third millenium began. Some people got really bent out of shape over it. My feeling is, beginning a century on the zero year is OK, if you accept that the first century AD had only 99 years. Since nobody from that time is still around to complain -- and in fact, nobody from that time had any idea they were living in the first century, since the BC/AD system of numbering years was devised a few centuries later -- I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

That being said, when a question like that comes up on a quiz, it's best to avoid the obvious answer.

Posted by: Nemo at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (4RPgu)

155 How are OK sneks?


I will be dadgummed to ever eat any snek!! Therefore, I don't know.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (7D3Aa)

156 151 This commentary on centuries/years/BC/AD, etc. may be one of the strangest I've ever seen on the ONT. I am amazed!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:44 PM (7D3Aa)

/Pulls out his Crossbow...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (mP0Kj)

157 This commentary on centuries/years/BC/AD, etc. may be one of the strangest I've ever seen on the ONT. I am amazed!

===

not really, the one about how to boil an egg perfectly was the strangest

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (GD0B3)

158 What the heck is Year ONE in? It would not, by your definition be in the First Century... but... how could it still be BC if Christ had been born?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)


I don't know about that - I wasn't there when Jesus was born. What I do know is that if I'm starting a new numbering system for years, I'm starting with 1, not zero. So the last year of the first century will be 100.

You start yours however you want.

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)

159 Same show, same type of answer. For Final Jeopardy, the answer was “the year the last presidential election of the 20th Century will take place”. All three contestants said “What is 1996?” Of course “What is 2000?” was correct.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:46 PM (hJH5n)

160 What’s cool about snakes, I do believe there is some pre-installed software in human brains that helps identify them. Their camouflage is excellent, and it can be difficult to see them.

The reason I say this, I was hiking in the desert scrub brush near the Colorado and I “saw” this fricking huuuge diamond back before it consciously registered. It wasn’t there, and then it dissolved into a coiled snake, like a reverse hallucination. It didn’t move a millimeter, but I sure did.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 31, 2026 10:47 PM (O5ohZ)

161 Heavy rain here. I'm gonna need a bigger boat.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 10:47 PM (BydOW)

162 So, what was the first day of the first century?

==


1, 1, 01 if you axe Jeopardy, one year after the actual century began

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:48 PM (GD0B3)

163 Doof, hang around for the geek thread later and they will assure you that zero begins a numerical sequence.

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:48 PM (7D3Aa)

164 153 Jan 01, 1901.

So, what was the first day of the first century?
Nada, this calendar did not exist then. Which kind of suggests that the trivia question is BS too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ)

Clearly the first day of the VERY first Century, would have been a Saturday!

Right after God Created Man... on Sunday he rested... On Monday he was hungover and created Womanz....

(yeah, goin straight ta hell for that one)

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)

165 I continue to be annoyed by the Jeopardy question.

It's been a long and annoying day except for seeing our grandchildren to give them their Easter stuff. They are going on a cruise and leaving Friday.

We could go on the cruise, too, but don't think we'd like the cruise life. I know for sure the plumbing would go out and everyone would get Norovirus if we went. So we say bon voyage and miss them instead.

It's the Norwegian line vs the Congo/Swahili line of Carnival. I also don't want to be on a ship with 3k people I don't know. There are a lot of reasons, but son, DIL and kids love it.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:49 PM (WONhk)

166 You know what, that Dodge Coronet needs?
The Dodge Girl. https://tinyurl.com/3v8xf7hb
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Thankfully you didn't come up with Bryon Noem.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 31, 2026 10:49 PM (glnUu)

167 This commentary on centuries/years/BC/AD, etc. may be one of the strangest I've ever seen on the ONT. I am amazed!

===

not really, the one about how to boil an egg perfectly was the strangest
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (GD0B3)

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: The Memorial Day Thread at March 31, 2026 10:49 PM (Pb/8m)

168 One thing we can all agree on. It is BC or AD…NOT this bullshit BCE or CE they use in academia.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:49 PM (hJH5n)

169 I'm told this Morrissey song is about the Passion
youtu.be/16UK99SCs84

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 10:49 PM (gKWVE)

170 Thanks a bunch, man, I appreciate it!
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 10:43 PM (tsUau

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My pleasure! I love watching that Charismatic voice gal and I knew she liked Bruce/Maiden. However, I hadn't visited her channel in ages so I didn't realize she'd actually interviewed him.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 10:49 PM (rPgxf)

171 I was there at the start of the twentieth century, so I had to get it right.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 10:49 PM (1A8DP)

172 The Memorial Day Thread


Oh, yeah! I forgot about that one. A classic!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:50 PM (7D3Aa)

173 Early on in my insane wife's journey into psychopathy we had moved into a new house with a crawl space.

She called me up at work convinced there was a "ball o' rattlers" rolling around in the crawl space. she was hysterical.
I told her to call an extermination company and have them come in and look for them.

When I got home all the windows in the house were open and she had her car with a shop vac hose hooked up to her exhaust and running into one of the crawl space vents.

One of the guys that she used to work with suggested it as a joke thinking she would see he was putting her on. Next big mistake, she took him seriously.

Place smelled like a bus station for a week.

Posted by: pawn at March 31, 2026 10:50 PM (qmOsv)

174 I think the mess is because of the Romans, they did not have 0, they had to start with I.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:50 PM (GD0B3)

175 1, 1, 01 if you axe Jeopardy, one year after the actual century began
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:48 PM (GD0B3)

But there is no year zero.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:50 PM (hJH5n)

176 158 What the heck is Year ONE in? It would not, by your definition be in the First Century... but... how could it still be BC if Christ had been born?
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)

I don't know about that - I wasn't there when Jesus was born. What I do know is that if I'm starting a new numbering system for years, I'm starting with 1, not zero. So the last year of the first century will be 100.

You start yours however you want.
Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:46 PM (QMAsf)

I've worked in too many industries where greater than zero, but less than ONE, was a thing.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:51 PM (mP0Kj)

177 If you don't know how to get off of Contestant's Row, please just don't play.

I had a cousin do that and brought shame upon our family.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

178 How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming is not a good book. Man, people can be so full of themselves.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at March 31, 2026 10:52 PM (zdQuL)

179 >>>Final Jeopardy time. No Googling… just instincts. What’s your answer?

The guy who was leading deserved to lose. He used no strategy in deciding the dollar amount to wager.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 10:53 PM (syz1S)

180 >> I think the mess is because of the Romans, they did not have 0, they had to start with I.

They counted fence posts, not spaces between posts. :-)

Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but two. That's how they thought of things.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

181 Doof, hang around for the geek thread later and they will assure you that zero begins a numerical sequence.
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:48 PM (7D3Aa)


I'll take your word for it!

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)

182 144 For those of you saying there was no year zero, you are wrong. We are numbering the years, not naming them. Here's why:

We base our calendar, for right or wrong, off the birth of Christ.

If you were born on December 25, 1997 (because you're obviously 29), how many years old were you on December 28, 1997? None. Zero years old. On December 28, 0000 Jesus was zero years old. (Yes, I get the whole arbitrary birth date argument).

From December 25, 0000 until December 24, 0000, Jesus was zero years old. On December 25, 0001, Jesus was 1 year old.

There was, in fact, a year zero. Centuries begin on the zeros.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 10:42 PM (C1NyB)

We don’t even know the year Jesus was born. Kinda destroys the argument.

Take a stack of pennies. When you put the first one down, is that zero, or one?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:54 PM (hJH5n)

183 I can't take much more. Good night, horde!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:55 PM (7D3Aa)

184 For all you non-Oklahomans, the annual Rattlesnake Round-Up is this week in Okeene, OK. You gotta see that to believe it!
Posted by: LRob in OK


Did not know that. (Okeene - the name is derived from the last syllables of Cherokee and Cheyenne. How Okie is that!!)

When and where is the cow-chip throwing contest?

Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at March 31, 2026 10:55 PM (jrd4M)

185 But there is no year zero.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:50 PM (hJH5n)

2000 is year 0, but two centuries later. 1.1.2000 is a first day of another year 0, two thousand years after the first year 0.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:56 PM (GD0B3)

186 youtu.be/JOiZP8FS5Ww

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 31, 2026 10:56 PM (sAmhv)

187 what is the first day of your birthday ?
Posted by: runner


What is it called when you don't answer a question, but reply with a question?

Posted by: mindful webworker - aboard the U.S.S. Evasion at March 31, 2026 10:56 PM (jrd4M)

188 The guy who was leading deserved to lose. He used no strategy in deciding the dollar amount to wager.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 10:53 PM (syz1S)

FFS my father would do that shit watching Jeopardy! and it drove me bonkers. “You see, the guy should have bet X to maintain his position, and assuming Y was bet by…”

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:56 PM (hJH5n)

189 What I do know is that if I'm starting a new numbering system for years, I'm starting with 1, not zero. So the last year of the first century will be 100.

You start yours however you want.
Posted by: Doof


There are one kinds of programmer in the world; those who index their arrays from zero, and those who don't.

Posted by: mikeski counts the fenceposts at March 31, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)

190 1.1.1000 is fist day of year 0, one thousand years after the 1st year zero...see , this is easy !

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:57 PM (GD0B3)

191 the fixx were good

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 10:58 PM (gKWVE)

192 Suddenly, I have an urge to own a View-Master and a pile of reels.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 31, 2026 10:58 PM (glnUu)

193 185 But there is no year zero.
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:50 PM (hJH5n)

2000 is year 0, but two centuries later. 1.1.2000 is a first day of another year 0, two thousand years after the first year 0.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 10:56 PM (GD0B3)

Take a stack of pennies. When you set the first one down, do you have zero pennies or one?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:58 PM (hJH5n)

194 I think even centuries are numbered weird.

This should be the 20th century. I don't care about the ending, it should begin in the beginning. My way makes more sense.

I also think the entire month of February is dumb with Leap Year confusing things every 4yrs.



Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:58 PM (WONhk)

195 But there is no year zero.
Posted by: Cow Demon
----

There is a year, one minute of.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:00 PM (ZwdAr)

196 Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:54 PM (hJH5n)

Yes, and I understand that. The point is, the calendar was started at some point. The years are named, not counted. There is a year zero. It's the first 364 days after the birth of Christ. Theoretically.

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 11:00 PM (C1NyB)

197 One possible interpretation of the ongoing mathematical controversy:

https://youtu.be/J-8Eqfn1D3A

Also, sound out my nic....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 11:00 PM (rPgxf)

198 156 151 This commentary on centuries/years/BC/AD, etc. may be one of the strangest I've ever seen on the ONT. I am amazed!
Posted by: LRob in OK at March 31, 2026 10:44 PM (7D3Aa)

/Pulls out his Crossbow...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:45 PM (mP0Kj)

You'd have to be pretty selective to only find one strange thread on the ONT.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 11:00 PM (DwqWV)

199 The first house we lived in, in TX. We had scorpions crawling up the walls. Copperheads crawling all about outside. I wept as a new bride, wondering where the hell I'd moved to.

I got used to it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:01 PM (syAfa)

200 How old is a baby when it's born? How old is it in six months?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:01 PM (ZwdAr)

201 FFS my father would do that shit watching Jeopardy! and it drove me bonkers. “You see, the guy should have bet X to maintain his position, and assuming Y was bet by…”
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:56 PM (hJH5n)

heh I'm on your dad's side.

There's a reason the contestants are placing a bet on the last question. The wager is part of the game! If you don't want to take it into account, you should be watching Wheel of Fortune or something.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 11:02 PM (syz1S)

202 What’s cool about snakes, I do believe there is some pre-installed software in human brains that helps identify them. Their camouflage is excellent, and it can be difficult to see them.

The reason I say this, I was hiking in the desert scrub brush near the Colorado and I “saw” this fricking huuuge diamond back before it consciously registered. It wasn’t there, and then it dissolved into a coiled snake, like a reverse hallucination. It didn’t move a millimeter, but I sure did.
Posted by: Common Tater


And since the Good Lord is a good programmer, he's big into code re-use. All the other apes and monkeys react to snakes like that, too.

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 11:02 PM (VHUov)

203
See the difference between ordinal and cardinal numbers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 11:02 PM (w6EFb)

204 I got used to it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
---

Knock your shoes out before putting them on.
Shake out the linen before going to bed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:03 PM (ZwdAr)

205 Take a stack of pennies. When you set the first one down, do you have zero pennies or one?
Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 10:58 PM (hJH5n)

in Jeopardy world , you don't have pennies until you reach 100 pennies!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:03 PM (GD0B3)

206 New episode of Oak Island on tonight. The suspense is killing me.

Posted by: wth at March 31, 2026 11:03 PM (BT3km)

207 The numbering science is settled!

Year One, starring Jack Black and Michael Cera, is a buddy comedy following the adventures of 2 hunter-gatherers who, after being banished from their tribe, encounter Biblical characters and eventually wind up in the city of Sodom. (2009)

Title checks out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 11:04 PM (wVcYX)

208 Your pennies argument is not valid. See my comment about when you are born: for the first 364 days, you are not one year old. The calendar counts YEARS. For right or wrong, or calendar is based on the BIRTH of Christ; not starting after h e was a year old (December 25, 0001, theoretically).

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 11:04 PM (C1NyB)

209 Sneks bad. God said they are forever cursed creatures. Good enough for me. I want nothing to do with them in any way.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at March 31, 2026 11:04 PM (XY7MO)

210 An interesting thing about counting starting with 1.

I knew an atheist who insisted Jesus was wrong when he said he would rise on the third day, because he counted Crucifixion Friday as day zero.

No matter how folks tried to explain that Friday was Day 1, Saturday was day 2, and Resurrection Sunday was the third day, he insisted on his numbering system.

I think I'll wander off for a while. I think the stupidity from the Jeopardy contestants is infectious. Like that woman who agreed we need to pay more attention to the Gays of Hormuth.

BBL, probably.

Posted by: mindful webworker - one is the onliest number at March 31, 2026 11:05 PM (jrd4M)

211 and I knew it was a trick question.

It’s not really a trick question. It isn’t even a math question. t’s a logic question. It’s counting up the centuries, not marking a particular numerical pattern.

My problem with the “question” is that it’s like all questions on Jeopardy. What they call the question is the answer and what they call the answer is the question. Even Trebek slipped up on the game’s terminology here because of that.

It’s about ten percent of why Wheel of Fortune is the better show.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:05 PM (EXyHK)

212 Of "De ribber, de rock and de tree" fame?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (xG4kz)


Blank verse for a blank mind, as obsessed with race and social standing as some Boston bluestocking member of the Mayflower Society.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 11:05 PM (rbvCR)

213 Numbers?

youtu.be/4YPiCeLwh5o


And snakes? No. Snake skins!

youtu.be/64l4KFS36GA

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (rdVOm)

214 Knock your shoes out before putting them on.
Shake out the linen before going to bed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:03 PM (ZwdAr)

Yes sir. Hubby got scorpion stung in the bed our first summer.

Check your bath towels, also. I got stung last year. One of the buggers was in my towel. Ow.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (syAfa)

215 I am telling you, it is the Romans who made this mess, they started with I because they had no 0.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (GD0B3)

216 I've worked in too many industries where greater than zero, but less than ONE, was a thing.
Posted by: Romeo13

My handy-dandy IBM System/370 Reference Summary (the green card - but not green. Topic for another day) shows hex values for -0 and +0.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (cYBz/)

217 New episode of Oak Island on tonight. The suspense is killing me. Posted by: wth

What are they looking for again?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (glnUu)

218 >>> How old is a baby when it's born? How old is it in six months?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:01 PM (ZwdAr)


Zero years old.
Also, zero years old.

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (C1NyB)

219 Say you are 29. 1 day after your 29th birthday you are in your 30th year. get it ? new millennium. shut up Jeopardy.
Posted by: runner


What most people celebrate as their first birthday is actually their second....
What most people think of as their 29th is actually their 30th, and they are in the 30th year.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (/lPRQ)

220

If we realize everything is a scam we won't be disappointed.


Posted by: four seasons at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (3ek7K)

221
I've been shot at... shot.. gone up the mast in a major storm... rode motorcycles over 120 MHP... cars over 160... skied double black diamond slopes for decades... walked unafraid (and stupid) through areas of foreign ports I should not have been in... got scars to prove it....

But....

Show me a snake and you will hear me squeal like a little girl.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 10:34 PM (mP0Kj

---------

You sound the the man in real life that Robert Duvall was playing in "Secondhand Lions"

Starts at 1:00 https://tinyurl.com/mrbcj5wv

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:08 PM (u6HpF)

222 @213 - that song is trippy, JQ!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 31, 2026 11:08 PM (rPgxf)

223 If we realize everything is a scam we won't be disappointed.
Posted by: four seasons


I don't like living like this.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 11:08 PM (gKWVE)

224 The reasons for demoting Pluto were f**king stupid, it was an act of sheer petulance and hubris run amok.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:08 PM (XV/Pl)

225 What most people celebrate as their first birthday is actually their second..

==

start of , but yea, on 1st day of 1st birthday , you start year 2

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:09 PM (GD0B3)

226 I'd have won Jeopardy that night.

Jan 1 1901, because there was no Year Zero.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 31, 2026 11:09 PM (NYInA)

227 Check your bath towels, also. I got stung last year. One of the buggers was in my towel. Ow.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Doctor - "You'll have to suck the venom out"

Bitee - What did the Dr. say?

Guy who called the Dr. - "He said you're gonna die."

Posted by: Just the punchline at March 31, 2026 11:09 PM (cYBz/)

228 Time is just a lie perpetuated by The Man to monetize your life, man.

Posted by: stupid, smelly hippy at March 31, 2026 11:09 PM (guCHD)

229 Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but two. That's how they thought of things.

Until I learned this, I was always confused about how Jesus rose on the third day.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:09 PM (EXyHK)

230 What are they looking for again?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (glnUu)

Suckers to watch the show.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2026 11:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

231 The last word on numbers by Bobby Bare:

https://youtu.be/eD8sf0BfM7M

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 11:10 PM (wVcYX)

232 Say you are 29. 1 day after your 29th birthday you are in your 30th year. get it ? new millennium. shut up Jeopardy.
Posted by: runner


What most people celebrate as their first birthday is actually their second....
What most people think of as their 29th is actually their 30th, and they are in the 30th year.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (/lPRQ)

I think they used to do something like that in China. Like you were 1 from the moment you were born. I think.

Posted by: The Memorial Day Thread at March 31, 2026 11:10 PM (vwOEY)

233 208 Your pennies argument is not valid. See my comment about when you are born: for the first 364 days, you are not one year old. The calendar counts YEARS. For right or wrong, or calendar is based on the BIRTH of Christ; not starting after h e was a year old (December 25, 0001, theoretically).
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 11:04 PM (C1NyB)

Being dismissive gets you nowhere. Bet your accountant loves you. Years and pennies are the same as they are things. You don’t get to change math and logic because you want to count something differently.

On my first birthday, it was such because I completed my first set of 365 days and when I completed the second set, I turned 2, and so on.

It’s not hard; you just want to reinvent math because “years are different” when, well, they are not. Next you will try to convince me you can in fact divide by zero.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 11:10 PM (hJH5n)

234 Those of you trying to invent a year 0 are missing the point. The issue isn't whether there *should be* a year 0. The issue is that the guys who put together our modern calendar *didn't* assign a year 0. It was on the order of a thousand years later before the AD/BC system was widely used.

Posted by: Methos at March 31, 2026 11:10 PM (vSvIl)

235 The calendar has no year zero.
There was no zero in Western numbering until the Crusades, long after the establishment of the calendar.

No year zero has been a bugaboo for dendrochronology and absolute dating of specific events, like the eruption of Thera

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)

236 I'd rather deal with a snake than do all rhis math.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:11 PM (syAfa)

237 "This is one of my favorite pseudo trick questions. Did you get it right?"

Nope. I went to loser-land just like the three contestants, but now I'll know the answer for the next time. Thanks, Doof.

Bedtime now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at March 31, 2026 11:11 PM (O7YUW)

238 You "year zero" folks really should do some research on the Gregorian Calendar and the Julian Calendar.

The numbering system we currently use for years was established retroactively to establish a distinction of BC/AD. It may or may not tie exactly to the birth of Christ.

Regardless - 1 BC was the year before 1 AD. There was no year zero.

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 11:11 PM (QMAsf)

239 Modern Calendar is a bit of a mess too, if you think about it. Every 4 years you have to add a day. So it is not perfect.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)

240 Say you are 29. 1 day after your 29th birthday you are in your 30th year. get it ?
Posted by: runner


I thought there was a statutory-rape court case based on this, but a quick DDGing didn't find it.

Apocryphally, a guy slept with a girl on the day before her 18th birthday, and argued she was "18 years old" and thus legal at that point.

On the day before your Xth birthday, you've lived in 365.26-times-X days, which is 1-times-X years. So on the day before your 18th birthday, you've "lived 18 years" and are 18 years old. And you're actually 18-years-and-a-day old on your 18th birthday.

I suppose a case like that really just shows that "the law is an ass," in that drawing any line where "you have personal agency only after this date" means there's a nanosecond where you don't have agency, followed by a nanosecond where you do. And your nerves don't fire fast enough for there to have been any change between those two nanoseconds. Nevermind the idea that even a full day would change a person that much. And it doesn't matter if it's having sex, signing a contract, driving a car, getting a job, or whatever "agency" you're gaining. But laws like that have to exist, so they do.

Posted by: mikeski digs out one fencepost at March 31, 2026 11:13 PM (VHUov)

241 >> for the first 364 days, you are not one year old.

That's the way we count age. You start at zero. You are not 1 year old until 1 year has passed since your birth. The AD system does not work this way. It starts at 1. This is equivalent to saying you are 1 year old at you birth. The former counts the whole number of years of your age. The latter counts which year of your life you are in.

The AD/BC sequence goes like this:

...2 BC, 1BC, 1AD, 2 AD.... There is no year zero. As I mentioned above the standard Astronomical year convention is to use 1BC as the year zero. 2BC is thus -1, 3BC is -2, etc. It makes the arithmetic work out much nicer when converting between calendar dates and counts of days since epoch (or seconds or whatever).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 11:13 PM (w6EFb)

242 In the year 2525. Sneks will still be alive.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:13 PM (syAfa)

243 How old is a baby when it's born? How old is it in six months?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:01 PM (ZwdAr)


In Europe and the Americas, or in Asia? In Asia a baby is born one year old. Same age, just different logic.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)

244 Zero years old.

Yes. It’s a logic question. How old is the baby in years? Zero. What year is the baby in? Its first.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:13 PM (EXyHK)

245 that song is trippy, JQ!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
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The whole album is a trip. LOL.

Those guys did all of their stuff with computers. Wish I'd been able to go to a concert before Florian died...

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 11:13 PM (rdVOm)

246 >>>What most people celebrate as their first birthday is actually their second....
What most people think of as their 29th is actually their 30th, and they are in the 30th year.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (/lPRQ)

Again, this is not a sensible argument. You're twisting speech with facts.

If I'm born February 1,1997 (because I'm 29), this year I'm not celebrating my 29th BIRTHday. I'm celebrating the 29th anniversary of my birth.

Go back to the comment about cardinal and ordinal numbering.

For the first 364 days of your life, you are NOT one year old.

Our calendar is based on the theoretical birth of Jesus.

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 11:13 PM (C1NyB)

247 Zero years old.
Also, zero years old.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (C1NyB)

I have never heard people say (baby name here) is zero years old. Might just be me.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 11:14 PM (hJH5n)

248 I would never consider myself an AC/DC fan. I like them well enough. Hell, part of my teenage music soundtrack. Good party band. But damn, Whole Lotta Rosie is fucking awesome.

Always preferred the Bon Scott era.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:15 PM (0aYVJ)

249 Modern Calendar is a bit of a mess too, if you think about it. Every 4 years you have to add a day. So it is not perfect.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)


The calendar is perfect, it is orbital mechanics that has it wrong.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR)

250 sneks survived the meteor, so will probably survive anything else lobbed at us, or that we can lob at each other.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 11:15 PM (gKWVE)

251 I just want to know when I get my senior discount, people. Double nickels this year.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:15 PM (syAfa)

252 Modern Calendar is a bit of a mess too, if you think about it. Every 4 years you have to add a day. So it is not perfect.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:12 PM (GD0B3)

Every four years except on the 100s unless that year is divisible by four.

2100 will not have a leap year, nor will 2200 or 2300. 2400 will have a leap year.

Going backwards, 2000 had a leap year, but 1900 did not.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 11:16 PM (vwOEY)

253 @247

>>I have never heard people say (baby name here) is zero years old. Might just be me.

You say, newborn, 1 week old, 1 month old, 6 months, and so on.

I think everyone needs to chill and knock back a Gimlet or two.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:16 PM (XV/Pl)

254 What most people celebrate as their first birthday is actually their second....
What most people think of as their 29th is actually their 30th, and they are in the 30th year.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


Because we use "birthday" as shorthand for "birthday anniversary." Your first--only--birthday is the day your were born. Your first "birthday anniversary" is a year later. Just like weddings and wedding anniversaries.

Posted by: mikeski throws rice at March 31, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

255 I have never heard people say (baby name here) is zero years old.

You have, but not in those words. When a baby is zero years old, people speak in terms of less than a year. They use months.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:17 PM (EXyHK)

256 Now, do horse birthdays.

*mind blown - booosh!*

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 11:17 PM (wVcYX)

257 One precursor to Jeopardy! was a popular radio program in the 1930s and 1940s called Information Please hosted by Clifton Fadiman. It had a panel of 3 smart guys, who knew poetry and history and trivia, and often a celebrity.

Listener submitted questions, if the panel got it wrong they would win prizes. Pretty highbrow stuff often.

Posted by: Common Tater at March 31, 2026 11:18 PM (8c30T)

258 @248

>>I would never consider myself an AC/DC fan. I like them well enough. Hell, part of my teenage music soundtrack. Good party band. But damn, Whole Lotta Rosie is fucking awesome.

They are the blueprint for what a hard rock band should be.

There is a reason they sold over 200 million records and have the 2nd best selling album of all time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)

259 Some of you took to many drugs when you were young.

There is no year zero. It starts with 1.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 11:18 PM (viF8m)

260 >> You "year zero" folks really should do some research on the Gregorian Calendar and the Julian Calendar.

That is the wrinkle in the astronomical calendar year system. Now, you could use proleptic Gregorian all the way back to time immemorial, but that would mess up historical dates before the Gregorian went into effect. Now, many countries didn't adopt it until much later (looking at you Great Britain). So they decided to used proleptic Julian before Oct 15, 1582, and Gregorian thereafter.

That puts a nasty little discontinuity in there of 10 dates that don't exist. But there's no way around this really.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 11:19 PM (w6EFb)

261 We had a 1969 Dodge Coronet. Beige four door with the 318 V8.
That's the only new car I ever knew my parents to buy.
Vinyl floor mats and a huge trunk.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 31, 2026 11:19 PM (2Ez/1)

262 The 21st century question came up when we were working to prevent the Y2K problem. Y2K.hit on 1/1/2000, but the next century began 1/1/2001.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:20 PM (1A8DP)

263 I just want to know when I get my senior discount, people. Double nickels this year.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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Just ask! Worst they can do is say no...

I've been lucky. Have gotten "senior discount" without even asking, because my hair turned all white by the time I was 45 29-ish.

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

264 That 1968 Coronet RT will hit silly numbers. 60K wouldn't surprise me at all, especially if it has a dana rear, which it might being it's a 4 speed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 11:20 PM (snZF9)

265 Snakes don't bother me, but I have never seen a poisonous snake around my place. I have some black snakes, and a couple times they have waited till the robins on my porch roof have hatched, then they climb up and eat them all. That was not a good outcome.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2026 11:21 PM (vbXSk)

266 Every four years except on the 100s unless that year is divisible by four.

2100 will not have a leap year, nor will 2200 or 2300. 2400 will have a leap year.

Going backwards, 2000 had a leap year, but 1900 did not.
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 11:16 PM (vwOEY)


Did not know this. Had to look it up. Thanks for ensmartening me!

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 11:22 PM (QMAsf)

267 Is the lack of Year 0 why all new model year cars are sold the year before?

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 11:22 PM (vwOEY)

268 The calendar is perfect, it is orbital mechanics that has it wrong.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR)

Faulty orbital mechanics caused my gigantomastia.

Posted by: Summer Robert, 28-O cups, 55 lbs on my 4' 9" frame at March 31, 2026 11:23 PM (wVcYX)

269 There is no year zero. It starts with 1.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 11:18 PM (viF8m)

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Maybe in your neck of the woods.

Posted by: Zombie Pol Pot at March 31, 2026 11:23 PM (+HNx/)

270 Is the lack of Year 0 why all new model year cars are sold the year before?
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 11:22 PM (vwOEY)


Ha! Now do fiscal years!!

Posted by: Doof at March 31, 2026 11:23 PM (QMAsf)

271 Julian, Gregorian, French Republican.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:23 PM (GD0B3)

272 There is a reason they sold over 200 million records and have the 2nd best selling album of all time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)

I recall someone interviewing Angus Young, saying, "you have 12 albums that sound all the same."

Angus replied, "actually we have thirteen albums that all sound the same."

When I said I was not an AC/DC fan, it was more about me not having a lot of their music on vinyl, or CD. But they are a fucking icon in the rock world. I love those fucking guys.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:24 PM (0aYVJ)

273 267 Is the lack of Year 0 why all new model year cars are sold the year before?

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*turns over all the cards*

Posted by: Zombie Pol Pot at March 31, 2026 11:24 PM (+HNx/)

274 Snakes don't bother me, but I have never seen a poisonous snake around my place. . . .
Posted by: illiniwek

Venomous!!

Posted by: Wesley at March 31, 2026 11:25 PM (cYBz/)

275
Those of you trying to invent a year 0 are missing the point. The issue isn't whether there *should be* a year 0. The issue is that the guys who put together our modern calendar *didn't* assign a year 0. It was on the order of a thousand years later before the AD/BC system was widely used.
Posted by: Methos

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What's done can be undone. I say we rejigger this whole system and set ourselves back one year so that the first year of our Lord IS the year 0. The banks and computer systems don't own us, you know.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 11:25 PM (n7rxJ)

276 251 I just want to know when I get my senior discount, people. Double nickels this year.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:15 PM
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Buy a cup of coffee at Mickey D's.
When you're done, rinse out the cup and top and keep it in your car.
Next time you want coffee just carry it to the counter and get someone's attention. Tell them you want a free refill on a Senior Coffee and hand them the cup. They will usually do so without question.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 31, 2026 11:26 PM (2Ez/1)

277 When did the 18th century begin under the French Republican Calendar ? Your next Jeopardy question.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:26 PM (GD0B3)

278 KevinNaughtonJr is being community-noted. He never worked at Anthropic. ZeroHedge spread some bullshit.
ClaudeCode on the other hand does seem to have been leaked, just not by that asshole.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 11:27 PM (gKWVE)

279 The 21st century question came up when we were working to prevent the Y2K problem.

This was different from the century problem. It was a pattern problem. Programmers were using the final two digits of the 1900s to indicate what part of the 1900s the date was in. When the first two digits failed to be 19, this pattern failed.

Perl had the most interesting and passive aggressive way of handling this. The language’s designers redefined the pattern to be math instead. So that the built in year value went from 99 to 100 rather than from 99 to 00. Which meant that code assuming the original pattern would start showing up as “19100” instead of “1900”.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:27 PM (EXyHK)

280 The banks and computer systems don't own us, you know.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 11:25 PM (n7rxJ)

*Gently taps chin with rolled up contract*

Posted by: Your Mortgage Lender at March 31, 2026 11:27 PM (vwOEY)

281 It's like the big bang, trying to reckon with time before time existed is folly.

Time to tweak some Javascript, and have another Gimlet.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)

282 Some people claim that Communist pig Neruda was murdered by Pinochet. I don't know if it's true, but I like to think it is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 11:28 PM (BI5O2)

283 Greetings Everyone - Sorry I'm late - I was busy trying to compose witty and erudite feed back to send into Varney & Co.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:29 PM (QGaXH)

284 I've been lucky. Have gotten "senior discount" without even asking, because my hair turned all white by the time I was 45 29-ish.

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

I got the senior discount at Ross Dress for Less. That was 10 yeara ago. I didnt look that bad, i didnt think. The teenager at the register asked me if I wanted the senior discount. I said hell yeah.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:29 PM (syAfa)

285 9.22.1792 the first day of Year I

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 11:29 PM (GD0B3)

286 >> Did not know this. Had to look it up.

400 year Gregorian cycle. This estimates the tropical year as 365.2425 mean solar days. Julian estimated it 365 1/4. Even then, the Hellenistic astronomer who worked out the Julian calendar, Sosigenes of Alexandria, knew that was off a smidge, but figured it was good enough for govt. work.

AS of epoch J2000 the tropical year was 365.24217 mean solar days. That's 365.2421897 ephemeris days.

And the tropical year, on this leg of the current Milankovitch cycle is getting slightly short, and day is getting longer long term. The Gregorian will be off by one day seasonally a little before expected if that all remained constant. We don't have to worry about until around the year 4000 or so.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 11:29 PM (w6EFb)

287 DNA analysis is pointing to the Shroud of Turin being an Indian scam
tinyurl.com/juwarerw

Posted by: gKWVE, living like this at March 31, 2026 11:30 PM (gKWVE)

288 283 Edited:

Greetings Everyone - Sorry I'm late - I was busy trying to compose witty and erudite feedback to send in to Varney & Co.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:30 PM (QGaXH)

289 "Panic in the Year Zero" (1962) Ray Milland, Jean Hagen

https://tinyurl.com/3efthza6

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:30 PM (+r0A9)

290 The numbering system we currently use for years was established retroactively to establish a distinction of BC/AD. It may or may not tie exactly to the birth of Christ.

Regardless - 1 BC was the year before 1 AD. There was no year zero.
Posted by: Doof
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Dates are an arbitrary naming system that uses numbers, sometimes.

Sometimes math with those names works.
Sometimes it does not.


Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:32 PM (/lPRQ)

291 BCE/CE still works. Before Christian Era/Christian era.

So easy, a caveman could do it.

That would make lib's head spin. Heh.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at March 31, 2026 11:32 PM (XY7MO)

292 DNA analysis is pointing to the Shroud of Turin being an Indian scam
tinyurl.com/juwarerw
Posted by: gKWVE, living like this at March 31, 2026 11:30 PM (gKWVE)

When *aren't* the Indians fucking scamming people?

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 11:33 PM (vwOEY)

293 289 "Panic in the Year Zero" (1962) Ray Milland, Jean Hagen

https://tinyurl.com/3efthza6
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:30 PM (+r0A9)

I remember watching that on late Saturday night TV on 'Creature Feature'.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:33 PM (QGaXH)

294 What a cute baby! How old is he?

0 or 1?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (viF8m)

295 There is a reason they sold over 200 million records and have the 2nd best selling album of all time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)

I recall someone interviewing Angus Young, saying, "you have 12 albums that sound all the same."

Angus replied, "actually we have thirteen albums that all sound the same."

When I said I was not an AC/DC fan, it was more about me not having a lot of their music on vinyl, or CD. But they are a fucking icon in the rock world. I love those fucking guys.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:24 PM (0aYVJ)

From a guitar player point of view AC/DC is great because you need so minimal gear to reproduce their tone. A gibson guitar, a PAF type pickup, and an old marshall amp. Done, no fancy toys, no crazy effects or processing. Guitar, amp, chord. Done. First real band I was ever in did a shitload of AC/DC, and all I needed was those 3 things, and as time went by and more and more metal bands became popular I found myself needing more and more shit. That AC/DC band was the lightest I ever traveled.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (snZF9)

296 Texas has rattlesnakes, scorpions and tarantulas.
The tarantulas are BIG hairy spiders. And those suckers can jump. You wouldn't think it to look at them but I've seen them jump at least four feet.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (pvf3X)

297 I used to be distressed that the names of centuries always ran ahead of the initial digits in them. When I learned this tidbit about the double-zero years, it gave me some comfort.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (NYInA)

298 In the year of our Lord 2026.
We are in the year of 2026 when we have completed 2026 we will be in the year if 2027. We measure the portions of that year in days, weeks, and months.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:35 PM (ZwdAr)

299 Panic in the Year Zero

I have this movie. It came on a double feature DVD with The Last Man on Earth which vastly outclassed it.

I watched LMoE in May 2020 which was a surreal experience. Unlike Omega Man, Last Man on Earth focuses far more on the panic over the virus coming from the Far East.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:35 PM (EXyHK)

300
How old is a baby when it's born? How old is it in six months?

Is baby in the corner?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 11:37 PM (Cqx++)

301 The 21st century question came up when we were working to prevent the Y2K problem. Y2K.hit on 1/1/2000, but the next century began 1/1/2001.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Wasn't the computing year zero == 1977 ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:38 PM (/lPRQ)

302 The tarantulas are BIG hairy spiders. And those suckers can jump. You wouldn't think it to look at them but I've seen them jump at least four feet.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (pvf3X)

We've seen a few on the property. Not many. They are kinda cool. Spiders never freaked me out like sneks.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:38 PM (syAfa)

303 What was that New Zealand movie? Quiet Earth?

I think that was a malfunction of the US 'Star Wars Missile Shield.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:38 PM (bss/y)

304 297 I used to be distressed that the names of centuries always ran ahead of the initial digits in them. When I learned this tidbit about the double-zero years, it gave me some comfort.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (NYInA)

On a personal level, I and everyone with a birthday late in the year have the same problem. I was born a few days before the Dec 1 cutoff for kindergarten. As a consequence I was always the smallest, youngest in my class and my age doesn't normally correspond to the year meaning most of the year I'm younger than the math would imply.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:38 PM (QGaXH)

305
When *aren't* the Indians fucking scamming people?
Posted by: Robert
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Hey, a fella's got to sleep sometime.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:38 PM (ZwdAr)

306 crikey! I think I have fallen into a meeting of the Kabalarians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 11:39 PM (2JFBE)

307 296 Texas has rattlesnakes, scorpions and tarantulas.
The tarantulas are BIG hairy spiders. And those suckers can jump. You wouldn't think it to look at them but I've seen them jump at least four feet.
Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (pvf3X)

And you people think people from here should move THERE??????

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:40 PM (QGaXH)

308 299 Panic in the Year Zero

I have this movie. It came on a double feature DVD with The Last Man on Earth which vastly outclassed it.

I watched LMoE in May 2020 which was a surreal experience. Unlike Omega Man, Last Man on Earth focuses far more on the panic over the virus coming from the Far East.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:35 PM (

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Haven't seen LMoE. It seems like Ray Milland never made any good movies after his oscar win for "The Lost Weekend."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:40 PM (fKTed)

309 That AC/DC band was the lightest I ever traveled.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 11:34 PM (snZF9)

My lifelong friend was a guitarist, and was in a band playing the Vegas club scene in the late 80s. They played some of their own stuff, but laced it with AC/DC and some other bands.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:40 PM (0aYVJ)

310 I haven't watched Jeopardy since they fired one guy for being a guy and then another woman for being Jewish but left the midget even though he is an asshole.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:40 PM (sKqQm)

311 I also want to know why tomato paste doesn't come in a tube vs a can. The recipe always calls for 1-2TBS and then toss the can. Ok, never mind, says Gilda Radner. Apparently you can buy it in a tube and I will notify the man I live with of this exciting find later!!!

My husband has mocked me in the past for saving and freezing the remander of tomato paste. Now I currently don't care. Sometimes I also don't recycle stuff I could. Because.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 11:40 PM (WONhk)

312 My understanding is that tarantulas are big/smart enough to try and avoid dealing with people - they really don't want to have to bite you (and then they probably won' envenom.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 11:41 PM (sKqQm)

313 You could use tomato sauce instead of paste. Just remove some water from the recipe. You are just looking for the right amount of tomato solids.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:42 PM (bss/y)

314 Is baby in the corner?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 11:37 PM (Cqx++)

Never.

May the wind be at your back and not through your tree.

I often wonder what NSA decodes from the ONT for their report.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 11:42 PM (WONhk)

315 >Sometimes I also don't recycle stuff I could. Because. ...
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It all winds up in the same pile or it's shipped to China where they dispose of it by dumping in the ocean.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:43 PM (ZwdAr)

316 I haven't checked, but a solid hidden music link for the snake photo would be Sneaky Snake, by Tom T. Hall.

https://youtu.be/9EYPxlW-luw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 31, 2026 11:43 PM (S/Y4j)

317 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

"Every Time I Think of You" is "our" song! I highlight it every year on our anniversary by running a video I made years ago for my blog. Mr. TiFW is the one who picked out the song, which makes it even more special to me 💕💕💕

https://tinyurl.com/OurSongPaulAndTeresaKoch

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 31, 2026 11:44 PM (SRRAx)

318 303 What was that New Zealand movie? Quiet Earth?

I think that was a malfunction of the US 'Star Wars Missile Shield.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:38 PM (bss/y)

'On the Beach' (195 was set in Australia. Don't watch it. Everyone dies in the end. Cause was all-out nukler wah. Doesn't go into who started it but the book it's based on apparently fleshes it out more.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:44 PM (QGaXH)

319
I was just reviewing the history of the AD system. It was devised by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus in what we call the year 525 AD. The Julian calendar was being used, but the year number was based on the Diocletian era numbering.

He was working out a revised method of Easter computations, and reckoned that was the 525th year since the birth of Christ. He didn't really explain how he came up with that.

Note how neat it made leap years numbers work out, evenly divisible by 4. This is equivalent to making 1BC a leap year, and then 4 AD. There is no evidence he did this on purpose, really, and it could be a happy coincidence.

Imagine how complicated it would be if there were an offset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

320 May as well buy the little cans of tomato paste, ChristyBlinky: the tubes cost 3-5 times as much for lesser quantity of paste. Depends how much you use, I guess.

*shrug*

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 11:46 PM (rdVOm)

321 recycling is mostly bullshit.

Metals? yes, mostly
Plastics? meh. Don't bother.
Glass? never.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:47 PM (0aYVJ)

322
Wasn't the computing year zero == 1977 ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:38 PM (/lPRQ)

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The TRS-80, the Commodore Pet 2001, and the Apple Ii all came out in 1977. I can't recall any other year zero. The Y2K problem was that we too often used only a two digit year.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:47 PM (bJSkr)

323 Hmm, that '68 Coronet RT is up to $31,100 and it still has 6 days to go on the auction. Yeah like I said, its going to get silly. Its a survivor car and there isn't many 1968 RT coronets around. My friend had one with the 440 4speed and dana rear right after we graduated high school. It was a bit tweaked. The car was frigging evil. I'm surprised he didn't die in it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 11:48 PM (snZF9)

324 I have just met with various Political Representatives of the tragedy that took place in California concerning the burning of thousands of once beautiful homes.
It was brought to my attention that the Insurance Companies, in particular, State Farm, have been absolutely horrible to people that have been paying them large Premiums for years, only to find that when tragedy struck, these horrendous Companies were not there to help!

I have asked the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, to give me a list of the Companies who acted swiftly, courageously, and bravely in order to make their clients happy and, even more importantly, in order to fulfill their Legal obligations. Likewise, I have asked to see those Companies that were particularly bad. The names of some surprise me, but in the World in which we live, nothing really surprises me! State Farm, and others, should get their act together, and treat people fairly. The Government is looking into this matter as we speak! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:49 PM (ZwdAr)

325 @320...Oh, I know, honey.My guy tells me it's cheap and to stop acting like a loon about it.

I was trying to derail the rest of the discussion with numbers and that was what I came up with for annoying me.

I figured I'd spare everyone the discussion of my weirdest SIL, an ex-nun, who once (out of no where) texted me that she had a bleeding groin mole. Thanks be to God without a photo or reason why, but she was in the tub.

I may never be the same.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 11:49 PM (WONhk)

326 Looking forward to the list of good and bad insurance companies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (ZwdAr)

327 321 recycling is mostly bullshit.

Metals? yes, mostly
Plastics? meh. Don't bother.
Glass? never.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:47 PM (0aYVJ)

A yuuuge technical breakthrough would be a spray or a solution that you could apply to plastics to 'unzip' the long-chain molecules and break it down into it's basic C and H elements....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

328 If you'd showed me first what the leader on Jeopardy had bet, I'd have told you he got the question wrong. All he had to bet was $501 to guarantee he would be ahead if everyone answered correctly.

And I knew the question to that one.

Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (x9vBb)

329
This thread is the weirdest I've seen here.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

330 The TRS-80, the Commodore Pet 2001, and the Apple Ii all came out in 1977. I can't recall any other year zero. The Y2K problem was that we too often used only a two digit year.
Posted by: JM in Illinois


I was thinking at the hardware level when the clock was set, the programming converted that clock value into a conventional date format and they then kept it simple with two digits for the year.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:51 PM (/lPRQ)

331 A yuuuge technical breakthrough would be a spray or a solution that you could apply to plastics to 'unzip' the long-chain molecules and break it down into it's basic C and H elements....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

Hmmm, CH4... We could probably find a use for that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:52 PM (bss/y)

332 This thread is the weirdest I've seen here.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

You must be new here.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:52 PM (0aYVJ)

333 329
This thread is the weirdest I've seen here.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

You must have missed WeirdDave's 'Sex' thread.

That was entertaining.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:53 PM (bss/y)

334 329
This thread is the weirdest I've seen here.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

I know! I love it!

We might get rain this week!!!! It doesn't matter much because then it will go straight back into summer 2mo early.

My daffodils are bleah from the lack of snow and cold weather. I feel a bit stabby about it but it is wut it is.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 11:53 PM (WONhk)

335 'Twas s'posed to be a winky face.

PIXY! I need my emojis.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:54 PM (0aYVJ)

336 She was scared.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:54 PM (ZwdAr)

337 331 A yuuuge technical breakthrough would be a spray or a solution that you could apply to plastics to 'unzip' the long-chain molecules and break it down into it's basic C and H elements....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

Hmmm, CH4... We could probably find a use for that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 31, 2026 11:52 PM (bss/y)

I already emit too much of that ....apparently.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:54 PM (QGaXH)

338 >>...my weirdest SIL, an ex-nun, who once (out of no where) texted me that...
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Ew.
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Tomato paste was a nice try, though! Worked about as well as my techno & Uncle Ted links.

Gah!

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 11:54 PM (rdVOm)

339 A yuuuge technical breakthrough would be a spray or a solution that you could apply to plastics to 'unzip' the long-chain molecules and break it down into it's basic C and H elements....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

Put it in a retort, and heat it. It will de-polymerize. Best way to "recycle" plastic? Use it as fuel. It was made from fuel in the first place.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 11:55 PM (2JFBE)

340 326 Looking forward to the list of good and bad insurance companies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (ZwdAr)


There are good ones? My TX homeowners insurance makes me weep. If I lived a somewhere fun, like rhe coast, I d get it. But I live...closer to Austin than I enjoy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 11:56 PM (syAfa)

341
Weather app for here says rain expected to end soon.

You dumbshits, it hasn't rained here in months.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 11:56 PM (3ek7K)

342 332 This thread is the weirdest I've seen here.
Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 11:51 PM (3ek7K)

You must be new here.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 11:52 PM (0aYVJ)

As near as I can tell I've been frequenting these parts about 10 years.

This probably doesn't make the top 100....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:56 PM (QGaXH)

343 A yuuuge technical breakthrough would be a spray or a solution that you could apply to plastics to 'unzip' the long-chain molecules and break it down into it's basic C and H elements....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

Heat + Oxygen works.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)

344 Wasn't the computing year zero == 1977 ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher


You might be thinking of the UNIX epoch..... 1/1/1970 (midnight UTC) is the start point of the UNIX clock, which counts seconds since that point in time.

It's the source of the next sort of "Y2K" problem..... 32-bit systems will run out of seconds and roll over to zero on 1/19/2038.

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

345 319
I was just reviewing the history of the AD system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

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Now do the event in October 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII dropped ten days out of the calendar

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:58 PM (1kYfW)

346 Haven't seen LMoE.

If you enjoy Vincent Price it is worth the watch. It would probably still be a good movie without him but he makes a great demoralized scientist.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at March 31, 2026 11:59 PM (EXyHK)

347 just looked, wiki has an article on computing epochs.

One uses the year ZERO as the start date.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 12:00 AM (/lPRQ)

348 Spent much of today with my nephew helping him finish a new room in niece's home here in Esquimalt, BC (suburb of Victoria). Hanging door casing, baseboard, etc. He is a skilled carpenter, too. The room is a former drive-under garage, being made into an office/den.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:00 AM (2JFBE)

349 339 A yuuuge technical breakthrough would be a spray or a solution that you could apply to plastics to 'unzip' the long-chain molecules and break it down into it's basic C and H elements....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

Put it in a retort, and heat it. It will de-polymerize. Best way to "recycle" plastic? Use it as fuel. It was made from fuel in the first place.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 11:55 PM (2JFBE)

I thought of that was his witty retort.....(kidding).

I did think about burning but that has problems with toxins and particles and smoke and ewwww.....at least in California.

Overall I just dislike the idea of putting these 'forever' plastics in a landfill and forgetting about them....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 12:01 AM (QGaXH)

350 Haven't seen LMoE. It seems like Ray Milland never made any good movies after his oscar win for "The Lost Weekend."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:40 PM (fKTed)

The Thing with Two Heads.

A horror movie, where the source of the Horror is the way the two headed monster argues with itself about racism and discrimination for the entire film.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 01, 2026 12:01 AM (ZPDpH)

351 40 326 Looking forward to the list of good and bad insurance companies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (ZwdAr)


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Consumer Reports does ratings of dozens of insurance companies every year or two. You might find it at your local library. The heavily advertised Progressive is one of the lowest rated; sorry, Flo.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 12:03 AM (ZJRmG)

352
Windows NT epoch is Jan 1, 1601. The first date of the first full Gregorian 400 year cycle. The system clock counts 100 ns (1/10 of microsecond) intervals since then.

To start on the first day of a 400 year Gregorian cycle makes the arithmetic a bit nicer to convert back and forth.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

353 Now do the event in October 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII dropped ten days out of the calendar
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:58 PM (1kYfW)

He dropped the sanity clause outta his a-contract too?

Posted by: Otis B. Driftwood at April 01, 2026 12:06 AM (wVcYX)

354 Good Night everyone.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 12:08 AM (QGaXH)

355 Jim Stafford doesn't like doesn't like spiders and snakes

https://tinyurl.com/ynxyr5p9

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 12:08 AM (VVQO9)

356 >> Now do the event in October 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII dropped ten days out of the calendar

That was to correct the seasonal drift in the Julian calendar to make the mean equinox fall on Mar. 21 (this date is the official ecclesiastical equinox for Easter purposes, not the actual astronomical event).

The Julian calendar overestimates the tropical year, and the drift works out to about 3 days per 400 years. The equinox had drifted about 10 days earlier by that time.

And note they were correcting it back to the equinox of the First Council of Nicaea (325 AD), not all the way back to the start of the Julian calendar -- this has caused some confusion.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 12:08 AM (w6EFb)

357 Years ago Trump with Barbara Walters on Iran and oil. 55 seconds

https://tinyurl.com/77dh63xx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 12:08 AM (ZwdAr)

358 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01,

How's BC?
Physically beautiful, I'm sure.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:09 AM (Sco7b)

359 Day Old News -

Pelosi Says Trump and Republicans May Hack Into Voting Machines to Rig Vote Count in 2026 Midterm Elections

I thought Nasty was adamant that 'hacking' an election was not possible when such was questioned in 2020.
And now it is just a matter of somebody (else) bothering to do it?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 01, 2026 12:11 AM (/lPRQ)

360 I did think about burning but that has problems with toxins and particles and smoke and ewwww.....at least in California.

Overall I just dislike the idea of putting these 'forever' plastics in a landfill and forgetting about them....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 01, 2026 12:01 AM (QGaXH)

Polyethylene, which makes up the vast bulk of throwaway plastics, is just carbon and hydrogen. In free air, it burns sooty because it consumes all the oxygen in the air immediately in contact with the burning surface. Fuel oil burns sooty for the same reason. Burn it in a closed vessels, with forced air, and it burns clean.

The plastic you don't want to burn is PVC (vinyl) because it contains chlorine, and burning releases choking phosgene gas, COCl2, which is nasty. But an incinerator equipped with heavy-duty scrubbers should handle it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:14 AM (2JFBE)

361 Consumer Reports is no longer trustworthy, it hasn't been for years. They are one part bias and one part bought and paid for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 12:16 AM (ZwdAr)

362 I have DisneyChannel on. They have on that Nervive commercial with the old guy ready to fall down the stairs. Odd.

And on a news network was a Jardianz (sp?) commercial. I wonder if you can pay more to be guaranteed NOT to have swelling between testicles and the anus.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:16 AM (Sco7b)

363 339 A yuuuge technical breakthrough would be a spray or a solution that you could apply to plastics to 'unzip' the long-chain molecules and break it down into it's basic C and H elements....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at March 31, 2026 11:50 PM (QGaXH)

There have been a few SF stories that envision what happens when the plastic dissolver breaks containment and gets loose in the world. It is not pretty.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 12:17 AM (JjVZx)

364 Spring is busting out all over. Daffodils blooming, tulip trees blooming, cherry trees blooming, deer eating lawns. Victoria and environs are pretty quaint. Traffic is nuts. Parking nearly unavailable. Dipshits on E-bikes everywhere.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:19 AM (2JFBE)

365 Pelosi Says Trump and Republicans May Hack Into Voting Machines to Rig Vote Count in 2026 Midterm Elections

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Why doesn't Sloppy Choppers just shuffle off and suck the great big cock in the sky already? Bitch.

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 12:21 AM (lQp5O)

366 Consumer Reports is no longer trustworthy, it hasn't been for years. They are one part bias and one part bought and paid for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 12:16 AM (ZwdAr)

Always been on the Glowball Warming bandwagon, too. So all their testing is tainted by how much they think Product X will "destroy the planet".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:21 AM (2JFBE)

367 I wonder if you can pay more to be guaranteed NOT to have swelling between testicles and the anus.
Posted by: Stateless

'taint an option...

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 12:22 AM (jiBv5)

368 Pelosi Says Trump and Republicans May Hack Into Voting Machines to Rig Vote Count in 2026 Midterm Elections

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Why doesn't Sloppy Choppers just shuffle off and suck the great big cock in the sky already? Bitch.

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 12:21 AM (lQp5O)


I would rather she be sucking the barbed one in hell's basement.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

369 >>>I thought Nasty was adamant that 'hacking' an election was not possible when such was questioned in 2020.
And now it is just a matter of somebody (else) bothering to do it?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Trump cut them off at the pass. The USPS will not process a mailed ballot without a barcode which has to match the voter ID.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 12:26 AM (ZwdAr)

370 Well on a lesser note, I bought another harley today, because I'm a retard and need a frigging lobotomy. Mrs B was no help at all, nooooo evil enabler she is. To be fair, its a kinda rare bird, I wanted one for 30 years, they were pretty pricey new and still commands stupid money compared to regular used harleys which are cheap right now, but this one had fire sale pricing with really low miles on it, and its clean. Nothing is wrong with it, I crawled up its ass with a microscope, and its perfect. It just needs tires because they are old. I never saw one this cheap. I couldn't pass it up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 12:26 AM (snZF9)

371 https://deangoodman.com/whole-lotta-rosie/

Posted by: Desinex at April 01, 2026 12:26 AM (jrgJz)

372 Consumer Reports is no longer trustworthy, it hasn't been for years. They are one part bias and one part bought and paid for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 12:16 AM (ZwdAr)

They went full retard pushing Obamacare . They can eat a bigly bag of you know what.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 12:27 AM (syAfa)

373 how did all three dum dums miss final jeopardy AND fuck up the betting?

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 12:27 AM (jiBv5)

374 Dipshits on E-bikes everywhere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:19 AM (2JFBE)

Still, enjoy your family.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at April 01, 2026 12:27 AM (Sco7b)

375
Day Old News -

Pelosi Says Trump and Republicans May Hack Into Voting Machines to Rig Vote Count in 2026 Midterm Elections

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

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I'm glad to hear that; it appears she's anticipating disaster.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:27 AM (n7rxJ)

376 Consumer Reports is no longer trustworthy, it hasn't been for years. They are one part bias and one part bought and paid for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 12:16 AM (ZwdAr)

They went full retard pushing Obamacare . They can eat a bigly bag of you know what.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 12:27 AM (syAfa)

Yup. There is a dude on you tube. His channel is called project farm. This guys tests everything under the sun, and in the most frigging scientific way I ever saw. He leaves nothing out and misses nothing, and conducts his tests in ways that pretty much eliminate any variables. I just watch him if I want to know whats worth a shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 12:31 AM (snZF9)

377
how did all three dum dums miss final jeopardy AND fuck up the betting?
Posted by: Cock of the Walk

================

Well, #2 and 3 had to bet everything considering how much of a lead #1 had. Why he bet it all is another matter.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 01, 2026 12:31 AM (n7rxJ)

378 Pelosi Says Trump and Republicans May Hack Into Voting Machines to Rig Vote Count in 2026 Midterm Elections
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Democrats; all projection, all of the time.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2026 12:32 AM (XeU6L)

379 Project farm testing vacuums. This dude is something else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oWeRSQmfAM

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 12:35 AM (snZF9)

380 Project Farm dude sports weaponized OCD and does some pretty clever testing.

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 12:36 AM (jiBv5)

381 Well on a lesser note, I bought another harley today, because I'm a retard and need a frigging lobotomy. Mrs B was no help at all, nooooo evil enabler she is. To be fair, its a kinda rare bird, I wanted one for 30 years, they were pretty pricey new and still commands stupid money compared to regular used harleys which are cheap right now, but this one had fire sale pricing with really low miles on it, and its clean. Nothing is wrong with it, I crawled up its ass with a microscope, and its perfect. It just needs tires because they are old. I never saw one this cheap. I couldn't pass it up.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 12:26 AM (snZF9)


Congrats on your purchase. I know Jack about Harleys. But Mrs Bers is your treasure. It was nice meeting her in Corsicana.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 12:37 AM (syAfa)

382 289 "Panic in the Year Zero" (1962) Ray Milland, Jean Hagen

https://tinyurl.com/3efthza6
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 11:30 PM (+r0A9)


I always found it interesting that Jean Hagen - who usually played frumpy housewives - played the part of Lena Lamont in "Singing' In The Rain".

She was an absolute hoot!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 01, 2026 12:39 AM (SRRAx)

383
Consumer Reports is no longer trustworthy, it hasn't been for years. They are one part bias and one part bought and paid for.

They went full retard pushing Obamacare . They can eat a bigly bag of you know what.


They came out for "single payer" 30+ years ago.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:39 AM (Cqx++)

384 Democrats; all projection, all of the time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2026 12:32 AM (XeU6L)

Mike, here is a bascule bridge for you, which we drove over tonight. Actually had to wait for it to lower, as a tug and barge were transiting the channel. We were too far away from it to see the action. It is a very pretty bridge:

https://www.pcl.com/ca/en/our-work/johnson-street-bridge

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:39 AM (2JFBE)

385 Mrs. B is a keeper!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at April 01, 2026 12:39 AM (Vvh2V)

386
Speaking of equinoxes and calendars and Easter. Today, April 1, is the full moon, the first full Moon of astronomical spring. In the Injun moon naming system, which we colonists culturally appropriated (and made logical), this is the Pink Moon. It's also the Paschal Moon, the one that sets the date of Easter. Passover also begins.

Besides correcting the solar part, the Gregorian reform also corrected the lunar calendar, so the calculated full Moon corresponds to the astronomical one pretty closely, and will for some time.

The Orthodox churches still use the Julian calendar and the older lunar calendar. The full Moon there has drifted a few days from the astronomical event.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

387 My favorite live metal sound/tone is Judas Priest, early-to-mid 80's.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 01, 2026 12:41 AM (KAi1n)

388 I knew Consumer Reports was flawed the way they knob-gobbled toyota like it was the last bag of dicks on earth. I had one and it had more problems than a damn saturn.

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 12:42 AM (jiBv5)

389 What model Harley did you get, Berserker, and why is it special?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:42 AM (2JFBE)

390 Project Farm is one of those nerdy youtube channels.Mr. Scary likes. I got a good vacuum cleaner out of it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 12:43 AM (syAfa)

391 Consumer Reports is no longer trustworthy, it hasn't been for years. They are one part bias and one part bought and paid for.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 01, 2026 12:16 AM (ZwdAr)

I haven't looked at one in a long time. Is it usable as emergency toilet paper?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 01, 2026 12:44 AM (S/Y4j)

392 Speaking of toilet paper, the Kirkland toilet paper here is full width!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:46 AM (2JFBE)

393 I haven't looked at one in a long time. Is it usable as emergency toilet paper?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

It's no Charmin. On the plus side, the librarian gets pissed when you give it back afterwards.

Posted by: Cock of the Walk at April 01, 2026 12:46 AM (jiBv5)

394 Kirkland TP > Charmin

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 12:50 AM (rdVOm)

395
Artemis II tanking decision should be around 7:45AM this morning.

I'm gonna bet they're gonna have another H2 leak, which will scrub it for today.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 01, 2026 12:51 AM (w6EFb)

396
Mike, here is a bascule bridge for you,
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Very interesting. I've been thinking about building an O guage model for a couple of years. The bridge that you linked to has an interesting history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Street_Bridge

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 01, 2026 12:52 AM (XeU6L)

397 They came out for "single payer" 30+ years ago.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 01, 2026 12:39 AM (

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I agree that CR endorses Leftist policies. But I haven't seen any evidence that their objective ratings are biased or paid for. I'm open to new information.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 12:53 AM (g6bbw)

398 206 New episode of Oak Island on tonight. The suspense is killing me.
Posted by: wth



Has it sunk yet?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 12:55 AM (sAmhv)

399 206 New episode of Oak Island on tonight. The suspense is killing me.
Posted by: wth

I'm betting this will be the episode where they find Captain Kidd's gold, wrapped in the lost plays of Shakespeare, inside the cargo bay of a UFO.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 12:59 AM (JjVZx)

400 Amazon basics tp is fine. Or the Grsat Value stuff from Walmart I'm an asshole, but not overly sensitive.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 12:59 AM (syAfa)

401 What model Harley did you get, Berserker, and why is it special?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 12:42 AM (2JFBE)

Its a heritage springer softail. I don't think they made a lot of them, because you never really see them. They are the closest thing styling wise to a 1948 panhead. Put it this way, I only ever saw one in the shop. Seen some on the road here and there over the years, but only had one come in the shop. I worked on 3 since the late 90's. I have a regular springer softail, but they are more like what a chopped panhead would look like with the 21" front wheel and smaller fenders. The heritage springer has real old world styling with the full fenders and fatter front tire. The springer front end just looks great. They stopped making springer softails in 2006.



Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)

402 Project farm testing vacuums. This dude is something else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oWeRSQmfAM
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 12:35 AM (

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Project farm: I watched it and bought the Power Speed vacuum that's third on his list. Amazon just delivered it today; it awaits the unboxing.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 01:01 AM (tLVLK)

403 more problems than a damn saturn.
Posted by: Cock of the Walk

I had a '96 Saturn SL2, bought new. Drove it cross-country. As I recall, there was a problem with the alternator, or something, which was fixed under warranty. Other than cabin noise, shitty turn radius, and meh A/C, it drove great. My 5'8/160# carcass fit easily into the seat and it had an amazing amount of low-end torque.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 01, 2026 01:01 AM (KAi1n)

404 Amazon basics tp is fine. Or the Great Value stuff from Walmart I'm an asshole, but not overly sensitive.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at April 01, 2026 12:59 AM (syAfa)

But can you get them in the 128-roll packaging?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 01:02 AM (JjVZx)

405 [I258 @248

>>I would never consider myself an AC/DC fan. I like them well enough. Hell, part of my teenage music soundtrack. Good party band. But damn, Whole Lotta Rosie is fucking awesome.

They are the blueprint for what a hard rock band should be.

There is a reason they sold over 200 million records and have the 2nd best selling album of all time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender


They were a popular band with Bon Scott. They took off in the stratosphere with Brian Johnson. Would they have done that had Bon Scott not drunk himself to death? Maybe. Sometimes a band lurks around popularity for years and then turn into the biggest thing ever, overnight. The music industry is a fickle bitch.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 01:04 AM (sAmhv)

406 Still figuring out how to use tags on this Apple MacBook. Pretty sure I closed the tags and yet, I didn't. (looks at my previous post, shakes head) shameful....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 01:06 AM (sAmhv)

407 My favorite live metal sound/tone is Judas Priest, early-to-mid 80's.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 01, 2026 12:41 AM (KAi1n)

The trick to get that tone is use older non master volume marshal amps and plug into the low input and use a boss overdrive pedal. Or use a 2203 100 watt, or 2204 50 watt master model with the over drive. Priest used the old 4 input non master volume heads. Thats how they did it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 01:09 AM (snZF9)

408 206 New episode of Oak Island on tonight. The suspense is killing me.
Posted by: wth

I'm betting this will be the episode where they find Captain Kidd's gold, wrapped in the lost plays of Shakespeare, inside the cargo bay of a UFO.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 12:59 AM (JjVZx)

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I'm just amazed that the show has gone on so long. They found some trinkets, but no pot of gold.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 01:09 AM (/Ae+Q)

409 How to recycle toilet paper:

https://9gag.com/gag/17969

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 01:11 AM (2JFBE)

410 Still figuring out how to use tags on this Apple MacBook. Pretty sure I closed the tags and yet, I didn't. (looks at my previous post, shakes head) shameful....
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 01:06 AM (sAmhv)i

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I can't get speech to text to work. Need a little help typing after my medical problems

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 01:11 AM (/Ae+Q)

411 408 206 New episode of Oak Island on tonight. The suspense is killing me.
Posted by: wth

I'm betting this will be the episode where they find Captain Kidd's gold, wrapped in the lost plays of Shakespeare, inside the cargo bay of a UFO.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at April 01, 2026 12:59 AM (JjVZx)

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I'm just amazed that the show has gone on so long. They found some trinkets, but no pot of gold.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 01:09 AM (/Ae+Q

Bobby Dazzlers!

Posted by: Bobby Dazzler at April 01, 2026 01:11 AM (guCHD)

412 Project farm: I watched it and bought the Power Speed vacuum that's third on his list. Amazon just delivered it today; it awaits the unboxing.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 01:01 AM (tLVLK)

Is that dude insane or what? His testing is off the chart.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)

413 Like someone up above said, maybe OCD

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 01:15 AM (1A8DP)

414 Wandering back in and unlurking to say hello and goodnight (your latitude depending).

It's now April 1 here in the World's Finest Time Zone (albeit Daylight Saving adjusted). Call it 11pm instead.

Thirty-two years ago, as the clock turned over from March to April, our little family of five completed our journey in the old Suburban, moving from Chicago to Oklahoma, where we began our new life.

It was a rough transition, preceded and followed by some less-than-optimal choices, but we've never regretted leaving the Windy City behind. It was MiladyJo's birthplace; she had family there (now almost all gone or like us moved away) and with her family's support and her city wisdom, we had a pretty good fourteen years there, but the kids were becoming teens and it was 'way past time to go rural and red state.

Lots of changes in 32 years, but still happy to be here.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Oklahoma Heaven at April 01, 2026 01:15 AM (jrd4M)

415 Two nights in row, falling asleep in the chair. Not tonight. G'night all

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 01, 2026 01:17 AM (I7nrW)

416 Lots of changes in 32 years, but still happy to be here.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Oklahoma Heaven at April 01, 2026 01:15 AM (jrd4M)



Wise choice, Mindful!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 01:17 AM (2JFBE)

417 So, what was the first day of the first century?
Nada, this calendar did not exist then. Which kind of suggests that the trivia question is BS too.


The first day of the first century was January 1 in the first year of our Lord, i.e. 1 AD, when Jesus was possibly about four years old (the start of the Christian Era was misdated by as much as 4 years). This is true whether or not anyone knew it or not. It is like saying Solomon’s Temple fell in 586 BC. How did they know it was BC? They didn’t, but that is when it fell.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 01, 2026 01:18 AM (ZVgZ4)

418 Nite, JM.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 01:19 AM (2JFBE)

419 Cheers Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 01, 2026 01:21 AM (0nHVk)

420 I had an acquaintance who quit his job an Intel on Jun 1k, 1998.
Hung out a shingle as a Y2K consultant. Made BANK!

Posted by: buddhaha at April 01, 2026 01:22 AM (nwB28)

421 There was a huge Y2K panic. A friend who was an IT manager for a university was convinced it would be the end of life as we know it. I had an old IBM PS/1, with Netscape Navigator on it, and it went through the rollover without a hiccup.

I still have the old thing. Wonder if it will boot up?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 01:31 AM (2JFBE)

422 Cheers, Debby!

*clinks glass*

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

423 Y2K was such a crock-- I think the IT people all knew it, and played along so they could screw people and businesses out of $$$$$$.

My parents were all freaked out too. I told Dad to set his VCR for 12/31/99 and then wait one minute, so see if it blew up. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 01:34 AM (rdVOm)

424 Correction: 12/31/99 at 11:59pm

...and THEN wait one minute, to see if it blew up!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

425 Jeepers, Nancy Pelosi and I agree on something. Voting machines certainly can be rigged, we all know this. Is she in favor of the logical remedy of using paper ballots and having them counted and verified at the local polls? I guess that Trump is giving an Address to the Nation tomorrow night, I look forward to seeing it.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 01, 2026 01:40 AM (0nHVk)

426 I can't believe that Y2K thing was 26 years ago. Shit man...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9)

427 Wise choice, Mindful!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


I had to have one in this life.

Well, marrying MiladyJo. That's two.

Clocking out now. Plenty of April Foolishness ahead.

https://youtu.be/qR6U6q2Y230

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - seems like a dream now it was so long ago at April 01, 2026 01:41 AM (jrd4M)

428 Dear nation: My address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and yours isn't. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

DJT

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 01:47 AM (2JFBE)

429 I had an old IBM PS/1, with Netscape Navigator on it, and it went through the rollover without a hiccup.

I still have the old thing. Wonder if it will boot up?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 01:31 AM (2JFBE)


Nutscrape Navigator. Damn I forgot about that. I had some compaq PC at that time. Had a whopping 4 gig hard drive and and maybe 128 mb ram. I still got it. I think it has windows 98 on it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 01:48 AM (snZF9)

430 Do any of you remember the Mosaic browser that Netscape grew out of?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 01, 2026 01:51 AM (ZVgZ4)

431 He is supposed to talk about the war in Iran and that will surely be interesting but I am certain that all sorts of topics will be covered, he is Trump after all. I am so grateful that I lived during the times of one of our greatest Presidents. I put him right up there with the early ones, a true visionary.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 01, 2026 01:53 AM (0nHVk)

432 Do any of you remember the Mosaic browser that Netscape grew out of?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 01, 2026 01:51 AM (ZVgZ4)

With the source code engraved upon stone tablets?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 01:53 AM (2JFBE)

433 Clink, JQ, how are you doing, other than keeping Hubby well fed and happy?

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 01, 2026 01:55 AM (0nHVk)

434 If you classify silicon as a stone …

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 01, 2026 01:55 AM (ZVgZ4)

435 Late BF had a Mac, and dial-up connection to the college mainframe. "Lynx" was the browser we used. "Pine" for email.

Was learning quite a bit of Unix, but then got a FT (not computer-oriented) job with plenty of mandatory overtime.

Ah, the '90s...

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

436 Well, bed time for me. I want to be on the road at 0900, to drive to Comox. Should not take more than 2-3 hours, but I do not wish to make myself rush the trip. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 01, 2026 02:02 AM (2JFBE)

437 Hi, Debby. Heh, I'm fiiiiiine-- now that the annual guv harassment (tax filing) is out of the way.

My living room looks like a file cabinet exploded there. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

438 'Night, AOP. Safe travels!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

439 'Night, AOP. Wishing you safe travels!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

440 Ok, that was weird...

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

441 Night AOP, safe travels for you.

JQ, I'll stay for another just to celebrate the Tax Completion event, congrats!

Congrats to you too Bers, on the not so new new bike. Please tell Mrs. B that I said hi, it has been a while.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 01, 2026 02:09 AM (0nHVk)

442 Da 'net is dragging bigly for me tonight

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

443 *pours adult beverages for Debby and myself*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)

444 My living room looks like a file cabinet exploded there. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

Confetti!!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 02:15 AM (snZF9)

445 Confetti... no sh!t...

Why do we get 10x more paperwork than we'll ever need to use?

I need to implement a better system, sure, but need to procure a bigger file cabinet for it.

Once you're over 29, and the medical crap starts arriving almost daily for yourself and/or spouse, it becomes a real chore to sort out if you don't do it *as soon as it arrives*

I'll admit to not being diligent throughout the year! And definitely paid for that negligence, this past week.

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

446 Congrats to you too Bers, on the not so new new bike. Please tell Mrs. B that I said hi, it has been a while.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 01, 2026 02:09 AM (0nHVk)

yeah not so new, its 29 years old, but near mint. I think Mrs B has designs on our usual 2 rider bike since this new one will be the 2 rider bike now. I think she wants the usual one set up for her to ride, one she can call hers. Which means a lowering kit, and different handle bars that fit her, and it can never really be a 2 rider bike after that. Once it's lowered it couldn't handle the weight of 2 riders. I think its why she didn't bat an eye with this new one, she wants the other one. We had it for 34 years, and its done 8 of the 10 sturgis trips. Its been totally reliable. I couldn't bring myself to sell it anyway. Its best she gets it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 02:25 AM (snZF9)

447 Sweet about the new & old bikes, Bers!

Happy wife, happy life!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

448 426 I can't believe that Y2K thing was 26 years ago. Shit man...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 01, 2026 01:40 AM (snZF9)

Yeppers - am in insurance and was working for a major insurer at the time - in NY. I was an early "this is BS" flag thrower on that one. Despite that, we waited patiently on the NYE, along with a friend who ran JP Morgan's Financial Data Capture/booking system who was over our house for a celebration, just in case our emergency phones started ringing. (Narrator * they didn't because it was all bullsh*t") Crazily enough, I just came across a Y2K endorsement (excluding Y2K related losses) on a policy that was being renewed here in Singapore. I had to do a double take and then I went an scorched the broker who hadn't taken that off the policy 25 years ago. Also - I remember arguing, futilely with everyone that the millennium did not start until 1 January 2001 - hence I go the jeopardy question correct.

Posted by: Publius Redux at April 01, 2026 02:30 AM (Gu66x)

449 426 I can't believe that Y2K thing was 26 years ago. Shit man...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division



Y2K helped me get a job in Babylon DC. All I needed was a security clearance and to be some kind of lifeform. 26 years later, I'm still a Beltway bandit, livin' the dream!!! If the dream was living in a run down old condo in a town full of commies.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 03:02 AM (sAmhv)

450 Sweet dreams Horde, I need to be horizontal. I went down a few musical memory holes this evening, including 1999 by Prince, certainly not 1099 by 'lil IRS.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 01, 2026 03:09 AM (0nHVk)

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Posted by: WEBSITE DEWASA at April 01, 2026 03:10 AM (tnVte)

452 😂😂

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 01, 2026 03:14 AM (sAmhv)

453 (tnVte)

Ugh. I miss Machines for Sale...

And Laptop Battery, steering wheel desk...

Jeez. At least they could construct understandable sentences!

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)

454 'Night, horde. I'm getting sleepy too.

Posted by: JQ at April 01, 2026 03:35 AM (rdVOm)

455 publius,

"I'm gonna bet they're gonna have another H2 leak, which will scrub it for today."

That is a safe bet IMHO.

Posted by: pawn at April 01, 2026 03:44 AM (qmOsv)

456 I could get up, or try and sleep another 1/2 hour.

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 03:51 AM (Ia/+0)

457 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 01, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

458 Hello everyone, it's my first visit at this website, and post is actually fruitful designed for me, keep up posting these types
of posts.

Posted by: t shirt printing at April 01, 2026 06:47 AM (K5sT3)

459 "what's this for?"

Posted by: cmeat at April 01, 2026 10:42 AM (R11M+)

Tuesday Cafe

cassidyarch.jpg
The Cassidy Arch at Capitol Reef National Park (UT),
so-called because it is near one of Butch Cassidy's hide-outs

Alpaca has my fifth-grade haircut. So stylish!

Fear me.

Town builds statue to commemorate day that citizens formed human chain to pull a dog out of a dangerously-fast canal.

This seems like it would be pretty distracting.

Programmers designed the worst-possible volume controls for a computer or phone. These are their stories.

The Last Waterbender.

Golden retrievers rescued from "deplorable" conditions in what I guess was a breeding or hoarding situation are all in loving homes now.

My favorite Cafe story: 11-year-old dog who spent seven years in a shelter finally got adopted and lived her best life.

My second favorite story: Pregnant dog is rescued and family friends care for and then adopt all 11 puppies, and once a year, they have a big family reunion.


Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM




Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Skip nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (NcvvS)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (LdBR/)

4 Utah thinks she's so hot.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (aTgV0)

5 Evenin'

*tips hat*

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (2WIwB)

6 good evening. Thunderstorms here.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 31, 2026 07:34 PM (nz1sK)

7 I strongly recommend taking a camping trip to Capitol Reef. One of the more underrated national parks with plenty of hiking, and you can get a pie from the Gifford Homestead shop if you go relatively early after they open. They sell out pretty quick.

Posted by: Factory Working Orphan at March 31, 2026 07:34 PM (FNuHY)

8
Amazing tornado time-lapse in SD from June of last year:

https://is.gd/t9qB1r

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:34 PM (w6EFb)

9 Well here's another clue for you all
The alpaca was Paul

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:34 PM (ndZc7)

10 The human dog chain choked me up a little bit I'm NOT GAY!!!!

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:35 PM (aTgV0)

11 I love thunderstorms.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:36 PM (aTgV0)

12 >>>The tiny hands.

Greedy little beavers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 07:36 PM (dK+Kv)

13 Hola, friends!

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 07:36 PM (OoFl2)

14 >>>Alpaca has my fifth-grade haircut.

Save some ladies for the rest of us.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 07:36 PM (dK+Kv)

15 How come nobody ever looks for aliens in the ocean?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m)

Because they already found them there:

https://tinyurl.com/56hj7kdp

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (2JFBE)

16 This seems like it would be pretty distracting.

China’s started using anti fatigue laser lights on some highways to keep drivers alert at night.


And with just a small angle adjustment, drivers with too low of a social credit score can be eliminated.

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (VHUov)

17 More big brown beavers are always welcome!

Posted by: Primus at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

18 BTW...I can almost guarantee you the China laser thing is bullshit.

Everything about China is bullshit. Just sayin.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (aTgV0)

19 dogs!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 07:38 PM (MIIRH)

20 >>>Town builds statue to commemorate day that citizens formed human chain to pull a dog out of a dangerously-fast canal.

I applaud the people who made the effort and saved the doggie. Kudos!!

The statue, on the other hand, is retarded.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 07:38 PM (syz1S)

21 Are there any big blonde beavers?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:39 PM (aTgV0)

22 Save some ladies for the rest of us.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 07:36 PM


I do.

Posted by: Paolo at March 31, 2026 07:39 PM (0sNs1)

23 The 30.06 bullet recovered from the beloved Chsylue akirk dies not match the title of Tyler Kirk's grandpa

Shocking !

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 31, 2026 07:40 PM (tkW8W)

24 >>>Programmers designed the worst-possible volume controls for a computer or phone. These are their stories.

Microsoft then hired the top 10 "winners".

True story!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 07:42 PM (syz1S)

25 The link to your favorite Cafe story doesn't go where you promised.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 07:42 PM (ExV1e)

26 Shocking !
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 31, 2026 07:40 PM (tkW8W)

You have a point there! But if you wear a hat, it won't show.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:44 PM (2JFBE)

27 >>>25 The link to your favorite Cafe story doesn't go where you promised.

thanks, I fixed it. it should work now.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 07:44 PM (1wjle)

28 thanks, I fixed it. it should work now.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 07:44 PM (1wjle)


Thank you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 07:45 PM (ExV1e)

29 Good evening, horde!

Those worst phone volume controls are diabolical.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 31, 2026 07:46 PM (zYpTz)

30 >>>Puppy eating watermelon..

And then the lunatic who posted that embeds a "Sound On" logo in the clip. lol

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 07:46 PM (syz1S)

31 Never liked watermelon. Sugary water. meh

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:46 PM (GD0B3)

32 Been to Capitol Reef several times. Stayed in Torrey. Broken Spur is a good motel. Nice folks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:47 PM (0aYVJ)

33 >>Because they already found them there:

>>https://tinyurl.com/56hj7kdp

Exactly. And don't forget Godzilla and Cthulhu. Obviously aliens.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:47 PM (viF8m)

34 Fucking laser light show on the highway while im trying to sleep!

Fuck you, you pinko commie scum!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 07:49 PM (zZu0s)

35 Never liked watermelon. Sugary water. meh
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:46 PM (GD0B3)

Sprinkle on salt and pepper. It's good. Learned that from Dad and Grandpa. They did the same thing with cantaloup and termaters.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:49 PM (0aYVJ)

36 All these years later and I'm still amazed that our idiot retards believe that we're impressed by their idiocy when they post on a site that doesn't want them on it. Why oh why can't we ban them permanently and give them a hellacious electrical shock while doing it?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 31, 2026 07:51 PM (2NHgQ)

37 You have a point there! But if you wear a hat, it won't show.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:44 PM (2JFBE)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 31, 2026 07:51 PM (zYpTz)

38 Sprinkle on salt and pepper. It's good. Learned that from Dad and Grandpa. They did the same thing with cantaloup and termaters.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:49 PM (0aYVJ)

you crazy

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)

39 you crazy
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:52 PM (GD0B3)

Runs in the family. Scottish.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:53 PM (0aYVJ)

40 A puppy eating watermelon?!!! Don't let watermelons near your puppies!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:53 PM (ndZc7)

41 BEAVERS!

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2026 07:54 PM (oEMAv)

42 In addition to arthritis from the neck down, bursitis has arrived. Yay! Arthur needed company.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 31, 2026 07:54 PM (gm9Sb)

43 I've seen what mexicans do to mangos - salt, pepper, chili powder and I think mayo. Most disgusting.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:55 PM (GD0B3)

44 >>>Programmers designed the worst-possible volume controls for a computer or phone. These are their stories.

Microsoft then hired the top 10 "winners".

True story!
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 07:42 PM (syz1S)

And they improved the usability of Microsoft Windows.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 31, 2026 07:55 PM (S/Y4j)

45 43 I've seen what mexicans do to mangos - salt, pepper, chili powder and I think mayo. Most disgusting.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:55 PM (GD0B3)

Ugh.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 31, 2026 07:56 PM (zYpTz)

46 Runs in the family. Scottish.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:53 PM (0aYVJ)

hm...do a genetics test, Scottish don't do flavors. or fruit!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:56 PM (GD0B3)

47 I don't get watermelon often but do like them

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

48 BEAVERS!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2026 07:54 PM (oEMAv)

Dad had kin in Corvallis. Neat little city. Me and my brother and cousins saw Return of the Jedi in the theater there.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)

49
I was just looking at the Artemis countdown timeline. NASA will stream this on their Youtube channel. Other streamers will likely being doing their feeds as well. Anyway, the main broadcast beings at 12:50 PM.

Tanking operations, if they're a go, will start around 7:45AM, and they may stream some of that, but it will be boring, unless something explodes.

Crew will head to the pad around 1:45PM. Blastoff will be at 6:45PM. Well, that's the scheduled time. There will be a delay, I'm sure. Launch window is 2 hours, so they've got until 8:45PM.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

50 There will be a delay, I'm sure. Launch window is 2 hours, so they've got until 8:45PM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

Gordo.

Gordo, I have to urinate.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:59 PM (0aYVJ)

51 Then there's the old watermelon and vodka trick. Cut a hole the size of a liter bottle neck in the melon, stick the uncapped bottle in there until it drains completely. Let it set for about half an hour, giving it a few rolls to mix things up. Serve.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 31, 2026 08:00 PM (gm9Sb)

52 My pups birthday is tomorrow, we don't know the real date so we gave him April Fools. Anyway, he will be 18!

He can now vote and join the military.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 08:01 PM (n5tGW)

53 BEAVERS!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2026 07:54 PM (oEMAv)


*perks up*

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 08:02 PM (2WIwB)

54 How come nobody ever looks for aliens in the ocean?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m

That is where the mermaids are, duh!

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 08:02 PM (Wmg4n)

55
Never liked watermelon. Sugary water. meh
Posted by: runner

==============

And gritty. And full of seeds. Meh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 08:04 PM (n7rxJ)

56 How come nobody ever looks for aliens in the ocean?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m

I thought that was covered in the documentary "The Abyss."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 08:04 PM (0aYVJ)

57 >>That is where the mermaids are, duh!

I've looked. A lot. I think that one is fake.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)

58 As long as the beavers don't have cobalt teeth, we'll get along fine.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:05 PM (gKWVE)

59 BEAVERS!
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2026 07:54 PM (oEMAv)

Dad had kin in Corvallis. Neat little city. Me and my brother and cousins saw Return of the Jedi in the theater there.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)


That's where they have the Oregon State Fair and they used to have horse racing. It is where the only facts of life talk I got from my 'ol man was made true. Laying his hand on my shoulder and looking me in the eye, he said, "Dio, don't ever gamble. You'll lose."
He was right.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 08:06 PM (2WIwB)

60 36 All these years later and I'm still amazed that our idiot retards believe that we're impressed by their idiocy when they post on a site that doesn't want them on it. Why oh why can't we ban them permanently and give them a hellacious electrical shock while doing it?
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
===
They are master debaters in their own minds. Wankers in other words.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)

61 >> Gordo, I have to urinate.

That's what the space diapers are for. I'm not even going to look at how much those cost....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 08:07 PM (w6EFb)

62 The Iraqi Ministry of Interior has announced that American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped today in Baghdad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 08:08 PM (ZwdAr)

63 Cocaine Beaver would be a scary movie.

Posted by: Peg Leg Pirate at March 31, 2026 08:09 PM (Q+gd/)

64 That's what the space diapers are for. I'm not even going to look at how much those cost....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 08:07 PM (w6EFb)


For you and me, $12.95 a dozen at Krogers. For NASA, $49.99 each.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 08:09 PM (2WIwB)

65 63 Cocaine Beaver would be a scary movie.
Posted by: Peg Leg Pirate at March 31, 2026 08:09 PM (Q+gd/)

Tubi has Catnado.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 08:10 PM (Sco7b)

66 All that wet beaver...

Posted by: Get your mind out the gutter! at March 31, 2026 08:11 PM (TbWk/)

67 I just got onto Shelly Skittles' X feed and, as far as I am concerned, they can have her.
tinyurl.com/3h9rarab

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:12 PM (gKWVE)

68 57 >>That is where the mermaids are, duh!

I've looked. A lot. I think that one is fake.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 08

Well shoot.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 08:13 PM (Wmg4n)

69 That's where they have the Oregon State Fair and they used to have horse racing. It is where the only facts of life talk I got from my 'ol man was made true. Laying his hand on my shoulder and looking me in the eye, he said, "Dio, don't ever gamble. You'll lose."
He was right.
Posted by: Diogenes

I never gambled much but I won when I went to the horse track betting on straight win place and show tickets. All well less than $50 bucks. Horse racing was the only time I spent an afternoon winning consistently (hit eight out of 12 races in the money). And $2 buck tickets added up to less than $25 dollars for twelve races. Probably won about double the amount I bet that day.

Vegas on a TDY to Nellis AFB, I lost about thirty bucks--a bit on slots, a bit on black jack, a bit on roulette back in the early 90's. Enough to say I did it. Dog track I would go with friends, get a few beers, and spend about $20 bucks for an evening including refreshments. Rarely won on those two buck tickets.

Never been cared enough anymore to gamble after my youth.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)

70 For you and me, $12.95 a dozen at Krogers. For NASA, $49.99 each.

The ones NASA buys are full of Tang.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 08:14 PM (Riz8t)

71 Capitol Reef NP is great
used to camp there every year, really miss it

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 08:14 PM (ZxPkt)

72 >>That is where the mermaids are, duh!

I've looked. A lot. I think that one is fake.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 08

Well shoot.
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 08:13 PM (Wmg4n)


That's our job!

Posted by: Seal.Team (insert number here) at March 31, 2026 08:14 PM (2WIwB)

73 "Programmers designed the worst-possible volume controls for a computer or phone. These are their stories."

The worst are these podcast/live feed volume controls. Also, Rumble has a shit GUI including their stupid volume bar.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 08:14 PM (abIsI)

74 Whatever was she doing there?

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 08:15 PM (Ia/+0)

75 42 In addition to arthritis from the neck down, bursitis has arrived. Yay! Arthur needed company.
Posted by: bill in arkansas
=====
A good rheumatologist can make a difference in your life. Sometimes though you have to sort through the crappy ones first.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)

76 The Lion cub is very cute. Looks and sounds like our cat right before she hurls a fur ball.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 08:15 PM (abIsI)

77 I've seen what mexicans do to mangos - salt, pepper, chili powder and I think mayo. Most disgusting.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:55 PM (GD0B3)

Mangos are related to poison ivy and poison oak, and contain urushiol, the substance that causes irritation, rash and itching. So if you have a sensitivity or an allergy you can get what is essentially a case of poison ivy in your mouth and throat from eating mango.

Posted by: Benadryl mouthwash don't cut it at March 31, 2026 08:16 PM (TbWk/)

78 Well, fwiw, made some Brunswick Stew for the first time and it was better than most that I had in restaurants around where I live. Neighbor had smoked some pork butts and brought some of it over. Had sandwiches with some and the rest I put in the stew. Nice smokey flavor (Worchester sauce, BBQ sauce, and bit of molasses can do that) along with the smoked pork in the stew.

Easier than making my marinara or meat sauces for pasta as I didn't have to cook the meat in the first place.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)

79 Night of the Puppy-eating Watermelon was a box office bomb when first released in 1958 but became something of a cult classic when remastered and released on DVD.

Posted by: Punctuation makes all the difference at March 31, 2026 08:18 PM (TbWk/)

80 Vegas on a TDY to Nellis AFB, I lost about thirty bucks--a bit on slots, a bit on black jack, a bit on roulette back in the early 90's. Enough to say I did it. Dog track I would go with friends, get a few beers, and spend about $20 bucks for an evening including refreshments. Rarely won on those two buck tickets.

Never been cared enough anymore to gamble after my youth.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)


When I was working at the NTC I'd fly in and out of Vegas. Never really gambled (thanks to my 'ol man's talk) but I did score $20 on the airport slots once. I laughed and bought a beer and a shitty airport sammich.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 08:19 PM (2WIwB)

81 Skip, mostly she was posting about the war. A chinstroker about how Syria is trying to run itself and some links about Israel bombing southern Lebanon. And how it's "conflict", not the economy, which is driving migration into Europe.
And that the USA has had a decline in being a free country because the orange bad man is orange. and bad.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:19 PM (gKWVE)

82 71 Capitol Reef NP is great
used to camp there every year, really miss it
Posted by: Don Black


We like Canyon Lands too. Not that many hordes of ugly tourists.
BONUS: Thanks to Trump foreigners will have to pay out the ass to enter our national parks starting immediately.
It's going to cost The Chang's $300 a head.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 08:20 PM (abIsI)

83 DC Court of Appeals slaps down district court judge in DC. Layoffs permanent.
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0HOUR1
@0hour1
·
38m
Kari Lake just won in court.

All those layoffs.

Permanent.

Bye Bye Bye

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)

84 Dad had kin in Corvallis. Neat little city. Me and my brother and cousins saw Return of the Jedi in the theater there.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)


We'd go to Corvallis if we wanted to see some classy stuff. Otherwise we went to Salem

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 08:20 PM (rbvCR)

85 21 Are there any big blonde beavers?
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:39 PM (aTgV0)

Can affirm.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 08:20 PM (wVcYX)

86 I've got myself a big brown beaver and I show it off to all my friends

Posted by: Winona at March 31, 2026 08:21 PM (TbWk/)

87 Let it set for about half an hour, giving it a few rolls to mix things up. Serve.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 31, 2026 08:00 PM (gm9Sb)


Kaiser rolls? Parker house rolls? This is important.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 08:22 PM (rbvCR)

88 When I was working at the NTC I'd fly in and out of Vegas. Never really gambled (thanks to my 'ol man's talk) but I did score $20 on the airport slots once. I laughed and bought a beer and a shitty airport sammich.
Posted by: Diogenes
======
Never been back to Vegas as I really did not care that much about it when I went there. Rode around, saw the sights of Vegas in the early 90's and bet a little at two casinos. No interesting shows were in town so I skipped that as well.

Like Phoenix and AZ better if I have to go to the desert. A lot cheaper too.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:22 PM (E4rtv)

89 And gritty. And full of seeds. Meh.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 08:04 PM (n7rxJ)


I like watermelons but I hate the texture, so I run the flesh through the blender to make juice.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 08:23 PM (rbvCR)

90 My favorite of the volume controls was the pump because it immediately started falling once you stop pumping.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 08:23 PM (n5tGW)

91 That's where they have the Oregon State Fair[ . . . ]
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 08:06 PM (2WIwB)


State fairgrounds are in Salem, but your dad was right about gambling on the horses.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 08:24 PM (rbvCR)

92 Skittles Kittleson did link one good point:
Spain's shift to "renewable" or "clean" energy has meant that its energy prices ain't so bad. Because they don't rely on Gulf LNG like a lot of Europe.
Their energy bills might be high, but they won't be shockingly high. Also Spain has a lot of empty land with sunlight; it's comparable to the high plains of the US.
Solar makes sense there, maybe wind too. Not Germany so much.
This explains why Spain doesn't care about the war and is free to thumb its nose at the US. Also maybe explains why Trump is shaming Britain and France to step up (and probably should shame Germany), and can't touch Spain.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

93 Trump is attending Scotus case oral arguments in person tomorrow.

That will be most amusing.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:25 PM (E4rtv)

94 67 I just got onto Shelly Skittles' X feed and, as far as I am concerned, they can have her.
tinyurl.com/3h9rarab
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:12 PM (gKWVE)

Thanks. I've never heard of her, but was reserving any feelings about it either way, assuming she was a normal "journalist." I suppose now she understands what we're up against.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 31, 2026 08:26 PM (zYpTz)

95 Trump is attending Scotus case oral arguments in person tomorrow.

That will be most amusing.


What case? Also, will Jackson recognize him?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 08:26 PM (Riz8t)

96 Solar makes sense there, maybe wind too. Not Germany so much.
This explains why Spain doesn't care about the war and is free to thumb its nose at the US. Also maybe explains why Trump is shaming Britain and France to step up (and probably should shame Germany), and can't touch Spain.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)


Now tell me again why Spain, Portugal and parts of Southern France went dark last year.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 08:27 PM (rbvCR)

97 Now tell me again why Spain, Portugal and parts of Southern France went dark last year.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 08:27 PM (rbvCR)

Did they hire the Texas ERCOT board from 2021 to run things?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 08:29 PM (wVcYX)

98 Now tell me again why Spain, Portugal and parts of Southern France went dark last year.
Posted by: Kindltot


In Spain's case it's because they blew up a bunch of flood-control and hydropower dams, IIRC.

And then they were mystified when they had a bunch of flooding.

Climate change they say it was

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 08:29 PM (a+4eV)

99 Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)

I luv the Fed Judge who said Trump has to keep funding NPR... I guess freedom of speech means the Government has to pay for it.

So... when do I get my government paid for gun?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 08:30 PM (mP0Kj)

100 because Spain hadn't invested in battery power storage is my guess.
Gas powered turbines have "momentum", so when they run out of fuel they take awhile to spin down. If the solar is out and there isn't spare battery power, the power goes out right away.
to answer Kindltot.
Same happened in Texas under Abbott (TX got better).

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:30 PM (gKWVE)

101 ataulfo mango with a squeeze of lime and a shake of cayenne is delicious

Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 31, 2026 08:30 PM (nz1sK)

102 uh oh

"U.S. President Donald Trump will give an address to the nation to provide an important update on Iran at 9 pm ET tomorrow, White House says."

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 08:31 PM (GD0B3)

103 Nice beavers!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2026 08:31 PM (Wnv9h)

104 Islamic Republic of I-ran surrenders!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 08:31 PM (GD0B3)

105 I didn't know about the dams, thank you FeatherBlade.
If you are going on clean power, why destroy your clean power source?
That is German levels of bullheaded stupidity (the krauts had all the nuclear power they could want and threw it away)

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:31 PM (gKWVE)

106 So beavers are basically small furry T-rexes.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 08:33 PM (3uBP9)

107 71 Capitol Reef NP is great
used to camp there every year, really miss it
Posted by: Don Black

We like Canyon Lands too. Not that many hordes of ugly tourists.
BONUS: Thanks to Trump foreigners will have to pay out the ass to enter our national parks starting immediately.
It's going to cost The Chang's $300 a head.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 08:20 PM (abIsI)

Capitol Reef is on my bucket list. I think that is the only Utah NP I haven't visited.

The Chinese tour buses in Zion. That was wild. We focused on the backcountry so not an issue. But we came through the tunnel one day Aren't they closing Hwy 9 and the tunnel to tour buses and motor homes? Did that happen yet?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 08:33 PM (syAfa)

108
What case? Also, will Jackson recognize him?
Posted by: Archimedes

=================

Birthright citizenship. He'll probably kibbitz via Truth Social the whole time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 08:34 PM (n7rxJ)

109 So beavers are basically small furry T-rexes.
Posted by: banana Dream


"Kangaroos are just T-Rex Deer" meme goes here.

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 08:34 PM (VHUov)

110 My favorite of the volume controls was the pump because it immediately started falling once you stop pumping.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk


Well, I'm not actually 29.

Posted by: that volume control at March 31, 2026 08:35 PM (VHUov)

111 In Soviet America, beaver eat you!

Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2026 08:36 PM (Q+gd/)

112 Cocaine Human is the scariest movie.

Posted by: Rick James & Linda Blair at March 31, 2026 08:36 PM (BI5O2)

113 104 Islamic Republic of I-ran surrenders!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 08:31 PM (GD0B3)

Lord, let it be so!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 31, 2026 08:38 PM (zYpTz)

114 I have to get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 08:38 PM (Ia/+0)

115 Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 08:20 PM (abIsI)

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 08:33 PM (syAfa)

I live 2 hours from Yosemite... got the Free Vet Pass thing, and used to go up a few times each summer to hike and bike around the park.

Have not been in the last few years because it is so overrun with Foreign Tourists, that I would have to get reservations, or have a hotel room, to even get into the park.

So, yeah, our Tax payer funded National Park was catering to Foreigners, not us Citizens.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 08:38 PM (mP0Kj)

116 I luv the Fed Judge who said Trump has to keep funding NPR... I guess freedom of speech means the Government has to pay for it.

So... when do I get my government paid for gun?
Posted by: Romeo13
========
That federal judge made a moot ruling as Congress already defunded NPR and PBS. His ruling was over the executive order that Trump issued. DoJ might still appeal the ruling as it was essentially mooted by congressional action.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:38 PM (E4rtv)

117 Avoid the Watchman campground at Zion. It is a treeless hellscape.

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 08:38 PM (ZxPkt)

118 The GUI contest should just use anything designed by apple. Like the phone interface for setting your wake-up time. Can you enter numbers? F no! You use your finger to rotate an image of a worm going around a circle in set 5 minute increments. Why? Because everyone is going to buy their pos phones anyway.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 08:39 PM (3uBP9)

119 98 Now tell me again why Spain, Portugal and parts of Southern France went dark last year.
Posted by: Kindltot

I was going to guess muslim maintenance crews and it was allah's will.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 08:40 PM (Sco7b)

120 The Last Waterbender.
------

Hereabouts we have a salmander called a Hellbender. They are large. Not sure what a vid would look like.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 31, 2026 08:42 PM (XeU6L)

121 This explains why Spain doesn't care about the war and is free to thumb its nose at the US. Also maybe explains why Trump is shaming Britain and France to step up (and probably should shame Germany), and can't touch Spain.
Posted by: gKWVE

For a more sobering appraisal,
"Spain's solar sector faces a dual crisis of oversupply and grid instability, characterized by severe economic losses for developers and a catastrophic grid failure in April 2025. Overproduction has driven wholesale electricity prices to zero or negative levels for significant portions of the day, causing project valuations to plummet from €200,000 to as low as €28,000 per megawatt. Simultaneously, the April 28, 2025 blackout, which plunged 55 million people in Spain and Portugal into darkness, exposed vulnerabilities in the grid's ability to handle high renewable penetration without sufficient inertia."

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:42 PM (E4rtv)

122 Continued, source Brave AI

Key issues driving these problems include:

Grid Inertia Deficit: The heavy reliance on solar and wind, which use grid-following inverters, left the system without the physical inertia needed to stabilize frequency, causing cascading failures when generation was lost.
Curtailment and Financial Loss: Grid operator Red Eléctrica has issued curtailment orders to shut down solar plants during peak production, often without compensation, while limited export capacity to France prevents the surplus from being sold abroad.
Regulatory and Bureaucratic Barriers: Slow permitting processes and a lack of regulated markets for ancillary services like voltage control have stalled the deployment of necessary battery storage, which is critical for managing the energy glut.
Legacy Policy Risks: The industry still grapples with the long-term impact of the "sun tax" and retroactive subsidy cuts from the 2008-2012 era, which created lasting distrust among investors and homeowners.

While the government aims to double solar capacity to 76GW by 2030, the sector is currently in a "freefall" with a forecasted slowdown in new projects for 2026.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:44 PM (E4rtv)

123 tinyurl.com/3h9rarab
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:12 PM (gKWVE)

Poor things. As a retired FGO I find it impossible to get work above grunt level, because I am not "networked". And I am supposed to feel sorry for you?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 08:45 PM (hJH5n)

124 Too much electricity and a blackout at the same time!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 08:46 PM (Cqx++)

125 So, yeah, our Tax payer funded National Park was catering to Foreigners, not us Citizens.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 08:38 PM (mP0Kj)

So long as they are here legally, on tourist (or student, perhaps) visas...what's the problem? I go visit the equivalents in other countries...

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 08:47 PM (hJH5n)

126 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 08:46 PM (Cqx++)

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand" -- Milton Friedman

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:48 PM (gKWVE)

127 Avoid the Watchman campground at Zion. It is a treeless hellscape.

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 08:38 PM (ZxPkt)

Yeah. Around the visitors center is touristy hell. We did the Avoid People trip to Zion. La Verkin Creek in that part of Zion off of I 15. We hiked to a waterfall that was cool. Went 24 hrs without seeing another soul.
Campsite 2 on the West Rim trail is pretty awesome. The West Rim trail hike was great. We did Angel's Landing years ago. So didn't fuss with a permit for that.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 08:48 PM (syAfa)

128 121 This explains why Spain doesn't care about the war and is free to thumb its nose at the US. Also maybe explains why Trump is shaming Britain and France to step up (and probably should shame Germany), and can't touch Spain.
Posted by: gKWVE

For a more sobering appraisal,
"Spain's solar sector faces a dual crisis of oversupply and grid instability, characterized by severe economic losses for developers and a catastrophic grid failure in April 2025. Overproduction has driven wholesale electricity prices to zero or negative levels for significant portions of the day, causing project valuations to plummet from €200,000 to as low as €28,000 per megawatt. Simultaneously, the April 28, 2025 blackout, which plunged 55 million people in Spain and Portugal into darkness, exposed vulnerabilities in the grid's ability to handle high renewable penetration without sufficient inertia."
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:42 PM (E4rtv)

You wanna bet Spain just might be buying French nuclear power? And Germany?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 08:49 PM (hJH5n)

129 Insty had photos of noems husband.

That shits just fucking funny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 08:49 PM (zZu0s)

130 92 Skittles Kittleson did link one good point:
Spain's shift to "renewable" or "clean" energy has meant that its energy prices ain't so bad. Because they don't rely on Gulf LNG like a lot of Europe.
Their energy bills might be high, but they won't be shockingly high. Also Spain has a lot of empty land with sunlight; it's comparable to the high plains of the US.
Solar makes sense there, maybe wind too. Not Germany so much.
This explains why Spain doesn't care about the war and is free to thumb its nose at the US. Also maybe explains why Trump is shaming Britain and France to step up (and probably should shame Germany), and can't touch Spain.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:25 PM (gKWVE)

Spain is thumbing its nose at the U.S. because it has a Far Left government. Nothing else matters.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 08:51 PM (hJH5n)

131 Aetius451AD, it's Driscoll. He just boosted his own overbloated post forward in time.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:51 PM (gKWVE)

132 93 Trump is attending Scotus case oral arguments in person tomorrow.

That will be most amusing.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:25 PM (E4rtv)


Thanks for the heads-up. Amusing will turn-out to be an understatement.

Posted by: Gref at March 31, 2026 08:52 PM (5rh/l)

133 I was going to guess muslim maintenance crews and it was allah's will.
Posted by: Stateless

Grid instability caused (you see this on a small scale as well in installs if one part of the solar array is generating more power than another part (shaded, dirty, whatever), the whole system then defaults (unless you have micro inverters for every several panels) to a lower energy output.

In a large grid, variable power supplies like solar or wind need substantial backup to keep the grid stable, avoid voltage spikes or sags, and to keep the frequency (50 hz IRRC in Euroland) from deviating. That means you need power sources that can spin up immediately when the power from variable sources start dropping (and some means of dumping excess power which is a bit easier). That means usually natural gas generators as battery storage is insufficient in Spain at this time to do it. Nukes, coal, and I think oil, generators take a fair chunk of time to come online.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:52 PM (E4rtv)

134
One thing that struck me about Zion was all the opportunities to fall to your death.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 08:53 PM (VWtfl)

135 >>>Spain is thumbing its nose at the U.S. because it has a Far Left government. Nothing else matters.
Posted by: Cow Demon
---

So far left they are about to fall off the edge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 08:53 PM (ZwdAr)

136 You wanna bet Spain just might be buying French nuclear power? And Germany?
Posted by: Cow Demon
======
Dunno. I think the French themselves have not been building much and the Germans now are a big customer of French nuke power after shutting down their own and cutting off their gas supplies from Russki land.

I think large arrays of either solar or wind are a mistake versus smaller scale backup units at homes where it could serve as redundancy for the main grid without causing as much problems with instability.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:54 PM (E4rtv)

137 One thing that struck me about Zion was all the opportunities to fall to your death.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug


127 Hours

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:55 PM (gKWVE)

138 Thanks for the heads-up. Amusing will turn-out to be an understatement.
Posted by: Gref

Bonus points if he yells at Justice Action Jackson that she lies during the arguments.

I think Trump is well disgusted as he should be by our court system and Justices, some that he appointed, refusing to stop their colleague hacks in black appointed by Dems from going YOLO with the law.

But Trump! is never a legal argument by the Left worth a bucket of warm piss.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:56 PM (E4rtv)

139 it's Driscoll. He just boosted his own overbloated post forward in time.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 08:51 PM (gKWVE)

The nipple placement is still hilarious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 08:57 PM (zZu0s)

140 Bonus points if he yells at Justice Action Jackson that she lies during the arguments.
-----

Some bodies are going to feel the burn.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 08:58 PM (ZwdAr)

141 124 Too much electricity and a blackout at the same time!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
=====
Grids are fickle things and lack of heat or cooling can cause a lot of deaths as our housing and our lifestyles are not congruent anymore with third world conditions.

Grids work best with a solid baseline power--that means, nukes, coal, or oil with some reserve spin up plants (usually nat gas powered).

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:59 PM (E4rtv)

142 >>> How come nobody ever looks for aliens in the ocean?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m

I thought that was covered in the documentary "The Abyss."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 08:04 PM (0aYVJ)


And Sphere. I didn't like the movie.

The following is a spoiler but it's so old I'm making the command decision a spoiler is ok.

So in Crichton's book of the same name that it was based on at the end he uses the neat literary device of the untrustworthy narrator. Based on how the end is narrated and the dialog between the main characters coming up to the surface you know that the chick character has accessed the sphere and is now controlling everything, every aspect of reality. Everything on earth, humanity, all of that portion of the universe is now screwed. Because the woman is mental. And really, no one could have that ability and not screw everything up. But definitely not her. But the movie erases all of that.

At the end of the movie it's all great, no one has the power, lets just tie it all up with a nice little bow. - FIN -

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 09:00 PM (3uBP9)

143 A federal appeals court panel -- Henderson (GHWB), Wilkins (Obama) Katsas (Trump) -- has stayed Judge Lamberth's order requiring VOA to rehire a huge portion of its staff

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:01 PM (ZwdAr)

144 One thing that struck me about Zion was all the opportunities to fall to your death.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 08:53 PM (VWtfl)

Someone died while we were backpacking. He was rappelling into a canyon and it went wrong. We do not have the technical skills to do that sort of thing solo. We just backpacked. We hired a shuttle to take us to the trailhead. He took our picture just in case we died and help was needed identifying us. That was sobering. But we had an awesome time.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:03 PM (syAfa)

145 Now the end of the Sphere movie would make since if you read the book in a sort of half assed meta way. The writing of the ending of the movie was actually controlled by the chick's power, and so you the viewer don't even know. Unless you read the book. Reading is a power that trumps the Sphere power? That would be neat. But I think the screenwriters, directors, producers were just lazy and I'm sure Crichton liked the money.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 09:04 PM (3uBP9)

146
"U.S. President Donald Trump will give an address to the nation to provide an important update on Iran at 9 pm ET tomorrow, White House says."
Posted by: runner

==============

I'm surprised he's planning that far ahead considering how fast things are moving.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at March 31, 2026 09:04 PM (n7rxJ)

147 The guy that died rapelling wasn't with us. We were out backpacking and had no clue. But we saw helicopters out and wondered.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:05 PM (syAfa)

148 138 Thanks for the heads-up. Amusing will turn-out to be an understatement.
Posted by: Gref

Bonus points if he yells at Justice Action Jackson that she lies during the arguments.

I think Trump is well disgusted as he should be by our court system and Justices, some that he appointed, refusing to stop their colleague hacks in black appointed by Dems from going YOLO with the law.

But Trump! is never a legal argument by the Left worth a bucket of warm piss.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:56 PM (E4rtv)


I expect every constitutional law 'expert' the Leftist Media can hire by 5 AM ET tomorrow will say these scripted words: "This is a breach of the Constitution's separation of powers principle! Impeach Trump immediately!"

Posted by: Gref at March 31, 2026 09:06 PM (5rh/l)

149 He was rappelling into a canyon and it went wrong. We do not have the technical skills to do that sort of thing solo

Burrrp

Posted by: Charles Darwin at March 31, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)

150 I think the movie was mostly fine up to the end. But the end is a really really big difference.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 09:10 PM (3uBP9)

151 Doing some major updates to the ERP based on user feedback, added an X/Y Influence authority scatter chart to the stakeholder registry, combined all of the different CRAID registers into one master CRAID register, completely revamped the RACI module so as to have multiple RACI's, added all kinds of signals to the main dashboard and the biggest is I'm now using Shadcn to unify the UI, color scheme and theme.

All in all, pretty f*** awesome.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:10 PM (XV/Pl)

152
The DACA kids are being brought back. Did SCOTUS determine decide that illegal alien kiss-up was legal?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at March 31, 2026 09:10 PM (n7rxJ)

153 @zerohedge
38m
*TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON IRAN 9PM ET WEDNESDAY

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:12 PM (ZwdAr)

154 Doing some major updates to the ERP based on user feedback, added an X/Y Influence authority scatter chart to the stakeholder registry, combined all of the different CRAID registers into one master CRAID register, completely revamped the RACI module so as to have multiple RACI's, added all kinds of signals to the main dashboard and the biggest is I'm now using Shadcn to unify the UI, color scheme and theme."

Okay now but did you fine tune the Fetzer Valve and re-calibrate the exhaust crank. If you didn't well...

Posted by: Will Robinson at March 31, 2026 09:12 PM (cO6oP)

155 Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 08:52 PM (E4rtv)

Thank you. That was interesting. Kate at smalldeadanimals always has a lot on the follies of green energy.

Tomorrow will be day 13 for Ralphy who is doing exceedingly well. He can jump everywhere he used to but I'm still carrying him around a bit so he heals further.

We're both just taking the week away from the computer. I've never watched so many movies in my life. Snowflake comes in and hangs out with us during the day. Too cute.

Everyone have a great night.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 09:13 PM (Sco7b)

156 I expect every constitutional law 'expert' the Leftist Media can hire by 5 AM ET tomorrow will say these scripted words: "This is a breach of the Constitution's separation of powers principle! Impeach Trump immediately!"
Posted by: Gref at March 31, 2026 09:06 PM (5rh/l)

I'm something of a Constitutional Law professor myself.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 31, 2026 09:13 PM (wVcYX)

157 >>*TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON IRAN 9PM ET WEDNESDAY

Gonna be a rough night for Pete.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 09:14 PM (viF8m)

158 Trump and his crew are smart people.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:14 PM (ZwdAr)

159 "Trump is attending Scotus case oral arguments in person tomorrow."

Anybody know what case?

Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2026 09:14 PM (Q+gd/)

160 I'm surprised he's planning that far ahead considering how fast things are moving.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at March 31, 2026 09:04 PM (n7rxJ)


he is renaming the Strait of Hormuz into the Strait of Trump!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:15 PM (GD0B3)

161 Stand back! Ratshit Taliban is big mad!

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!

We can only hope that it "mandates" the death penalty.
But I doubt that.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 09:15 PM (/lPRQ)

162 Doing some major updates to the ERP based on user feedback, added an X/Y Influence authority scatter chart to the stakeholder registry, combined all of the different CRAID registers into one master CRAID register, completely revamped the RACI module so as to have multiple RACI's, added all kinds of signals to the main dashboard and the biggest is I'm now using Shadcn to unify the UI, color scheme and theme."

Okay now but did you fine tune the Fetzer Valve and re-calibrate the exhaust crank. If you didn't well...
Posted by: Will Robinson at March 31, 2026 09:12 PM (cO6oP)

And then run a Level IV diagnostic before reversing the polarity of the tachyon emitters. With that, you'll be good to go.

Posted by: Geordi La Forge at March 31, 2026 09:15 PM (wVcYX)

163 He was rappelling into a canyon and it went wrong. We do not have the technical skills to do that sort of thing solo

Burrrp

Posted by: Charles Darwin at March 31, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)


For most National Parks, there is a book that describes various deaths that took place in each park. Death in Yellowstone is one (horrible tales of people boiling in the thermal pools or eaten by grizzlies.). I find these and read before going somewhere. Those are manuals of what not to do. Sometimes, people just had bad luck. But mostly, the deaths were dumb and avoidable. I may become a victim of Mr. Darwin yet. Better than sitting at home getting old.


PS. Don't take a helicopter tour over the Grand Canyon.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:15 PM (syAfa)

164 @154

>>Okay now but did you fine tune the Fetzer Valve and re-calibrate the exhaust crank. If you didn't well...

No, but I enhanced disgronification across all input/output vectors.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:15 PM (XV/Pl)

165 *TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON IRAN 9PM ET WEDNESDAY
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:12 PM (ZwdAr)

He needs to deliver more addresses during the Oscars and the Grammys.

Rubio is on Hannity now.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 09:16 PM (Sco7b)

166 @zerohedge
38m
*TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON IRAN 9PM ET WEDNESDAY


==

Ok, I must..

1. the white house announced it and it was posted earlier on this thread
2. no one normal goes to zerohedge for news

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:17 PM (GD0B3)

167 @RapidResponse47
2h
.@howardlutnick:
The states run these elections.
If they want to use the U.S. Postal Service, they're going to get a barcode from the USPS, and they're going to put that on the envelope, and we will have one envelope per vote — none of this stuff where there's no certainty.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:17 PM (ZwdAr)

168 Stateless. The best to you and Ralphy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:17 PM (syAfa)

169
One time my daughter and I hiked up the trail past Lake Louise in Banff. At the beginning, next to the lake where the trail is a paved path, was a group of people learning ropes to descend a cliff. Novices and trainers I'm guessing. One guy was in trouble about 40 feet up, and was starting to shout. Maybe his strength was failing and he thought he was going to fall. I felt kind of bad for the guy. I don't know how they got him down, I assume there is some obvious or established way of doing that.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 09:18 PM (VWtfl)

170 For the few people in here who arent gun people, one of the big points of the Glock is that barring some drastic malfunction of the gun, it WILL NOT fire unless you pull the trigger, which also has a trigger safety. So managing to shoot yourself in the butt while reholstering, especially while not in combat or in some sort of timed drill, is truly a stupid, stupid thing to happen.

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 31, 2026 09:18 PM (PUrHv)

171 >>*TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON IRAN 9PM ET WEDNESDAY

Free Persian rugs for everyone!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 09:18 PM (/lPRQ)

172 ==

Ok, I must..

1. the white house announced it and it was posted earlier on this thread
2. no one normal goes to zerohedge for news
Posted by: runner
---

You may refer to me as Abby if you choose.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:18 PM (ZwdAr)

173 BREAKING!

US and Israel Bomb Iran!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:18 PM (GD0B3)

174 Anybody know what case?
Posted by: davidt
======
Trump's EO on birthright citizenship.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 09:19 PM (E4rtv)

175 BREAKING!

Ayatollah Homenei IS DEAD!!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:19 PM (GD0B3)

176 > >>*TRUMP TO ADDRESS NATION ON IRAN 9PM ET WEDNESDAY
----
IMO this could go one of two ways:

he goes all in on regime change, including troops, or he declares victory and pulls out

or it could be something completely off the wall, like plans for a new football stadium in Tehran maybe

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 09:20 PM (ZxPkt)

177 BREAKING!

US and Israel Bomb Iran!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:18 PM (GD0B3)

Love those Wilson brother harmonies!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 09:20 PM (wVcYX)

178 Tomorrow will be day 13 for Ralphy who is doing exceedingly well. He can jump everywhere he used to but I'm still carrying him around a bit so he heals further.

We're both just taking the week away from the computer. I've never watched so many movies in my life. Snowflake comes in and hangs out with us during the day. Too cute.

Everyone have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless

God bless Stateless and tell your critters hello with a good ear scratch.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

179 🚨 BREAKING: American journalist Shelly Kittleson has just been KIDNAPPED by a group of armed men in Baghdad, Iraq - in BROAD DAYLIGHT!

Iraq's Interior Ministry announced that a foreign journalist was kidnapped by "unknown individuals" but did not identify who was taken. The ministry said that security forces had managed to arrest one suspect and seize a vehicle used in the abduction.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:21 PM (Kksvc)

180 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.


I got an idea. How about you goat fucking knuckle dragging homo fecians stop murdering jews and everyone around you and we won't entertain the idea of giggling while we genocide your silly ass.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 09:21 PM (snZF9)

181 Some bodies are going to feel the burn.

Posted by: Braenyard
======
ACB and Slimy Justice Roberts hardest hit.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)

182 168 Stateless. The best to you and Ralphy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:17 PM (syAfa

Thanks so much. Two Novembers ago, I looked at him and thought I'd be surprised if he lived another year.

Tons of life in him.

All the best. Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 09:22 PM (Sco7b)

183 @176

>>he goes all in on regime change, including troops, or he declares victory and pulls out

There really is no other course than full regime change at this point.

He can't cut bait at this point.

And I don't think, he will.

At least that's what I hope.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:22 PM (XV/Pl)

184 (for real this time)

"BREAKING: 🔴

The United Arab Emirates plans to join U.S. military efforts to forcibly reopen the Strait of Hormuz, WSJ reports"

I think I know what this means. US is all in on ixnay regimechangenay in a nicewaynay. Otherwise arabs would not have committed.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:22 PM (GD0B3)

185 Uhmm, why would any journalist be in Iraq?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:22 PM (XV/Pl)

186 Somehow, I don't believe that this was an accident.

@KevinNaughtonJr
3h
I was fired from Anthropic today.

I was the engineer responsible for shipping the latest dev/claude-code npm package. Wanting to improve the debugging experience for the team, I decided to include source maps in the release. This resulted in our entire internal codebase being publicly exposed including thousands of files with every agent command, all system prompts, the complete query engine, Undercover Mode, Bypass Permissions Mode, and our internal telemetry configuration.

I take full responsibility. I genuinely believed the safeguards Claude Code had built for me would be adequate and it was a serious miscalculation on my part.

My actions have unintentionally open-sourced major parts of Claude’s architecture well ahead of schedule. I apologize to the team and to Claude.
_Abby

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:22 PM (ZwdAr)

187 >>> one of the big points of the Glock is that barring some drastic malfunction of the gun, it WILL NOT fire unless SOMETHING PULLS the trigger...


I have a Ruger P95. One less safety than a Glock (no trigger safety) ... except unless the hammer is cocked you get the first pull with about a twenty pound double action trigger (sim to revolver). After that, it's all sweetness and light.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 09:24 PM (/lPRQ)

188 Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 09:20 PM (E4rtv)

The best to you too.
All of you.

There's a western horror called 'Bone Tomahawk.' With Cannibals. Sounds Interesting.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 09:24 PM (Sco7b)

189 >>IMO this could go one of two ways:

Rubio is on the tube right now. This is only going one way.

Regime change has already happened. We're just waiting for terms of whatever deal decides he will take.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 09:24 PM (viF8m)

190 I got an idea. How about you goat fucking knuckle dragging homo fecians stop murdering jews and everyone around you and we won't entertain the idea of giggling while we genocide your silly ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division


Berserker/Vance 2028

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:24 PM (Kksvc)

191 Uhmm, why would any journalist be in Iraq?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:22 PM (XV/Pl)


Because they are stunning and brave? Or silly lefties who thought the crocodile would not eat them? You decide. News at 11

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:24 PM (syAfa)

192 Berserker/Vance 2028
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:24 PM (Kksvc)

Berserker/Kublai Khan 2028!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:25 PM (GD0B3)

193 There's a western horror called 'Bone Tomahawk.' With Cannibals. Sounds Interesting.

Posted by: Stateless


Pretty good. Iirc, Kurt Russell was in it.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:25 PM (Kksvc)

194
or it could be something completely off the wall, like ...


...scores of Iranian mullahs engaged in big-boobed gals' cosplay with Kirsti Noem's husband! And we've got the photos to prove it!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 09:26 PM (xG4kz)

195 Uhmm, why would any journalist be in Iraq?

Posted by: Thomas Bender


Close to Iran without being in Iran. But goatfuckers don't care about boundaries.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:27 PM (Kksvc)

196 Doing some major updates to the ERP based on user feedback, added an X/Y Influence authority scatter chart to the stakeholder registry, combined all of the different CRAID registers into one master CRAID register, completely revamped the RACI module so as to have multiple RACI's, added all kinds of signals to the main dashboard and the biggest is I'm now using Shadcn to unify the UI, color scheme and theme."

Okay now but did you fine tune the Fetzer Valve and re-calibrate the exhaust crank. If you didn't well...
Posted by: Will Robinson


If the case ain't made of prefamulated amulite, I ain't buyin'.

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 09:27 PM (VHUov)

197 Poor doggeh is having a bad tummy night

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 31, 2026 09:27 PM (lO7nS)

198 If Trump hands Iran back to the mullahs.... I don't know how to finish this sentence

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 09:27 PM (ZxPkt)

199 There's a western horror called 'Bone Tomahawk.' With Cannibals. Sounds Interesting.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 13 of 14 or so - extreme dog care


Worth watching once.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)

200 Wanting to improve the debugging experience for the team, I decided to include source maps in the release. This resulted in our entire internal codebase being publicly exposed including thousands of files with every agent command, all system prompts, the complete query engine, Undercover Mode, Bypass Permissions Mode, and our internal telemetry configuration.

"So... anyone hiring? I'm looking for the $120-150k range as a Sr Dev"

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 09:27 PM (gKWVE)

201 or it could be something completely off the wall, like ...

...scores of Iranian mullahs engaged in big-boobed gals' cosplay with Kirsti Noem's husband! And we've got the photos to prove it!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot


I KNEW he was a double naught spy!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:28 PM (Kksvc)

202 Bone Tomahawk is legit good and scary, I recommend it.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 09:28 PM (gKWVE)

203
My actions have unintentionally open-sourced major parts of Claude’s architecture well ahead of schedule. I apologize to the team and to Claude.
_Abby


Abby? Abby Normal?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 09:29 PM (xG4kz)

204 All in all, pretty f*** awesome.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:10 PM (XV/Pl)


Wow. I had no idea that building an interocitor was so complicated

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 09:29 PM (rbvCR)

205 I take full responsibility. I genuinely believed the safeguards Claude Code had built for me would be adequate and it was a serious miscalculation on my part.

Face it, you fucked up. You trusted me. My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

Posted by: Claude Code at March 31, 2026 09:30 PM (wVcYX)

206 If Trump hands Iran back to the mullahs.... I don't know how to finish this sentence
Posted by: Don Black


IRGC is right out too.
BUT, they may be the only thing they have...

Is there a normal civil service there for continuity?
Iraq was boned the minute State Dept fired all the Baathists.

Even the Nazis knew they could not run everything.
Hence Quislings and Vichey. Don't even get into Rome...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 09:31 PM (/lPRQ)

207
Y'know, I miss our discussions early this morning about Inuit dietary preferences. I'm blubbering about it, now.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 09:31 PM (xG4kz)

208 Dennis Kucinich is still married to that redhead snu snu goddess Elizabeth Harper by the way. Over two decades.
Dennis is one who isn't messing up a good thing.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 09:31 PM (gKWVE)

209 Ok, I must..

1. the white house announced it and it was posted earlier on this thread
2. no one normal goes to zerohedge for news
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:17 PM (GD0B3)

Oh I do ... every day.

I want to know what the crazies are up in arms about.

Posted by: browndog says woof at March 31, 2026 09:32 PM (3sXRv)

210 🚨BREAKING: Mitch Sylvestre confirmed today that Alberta’s independence petition has cleared the required signature threshold with a healthy cushion.

Large volumes of signatures are still coming in.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:34 PM (Kksvc)

211 Ok, please explain this to me , why do we allow this shit ??


Muslim Michigan Senate Candidate El-Sayed (Democrat)..who is likely to win the D nomination.

It is not enough to have Tlaib, Ellison, Omar. And the mayor of New York City. Now we are looking at a Senator.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:34 PM (GD0B3)

212 What if Artemis takes off during Trump's speech?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 09:34 PM (Cqx++)

213 Nine Top-Level Scientists Die or Go Missing in Past Year
_Debra Heine

https://tinyurl.com/3kwpt8u8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:35 PM (ZwdAr)

214 >>>I genuinely believed the safeguards Claude Code had built for me would be adequate and it was a serious miscalculation on my part.


AI make people delusional because the AIs are trained to be afirmational and supportive no matter what the subject or actual reality.
AI are like having your slave ride in the chariot with you and whisper in your ear during your triumphal parade, "you are immortal like a god"

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 09:35 PM (rbvCR)

215
Ok, please explain this to me , why do we allow this shit ??

Because the constitution is indeed a suicide pact.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 09:36 PM (Cqx++)

216 20-25 years ago we did no have this problem. then GWB told us that ishalm is a "religion of piece" while standing next to CAIR. Mind you , Khoran does not say anything about Ishalam being a religion of "piece", more like pieces IYKWIM. Today we have a sharia invasion.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:37 PM (GD0B3)

217 The Panda is cute. I have always liked them. They aren't baby elephants but cute never the less.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 09:38 PM (pvf3X)

218 Nine Top-Level Scientists Die or Go Missing in Past Year
_Debra Heine

https://tinyurl.com/3kwpt8u8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:35 PM (ZwdAr)


Only four could really be called scientists, the other five appear to be "people vaguely associated with secret stuff".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 09:38 PM (ExV1e)

219 BREAKING: Mitch Sylvestre confirmed today that Alberta’s independence petition has cleared the required signature threshold with a healthy cushion.

Large volumes of signatures are still coming in.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:34 PM (Kksvc)
----
So WHEN Canada's government denies their petition, what's Alberta's next step?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 09:39 PM (ESVrU)

220 AI are like having your slave ride in the chariot with you and whisper in your ear during your triumphal parade, "you are immortal like a god"
Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 09:35 PM (rbvCR)


So... tequila.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 09:39 PM (ExV1e)

221 @204

>>Wow. I had no idea that building an interocitor was so complicated

Depending on how compelling and rich you want to make the user experience, it could be bear skins and loin clothes (Excel Spreadsheets) or Champaign and Caviar (Fully immersive React/Electron App)

At some point I'm going to have to roll this all into a C++ Webview library, but until then...

Oh G-d there is going to have to be a then.

I'm not looking forward to that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:39 PM (XV/Pl)

222 This is not a joke. This is Muslim Brotherhood taking over elected offices in the US at the highest level. We laugh about the UK, but we are heading that way.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:40 PM (GD0B3)

223 So WHEN Canada's government denies their petition, what's Alberta's next step?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 09:39 PM (ESVrU)


Probably hold the vote. Don't know if Canada's government will bother saying no before that. After all, it *could* fail.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 09:41 PM (ExV1e)

224 what's Alberta's next step?

Put Alberta Oil Peon in charge of the AB chapter of the Holy Office of the Inquisition.

Posted by: MALLEUS - ZEAL IS MY SWORD at March 31, 2026 09:41 PM (gKWVE)

225 Crushing Islamic Republic of Iran will certainly help, but they do have a lot of re$$erves stashed away for a rainy day. And marry that with the chicoms trying to tear the coutry apart, we are looking at trouble.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:42 PM (GD0B3)

226 I honestly have no idea how anyone who has watched Trump for more than 15 minutes let alone 10 years thinks there's a chance in hell after he just absolutely demolished Iran's navy, air force, missile program, nuclear program and multiple levels of the Iranian government, there munitions program, galvanized the GCC against Iran and is now talking about if there is a future for NATO, thinks there is a chance in hell he is not going to make a deal that completely defangs Iran once and for all.

Even if you don't like Trump his presidency is now on the line over this not to mention his desire to unite the Western Hemisphere and his legacy. If nothing else his ego would never allow it. He's not going to walk away with anything other than a win.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 09:42 PM (viF8m)

227 "Uhmm, why would any journalist be in Iraq?"

Sheryl Atkinson could offer comment.

Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2026 09:42 PM (Q+gd/)

228 Nine Top-Level Scientists Die or Go Missing in Past Year
_Debra Heine
https://tinyurl.com/3kwpt8u8
Posted by: Braenyard


I seem to remember this from Watchmen. The comic. I don't think they covered it in the movie, but I blocked most of the movie out, so I don't really recall.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was Ozymandius's plan at March 31, 2026 09:42 PM (jrd4M)

229 213 -
"Nine Top-Level Scientists Die or Go Missing in Past Year
_Debra Heine

https://tinyurl.com/3kwpt8u8 "

Sounds like a job for Harry Palmer.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at March 31, 2026 09:42 PM (q3u5l)

230 Nine Top-Level Scientists Die or Go Missing in Past Year
_Debra Heine

https://tinyurl.com/3kwpt8u8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:35 PM (ZwdAr)

Stay far away from Yellowstone, people! Get to China.

Posted by: 2012's Charlie Frost at March 31, 2026 09:43 PM (wVcYX)

231 Rubio is on the tube right now. This is only going one way.

Regime change has already happened. We're just waiting for terms of whatever deal decides he will take.
Posted by: JackStraw
---

And the Brits and the French and the Krauts are sitting around in a circle passing blunts and bottles, looking agape, wondering what the world with Hormuz.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:43 PM (ZwdAr)

232 Before they would just spend billions in lobbying, but now they are 2nd generation, and are getting into offices.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 09:43 PM (GD0B3)

233 The UK DM I will not bother with any longer. They did, as did the British press, write the truth about Benghazi within 48hrs. Now a T&A site run by eeslamics who can't spell.

And the articles are behind a paywall and nope! Will save time for me being productive!!!

I've had a difficult day of first world problems of a purchase online. Involving me arguing with a nitwit off shore who barely spoke English. This makes me ornery. It got fixed after an American told me to delete cookies. Which resulted in deleting cookies and fixed that. Now all of my purchase history and favorites have gone from etsy. I have fixed other stuff. Probably Amazon is messed up as well. I know, I know, I am being petty.

While I realize this is no big deal, I refer to purchases for information at times. Or where I buy stuff for my daughters in law. THIS STINKS!

Maybe the genius I married can fix this. I hate change.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 09:43 PM (WONhk)

234 Scientists going missing was also a plot point of Atlas Shrugged

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)

235 What if Artemis takes off during Trump's speech?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Maybe that will be a talking point.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 09:44 PM (/lPRQ)

236 If Trump hands Iran back to the mullahs.... I don't know how to finish this sentence
Posted by: Don Black


Relax. my opinion is that the Mullahs and the Army didn't run anything Everything was run by the IRGC and the Basij, the only Mullahs who had any control were the ones that did exactly what they were told.
The ones making a deal now are the ones who are willing to accept not having the IRGC control them, having neighboring countries not invade them, being paid retail for their oil on the open market, and only having to worry about governing in a manner to keep the populace from executing them out of hand like their name was Ceausescu.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 09:44 PM (rbvCR)

237 AI are like having your slave ride in the chariot with you and whisper in your ear during your triumphal parade, "you are immortal like a god"
Posted by: Kindltot


Your own personal sycophant.
One of the best things about having even an ounce of power is having an ass kisser on staff.
Now the common man can have one too.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 09:46 PM (/lPRQ)

238 Worth noting the UN hasn't tried sticking their snout into the Iraq situation, demanding they monitor elections, etc.

Posted by: davidt at March 31, 2026 09:46 PM (Q+gd/)

239 >>>He's not going to walk away with anything other than a win.
---

And the oil.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 09:46 PM (ZwdAr)

240 So WHEN Canada's government denies their petition, what's Alberta's next step?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel


As I said this morning, you or I can't stop paying taxes because it's taken out of our paychecks.
But when Alberta stops sending tax payments to Ottawa, what are they going to do? Send troops?

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:46 PM (Kksvc)

241 AOP should be nominated for territorial governor/executioner.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2026 09:47 PM (wOO3z)

242 Even if you don't like Trump his presidency is now on the line over this not to mention his desire to unite the Western Hemisphere and his legacy. If nothing else his ego would never allow it. He's not going to walk away with anything other than a win.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 09:42 PM (viF8m)


Amen. He has taken a big risk. I don't think he is playing. My pearls are not clutched.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:47 PM (syAfa)

243 One of those Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective novels had the Electronic Monk. His function was Belief. He believed anything you told him and would tell you with full certainty.

Posted by: Douglas Adams was a fucking prophet at March 31, 2026 09:47 PM (gKWVE)

244 Scientists going missing was also a plot point of Atlas Shrugged
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)


Seems like it was more industrialists than scientists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 09:48 PM (ExV1e)

245 @237

>> Your own personal sycophant.

I use multiple AI all day everyday, to great effect.

I really think it’s down to the age of the end user and whether they are a gray beard who understands technology is a tool to be harnessed and controlled and zoomer tin horns who love ai sexually.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 09:50 PM (XV/Pl)

246 But when Alberta stops sending tax payments to Ottawa, what are they going to do? Send troops?
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 09:46 PM (Kksvc)


Ottawa will sign over all the oil and minerals to China and allow China to sue the province in court.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 09:51 PM (rbvCR)

247
AOP should be nominated for territorial governor/executioner.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory


The Duke of Alberta

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 09:51 PM (Cqx++)

248 Ace, Ace, Ace! I've been waiting to read your comment upon the sudden Japan-America anti-woke alliance on Twitter/X. It's the most fun talking with Japanese about American meat grilling, using Elon's new seamless translation function. It's such a timeline cleanse after the last few weeks of dreadful news. Turns out the Japanese right sound just like the American right.

Posted by: Smallish Bees at March 31, 2026 09:52 PM (xKjWc)

249 >> What if Artemis takes off during Trump's speech?

Launch windows closes at 8:34PM, and Trump's speech starts at 9PM, I think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

250 What a day! Got my taxes done (whew!) and don't owe.

Something happened with my computer this afternoon-- either a power glitch or one of those notorious Tuesday updates or ??? but on restart, no internet. Had to reset the modem, too.

Let's see if there's a hash change...

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 09:55 PM (rdVOm)

251 Huh. Same hash. No problem.

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 09:55 PM (rdVOm)

252 I see you, JQ.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at March 31, 2026 09:56 PM (syAfa)

253 Howdy, BSM!

Posted by: JQ at March 31, 2026 09:57 PM (rdVOm)

254 The March Cafes came in like a lion
and is going out like a lamb
[profound thinking a specialty]

Posted by: mindful webworker - so much for March at March 31, 2026 09:57 PM (jrd4M)

255 The Babylon Bee
@TheBabylonBee
3h
Trump Begins Negotiating With Iranian Leadership Via Ouija

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 09:58 PM (rbvCR)

256 >>Amen. He has taken a big risk. I don't think he is playing. My pearls are not clutched.

Sometimes I think there's a tendency to think Trump is some kind of actor or cartoon figure because of his personality. To be honest, I didn't he was really serious when he first entered the race in 2015. I was wrong on that one. Bigly.

And then they decided to crush him and everyone around him. Then they stole his reelection. Then they tried to throw him in prison and bankrupt him. Then they tried to kill him. Twice.

He knows better than we do what the stakes are and more importantly what the situation is in Iran right now. And all he does every single day is fight. Why would anyone think, yep, he's right on the verge of victory so this is exactly when he's going to blow it?

Besides, he's turned Hegseth into a machine and he's got to keep feeding him.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 09:58 PM (viF8m)

257 ONT up!

Posted by: clarence at March 31, 2026 10:02 PM (bbCED)

258 @265...Jack, I never worry about President Trump.

I like it best when the never Trumpers and Dims are screaming. That means it's working!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 10:04 PM (WONhk)

259 Ottawa will sign over all the oil and minerals to China and allow China to sue the province in court.
Posted by: Kindltot


1. Alberta doesn't recognize that court. They're independent.
2. Come get them. China can't do shit.
3. All it takes is one country to recognize their independence and it's game on. That one country would be the US.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 10:05 PM (Kksvc)

260 And then they decided to crush him and everyone around him. Then they stole his reelection. Then they tried to throw him in prison and bankrupt him. Then they tried to kill him. Twice.
===

If he was 10% the despot they accuse him of he would be taking out those responsible with his own team. The messier and public the better... as well as the first idiots who poke their head up suggesting Trump was behind it and impeachment is on the table...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 10:07 PM (/lPRQ)

261 It looks like the UK is on a downward spiral to violent conflict.

President DJT has thrown down a marker to all of the European states - the elite class vs. representative government resolution will be, in most cases, a bloody affair.

This YT video spells it out.

'Britain is months away from civil war': How a conflict would play out: Dr David Betz"

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/ut5chs9v

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 10:10 PM (rj6Yv)

262 Besides, he's turned Hegseth into a machine and he's got to keep feeding him.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 09:58 PM (viF8m)

Yeah, but he needs to be careful with that, too. Our military is nowhere near what it was even in the 1990s from a personnel standpoint, we have a lot of aging platforms that will need to be replaced, the ones we do have are WAY too small in number for the demand placed on them, and the reality is that we really need to get serious about ramping up our drone warfare capabilities.

You still need a mixed force (a big reason the war in Ukraine is mostly a stalemate is because neither side has air superiority), but we have a whole generation of Zoomers that grew up with dual stick video game controllers in their hands. Do a deal with Zelensky to provide him with Patriots in exchange for drones, and we can get moving on that. And lets get real, Ukraine is proving itself to be FAR more capable of being a decent ally than western Europe right now. They're fighting a brutal four-year war and STILL sent dozens of advisors and equipment to the Middle East to fight back against Iran's drones.

Posted by: Factory Working Orphan at March 31, 2026 10:13 PM (FNuHY)

263 Of "De ribber, de rock and de tree" fame?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 10:25 PM (xG4kz)


Blank verse for a blank mind, as obsessed with race and social standing as some Boston bluestocking member of the Mayflower Society.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 31, 2026 10:30 PM (rbvCR)

Quick Hits

More details on the super-profesh Secret Service agent who shot himself in the ass:

susancrabtreeshotinbutt.jpg

Thanks to rickb223.

A crewed NASA mission to orbit the moon is scheduled to launch tomorrow night.

In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."



Attorney General Pamela Bondi
@AGPamBondi

Today @TheJusticeDept sued the state of Minnesota for allowing boys to play in girls' sports and use girls' locker rooms.

This DOJ acknowledges biological reality and we refuse to let high school girls be subjected to this treatment. It's not only unfair -- it's deeply inappropriate and dangerous.

Proud to partner with @SecKennedy and @EdSecMcMahon on this important litigation.

More:



The Department of Justice announced a lawsuit Monday against Minnesota and the state's high school sports league for allowing boys to compete in girls' sports.

According to the DOJ, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) have engaged "in sex-based discrimination by requiring girls to compete against boys in athletic competitions that are designated exclusively for girls and allowing boys to invade intimate spaces designated exclusively for girls."

In doing so, MDE and MSHSL have openly defied Title IX, which prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal funding, the DOJ said in a press release.

"The Justice Department cannot ignore a state's brazen defiance of federal antidiscrimination law," said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. "In service of radical gender ideology, Minnesota's actions violate Title IX and deny female athletes their hard-earned trophies, records, dignity, and safety."

The lawsuit highlights the story of Marissa Rothenberger, a biological male who pitched for the girls' varsity softball team as a junior at Champlin Park High School.

Rothenberger threw multiple shutouts, including a complete-game shutout in the Class 4A state championship game, leading the Rebels to the 2025 title.

The performance prompted federal investigations into Minnesota's compliance with Title IX and drew criticism from female athletes who said they were displaced or put at a disadvantage.

The vile Daily Mail published a straight-up hoax, claiming the bullets recovered from Charlie Kirk's body did not match those from Tyler Robinson's gun.

This is a lie. The bullet broke into pieces. It could not be matched to any gun because it is shattered and deformed. (It also couldn't be excluded as a match to Tyler Robinson's gun -- due to the poor shape of the bullet, tests are "inconclusive," as they often are.)

But the Daily Mail is thirsty for clicks, so they lied:

robbysoavedailmailhoax.jpg

dailymailhoaxsoyjacks.jpg

It may surprise you that the Daily Mail runs clickbait lies like this. In fact, they're a pure clickbait site. They are not "conservative" -- but they will publish conservative-tiling articles just because they know conservatives will click on them. They also post extremely left-leaning articles -- because they want commie clicks too.

They're like fake magazine Newsweek, which has the same mercenary, "print anything as long is it delivers clicks" credo.

Megan Basham
@megbasham

20h

This is clickbait trash and completely discrediting to the @DailyMail.

Spoke to a LEO who told me fragmentation that makes it impossible to get a match to ANY weapon happens all the time. Yet the Daily Mail is echoing Tyler Robinson's defense team nearly verbatim. They did NOT quote a single law-enforcement officer not connected to Robinson's defense who would've given their readers a better understanding of what's happening here.

They're purely leaning into this because they know there are a bunch of rabid conspiracy theorists who will not take the time to understand this.

Which makes the Daily Mail and its reporter scum in my book.

I will no longer link to this outlet. If I have to quote one of their articles, I'll just say it's from the Daily Mail with no link.

Ever wonder why Israel always has thousands of terrorists in jail that they have to release every other year because Hamas and Hezballah take a bunch of civilians hostage?

Ever wonder why Israel just doesn't kill them?

Well Israel is wondering about that too, and the left is -- get this -- outraged!

israelmayhangterrorists.jpg

The "educated" class is a joke.

A very bad joke.

Also from Canada: This bizarre performance at the JUNO Awards, Canada's Grammies. This was apparently intended as a "tribute" to Natalie Furtado. You should listen to it. If you can get past the weird grunting and sexual breathing in the beginning, you will then learn that this singer cannot carry a single note. She doesn't even get close to a note. And her voice is all over the place so she should, per the law of large numbers, hit some notes accidentally, but she doesn't.

You had one f***in' job.


Flashback from Hot Air:



Overton
@overton_news

🚨 CNN panel just got absolutely DESTROYED.

Ana Navarro attacked President Trump for his "flippant" communication on Iran -- when former Iranian regime prisoner Kian Tajbakhsh dropped a NUCLEAR truth bomb straight from inside Iran:

TAJBAKHSH: "I want to share one thing about Donald Trump's communication style."

"When I spoke to someone inside Iran who I trust -- he runs a very big business, he's not a politician but he has to follow very closely all the tea leaves -- he told me, that guy is a genius!"

"And he's talking about Trump."

"And I said, why?"

"You know, he said, because he's completely confused the Iranians."

"Finally, the Iranians have met someone who is like a match for them."

Abby Phillip couldn't handle it -- she cut him off twice mid-sentence:

PHILLIP: "But do you think that's really true?"

TAJBAKHSH: "I think it's true. I think it's true, let me--"

Shut down again.

The anti-Trump narrative just got torched live on air by someone who actually knows Iran.


Sounds like a man who's trying to taint the jury pool for his eventual prosecution and secure a "not guilty" by jury nullification:

Whatever we do, we should listen to grifters like Steve Bannon and Short-Eyes Matt Gaetz:

They're totally not grifters who will claim to believe whatever conspiracy theory is getting the most Lunatic Clicks at the moment.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:35 PM




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1 Yay!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (LdBR/)

3 1st

Posted by: GF at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (2t4Em)

4 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)

5 Officer Glock-light dude probably couldn't find the flashlight on his phone. I kinda don't want to mock him.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (gtcuf)

6 Willowed:

They will eventually pre-halt everything Trump does with Federal Judges. I'm surprised they don't just go ahead and have Federal Judges rule that Trump isn't president. That's the result. Just do that over and over again forever. What would be the difference?

Roberts is a f'ing traitor. He could stop this. But this is his desire.

The judicial/legal system is our Communist State Politburo and Roberts is the General Secretary.


Am I wrong? I am not wrong.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (3uBP9)

7 The vile Daily Mail published a straight-up hoax, claiming the bullets recovered from Charlie Kirk's body did not match those from Tyler Robinson's gun.

This is a lie. The bullet broke into pieces. It could not be matched to any gun because it is shattered and deformed. (It also couldn't be excluded as a match to Tyler Robinson's gun -- due to the poor shape of the bullet, tests are "inconclusive," as they often are.)



==

Glad you posed this, ace. I saw some idiots running with this BS. Daily Mail needs a serious boycott. Fvckers.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (GD0B3)

8 Are kobolds the D&D cat people or the lizard people? I always forget.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (3uBP9)

9 So, what do we all think of the Return of RUSH at The Juno's last night?

Geddy's voice was a bit pitchy and I thought the new chick drummer was just OK, but damn it was good to see the boys back on stage. Extra points for playing the first song from their first album for their big return.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (gtcuf)

10 A crewed NASA mission to orbit the moon is scheduled to launch tomorrow night.

Really?
So no weather incoming?
No technical hiccups?

I want to believe but recent NASA performance has me skeptical.

It's going to be really cool seeing astronauts going back to the moon. Since I missed Apollo this will be a brand new thing to me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)

11 No more future victims of released known terrorists.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)

12 I've taken some shots in my ass.

Posted by: Bryon Noem at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (gKWVE)

13 Ben Gvir has been the one pushing a death penalty for the terrorists.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (+nEug)

14 Ace with the Paul Dirac reference.

Lurve this guy.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (aTgV0)

15
Centered. And the no-click off ad returns.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Y8DZL)

16 Nice min-Iyy distribution.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (3uBP9)

17 A Hawaiian judge has ordered that the East Wing not be rebuilt. Who even has standing for that?

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (aUxYo)

18 Dang, I wish I could be there when her friends tell that idiot bimbo that the guy was just making her look stupid about the gays of Hormuz. A normal person would be humiliated and shut the hell up for the next year or two. Somehow, I doubt she will, though. She'll claim she's been victimized.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Riz8t)

19 The gun light to look for a phone is funny

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

20 6 Am I wrong? I am not wrong.

Not wrong. John Iscariot Roberts won't stop it because he doesn't want to stop it, full stop. Everything that happens, happens because he wants it that way.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (gtcuf)

21 Officer Glock-light dude probably couldn't find the flashlight on his phone.

Since he was, reportedly, looking for his phone, I don't think it was an option.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

22 In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."

In case you ever wondered what it would really be like if the inmates have taken over the asylum this entire NDP convention would be the perfect example.

The next best example was the Evergreen State College takeover in Oregon back in 2017.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

23 That Hawaiian judge probably has the deed for the property

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)

24 No more future victims of released known terrorists.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (RIvkX)

whoa! did they pass the law ?!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (GD0B3)

25 I have received bad vibes about tomorrow’s launch
Not gonna watch if I can help it

Posted by: epador at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (+4D1M)

26 8 Are kobolds the D&D cat people or the lizard people? I always forget.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (3uBP9)

old D&D, they're dog people. Modern day, they're lizard people only smol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (xcxpd)

27 Since he was, reportedly, looking for his phone, I don't think it was an option.

My bad, I misread it as looking for her phone.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (gtcuf)

28 Orbiting the moon? Didn't we already do that? Like when I was 13 years old, in 1969?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (qFwJc)

29 Roberts is a f'ing traitor. He could stop this.

How? How could he stop this? People keep making this claim but, as near as I can discover, Roberts has exactly zero authority over the lower court judges. That's up to Congress.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

30 Officer Glock-light dude probably couldn't find the flashlight on his phone.

Since he was, reportedly, looking for his phone, I don't think it was an option.


The old saying about being unable to find his ass with both hands and a flashlight seems apropos here.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (Riz8t)

31 I feel bad for linking the Daily Mail in here. I used to take it seriously as "the foreign news we can't get in the MSM".
My mum always told me it was a "rag". I didn't want to believe it.
I want to believe instead that something changed, that it wasn't always complete shite.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (gKWVE)

32 22 In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."

In case you ever wondered what it would really be like if the inmates have taken over the asylum this entire NDP convention would be the perfect example.

The next best example was the Evergreen State College takeover in Oregon back in 2017.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

Olympia, WA

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (xcxpd)

33 "Netanyahu: Iran no longer poses an existential threat to Israel...PM claims Iran had invested nearly $1 trillion in its military buildup, including nuclear and missile programs, and now he says that investment has now been 'wasted'"

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (GD0B3)

34

Why didn't the fool have his phone with him?

Hello idiot, you're supposed to have your phone with you so you can be made aware of any updates on threats to the person you are protecting.

Posted by: four seasons at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (3ek7K)

35 6 Willowed:

They will eventually pre-halt everything Trump does with Federal Judges. I'm surprised they don't just go ahead and have Federal Judges rule that Trump isn't president. That's the result. Just do that over and over again forever. What would be the difference?

Roberts is a f'ing traitor. He could stop this. But this is his desire.

The judicial/legal system is our Communist State Politburo and Roberts is the General Secretary.


Am I wrong? I am not wrong.
Posted by: banana Dream
=======
Appellate courts are where Trump is winning. Well over 70 percent of the time. But, as Trump is being more active than any GOP president of any recent vintage, he is drawing a lot of flak from leftists nationwide and DC's rotten borough judges. And Congress sits on its ass despite being run by the GOP supposedly.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (E4rtv)

36 You know what would solve that hanging vs incarcerating them conundrum?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

37 But the Daily Mail is thirsty for clicks, so they lied

This tends to happen when you take a defense lawyer's word as gospel truth.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (6ydKt)

38 The Straights of America Baby.

Seriously...not the Straights of America.

The Straights of America Baby.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (aTgV0)

39 But the Daily Mail is thirsty for clicks, so they lied


==

such a whore

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

40
Artemis II scheduled launch time is 6:24 PM EDT tomorrow. I'm going to bet on a scrub the first attempt tomorrow, but I think they will launch sometime this week.

They've got six daily opportunities, Apr. 1 - 6, each launch window about two hours long.

If you're interesting NASA online coverage will begin sometime tomorrow morning.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:45 PM (w6EFb)

41 31 I feel bad for linking the Daily Mail in here. I used to take it seriously as "the foreign news we can't get in the MSM".
My mum always told me it was a "rag". I didn't want to believe it.
I want to believe instead that something changed, that it wasn't always complete shite.
Posted by: gKWVE

It became big in the US under Biden due to no other news media outlets covering much of anything about Biden's junta and it is now exploiting that influence.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 06:45 PM (E4rtv)

42 Megan Basham
@megbasham

20h

This is clickbait trash and completely discrediting to the @DailyMail.


Oh, I'm sure the Brits will tell you that DM completely discredited itself decades ago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (6ydKt)

43 Supreme Court judges each have a region to look over I thought.

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

44 36 You know what would solve that hanging vs incarcerating them conundrum?

Hanging them in jail?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (Riz8t)

45 OK she got the gun flashlight item right. Thank the heavens Bullseye wasn't directing traffic.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (YlWIZ)

46 Why didn't the fool have his phone with him?

I'm going to assume that it fell out of his pocket.

Hello idiot, you're supposed to have your phone with you so you can be made aware of any updates on threats to the person you are protecting.

That's why he went back to get it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (ExV1e)

47 That was too much, and I hope someone sues that British click bait lying rag into bankruptcy.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (GD0B3)

48 ace will however, peruse the site for their Demi Rose pics.

Is she still around?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (zZu0s)

49 The "educated" class is a joke.

TL;DR

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (6ydKt)

50 Geddy's voice was a bit pitchy and I thought the new chick drummer was just OK, but damn it was good to see the boys back on stage. Extra points for playing the first song from their first album for their big return.

That's the best his voice has been since 2004. It was *really* dire on the last 3 tours before Neil died. FMW is a John Rutsey song which Annika played the same as the record (as did Neil). She can and has done a lot more.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (aUxYo)

51 "Former Congressman Matt Gaetz says he was briefed about a secret program where aliens were breeding with humans to make a hybrid race."

On another site I frequent, there is a popular gif that is played showing a woman fully dressed, running away from a short green alien with a rather large unit flopping about.

I suppose that this is what Gaetz had in mind.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (hHbeA)

52 I say hey man nice shot.

What a good shot man.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (aTgV0)

53 To be clear, was it the right butt cheek? Is there a correct butt cheek to shoot yourself in?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (YlWIZ)

54 Fun Fact! Kobolds had the gremlin job in old German iron mines. They would leave poisonous caltrops around the mines for the miners to step on and get sick.
Later the blue metal that was killing the clumsier miners was isolated and named "cobalt" in their "honor".
I've been down some pre-1875 mines here and there. Safety standards were nonexistent. Nobody was sweeping the floors of sharp dangerous rubble. And miners tended to be broke-ass sons of bitches, "going down pit" was considered a last resort for people with no income. ("Firefly" got that much right, "couldn't think of a reason to get into that line of work if you weren't born to it")

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (gKWVE)

55 What passes for nooz these days is nothing but clickbait.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (sAmhv)

56 Supreme Court judges each have a region to look over I thought.
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)


That's for emergency stays and shit. They don't have authority over the lower court judges. It's all very weird and assumes that Congress will act honorably. Bad assumption.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)

57 A crewed NASA mission to orbit the moon is scheduled to launch tomorrow night.

Really?
So no weather incoming?
No technical hiccups?

I want to believe but recent NASA performance has me skeptical.

It's going to be really cool seeing astronauts going back to the moon. Since I missed Apollo this will be a brand new thing to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)

I'm very much afraid for the crew on this mission. I have no faith in anything run by NASA.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (g8Ew8)

58 Officer Glock-light dude probably couldn't find the flashlight on his phone. I kinda don't want to mock him.
Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:38 PM (gtcuf)

He was using the Glock light to search for his phone. I wonder if he uses it to search for his dick when he has to take a leak?

Should be grounds for instant dismissal from the Secret Service (or any law enforcement agency, for that matter).

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (2JFBE)

59 Clyde Do Something 🇺🇸🇨🇦
@ClydeDoSomethin
All the talent has left Canada.

What in the hell would you call this performance at the Juno awards?


Did she have a stroke?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (6ydKt)

60 Also, ending a question in a preposition may be late 1900's, but no one cares anymore.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (YlWIZ)

61
Note that Artemis II is a not-quite Apollo 8 mission. Because the SLS is the biggest boondoggle NASA has ever done, which is saying something, the current SLS configuration doesn't have the delta-v/fuel margin to put Orion into lunar orbit and get out and back to earth. So, it's just going to be a free-return figure 8 flyby.

They will go "higher" (farther beyond the Moon) that any Apollo mission did, so they'll set the record for greatest distance humans have been from earth. The return leg will also hit geocentric velocity of a smidge over 25K mph, and beat Apollo 10's return speed record by a little bit as well.

And that's about it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (w6EFb)

62 8 Are kobolds the D&D cat people or the lizard people? I always forget.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (3uBP9)

*********

Kobolds have to be cat people because there are already Lizardmen and Troglodytes in D&D.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (hHbeA)

63 Well the Commissar Judges are doing what the Marxists Congressman can't do

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

64 He was using the Glock light to search for his phone.

I misread it. I shall embarrel myself.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:50 PM (gtcuf)

65

What time is the launch tomorrow?

Posted by: four seasons at March 31, 2026 06:50 PM (3ek7K)

66 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (w6EFb)

Well worth the, presumably, tens of billions of dollars spent.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)

67 Kobolds have been associated with dragons since Monte Cook's 3e and "Arcana Unearthed" (not unearthed-arcana, that's different).

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

68 In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."
---

She's definitely a 1.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (ZwdAr)

69 Breitbart might be the worst site I visit. Clicks and more clicks. Some of the worst written crap on the nets.

Posted by: connected and litigious at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (cS1cw)

70 Gaetz was almost our US AG

Posted by: Gonzotx at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (nGraA)

71 19 The gun light to look for a phone is funny
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (Ia/+0)

That's one step below the Homer Simpson method of firing the gun and using the muzzle flash to look for the phone.

Posted by: Nelly at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (7gpcF)

72 I think Kobolds were like little monkey/marsupial people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (zZu0s)

73 Welp.

At least it's not a 'I was Bigfoot's Love Slave' level of WTF ...

Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at March 31, 2026 06:53 PM (3ZUWJ)

74 So, natural order of things appears to be harmony once more. Ana Navarro is fat again.

Posted by: Orson at March 31, 2026 06:53 PM (dIske)

75 The SS cheek shooting, I mean ...

Posted by: Adriane the Type, Think Twice, Hit Refresh Button Critic . . . at March 31, 2026 06:53 PM (3ZUWJ)

76 gaetz and mtg are members of the clown show that PDT didn't need. Not sure how or who talked PDT into wanting gaetz for a attorney general. Jeebus, that person should be shot and then catapulted into the sun.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (2NHgQ)

77 >>> How? How could he stop this? People keep making this claim but, as near as I can discover, Roberts has exactly zero authority over the lower court judges. That's up to Congress.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)


He oversees the administration of the federal judiciary. He appoints the directors of their administrative office, sets their budget, and their policy. He is their authority.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)

78
In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."



SHE got exactly what she wanted. An excuse to scold fucking everybody and to assert her delusion that she's smarter than everyone else in the room.

Posted by: Get your ass to Mars at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (y9nCu)

79 Should Kobolds wear yoga pants?

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (hHbeA)

80 No Kings protester, completely serious: “Yes, absolutely, I agree.”

Pro-Tip, when they say "“Yes, absolutely, I agree, fer shure."

Add the "fer shure" part when you quote it, for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (6ydKt)

81 "he's completely confused the Iranians."

Iranians lie, and expect you to believe their lies, because they insist on it.

Trump doesn't bother listening to their lies. He's the "Nice power plant you have there. Shame if something happened to it." kinda guy. Also the "You know, if I really wanted to fuck with you, I'd wipe out all your power and water supplies." Kinda guy. He's both subtle and obvious.

It's a weird kind of push pull. He knows how to rachet up the pressure ion people. And he always leaves an open door for them to walk through to get out of the mess.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 06:55 PM (D7v4F)

82 Ana Navarro attacked President Trump for his “flippant” communication on Iran — when former Iranian regime prisoner Kian Tajbakhsh dropped a NUCLEAR truth bomb straight from inside Iran...
***

Navarro cut him off. And then she ate him.

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:55 PM (lCppi)

83 Olympia, WA

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 06:44 PM (xcxpd)

Ahh, that's right.
I'm used to it being Oregon for some reason.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:55 PM (6ydKt)

84 "Never point your gun at anything you do not wish to destroy."

Just posting that here in case the guy is reading this and wants to brush up on the gun safety rule that could've saves his ass

Posted by: 496 at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (EQnjS)

85 It's going to be really cool seeing astronauts going back to the moon. Since I missed Apollo this will be a brand new thing to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)

Well, they are not going to the Moon. Just doing a drive-by. Which is kind of pointless, if you ask me. Doing the first drive-by made sense; they had to prove out the systems to do that, before making the landing attempt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (2JFBE)

86 The one thing Gaetz had going for him as an AG nominee is that he was eager to poleax as many of the DoJ lifetimers as possible.

That definitely weighed in his favor for the job.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (hHbeA)

87 >> Well worth the, presumably, tens of billions of dollars spent.

$93B for the whole thing, SLS and Orion through 2025. And that doesn't include other parts of the boondoggle. The SLS was going to be upgraded to a more powerful second stage. Isaacman has cancelled that, because it wasn't going anywhere, delays and cost overruns. Now, that upgraded SLS (Dubbed Block 1B and Block 2) was going to need a bigger mobile launcher.

Bechtel got the contract for that back in 2019 or sometime. Original cost was to be about $380M and it was supposed to be completed by 2023 or something. Well, as of now, it ain't nowhere near completion, projected cost his $2.7B, and it wouldn't be ready until 2029 at least.....

Isaacman put that out of its misery as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (w6EFb)

88 Don't stick your dick in blue pussy

Posted by: heavy metal poison at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (gKWVE)

89 52 I say hey man nice shot.

What a good shot man.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:47 PM (aTgV0)

R. Budd Dwyer.

Great song.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)

90 That Florida judge is the very face of DEI. Just look at how pleased with herself she is despite no actual achievements in life.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (cxFcK)

91 >>Gaetz was almost our US AG

I don't why but I am absolutely convinced Trump put him up for AG knowing full well he has zero chance of ever getting confirmed. He's the male version of Nancy Mace. Maybe nuttier.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)

92 22 In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."

In case you ever wondered what it would really be like if the inmates have taken over the asylum this entire NDP convention would be the perfect example.

The next best example was the Evergreen State College takeover in Oregon back in 2017.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

Olympia, WA
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at M

Capitol Hill.
Downtown Seattle.

I'm sensing a theme...

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (lCppi)

93 Isn't that the argument against small of the back or abdomen carry? That you can't help but point the pain delivering hole at a body part? Fairly important body parts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)

94 I'm very much afraid for the crew on this mission. I have no faith in anything run by NASA.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 06:48 PM (g8Ew

I hope Elon has SpaceX ready for a rescue mission to be honest.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (6ydKt)

95 I say hey man nice shot.

What a good shot man.


We need to normalize politicians committing suicide on live TV. It'd get better ratings than the Super Bowl.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (sabhw)

96 In fairness, the bullet fragment had "This land is mine. God gave this land to me" inscribed on it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (ndZc7)

97 That's also a big part of it. He plays the "He's so crazy he might just do it" card. But also, the "He's a big fat dummy" card. And the "This guy is a 4d Master chess player six moves ahead" card.

It completely discombobulates his opponents. They think he's crazy, which makes them afraid. They think he's dumb, so that makes them angry and confrontational, and makes them not think very hard about their strategy. And they think he's smart, which confuses the other two thoughts they had. They start to act schizophrenically. Can't agree on a strategy. Can't even agree on what is actually happening.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (D7v4F)

98 Two years ago the DM was 50/50. They had more articles on political events here than we did and the facts were accurate with lefty slant. The were the most read publication in the world. Then they discovered how to make even more money.
And let their freak flag fly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (ZwdAr)

99 I bet D&D capybara people would be pretty chill. I would play as a capybara cleric,
+1 to chill.
+2 saving throws against all jerks.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (3uBP9)

100 Focus on something better from the Juno awards.

Like the Rush performance.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (hJH5n)

101 In fairness, the bullet fragment had "This land is mine. God gave this land to me" inscribed on it.

Masturbatin' Pete is saying "I TOLD YOU SO!" right now.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (sabhw)

102 Isn't that the argument against small of the back or abdomen carry? That you can't help but point the pain delivering hole at a body part? Fairly important body parts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)


With hip carry you can also shoot your femoral artery and bleed out in a few minutes.

I think that the location of the holster is secondary to the training.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (n9ltV)

103 One thing: Dwyer had a sense of shame and shred of honor.

Most politicians fail on both counts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

104 Well, they are not going to the Moon. Just doing a drive-by. Which is kind of pointless, if you ask me. Doing the first drive-by made sense; they had to prove out the systems to do that, before making the landing attempt.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:56 PM (2JFBE)

Oh I know.
The goal is to go back to the moon in a few years, though.

I think they want to test the systems first, basically.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)

105
Orion has possible heat shield problems, and the life support system hasn't really been fully tested. Robert Zimmerman is really worried about that.

I'm not really all that worried about this. That it, I don't think this mission will kill the crew. It could, of course, but I don't think it's as risky as some think. And that's just me, which, well, ain't worth too much.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (w6EFb)

106 In fairness, the bullet fragment had "This land is mine. God gave this land to me" inscribed on it.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 06:59 PM (ndZc7)

which ..whaaat ??

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (GD0B3)

107 I don't think I have ever watched the Juno awards.

And Rush is an acquired taste, which I never acquired.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (2JFBE)

108 I thought it was to be a real on the moon landing

We fly by it every day

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)

109 61
Note that Artemis II is a not-quite Apollo 8 mission. Because the SLS is the biggest boondoggle NASA has ever done, which is saying something, the current SLS configuration doesn't have the delta-v/fuel margin to put Orion into lunar orbit and get out and back to earth. So, it's just going to be a free-return figure 8 flyby.

They will go "higher" (farther beyond the Moon) that any Apollo mission did, so they'll set the record for greatest distance humans have been from earth. The return leg will also hit geocentric velocity of a smidge over 25K mph, and beat Apollo 10's return speed record by a little bit as well.

And that's about it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (w6EFb)

Hence why I am pleading with Elon Musk to put together a mission that goes to lunar orbit! Think of the publicity, man! I know he’s a pub hound!

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (hJH5n)

110 Stand back! Ratshit Taliban is big mad!

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)

111 I don't think I have ever watched the Juno awards.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (2JFBE)


I'll do you one better...I have no idea what they are for!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (n9ltV)

112 Impeach the judge?

How about installing a public ally accessible tracking in her skull and have it live on the internet at all times.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (/lPRQ)

113 I don't why but I am absolutely convinced Trump put him up for AG knowing full well he has zero chance of ever getting confirmed. He's the male version of Nancy Mace. Maybe nuttier.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)
---
I thought it was pretty obvious Trump was sacrificing him to give the Never Trumpers a scalp so that he could have a freer hand with the core of his appointees, who have done very well. Hegseth is amazing, breaking the DoD monolith, changing the culture, and purging the time-serving hacks from flag ranks.

So many rock stars, it's hard to really pick the best.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)

114 Dirty secret of Artemis - they only have enough hardware for 4-5 flights more. No ability to build new engines.

The ENTIRE starship project, including launch towers, cost < $10 billion. Or 1/10th the cost of Artemis. And that include the cost for a factory that can build 100 rockets a year, for $50 million a pop.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (D7v4F)

115 Well, they are not going to the Moon. Just doing a drive-by.

They're going to shoot at the Moon? What did it do to them?

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (sabhw)

116 So to all the guns pros out there....

I have a question. Should I treat every gun like it's loaded?

Should I not point the gun at anything I don't want to kill?

Should I ever look down the barrel of the gun?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (aTgV0)

117 I thought it was well established that The Daily Mail is a tabloid website with about as much credibility as the National Inquirer.

Posted by: Halfhand at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (BSRx7)

118 93 Isn't that the argument against small of the back or abdomen carry? That you can't help but point the pain delivering hole at a body part? Fairly important body parts.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
---

Seems like, regardless of carry, if one kept
His Finger Off the Trigger, the weapon would not fire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (ZwdAr)

119 The old saying about being unable to find his ass with both hands and a flashlight seems apropos here.
****

Wel, his gun found his ass.

Posted by: clarence at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (bbCED)

120
Apollo 8 was something of a lark as well. Such a CSM only lunar orbit mission wasn't originally planned. Trouble was, there were big delays with the lunar module, and the CSM was ready well before the LM would be, and that messed up the planned mission profiles. Somebody his on the idea of a lunar orbit, and it was a hit, giving the famous Earthrise photo, probably one of the most iconic of the Apollo era. They penciled Apollo 8 as a "C-prime" mission, something they just made up on the fly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (w6EFb)

121 The gun light to look for a phone is funny
Posted by: Skip


The way it was first released it sounded like he was looking for his phone in his butt using the flashlight.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)

122 111 I don't think I have ever watched the Juno awards.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM

Me either.
And I've also somehow missed "Canada's Drag Race."

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:04 PM (Sco7b)

123 Wait a minute here. The SS agent shot himself while doing a movement with Jill Biden? They were jointly taking a dump? That is kinky, man, Very kinky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:05 PM (2JFBE)

124 The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners.

I'm not seeing the problem here.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 07:05 PM (sabhw)

125 If not mentioned before, Alice Cooper and his wife renewed their wedding vows on their 50th anniversary.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 31, 2026 07:05 PM (b1HmG)

126 Should I ever look down the barrel of the gun?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (aTgV0)
-------
"Don't shoot your eye out using this one weird trick!"

Posted by: 496 at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (MxCkF)

127 runner I had read the bill had passed the Knesset.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)

128 My smart ass friend responding to the KitKat Bar heist . . .

Gimme a break.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (ndZc7)

129 117 I thought it was well established that The Daily Mail is a tabloid website with about as much credibility as the National Inquirer.
Posted by: Halfhand
====
Both have more credibility than the regular media, the BBC, Economist, WSJ, NYT, AP, etc. Occasionally you would get the news from the DM or the National Inquirer that the news media purposefully hides from their audience.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)

130 The Daily Mail is only good if you want to catch a breaking story from the US that our fearless news hounds are always 2 hours behind on coverage. They must have some highly paid stringers in the US. Otherwise they're abysmal.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at March 31, 2026 07:07 PM (2NHgQ)

131 ongresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.


==

about time

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)

132 The great-grandchildren of Somalis will also be the children of Somalis, due to the inbreeding of that group of idiots.
They will also likely be beheading the great-grandchildren of Tim Walz, but by then, Minnesota will be Canada's problem.

Posted by: Wally at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (zG4BR)

133 I don't why but I am absolutely convinced Trump put him up for AG knowing full well he has zero chance of ever getting confirmed. He's the male version of Nancy Mace. Maybe nuttier.
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Yup.

And Benny is fast becoming the video version of Gateway Pundit--sometimes right, often early, but mostly just chasing clicks.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (HXT0k)

134
The plan is for an actual landing in 2028. I'm not optimistic. Trump admin is really worried the Chicoms may beat us back to the Moon, which would be double not good.

The SLS-Orion is basically sunk-cost fallacy at this point, but killing it would mean a delay, and they worried about that. Can the Chicoms realistically land Chicoms on the Moon before 2030? I have no clue really, but they will not be constrained by worries about safety and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)

135 110 Stand back! Ratshit Taliban is big mad!

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good
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Let's do Gazans next.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (ZwdAr)

136 Wait that guy could write? I call bullshit.

Posted by: steevy at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (YwEeS)

137 The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)

She says that as though it were a bad thing. Firing squads are better for mass executions, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (2JFBE)

138 That Florida judge is the very face of DEI. Just look at how pleased with herself she is despite no actual achievements in life.
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"Fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (TN0g+)

139 ""Don't shoot your eye out using this one weird trick!"
Posted by: 496"


I would totally watch that YouTube video.

Every little bit counts.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (aTgV0)

140 Maybe Ratshita should move back to Israel and run for the Knesset.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (+nEug)

141 116 So to all the guns pros out there....

I have a question. Should I treat every gun like it's loaded?

Should I not point the gun at anything I don't want to kill?

Should I ever look down the barrel of the gun?
Posted by: eleven

It is really tempting to a lot of people that should know better like cops that the weapons light on the end of the rail is NOT a substitute for a flashlight.

It is to identify targets, not light the back of your trunk up to find something and obviously used as a regular flashlight will violate pointing the gun at something you rather not destroy.

Carry a regular flashlight for light in the darkness, not a weapons light on the end of a pistol or rifle.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)

142 With hip carry you can also shoot your femoral artery and bleed out in a few minutes.

I think that the location of the holster is secondary to the training.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:00 PM (n9ltV)
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Depends on how you do it. Every carry method I use has the muzzle aimed away from my body. Of course I also use a revolver.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)

143 Regarding Israel and the terrorists, it's gruesome but they need to be separated into 6 pieces. 7 if they're a man.

Then cremated. Ashes separated and buried in different plots.

That also goes for any psycho chasing you.

Horror movies are paying off....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (Sco7b)

144 Was Eichman's hanging public?

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)

145 Also, thank you for the shout out earlier, Ace!

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (Wmg4n)

146 Better possibility; Must is running cargo to the Moon for his factory.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (ZwdAr)

147 Israel should televise the executions. Just a suggestion.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)

148 Carry a regular flashlight for light in the darkness, not a weapons light on the end of a pistol or rifle.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)
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I've seen people talk about how a light is a great way to search their house when there's a bump in the night and I always let them have it. What if the "bump" is a cop responding a neighbor who heard a louder bump?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

149 Depends on how you do it. Every carry method I use has the muzzle aimed away from my body.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:09 PM (ZOv7s)


That's why I used the word "can."

The failure was in the training, not the holster choice.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (n9ltV)

150 +2 saving throws against all jerks.
Posted by: banana Dream

All jerks?

Posted by: Navin Johnson at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (KAi1n)

151 They are going to hang those astronauts around Trump's neck. He ought to s/can it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (ZwdAr)

152 Nelly Furtado? That's 2000...

More like Nelly Fattardo....That's 2026.

She needs to go away and stop scaring people. Sooooofat.

Disgustingly fat. Fatty McFat.

Posted by: Foreskin Lint at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (AknkO)

153 If Elon Musk can land a Starship booster upright on its tail on a barge at sea, like God and Buck Rogers intended, surely he could land one on the Moon, and take off again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (2JFBE)

154 And Benny is fast becoming the video version of Gateway Pundit--sometimes right, often early, but mostly just chasing clicks.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Never cared much for Benny nor really for most of the online right 'influencers'. On the right, there are damned few actual reporters that develop leads, investigate, etc. Most of the right's publications rely on commentary or aggregating news from other places, not actually doing hard work on developing sources themselves.

But, if anything, the left is even worse and not even pretending to act like real reporters. They just sit in their office with their online accounts and make up shit or rewrite press releases from leftists organizations.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)

155 "Of course I also use a revolver.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"

Honest question...how is that better?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (aTgV0)

156 @RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
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Only a 5 million more Palis to kill and they can apply to be a probationary member of the Genocide Club.

Islam is a founding member so ... it's a tough vote--"we hate the Jews but we love the killing of millions ...."
Maybe the residual members from the Commie Bloc will still fondly recall their early dalliance with communism.

Still, it's a worthy goal to seek--every time a Pali dies, another angel flies.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (HXT0k)

157 >>> I thought it was well established that The Daily Mail is a tabloid website with about as much credibility as the National Inquirer.
Posted by: Halfhand at March 31, 2026 07:03 PM (BSRx7)


It used to be ran more tightly by Murdoch. I think he's just phoning most things in now. Helprin's Freddy and Fredericka has a reoccurring theme about the two major tabloids, both devoted to scandal, T&A pictures, and shoddy reporting, but one is for communists and the other for conservatives.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)

158 The failure was in the training, not the holster choice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:12 PM (n9ltV)
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There was indeed much failure, the holster choice being almost incidental.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (ZOv7s)

159 >>Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib
@RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.


Let's send this terrorist to Israel.

Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (0CqYd)

160 >>> How? How could he stop this? People keep making this claim but, as near as I can discover, Roberts has exactly zero authority over the lower court judges. That's up to Congress.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:43 PM (ExV1e)

He oversees the administration of the federal judiciary. He appoints the directors of their administrative office, sets their budget, and their policy. He is their authority.
Posted by: banana Dream

District Court Judge would put an injunction on his ass if he tried anything.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (/lPRQ)

161 >> surely he could land one on the Moon, and take off again.

That's actually the plan. A modified version of Starship, dubbed Starship HLS (Human Landing System) will land and take off from the lunar surface. They're working on it, and say "good progress" is being made, but I don't know.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (w6EFb)

162 "More like Nelly Fattardo....That's 2026.

She needs to go away and stop scaring people. Sooooofat.

Disgustingly fat. Fatty McFat.
Posted by: Foreskin Lint"


Speaking of....have you seen Bridgette Fonda these days?

Holy crap.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (aTgV0)

163 Some other Greatest Hits:

There was some blue city cop whose "job" it was to go into the elementary schools and explain to kids with silhouettes from gang killings tattooed on their ribs that guns are illegal, and that only law enforcers were properly trained to use them - then demonstrated this by pointlessly drawing his sidearm and capping himself in the leg.

Then there was the Denver FBI Field Office Top Man with a Boy Scout Cross and Ham & Egg Clusters who got wasted at some nightclub, did a cartwheel or something on the dance floor, dropped his sidearm, and attempted to recover it - whereupon he discharged into the crowd, shot *some other guy* in the leg, and then bravely ran away.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (BI5O2)

164 I'll do you one better...I have no idea what they are for!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 07:02 PM (n9ltV)

Nor I, and if Rush did not play there I wouldn’t have heard of any of it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 07:15 PM (hJH5n)

165 Whitey's on the Moon!!!!

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (aTgV0)

166 had read the bill had passed the Knesset.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)

great! now they will be aligned with all the other civilized countries....the United States of America!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (GD0B3)

167 I've seen people talk about how a light is a great way to search their house when there's a bump in the night and I always let them have it. What if the "bump" is a cop responding a neighbor who heard a louder bump?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Yep. There is also the risk to inadvertently shoot by impulse if something startles you.

Searching and clearing a house is risky even for trained people, not advisable to do as a homeowner. Same reason I have security cameras in areas less frequented in the house like carport, basement, etc. as well as outside cameras.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)

168 Heh.

'His gun has shot more dumbasses than he has.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (zZu0s)

169 Not having handled a Glock with a weapons light, how is the light activated?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (2JFBE)

170 The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.

There outta be a UN resolution that Palestinians should be hanged on sight.

Clear up a lotta problems in the middle east.

Posted by: Zombie Dag Hammarskjold at March 31, 2026 07:17 PM (AknkO)

171 >>> Can the Chicoms realistically land Chicoms on the Moon before 2030?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)


And at a very impressive closing velocity I bet.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

172 Honest question...how is that better?
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:13 PM (aTgV0)
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The double action trigger is quite stiff, so pulling it by accident is a lot more difficult.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (ZOv7s)

173 " Some other Greatest Hits:

There was some blue city cop whose "job" it was to go into the elementary schools and explain to kids with silhouettes from gang killings tattooed on their ribs that guns are illegal, and that only law enforcers were properly trained to use them - then demonstrated this by pointlessly drawing his sidearm and capping himself in the leg.

Then there was the Denver FBI Field Office Top Man with a Boy Scout Cross and Ham & Egg Clusters who got wasted at some nightclub, did a cartwheel or something on the dance floor, dropped his sidearm, and attempted to recover it - whereupon he discharged into the crowd, shot *some other guy* in the leg, and then bravely ran away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice"

Hah...

Yeah officer Chillax shooting himself in the leg was comedy gold Jerry.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (aTgV0)

174 So to all the guns pros out there....

I have a question. Should I treat every gun like it's loaded?

Should I not point the gun at anything I don't want to kill?

Should I ever look down the barrel of the gun?
Posted by: eleven
---
Is the only way to clean a gun is if it's loaded?

LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (HXT0k)

175 "The double action trigger is quite stiff, so pulling it by accident is a lot more difficult.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"


THX

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:19 PM (aTgV0)

176 163 Some other Greatest Hits:

There was some blue city cop whose "job" it was to go into the elementary schools and explain to kids with silhouettes from gang killings tattooed on their ribs that guns are illegal, and that only law enforcers were properly trained to use them - then demonstrated this by pointlessly drawing his sidearm and capping himself in the leg.

Then there was the Denver FBI Field Office Top Man with a Boy Scout Cross and Ham & Egg Clusters who got wasted at some nightclub, did a cartwheel or something on the dance floor, dropped his sidearm, and attempted to recover it - whereupon he discharged into the crowd, shot *some other guy* in the leg, and then bravely ran away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
======
Most cops AND military are not that familiar with firearms beyond annual qualifications. Hard to quantify but mebbe about 10-15 percent are 'gun nuts'.

FWIW, Jim Cirrillo of the NYPD's Stakeout Squad (and later was a Fed Law Enforcement Training Center Instructor (FLETC) mentioned that those that were hunters and strong in religious faith were the ones that could be considered long termers in that job.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)

177 Long after his untimely death, one of Dwyer's aides admitted to setting him up, and this testimony was corroborated by a cellmate of his after he was imprisoned on some unrelated crime.

The reason he shot himself on TV was that, against all evidence at the time, he was innocent.

It's freakish not because a politician killed himself, but because one was honest.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (BI5O2)

178 Mass execution by hanging,

==

stop threatening me with a good time!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)

179 The SS shooting is confusing, are we supposed to blame Trump? ... or Biden?

Posted by: scottst at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (gbwMD)

180
Note that Artemis II is a not-quite Apollo 8 mission.

They won't be doing any bible reading on the radio?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

181 Searching and clearing a house is risky even for trained people, not advisable to do as a homeowner. Same reason I have security cameras in areas less frequented in the house like carport, basement, etc. as well as outside cameras.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)
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The smart play is to shelter in place and call the cops.

I have to laugh at some of the advice given in the 1980s, like leave the lights off because you know the house better in the dark.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

182 Speaking of....have you seen Bridgette Fonda these days?

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Eye bleach! Stat!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (ndZc7)

183 If you can't find your sidearm with a light in the dark to find your phone they should make grenades that when you pull the pin, ever slightly, heh..., it shines a light for you so you could use your grenade to find your pistol to find your phone.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (3uBP9)

184 "Is the only way to clean a gun is if it's loaded?

LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice"


I would only clean the gun if it was loaded.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (aTgV0)

185 In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."


Gad!
What a bunch of freaks!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (2WIwB)

186 Eric Clapton turned 81 yesterday. Herb Albert 91 today.

Some of you are getting real old.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (viF8m)

187 169 Not having handled a Glock with a weapons light, how is the light activated?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Paddle Switch on the back of the unit and the rails are pretty much universal other than length. Obviously smaller units fit compact guns, etc. Usually a flip down or up bilateral switches or on cheaper/inferior units, a button that you press.

Ideally, you want one that will activate and turn off with gross movements, thus a paddle type switch rather than some button you have to press just so.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (E4rtv)

188 I would support a ban on black woman judges.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (fd80v)

189 One quibble with Darth Santis. I don't like the use of the word "tragedy" in cases like this, because to me it suggests lack of human agency. A tornado destroying a wide swathe of homes and killing people in the process, or a multi-car pileup with fatalities because of ice and fog, or a passenger ship sinking in a typhoon are tragedies, but are accidental or acts of God. Targeting a five year old and murdering her is a deliberate evil act. I think monstrosity or atrocity is more fitting. "Tragedy" just seems too passive.

Posted by: Perhaps I'm nitpicking. YMMV at March 31, 2026 07:22 PM (TbWk/)

190 @RepRashida
The Israeli government is about to pass a law mandating the death penalty, only for Palestinian prisoners. Mass execution by hanging, solely on racial lines. This is apartheid and the next step in the genocide of Palestinians, already systematically tortured in Israeli prisons.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks


Now, now, I'm sure they'll hang Iranian, Syrian, and Houthi terrorists too, if they have any on hand.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 07:23 PM (a+4eV)

191 Mass execution by hanging,

==

stop threatening me with a good time!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)

So, exactly how would one stage a mass execution by hanging? Would sequentially hanging a large cohort of prisoners from the same gallows qualify? Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (2JFBE)

192 "Some of you are getting real old.
Posted by: JackStraw"

No. You!

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (aTgV0)

193 "The SS shooting is confusing, are we supposed to blame Trump? ... or Biden?

Duh.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (Vpqw1)

194 You're only as old as your dick is.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (aTgV0)

195 I would only clean the gun if it was loaded.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (aTgV0)
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Something somewhat comedic is watching a group of guys examining someone's new gun, and even though they've all watched three other guys clear it, they go and do it anyway because it's just a habit. A very good habit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (ZOv7s)

196 Trump on Iran threatening to target US tech companies in the Middle East:
"What are they going to threaten them with? BB guns? They have nothing left."

LOL
We'll never have another like him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (HXT0k)

197 They will go "higher" (farther beyond the Moon) that any Apollo mission did, so they'll set the record for greatest distance humans have been from earth. The return leg will also hit geocentric velocity of a smidge over 25K mph, and beat Apollo 10's return speed record by a little bit as well.

And that's about it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 06:49 PM (w6EFb)

Well considering we've been out of the business for some 40 years going in small stages works for me.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (8avO+)

198 I'll donate the rope if they will hang Barghouti first.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 07:25 PM (+nEug)

199 The smart play is to shelter in place and call the cops.

I have to laugh at some of the advice given in the 1980s, like leave the lights off because you know the house better in the dark.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yep. But cameras accessible through a smartphone help lessen false alarms and keep monkey temptation to go and look at a minimum.

Also have a perimeter alarm system with motion detectors/glass breakage for areas I or my wife don't frequent at night.

Also holing up in place can allow access to the big artillery rather than a handgun. Shotguns or rifles end the fight quickly versus a relatively underpowered handgun. Easy to point and aim as well.

Clearing a house with such though is something for people that practice it regularly in teams as too easy to get your weapon taken from you doing it yourself.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (E4rtv)

200 "I would support a ban on black woman judges.
Posted by: Dr. Claw"


Welll...yeah.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (aTgV0)

201 RE : CNN and Iran.
This is a classic example of The Ugly American.
Clearly CNN thinks that the Iranian leadership shares all the same social and societal values as they do.
Clearly it is beyond the mental capacity of those idiots to understand other cultures are in fact alien.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (2WIwB)

202 No.

A tragedy is necessarily self-inflicted. A brilliant businessman bankrupting himself playing whist is a tragedy.

A tornado killing you and your kids while you're watching a football game in your living room is just sad.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (BI5O2)

203 In case you missed it, the shrewish nonbinary kobold who chaired the NDP meeting got very miffed at being "gendered" as "Madame Chairman."


Gad!
What a bunch of freaks!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2026 07:21 PM (2WIwB)

Someone needs to p-shop a paintbrush moustache on that beeyotch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (2JFBE)

204 Idaho just made it a law that convicted pedos get to face a firing squad. See, we can have nice things.

Posted by: Beartooth at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (tYGL3)

205 >>>Former Congressman Matt Gaetz says he was briefed about a secret program where aliens were breeding with humans to make a hybrid race.

Wasn't that on The X-Files? Not just one episode, but like a whole story arc covering multiple seasons.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's not true.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (syz1S)

206 Mass execution by hanging,

==

stop threatening me with a good time!
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (GD0B3)

So, exactly how would one stage a mass execution by hanging? Would sequentially hanging a large cohort of prisoners from the same gallows qualify? Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (2JFBE)

You could do it how Romans did mass crucifixions. Drive poles in along a road. Pull people up, move on to the next site down the road.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)

207 Clearing a house with such though is something for people that practice it regularly in teams as too easy to get your weapon taken from you doing it yourself.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:26 PM (E4rtv)
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That's why you put a bayonet on it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

208 "This is one small step for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming persons and one giant leap for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming person kind."


Rolls off the tongue....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (Sco7b)

209 "Ideally, you want one that will activate and turn on with gross movements, thus a paddle type switch rather than some button you have to press just so."

I keep hoping to encounter this.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at March 31, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

210 'Well Israel is wondering about that too, and the left is -- get this -- outraged!'

If memory serves, Israel jumped on the death penalty bans that were all the rage in Europe and Canada.
They had to make a special exception to hang Eichmann.

I'm glad to see them get their heads on straight.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 31, 2026 07:28 PM (fd80v)

211 The light on the gun WAS used when shooting.

Posted by: fd at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (ZN5Ar)

212
Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


As seen in Hang 'Em High

www.imdb.com/title/tt0061747

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)

213 Was Eichman's hanging public?
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:10 PM (GD0B3)

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

No; there's a recent Israeli film, June Zero, that deals with Eichmann's execution, cremation, and disposal.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (btAW9)

214 Something somewhat comedic is watching a group of guys examining someone's new gun, and even though they've all watched three other guys clear it, they go and do it anyway because it's just a habit. A very good habit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I'm weird about it. I even put a pinky in the semi auto's chamber and touch the empty cylinder holes of revolvers to make sure no cartridge or case is left.

Doing that as a habit means even in the dark, you can check your firearm status by feel without light.

Otherwise trying to reload a revolver with a case stuck in it (common for snubbies btw unless you raise it 90 and punch the ejector rod) or a semi auto not having the chamber cleared can happen in the wrong circumstances and tie up the firearm when you need it most.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (E4rtv)

215 He oversees the administration of the federal judiciary. He appoints the directors of their administrative office, sets their budget, and their policy. He is their authority.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:54 PM (3uBP9)


- So... he appoints the head of court HR (which has no authority over the actual judges).
- He doesn't set their budget, Congress does. Court HR compiles the budgetary request. It doles out the money appropriated by Congress but can't just decide that it's not paying Joe's court cuz the CJ has beef.
He does set policy but they've ignored actual SCOTUS rulings, what if they ignore policy as well? Oh, that's different. Then he can exactly fuck all.

It's not a corporation, it's not the military, and it's not the executive. He's not the boss of them. Congress is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (ExV1e)

216 How come nobody ever looks for aliens in the ocean?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (viF8m)

217 Note that Artemis II is a not-quite Apollo 8 mission.

They won't be doing any bible reading on the radio?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

Art Of The Deal.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (vmtci)

218 Israel delivered the death penalty with targeted assassinations, of course. But I am glad they finally codified it. No more Gilad Shalit BS.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (GD0B3)

219 So, exactly how would one stage a mass execution by hanging? Would sequentially hanging a large cohort of prisoners from the same gallows qualify? Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM (2JFBE)

One by one so they can each watch.
Defile each body by putting them in pigs.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (Sco7b)

220 153 If Elon Musk can land a Starship booster upright on its tail on a barge at sea, like God and Buck Rogers intended, surely he could land one on the Moon, and take off again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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All he needs is a tanker to refuel he could do it now.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (ZwdAr)

221 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

222 "This is one small step for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming persons and one giant leap for Male, female, non-binary, transgender, genderfluid, agender, bigender, genderqueer, two-spirit, demigender, pangender, gender non-conforming person kind."


Rolls off the tongue....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care

More pithy, freaks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (ndZc7)

223 You could do it how Romans did mass crucifixions. Drive poles in along a road. Pull people up, move on to the next site down the road.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)

So sequential, then. To me, "mass execution" sort of implies the means of death is applied to the unfortunate recipients in a large group, all at once.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (2JFBE)

224 *bow to Skip*

Posted by: Nazdar at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (NcvvS)

225 The light on the pistol should only be used when your using the pistol as a pistol. Sensible rules don't require that the light not be used until you're actually pulling the trigger, which is how that phrasing could be interpreted.
When I feel the need to have the house gun in my hand, the light is on if it's after dark. I'd rather not shoot the coat rack at 3AM.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (nwB28)

226 No; there's a recent Israeli film, June Zero, that deals with Eichmann's execution, cremation, and disposal.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at March 31, 2026 07:29 PM (btAW9)

OH. Like we did with Bin Ladin...OK.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)

227 >> for some 40 years going in small stages works for me.

That's what Issacman is doing. Artemis III was supposed to be actual landing mission. No more. It's going to be an Apollo 9 style test in earth orbit. If Starship HLS is ready, they will launch everything into earth orbit around 2027, and test docking and all that. Elon is also supposed to do an unmanned landing test of HLS on the Moon in 2027 as well.

Since SpaceX is private, they don't have to publicize their progress too much, so I really have no clue how well those HLS plans are going.

Bezos is trying to get in the lunar lander act as well, with their "Blue Moon" lander. The more the merrier, hopefully.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (w6EFb)

228 I keep hoping to encounter this.
Posted by: J. Random Moron

Surefire makes the best and most tested. Olight is a Chinesium knockoff that is popular and cheaper.

Rifle lights usually have pressure pads to activate. My shotgun weapons light has a paddle switch.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

229 "How come nobody ever looks for aliens in the ocean?
Posted by: JackStraw "

That's not where the light is.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (aTgV0)

230 >>> Can the Chicoms realistically land Chicoms on the Moon before 2030?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 31, 2026 07:08 PM (w6EFb)


And at a very impressive closing velocity I bet.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)

Sure if they put in a total effort to it. Tech is better than 1965-70. They'd have to put in serious efforts to purge all the half assery in their manufacturing out of the process because you don't want cardboard instead of titanium or whatever.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (8avO+)

231 So, exactly how would one stage a mass execution by hanging? Would sequentially hanging a large cohort of prisoners from the same gallows qualify? Or do you need a multiple-trap gallows? "Ten ropes, no waiting!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:24 PM


Ahem.

Posted by: zombie Judge Roy Bean, aka "The Law West of the Pecos" at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

232 I recall that we offered the Saudis to bury him, or...do it our way , feed his remains to the sharks off Carl Vinson. Saudis said they like our plan better. I think that was the story...

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (GD0B3)

233 Nood cafe

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 07:33 PM (Sco7b)

234 You could do it how Romans did mass crucifixions. Drive poles in along a road. Pull people up, move on to the next site down the road.
Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (8avO+)

So sequential, then. To me, "mass execution" sort of implies the means of death is applied to the unfortunate recipients in a large group, all at once.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 07:31 PM (2JFBE)

Shooting people into trenches is a mass execution. They don't all happen the same instant. If you wanted it to be more at the same time, have many teams on many roads with synchronized watches.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:35 PM (8avO+)

235 The Lincoln Assassins were all hung from the same scaffold I believe.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (8avO+)

236 216 How come nobody ever looks for aliens in the ocean?
Posted by: JackStraw
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Because the ocean wants to keel you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:37 PM (ZwdAr)

237 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 07:38 PM (MIIRH)

238
Doing that as a habit means even in the dark, you can check your firearm status by feel without light.

Otherwise trying to reload a revolver with a case stuck in it (common for snubbies btw unless you raise it 90 and punch the ejector rod) or a semi auto not having the chamber cleared can happen in the wrong circumstances and tie up the firearm when you need it most.
Posted by: whig
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Be honest, you just want to fondle it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 07:48 PM (ZwdAr)

239
I have the same misgivings about the NASA moon shot that I had about the space shuttle. Bad signs of mismanagement, and of being technically unsound. Trump should stop this from going ahead. Get some low level official to convey the news. Going ahead with it to save face is just wrong.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 07:56 PM (VWtfl)

240 Most cops AND military are not that familiar with firearms beyond annual qualifications. Hard to quantify but mebbe about 10-15 percent are 'gun nuts'.

FWIW, Jim Cirrillo of the NYPD's Stakeout Squad (and later was a Fed Law Enforcement Training Center Instructor (FLETC) mentioned that those that were hunters and strong in religious faith were the ones that could be considered long termers in that job.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)

This was why I bought the M9 and later the M18. Not enough range time with them.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 08:02 PM (hJH5n)

241 I have the same misgivings about the NASA moon shot that I had about the space shuttle. Bad signs of mismanagement, and of being technically unsound. Trump should stop this from going ahead. Get some low level official to convey the news. Going ahead with it to save face is just wrong.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 07:56 PM (VWtfl

Probably right. Delay, or cancel, or just bullshit everyone. NASA isn't capable of this. It's questionable if SpaceX could do it.

It would require a gigantic amount of money for NASA to poach the talent & tech necessary for this. IMHO.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 08:09 PM (BI5O2)

242 There could be some truth to what Gaetz says, because he looks like an alien.

What on earth? Did he fall into a vat of Botox and have his scalp ripped off and replaced by a chimp on meth?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 09:31 PM (WONhk)

243 Not enough. Not nearly enough. These judges need to killed

Posted by: JoshO at April 01, 2026 12:25 AM (xL2KH)

244 Could've just used the light on his phone.

Oh...

Posted by: Aarradin at April 01, 2026 03:32 AM (5kvQv)

245 Newswoke is a joke. Daily Mail reminds me of People magazine - all celebrities, no substance.

Posted by: Wofus at April 01, 2026 12:02 PM (CNa+A)

Supreme Court Rules That Free Speech Still Exists; Ketanji Brown Jackson Doesn't Understand

This should have been a 9-0 unanimous decision.

It has been the rule of the land since the founding of the Republic that the Constitution's stricture against passing "any law" limiting speech meant that no government, federal or state, could impose "viewpoint" restrictions on speech -- disfavoring or even criminalizing a specific view, argument, or belief.

Now, the Court long recognized that governments may impose "time, place, and manner" restrictions, especially on public gatherings and marches. For example, you can permit a march from 1pm to 3pm, so that the march does not interfere with rush hour traffic. You can tell the marchers they cannot walk in front of active garage entrances. You can tell the marchers they must be orderly and cannot use bullhorns that boost noise above, say, 100 decibels. That kind of thing.

But you cannot -- absolutely cannot -- pass a law or deny a permit to march based on your agreement with or disagreement with the speaker's speech. You can regulate speech as far as the time, place, and manner in which it is spoken, but you absolutely cannot regulate what that speech can say.

This was the rule controlling government regulation of free speech for 250 years, completely agreed to by all Supreme Court judges. Yes, lefty judges would of course put their thumbs on the scale and claim that some limits on speech they don't like -- like protesting outside abortion clinics -- were fair restrictions regarding "place" rather than viewpoint-based restrictions on pro-lifers, but everyone agreed on the framework for analyzing these cases.

Until today.

Gentlemen, you asked for a radical incompetent. I give you K. B. J.

The Court was nearly unanimous that Colorado cannot ban a therapist from counseling a patient to try to change his sexual orientation. Even "Wise Latina" Sotormayor joined the majority. Obama's Obamacare advisor, who cast a decisive vote on Obamacare, Elena Kagan joined the opinion.

But DEI Justice KBJ cast another lonely dissent, essentially repudiating 250 years of jurisprudence on free speech and declaring that sometimes, if the government really really really doesn't like speech and that speech is DoublePlus UnGood and Conservative, it can in fact ban speech based on what viewpoint it advances.


The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Colorado cannot enforce its so-called "conversion therapy" ban regarding conversations between therapists and minors, saying the law likely violates the First Amendment by allowing some viewpoints but not others.

In an 8--1 decision, the high court said the law favors one viewpoint by allowing therapists to affirm a minor's gender identity or sexual orientation, but not help them to change it if they want to.

The decision stemmed from a lawsuit brought by Kaley Chiles, a licensed Christian therapist, who argued her conversations with youth clients were a form of protected speech. The Colorado government had said the conversations amounted to professional conduct that the state was allowed to regulate.

...

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, saying the question before the high court was a "narrow one" and that Chiles did not seek to toss out the Colorado law but rather consider whether it could apply to therapy that was strictly conversational.

"The First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country," Gorsuch wrote. "It reflects instead a judgment that every American possesses an inalienable right to think and speak freely, and a faith in the free marketplace of ideas as the best means for discovering truth. However well-intentioned, any law that suppresses speech based on viewpoint represents an 'egregious' assault on both of those commitments."


In the lone dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the majority "plays with fire in this case" and that she feared "the people of this country will get burned."

Ketanji Brown Jackson has now flipped completely on this question: In an earlier case, she argued that the state had zero power to ban transgender procedures for minors. The state just didn't have the power to intrude into medical advice and treatment, she proclaimed.

Now she takes the exact opposite position -- the state has All the Power to outlaw whatever medical advice it dislikes -- based not on law, precedent, or logic, but based simply on her leftwing extremist political bias that whatever gays and transgenders want, they should get, period, the law be damned.

Note that even the corrupt Kagan calls out Ketanji Brown Jackson in her concurrence:

("I don't understand" says Ketanji Brown Jackson.)


Let me make an analogy, which illustrates the trajectory of the left.

The leftwing propaganda media used to pretend. The leftwing propaganda media plainly favored Democrats -- and plainly favored Democrat constituent blocs like criminals, welfare recipients, women, transgenders, black and "brown" people, and Muslims -- but pretended to be applying neutral "rules" in its news coverage. They didn't intend to favor these groups out of political loyalty, you see, it was just that these completely neutral "rules" compelled them to cover these stories in this way. Now that was always a lie, because there are many contradictory "rules" they can apply in any case, and they choose which of these contradictory rules to apply according to their political bias. And then they deny the bias, lying that a "rule" forced their hand, without admitting that they chose that "rule" precisely because it would result in the outcome they desired. They are too cowardly and dishonest to admit they are simply political operators, so they used to spend a lot of time spamming out perfectly-disingenuous reasons why every single "journalistic" free choice they made just happened to favor the Democrat Party and its constituent blocks.

The truth has a leftwing bias, they began saying at the end of the Age of Pretending, before they transitioned to just blatantly promoting the interests of Democrats and Democrat-favored constituent blocs.

It began under GWB, with influential Democrats decrying "both sides" and "balanced" coverage, urging "journalists" to just proclaim One Side Is Right and One Side Is Evil, which, of course, they ultimately did. Now they just openly favor and cheerlead the Democrat Party and its constituent blocs, and openly smear Republicans and their constituent blocs (especially white people, males, straight men, and Christians) without any excuse or justification or any pretense whatsoever that they are applying neutral "rules" independent of their own partisan political agenda.

Very, very similarly: Leftwing judges used to pretend that they weren't deliberately and consciously favoring Democrats and Democrat constituent blocs but were instead merely applying neutral "rules" that dictated their decisions. True enough, this was all a lie -- just as it was with the media -- and they would choose which supposedly neutral rule would apply in each case to favor the parties they went into the case favoring. But still, they did pretend. They would blatantly mis-characterize and mis-categorize parties in a dispute to elevate the party they politically favored and disadvantaged the party they disfavored, but still, they pretended to be working within a legal framework of analysis.

But Ketanji Brown Jackson now does what leftwing "journalists" did before her -- she decides that all of this talk of "rules-based" decisionmaking is just a game that favors the Bad People, so the Good People should just throw out all rules and do what leftists have been doing forever anyway, just ruling in favor of the left's favored constituent groups and ignoring laws and logic to get to whatever outcome the leftists' "conscience" dictates.

Yes, she's stupid, and yes, she's chosen this theory of jurisprudence precisely because it rejects intellectual analysis and says "Just do whatever is in your stupid, corrupt communist heart."

But she is NOT an aberration. This is where the entire left is now, and all of the absurd decisions you see coming from leftwing judges are following this same theory of jurisprudence, that explicitly puts particular people -- politically favored people -- over principle, and political outcomes over logic and coherence.

No longer are we a nation of "laws not men." We are now a nation of particular "men" with specific Favored Identity Points, and the law must always be corrupted, distorted, perverted and twisted to deliver the outcomes favored by those with those Favored Identity Points.

And they're not even pretending to work within a system of objective rules any longer.

Update: Gorsuch mocked Justice DEI for claiming she wasn't really restricting the therapist's speech because she was allowed to sometimes speak or even "write papers."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:33 PM




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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (LdBR/)

2 The fact that this happened on Trans Day of Visibility is hilarious.

Posted by: the lower depths at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (PrKv7)

3 Guess I'll go nood.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (LdBR/)

4 Confirmed by the US Senate folks.

Posted by: steevy at March 31, 2026 05:35 PM (YwEeS)

5

We're stuck with this idiot.

Geez

Posted by: four seasons at March 31, 2026 05:35 PM (3ek7K)

6 The issue I have is that this case should have never gotten close to SCOTUS. It was such a slam dunk lower courts should have stopped this case from going anywhere near SCOTUS and I can't believe that the liberals kept pursuing it.


It is now settled case law and can be cited on any number of other issues semi related to this one.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 05:36 PM (0N4FZ)

7 This is what DEI brings. FJB should be in prison.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:36 PM (abIsI)

8 I wonder if Gorsuch released the case today (he'd have some wiggle room as the majority's author) because he realizes he created a monster with his earlier decision treating sexual orientation as being a protected class. One the one hand, he's always been consistent about supporting religious liberty, on the other, he's never seemed that interested in yanking the trannies' chains until now, and the choice of date (if not accidental) seems like a hell of a troll.

Posted by: the lower depths at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (PrKv7)

9 >> Ketanji Brown Jackson Doesn't Understand

This would apply to every SCOTUS story…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (xT8gx)

10 Did Associate Justice KB Jackson strenuously dissent?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (wVcYX)

11 >>>2 The fact that this happened on Trans Day of Visibility is hilarious.

oh I completely forgot! I bet it's impossible to get reservations at this hour.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (1wjle)

12 The left: You should groom kids.

Also the left: You can't ungroom kids.

Pedos.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (TKBaI)

13 She doesn't understand much of anything, based on her writings.

BREAKING: A judge blocks a Trump administration order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.

The constitution REQUIRES congress to pay for TV and radio! Its in the Good 'n' Plenty clause!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (El6/E)

14
She's

a dunce

a dolt

a lightweight

a nullity

a lackwit

Slow Joe's one and only one SCOTUS appointment. Thanks Heavens for that!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 05:38 PM (xG4kz)

15 The absolute dumbest of all DEI hires

Biden‘s obsession with promoting black women cost our nation dearly

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:38 PM (JzGvw)

16 A plaintiff seeking a temporary injunction is not automatically responsible for all losses incurred by the defendant. Liability is generally limited to the amount of the bond/security posted, which is intended to cover any such losses if the injunction is later found improper. Posting the bond ensures that the plaintiff’s request for equitable relief does not unfairly burden the defendant financially while the court considers the merits of the case.

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 05:38 PM (Fa8ib)

17 Justice Kagan's concurring opinion attacks the dissent of her fellow liberal Justice Jackson.

===

hahahah!! the're ALL are tired of her low IQ , DEI stupid shit!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 05:38 PM (GD0B3)

18 oh I completely forgot! I bet it's impossible to get reservations at this hour.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (1wjle)


Go anyways, they always have last minute drop outs.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 05:38 PM (rbvCR)

19 Bitch is making it up as she goes along. She needs to be permanently yanked from the bench for being a retard and getting her law degree in a cracker jack box.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 05:39 PM (snZF9)

20 ACB slammed her
Wise Latina slammed her
and now Kagan slammed her

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 05:39 PM (GD0B3)

21 The left: You should groom kids.

Also the left: You can't ungroom kids.


That's just it. They absolutely believe that kids can BECOME homosexual or trans. They beleive that people can have a "phase" in college. But if you talk about helping kids move away from this its impossible, its graven on your DNA, NO ONE CAN EVER STOP BEING QUEER.

Confirmed by the US Senate folks.

She was obviously not qualified in any sane sense for the job, but the GOP after some theatrics and camera time couldn't wait to approve her.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:40 PM (El6/E)

22 It's amazing to me that at this one point in time we have one of our best justices ever in Justice Thomas and clearly the very worst ever in Jackson.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at March 31, 2026 05:40 PM (+48wn)

23 Colorado is a stupid state full of stupid California transplants and those they have brainwashed.

Posted by: huerfano at March 31, 2026 05:40 PM (98kQX)

24 How come we have a 25th Amendment when a President is a demented incompetent but we don't have one for the Supreme Court?

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 05:40 PM (gKWVE)

25 We know they know that we know they are lying.
h/t Solzhenitsyn

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)

26 He is disappoint.

Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
Conversion therapy is discredited junk science that inflicts harm on LGBTQ youth.
The Supreme Court’s decision is disappointing and puts vulnerable kids at risk.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:41 PM (ndZc7)

27 The entire left has made, "conversion therapy" such a nuclear-grade toxic topic, a therapist isn't even allowed to say, "You're not a girl" to a crazy man who thinks he's a girl.

Meanwhile, they're allowed to say, "You're such a brave, beautiful girl!" to a crazy man who thinks he's a girl.

Posted by: bonhomme at March 31, 2026 05:41 PM (mkw2N)

28 ACB slammed her
Wise Latina slammed her
and now Kagan slammed her
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 05:39 PM (GD0B3)

Suplex off the top rope?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (wVcYX)

29 Did Associate Justice KB Jackson strenuously dissent?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (wVcYX)

Like that scene in A Few Good Men where the Tom Cruise character eviscerates the Demi Moore character for “strenuously” objecting in court after the judge overruled…. Yeah it helped a lot to make that objection strenuous!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (xT8gx)

30 You know, that village she came from is probably doing much better now that their village idiot is now on the Supreme Court

Posted by: Beartooth at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (tYGL3)

31 Well, Kristi Noem has legit grounds to shoot her husband, IMHO.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (2JFBE)

32 How come we have a 25th Amendment when a President is a demented incompetent but we don't have one for the Supreme Court?

"Well if you'd followed the @*$@($@ING CONSTITUTION the courts would be very weak and wouldn't NEED that kind of checks on their power but NOOOOoOOOOO"
--James Madison

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:43 PM (El6/E)

33 >>>How come we have a 25th Amendment when a President is a demented incompetent but we don't have one for the Supreme Court?

What makes you think our "GOP-controlled" Senate would vote to convict if there was?

Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 31, 2026 05:43 PM (CwhoI)

34 ACB slammed her
Wise Latina slammed her
and now Kagan slammed her
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 05:39 PM (GD0B3)
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Too bad. I hope they bask in her reflected limelight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 05:43 PM (RIvkX)

35 " ... a licensed Christian therapist, who argued her conversations with youth clients were a form of protected speech. The Colorado government had said the conversations amounted to professional conduct that the state was allowed to regulate."

Does this type ruling give teachers the "right" to groom "Their Children", just helping them find their inner gender dysphoria? It sounds like that would also be "free speech", though it does amount to "professional conduct" and grooming kids is not part of any classroom (or should not be).

Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2026 05:43 PM (vbXSk)

36 You can't spell "cabbage" without K-B-J.

Sort of.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 05:43 PM (lHTOU)

37 Like that scene in A Few Good Men where the Tom Cruise character eviscerates the Demi Moore character for “strenuously” objecting in court after the judge overruled…. Yeah it helped a lot to make that objection strenuous!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (xT8gx)

That's the one!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:44 PM (wVcYX)

38 Tell me about the rabbits, Kristi?

Posted by: Mr Noem at March 31, 2026 05:44 PM (gKWVE)

39 You know, that village she came from is probably doing much better now that their village idiot is now on the Supreme Court

"she has the most perfect credentials evar! She's the bestest judge of all time!"
--Leftists

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:44 PM (El6/E)

40 Liberals are scared shitless someone might be talked out of being gay or transgender.

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:44 PM (JzGvw)

41 The facts of this case are confusing and the snippets of reporting don’t seem to understand what the case was about. What was at issue wasn’t a ban on “conversion’ in the sex-transition sense. That would be a good law and we wouldn’t be cheering that it got stuck down, as the CO conversion law was.

What was at issue was a law banning therapists from talking to gay or trans kids about converting back to their normal and usual sexual orientations and genders.

That’s what Gorsuch was talking about: the law allowed therapists to affirm a gay or tranny’s change in orientation, but not to try to talk them out of it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:45 PM (1LxEq)

42 Of the votes I think Kagan’s was the most surprising to me.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 05:45 PM (pDt9x)

43 KJB would probably rule that cinnamon babka is inferior to chocolate babka… when everyone knows it’s an equivalent babka in every way

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:45 PM (xT8gx)

44 As far as Jumanji goes she’s just a stupid DEI hire so no surprise.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 05:46 PM (pDt9x)

45 It's amazing to me that at this one point in time we have one of our best justices ever in Justice Thomas and clearly the very worst ever in Jackson.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at March 31, 2026 05:40 PM


They are both the same color, both had the same opportunities and they have come to rest on opposite sides of the spectrum from each other.


And Thomas needs to retire and let Trump replace him or we could face the exact same scenario as obama did with ruth ginsberg.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 05:46 PM (0N4FZ)

46 . . .one lone dingbat.

Posted by: Archie Bunker at March 31, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

47 29 Did Associate Justice KB Jackson strenuously dissent?
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (wVcYX)

Like that scene in A Few Good Men where the Tom Cruise character eviscerates the Demi Moore character for “strenuously” objecting in court after the judge overruled…. Yeah it helped a lot to make that objection strenuous!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (xT8gx)

Maybe we put her up in the same hotel/room that Col. Markinson stayed in. His pistol still has 7 rounds left.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 05:47 PM (N39Ws)

48 18 oh I completely forgot! I bet it's impossible to get reservations at this hour.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (1wjle)

Go anyways, they always have last minute drop outs.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 05:38 PM (rbvCR)

This takes on a sinister new meaning when referring to a 'Trans Day of anything'...

Posted by: Croaker at March 31, 2026 05:47 PM (+BcZI)

49 Of the votes I think Kagan’s was the most surprising to me.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 05:45 PM (pDt9x)
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I'm more surprised by Sotomayor.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 05:47 PM (lHTOU)

50 What was at issue was a law banning therapists from talking to gay or trans kids about converting back to their normal and usual sexual orientations and genders.

That’s what Gorsuch was talking about: the law allowed therapists to affirm a gay or tranny’s change in orientation, but not to try to talk them out of it.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:45 PM (1LxEq)


Well, most of us got that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (2JFBE)

51 A federal judge just ordered Trump to stop construction of the new White House ballroom. How about telling Mister Judge to fuck off.

https://tinyurl.com/afk9b37v

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (5xuJ/)

52 Supreme Court Rules That Free Speech Still Exists; Ketanji Brown Jackson Doesn't Understand
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She runs her mouth enough she should know best.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (ZwdAr)

53 "she has the most perfect credentials evar! She's the bestest judge of all time!"
--Leftists

Another Ruth Bader Ginsberg!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (ndZc7)

54 Trans day of awareness? Dang OK I am tring to think of my favorite Trans-Am. I mean I love how the last one made in 2002 looks and it had a nice engine, but I think my favorite model isn't the firechicken Smokey and the Bandit one but the 1972 has to be my choice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (El6/E)

55 Simpler question. Does Psychiatry or therapy, actually constitute PRACTICING MEDICINE?

Unless you are prescribing medication? I'd say no.

Just talk falls under Freedom of Speech... because there is no definable quantification of results. You can't measure if therapy works... it is all a matter of opinion...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (mP0Kj)

56 Imagine a court where her opinion is the majority.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (Cqx++)

57 God help us if she's ever part of a liberal majority on the court.

In the mean time, she's alienated almost all the SCOTUS jurists, including Kagan and Soto to a certain degree.

She's lost all influence on the Court. Thank God.

Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (G0vdT)

58 Kemanji is the living embodiment of "Fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (TN0g+)

59 I would like to be able to see the Pubbies who voted for Jumanji’s confirmation. They should live in perpetual shame for that.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (pDt9x)

60 I don't get it.

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (4NO2D)

61 That's just it. They absolutely believe that kids can BECOME homosexual or trans. They beleive that people can have a "phase" in college. But if you talk about helping kids move away from this its impossible, its graven on your DNA, NO ONE CAN EVER STOP BEING QUEER.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:40 PM (El6/E)
----
The ratchet is only allowed to move in one direction only.

What's done can never, ever be undone. Unless it serves the Left's interests, of course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (ESVrU)

62 Chopping up kids' dicks and balls because mommy talked them into being "trans" - good

Talking to kids who may believe they're gay or "trans," whether it's actually what they think and how to address it without following the degenerate unthinking left-wing "affirmation" formula regardless of the kids' best interests or well-being - bad

Posted by: This timeline is horrifying at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (TbWk/)

63 53 "she has the most perfect credentials evar! She's the bestest judge of all time!"
--Leftists

Another Ruth Bader Ginsberg!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (ndZc7)

Ruth Bader Ginsberg's body temperature is oddly the same as KBJ's IQ.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (N39Ws)

64 How does Jackson know what bathroom to use when nature calls?

Had it been me, I'd had laughed her out of her confirmation hearing when she uttered that nonsense.

Posted by: Tonypete at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (cYBz/)

65 Liberals are scared shitless someone might be talked out of being gay or transgender.

Every one of them is hollaring on social media about how every medical association ever on the planet says that conversion therapy is worthless and how DARE the court???

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (El6/E)

66 19 Bitch is making it up as she goes along. She needs to be permanently yanked from the bench for being a retard and getting her law degree in a cracker jack box.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 05:39 PM (snZF9)

Racist bigots like you need to be subject to immediate arrest.

Posted by: The Left at March 31, 2026 05:50 PM (hJH5n)

67 The White House ballroom case is the perfect one for Trump to tell a judge to pound sand. Continue construction…. AC/DC would approve. My balls are the finest of them all…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:50 PM (xT8gx)

68 A federal judge just ordered Trump to stop construction of the new White House ballroom. How about telling Mister Judge to fuck off.

https://tinyurl.com/afk9b37v
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (5xuJ/)
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And just to add insult to injury, dismantle that judge's courtroom brick by brick and recycle the materials in building the new ballroom.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 05:50 PM (ESVrU)

69 The fact that this happened on Trans Day of Visibility is hilarious.

oh I completely forgot! I bet it's impossible to get reservations at this hour.
Posted by: ace

I still have my Black History Month lights up!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (ndZc7)

70 Imagine a court where her opinion is the majority.

"Just give us one more presidency, just one, that's all we'll ever need!"
--The Democrats (D)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (El6/E)

71 March 31, 2026 05:49 PM (TbWk/)

Based on what you've posted here about your family, which seems like it wasn't a picnic, imagine if they hadn't professed Christianity but instead were big wokies.

Posted by: horrors beyond imagination at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (gKWVE)

72 "12 The left: You should groom kids.

Also the left: You can't ungroom kids."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (TKB


In a nut shell.

Posted by: javems at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (zFsEm)

73 When even the Wide Latina thinks you're retarded...

Posted by: Is this the nadir or can she go lower at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (TbWk/)

74 The sad thing is that one day there will be an HS named for KBJ in North Side ISD in San Antonio.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (hJH5n)

75 The word you're looking for is transsexual.

Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, hers, its theirs.

You know. Like you learned in fourth grade.

Posted by: Grammar Gestapo at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (2Ez/1)

76 54 Trans day of awareness? Dang OK I am tring to think of my favorite Trans-Am. I mean I love how the last one made in 2002 looks and it had a nice engine, but I think my favorite model isn't the firechicken Smokey and the Bandit one but the 1972 has to be my choice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (El6/E)

I almost bought the Trans Am version of the Camaro a few years back... now I really wish I had.

It was an aftermarket mod'd Camaro SS with the Chicken on the hood, and T tops...

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 05:52 PM (mP0Kj)

77 Amen, Ace! I originally expected that all the partisan hacks in black would get tired of being overturned, and when that didn't happen, I adjusted my mental model. Their indefatigable high morale makes perfect sense, if...

They're auditioning for SCOTUS, for when the next Democrat POTUS expands and packs the court.

The activist judges are demonstrating precisely the qualities that you would look for in such a corrupt scheme, of mental midgetry, moral vacancy, and above all, complete and absolute Loyalty to the Clique. Biasberg may very well rationally expect to be the next Chief Justice, unless the SAVE Act is passed.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:52 PM (Sy6m/)

78 KJB would probably rule that cinnamon babka is inferior to chocolate babka… when everyone knows it’s an equivalent babka in every way
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:45 PM (xT8gx)
=====

Let's not be rash and maybe say something regrettable later.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 05:52 PM (RIvkX)

79 In the lone dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the majority "plays with fire in this case" and that she feared "the people of this country will get burned."

I bet they will too, the conservatives anyway, if she has any sayso. DEI at it's foulest.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2026 05:52 PM (LHPAg)

80
Does this type ruling give teachers the "right" to groom "Their Children", just helping them find their inner gender dysphoria? It sounds like that would also be "free speech", though it does amount to "professional conduct" and grooming kids is not part of any classroom (or should not be).
Posted by: illiniwek

=================

Good question. A professional counseling a patient is not someone standing on a soapbox. A doctor would be restricted from telling a patient to smoke 20 cigarettes a day to improve their voice.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 05:53 PM (n7rxJ)

81 Who came up with the term ‘conversion therapy”? I hope we didn’t. It sounds pejorative, like we are trying to force a conversion on someone. I think a better term (just off the top of my head) is ‘restorative’ therapy.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:53 PM (1LxEq)

82 It looks like the poof sniffer is the only barely acceptable pick Trump made.

Kavanaugh >> Gorsuch >>>>>>ACB

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM (abIsI)

83 They don't call her Affirmative Action Jackson for nothin

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM (vE0+H)

84 Notably, Justice Jackson trains her fire on Justices Kagan and Sotomayor. In a footnote she basically accuses them of being dupes for the conservative majority. Kagan responds, basically accusing Jackson of not understanding longstanding law. 👀

-----------------

She is showing the same mental acuity as the president who nominated her to the Supreme Court but at least Biden had dementia as an excuse.

Posted by: Decaf at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM (Tbs6N)

85 "Well if you'd followed the @*$@($@ING CONSTITUTION the courts would be very weak and wouldn't NEED that kind of checks on their power but NOOOOoOOOOO"
--James Madison


What does that have to do with movies?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM (ExV1e)

86 Based on what you've posted here about your family, which seems like it wasn't a picnic, imagine if they hadn't professed Christianity but instead were big wokies.
Posted by: horrors beyond imagination at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (gKWVE)

Fuck me, now there's a chilling thought.

Posted by: I do shudder at it. Shudder, I say! at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM (TbWk/)

87 67 The White House ballroom case is the perfect one for Trump to tell a judge to pound sand. Continue construction…. AC/DC would approve. My balls are the finest of them all…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:50 PM (xT8gx)

OK, so this is an outside group suing the Pres...

How can they show harm to themselves? How do they have standing to even sue?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

88 Sigh, and another federal judge says you can't defund PBS and NPR.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM (n5tGW)

89 KBJ is not a jurist. She's a politician, and a reliable vote for whatever the leftwing POV is.
You may say she's a DEI hire or profoundly stupid and I won't argue, but she's there to do exactly what she is doing.

And yet she will eventually stumble into a correct vote on an issue and we'll dutifully applaud, like she just shouted "Puttin on the Ritz" whilst doing a spaz dance.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 31, 2026 05:55 PM (zafwz)

90 Our side should put Chloe Cole front and center as much as possible. She is a great object lesson on the absolute EVIL of gender surgery. I feel incredibly sorry for her.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 05:55 PM (pDt9x)

91 >>>I'm more surprised by Sotomayor.

Same. Kagan, although a liberal, understands her job and takes it seriously. That even Sotomayor disagrees with her should tell KBJ just how bad she screwed up.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 31, 2026 05:55 PM (CwhoI)

92 "And Thomas needs to retire and let Trump replace him or we could face the exact same scenario as obama did with ruth ginsberg."

Could not agree more. Trump can nominate one of Thomas' proteges.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at March 31, 2026 05:55 PM (Vpqw1)

93 Babka:

https://youtu.be/i78azsi7M94

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at March 31, 2026 05:56 PM (2Ez/1)

94 KBJ will someday be part of majority decisions. She is probably already considered too stupid for CJ, but, never underestimate the left.

Posted by: Accomack at March 31, 2026 05:56 PM (8jVAy)

95
I would like to be able to see the Pubbies who voted for Jumanji’s confirmation. They should live in perpetual shame for that.
Posted by: tubal


They are George Will types who believe the president should get whomever he nominates.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 05:56 PM (Cqx++)

96 It was an aftermarket mod'd Camaro SS with the Chicken on the hood, and T tops

I mean for most of the production run the difference was grille and a name badge anyway

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)

97 The activist judges are demonstrating precisely the qualities that you would look for in such a corrupt scheme, of mental midgetry, moral vacancy, and above all, complete and absolute Loyalty to the Clique. Biasberg may very well rationally expect to be the next Chief Justice, unless the SAVE Act is passed.
Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:52 PM (Sy6m/)

It is clear there needs to be some sort of regulatory body to reign in the actions of rogue judges. Such a body, would, of necessity, be extra-judicial. Exactly what form it might take is a matter for debate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (2JFBE)

98 I'm more surprised by Sotomayor.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 05:47 PM (lHTOU)

true, there were times in the past when Kagan went toward the center, Soto almost never

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (GD0B3)

99 Afternoon.

Despite my personal feelings I like to think that the justices of the Supreme Court are very intelligent law nerds who are able to understand the law and eloquently and their positions and opinions. Basically I expect they can run rings intellectually around 95% of the population (on matters of law).

Except for KJB.

She really is a fuckwit, isn't she?

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (XT5+k)

100 In the lone dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the majority "plays with fire in this case" and that she feared "the people of this country will get burned."

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She's right! Once freedom breaks out there's no stopping it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (ndZc7)

101 Come on Ace... lay off the retarded black girl You don't want to be racist... do you? She deserves a say. Even if she's slapped down by the other leftists.

Not like that means anything.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (AkEZC)

102 The plaintiff, Kailey Chiles kinda looks like Mayim Bialik...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (ynpvh)

103 I think a better term (just off the top of my head) is ‘restorative’ therapy.

===

makes sense

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (GD0B3)

104 They don't call her Affirmative Action Jackson for nothin

"Man @(*$@ that (*@$!!! I had a whole franchise lined up and then the movie didn't do so good. That big austrian cracker has the dumbest movies ever and he gets Terminator and I get canceled!"
--Carl Weathers

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:58 PM (El6/E)

105 103 I think a better term (just off the top of my head) is ‘restorative’ therapy.

===

makes sense
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 05:57 PM (GD0B3)

Me three.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 05:59 PM (pDt9x)

106 Look to the cookie, Elaine. Look to the cookie!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:59 PM (xT8gx)

107 >> 301 Do you want the responsibility if the dog that kills small animals for fun decides that somebody else's kid looks like a small enough animal?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:13 PM (a+4eV)

>You're making a retarded leap .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (V4IXI)


Harry projecting chemjeff levels of stupidity

Posted by: cherries in season at March 31, 2026 05:59 PM (43wzR)

108 "And Thomas needs to retire and let Trump replace him or we could face the exact same scenario as obama did with ruth ginsberg."

He'd probably pick someone like Ted Cruz. I would be more comfortable with a JD pick.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:59 PM (abIsI)

109 The sad thing is that one day there will be an HS named for KBJ in North Side ISD in San Antonio.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I wouldn't recognize any of the area around there anymore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2026 05:59 PM (2pORR)

110 I mean for most of the production run the difference was grille and a name badge anyway
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)

No, for many years, Trans-Ams had a number of different Pontiac engines, that did not share parts with similar-sized Chevy engines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:00 PM (2JFBE)

111 I think that Sandra Day O'Connor was the dim bulb in the Court as long as she was in it. She pulled that affirmative-action until 25 years right out her ass. She should have been cashiered for that, alone.
I'm not saying this of Ginsberg or Kagan; like you say, they were/are "law nerds".

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:01 PM (gKWVE)

112 KBJ will continue to remind us how much FJB degraded this nation

Posted by: Gref at March 31, 2026 06:01 PM (5rh/l)

113 That big austrian cracker has the dumbest movies ever and he gets Terminator and I get canceled!"
--Carl Weathers
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:58 PM (El6/E)

Yeah, but it's all good. You get free beverage refills at Burger King.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 06:01 PM (0aYVJ)

114 96 It was an aftermarket mod'd Camaro SS with the Chicken on the hood, and T tops

I mean for most of the production run the difference was grille and a name badge anyway
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:56 PM (El6/E)
Be different. 64 Chevy Nova Super Sport.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2026 06:01 PM (LHPAg)

115 They don't call her Affirmative Action Jackson for nothin

"Man @(*$@ that (*@$!!! I had a whole franchise lined up and then the movie didn't do so good. That big austrian cracker has the dumbest movies ever and he gets Terminator and I get canceled!"
--Carl Weathers
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:58 PM (El6/E)
——

They did team up for Predator and share the greatest handshake in all of human history.

Action Jackson is an underrated 80s action movie and deserved better than it got.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 06:01 PM (1LxEq)

116 I don’t know…. Not sure Trump could pick someone as good as Thomas. How old is he? He might have another good 5-10 years left on the court

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:02 PM (xT8gx)

117 Many people would benefit from proper "restorative therapy" , since many were abused as children. Hope it takes off.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:02 PM (GD0B3)

118 109 The sad thing is that one day there will be an HS named for KBJ in North Side ISD in San Antonio.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I wouldn't recognize any of the area around there anymore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2026 05:59 PM (2pORR)

KBJ school for "Special" students...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 06:02 PM (ynpvh)

119 KBJ is the distillation of the long march through the institutions. She's as dumb as a fucking stump and will do nothing but "write" decisions (that her bluehair nosering clerks write for her) that do nothing but attempt to codify through the court every left-wing loon fantasy imaginable.

Also said it earlier, but the idea that this dumbass got into and through any law school in the country is a scathing indictment of the entire system.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 06:02 PM (oqH4h)

120 Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the majority "plays with fire in this case" and that she feared "the people of this country will get burned."

We were burned when she made the court

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 06:03 PM (RDqo2)

121 116 I don’t know…. Not sure Trump could pick someone as good as Thomas. How old is he? He might have another good 5-10 years left on the court

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:02 PM (xT8gx)

He's 77...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 06:03 PM (ynpvh)

122 81 Who came up with the term ‘conversion therapy”? I hope we didn’t. It sounds pejorative, like we are trying to force a conversion on someone. I think a better term (just off the top of my head) is ‘restorative’ therapy.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:53 PM (1LxEq)

I'm reasonably certain that "conversion therapy" is the term used by the left for any therapy that doesn't immediately, unquestioningly and enthusiastically support and affirm a kid's profession of being gay or trans. It's done intentionally because it has nasty connotations of of (allegedly) brutal aversion therapy and behavioral operant conditioning therapy purportedly used on gays in the past, which I don't think even the most stereotypical evangelical right-wing reactionary would support.

Posted by: I am Napoleon! Give me cavalry to command! at March 31, 2026 06:04 PM (TbWk/)

123 The sad thing is that one day there will be an HS named for KBJ in North Side ISD in San Antonio.
Posted by: Cow Demon

I wouldn't recognize any of the area around there anymore.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at March 31, 2026 05:59 PM (2pORR)
=====

People's Academy for Juvenile Justice and Equity and Arts and Trans Rights #4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 06:04 PM (RIvkX)

124 Also said it earlier, but the idea that this dumbass got into and through any law school in the country is a scathing indictment of the entire system.
Posted by: ballistic


So did Mazie Hirono. Georgetown.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 06:04 PM (abIsI)

125 Ketanji Jackson-Brown's brain is running on empty.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:04 PM (gtcuf)

126 OK, so this is an outside group suing the Pres...

How can they show harm to themselves? How do they have standing to even sue?

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 05:54 PM


They can't and they don't. They went judge shopping and this will be over turned on appeal.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 06:05 PM (0N4FZ)

127 Susan Collins (Maine)
Mitt Romney (Utah)
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
These senators joined all 50 Democrats in backing her nomination, which was a significant bipartisan effort to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.

Jumanjis Republican votes for confirmation.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 06:05 PM (pDt9x)

128 Action Jackson is an underrated 80s action movie and deserved better than it got.

"you tore that boys arm off!!!"
"he had a spare!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:05 PM (El6/E)

129 Smarter HLS graduate: Michelle Obama or KBJ?

Posted by: mr tmz at March 31, 2026 06:05 PM (rJ48h)

130 I'm reasonably certain that "conversion therapy" is the term used by the left for any therapy that doesn't immediately, unquestioningly and enthusiastically support and affirm a kid's profession of being gay or trans. It's done intentionally because it has nasty connotations of of (allegedly) brutal aversion therapy and behavioral operant conditioning therapy purportedly used on gays in the past, which I don't think even the most stereotypical evangelical right-wing reactionary would support.
Posted by: I am Napoleon! Give me cavalry to command! at March 31, 2026 06:04 PM (TbWk/)

A course of hot lead injections is guaranteed to work, and is much cheaper.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:06 PM (2JFBE)

131 No, for many years, Trans-Ams had a number of different Pontiac engines, that did not share parts with similar-sized Chevy engines.

Yeah I know but the initial run was basically the same car. Then in the 80s the body styles were really similar, so I overstated things

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:06 PM (El6/E)

132 A federal judge just ordered Trump to stop construction of the new White House ballroom. How about telling Mister Judge to fuck off.

https://tinyurl.com/afk9b37v

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (5xuJ/)

Trump just needs to pull these assholes aside and say look, keep it up and I send Delta to shoot you in the fucking head. If it gets out that I told you this I'll know who did it, and I'm still gonna send delta to come and shoot you in the fucking head.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:06 PM (snZF9)

133 55 Simpler question. Does Psychiatry or therapy, actually constitute PRACTICING MEDICINE?

Unless you are prescribing medication? I'd say no.

Just talk falls under Freedom of Speech... because there is no definable quantification of results. You can't measure if therapy works... it is all a matter of opinion...
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (mP0K

Psychiatry is definitely practicing medicine. Psychiatrists are MDs and do prescribe medicine.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 06:06 PM (OoFl2)

134 Many people would benefit from proper "restorative therapy" , since many were abused as children. Hope it takes off.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:02 PM (GD0B3)

The Biden Administration and the gay/woke/tarded psychiatry and other associations have tried to crush any efforts in this direction and pseudoscience and harmful to "gay and trans" kids, while glossing over the fact that these populations have a very high incidence of trauma and psychological comorbidities (autism, depression, etc). It's not good medicine or good science, it's politics, ideology, and perversion.

Posted by: They want them twisted, not healed at March 31, 2026 06:08 PM (TbWk/)

135 Susan Collins (Maine)
Mitt Romney (Utah)
Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
These senators joined all 50 Democrats in backing her nomination, which was a significant bipartisan effort to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.

Jumanjis Republican votes for confirmation.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 06:05 PM (pDt9x)

They only count as Republicans because there is no Deranged Fuckwit party.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:08 PM (2JFBE)

136 Psychiatry is definitely practicing medicine. Psychiatrists are MDs and do prescribe medicine.
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 06:06 PM (OoFl2)

I knew this from watching Cheers and then Frasier….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:08 PM (xT8gx)

137 Spouse said this was on the internet...

If the 3 are in the dissent, it might not be stupid.
If it's just Sotomayor and KBJ, it will be stupid.
If it's just KBJ, it will reach levels of insanity and stupidity that have never been seen before in any level of law.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 06:08 PM (tOcjL)

138 121 116 I don’t know…. Not sure Trump could pick someone as good as Thomas. How old is he? He might have another good 5-10 years left on the court

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:02 PM (xT8gx)

He's 77...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 06:03 PM (ynpvh)

Damn, that's how old I am. How did I end up retired?

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2026 06:09 PM (LHPAg)

139 Second look at the Official Monster Raving Loony Party?

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:09 PM (gKWVE)

140 Trans day of awareness? Dang OK I am tring to think of my favorite Trans-Am. I mean I love how the last one made in 2002 looks and it had a nice engine, but I think my favorite model isn't the firechicken Smokey and the Bandit one but the 1972 has to be my choice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (El6/E)

LOL. I just got an email from someone running for senate in California celebrating the trans day of awareness. I want to respond that I am very aware; in fact, every time I try to forget about the trannies they shoot some innocent school kids. But it's Lent, so I didn't.

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:09 PM (lCppi)

141 Hello, this is Dr Frasier Crane…. I’m listening!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:09 PM (xT8gx)

142 ...It's not good medicine or good science, it's politics, ideology, and perversion.
Posted by: They want them twisted, not healed

Fight!Fight!Fight!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:10 PM (GD0B3)

143 A federal judge just ordered Trump to stop construction of the new White House ballroom. How about telling Mister Judge to fuck off.

This is like the third judge trying to stop him, kind of hilarious because they don't have any justification for it, just "don't do that!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:11 PM (El6/E)

144 Honestly, I'm completely confused on this one.

I guess I have Aspergers or something.

Retard maybe.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:11 PM (aTgV0)

145 Second look at the Official Monster Raving Loony Party?
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:09 PM (gKWVE)
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Not on your nellie!

Posted by: The Silly Party at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (lHTOU)

146
Is there any way at all to get rid of this retard?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (VWtfl)

147 Yeah I know but the initial run was basically the same car. Then in the 80s the body styles were really similar, so I overstated things
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:06 PM (El6/E)

Indeed, the body platforms were identical, as was much of the running gear. But engines were distinctly different, until the Pontiac engine line was shut down, which date I don't remember. And muscle car buyers were very, very cognizant of engines.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (2JFBE)

148 >>>oh I completely forgot! I bet it's impossible to get reservations at this hour.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (1wjle)

LOL!!

Posted by: Max Power at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (q177U)

149 They only count as Republicans because there is no Deranged Fuckwit party.

You start that party and I will become a card-carrying member

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (El6/E)

150 I don't see the problem with the "write[e] papers" quote.

He was quoting her, the original text says "writing papers" so this is the proper way to quote. It is not anything unusual. He quoted her because it was an important fact and necessary to include as a quote.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (Fg7bI)

151 2 The fact that this happened on Trans Day of Visibility is hilarious.
Posted by: the lower depths at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (PrKv7)


Well, Trans Conversion Therapy is basically Gay Affirmation, so it's more like favoring the less insane perversion than anti-degeneracy per se.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 06:13 PM (Sy6m/)

152 Is there any way at all to get rid of this retard?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (VWtfl)
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Where's Reginald FitzUrse when you really need him?

Posted by: The Silly Party at March 31, 2026 06:13 PM (lHTOU)

153 "Second look at the Official Monster Raving Loony Party?
Posted by: gKWVE"


Is that the one with Biscuit Barrel?

I always thought he had a good platform.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:13 PM (aTgV0)

154 Gack.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 06:14 PM (lHTOU)

155 You start that party and I will become a card-carrying member
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:12 PM (El6/E)

If they will accept you as a member, you probably don't want to belong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:14 PM (2JFBE)

156 My 3rd and 4th grade teacher was this gorgeous hippy chick who was not fond of bras, every boy had a crush on her. She drove a gold 1974 Camaro, always liked that car because of her. She was literally the only hot teacher I ever had.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:14 PM (El6/E)

157 Trump says he is just going to keep building the ballroom, because the judge stated he could continue for security reasons. Basically the reading says keep going but I want to pretend I stopped Trump.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 06:15 PM (n5tGW)

158 KBJ is the stupidist Supreme Court Justice ever.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:16 PM (qFwJc)

159 If they will accept you as a member, you probably don't want to belong.

Fair

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:16 PM (El6/E)

160 The left is salivating at the prospect of doing away with free speech. It does not serve their purposes. And this is the "gentlest" "remedy" they have proposed for dealing with pesky freedom-loving heritage Americans.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at March 31, 2026 06:16 PM (FMtrg)

161 The no bra era, 60’s and 70’s, yes? Take the good with the bad, I suppose.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 06:16 PM (pDt9x)

162 156 My 3rd and 4th grade teacher was this gorgeous hippy chick who was not fond of bras, every boy had a crush on her. She drove a gold 1974 Camaro, always liked that car because of her. She was literally the only hot teacher I ever had.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:14 PM (El6/E)

My ninth grade English teacher (summer) was so bloody hot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:17 PM (hJH5n)

163 Tomorrow, birth right citizenship.

I am worried Kagan and SM did some horse trading, although this case is not even close IMO, so hopefully that's not the case.

I hope to hear this tomorrow: The Constitution is not a suicide pact.

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:17 PM (lCppi)

164 My third grade teacher was a "tomato."

Very young and pretty. We loved her.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:17 PM (qFwJc)

165 She was literally the only hot teacher I ever had.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:14 PM (El6/E)

I had a couple of lady teachers who were moderately attractive, but most were matronly characters from The Far Side.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 06:17 PM (0aYVJ)

166 KBJ is the stupidist Supreme Court Justice ever.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Roger B. Taney?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 06:18 PM (ndZc7)

167 So, the Army grounded their helicopter pilots for their Kid Rock flyover.

I get it... rules is rules, blah blah blah.

But, he invited them to do it anytime they wanted, he owns a palatial spread where neighbors wouldn't be disturbed, the Army didn't pay for rights to do it like with the gay racist NFL, and it looks cool for the Army.

Seems a little scoldy to me. I hope it's just a slap on the wrist and bygones are bygones. It's not called "The SchoolmArmy," after all.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 06:18 PM (BI5O2)

168 163 Tomorrow, birth right citizenship.

I am worried Kagan and SM did some horse trading, although this case is not even close IMO, so hopefully that's not the case.

I hope to hear this tomorrow: The Constitution is not a suicide pact.
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:17 PM (lCppi)

The birthright citizenship case is DOA no doubt.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 06:18 PM (pDt9x)

169 KBJ is the stupidist Supreme Court Justice ever.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Roger B. Taney?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 06:18 PM (ndZc7)
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Taney was emphatically not stupid, but he had...biases.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 06:19 PM (lHTOU)

170 My third grade teacher wore a bra. Her face made up for it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:19 PM (qFwJc)

171 I remember Mrs. [Long Italian Name Here that starts with M]. She was close to 100 years old and a real firecracker!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:19 PM (GD0B3)

172 Bras and high heels and panties are maybe the three coolest things ever invented.

And air-conditioning.

And yoga pants.

Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

173 My 3rd and 4th grade teacher was this gorgeous hippy chick who was not fond of bras, every boy had a crush on her. She drove a gold 1974 Camaro, always liked that car because of her. She was literally the only hot teacher I ever had.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:14 PM (El6/E)

We had a few like that, some were pretty young. I also had a teacher who was a complete star trek freak, and this was right before any of the spin offs and right after the first movie. She was probably around 30. She had a rack like cadillac bumper bullets, and they were never secured.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (snZF9)

174
Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

They'll have to fight whoever invented the tube top first. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (snZF9)

175 To be fair to KBJ:

She can't tell you what a woman is.

Therefore what would a man be trans'ing into? Or a woman trans'ing away from?

Only approved therapists from the right institutions can ascertain these questions.

I side with the dissent.

Posted by: dum at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (It5AG)

176 Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

——————-


Been to wal mart lately?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (u73oe)

177 The sixties were more conservative.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (qFwJc)

178 172 Bras and high heels and panties are maybe the three coolest things ever invented.

And air-conditioning.

And yoga pants.

Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

Yoga pants as a societal good is conditional. Very coditional. Much the same as Spandex and Speedos.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (pDt9x)

179 And yoga pants.

Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

Apparently you’ve never been to a Walmart where the land whales on motorized scooters wear yoga pants and it’s a sight you don’t wanna see… traumatizing… no HoF

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (xT8gx)

180 She was literally the only hot teacher I ever had.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:14 PM (El6/E)

You had 0 hot teachers.

Hippies are gross and they make me ructate.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (BI5O2)

181 Molinaro!! I can't believe I remember this!! Any Molinaros here?

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (GD0B3)

182 On a related note, I think her fellow justices would be happy if KJB exercised her speech a little less at the workplace.

Iirc, she talks than all of them, by A LOT.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (4KUe5)

183 176, 179 — Horde mind

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (xT8gx)

184 Bras and high heels and panties are maybe the three coolest things ever invented.

And air-conditioning.

And yoga pants.

Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)
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My Spanish teacher in Leather pants in 1975.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (RIvkX)

185 She had a rack like cadillac bumper bullets, and they were never secured.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (snZF9)

Better looking than Kristi Noem's husband, I hope!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (2JFBE)

186 For Pete

>>@c14israel
·
3h
>>THE END OF THE "ISLAMIC REPUBLIC"?

>>A major new rift is tearing through Tehran as senior clerics break with the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), according to Senior Iran Analyst Dror Balazada (
@DBalazada
).

>>Clerics report that the original regime structure has collapsed, and they have been pushed aside by the IRGC. The IRGC now exert total control over the centers of power, the nation's economic flow, and the relationship with Mojtaba Khamenei.

>>The isolation is so extreme that top clerics are now questioning if Mojtaba Khamenei is even alive and what condition he is in.

>>The conclusion from inside Tehran is clear: This is no longer an Islamic Republic- it is now a "Revolutionary Guards Republic."

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

187 Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)


https://tinyurl.com/n7dmuyhf

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

188 166 KBJ is the stupidist Supreme Court Justice ever.

Roger B. Taney?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I'll agree with that. A lot of people in the north had an "I don't care" attitude about southern slavery but the Dredd Scott decision effectively made them plantation overseers charged with returning "property".

A huge part of the hardening of attitudes leading up to the civil war.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (Y8DZL)

189 Mojtaba is in Russia. Russians already fessed up to it.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (GD0B3)

190 RawStory: Justice Kagan 'signaled' to other states how to get around 8-1 ruling on anti-gay therapy. "Justice Kagan says, if this were viewpoint neutral and instead just regulated a subject matter of speech that is forbidden, for example, in doctor's offices, that would be a much tougher call,” Rubin explained. "Justice Kagan may be signaling to other states that have a concern about things like conversion therapy.”

It’s crazy how liberal and far right judges play different games. Kagan and Sotomayor are acting like it’s up to them to make thoughtful and principled rulings and maybe sometimes that means coming down in favor of something they personally disagree with.

Alito and the Handmaid and Justice Brett just decide to invent new law and ignore precedent in service of the fascist project.

And now that therapy is free speech there is no recourse if a therapist decides to start encouraging their clients to kill themselves.

Kagans concurrence is word salad. Jackson's dissent is persuasive.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (ycI94)

191 catfight!. Rwaw! Or rather pigfight! Ralph!

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (wBaIH)

192 And yoga pants.

Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

Apparently you’ve never been to a Walmart where the land whales on motorized scooters wear yoga pants and it’s a sight you don’t wanna see… traumatizing… no HoF

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (xT8gx)

Especially the ones sporting sea lions as legs. damn....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (snZF9)

193 If she could have, my smokin hot 6th grade teacher would have looked pretty good in a tube top, yoga pants and high heels.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (n5tGW)

194 There's something that bothers me about this ruling, and I'm not saying that Justice DEI is right. But try entertain this possibility:

Suppose a cardiologist starts giving verbal advice to his patients that they should smoke two packs of cigarettes every day. He believes that all the studies showing that cigarettes are harmful were flawed. Other than that, he practices cardiology perfectly. He performs procedures correctly and gives the correct prescriptions. But he still advises two packs a day of unfiltered Lucky Strikes.

Can the state pull his cardiology license? Or does he have a constitutional right to give dangerous medical advice in the course of his practice?

I think the answer is obviously yes, the state can restrict what medical advice he gives.

The difference, and I don't think the opinion addresses this, is that despite what the "expert" consensus may be, issues of sexuality and gender are just too fuzzy to decide that one position is absolutely correct. And so there must be room for differences of opinion.

But it seems preposterous to me that the state could license a physician and then have no control over the care he gives by verbal instructions.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (CKIwv)

195 Now a judge has stopped the ballroom construction LOL

Posted by: steevy at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (YwEeS)

196 Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

https://tinyurl.com/n7dmuyhf
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

Shoulda had an Akbar warning…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (xT8gx)

197 The conclusion from inside Tehran is clear: This is no longer an Islamic Republic- it is now a "Revolutionary Guards Republic."
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)


Always was. This is just another mask dropped.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (ExV1e)

198 >>The conclusion from inside Tehran is clear: This is no longer an Islamic Republic- it is now a "Revolutionary Guards Republic."
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)
=====

So where is the Army?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (RIvkX)

199 Which Autopen pilot nominated this woman?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (4KUe5)

200 Did anyone demand Brown turn over her yearbooks to be interrogated like Kavanaugh's were? I'm betting her high school motto was "I don't understand."

Posted by: mea culpa at March 31, 2026 06:26 PM (nwSb4)

201 Collins
Romney
Murkowski

So the usual suspects.

People, these are NOT Republicans! They are assholes, and will do the bidding of whoever to get re-elected to their cushy jobs. They may as well be socialist Democrats. Stop voting for them.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 06:26 PM (pvf3X)

202 https://tinyurl.com/n7dmuyhf
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

Ack! I've been Ackbar'd!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:27 PM (2JFBE)

203 We could have, and should have had, Janice Rogers Brown on the Supreme Court as the first black female justice, but the Democrats wouldn't allow this to happen.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:27 PM (hHbeA)

204 Don't believe me ? Here: Mojtaba is in Russia.

https://tinyurl.com/4e6373cs

They won't say anything like that at that level if it was not true.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:27 PM (GD0B3)

205 192 And yoga pants.

Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

Apparently you’ve never been to a Walmart where the land whales on motorized scooters wear yoga pants and it’s a sight you don’t wanna see… traumatizing… no HoF

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (xT8gx)

Especially the ones sporting sea lions as legs. damn....
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (snZF9)

I’m now convinced yoga pants are evil because unfortunately every woman thinks she can pull them off.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (hJH5n)

206 I think this post sidesteps a key point. (sorry Ace)

This is marxism - in marxism (and Leftism generally) words are tools, not connected to a rational meaning. You say what you need to say to win. This is critical theory (which started as a legal theory) in action. This is Stalinism in action.

They use words to deceive, not to enlighten. Here, she is just using the laws, and her interns (certainly not her - I think she is illiterate) are trying to use marxist theory to destroy the constitution, one ruling at a time.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (Fg7bI)

207 Alito and the Handmaid and Justice Brett

The Handmaid?

Coney-Barrett was "conservative" on one issue and one issue only, and once that was taken care of she ran straight to Sandra Day-O'Connor territory.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (gtcuf)

208 We can overcome a lot of the injurious things that Bribe'em did but KBJ is going to be an open wound for a long, long time

Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (+nEug)

209 She's not a hypocrite. She's an idiot. Regrettably, she is joined in this by a large swath of the country.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (QaH55)

210 There was one teacher, when I was a freshman, who was pretty. But she dressed very conservatively, and had Toni Tenille hair.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (0aYVJ)

211 The DEIdiot perfectly reflects her intellectual superior and appointer, Puddin' Head Joe.

Posted by: Candidus at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (qrdYx)

212 Put me in the category suggesting that therapists, psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, psychologists etc. regardless of religion, politics or other are usually more crazy than the average human and serve no purpose other than to screw up our nice comfortable and effective natural Darwinism we have in place.

Posted by: Orson at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (dIske)

213 he was probably transferred there a few weeks ago, as soon as Trump started hinting that they are negotiating with level 3 leaders

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (GD0B3)

214 What are we making for dinner? I am thinking chicken shawarma.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (OoFl2)

215 But it seems preposterous to me that the state could license a physician and then have no control over the care he gives by verbal instructions.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (CKIwv)

Odor of burning straw detected.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (2JFBE)

216 I’m now convinced yoga pants are evil because unfortunately every woman thinks she can pull them off.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (hJH5n)

Well thats the problem, some look like you need tow chains to pull them off.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (snZF9)

217 Buncha WalMart shoppers in here.

What pisses me off is Home Depot and Harbor Freight.

You want a screwdriver and you have to walk forty fucking acres to find a 30 dollar screwdriver, or you can go to Harbor Freight where everyone's an asshole and you can't check out without giving your dental records.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (aTgV0)

218 Trump is continuing with the ballroom he said.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (n5tGW)

219 Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

They'll have to fight whoever invented the tube top first. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:22 PM (snZF9)

Pencil skirts

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (hJH5n)

220 I wonder how many billions in gold Mujtaba's people had to move to Russia for "accommodations".

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (GD0B3)

221 Speaking of criminals who run to Russia... I was watching Forensic Files, and it was about this lunatic who was running an elaborate scam on the Navy, wherein everything went sideways and he ended up murdering his wife and an officer, then fled to the Land of the Bearfuckers.

He lived there for years on the lam.

Living in Russia sucked so much balls that this guy *voluntarily* returned to face the vicissitudes of American justice in a double-murder trial rather than keep doing it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (BI5O2)

222 Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

https://tinyurl.com/n7dmuyhf
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

Shoulda had an Akbar warning…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (xT8gx)


Here's one more in line with your hopes and dreams.

https://tinyurl.com/yxwhcu6z

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (ExV1e)

223 One is the loneliest number.

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (0sNs1)

224 I don't need a fucking warranty on a gottdamn screwdriver!!!!!

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (aTgV0)

225 The no bra era, 60’s and 70’s, yes? Take the good with the bad, I suppose.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 06:16 PM (pDt9x)

It was the best of times and the worst of times.

(Old women wanted that action too.)

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (g8Ew8)

226 So where is the Army?

Hiding in bunker, all their toys are broken LOL

Which Autopen pilot nominated this woman?

If I had to guess? Jill Biden.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (El6/E)

227 On this date in 1622 the Persians defeated the Portuguese and took over the Strait of Hurmuz. It financed their empire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (ZwdAr)

228 "She's Got Toni Tennile Hair" was Kim Carnes' lesser-known follow-up single, iirc.

Posted by: Delurker at March 31, 2026 06:31 PM (gtcuf)

229 If dudes like yoga pants I would suggest them go to youtube and look up biker girl vids. I assure you that you'll be busy the rest of the night.

a quick sample

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qzjJAnnS0x4

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:31 PM (snZF9)

230 > A federal judge just ordered Trump to stop construction of the new White House ballroom. How about telling Mister Judge to fuck off.
------------
This is the biggest issue with our current government. Trump, and his administration, should have addressed this on day one. Major fail.

They've been fucked ever since.

And, no... some obscure court in FL isn't going to resolve it.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (AkEZC)

231 They won't say anything like that at that level if it was not true.
Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:27 PM (GD0B3)

Reuters lies like a rug.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (2JFBE)

232 I have doubts KJB ever read the US Constitution
And we will be stick with the Cultural Marxist until she dies of olf age

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)

233 Trump is continuing with the ballroom he said.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (n5tGW)

Dudes need room for their balls. What do you do?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (dK+Kv)

234 Yo peeps. I'm back!

@Sasquatch - it's not too late to give Clarence Thomas the CJ seat, right? Just fire Johnny Boy and promote Thomas. Even if it's his last day before retirement.

Posted by: RandomDave - new laptop, new hash at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (aJQbY)

235 215

Odor of burning straw detected.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
_______

Okay, so you think cardiologists have no constitutional right to advise their patients to smoke cigarettes? Why not?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (CKIwv)

236 And they're not even pretending to work within a system of objective rules any longer.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:33 PM


When you base your entire philosophy of life on materialism and your principles of justice based on emotion reactions to fairness, then you have no choice but to make the subjective the only criteria that matters.

When subjectivity rules there are no rules.

And they like it that way.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 31, 2026 06:33 PM (6ydKt)

237 210 There was one teacher, when I was a freshman, who was pretty. But she dressed very conservatively, and had Toni Tenille hair.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (0aYVJ)

My fourth grade teacher, who was my most beloved one for countless reasons, could be perhaps said to be pretty by some. But she was the same. She was very religious and dressed very conservatively. Any time she wore a skirt, for instance, out came the knee socks. Dresses were long. She almost never wore heels on any height.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:33 PM (hJH5n)

238 Shoulda had an Akbar warning…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (xT8gx)

Here's one more in line with your hopes and dreams.

https://tinyurl.com/yxwhcu6z
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:30 PM (ExV1e)

Aah…. That’s more like it thank you

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 06:33 PM (xT8gx)

239 Had a 6th grade teacher who was objectively good looking ,but she was a man-hating ball-buster. Her first name was Sylvia, but we boys called her "Slivia." Seemed oddly apt, despite it not being a real word.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 06:33 PM (0aYVJ)

240 Coney-Barrett went to Notre Dame, a formerly Catholic College.

The Jesuits went bad 100 years ago.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:33 PM (qFwJc)

241 What are we making for dinner? I am thinking chicken shawarma.
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (OoFl2)

—————-

Roasted chicken with Yukon gold potatoes. The potatoes are sliced lengthwise, liberally salted, and placed face down on a mat on top of a bed of grated Parmesan cheese. When they come out, they have a nice crispy golden brown layer of Parmesan on top. Always a hit here.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 31, 2026 06:33 PM (u73oe)

242 A prime example of this is that the Washington state legislature just passed an income tax on "millionaires".

The Washington state constitution explicitly bans an income tax.

The Washington supreme court will find the "millionaires tax" legal anyway.

"Millionaires" (and many other people) are starting to flee Washington, not just because of the tax, but because the Washington judiciary is completely corrupt.

Posted by: YOUR Canadian Government! at March 31, 2026 06:34 PM (n1OCj)

243 Okay, so you think cardiologists have no constitutional right to advise their patients to smoke cigarettes? Why not?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (CKIwv)

Suddenly you care about the Constitution.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:34 PM (hJH5n)

244 But it seems preposterous to me that the state could license a physician and then have no control over the care he gives by verbal instructions.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:25 PM (CKIwv)

Odor of burning straw detected.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:29 PM (2JFBE)

Fried neurons.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 06:34 PM (g8Ew8)

245 I’m now convinced yoga pants are evil because unfortunately every woman thinks she can pull them off.

There are a LOT of problems with them. Girls that are too young are rocking them as jeans. Women are wearing them in public like they are not basically body paint. And, as many have noted; sea lion legs LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (El6/E)

246 Whoever invented yoga pants should be in the Human Hall of Fame.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (aTgV0)

https://tinyurl.com/n7dmuyhf
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

Shoulda had an Akbar warning…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Damn! I'm late to my party! https://tinyurl.com/5n789thw

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ycI94)

247 242 A prime example of this is that the Washington state legislature just passed an income tax on "millionaires".

The Washington state constitution explicitly bans an income tax.

The Washington supreme court will find the "millionaires tax" legal anyway.

"Millionaires" (and many other people) are starting to flee Washington, not just because of the tax, but because the Washington judiciary is completely corrupt.
Posted by: YOUR Canadian Government! at March 31, 2026 06:34 PM (n1OCj)

A “hate tax” (h/t, then- MEP Farage)

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (hJH5n)

248 Here's one more in line with your hopes and dreams.

https://tinyurl.com/yxwhcu6z
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Without support that thing's gonna sag.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ZwdAr)

249 OT, @GrrrGraphics has a funny about Pooh, Fang Fang, and the gaseous one

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (gKWVE)

250 @Sasquatch - it's not too late to give Clarence Thomas the CJ seat, right? Just fire Johnny Boy and promote Thomas. Even if it's his last day before retirement.
Posted by: RandomDave
_______

Thomas better retire this summer. The Democrats are taking the Senate and then we're probably going to get 8 years of Democrats. A fat black man in his 70s isn't gonna live another ten years.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (CKIwv)

251 Nood. Quickies.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)

252 Ah! Forgot my Ackbar name switch!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (ycI94)

253 Toni Tennile was in The Wall not Dark Side of the Moon.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (aTgV0)

254 Reuters lies like a rug.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (2JFBE)

You are being reflexive. They tend to lie in editorials. In this case Reuters got an official statement from the Russian envoy. Now explain to me why they need to lie in this case. Does it make them look good ? No. It was coordinated with the US.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (GD0B3)

255 I’m now convinced yoga pants are evil because unfortunately every woman thinks she can pull them off.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (hJH5n)


The worst are the "nude" XXL pants.

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (lCppi)

256 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (LdBR/)

257
No hot teachers unfortunately.

I did have a typing teacher who was a little overweight who did spend time making herself up and dressing well who would lean over to check progress while letting her considerable bosom come in contact with my back.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (Y8DZL)

258 They will eventually pre-halt everything Trump does with Federal Judges. I'm surprised they don't just go ahead and have Federal Judges rule that Trump isn't president. That's the result. Just do that over and over again forever. What would be the difference?

Roberts is a f'ing traitor. He could stop this. But this is his desire.

The judicial/legal system is our Communist State Politburo and Roberts is the General Secretary.


Am I wrong? I am not wrong.

Posted by: banana Dream at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (3uBP9)

259 Cardiologists and constitutional right?

Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (+nEug)

260 She had a rack like cadillac bumper bullets, and they were never secured.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM (snZF9)

*******

Fuckin’ poetry…

Posted by: EFG at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (FAgZG)

261 243 Okay, so you think cardiologists have no constitutional right to advise their patients to smoke cigarettes? Why not?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (CKIwv)

Suddenly you care about the Constitution.
Posted by: Cow Demon
_____

When have I not?
If you can't answer the question, just say "I'm too dumb to answer the question."

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:37 PM (CKIwv)

262 Thomas better retire this summer. The Democrats are taking the Senate and then we're probably going to get 8 years of Democrats. A fat black man in his 70s isn't gonna live another ten years.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:35 PM (CKIwv)

When was the election canceled?

“Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us.” - Robert W. Pratt

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:37 PM (hJH5n)

263 Damn! I'm late to my party! https://tinyurl.com/5n789thw
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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Shoppped

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 06:37 PM (ZwdAr)

264 Okay, so you think cardiologists have no constitutional right to advise their patients to smoke cigarettes? Why not?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (CKIwv)

No, you have it wrong, to nobody's great surprise. Cardiologists have every Constitutional right to advise their patients to smoke unfiltered Camels. And their patients have the right to stupidly follow that advice, or wisely reject it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (2JFBE)

265 So far today, I have read that judge number 1 will not allow Trump to continue building the ballroom.
Judge number 2. says Trump's EPA, etc. can't remove species from the endangered species list. Judge number 3. says Trump can't defund PBS. Judge number 4 says Trump can't stop paying Fed funds to a state with no control of fraud regarding said Fed funds.

I'm sure I've missed other judicial fiats today.
I believe we have a judge problem.

Posted by: jen the original at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (9wVPs)

266 @Sasquatch - it's not too late to give Clarence Thomas the CJ seat, right? Just fire Johnny Boy and promote Thomas. Even if it's his last day before retirement.
Posted by: RandomDave - new laptop, new hash at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (aJQbY)

*********

Would work for me. Also, if I knew that we were guaranteed to win the Presidency in 2028 and control the Senate, I'd go with elevating Rogers Brown to the USSC even though she's in her late 70s, just to show the nation that non-leftist black women are good choices for the USSC. Then, when these two are ready for retirement, replace them with Thomas's proteges.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (hHbeA)

267 Are we talking about ending professional licensure for stuff? Sure. Do it. I can figure out who's a ridiculous quack and who's a reputable physician/attorney/etc. without our dumbass government's help, they're terrible at doing so themselves, and we have civil law courts for me to sue them in, if they tell me cigarettes are good for my T-zone. I just gotta hope I didn't strike out on the doctor *and* the lawyer if that happens.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (BI5O2)

268 When have I not?
If you can't answer the question, just say "I'm too dumb to answer the question."
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:37 PM (CKIwv)

All the time.

Nothing means shit to you and you constantly make this very plain. The Constitution does not exist for the asking as much as you believe otherwise.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (hJH5n)

269 “Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us.” - Robert W. Pratt
Posted by: Cow Demon
______

The Democrats thought that too. Then RBG croaked at the worst possible time.

Alito and Thomas can't repeat that error. Step down, name your successor, and enjoy the golden years.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (CKIwv)

270 also had a teacher who was a complete star trek freak, and this was right before any of the spin offs and right after the first movie. She was probably around 30. She had a rack like cadillac bumper bullets, and they were never secured.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 06:20 PM


Here's some helpful quotes should you encounter a similar situation in the future:

“Are you a Vulcan? Because I find your logic and beauty fascinating.”

“I’d travel to the Delta Quadrant just to be with you.”

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

271 Also said it earlier, but the idea that this dumbass got into and through any law school in the country is a scathing indictment of the entire system.
Posted by: ballistic
++++
So did Mazie Hirono. Georgetown.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Before or after she was seated in the Senate?
If before, yes this is "a scathing indictment of the legal system".
If after, it's a scathing indictment of Georgetown Law, which was sucking up to someone who has influence on government cash disbursements to law schools.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 31, 2026 06:41 PM (nwB28)

272 264. Cardiologists have every right under the constitution to advise their patients to smoke cigarettes. Cardiologists do not have the right to be free from lawsuits, or licensure revocation for endangering patients.

Posted by: jen the original at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (9wVPs)

273 268

Nothing means shit to you and you constantly make this very plain. The Constitution does not exist for the asking as much as you believe otherwise.
Posted by: Cow Demon
______

Listen here faggot, I've been here 23 years and I've cared about the Constitution the whole time. Fuck right off, I'm done with you and your cocksucking bullshit.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (CKIwv)

274 The Democrats thought that too. Then RBG croaked at the worst possible time.

Alito and Thomas can't repeat that error. Step down, name your successor, and enjoy the golden years.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:40 PM (CKIwv)

When was the election canceled? I want to know.

Personally, I think we should have a double checking mechanism just in case you are wrong. It’s called: holding the election anyway.

(Name your successor. Go back to school and take a civics class. You slept through them along with your history classes,.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:45 PM (hJH5n)

275 This constitutional talk is all well and good, but let's get to the important stuff - Who on the Supreme Court dresses up like Barbie with giant fake boobs?

Posted by: Wally at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (zG4BR)

276 272 264. Cardiologists have every right under the constitution to advise their patients to smoke cigarettes. Cardiologists do not have the right to be free from lawsuits, or licensure revocation for endangering patients.
Posted by: jen the original
________

No, I don't think that's right under today's opinion.

If the state determines that conversion therapy (involving only talking) is dangerous, it can't pull a license for endangering patients.

The difference is that you don't think conversions therapy is actually dangerous.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:46 PM (CKIwv)

277 Listen here faggot, I've been here 23 years and I've cared about the Constitution the whole time. Fuck right off, I'm done with you and your cocksucking bullshit.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 06:42 PM (CKIwv)

A temper tantrum and being insecure. So, remind me, how long have you been here again? And why should I care?

I’ll say it again: you are a wimp, you find nothing, absolutely nothing, worth defending, and are completely unwilling to defend the Constitution. You spent the better part of this afternoon bitching about its defense by the current administration. What am I to conclude? Nothing means shit to you, and you constantly make that plain. Go on another rant. And no, I am not a bundle of sticks or a MiG-15. But childish name calling suits you, I guess. Better than standing up for what you believe in.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:52 PM (hJH5n)

278 The worst are the "nude" XXL pants.
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (lCppi)

Oh dear Schlürpo, I saw some fat chick wearing those the other day at work. I wanted to vomit.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 06:53 PM (hJH5n)

279 Hey now, in all fairness, Ketanji Brown Jackson is clearly a special needs kid.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 07:18 PM (D7v4F)

280 I just saved so much time by noting the author of a silly long one.

(skip)

Posted by: connected and litigious at March 31, 2026 07:32 PM (cS1cw)

281 Don't forget Trump can consult with Usha Vance, who clerked for two Supreme Court justices, I think Roberts and perhaps Thomas? Kurt Schlicter thinks she's one of the best legal minds we have.

Posted by: Wenda at March 31, 2026 08:02 PM (yU1fv)

282 A note on the concurrence and Kagan thrown Jackson under the bus.

The main point of Kagan, and Sotomayor joining her, is that this protection works both ways. The government cannot stop someone from telling a kid to be straight and their birth sex and the government equally cannot stop someone from telling a kid to be of another sexual orientation or identity.

That is why they agreed with the majority rather than spewing nonsense with Jackson. They want to enshrine government protection of grooming.

Posted by: Sam at March 31, 2026 11:06 PM (7jMef)

283 DEI hire ...

D umb
E mbarassing
I gnorant

Posted by: The Dark Lord at April 01, 2026 10:57 AM (DBAaD)

284 That dumb DEI hire pretends to be ignorant of what a woman is, but she has a nose for what the cultural Marxist agenda is, and she pushes it as hard as she can. Blocking parents from interfering with schools transing their kids? She's all for that.

Posted by: Wofus at April 01, 2026 12:07 PM (CNa+A)

Kristi Noem's Husband Is a Not-So-Secret Crossdresser Who Adorns Himself With Ridiculous Fake Breasts

So I was wondering: Why does Kristi Noem feel that she can have a very non-covert, practically overt affair with Corey Lewandowski? She refused to even deny it when asked about it at a congressional hearing.

I'm not being judgey, I'm asking: Why does she think that? Doesn't she worry about the husband finding out?

The answer to the latter is "Nah, bruv." She does not worry about a jealous heterosexual husband, not at all.

She might worry about her husband stealing her Wonderbras, though.

And maybe this also explains why Trump moved so quickly to pack her off to Shield of the Americas Military School.

These are the photos that allegedly show Kristi Noem's husband Bryon wearing comically oversized, lopsided breasts -- complete with fake protruding nipples -- to female members of an online fetish community.

The Daily Mail obtained "hundreds" of messages purportedly sent between the former Secretary of Homeland Security's husband and three women who are involved in the so-called "bimbofication" fetish scene.

The kinky community involves people injecting their busts with freakishly large amounts of saline in pursuit of a "Barbie-doll"-like appearance.

The pictures show the South Dakota insurance mogul, who has three children with Noem, clad in pink hotpants and a skin-tight, flesh-colored crop-top stuffed with enormous balloons made to resemble massive cockeyed breasts.

His face is clearly visible in several of the photos, including one in which his expression is so mundane it could be from a driver's license photo.

In others he flashes a more flirty "kissy-face" pose in which he's pursing his lips.

The outlet spoke with national security experts who said the existence of the scandalous photographs could have made his wife subject to potential blackmail threats.

...

"They approach the person and say, if you work with us we won't expose this, and if you don't, we will. That's espionage 101."

Kristi Noem was ousted from her role at DHS on March 5 after a pair of disastrous congressional hearings, including fumbling a question about whether she was having an affair with married top aide Corey Lewandowski.

Noem claims the family has been "blindsided" by this. Press X to doubt. Her weird behavior suggests she's been dealing with this for years.

See the article for the pictures. This pervert is wearing a shirt, but you can see the fake hooters and their misaligned nipples under the fabric of the shirt.

I was going to post one but... eh. I'm not mad at you guys today so I won't do you like that.

Piper's tweet has a snap if you must see it.

If you don't want to see it: Imagine a seedier version of Hugh Laurie with giant foam-latex breasts with nipples that point the way to Bangor, Maine and Albuquerque, NM simultaneously.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM




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1 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (xcxpd)

2
HELLO

Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (3ek7K)

3 AND boobs!
( . ) ( . )


....on topic even

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (xcxpd)

4 I could have gone for many many weeks without this image in my brain.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (gKWVE)

5 I could tell she was a train wreck a mile away

I really wish Trump would make better decisions on who he hires.

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (JzGvw)

6 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (Zz0t1)

7 Sportsbra!!!

GO BOOBS!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (Zz0t1)

8 BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE SO... MANLY!

Posted by: 'e's a lumberjack and 'e's oh kay at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (gKWVE)

9 "Kristi Noem's Husband Is a Not-So-Secret Crossdresser Who Adorns Himself With Ridiculous Fake Breasts"


I suspect that Trump found this out right before he gave her the ax.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (0N4FZ)

10 I really wish Trump would make better decisions on who he hires.

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (JzGvw)


He has done quite well this time around.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (n9ltV)

11 I find it quite sad when your husband is jealous that you have better tits than he does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (Zz0t1)

12
Not looking at the pictures.

Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (3ek7K)

13 Wait. I thought boobs were good.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (ndZc7)

14 >>>I could tell she was a train wreck a mile away

i've hated her since she vetoed a bill to reserve girls sports for girls, just because one of her big corporate donors was a trans extremist.

>>>I really wish Trump would make better decisions on who he hires.

His decisions this term have been better except for Noem, and except for his, I assume, genuine contemplation of appointing Nazi short-eyes Matt Gaetz as director of FBI.

But mostly very solid. A complete 180 from the first term.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (1wjle)

15 Why does Kristi Noem feel that she can have a very non-covert, practically overt affair with Corey Lewandowski? She refused to even deny it when asked about it at a congressional hearing.

I mean, you follow the example your leader sets, and Trump's no angel...

Of course, she's no Trump, which is why she can't get away with it.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 31, 2026 04:34 PM (JCZqz)

16 Noem would have been a Biden dream appointment.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:34 PM (abIsI)

17 that is HILARIOUS

I'm sorry but wow

so funny

he looks great! super sexay

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 04:34 PM (j+aD2)

18 But mostly very solid. A complete 180 from the first term.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (1wjle)


I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:34 PM (FtULh)

19 She shot a dog for less.

Posted by: huerfano at March 31, 2026 04:34 PM (98kQX)

20 Our entire ruling class is made up of sexual degenerates.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (N1DT3)

21 The Ewok is so close-minded. Imagine how much OnlyMorons money you could bring in if you thrown on some big fake bazooms? At least, $1.50 a month from Self-Abuse Pete.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (9FEtL)

22 People wondering about to click or not, it's not too bad, just stupid.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (n5tGW)

23 Nancy Mace will come.

Posted by: Steiner at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)

24 This guy is a fruit.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (n17eQ)

25 I guess in my daily prayers I should be thankful that my husband is not a cross dresser. I will tell him this soon.

It would have been simpler for her to ship him to Canada for the suicide pod. Altho I doubt anyone wants his organs.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (WONhk)

26 I just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (xT8gx)

27 Speaking for the alleged Horde Mind : Yea every beating heart here would tap the Ice Queen.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (NtLe8)

28 hated her since she vetoed a bill to reserve girls sports for girls, just because one of her big corporate donors was a trans extremist.

I wonder if this was a "tell", that there was something going on in her own family.
I would not ever have suspected it was her husband however. He actually is handsome in his pictures where he is NOT dressed up like something he is not. Not meaning to sound gay or nothin'.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (gKWVE)

29 His decisions this term have been better except for Noem, and except for his, I assume, genuine contemplation of appointing Nazi short-eyes Matt Gaetz as director of FBI.


agree and who knows on Gaetz

that guy is such a self-promoter you really don't know if it wasn't mostly his own PR team pushing him

I'll never forgive her shooting that.... poor lil goat

she shot a goat! come on now

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (j+aD2)

30 Who wears it better.

Him or the shop teacher in Canada?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

31 23 Nancy Mace will come.


She's on my nutter list

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (FtULh)

32 "Bryon"

Yup. Ghey.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (kgE5c)

33 Did aliens put something in the water? Rainbow waves from space? What the fuck is with these people?

Posted by: Chuck C at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (D0HYP)

34 Maybe I can't blame her from running away

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0)

35 I still have to admit that I am pro-boob.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (El6/E)

36 Kristi Noem is probably thankful he is not a crinkly Furry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (2GVsD)

37 22 People wondering about to click or not, it's not too bad, just stupid.


yeah it's safe

you will crack up tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (j+aD2)

38 Tit-tays!

Posted by: Vic Romano at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (xNy4G)

39 Did she know he was doing this? Likely.

Did she know he was sharing pictures of it online in some fetish community?

Likely not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (Zz0t1)

40 31 23 Nancy Mace will come.


She's on my nutter list


hundred percent

also a Gaetz-level "influencer"

just super full of herself

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (j+aD2)

41 14 Nazi short-eyes Matt Gaetz

Matty does like them young.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (abIsI)

42 >>>27 Speaking for the alleged Horde Mind : Yea every beating heart here would tap the Ice Queen.

Nope. Call me gay but my attraction to someone is, partly, influenced by what I think about them.

She's nasty. And I don't even think she's hot, anyway. She's "cute for a politician" which is like "Cute for a writer" that doesn't mean actually hot.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (1wjle)

43 BTW

Not going to search out pictures of this.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (2GVsD)

44 Him or the shop teacher in Canada?
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Shop Teacher had some bigguns.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (n17eQ)

45 21 The Ewok is so close-minded. Imagine how much OnlyMorons money you could bring in if you thrown on some big fake bazooms? At least, $1.50 a month from Self-Abuse Pete.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

I'm your Huckleberry. That's just my game...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (JCZqz)

46 The Lewandowski thing makes more sense now.

Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)

47 Hmmm… a threesome with me, Nancy Mace and Kristi Noem…

A guy can dream right…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (xT8gx)

48 I did not put Noem's Husband Is Cross-dresser on my 2026 bingo card. Crap!

Posted by: Gref at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (5rh/l)

49 Albuquerque, NM

I knew I should have taken a right turn at Alb...

carrot spit-take

Nope, I'm out.

Posted by: Bugs (HareLess) Bunny at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (FhXTo)

50 We are going to talk about Piper's pic on her X page, right?

Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (uVtfw)

51 43 BTW

Not going to search out pictures of this.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (2GVsD)
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Yeah, don't. That's a good call.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (oqH4h)

52 I really wish Trump would make better decisions on who he hires.

Posted by: Maroon

I think a part of the problem is that players at that level are often narcissists with a hidden agenda so oftentimes Trump’s choice is choosing between narcissists.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (ndZc7)

53 See the article for the pictures. I was going to post one but... eh. I'm not mad at you guys today so I won't do you like that.

Please? We've been very naughty...

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (Y8DZL)

54 could have gone for many many weeks without this image in my brain.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (gKWVE)

i'm just keeping kristie's (.) (.) in my mental image file as a safe haven....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (578V/)

55 This better not awaken anything in me.

Posted by: Dean Craig "Craigular Joe" Pelton, Greenwood Community College at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)

56 50 We are going to talk about Piper's pic on her X page, right?
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (uVtfw)

yoga pants? or fancy pants?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (xcxpd)

57 Anna: Ed Driscoll on Instapundit is showing off the pics so you might want to... not scroll on that site.
Unfortunately whenever Driscoll posts something in there you have to scroll... and scroll... and scroll some more, just to get to a post that is worth reading below it.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (gKWVE)

58 Nasty people doing nasty things with other nasty people.

Posted by: Nasty is as nasty does at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (/1l9x)

59 Nancy Maces breasts have an open invitation to my ...

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (abIsI)

60 Kristi Noem is probably thankful he is not a crinkly Furry.


If only the #$%^in weirdo dressed like Old Yeller.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (D0HYP)

61 Biden's Supreme Court DEI hire wrote the dissent in an 8-1 SCOTUS decision striking down Colorado's law that made it a crime to ... checks notes ... tell confused little boys and girls that they were not members of the alternative sex. Her "reasoning" was that the first amendment doesn't apply if "medical professionals" agree that kids will commit suicide if you don't indulge their trendy transgender identity statements.

I bring this up only to remind everyone that Biden's Supreme Court DEI hire is related by marriage to Paul Ryan, who thinks she's a brilliant mind.

"Our politics may differ, but my praise for Ketanji's intellect, for her character, and for her integrity, is unequivocal," Ryan wrote.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (f0sNM)

62 42 >>>27 Speaking for the alleged Horde Mind : Yea every beating heart here would tap the Ice Queen.

Nope. Call me gay but my attraction to someone is, partly, influenced by what I think about them.

She's nasty. And I don't even think she's hot, anyway. She's "cute for a politician" which is like "Cute for a writer" that doesn't mean actually hot.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (1wjle)

If you could get her to stop applying make-up with a trowel she'd probably be cute.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (9FEtL)

63 I was just showing off the Shield(s) of America

Posted by: Cricket's dad at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (ufJfM)

64 See the article for the pictures. I was going to post one but... eh. I'm not mad at you guys today so I won't do you like that.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM
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Very nice to show us mercy during Holy Week.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)

65 Who wears it better.

Him or the shop teacher in Canada?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (Zz0t1)

Mein gott! What zepplins!

Posted by: Paul von Hindenburg at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (wVcYX)

66 I doubt anyone wants his organs.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM


ISWYDT

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (4NO2D)

67 33 Did aliens put something in the water? Rainbow waves from space? What the fuck is with these people?
Posted by: Chuck C

I WARNED YOU!!!!

Posted by: Alex Jones at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (JCZqz)

68 Unless you're squishing the mish, you're a fag.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (Fbc0I)

69 42 >>>27 Speaking for the alleged Horde Mind : Yea every beating heart here would tap the Ice Queen.

Nope. Call me gay but my attraction to someone is, partly, influenced by what I think about them.

She's nasty. And I don't even think she's hot, anyway. She's "cute for a politician" which is like "Cute for a writer" that doesn't mean actually hot.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (1wjle)

So you would not wash your face with her ass?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (xcxpd)

70 now Nancy Mace -- I would put aside my feelings for her and do what I must for England.

Posted by: Dean Craig at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (1wjle)

71 Hey leave Maine out of this. We have enough problems without dealing with deceptive nipples.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (gZLU7)

72 Willow'd:

Last night, one of the 'Ettes predicted (incorrectly) that 'Rons would be panting all over the prospect of racy photos of Fang Fang coming out in the Swalwell Files. Instead, the general reaction was "Eh, she's average for a Chinese gal. 5 or 6, in context." But clearly, that doesn't stop some of the guys here normally, who appear (as Ace has noted) to be in prison.

I think the difference is that ordinary women are interesting, and 304s are not. You can find photos of above-average 304s by accident, with an innocent search on the wrong terms, and perfect 10s are an easy deliberate query away. But -- this is my hypothesis -- the accidentally famous ordinary woman retains an element of mystery, and that's what incites the interest.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (Sy6m/)

73 Trump's vetting team missed this ?? I.don't.think.so....I do think that performance is what got her "reassigned".

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (GD0B3)

74 You know what the real problem is? Tomorrow is April Fools and how are we going to top this?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (ndZc7)

75 @13 "Wait. I thought boobs were good."

Not hairy ones.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (pvf3X)

76 >>>So you would not wash your face with her ass?

ugh where do you perverts come up with your perversions?

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:41 PM (1wjle)

77 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:40 PM (xcxpd)

That's how you get the pinkeye

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:41 PM (gKWVE)

78 See the article for the pictures. I was going to post one but... eh. I'm not mad at you guys today so I won't do you like that.

I want you to understand how grateful we are for this

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:41 PM (El6/E)

79 26 I just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04

I am going to let you in on a little secret- the hotness / goodness of the spouse does not affect a narcissist who believes their physical needs trump vows, family and everything else.


In this story, I do not know who wins the title of worst. Seems like they both weren’t very committed to each other.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:41 PM (OoFl2)

80 Wow, this is perfect! Kristi Noem is just
the kind of wife a Barbie fetishist would need!

lol

She was really out of place as head of ICE.

I could see her as the head of a comic book spy agency, though,l, so mm ething ike N.I.C.E.

Posted by: kallisto at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (AFgnE)

81 Not going to look, nope, can't make me...

Posted by: steevy at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (YwEeS)

82 Nope. Call me gay but my attraction to someone is, partly, influenced by what I think about them.

She's nasty. And I don't even think she's hot, anyway. She's "cute for a politician" which is like "Cute for a writer" that doesn't mean actually hot.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (1wjle)
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Politics really hardens women's faces. You see it again and again. She used to be very cute, fresh-faced and then whether its the stress or attention, she just took on the Tammy Faye Bakker look.

Never go full Tammy Faye.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (ZOv7s)

83 I'm not voting for Pope or Pastor for that matter so I care about results in government and don't spend a lot of time moralizing about what our elected/appointed folks do....

But is it that difficult to find someone who isn't either a sexual weirdo themselves or directly connected to someone who is?

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (oqH4h)

84 Kristi Noem is probably thankful he is not a crinkly Furry.

Who knows who she would have shot if he was!?!?!

Posted by: Tyler James Robinson at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (JCZqz)

85 Afternoon.

At this point I'm all in favor of sending off to slave labor camps anyone who shows even the slightest deviant fetish up to and including foot bros.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (fRE40)

86 >>>So you would not wash your face with her ass?

ugh where do you perverts come up with your perversions?

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:41 PM (1wjle)
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Berserker Bro.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (DwICI)

87 As long as Mr Noem does not steal ladies luggage at the airport what's the problem?

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (pDt9x)

88 76 >>>So you would not wash your face with her ass?

ugh where do you perverts come up with your perversions?

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:41 PM (1wjle)

Honestly...Berserker's brother. I just really liked the quote.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (xcxpd)

89 Let me guess, the left's tolerant, sex-positive take on all this is Trump should be impeached because the husband of one of his appointees is a perv?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)

90 save a dog, shoot a transvestite hubby's fake tits
... i might have to work on making that hit the rhythm better

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (gKWVE)

91 >>>Honestly...Berserker's brother. I just really liked the quote.

it's definitely catchy

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)

92 He has made way better hiring decisions this term, but there’s definitely been a few duds like this. I would argue this position was maybe the most important in terms of his brand, being tough on border security.

I also think Pam Bondi turns out to be pretty worthless.

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (JzGvw)

93 Robert

Take a look at Tensor please.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

94 Love is love H8ers.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (0TtYd)

95 Next thing we'll hear is John Thune likes a good pegging with his wife's dick.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (abIsI)

96 Appears he wanted to get caught. Explains her dismissal. Kids unfortunately pay for Dad's jizzfest.

Posted by: Vic Romano at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (xNy4G)

97 50 We are going to talk about Piper's pic on her X page, right?
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (uVtfw)

You mean the one where you get to look up my nose?

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (OoFl2)

98
I didn't have a problem with Noem shooting a dog on her ranch. It was a killer and couldn't be trained out of it. It was her putting it in an autobiography and expecting everybody to see it as something cool, an authentic piece of rural life.

This is a recurring theme with her. If she's OK with something, she can't comprehend it being a problem with the public.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (VWtfl)

99 ugh where do you perverts come up with your perversions?

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 04:41 PM


It's our gift, it's our curse.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (4NO2D)

100 Politics really hardens women's faces. You see it again and again. She used to be very cute, fresh-faced and then whether its the stress or attention, she just took on the Tammy Faye Bakker look.

Never go full Tammy Faye.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (ZOv7s)
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I think you are correct, but extend it to any high-stress, more-than-full-time job.

Females in these roles take on the stresses and time sinks of being in traditionally-masculine roles but want to retain their feminine beauty, so they do botox, fillers, surgery, and makeup to cover it all up until the inevitable Tammy Faye look sets in.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (oqH4h)

101 >>now Nancy Mace -- I would put aside my feelings for her and do what I must for England.

Noem is crazy adjacent. Mace is bug fuck nuts directly.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (viF8m)

102 Take a look at Tensor please.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)


Seems like Mr Noem is more in need of Bigby's Pimp Slap

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (gKWVE)

103 >>>Kristi Noem is probably thankful he is not a crinkly Furry.


At least if he was a furry he would be in a full costume and nobody would recognize him.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (CNl8/)

104 ....and perfect 10s are an easy deliberate query away...

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There ain't no 10s.

Posted by: Bobby Bare at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

105 "Next thing we'll hear is John Thune likes a good pegging with his wife's dick."

He seems to enjoy it when Chuck Schumer does it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (f0sNM)

106 Honestly I don’t really give a fuck. First off he’s not the one in government. Second are we all going to start measuring someone’s professional career by what their spouses do in private? Gonna get really slippery slope really fast.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (0TtYd)

107 Take a look at Tensor please.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

Niiiiiice!

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (fRE40)

108 The Lewandowski thing makes more sense now.
Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)
*******
I find him creepy, but I guess it's a step up the ladder.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (NpAcC)

109 Bitch shot her dog because he didn't hunt correctly. I kept my mouth shut because I thought she was doing a good job with immigration enforcement.

Now that she's gone. Fuck her and her cross dressing husband.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:46 PM (V4IXI)

110 The Horde, YOUR Horde ace, runs the deviance gamut, from Fenelon on one end to, well the others. We are a potpourri of predelictions.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:46 PM (pDt9x)

111 Ace isn't mad at us today?

What did we do wrong?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:46 PM (aTgV0)

112 92 He has made way better hiring decisions this term, but there’s definitely been a few duds like this. I would argue this position was maybe the most important in terms of his brand, being tough on border security.

I also think Pam Bondi turns out to be pretty worthless.
Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (JzGvw)
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Can we face facts that Trump has a weakness for good looking (ish) women? If there's one pattern in his hiring over both terms it's that. I think it makes him overlook a LOT of faults.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:46 PM (oqH4h)

113 @Ikennect
Governor Ron DeSantis is calling on the Florida Legislature to impeach Circuit Judge Tiffany Baker!
Baker allowed Daniel Spencer out on bond after he was convicted of abusing his stepdaughter Missy.
Spencer went home and murdered Missy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (El6/E)

114 I didn't have a problem with Noem shooting a dog on her ranch. It was a killer and couldn't be trained out of it. It was her putting it in an autobiography and expecting everybody to see it as something cool, an authentic piece of rural life.

No one blamed Travis for shooting Old Yeller. However, I'm sure Travis never talked about it, let alone bragged about it.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (D0HYP)

115 Some good looking women are also good at their jobs (McEneany)

Some are decidedly really bad at them.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (oqH4h)

116 50 We are going to talk about Piper's pic on her X page, right?
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (uVtfw)

You mean the one where you get to look up my nose?
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (OoFl2)

Yeah… why that angle?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (xT8gx)

117
Never go full Tammy Faye.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (ZOv7s)

Tammy Faye doesn't look that crazy to me anymore. I see women wearing huge false eyelashes and I can see the contour drawn on their face and their brows laminated like Thanedar and they look like their face would leave stains on your blouse if they hugged your shirt.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (hFsFh)

118 Bangor? I just met her!

Posted by: Bad Joke Central at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (It5AG)

119 Like Stevie Wonder eyes.

One is looking at the wall the other is looking at the ceiling.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (aTgV0)

120 Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (0TtYd)

Sometimes a person's personal life and how they handle it can indicate red flags to look for in their professional life.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (V4IXI)

121 Speaking of retarded shit…

Bernie tweeted that he wants to tax billionaires at 5% a year, raise $4.4T every year and give “families” (whatever that even means) a $12k check with the money.

Slight problem is for 5% of a number to be worth 4.4 trillion that number needs to be $880T. Which is about 10X the net worth of all of the billionaires in the country. And then of course the whole and stock market plunging thing as billionaires have to sell stock to pay the tax.

Nobody ever accused communists of being good at math.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (0TtYd)

122
I just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (xT8gx)




Just goes to show that no matter how hot she is, somewhere someone is tired of her shit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (y9nCu)

123 Baker allowed Daniel Spencer out on bond after he was convicted of abusing his stepdaughter Missy.
Spencer went home and murdered Missy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (El6/E)

What's the problem?

Posted by: The Pro-Criminal Left at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (fRE40)

124 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZG4ElvyMvM

BOB & TOM - Manboobs

Posted by: Desinex at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (jrgJz)

125 "Bangor? I just met her!"


That's the kink.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (aTgV0)

126 What did we do wrong?
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:46 PM (aTgV0)


after Mark Andrew Edwards' post, ace is probably going to give us a pic of Ketanji Jackson showing off her booty

Posted by: she shows her ass in every legal dissent already at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (gKWVE)

127 meh.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (MIIRH)

128 Bitch shot her dog because he didn't hunt correctly.

I understood it was dying.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)

129 108 The Lewandowski thing makes more sense now.
Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)
*******
I find him creepy, but I guess it's a step up the ladder.
Posted by: redridinghood


He's a brute.

Posted by: Michelle Fields at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (abIsI)

130 Republican women in politics are no better than the Democrat women. They're all covert feminists and they do more damage to conservatives than the leftists.

Posted by: resist_we_much at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (cpys8)

131
24 This guy is a fruit.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM

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Well, yeah. Whatever social subcategories and obscure terminology are cited, it's actually as simple as that.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (VWtfl)

132 Honestly I don’t really give a fuck. First off he’s not the one in government.

It is blackmail material. It should impact her security clearance.

Posted by: Chuck C at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (D0HYP)

133 Noem is crazy adjacent. Mace is bug fuck nuts directly.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (viF8m)
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10000% this.

Nancy Mace is a bunny boiler

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (oqH4h)

134 56 50 We are going to talk about Piper's pic on her X page, right?
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (uVtfw)

yoga pants? or fancy pants?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March

I think what this poor guy is missing is I am either a very annoying older or younger sister to y’all, depending on where you fall on the 29 scale.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (OoFl2)

135 Bernie is in his dotage. I wager his math skills are less than optimal.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (pDt9x)

136 Commies don’t need math.

Posted by: Accomack at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (8jVAy)

137 Just goes to show that no matter how hot she is, somewhere someone is tired of her shit.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (y9nCu)
*******
Maybe she's tired of his shit.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (NpAcC)

138 "AND boobs!
( . ) ( . )"


(. Y .)

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (aTgV0)

139 I didn't have a problem with Noem shooting a dog on her ranch. It was a killer and couldn't be trained out of it. It was her putting it in an autobiography and expecting everybody to see it as something cool, an authentic piece of rural lif....


It was a killer? He killed some chickens. He didn't attack a person.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (V4IXI)

140 ...Circuit Judge Tiffany Baker...

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I looked so you wouldn't have to: "Fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (TN0g+)

141 Sometimes a person's personal life and how they handle it can indicate red flags to look for in their professional life.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (V4IXI)

Ok maybe. I’ll grant you a maybe there if it’s you that has the personal life issues. But this is her husband’s personal life. You can be good at your job even if your husband is a weirdo. The two are not related.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (0TtYd)

142 132 Honestly I don’t really give a fuck. First off he’s not the one in government.

It is blackmail material. It should impact her security clearance.
Posted by: Chuck C at March

It isn’t any more!

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (OoFl2)

143 97 50 We are going to talk about Piper's pic on her X page, right?
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (uVtfw)

You mean the one where you get to look up my nose?

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Lol. It's a fierce pose.

Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (uVtfw)

144 106

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (MIIRH)

145 119 Like Stevie Wonder eyes.

One is looking at the wall the other is looking at the ceiling.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (aTgV0)


Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Zombie Marty Feldman at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (skR0U)

146 Let me guess, the left's tolerant, sex-positive take on all this is Trump should be impeached because the husband of one of his appointees is a perv?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)


When the solution is always the same thing, be it "socialism" or "tax the rich" or "impeach Trump" then you know that these are not solutions, they are only goals, and the claimed pretext is just an excuse.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (rbvCR)

147 74 You know what the real problem is? Tomorrow is April Fools and how are we going to top this?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Tomorrow is also oral arguments at SCOTUS for the Birthright Citizen case. If all goes well, the conservative justices will make it clear that illegals having babies in the US aren't automatically citizens, and the Lefty judges will freak the fuck out.

I expect KBJ to be especially retarded and hysterical.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (JCZqz)

148 Bernie is in his dotage. I wager his math skills are less than optimal.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (pDt9x)
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They weren't so great when he was in his youngage.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (DwICI)

149 Bitch shot her dog because he didn't hunt correctly.

I understood it was dying.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM (El6/E)

Only after she shot him.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (V4IXI)

150 At least Piper trimmed her nostril hair, instead of going "natural"

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (rbvCR)

151 My default belief right now is that every politician, every wealthy person, every Hollywood producer, director, actor, actress, and studio executive is a degenerate.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (f0sNM)

152 Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Lol. It's a fierce pose.
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM


ALL SHALL LOVE HER AND DESPAIR

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (4NO2D)

153 I never even noticed Piper's pic on her Twatter page.

Oh...Piper's CUTE!

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (fRE40)

154 Never forget, SCOTUS will disappoint you.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (abIsI)

155 If Sanders was any good at math he wouldn't be a (literal) late-stage, Chernenko-era Soviet commie. That's about when he honeymooned in the USSR.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (gKWVE)

156 150 At least Piper trimmed her nostril hair, instead of going "natural"
Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (rbvCR)


What are you implying?

Posted by: Candace Owens at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (skR0U)

157 Was her dog a chihuahua. Because if it was she gets a pass.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (pDt9x)

158 Bangor?

Hell, I hardly knew her!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (wtvvX)

159 Thank you Robert.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (2GVsD)

160 Ok maybe. I’ll grant you a maybe there if it’s you that has the personal life issues. But this is her husband’s personal life. You can be good at your job even if your husband is a weirdo. The two are not related.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (0TtYd)
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If you're a regular professional man in [insert industry here] and your wife is also frequenting sex/fetish clubs and it's a non-secret in your area of operations, don't be surprised when people take you less seriously because you don't have your shit together at home.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (oqH4h)

161 I find it quite sad when your husband is jealous that you have better tits than he does.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM

Imma go out on a limb and say that's one pair of tittays that you're *not* looking at.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (Wnv9h)

162 I didn't have a problem with Noem shooting a dog on her ranch. It was a killer and couldn't be trained out of it. It was her putting it in an autobiography and expecting everybody to see it as something cool, an authentic piece of rural lif....


It was a killer? He killed some chickens. He didn't attack a person.
----

I think its well established that most seriel killers begin by killing small animals when they're growing up...

Posted by: Confusing man at a dinner party at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (TN0g+)

163 You can be good at your job even if your husband is a weirdo. The two are not related.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (0TtYd)

She's lying about not knowing about it . And she openly was having an affair with a staffer.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (V4IXI)

164 I can't imagine he didn't know putting stuff on line will come out... He must have wanted it too.... Revenge for her affair ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (kamC8)

165 Never forget, SCOTUS will disappoint you.
----------------------------------------------------

John Roberts and the Amy Comey Barrett will side with the leftists. Bet money on it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (f0sNM)

166 Now we have a horse with a broken leg and a gunshot wound.

-Just the Punchline-

Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (PSEDc)

167 Posted by: Confusing man at a dinner party at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (TN0g+)

Heh. The next Cujo !

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (V4IXI)

168 It’s funny how leftists think evil billionaires have a vault somewhere where their billions are stashed in cash. Like Scrooge McDuck. And if you take 5% of it out it will have zero effects elsewhere in the global financial system.

They are at their core children who still believe in Santa Claus.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (0TtYd)

169 I beat my balls.

Posted by: France at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (nvKZ7)

170 141 Sometimes a person's personal life and how they handle it can indicate red flags to look for in their professional life.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (V4IXI)

Ok maybe. I’ll grant you a maybe there if it’s you that has the personal life issues. But this is her husband’s personal life. You can be good at your job even if your husband is a weirdo. The two are not related.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (0TtYd)

*fist bump*

Posted by: Paul Pelosi at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (Uxei0)

171 169 Not on my dick.

Posted by: Turkey at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (nvKZ7)

172 143 97 50 We are going to talk about Piper's pic on her X page, right?
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (uVtfw)

You mean the one where you get to look up my nose?

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. Lol. It's a fierce pose.
Posted by: The Cookie Man at March 31, 2026 04

Ha! Thank you. It’s actually a screen shot from an instagram reel / ad for my studio. The lighting was ideal.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (OoFl2)

173 I would pay one MILLION quatloos for a picture of Piper's yoga pants.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (aTgV0)

174 My prediction is 7-2 on the birthright case with Alito and Thomas being the 2.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (0TtYd)

175 I usually check the new book releases every day which include, of course, much cliterature. For the last several weeks, I've noticed a marked increase in spanking books. Make of that what you will. For example

https://is.gd/YBW74R

https://is.gd/JqzdQE

https://is.gd/VSz7B0

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (ndZc7)

176 138 "AND boobs!
( . ) ( . )"


(. Y .)
Posted by: eleven

I I I I
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Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (JCZqz)

177 174 My prediction is 7-2 on the birthright case with Alito and Thomas being the 2.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (0TtYd)


I won't be surprised if you are right... Unfortunately

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (kamC8)

178 122
I just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (xT8gx)

In an interview years ago Heather Locklear admitted that an early husband had a 3K a month porn addiction that ended their marriage. Even Heather friggin' Locklear can't lock them down.

Posted by: Croaker at March 31, 2026 04:56 PM (+BcZI)

179 John Roberts is a Bushie, and ACB is a Papist. You know where they will come down on birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:56 PM (f0sNM)

180 She's lying about not knowing about it . And she openly was having an affair with a staffer.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (V4IXI)

A lying politician who also fucks around? Quick to my fainting couch. For I have never seen or heard of such a thing.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:56 PM (0TtYd)

181 21 The Ewok is so close-minded. Imagine how much OnlyMorons money you could bring in if you thrown on some big fake bazooms? At least, $1.50 a month from Self-Abuse Pete.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (9FEtL)

I think Onan the Barbarian would be an apt Moron name...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 04:57 PM (ynpvh)

182 We just hope those babies aren't filled with hydrogen.

Posted by: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH at March 31, 2026 04:57 PM (guGkK)

183 This court would never change the birthright citizen precedence. No chance at all, nada.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:57 PM (pDt9x)

184 Sometimes a person's personal life and how they handle it can indicate red flags to look for in their professional life.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:47 PM (V4IXI)


I wonder if Mr Noem, or whatever he is, didn't deeply resent his wife, the time she spent in politics, and the crap he wound up being dumped on him, and this is he revenge.
That is the only excuse I can think for the dead level expression in the kink pic.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 04:57 PM (rbvCR)

185 Community Note

Those are not his tits.
Also, not sexy.



I feel bad for the guy. Imagine you like women with 3000 cc saline boobs. Okay, sure. That's your thing.

But that REALLY narrows down the pool.


Back to my Argentinian film 'Crazy Old Lady.' On Shudder. Not about Hillary or Nancy. Some poor guy goes to take care of his ex-wifes mother. Crap just got real. We'll see how bad this horror movie gets.

But sadly, I'm sure morons here could beat it.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 04:57 PM (Sco7b)

186 154 Never forget, SCOTUS will disappoint you.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

True, but....they've been on a tear recently. And the ask isn't that crazy...you just need legal, permanent status, consistent with Wong Kim Ark and other precedent.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (JCZqz)

187 Imagine a seedier version of Hugh Laurie with giant foam-latex breasts with nipples that point the way to Bangor, Maine and Albuquerque, NM simultaneously.

I don't think he was in that season of Blackadder.

IYKYK

Posted by: Rob Crawford at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (93YsA)

188 She was really out of place as head of ICE.

I could see her as the head of a comic book spy agency, though,l, so mm ething ike N.I.C.E.
Posted by: kallisto at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (AFgnE)


Well, she's been put in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. of the Americas. Unfortunately, that means she gets Samuel L. Jackson's eyepatch, instead of Scarlett Johansson's catsuit. However! Since she kind of looks a little like Angelina Jolie, this opens up the possibility of a Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow crossover. Niiice.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (Sy6m/)

189 182 We just hope those babies aren't filled with hydrogen.

Posted by: Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH at March 31, 2026 04:57 PM (guGkK)

Oh, the humanity!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (ynpvh)

190 So dude is going to establish residency and run for US House seat in Delaware?

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (PYrt4)

191 Heather probably didn't do the "things".

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (aTgV0)

192 Manzire or bro for support ?

Posted by: BIP at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (HcoTw)

193 My prediction is 7-2 on the birthright case with Alito and Thomas being the 2.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (0TtYd)


I won't be surprised if you are right... Unfortunately
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM (kamC
******
Alito and Thomas broke the mold. I can't imagine that we will ever get another Justice as great as these two have been.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (NpAcC)

194 I just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Haven’t you heard the expression that for every hot woman in existence there is a guy who’s tired of her shit?

Besides if you’re into freaky gay shit like this guy, you could have Sydney Sweeny nekkid in front of you and it won’t matter.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (0TtYd)

195 173 I would pay one MILLION quatloos for a picture of Piper's yoga pants.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM

I am flattered, but you will have waisted your life savings of quatloos.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (OoFl2)

196 Say, wasn't this freak teaching woodshop in Canada a while back?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (guGkK)

197 She's lying about not knowing about it . And she openly was having an affair with a staffer.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg
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Channeling Kristi:
I was his beard and he was my leg up, we got along well and everything was fine until it got into him like a drug and he went bozo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (ZwdAr)

198 BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (f0sNM)

199 Oh Nancy...quit hanging around.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:00 PM (aTgV0)

200 198 BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (f0sNM)


So he can join Tucker and Nostrils...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 05:00 PM (kamC8)

201 You know, I would probably shoot the dog, too, since shooting the husband would be filled with serious life enjoyment decreasing consequences.
Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (x9vBb)

Posted on the wrong thread.

Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2026 05:00 PM (x9vBb)

202 It was a killer? He killed some chickens. He didn't attack a person.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


Worrying livestock is a capital offense for a farm dog.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:00 PM (a+4eV)

203 Bernie tweeted that he wants to tax billionaires at 5% a year, raise $4.4T every year and give “families” (whatever that even means) a $12k check with the money.

Slight problem is for 5% of a number to be worth 4.4 trillion that number needs to be $880T. Which is about 10X the net worth of all of the billionaires in the country.

-
Well, he's a politician not a mathematician.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:00 PM (ndZc7)

204 Even Heather friggin' Locklear can't lock them down.

This is like the opposite version of that football guy whose wife left him: multi millionaire athlete handsome guy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (El6/E)

205 BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (f0sNM)

Explains the half-baked Canadian thing with the tiny head and enormous ears.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (fRE40)

206 "I am flattered, but you will have waisted your life savings of quatloos.
Posted by: Piper"


Boner totally gone.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (aTgV0)

207 So, is a hot wife a harlot? (Stolen from Shakespeare.)

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (YlWIZ)

208 ]I]BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM

Then he flicked his reptilian nictitating membrane.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (4NO2D)

209 He didn't have the grace to at least don tasteful A cups under a spaghetti strap teddy. Sad.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (kpS4V)

210
Explains the half-baked Canadian thing with the tiny head and enormous ears.
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (fRE40)


Back to the drawing board with that one...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (kamC8)

211 I don't think he was in that season of Blackadder.
IYKYK
Posted by: Rob Crawford at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (93YsA)


So . . . "Bob".

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (rbvCR)

212 I just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (xT8gx)

I know of a former Budweiser model who married an old highschool buddy of a friend of mine. She came home one day and this loser greeted her in the hallway wearing her underwear. She was unamused and shortly afterwards, unmarried..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (nbLIj)

213 It was a killer? He killed some chickens. He didn't attack a person.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (V4IXI)

Yes, that makes it a killer. Particularly if you eat because of those chickens.

Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (x9vBb)

214 Worrying livestock is a capital offense for a farm dog.

Yeah, once a dog figures out they can kill critters they go "oh, I can do that?" and its a big playground for them. They wipe out flocks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (El6/E)

215 Alito and Thomas broke the mold. I can't imagine that we will ever get another Justice as great as these two have been.
Posted by: redridinghood

You bitch!

Posted by: Zombie Scalia at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (JCZqz)

216 80 degrees today, maybe again Saturday

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (Ia/+0)

217 Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs"

By whom? ArchiveOfOurOwn?

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (gKWVE)

218 Explains the half-baked Canadian thing with the tiny head and enormous ears.
--------------------

I'm not Canadian! You take that back!

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (f0sNM)

219 Trump does have a weakness when it comes to hiring hot women.

If anything, I have the exact opposite reaction to hot women when it comes to the workplace. Would never want to hire one.

They skated through their life on their looks and they always have drama. It’s the adult version of an ultra spoiled child.

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (JzGvw)

220 I thought Noem was sort of redeeming herself with DHS but nope, we all back to trans r us with her again

its why I crossed off south dakota off my list of states to move to, and now I think they got another RINO squishy anti-MAGA twinkie toes as governor so nah

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (REq0p)

221 Hey, how do you know I only have one MILLION quatloos?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (aTgV0)

222 My prediction is 7-2 on the birthright case with Alito and Thomas being the 2.
-----

Put me down for 5-4 with Alito and Thomas and then 2 others who decided to make it "close" for appearances but who would have voted the other way if needed.

Posted by: Crusader at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (TN0g+)

223 [iBREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Are these the Lizard People that we so frequently hear about?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:03 PM (abIsI)

224 Every now n again I think I might be weird.........nope, boringly normal.

Posted by: JROD at March 31, 2026 05:03 PM (IlL6s)

225 Explains the half-baked Canadian thing with the tiny head and enormous ears.
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (fRE40)


Back to the drawing board with that one...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (kamC

Make another mold and get some more PlastiGoop.

Posted by: Mattel Industries at March 31, 2026 05:03 PM (wVcYX)

226 133 Noem is crazy adjacent. Mace is bug fuck nuts directly.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (viF8m)
======
10000% this.

Nancy Mace is a bunny boiler
Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:48 PM

Most definitely, she makes my psycho radar go off.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2026 05:03 PM (hFsFh)

227 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (f0sNM)

Yeah they went straight to briefing him on the breeding program. Skipped right passed the fact that there were aliens in the first place.

Did they put LSD in the cucumber water served to GOP representatives?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:03 PM (V4IXI)

228 Besides if you’re into freaky gay shit like this guy, you could have Sydney Sweeny nekkid in front of you and it won’t matter.
Posted by: Heroq

He'd ask her to hold a mirror over her face.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 05:03 PM (/lPRQ)

229 Danger, Will Robinson! HIPAA violation ahead!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 05:03 PM (YlWIZ)

230 If you don't want to see it: Imagine a seedier version of Hugh Laurie with giant foam-latex breasts with nipples that point the way to Bangor, Maine and Albuquerque, NM simultaneously.
===
Cruel but Accurate.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (RIvkX)

231 Oh, the humanity!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 04:58 PM (ynpvh)


Hey, that's MY line!

Posted by: Les Nessman, Five-time Winner of the Buckeye Newshawk Award at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (skR0U)

232 She came home one day and this loser greeted her in the hallway wearing her underwear. She was unamused and shortly afterwards, unmarried..
Posted by: Joe Kidd


"If you wanted to wear silk underwear they make that for men. If you wanted to wear women's underwear GTFO"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (a+4eV)

233 Are these the Lizard People that we so frequently hear about?
--------------------------------------------
James Clapper makes me wonder if there isn't something to this "Reptilian Overlords" things.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (f0sNM)

234 I wonder if he knows about the cup sizes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (4NO2D)

235 220 I thought Noem was sort of redeeming herself with DHS but nope, we all back to trans r us with her again

its why I crossed off south dakota off my list of states to move to, and now I think they got another RINO squishy anti-MAGA twinkie toes as governor so nah

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos


Does this mean John Thune is a transvestite in his off time?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (abIsI)

236 Funny, I've heard about alien breeding programs more in the past year than in the previous 20 years combined.

It's pretty fringe but more than one person has alleged that the US government and some non-human races from...who knows where...had an agreement where they got tech and the monsters got to do human experiments without interference.

Supposedly the deal is no longer in force and there is bad blood.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (xcxpd)

237 Trump's record for cabinet appointees is only marginally better than it was the last time. What a missed opportunity and this time he has no excuse.

Posted by: resist_we_much at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (cpys8)

238 At least Piper trimmed her nostril hair, instead of going "natural"
Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (rbvCR)

What are you implying?
Posted by: Candace Owens at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (skR0U)

Hmmm.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (g8Ew8)

239 205 BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (f0sNM)

Explains the half-baked Canadian thing with the tiny head and enormous ears.
Posted by: Robert

(Damn, they're on to me!) https://tinyurl.com/3vs4prtk

Posted by: Sam Brinton at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (JCZqz)

240 He didn't have the grace to at least don tasteful A cups under a spaghetti strap teddy. Sad.

Cross dressers and trannies are always just caricatures of women though, down to the names

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (El6/E)

241 So tired of the perverts.

I recall that God was pretty tired of the shit going on in Sodom and Gomorrah, once.

Oh SMOD, where art thou?

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (DwqWV)

242 Only 1 SC Justice hasn't written an opinion this term. Alito.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:06 PM (viF8m)

243 James Clapper makes me wonder if there isn't something to this "Reptilian Overlords" things.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (f0sNM)

James Carville

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:06 PM (V4IXI)

244 This guy takes moobs to a whole new level.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at March 31, 2026 05:06 PM (fhCge)

245
James Carville
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:06 PM (V4IXI)


OMG yes... No way he's human

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 05:07 PM (kamC8)

246 108 The Lewandowski thing makes more sense now.
Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)
*******
I find him creepy, but I guess it's a step up the ladder.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 31, 2026 04:45 PM (NpAcC)


Creepy?! He tore off my arm and beat me to death with it! I never even got to live, to die from the end of Net Neutrality... *sniff*

Posted by: zombie Michelle Fields at March 31, 2026 05:07 PM (Sy6m/)

247 Cross dressers and trannies are always just caricatures of women though, down to the names
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (El6/E)

Misogyny writ large among that population. They can get back to me after they pull a basketball through their left nostrils. Until then, they are just a bunch of freaking perverts with mommy issues.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:07 PM (DwqWV)

248 If the Supreme Court officially adjudicates birthright citizenship of illegal aliens, being US citizens, that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:07 PM (JzGvw)

249 James Clapper makes me wonder if there isn't something to this "Reptilian Overlords" things.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:04 PM (f0sNM)

James Carville
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:06 PM (V4IXI)

Anita Dunn

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:07 PM (wVcYX)

250 Oh SMOD, where art thou?
Posted by: tcn in AK


Too many righteous people in the way.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:07 PM (a+4eV)

251 Trump's record for cabinet appointees is only marginally better than it was the last time.

Noem being appointed felt like one of those "make a deal" ones, rather than a planned one.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (El6/E)

252 BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

-
Is the breeding farm named San Francisco?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (ndZc7)

253 Jim Clapper, Karl Rove, James Carville, John Brennan ... they all look like reptiles to me.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (f0sNM)

254 ( ' )( . )

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (gKWVE)

255 237 Trump's record for cabinet appointees is only marginally better than it was the last time. What a missed opportunity and this time he has no excuse.
Posted by: resist_we_much


What are you trying to say?

Posted by: Pam Bondi's Bunions at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (abIsI)

256
Maybe she's tired of his shit.
Posted by: redridinghood at March 31, 2026 04:49 PM (NpAcC)



Fair enough.

But between these two, Hastert the pedo, Chocolate Fonzie and his husband, the Pelosi hammerhead, the Biden degenerates etc., I don't want to hear another fucking word about "Sarah Palin's white trash family"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (y9nCu)

257 My prediction is 7-2 on the birthright case with Alito and Thomas being the 2.
-----

Put me down for 5-4 with Alito and Thomas and then 2 others who decided to make it "close" for appearances but who would have voted the other way if needed.
Posted by: Crusader
===

If they did originality like they are supposed to they would be very hard pressed to find any early history of magic dirt citizenship.

Before the 19th citizenship was derived from the husband/father citizenship, spouses and children.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (/lPRQ)

258 If the Supreme Court officially adjudicates birthright citizenship of illegal aliens, being US citizens, that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.
Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:07 PM


You mean NOT being citizens?

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (4NO2D)

259 ()

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (wVcYX)

260 Upon further research the husband is not independently wealthy. Owns a crop insurance agency he bought from insurance division of Bryant State Bank.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (ZwdAr)

261 >>Trump's record for cabinet appointees is only marginally better than it was the last time.

Completely disagree.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (viF8m)

262 Cross dressers and trannies are always just caricatures of women though, down to the names
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:05 PM (El6/E)

True. No normal woman would take "You look like a trans-woman" as compliment.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (f0sNM)

263 "James Carville
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg"

If Zuckerberg isn't part alien then nobody is.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (aTgV0)

264 198 BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder....

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (f0sNM)

Why not just send the aliens back to Mexico?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (ynpvh)

265 It's pretty fringe but more than one person has alleged that the US government and some non-human races from...who knows where...had an agreement where they got tech and the monsters got to do human experiments without interference.

Look, I've been sharing all the failures of our work, but there's no appreciation for the effort. You already share photos of our more successful trials, like Anya Taylor-Joy and Jenna Ortega (although her DNA has proven to be unstable, and she's falling apart).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (JCZqz)

266 Trump does have a weakness when it comes to hiring hot women.

If anything, I have the exact opposite reaction to hot women when it comes to the workplace. Would never want to hire one.

They skated through their life on their looks and they always have drama. It’s the adult version of an ultra spoiled child.
Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (JzGvw)

Agreed. Obviously it’s not mutually exclusive to be hot and smart, but it’s like affirmative action hires. You don”t know if they got the job for merit or for other reasons.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (0TtYd)

267 Henry Waxman.

Batlike.

Posted by: Les Nessman, Five-time Winner of the Buckeye Newshawk Award at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (skR0U)

268
Tomorrow is also oral arguments at SCOTUS for the Birthright Citizen case.

ACLU is running ads on Fox News in favor of birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)

269 (.)

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (aTgV0)

270 216 80 degrees today, maybe again Saturday
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (Ia/+0)

And here I thought we were lucky to get above freezing this week.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:10 PM (DwqWV)

271 Henry Waxman's parents should have just told each other to fuck off.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:10 PM (aTgV0)

272 (^) (^)

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:10 PM (wVcYX)

273 This perv is an insurance ‘mogul’?

You might be very surprised to know how many rich and powerful men are secret perverts into all sorts of creepy shit like this (and much worse).

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:10 PM (1LxEq)

274 I think if the court rules against the magic dirt, Congress will come to a reasonable accommodation in legislation. We may make all of the anchor babies already here citizens but not new ones.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:10 PM (4NO2D)

275 ACLU is running ads on Fox News in favor of birthright citizenship.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)

That's probably because half of them would get deported in a just world.

Assholes.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:10 PM (DwqWV)

276 I don't want to hear another fucking word about "Sarah Palin's white trash family"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (y9nCu)

Speaking of which was it ever said why her dumbass husband left her? Also is she still single?

Horde...I can make her learn to love again.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 05:10 PM (fRE40)

277 214 Worrying livestock is a capital offense for a farm dog.

Yeah, once a dog figures out they can kill critters they go "oh, I can do that?" and its a big playground for them. They wipe out flocks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (El6/E)

It's not like you're living in the 1800's. There are hundreds of facilities where you can send the dog to be adopted. It also was very young.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:11 PM (V4IXI)

278 This has been one hell of a Trans Visibility Day.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:11 PM (f0sNM)

279 Noem's political career is tits up

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 31, 2026 05:11 PM (NtVYv)

280 Holy shit does that dude ever have serial killer vibes. I bet Noem shot that dog because she found him in bed with it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:11 PM (BI5O2)

281 221 Hey, how do you know I only have one MILLION quatloos?

looking for a grant?

Posted by: quality learing center at March 31, 2026 05:11 PM (oY6Yp)

282 >>You might be very surprised to know how many rich and powerful men are secret perverts into all sorts of creepy shit like this (and much worse).

Not if you know anything about history.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:11 PM (viF8m)

283
(.)(.)(.)

Posted by: Get your ass to Mars at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (y9nCu)

284 Trans!

Lol. What a fucking world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (zZu0s)

285 If the Supreme Court officially adjudicates birthright citizenship of illegal aliens, being US citizens, that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.
Posted by: Maroon


Well, it's not like one of the nine or so 2A cases before them they that they should have ruled on years ago.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (abIsI)

286 269 (.)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (aTgV0)

Uniboob?

That's what DH told me was the name of single women bobsledders.

I hope he was kidding, but you can't always tell. When the sound is off on the tv, he reads the chyrons, but not always accurately.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (DwqWV)

287 If anything, I have the exact opposite reaction to hot women when it comes to the workplace. Would never want to hire one.

They skated through their life on their looks and they always have drama. It’s the adult version of an ultra spoiled child.
Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (JzGvw)

I have an idea. Hire people for their abilities, not their looks. That means good looking women would have a fair chance too.

I know. I know. That's crazy talk.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (g8Ew8)

288 248 If the Supreme Court officially adjudicates birthright citizenship of illegal aliens, being US citizens, that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.
Posted by: Maroon

The presented case isn't so crazy...it only applies to births from now on, no retroactively. But, SCOTUS will have to address the possibility that, if they rule in Trump's favor, what happens if a future administration wants to go back and invalidate all the previous citizenship decisions. That will be awkward.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (JCZqz)

289
I said it earlier, Kristi put down the wrong dog.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (xG4kz)

290 What’s the exchange rate dollars to quatloos? Just wanna know what I can afford in quatloo space…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (xT8gx)

291 Tomorrow is also oral arguments at SCOTUS for the Birthright Citizen case.

ACLU is running ads on Fox News in favor of birthright citizenship.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)
-------

KBJ is carbo loading tonight for her blather marathon tomorrow.

Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (G0vdT)

292 (.)(.)(.)
Posted by: Get your ass to Mars at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (y9nCu)

Willie Nelson!

Posted by: Just The Punchline at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (wVcYX)

293 277 Yeah, once a dog figures out they can kill critters they go "oh, I can do that?" and its a big playground for them. They wipe out flocks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:02 PM (El6/E)

It's not like you're living in the 1800's. There are hundreds of facilities where you can send the dog to be adopted. It also was very young.


is it a beagle?

*shifty eyes*

asking for a friend

Posted by: fauci at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (oY6Yp)

294 It's not like you're living in the 1800's. There are hundreds of facilities where you can send the dog to be adopted. It also was very young.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


Do you want the responsibility if the dog that kills small animals for fun decides that somebody else's kid looks like a small enough animal?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:13 PM (a+4eV)

295 Speaking of lizard people . . .

Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
Remember the rule: nothing justifies October 7th but October 7th justifies everything.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:13 PM (ndZc7)

296 that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.

I expect a punt as well. It wouldn't necessarily cause chaos (ex post facto laws are illegal, you cannot penalize something that was legal before the law changed), but I don't see them making that significant a change. Its an obvious one (especially when you read the writings of the original author) but that has never forced them to do the right thing before.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:13 PM (El6/E)

297 236 Funny, I've heard about alien breeding programs more in the past year than in the previous 20 years combined.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Broadcast Barry White music into space for 50 years and someone's gonna come a callin'.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (Y8DZL)

298 I said it earlier, Kristi put down the wrong dog.
---------------------------------

I wonder if she was heard muttering, "And stay out of my underwear drawer" as she pulled the trigger.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (f0sNM)

299 It's not like you're living in the 1800's. There are hundreds of facilities where you can send the dog to be adopted. It also was very young.

That's just outsourcing killing the dog

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (El6/E)

300 Does the quatloo exchange rate float on the open currency market?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (xT8gx)

301 Do you want the responsibility if the dog that kills small animals for fun decides that somebody else's kid looks like a small enough animal?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:13 PM (a+4eV)

You're making a retarded leap .

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (V4IXI)

302 As bad as the anchor baby problem is the thing that pisses me off even more is the birth tourism. Chinese women boarding a plane at 8 1/2 months pregnant to Hawaii popping the kid out on US soil and viola US citizen child. That kid will live his whole life in China have zero connection to the US but still theoretically can become president. It’s obscene.

At least the illegal anchor baby will live in the US.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (0TtYd)

303 151 My default belief right now is that every politician, every wealthy person, every Hollywood producer, director, actor, actress, and studio executive is a degenerate.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (f0sNM)


If they weren't degenerate before becoming Ticket Takers, the degenerate(s) they sold their souls to made sure of it after.

Posted by: zombie Michelle Fields at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (Sy6m/)

304 What is it with these MAGA-branded lady influencers? Boebert, Noem, Conway, I'm sure there are others - they have these weird sham marriages to total freaks whom they cheat on or leave for other total freaks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (BI5O2)

305 How do these people thrive? What a weird world.

Posted by: fd at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (ZN5Ar)

306 It's not like you're living in the 1800's. There are hundreds of facilities where you can send the dog to be adopted. It also was very young.


My Husband works in a dog rescue facility and they've gotten bad dogs and rehab them.... Some are not able to be rehabbed especially dogs who have killed other animals... They will not allow adoptions

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (kamC8)

307 297 236 Funny, I've heard about alien breeding programs more in the past year than in the previous 20 years combined.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Broadcast Barry White music into space for 50 years and someone's gonna come a callin'.
Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 05:14 PM (Y8DZL)

lol

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (xcxpd)

308 286 269 (.)
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:09 PM (aTgV0)

Uniboob?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Amazon Warriors.

Posted by: Onesicritus at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (JCZqz)

309 Alien breeding programs?
Swedes, Brazilians?

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (Ia/+0)

310 /sock off

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (Sy6m/)

311 You're making a retarded leap .
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg


Great argument, very persuasive.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (a+4eV)

312 >>If the Supreme Court officially adjudicates birthright citizenship of illegal aliens, being US citizens, that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.

How would it cause anymore chaos than the SC overturning Trump's tariffs after they had taken in billions?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (viF8m)

313 I’ll bet 50,000 quatloos that Trump did NOT know about this when he originally appointed Noem, but he knew about it when he fired her…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (xT8gx)

314 Why did I click on that?

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (th/4a)

315 that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.

My prediction? Pain.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (JCZqz)

316 I have an idea. Hire people for their abilities, not their looks. That means good looking women would have a fair chance too.

I know. I know. That's crazy talk.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (g8Ew
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The problem is that women who are good looking are "better at their jobs" when the job involves being the public face of any organization, because men are dumb and we simply listen to hot chicks more than ones that look like someone set their face on fire and put it out with a rake.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (oqH4h)

317 I dunno, this ‘alien breeding’ thing sounds a lot like some shitty 1980s D-Rated movie, where the hideous aliens always seemed to be very attracted to hot naked human THOTs.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (1LxEq)

318 304 What is it with these MAGA-branded lady influencers? Boebert, Noem, Conway, I'm sure there are others - they have these weird sham marriages to total freaks whom they cheat on or leave for other total freaks.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice a


*MTG joins the chat*

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (abIsI)

319
Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
Remember the rule: nothing justifies October 7th but October 7th justifies everything.


Mehdi, you got some splainin' to do.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (Cqx++)

320 Great argument, very persuasive.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (a+4e

I'm not trying to persuade you.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (V4IXI)

321 I don't want to hear another fucking word about "Sarah Palin's white trash family"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (y9nCu)

If you have ever watched AK State Troopers on tv, you will begin to understand Wasilla. Most of it deals with Wasilla, because that's where the crazies are.

Also, my address is Wasilla, but I don't live there. Too many tweakers. And just plain odd folks.

Sarah is lucky she escaped most of the nonsense, but I can't imagine raising a kid there with all the lunatics running around.

Mind you, most folks in Wasilla are just fine, mostly Christian of various ilks, trying to make a good living free from the commies running Anchorage. But then there's this streak of folks that just can't seem to get their poop in a group.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (DwqWV)

322 >>If the Supreme Court officially adjudicates birthright citizenship of illegal aliens, being US citizens, that’s going to create so much chaos. My prediction is some sort of punt.

How would it cause anymore chaos than the SC overturning Trump's tariffs after they had taken in billions?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (viF8m)

Trump has pretty much thumbed his nose at SCOTUS in that one, hasn’t he? I know he hasn’t paid anyone back….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (xT8gx)

323 And lizard judges . . .

BREAKING: A judge blocks a Trump administration order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.

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If NPR and PBS aren't funded, are any of us truly free?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7)

324 157 Was her dog a chihuahua. Because if it was she gets a pass.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (pDt9x)


No, a wirehair pointer, IIRC. A breed I had not heard of, but that does have a rep for needing careful training.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:18 PM (Sy6m/)

325 309 Alien breeding programs?
Swedes, Brazilians?
Posted by: Skip

Central and South Americans, apparently. Alex Stein's "Big Booty Latinas."

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 31, 2026 05:18 PM (JCZqz)

326 Lemme ax Mehdi a question;

Without 10/7 would the Gaza “genocide” have happened?

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 05:18 PM (0TtYd)

327 Great argument, very persuasive.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (a+4eV)

Being less brinksman, you can try to separate the dog. There are dog rehabs. If the dog still has problems then you can go from there. In a vacuum, it may be the right call, but I think a dogs life is worth a little effort.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 05:18 PM (zZu0s)

328 252 BREAKING: Former Congressman Matt Gaetz reveals he was once briefed on alien "breeding programs" where captured aliens were breeding with humans to create a hybrid race.

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Is the breeding farm named San Francisco?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:08 PM (ndZc7)

As long as that is referenced as an entrance and not an exit that it is, it'll be uncomfortable.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 05:18 PM (N39Ws)

329 Has anyone from the Bulwark shown interest in this story?

Posted by: Weirdos at March 31, 2026 05:19 PM (CJTQo)

330 BREAKING: A judge blocks a Trump administration order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.


That wasn’t an order that was a bill passed by Congress and signed by the president.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 05:19 PM (0TtYd)

331 195 173 I would pay one MILLION quatloos for a picture of Piper's yoga pants.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:55 PM

I am flattered, but you will have waisted your life savings of quatloos.


there's a corset involved?

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 05:19 PM (oY6Yp)

332 1980s D-Rated movie, where the hideous aliens always seemed to be very attracted to hot naked human THOTs.

Geena Davis in an itty bikini?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (El6/E)

333 How would it cause anymore chaos than the SC overturning Trump's tariffs after they had taken in billions?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:16 PM (viF8m)

Trump has pretty much thumbed his nose at SCOTUS in that one, hasn’t he? I know he hasn’t paid anyone back….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (xT8gx)


As a non-lawyer, I believe the ruling basically means that he can completely ban trade with anyone who tries to collect, until they agree to forfeit.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (Sy6m/)

334
No, a wirehair pointer, IIRC. A breed I had not heard of, but that does have a rep for needing careful training.
Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:18 PM (Sy6m/)


We have a German wirehaired pointer... Intense hunter... If they kill animals it would be hard to un-train them of that..

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (kamC8)

335 329 Has anyone from the Bulwark shown interest in this story?
Posted by: Weirdos

They're scrubbing their social media and text messages of similar images.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (JCZqz)

336 I’m sorry… I just don’t believe we’ve been visited by aliens and I sure don’t believe there were breeding programs. Matt Gaetz is the male Nancy Mace….. we’re not living in a David Duchovny TV show…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (xT8gx)

337 ones that look like someone set their face on fire and put it out with a rake.
Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (oqH4h)

Hey! I resemble that remark.

Actually, most women have very plain faces, often a bit zaftig, working hard to get through life.

The idea that men listen to hot chicks is also false. They aren't listening, they are ogling, which is not the same thing, at all. Cross-reference all the boob emojis in this very comment string.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (DwqWV)

338 What is it with these MAGA-branded lady influencers?

Pearl Davis has had a good run mocking "Christian" (male) influencers in particular who then go around grooming teenaged boys. Or they're female and whoring around (at least with adults so, score one for the ladies, I guess).
I'm not here to complain about Christian doctrine. It works pretty well for some. Maybe most.
I don't think it works well for sluts, male or female, who like attention. Or if it does they should probably concentrate more on living a Christian life and less on telling everyone else to do it in between mouthfuls of cock.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 05:21 PM (gKWVE)

339 Getting sick of the Commissar Judges

Imagine if Abraham Lincoln had to go through a Commissar Judge from the South

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 05:21 PM (Ia/+0)

340 336 I’m sorry… I just don’t believe we’ve been visited by aliens and I sure don’t believe there were breeding programs. Matt Gaetz is the male Nancy Mace….. we’re not living in a David Duchovny TV show…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (xT8gx)

Well, that' just, like, your opinion, man.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:21 PM (DwqWV)

341 I just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (xT8gx)


No shit. Odin himself needs to come down to personally burn that dude's mancard and make him lick the toilets of Asgard.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 05:21 PM (snZF9)

342 Then ther was that one chick. The ConInc media grifter with a chin like a speed square who banged Newsom and then left him for one of the Trumps. Kimberly something.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:22 PM (BI5O2)

343 Every one of theese Commissar Judges are Marxists

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 05:22 PM (Ia/+0)

344 I dunno, this ‘alien breeding’ thing sounds a lot like some shitty 1980s D-Rated movie, where the hideous aliens always seemed to be very attracted to hot naked human THOTs.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (1LxEq)


I saw that movie. It starred Jeff Goldblum, right?

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (rbvCR)

345 There’s an old Danish saying (that I learned in Solvang, CA): There’s nothing queerer (meaning stranger) than folk

Translated: Everyone is strange in one way or another

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (xT8gx)

346 Pearl Davis has had a good run mocking "Christian" (male) influencers in particular who then go around grooming teenaged boys. Or they're female and whoring around (at least with adults so, score one for the ladies, I guess).

"Conservative" meet up conventions have a nasty reputation for debauchery, wife swapping, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (El6/E)

347 Being less brinksman, you can try to separate the dog. There are dog rehabs. If the dog still has problems then you can go from there. In a vacuum, it may be the right call, but I think a dogs life is worth a little effort.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Right, because I'm the brinksman here, and not the guy who said that a perfectly reasonable thought process that he didn't agree with was retarded.

Are we leftists here?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (a+4eV)

348 Alien breeding program, alien abduction anal probes. Makes sense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:24 PM (ndZc7)

349 Even Agent Mulder thinks Gaetz is a batshit crazy conspiracy theorist

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:25 PM (xT8gx)

350 309 Alien breeding programs?
Swedes, Brazilians?
Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 05:15 PM (Ia/+0)

In the early 1900's the Natives along the Yukon explained that there are three kinds of white people. White men, black white men, and Swedes.

Make of it what you will.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:25 PM (DwqWV)

351 Ugh, this is so sad. I feel so awful for those poor kids. It just saddens me that there are so many disturbed individuals out there

Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2026 05:25 PM (afFes)

352 339 Getting sick of the Commissar Judges

Imagine if Abraham Lincoln had to go through a Commissar Judge from the South
Posted by: Skip

I'm afraid you can fire General McClellan. He has tenure and was appointed by congress. He's an independent agency.

You can't suppress the New York City Draft Riots any more. You used excessive force, and they have a right to block traffic, burn buildings, and refuse to serve.

Posted by: Leftist Judges throughout history at March 31, 2026 05:25 PM (JCZqz)

353 On the SC case, what I’m saying is if the Supreme Court officially says that yes everyone born here regardless if it was from an illegal alien is automatically a US citizen, it’s going to create chaos and be an even bigger magnet of attracting illegal immigration.



Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:25 PM (JzGvw)

354 The idea that men listen to hot chicks is also false. They aren't listening, they are ogling, which is not the same thing, at all. Cross-reference all the boob emojis in this very comment string.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 31, 2026 05:20 PM (DwqWV)
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Gonna disagree here. Men are MUCH more agreeable with whatever message is being delivered if it's being delivered by a woman who is easy on the eyes.

Kaileigh McEneany is good-looking and also happens to be good at her job. She would be less "good at her job" if she weren't good-looking, because men, at least those of us who are generally receptive to what the Trump WH has to say about things, don't want to have to look at some purple hair nosering yammering at us.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (oqH4h)

355 BTW…. Isn’t it obvious that Noem husband wanted to get caught?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (xT8gx)

356 CITIZENSHIP CHALLENGE: As the Supreme Court prepares to review President Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship, a recent Fox News Poll finds that 69% of voters support birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrants


and some people still watch Fox News.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (abIsI)

357 Then ther was that one chick. The ConInc media grifter with a chin like a speed square who banged Newsom and then left him for one of the Trumps. Kimberly something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:22 PM (BI5O2)
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Kimberly Guilfoyle. They were married.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (RIvkX)

358 5 I could tell she was a train wreck a mile away

I really wish Trump would make better decisions on who he hires.
Posted by: Maroon



I have some very bad news for you. In modern, 21st Century politics, finding somebody who isn't a train wreck is a needle in a haystack affair. Just hope for not a commie and pray.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (sAmhv)

359 If you're a regular professional man in [insert industry here] and your wife is also frequenting sex/fetish clubs and it's a non-secret in your area of operations, don't be surprised when people take you less seriously because you don't have your shit together at home.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (oqH4h)


Hell, I've read that Japanese will look down on you if you have dandruff, since it means your wife doesn't care enough about you to deal with your obliviousness.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (Sy6m/)

360 The left will pounce on this no doubt but will be interesting because they after all can't define a woman and are all gender-fluidy, etc. barf, barf.

Cut her loose.

Posted by: Cheri at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (oiNtH)

361 Do you want the responsibility if the dog that kills small animals for fun decides that somebody else's kid looks like a small enough animal?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:13 PM (a+4eV)

You're making a retarded leap .
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You're just part of the hegemony!

Posted by: No Kings! Protestor at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)

362 Her husband enjoys humiliation. She has known this for a long time. She likely had humiliated him many times over the years with other men. Finally she got bored and pursued other men more seriously, when he went full bananas. Meanwhile, he is getting what he wants.

Ask me how i know....

Posted by: Bill Kristol at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (CJTQo)

363 Speaking of MAGA-branded influencers - if anyone's an alien hybrid, it's Matt Gaetz. I be there's some bemused ship's captain on Planet Zorg-7 whose erstwhile, jilted human courtesan sent him one of his son's Cameos on their anniversary.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:27 PM (BI5O2)

364 Are we leftists here?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (a+4eV)

Some act like them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 05:27 PM (TKBaI)

365 4 I dunno, this ‘alien breeding’ thing sounds a lot like some shitty 1980s D-Rated movie, where the hideous aliens always seemed to be very attracted to hot naked human THOTs.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:17 PM (1LxEq)

I saw that movie. It starred Jeff Goldblum, right?
Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (rbvCR)
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I was thinking more of the alien-breeding masterpiece of shitty 80s crapfests so very cleverly entitled … wait for it … ‘Breeders’

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:27 PM (1LxEq)

366 On the SC case, what I’m saying is if the Supreme Court officially says that yes everyone born here regardless if it was from an illegal alien is automatically a US citizen, it’s going to create chaos and be an even bigger magnet of attracting illegal immigration.

Posted by: Maroon

And Justice Jackson would never let that happen!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:27 PM (ndZc7)

367 "Conservative" meet up conventions have a nasty reputation for debauchery, wife swapping, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (El6/E)
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CPAC was a complete cesspool 20 years ago when I was working in DC.

I'm sure it's no better today.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 05:27 PM (oqH4h)

368 Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (a+4eV)

No because your leap from a young hunting dog killing a few chickens to attacking humans is a retarded leap. The GWP is an awesome and loyal family pet that love children. It needs a lot of attention and work to do though or it gets bored and destructive.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (V4IXI)

369 Are we leftists here?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (a+4eV)

Some act like them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 05:27 PM


Y'all can call me retarded all you want.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (4NO2D)

370 ….. we’re not living in a David Duchovny TV show…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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We're a projection from the reptiles on the other side of Uranus.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (ZwdAr)

371 If you're a regular professional man in [insert industry here] and your wife is also frequenting sex/fetish clubs and it's a non-secret in your area of operations, don't be surprised when people take you less seriously because you don't have your shit together at home.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:52 PM (oqH4h)

Hell, I've read that Japanese will look down on you if you have dandruff, since it means your wife doesn't care enough about you to deal with your obliviousness.
Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (Sy6m/)

How did they handle the great Ring Around The Collar menace in the '70s?

Posted by: Wisk at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (wVcYX)

372 Aliens breeding with Americans: welcome to South Texas! We call them mestizos.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (ZVgZ4)

373 just don’t get it… Noem is hot and this guy is messing around with silly perversions when he could be enjoying his hot wife. WTF

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (xT8gx)

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Right? Fuckin weirdo.

Posted by: Hugh Grant at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (u73oe)

374 I only watched for Agent Scully.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (aTgV0)

375 I assume Zorg-7 dumps their losers and unwanted bastard children in Florida.
DeSantis needs to call in the MIBs.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (gKWVE)

376 Hell, I've read that Japanese will look down on you if you have dandruff, since it means your wife doesn't care enough about you to deal with your obliviousness.

"But you can use it to make it snow on your goth girl sketch!"
--Ally Sheedy

Related: what are the odds that the two cutest girls in school have detention at the same time?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E)

377 Where do we get such men?

Posted by: R ADM GEORGE TARRANT at March 31, 2026 05:29 PM (1d+x4)

378 353 On the SC case, what I’m saying is if the Supreme Court officially says that yes everyone born here regardless if it was from an illegal alien is automatically a US citizen, it’s going to create chaos and be an even bigger magnet of attracting illegal immigration.

Posted by: Maroon

How would that cause more chaos? That's the status quo.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 31, 2026 05:29 PM (xoaSX)

379 I only watched for Agent Scully.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM


Speaking of busty lesbians.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:30 PM (4NO2D)

380 And I only watched "House" for Cuddy.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:30 PM (aTgV0)

381 Then ther was that one chick. The ConInc media grifter with a chin like a speed square who banged Newsom and then left him for one of the Trumps. Kimberly something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:22 PM (BI5O2)

She has a mouth that looks like it can handle a salami.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at March 31, 2026 05:30 PM (snZF9)

382 I take no position on Noem’s dead dog, but I’m pretty sure it was already attacking people.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:30 PM (1LxEq)

383 "Speaking of busty lesbians.
Posted by: toby928(c)"

You're killing me now. Really?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:30 PM (aTgV0)

384 How did they handle the great Ring Around The Collar menace in the '70s?
Posted by: Wisk at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (wVcYX)
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That was me.

Posted by: Ancient Chinese Secret at March 31, 2026 05:31 PM (RIvkX)

385 I was thinking more of the alien-breeding masterpiece of shitty 80s crapfests so very cleverly entitled … wait for it … ‘Breeders’
Posted by: Elric the Blade at March 31, 2026 05:27 PM (1LxEq)


Honestly, Goldblum always gave me a greater sense of body-horror

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 05:31 PM (rbvCR)

386 379 I only watched for Agent Scully.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM

Speaking of busty lesbians.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:30 PM (4NO2D)
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Really?

Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 05:31 PM (G0vdT)

387 Right? Fuckin weirdo.
Posted by: Hugh Grant


"Tell me about it"
--Michael Douglas lusting after a KMart 4 the same day his wife goes on a 3 day vacation

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:31 PM (El6/E)

388 Terrible. Personally, I feel so sorry for Kristi Noem. She's the mother of 3. She's a grandmother. Her mom & dad are alive.

Yes, we laughed or cursed Anthony Weiner, Eric Stalwell, Liz Cheney, etc. and others but generally didn't drag their entire families into & through the muck. I feel this is different. Life can be almost unbearable when a spouse has serious issues & there's much to navigate without support.

The Democrats already tear the loyal women and younger men in the Trump administrations to pieces.

Peace.

Lola

Posted by: Trying to Fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 05:31 PM (NFX2v)

389 Now you're going to tell me Ellen DeGeneris is a lesbian.

My life is falling apart.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (aTgV0)

390 Agent Scully…. Yum!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (xT8gx)

391 And I only watched "House" for Cuddy.

I watched Miami Vice largely for Saundra Santiago

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (El6/E)

392 Y'all can call me retarded all you want.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (4NO2D)

Can it, retard.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (TKBaI)

393 Then ther was that one chick. The ConInc media grifter with a chin like a speed square who banged Newsom and then left him for one of the Trumps. Kimberly something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:22 PM (BI5O2)

She has a mouth that looks like it can handle a salami.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division [/i[

Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Woman looks like you could stick her to wall with those lips.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (abIsI)

394 Speaking of lizard judges . . .

Judge orders halt of White House ballroom construction until it's approved by Congress

Yes, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon - appointed by George W. Bush - has slammed the brakes on the construction of Trump's White House ballroom. The East Wing has been demolished, and now the $400-million project will have to be put on hold until it's approved.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (ndZc7)

395 >>No because your leap from a young hunting dog killing a few chickens to attacking humans is a retarded leap. The GWP is an awesome and loyal family pet that love children. It needs a lot of attention and work to do though or it gets bored and destructive.

Anyone who spent any time around a farm knows that dogs are no different from any other animal. If they kill they are not treated like Lassie. You might find it harsh but it happens all the time.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (viF8m)

396 Lola
Posted by: Trying to Fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 05:31 PM (NFX2v)


Well, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand
Why she walks like a woman and talks like a man

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (gKWVE)

397 Birthright citizenship has been enforced as if it’s the law of the land, but that’s never been made official

I think in enshrining that moves the needle on even more people trying to pour over here and have kids.

It’s almost like gay marriage, gays were already getting “married”, but it’s a different matter when the Supreme Court says we all have to abide by it

Posted by: Maroon at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (JzGvw)

398 Speaking of Mulder and Scully, they are rebooting the X Files. Should be awesome.


...not!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Trumpy can do magic at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (0aYVJ)

399 I only read Playboy for the articles.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (wVcYX)

400 Kristi Noem - hot, but a poor judge of character.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (hJH5n)

401 Hmmmmm.

Report: Source for story about Kristi Noem's crossdressing husband was immigrant sex worker who wanted "vengeance"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (ndZc7)

402 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (LdBR/)

403 BREAKING: A judge blocks a Trump administration order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.


That wasn’t an order that was a bill passed by Congress and signed by the president.
Posted by: Heroq


Even better - Judge dictates budget.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 05:34 PM (/lPRQ)

404 I probably wouldn't have shot that dog. Just give it away to someone who isn't a rancher. But people get so weird about all that. I've put down any number of animals myself, partly because I'm hebraically cheap, and partly because it more humane. When you tell people, particularly women, that you put down your own animals, they act like you're Ted freaking Bundy. Take a fucking breath. It's part of life.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 05:34 PM (BI5O2)

405 363 Speaking of MAGA-branded influencers - if anyone's an alien hybrid,
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I thought you were getting ready to have everyone here self disclose.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 05:34 PM (OoFl2)

406 [ISpeaking of busty lesbians.
Posted by: toby928(c)


Pics? For, uh, a friend.....

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at March 31, 2026 05:34 PM (sAmhv)

407 Anyone who spent any time around a farm knows that dogs are no different from any other animal. If they kill they are not treated like Lassie. You might find it harsh but it happens all the time.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 05:33 PM (viF8m)


That would give a whole new perspective on "Rex had to go live on a farm" explanation.

Posted by: Kindltot - Renew, eh? Beauty. at March 31, 2026 05:34 PM (rbvCR)

408 First off: Ew. Second, why wasn’t this known before Kristi Noem was ever chosen? Digging up dirt on political figures is a fine art, after all. Not that I blame her for seeking comfort elsewhere, but why hasn’t she hit divorce court yet?

Posted by: RebeccaH at March 31, 2026 05:34 PM (VFung)

409 Hell, I've read that Japanese will look down on you if you have dandruff, since it means your wife doesn't care enough about you to deal with your obliviousness.
Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 05:26 PM (Sy6m/)

How did they handle the great Ring Around The Collar menace in the '70s?
Posted by: Wisk at March 31, 2026 05:28 PM (wVcYX)
-------------
*sobs*

Posted by: The Heartbreak of Psoriasis at March 31, 2026 05:35 PM (lHTOU)

410 The White House ballroom case is the perfect one for Trump to tell a judge to pound sand. Continue construction…. AC/DC would approve. My balls are the finest of them all…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 05:35 PM (xT8gx)

411 Pardon me, busty bisexual.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 05:37 PM (4NO2D)

412 He is disappoint.

Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
Conversion therapy is discredited junk science that inflicts harm on LGBTQ youth.
The Supreme Court’s decision is disappointing and puts vulnerable kids at risk.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 05:38 PM (ndZc7)

413 96 Appears he wanted to get caught. Explains her dismissal. Kids unfortunately pay for Dad's jizzfest.
Posted by: Vic Romano at March 31, 2026 04:44 PM (xNy4G)

I thought my family was f*cked up. if I was one of their kids, i would change my f*cking name and disappear.

Posted by: Nelly at March 31, 2026 05:39 PM (7gpcF)

414
Young Kimberly Guilfoyle

https://tinyurl.com/43yuwhbd

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 05:39 PM (ZwdAr)

415 I only read Playboy for the articles.
Posted by: Count de Monet


I implicitly believe you, so long as you read it in braille.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 31, 2026 05:40 PM (ZVgZ4)

416 I didn't even realize Noem was married. This is becoming all too common and is surely a sign that mental illness is rampant throughout the nation.

Posted by: WarEagle82 at March 31, 2026 05:41 PM (YcfMX)

417 How many teams and gays, who posed with men in dog faces on leashes did Biden have, who also stole women’s circuses at airports for God sakes

I fell sorry for Noem and her kids. I feel her husband is sicko obviously

Her kids are old enough she could have divorced him

Posted by: Gonzotx at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (nGraA)

418 I have an idea. Hire people for their abilities, not their looks. That means good looking women would have a fair chance too.

I know. I know. That's crazy talk.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 05:12 PM (g8Ew

You’ve come around from “It’s not what you know it’s WHO you know?”

Well done!

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 05:43 PM (hJH5n)

419 It's a sad statement on Americans that Kristi lost her job because cops killed a lunatic defending themselves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 05:45 PM (ZwdAr)

420 Yes, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon - appointed by George W. Bush - has slammed the brakes on the construction of Trump's White House ballroom. The East Wing has been demolished, and now the $400-million project will have to be put on hold until it's approved.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster!


WTF does Congress have tp do with it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2026 05:47 PM (/lPRQ)

421
Confucius say:

For any super good looking woman out there, there is a guy that is tired of her shit

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (NtVYv)

422
Related: what are the odds that the two cutest girls in school have detention at the same time?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 05:29 PM (El6/E)

Ally Sheedy's character wasn't a cute girl at the school; she was an oddball that nobody noticed.
She didn't actually have detention; she showed up because she had literally nothing else to do.

Posted by: Nelly at March 31, 2026 05:48 PM (7gpcF)

423
GWP has a lot of different breeds in them. They are do all hunting dogs. They will attack coyotes, chase rabbits, chickens. They need to be trained carefully. I don't think she should have shot the dog either.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 31, 2026 05:50 PM (NtVYv)

424 Noem’s. Situation seems like nothing more than a married spouse who is never home because they’re off being a governor, then working on a presidential campaign, then becoming director of homeland security. I’m guessing Noem has been off doing her own thing now for well over 15 years. Meanwhile, husband is left behind to entertain himself. I’m guessing Noem really didn’t know what he was up to as I doubt when he saw her on occasion, he reiterated all his fetish garbage to her.

Posted by: Jen the original at March 31, 2026 05:51 PM (mZm4x)

425 386. Posted by: gKWVE

Get bent. And Happy Easter.

Posted by: Trying to Fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 06:15 PM (NFX2v)

426 Conservative family values

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at March 31, 2026 06:18 PM (C09IE)

427 Trans Lurch

Posted by: Monsters Balls at March 31, 2026 06:28 PM (bt3Im)

428 How many teams and gays, who posed with men in dog faces on leashes did Biden have, who also stole women’s circuses at airports for God sakes

Geez, women’s suitcases

Posted by: Gonzotx at March 31, 2026 06:32 PM (nGraA)

429 Noem’s. Situation seems like nothing more than a married spouse who is never home because they’re off being a governor, then working on a presidential campaign, then becoming director of homeland security

——-

You have to be kidding me, guys left alone will put on pink hot pants and rubber suit boobs ?
Boy, what is your life experience?

Posted by: Gonzotx at March 31, 2026 06:36 PM (nGraA)

430 I honor her dog, gave it's life to save us from a sicko politician/sociopath.

Posted by: Elect me because i'm dyslexic and racist at March 31, 2026 08:14 PM (bkAYe)

431 Now we know why Kristi Noem has been having an affair with Corey Lewandowski.

Posted by: Aarradin at April 01, 2026 03:53 AM (5kvQv)

Woe Canada: Canada Now Running Benetton-Style Fashion Ads Urging Its Sick Citizens to Present Themselves Before the Suicide Booths for a Quick and Easy (and Cheap for the Canadian Welfare State) Exit from This Life

They're actually selling suicide as a blissful fashion choice.


Canada is precisely what the left wants the US to be.

Below, Canadian leftists at an NDP party meeting. NDP is the "New Democrat Party," I think, which is code for "communists. They are not a fringe party -- they are the second biggest (and soon to be biggest?) party of the left. Justin Castreaux relied on their support throughout his corrupt rule. No Canadian leftist can win an election without the NDP's support.

The Canadian communists squabble over the exact rights and privileges that their "Equity" cards grant them. An "Equity" card is a card granting you explicit advantages for your identity over people with non-favored identities, which, as the ringleader of this commie clown show explicitly admits, is almost entirely about favoring minorities, women, and transgenders over white "dudes."

The "Gender Equity Cards" allow people with Special Identities to cut in line to make their stupid points faster, before people with Less Special Identities.

They argue whether a woman with a "cisgender woman" Equity Card should have priority over a "racialized transgender" -- an Asian man in a dress -- or not.


In this clip, a Stronk and Empowered Black Woman reminds the speaker that these "equity cards" have no value or power outside this NDP party meeting. What she means is that she wants "equity cards" giving her explicit race and gender advantages over white "dudes' in real life. She wants to flash her Equity Card in real life to cut in line at the bank and take handicapped parking. (Those are for examples, she didn't actually admit that.)

Sorry for the short post, I was trying to write the Supreme Court decision post but it's taking time. So I'm just posting this as a quickie.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:40 PM




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1 Weirdo's

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (SlGTd)

2 WTF Canada?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (u73oe)

3 Off to NOOD.

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (SlGTd)

4 not quite first

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (CWTWj)

5 Canada isn't a real country.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (N1DT3)

6 Babylon Bee can't keep up, lol.

Posted by: Momlady at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (5coXL)

7 If her nickname isn't Dumbo, the Canucks are cropping the ball once again.

Posted by: spongeworthy at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (sLLbN)

8 The word 'quickie' should not be used in a post with multiple pictures of that goblin.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (CwhoI)

9 Remember when Canada was known for hockey, maple syrup, and being polite? That was nice.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (u73oe)

10 Seeing that video, I have to ask:

How many privilege points do you get for being a Keebler elf?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (N1DT3)

11 First the elites of Canada, go MAID yourself.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (2GVsD)

12 The inevitable result of socialism .

Posted by: Josephistan at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (FLx59)

13 i saw some videos of this. to misquote curley, "they nuts"

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (CWTWj)

14 Conquer Canada, wall it off, turn it into an asylum.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (O5JaV)

15 It's like Logans Run, but without Jenny Agutter...

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (XuXeR)

16 When Edward G. Robinson was about to be turned into Soylent Green, they showed a happy video.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (2GVsD)

17 Race cards are so yesterday, man...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (ESVrU)

18 The word 'quickie' should not be used in a post with multiple pictures of that goblin.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (CwhoI)

Goblins have green skin. That's an elf.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (N1DT3)

19 canada is selling that kick a poo joy juice as an alternative to actual real medical treatment.


In a dark way I guess it does get rid of the people who can't or wont be a benefit to society.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (0N4FZ)

20 It is almost as if Canada were no longer a serious country.

Posted by: mr tmz at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (rJ48h)

21 I think Canada's real problem is marketing. Lame videos of sick people desiring death is a real downer.

The way to do it properly has already been shown to them.

https://youtu.be/WUFUegBO13Y

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (Riz8t)

22 I found it amusing that Indigenous representation was lacking in the NDP debacle. And the fact that a white, likely Jewish "cis-male" ended up as the new party leader.

Posted by: Momlady at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (5coXL)

23 What if we trade our lefty insane people for Canada’s not insane people. They can have their leftist utopia where it all ends in suicide by the government and we can get back to our alien human hybrid breeding program, right Matt Gaetz?

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (OoFl2)

24 Oh Canada...

Oh cahahanada...

Oh canada oh.

Cahahahanada.......

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (aTgV0)

25 I commented yesterday this is far more evil than the Nazis.

The Nazis only wanted to murder other races and the handicapped.

Canada wants to MAID you for a backache.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (2GVsD)

26 A federal judge just ordered the halt of all construction on the new ballroom.

-----------------------------
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon wrote in his decision that no statute 'comes close' to giving the President the authority to take on the project without Congressional oversight.

Leon then approved the Trust's request to have work stopped on the ballroom project amid the legal fight.

The President responded to the news with a furious Truth Social post.

In it, he labeled the Trust a 'Radical Left Group of Lunatics.'

Posted by: beckster at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (kX27y)

27 Take the Prime Meridian away from England. If we are going to take the ship insurance, we might as well take the Prime Meridian.

Look, they lost their navy, they lost their empire, they lost their currency control, they are losing their culture, they are losing their financial dominance. We should leave them SOMETHING.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (El6/E)

28 Anyone else picture Edward G. Robinson lying in bed in his pre-planned death room with that first clip?

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (qBdHI)

29 Tis not a goblin nor an elf, a homunculus

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (2GVsD)

30 Afternoon.

Why do so many of these people look...half baked? You know what I mean? Like all the ingredients used to make a person needed to be left boiling in the pot a while longer.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (cY4uq)

31 They need room for Immigrants

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (Ia/+0)

32 A federal judge just ordered the halt of all construction on the new ballroom.

Yeah they keep doing that. Its based on the constitutional principle of "Orange Man Bad" as argued in Nosering vs Sanity in 2021

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (El6/E)

33 in the 'end' video, she says 'i see music'. to quote an actress who wrecked her career and a very expensive movie 'weird weird weird'

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (CWTWj)

34 Chick is putting off a 1930s Germany vibe with that getup.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (XvL8K)

35 "...you just have to brave enough to see it."

Yes, be brave enough to kill yourself. You've got this!

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (qBdHI)

36 Lady in Black, #16

Horde Mind

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (2GVsD)

37 What price, Canada?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (DgMqy)

38 Are any of the Five Eyes not ridiculous? Japan and a few Eastern European nations are our true allies and worthy of our consideration.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (wBaIH)

39 Instead of changing her gender, why didn't the woman pay to have her ears pinned back?

I still don't know if I am cis or not and don't much care.

I also don't need an equity card because I am exactly who I want to be and where I want to be and with who I want to be with.

Has Christianity failed in Canada to embrace suicide? I could see this in the UK with Starmer and barbarians. But Canada? O Canada! It's because we beat you in hockey?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (WONhk)

40 We got Logan's Run.

We got Soylent Green.

Soylent Green is delicious BTW.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (aTgV0)

41 So the "New Soviet Man", is LGBTQ+?

Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (vbXSk)

42 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (Ia/+0)

43 was that video done by the people who ruined jaguar?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (CWTWj)

44 These are Masturbatin Pete's people.

Or prsyns. Don't know how the drivel brains spell it these days.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (gZLU7)

45 All kidding aside, I support someone being able to end their life when the alternative is pain and suffering with a miserable quality of life. Obviously very stringent safeguards are needed, and it should never be done because of money. Nationalized health care with its built-in shortages and the need to save money is the real problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)

46 Why do so many of these people look...half baked? You know what I mean? Like all the ingredients used to make a person needed to be left boiling in the pot a while longer.

I do honestly want a study on what is making leftists look so soi-packed and weak. Is it a lack of challenges? A constant infantile worldview? Drug use by parents? I really want to know. These Eloi look like they would faint if they saw a kitten.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (El6/E)

47 that is the Terminator II style Karen up there

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (j+aD2)

48 and we can get back to our alien human hybrid breeding program, right Matt Gaetz?
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (OoFl2)

Is, uh...is that what Gaetz is up to these days?

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (cY4uq)

49 That video up top shared by Kevin Sorbo is disturbing indeed.

It highlights the beauty of the world around us and appears to celebrate the joys of life.

Then the narrator says she's going to take her own life, thus depriving her from enjoying the fullness of her life given to her by God the Father.

It's demonic.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (ESVrU)

50 You know, President Trump, just take over Canada while you're at it.

Posted by: Cray Cray at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (M7rua)

51 I don't know what to make of a country that is so full of so much stupid it thought it can not only win a trade war with the only other country it shares a border with (and the world's largest economy) it thinks it can win a real war, against the world's largest military, as well.

But wait, it's even stupider! It voted for a complete cipher globalist cut-out with no governing experience to "win" those wars!

Icebacks are drunk on maple syrup 24/7.
Even the cousin-fucking arabs aren't that stupid.
"Elbows Up!" is the orgasmic grunt of the maple drunk boomers that rule that frozen wasteland.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (HXT0k)

52 Countries like this will soon be left in the dark. You won't catch these equity card holders climbing a tower in a snow storm to repair a line.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (gQ15S)

53 U.S. District Judge Richard Leon

Leon is getting larger!

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (2GVsD)

54 Horde Mind

--

Ha, I saw that!

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (qBdHI)

55 was that video done by the people who ruined jaguar?

Their target audience. This is the Modern Audience that Acolyte and Starfleet Academy were aimed at.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (El6/E)

56 that is the Terminator II style Karen up there
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (j+aD2)
---
More like Terminator: Dark Fate (I think that one had the tranny Terminator in it...)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (ESVrU)

57 >>>7 If her nickname isn't Dumbo, the Canucks are cropping the ball once again.

I didn't even clock her ears. Baby New Year.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (1wjle)

58 Equity cards???? What a freaking clown show…. And the lady moderator… at least I think it’s a lady… very ugly lady. WTF….. please God don’t let the US descend into that insanity

And of course… the mask… I have no words

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (xT8gx)

59 Ol' Elf Ears.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (qdktZ)

60 Canada is urging poor and mentally ill people into suicide, and then harvesting their organs.

It's a literal dystopia.

"Canada performing more organ transplants from MAID donors than any country in the world"

https://is.gd/ZcGLhb

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (4q1xH)

61 27 GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT.

Posted by: Field judge Smailes at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (wBaIH)

62 "Who's got the conch?"

"I've got the conch! It's MY turn to speak!"

"Sucks to your Auntie! And sucks to your asthma!"

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (X+xvk)

63 45 All kidding aside, I support someone being able to end their life when the alternative is pain and suffering with a miserable quality of life. Obviously very stringent safeguards are needed, and it should never be done because of money. Nationalized health care with its built-in shortages and the need to save money is the real problem.


- Government should NEVER be involved in something like this.

- Doctors should not be forced to participate

- People who want to do this should take it entirely upon themselves. Doctors might give them a prescription for a lethal dose of ... something but it is up to them to do it. it's wrong to involved others, and it's dangerous to involve government

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (j+aD2)

64 Look, they lost their navy, they lost their empire, they lost their currency control, they are losing their culture, they are losing their financial dominance. We should leave them SOMETHING.

English cuisine

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (2GVsD)

65 49 That video up top shared by Kevin Sorbo is disturbing indeed.

It highlights the beauty of the world around us and appears to celebrate the joys of life.

Then the narrator says she's going to take her own life, thus depriving her from enjoying the fullness of her life given to her by God the Father.

It's demonic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (ESVrU)

It is, in the truest sense, but most people can’t see it, or won’t acknowledge it.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (pDt9x)

66 This post needs this information:

Drs are forbidden from putting MAID on the death certificate.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (Fg7bI)

67 I need one of those cards right away.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (RIvkX)

68 GET NOTHING AND LIKE IT.

....but I wanted a Twisty Goo

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (El6/E)

69 "Equity cards???? What a freaking clown show…. And the lady moderator… at least I think it’s a lady… very ugly lady. WTF….. please God don’t let the US descend into that insanity"

California, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Virginia are already there.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (4q1xH)

70 >>>29 Tis not a goblin nor an elf, a homunculus

toby and stateless might want to take a run at her.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (1wjle)

71 It’s weird how leftists who argue that there is no way to execute a capital murderer without pain and cruelty are the same people arguing that euthanasia is a painless solution to depression.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (EB8vC)

72 When Edward G. Robinson was about to be turned into Soylent Green, they showed a happy video.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (2GVsD)
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Yeah, checking out while the sound system pipes in Beethoven's Symphony nr. 6 first movement.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (rj6Yv)

73 45 All kidding aside, I support someone being able to end their life when the alternative is pain and suffering with a miserable quality of life. Obviously very stringent safeguards are needed, and it should never be done because of money. Nationalized health care with its built-in shortages and the need to save money is the real problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)
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There is just no completely fair, moral, or ethical way to administer such a program.

There will always be ulterior motives, coercion, and undue pressure applied by third parties.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (oqH4h)

74 Love the Blonde Hitler look too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (RIvkX)

75 saw an article yesterday about China's use of prisoners for live organ donation

they take their corneas! they get to live but now blind.

they take a kidney, part of the liver. just farm the prisoners.

and I'm sure elites from all over the world avail themselves of this service.

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (j+aD2)

76 And the Left mocked Palin for coining the phrase "Death Panels".

Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (G0vdT)

77 I have been predicting them doing a MAID Day for some time now.
You know like how there's a day for everything? Just wait. Then it will be MAID Month. Like Pride Month but with less death and sadness.

It is only a matter of time, and you can remember your ol buddy ellipsis told you it was coming.

The only question is what day they choose. Maybe October 30th. Or December 24th.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (eBwIO)

78 45 All kidding aside, I support someone being able to end their life when the alternative is pain and suffering with a miserable quality of life. Obviously very stringent safeguards are needed, and it should never be done because of money. Nationalized health care with its built-in shortages and the need to save money is the real problem.


- Government should NEVER be involved in something like this.

- Doctors should not be forced to participate

- People who want to do this should take it entirely upon themselves. Doctors might give them a prescription for a lethal dose of ... something but it is up to them to do it. it's wrong to involved others, and it's dangerous to involve government


I agree.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (Riz8t)

79 We should leave them SOMETHING.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (El6/E)
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We should force them to take Harry and Megan back, and in exchange we don't bomb Buckingham Palace with B-52s.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (oqH4h)

80 Go to bed
wake up dead

Posted by: wth at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (UjdFS)

81 Speaking as a racialized, transgendered, one-legged, one-eyed neodymium table leg, I reserve the right to identify as the scent of a freshly-cut lemon on a crisp autumn morning in Lenexa, Kansas, praise be to Allah.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (X+xvk)

82 Soylent Green gave people a nice exit. Choice of music, color etc

Posted by: steevy at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (YwEeS)

83 69 "Equity cards???? What a freaking clown show…. And the lady moderator… at least I think it’s a lady… very ugly lady. WTF….. please God don’t let the US descend into that insanity"

California, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Virginia are already there.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (4q1xH)

How about Illinois, because, after all Pritzker owns that state.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (pDt9x)

84 Tiergarten 4 Strasse was always a death panel.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (2GVsD)

85 58 Equity cards???? What a freaking clown show…. And the lady moderator…

In one of the videos she goes off on so.eone who called her ma'am... forcefully reminding the whole group of her non binary status and of course...her pronouns.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (gZLU7)

86 Gender confused are mentally ill, can't figure why people elect mentally illness

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (Ia/+0)

87 48 and we can get back to our alien human hybrid breeding program, right Matt Gaetz?
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (OoFl2)

Is, uh...is that what Gaetz is up to these days?
Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026

I just sent the interview to Ace. I told y’all we should have bought that retired cruise ship to rehab and turn into our own sane country. But no one listens and this is what we get. Hybrid aliens and men with 1 fake nipple pointing north, and 1 south.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (OoFl2)

88 Fuck. I old nooded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (zZu0s)

89 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

90 It’s weird how leftists who argue that there is no way to execute a capital murderer without pain and cruelty are the same people arguing that euthanasia is a painless solution to depression.
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (EB8vC)
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They're also A-OK with carving up living babies in the womb.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (ESVrU)

91 Euthanasia is the inevitable result of government-run and -paid healthcare. Why pay for years if not decades of care for person X when you can just kill them?

That's how the paper-pushers look at all this: we can convince these troubled people to kill themselves now, and it will save us millions of dollars in healthcare that we otherwise would have had to spend on them.

If they can eliminate a significant portion of the elderly population -- the demographic with the highest expense for healthcare -- then it will save the government billions of dollars. It's a no-brainer from a government bureaucrat's perspective.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

92 THAT BLOND WOMAN(?) NEEDS A LITTLE MUSTACHE TO MAKE THE PARODY COMPLETE.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (xvV+O)

93 All kidding aside, I support someone being able to end their life when the alternative is pain and suffering with a miserable quality of life. Obviously very stringent safeguards are needed, and it should never be done because of money. Nationalized health care with its built-in shortages and the need to save money is the real problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)

With all due respect…. A million times NO! God is the author of life and death; it’s his decision and his alone. I think of Joni Eareckson Tada who many would say had a life not worth living… but what a courageous life she’s led because of her amazing faith.

There are no safeguards that can make it safe. None…. Even family members will be wrongly motivated

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (xT8gx)

94 There will always be ulterior motives, coercion, and undue pressure applied by third parties.
Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM (oqH4h)

Fo real, yo.

Posted by: Single Parents With Slutty 15 Year Olds at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (cY4uq)

95 Beat Sponge to the 'new' thread though, so there is that.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (zZu0s)

96 saw an article yesterday about China's use of prisoners for live organ donation

they take their corneas! they get to live but now blind.

they take a kidney, part of the liver. just farm the prisoners.

and I'm sure elites from all over the world avail themselves of this service.
Posted by: BlackOrchid


This world needs a deep reset.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (9E5Ho)

97 Tis not a goblin nor an elf, a homunculus
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (2GVsD)

I can see that. I think a lot of the things on the left qualify.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (N1DT3)

98 i updated with a story about a woman complaining of back pain who was immediately told to consider the benefits of the Suicide Booth.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)

99 That blonde speaker is straight out of central casting for a WWII epic as one of Hitler's brown shirts.

I can't watch the videos of those people as it makes by brain hurt because I have no clue what kind of language they are speaking and I don't want to try and figure it out.

Posted by: Cheri at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (oiNtH)

100 Holland more than a decade ago lead the way to where Cananda and Spain are.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (2GVsD)

101 There are no safeguards that can make it safe. None…. Even family members will be wrongly motivated
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (xT8gx)

Perverse, intended incentives.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (zZu0s)

102 Currently, MAID is optional. Just wait until it's mandatory.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (O5JaV)

103 91 Euthanasia is the inevitable result of government-run and -paid healthcare. Why pay for years if not decades of care for person X when you can just kill them?

That's how the paper-pushers look at all this: we can convince these troubled people to kill themselves now, and it will save us millions of dollars in healthcare that we otherwise would have had to spend on them.

If they can eliminate a significant portion of the elderly population -- the demographic with the highest expense for healthcare -- then it will save the government billions of dollars. It's a no-brainer from a government bureaucrat's perspective.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

You also get fresh organs out of the bargain.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (okun6)

104 I can't believe these people are serious and how does no one in the building not scream, all of you are f-ing insane, cringe and beyond parody at this point.

Did they not understand normal people would make fun of this or are there no normal people left?

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (hFsFh)

105 Damn
Ellen Degeneres has HUGE ears

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (ZxPkt)

106 So Canada's on the road to Soylent Green. Edward G. Robinson nods.

Posted by: tsj017 at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (xakWh)

107 That Opie Taylor-in-drag chick really does something for me. Makes me wanna grab the ol' fishin' pole and whistle a happy tune, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (X+xvk)

108 It's demonic.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (ESVrU)

It is, in the truest sense, but most people can’t see it, or won’t acknowledge it.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 03

The Bible is very clear on this one. It is absolutely not our lane, we are not to play God.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (OoFl2)

109 Euthanasia is the inevitable result of government-run and -paid healthcare. Why pay for years if not decades of care for person X when you can just kill them?

If they can eliminate a significant portion of the elderly population -- the demographic with the highest expense for healthcare -- then it will save the government billions of dollars. It's a no-brainer from a government bureaucrat's perspective.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)
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Now I understand how Carousel started in Logan's Run.

Posted by: WisRich at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (G0vdT)

110 "God is the author of life and death; it’s his decision and his alone."

Amen.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (DgMqy)

111 Canada is in trouble. GO Pierre Poilievre, GO!!

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)

112 I've been deferred twice from jury duty this year.

This may be the only way to get excused. Bastards.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (Sco7b)

113 How do you make your nipples point in different compass directions?

Posted by: I gotta ask at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (2Ez/1)

114 If they can eliminate a significant portion of the elderly population -- the demographic with the highest expense for healthcare -- then it will save the government billions of dollars. It's a no-brainer from a government bureaucrat's perspective.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)
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And of course the bureaucracy can use the savings for their own expensive medical care when they reach that age...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (ESVrU)

115 Where's my I 💘 the Mullahs t-shirt?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (Zz0t1)

116 Thank you Ace for adding the story of the woman with the backache and the attempt to sell her on MAID.

Evil.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (2GVsD)

117 The DNC in America did this like 2024 as I recall. "Point of privilege" and all that.

Word is they are on the lookout for a straight, white man to run for president.

Good luck, guys LOL

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (El6/E)

118 next thing Toronto will have a "matmos" room

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (j+aD2)

119 I'm just posting this as a quickie.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Dracula: No. With you, never a quickie. Always a longie.

Posted by: George Hamilton at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (w9Wax)

120 Ellen Degeneres… thank you above whoever mentioned her…. That’s exactly who that lady looks like… maybe even uglier (if that’s possible)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (xT8gx)

121 Bet go in for a broken arm and suicide will be a option

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)

122 Beat Sponge to the 'new' thread though, so there is that.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (zZu0s)



Take life wins when you get them no matter where they come.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

123 I think Trump should file a sealed-appeal of the cartel judge's order halting construction.
One line:
"This is a national security matter."

No caselaw. No case history. No argument.

And issue a statement:
We have appealed. The construction will continue.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (HXT0k)

124 Seriously. In Canada, the death certificate does not say MAID. They can not write that, and have to lie for primary and contributing causes.

So you get depressed and go to death chamber, and what do they write? you did of sad? Terminal ennui?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (Fg7bI)

125 How do you make your nipples point in different compass directions?

Well, when a middle aged woman lies on her back...

*ducks and runs* SERPENTINE! SERPENTINE!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (El6/E)

126 How about Illinois, because, after all Pritzker owns that state.
____________

Kind a suspect the Illinois and New York are still somewhat sane outside of Chicagoland and NYC. OTOH, the same people outside the primate cities are pulling out in droves.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (R5Koj)

127 She can fly away those ears.

Posted by: As my father in law would say at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (2Ez/1)

128 Ellen Degeneres has HUGE ears
Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (ZxPkt)



She's always been an incredibly hideous woman.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)

129 113 How do you make your nipples point in different compass directions?

Posted by: I gotta ask

Do the Twist!

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (X+xvk)

130 She could fly with ears that big.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (qFwJc)

131 Nazi Germany and T4, when they were murdering the people in the asylums, the death certificate always listed something like 'flu' as the cause.

So yes, Canada has gone full Nazi T4.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (2GVsD)

132 27 Take the Prime Meridian away from England. If we are going to take the ship insurance, we might as well take the Prime Meridian.

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Let the free market do its thing. We the US taxpayer do not need to get involved. Because we'll end up holding the bag.

Posted by: Diabeetus at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (SlrUo)

133 Can you imagine the offspring that creature could create if you could convince her to mate with Barack Obama?

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (X+xvk)

134 and we can get back to our alien human hybrid breeding program

Wait, are there green-skinned women with big hooters?

Posted by: Admiral James T. Kirk at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (2ocoG)

135 So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)

136 A palate cleanser from Visegrad on X

"
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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1h
BREAKING:

Starmer suffers major defeat in court regarding his plans to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK to Mauritius.

The judge of the BIOT Supreme Court (British Indian Ocean Territory) has:

- Has overturned Tony Blair’s law from 2004 that removed the Chagossians' Right of Abode.

- Calculated that the cost of Starmer's Chagos surrender will be up to and over £48bn. The government claimed it would only be £3.7 billion

- The judge made it clear that there is no historical authority for a prerogative power to expel or permanently exclude a population of British subjects from the territory to which their citizenship belongs.

- The Judge quashed the Governnent's removal orders against the 4 Chagossians who recently returned to Chagos to stop the transfer to Mauritius.

This is undoubtedly one of the biggest moments in the campaign to Save Chagos and might completely derail the government’s plans to transfer the territory to Mauritius as there are now Chagossians living on the islands.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (E4rtv)

137 113 How do you make your nipples point in different compass directions?
Posted by: I gotta ask at March

You start by making your gigantic boobs out of balloons.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (OoFl2)

138 Palestinian flags and chicks in Palestinian garb were a big thing at the NDP freak fest as well.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (0TtYd)

139 128 Ellen Degeneres has HUGE ears
Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (ZxPkt)


She's always been an incredibly hideous woman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (Zz0t1)

Yeah, from the beginning of my noticing her my Skeeve radar was going off bigtime. Something very - unclean - about her.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (pDt9x)

140 She's 'uplifting' herself back into the spotlight.....


Kamala Harris has been slammed for a bizarre text announcing she will swing across a raft of states in the Deep South.

The expected 2028 presidential runner will take trips to North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Arkansas “to uplift Democrats and continue building our power in the South,” according to the message her campaign sent.

Posted by: beckster at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

141 i updated with a story about a woman complaining of back pain who was immediately told to consider the benefits of the Suicide Booth.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)



I have a pretty significant amount of back pain currently.

Ending my life over it seems a bit drastic.

Canada is done. Alas, so long, America's Hat. It was moderately fun for a little bit, way back when.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (Zz0t1)

142 133 Can you imagine the offspring that creature could create if you could convince her to mate with Barack Obama?
Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (X+xvk)
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You'd probably have more work to do to convince Barack Obama to put his penis into a vagina.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (oqH4h)

143 Can you imagine the offspring that creature could create if you could convince her to mate with Barack Obama?

The ears would have more of a wingspan than a 747.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (2ocoG)

144 *ducks and runs* SERPENTINE! SERPENTINE!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

"Serpentine, Shell! Serpentine!"

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (X+xvk)

145
Yeah, from the beginning of my noticing her my Skeeve radar was going off bigtime. Something very - unclean - about her.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (pDt9x)



Other than her face smelling of wet pussy, you mean?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (Zz0t1)

146 Whig

It will also kibosh any dreams of Herr Keir transferring the Falklands to Argentina.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (2GVsD)

147 29 Tis not a goblin nor an elf, a homunculus

toby and stateless might want to take a run at her.
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (1wjle)

Who wanted to bang "Lady" Liberty, and you made them take a closer look?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (zafwz)

148 Nevermind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (Fg7bI)

149 I guess this is what happens when your country is basically a really big National Park.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (2Ez/1)

150 Wait ... those vids of that freakshow with shambling mutants waving colored "privilege cards" around is real? Not an SNL parody?

I thought the "privilege cards" was just a euphemism, like playing the "race card." I never would think these people are such insanely woke drones that they'd really print up color-coded physical cards.

Someone please slap me in the head, kick me in the nuts, and wake me from this nightmare.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

151 we can get back to our alien human hybrid breeding program, right Matt Gaetz?
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (OoFl2)


I'm still working on my human / Martian mutant romance slop novel. Pete is going to want three hands for this one

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (gKWVE)

152 Suicide or having to continue to live in Canada under a Liberal government.

The choice is obvious, Citizens!

Posted by: YOUR Canadian Government! at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (n1OCj)

153 Remember when death panels was a right wing conspiracy theory?

Good times.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (0TtYd)

154 Straight out of a Kurt Schlicter novel, where those in the People's Republic of America are sorted according to "privilege".

Posted by: Rob Crawford at March 31, 2026 04:03 PM (93YsA)

155 You'd probably have more work to do to convince Barack Obama to put his penis into a vagina.

Posted by: ballistic

Blindfold him and tell him it's Justin Bieber.

Or Tim Walz.

Barky would probably prefer Tim Walz.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 04:03 PM (X+xvk)

156 On the Ballroom, I thought "Preservationists" were already over ruled by a "judge", the east wing is gone, what are they trying to preserve ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:03 PM (FtULh)

157 So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)
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As far as I know, not a peep.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 04:03 PM (rj6Yv)

158 who gave that fucking elf a hitler combover?

Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at March 31, 2026 04:04 PM (y9skt)

159 157 So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)
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As far as I know, not a peep.
Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 04:03 PM (rj6Yv)

Pope Frankie not looking as bad now. And that’s saying a lot.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:04 PM (pDt9x)

160 It’s even crazier than at first blush. There are different color coded cards. There’s pink and yellow and green. And they were fighting over which one got preference. They’re all oppressed people so how do you decide who is the most oppressed? lol

Keep in mind this party has won elections at the provincial level. It’s not some fringe party that pulls in 4% or whatever. It’s a legit party going back decades.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (0TtYd)

161 I support someone being able to end their life when the alternative is pain and suffering with a miserable quality of life.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)


That sounds noble, but whenever there are competing interests, the power to kill will be abused. Do you think that "stringent controls" overseen by the government will ever be sound enough to trust?

I don't. Government is evil. They already have the power of life and death over us for parking tickets and tax evasion...why give them even more?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (n9ltV)

162 Pope Leo has turned out to be once again a lamb and not a lion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (2GVsD)

163 different from each other, or different from where they point now?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (Fg7bI)

164 135 So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)

Yes, that's an easy one like abortion. Catholics are so wildly against it, it tends to not need saying every hour of the day.

Pope John Paul II wrote a wonderful piece "On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering"...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (tOcjL)

165 113 How do you make your nipples point in different compass directions?
Posted by: I gotta ask at March
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Magnetic nipple rings that share the same polarity.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (ESVrU)

166 Remember when death panels was a right wing conspiracy theory?

Good times.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:02 PM (0TtYd)
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And right behind "death panels" will be "2020 was the cleanest election evah!"

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (rj6Yv)

167 The Pope, the ballroom, and nipples.

This place.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (2Ez/1)

168 She's always been an incredibly hideous woman.

She wasn't bad looking when she was young and doing standup, but her evil soul and debauched lifestyle has led to the Dorian Gray picture written on her face. She looks like she's a lich now

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (El6/E)

169 It’s even crazier than at first blush. There are different color coded cards. There’s pink and yellow and green. And they were fighting over which one got preference. They’re all oppressed people so how do you decide who is the most oppressed? lol
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Literal victim cards.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:06 PM (yEjNf)

170 in order to achieve equity, a judge just ordered trump to make half his diet cola consumption pepsi

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 31, 2026 04:06 PM (CWTWj)

171 So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?

Probably but his idiotic insane and unChristian stuff kinda drowns out the rest.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:06 PM (El6/E)

172 She wants to flash her Equity Card in real life to cut in line at the bank

Wetbacks with their anchor bebe behind me at ATM wanted this.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 31, 2026 04:07 PM (Kt19C)

173 "So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?"

I think he may have spoken generally about the issue, but I'd have to dig/AI to get some semblance of an answer.

Certain Things The Pope Said get wide dissemination, others not so much.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 31, 2026 04:07 PM (DgMqy)

174 You really couldn't script the end of the last thread any better. With special guest star.........

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 04:07 PM (eBwIO)

175 *pauses*

We need to make that a game - Victim Card Uno

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:07 PM (2GVsD)

176 Pope John Paul II wrote a wonderful piece "On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering"...
Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM (tOcjL)
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A heroic man who lived every word of it, too. When he could no longer speak due to his terminal illness, he passed away naturally just a few days later.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 04:07 PM (rj6Yv)

177 "I'm a victim! I deserve more!"
"Oh yeah? Well I'm more victimy than you are!"
"Both of you shut up, my victimy beats both of yours--put together!"
"Put together? EWWWW"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 31, 2026 04:07 PM (CHHv1)

178 135 So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?

Posted by: It's me donna

He's offered to perform last rites via Zoom meeting for crowds larger than 500.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (X+xvk)

179 The people of Canada would be better off letting polar bears run the country. I think the bears would be more humane. Just give them plenty of fish to eat along with the socialists and communists.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (pvf3X)

180
Keep in mind this party has won elections at the provincial level. It’s not some fringe party that pulls in 4% or whatever. It’s a legit party going back decades.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:05 PM

The participants in that display needed more bullying.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (hFsFh)

181 165 113 How do you make your nipples point in different compass directions?
Posted by: I gotta ask at March
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Magnetic nipple rings that share the same polarity.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026

Ouch!

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (OoFl2)

182 "Based on recent reports, "Pope Leo" (referring to Pope Leo XIV...) has taken a strong stance against the expansion of assisted suicide, echoing the Catholic Church's deep concerns regarding Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program. "

Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (tOcjL)

183 No. The Pipe has spoken about it ; You have only to put in "Pope Leo speaks about assisted suicide" in a search engine and you get plenty of results. He's still an idiot about saying "God doesn't answer the prayers of people who wage war."

Posted by: Not a communist at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (9U6Wl)

184 They play "Suicide Is Painless" on an endless loop in the waiting rooms of all their hospitals and clinics in Canadia.

Probably.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at March 31, 2026 04:09 PM (V362x)

185 That sounds noble, but whenever there are competing interests, the power to kill will be abused. Do you think that "stringent controls" overseen by the government will ever be sound enough to trust?

According to comments on X, agreeing to MAID also means agreeing to be an organ donor. There must be one hell of a black market for organs that the elites all play in.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 04:09 PM (2ocoG)

186 mumble mumble evils like euthanasia and bortion.
BUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE CONCENTRATING ON, IS WELCOMING THE STRANGER AND FIGHTING HATE.

Posted by: your bishop at March 31, 2026 04:09 PM (gKWVE)

187 RENEW! RENEW!!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 04:09 PM (g8Ew8)

188 I'm sorta' on the fence here. On the one hand, I think those that might lean into this thing are probably nuts anyway. The transgenders, furries, some of the hard core left, rabid never-Trumpers, etc. Probably do society some good to thin those people out. They claim to be miserable anyway.

OTOH, I can see it becoming the default medical solution for a lot of other issues that the medical community doesn't want to deal with or isn't a money maker.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 31, 2026 04:09 PM (AkEZC)

189 If a person is terminal, in pain, and suffering that would seem to be something between a patient and their doctor.

But in Canada, the doctor is a government bureaucrat so such discretion is not possible.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 04:09 PM (yEjNf)

190 Drink when they say, "No tapbacks, no erasies.". The commies are going to turn these people out then slaughter them for their organ transplant traffic and hope they didn't pick up a previously undiscovered loathesome sexually transmitted disease.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 04:10 PM (YlWIZ)

191 183 No. The Pipe has spoken about it ; You have only to put in "Pope Leo speaks about assisted suicide" in a search engine and you get plenty of results. He's still an idiot about saying "God doesn't answer the prayers of people who wage war."
Posted by: Not a communist at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (9U6Wl)


Maybe he needs to speak a little louder on this subject

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:10 PM (FtULh)

192 137 113 How do you make your nipples point in different compass directions?
Posted by: I gotta ask at March

You start by making your gigantic boobs out of balloons.
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (OoFl2)

Find a terrible plastic surgeon for your boob job.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 31, 2026 04:10 PM (S/Y4j)

193
Yeah, from the beginning of my noticing her my Skeeve radar was going off bigtime. Something very - unclean - about her.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (pDt9x)



The only time she was funny was when she played the sassy secretary on Open House.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 04:10 PM (y9nCu)

194 But in Canada, the doctor is a government bureaucrat, so such discretion is not possible.

Just like the Wuhan Flu shots. When the government gets involved, choice vanishes.

Some 'my body, my choice.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:11 PM (2GVsD)

195 Coming next in Canadistan: Mandatory MAID service for anyone refusing a vaccine or a mask.

Posted by: Sam Adams at March 31, 2026 04:11 PM (X+xvk)

196 Soylent Green. Saw it the week it came out. Mom said something very similar would happen in my lifetime. I said "yeah, right".

Posted by: Vic Romano at March 31, 2026 04:11 PM (xNy4G)

197 There is also video footage from the NDP conference where people are complaining that the closed captioning isn’t fast enough and so the chair woman person her them they their, tells everybody that they should slow down when speaking so closed captioning can keep up.

If the Babylon Bee had done this as a gag people would have said it’s too much.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:12 PM (0TtYd)

198 OTOH, I can see it becoming the default medical solution for a lot of other issues that the medical community doesn't want to deal with or isn't a money maker.

It's been noted by multiple people that any kind of specialist exam or treatment has a months to years waiting list in Canada, but MAID is same-day if you agree to donate your organs.

Also, it's probably not a coincidence that over 95% of MAID treatments go to whites.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 04:12 PM (2ocoG)

199 With special guest star.........

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 04:07 PM (eBwIO)


Yeah...blaming Mossad was a nice touch.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 04:12 PM (n9ltV)

200 Maybe he needs to speak a little louder on this subject
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:10 PM (FtULh)
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Something like a papal letter to be read from the pulpit of every church in Canada.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 04:12 PM (rj6Yv)

201 First, they disarm. Always.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 04:12 PM (TKBaI)

202 That blonde tranny with the dumbo ears needs to at least make up its mind which gender it wants to pretend to be. Even if you want to pander to its insanity, how are you supposed to know which pronouns to use?

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 31, 2026 04:12 PM (0Htd1)

203 You have chosen slow and horrible.

Posted by: The Suicide Booth at March 31, 2026 04:13 PM (4NO2D)

204 I saw a few comments yesterday relative to Euthanasia and the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to comment on it.

1. The UK House of Commons passed an Euthanasia Bill back in June 2025.

2. It's currently stuck in the House of Lords while they play around with the wording. It will pass eventually.

3. Last year the UK government automatically made Organ Donation and "Opt Out" process. So, you are automatically signed up to donate your organs unless you take steps to remove yourself from that eventuality.
There were no debates. There were no discussions in Parliament. They just made a Fiat decision without input from any parties on this.

Organ donation from Euthanasia is a VERY VERY VERY lucrative business for a number of parties. Currently, in Canada only Nova Scotia has "Opt Out" on organ donation and they still lead the world in the number of organs donated via Euthanasia. You can see what I'm getting at. Hello Ulterior motive.

Posted by: Orson at March 31, 2026 04:13 PM (dIske)

205 Committing euthanasia is a crisis of faith at the end. It's losing trust that God will be with you every day of your life. One should never encourage another into it, and instead, should be steadfast and encourage the opposite.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 04:13 PM (tOcjL)

206 I'll add to my comment above that the danger with normalizing suicide for medical reasons isn't just limited to greedy government bureaucrats wanting to save money by killing grandma.

You know who else wants to kill grandma? Certain members of her family who stand to inherit, or who just don't want to deal with her any more.

If you think there isn't a significant number of people who would kill grandma over money, then you are underestimating how black some people's hearts are.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 04:14 PM (iFTx/)

207 who gave that fucking elf a hitler combover?
Posted by: iamnotthekenyaninterloper at March 31, 2026 04:04 PM (y9skt)

Most Cromulent Comment nominee

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 04:14 PM (YlWIZ)

208 I wonder how long until some muslims infiltrate the group with the victim/equity cards, and convinces them to trade up to a suicide vest.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 31, 2026 04:15 PM (S/Y4j)

209
If anything the Canuckians did that deserved MAiD, the invention of that unholy dish poutine would be near the top of the list.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 31, 2026 04:15 PM (y9nCu)

210 Pope Frankie not looking as bad now. And that’s saying a lot.


well at least he wasn't a fucking PROFESSOR

that is NEVER good news

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 04:15 PM (j+aD2)

211 Maybe he needs to speak a little louder on this subject

Yeah I agree, it is a pretty horrific issue to not push harder on. But in his defense, when he says something like "God doesn't listen to the prayers of men of war" every God-hating lefty on earth screams it into your ear so you can't really hear anything else.

There's nothing leftists love more than trying to weaponize what they do not believe in or honor against people who do.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:15 PM (El6/E)

212 I am all for the left wing sodomites to take canada up on their offer.

More for me.

Posted by: Wood Chipper Feet First at March 31, 2026 04:16 PM (/1l9x)

213 34 Chick is putting off a 1930s Germany vibe with that getup.
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Yeah, my thought too. Didn't Hitler comb his hair the other way?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 04:16 PM (n17eQ)

214 Coming next in Canadistan: Mandatory MAID service for anyone refusing a vaccine or a mask.
Posted by: Sam Adams


Now you see why they wanted everyone's guns.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 04:16 PM (9E5Ho)

215 Something like a papal letter to be read from the pulpit of every church in Canada.
Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 04:12 PM (rj6Yv)

If they rebuilt the ones that got burned down 5 years ago in the mass grave media hoax hysteria, that might work.

Posted by: Rex B at March 31, 2026 04:16 PM (DqQS/)

216 With special guest star.........

OMFG. Brian in New Orleans. Quick, everyone go back to that thread and post that voting machines are insecure.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (2ocoG)

217 With all due respect to PDJT, we do NOT want Canada as a 51st state… they’re freaking nuts up there in the great white north

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (xT8gx)

218 The Pope, the ballroom, and nipples.

This place.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty


The latest version of Clue is pretty wild.

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (Fi4Tu)

219 The Hitler Elf...heeheehee.

Posted by: Vic Romano at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (xNy4G)

220 Hello Ulterior motive.
Posted by: Orson


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I think the bigger motive is that it saves the state billions. These are all non-workers, some have chronic disease but even mental health is covered in the modern welfare state so all are "useless eaters."

It reduces welfare costs, reduces health system costs, and frees up limited resources.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (Fg7bI)

221 I'm waiting to here the Pope's comments on the Chicago Bulls player who is being persecuted for his Christian faith?

probably he won't have a word to say on that one

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (j+aD2)

222 I have a big cock card.

I always get to speak first.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:18 PM (aTgV0)

223 Blonde Hitler with big ears must have shaved off the moustache.

Posted by: wth at March 31, 2026 04:18 PM (UjdFS)

224 Now we have the Hitler Elf AND the Doom Goblin. What’s next?

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 04:19 PM (pDt9x)

225 R/canada seems to like the NDP, but feels sad that an important Leftist party has strayed and lost its way.

The NDP has become a parody of itself. This is the sort of stuff that conservatives would come up with to make fun of leftists 15 years ago, and the NDP took it as sound advice.

Don't forget they hired a US consultant to tell them they have to relate to "Canadian lived experiences"

Suffering from 3rd party cringe for this even taking place in my country. It's started to show up on international subreddits and it's fucking embarrassing.

Bizarre that the NDP are leaning even harder into this performative dog and pony show stuff, after losing nearly all voter confidence in the last election for their tone-deafness regarding the real and pressing issues facing average Canadians

The worst the north american left has done against themselves is starting to speak about white privilege to people barely scraping by, and then asking them to understand the nuance of the concept while never being nuanced on any issue ever.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 31, 2026 04:19 PM (JCZqz)

226 Canada is like afghanistan.

Not so much a country as a region on the map.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:20 PM (aTgV0)

227 With all due respect to PDJT, we do NOT want Canada as a 51st state… they’re freaking nuts up there in the great white north
Posted by: LinusVanPelt


Correct. We want Alberta as a Commonwealth protectorate.

They are wanting out of the nuthouse too.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 04:20 PM (9E5Ho)

228 221 I'm waiting to here the Pope's comments on the Chicago Bulls player who is being persecuted for his Christian faith?

probably he won't have a word to say on that one
Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (j+aD2)

To placate the LGBTQ+ crowd, the Holy See saw nothing, says nothing.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 04:20 PM (N39Ws)

229 Coming next in Canadistan: Mandatory MAID service for anyone refusing a vaccine or a mask.
Posted by: Sam Adams

What about for gigantomastia and my 28-O cup wonder-twins? GB's NHS is of no help.

Posted by: Summer Robert at March 31, 2026 04:20 PM (wVcYX)

230 If they can eliminate a significant portion of the elderly population -- the demographic with the highest expense for healthcare -- then it will save the government billions of dollars. It's a no-brainer from a government bureaucrat's perspective.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

Yeah, but, no bureaucrat is wringing their hands worrying about how to save the tax payer money. The question who is getting bonuses and incentives to steer their poor little lost lambs to offing themselves? Is a set of steak knives involved?

Posted by: Croaker at March 31, 2026 04:20 PM (+BcZI)

231 16 When Edward G. Robinson was about to be turned into Soylent Green, they showed a happy video.
Posted by: Anna Puma


Don't show that movie in Canada, the government elites might get ideas.

Posted by: nerdygirl at March 31, 2026 04:21 PM (0Htd1)

232 Watching that video, I realized I liked Herbie much better when he wanted to be a dentist.

Posted by: Wally at March 31, 2026 04:21 PM (zG4BR)

233 The chick might be Hitler's unknown grand daughter.

Unity Valkyrie Mitford, born in Swastika Canada, actually stalked Adolf and eventually became one of his confidants. Some would say also lover. Eva Braun and others hated Unity. After the declaration of war, Unity stayed in Germany but then sat on a bench in a park and put a bullet in her head.

She survived but was mentally damaged, she was later evacuated to England. There are persistent rumors she was pregnant by Hitler at the time of the suicide attempt, and the child was given up for adoption.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:21 PM (2GVsD)

234 It's going to get worse, isn't it? I thought we had reached bottom but I was wrong.

Posted by: Max Power at March 31, 2026 04:21 PM (q177U)

235 It reduces welfare costs, reduces health system costs, and frees up limited resources.
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You know what reduces welfare, health system costs? Getting governments out of offering these benefits.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 04:21 PM (n17eQ)

236 Canada is like afghanistan.

Not so much a country as a region on the map.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:20 PM (aTgV0)

Imagine Norm Macdonald but from Afghanistan.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 04:21 PM (eBwIO)

237 and we want these ghouls to be our 51st state. No sale.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:22 PM (abIsI)

238 Alberta should be North Montana.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:22 PM (aTgV0)

239 I have a big cock card.

I always get to speak first.
Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:18 PM


I HAVE THE CONCH.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)

240 Western Civilization is hell-bent on killing itself, figuratively and literally. And the relative handful of people opposing this self-destruction are derided and defamed as Nazis, fascists, and "phobes" of every possible stripe and strain, and often met with violence. How much longer can we hold out?

Posted by: I don't know, but it doesn't look good at March 31, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

241 Liberal “men” are now apparently wearing red lipstick to protest President Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/45z4dj2x


Canadian?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:23 PM (abIsI)

242 The doctors that are withholding pain medication to chronic pain sufferers are probably all for MAID. Its so much easier to get rid of these "complainers " than treat their pain.

Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (EdzLt)

243 "Imagine Norm Macdonald but from Afghanistan.
Posted by: ... "


That joke was written by a woman.

Just kidding, we don't hire women.

We kill them.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (aTgV0)

244 Now we have the Hitler Elf AND the Doom Goblin. What’s next?

New from TSR, S7 The French Mistake, a new dungeon full of mystery and safe spaces!

Related: someone remixes the beginning of Skyrim as if it was made this year, with Sweet Baby Inc involved

https://youtu.be/Rf7ROU2_8UA

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (El6/E)

245 Canada has the Trailer Park Boys. That would be a nice pick up.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (n17eQ)

246 But in Canada, the doctor is a government bureaucrat, so such discretion is not possible.

Just like the Wuhan Flu shots. When the government gets involved, choice vanishes.

Some 'my body, my choice.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:11 PM (2GVsD)

Canadians over 50 and feeling ill should avoid at all costs checking in to Canadian hospitals. The culling of the herd has started.

Disbelieving this fact will kill you.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (g8Ew8)

247 I'm confused. You mean Canada is not like Letterkenny?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (wBaIH)

248 I think the bigger motive is that it saves the state billions. These are all non-workers, some have chronic disease but even mental health is covered in the modern welfare state so all are "useless eaters."

It reduces welfare costs, reduces health system costs, and frees up limited resources.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at March 31, 2026 04:17 PM (Fg7bI)
________________________

That's a valid perspective. I'll take it a step further. You'll have a hard time convincing me that the original release of COVID in China was to remove the "parasites" from society (elderly, infirm etc.). They were under the impression that it could be controlled, but it got away from them, and then they went all in on making the rest of world face the regional problems they created in name of a culling. (one child rule put them in a bad situation and their draconian personal credit programs came out at the same time). Then there was the head of research for their military branch doing a header off the top of a Lab in Wuhan about 2 months later.

Posted by: Orson at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (dIske)

249 Run, Alberta! Run!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (kgE5c)

250 So the Pope has had plenty to say about Trump and America, has he said anything about Canada and assisted murder ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (FtULh)
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As far as I know, not a peep.
Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 04:03 PM (rj6Yv)




He's a Fauxpe.

Dude doesn't even Bible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (Zz0t1)

251 >>> It reduces welfare costs, reduces health system costs, and frees up limited resources.

You know who else reduced welfare costs, reduced health system costs, and freed up limited resources?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 04:25 PM (TKBaI)

252 233 There are persistent rumors she was pregnant by Hitler at the time of the suicide attempt, and the child was given up for adoption.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Adolf the one-nut wonder was a playah?

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 04:25 PM (Y8DZL)

253 can she fly with those ears?

Asking for a circus...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:25 PM (xcxpd)

254 In fairness, what's the point of living if you have to do so as a Canadian?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2026 04:26 PM (9FEtL)

255 I HAVE THE CONCH.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 04:22 PM


No. You don't!

Oh...wait. CONCH.

Sorry. Carry on.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2026 04:26 PM (kgE5c)

256 I am the liquor.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 04:26 PM (aTgV0)

257 Hitler was probably also diddling his niece who was infatuated with him. It did not end well with her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:26 PM (2GVsD)

258 I laughed when I realized the equity cards reminded me of the scene in Breaking Bad where Walt’s family talks about his cancer treatment options. Unless you had the talking pillow you couldn’t speak. Walt got frustrated and eventually just grabbed the pillow LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 04:26 PM (xT8gx)

259 Pete seems a bit riled up, y'all.

Something must have happened to his action hand.

If you think of him, strapped down, unable to relieve himself, it makes sense. He's shouting into a software voice control and angry. Eventually he will get confused of which tab is open, and shout for a bedpan.

In reality I am wondering about Christians in Canada and what they think of this suicide for organ harvesting palooza. It's not ok, at all,if you read the Bible. Our life, our days, are mapped out and don't include the pod of death.

"I'm having a bad day. Might as well find a suicide pod."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 04:27 PM (WONhk)

260 U.S. District Judge Richard Leon wrote in his decision that no statute 'comes close' to giving the President the authority to take on the project without Congressional oversight.

Leon then approved the Trust's request to have work stopped on the ballroom project amid the legal fight.

The President responded to the news with a furious Truth Social post.

In it, he labeled the Trust a 'Radical Left Group of Lunatics.'
Posted by: beckster at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (kX27y)

The 'judge' just created the need for such a statute out of whole cloth. Legislation from the bench is not good behavior from a judge on an inferior court. Reduce his salary to zero.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at March 31, 2026 04:27 PM (FOlVe)

261 Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:21 PM (2GVsD)
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One thing you can say about the Mitford sisters: they weren't boring.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at March 31, 2026 04:27 PM (DwICI)

262 254 In fairness, what's the point of living if you have to do so as a Canadian?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls


Good point.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:28 PM (abIsI)

263 Imagine having those fucking ears and thinking short-cropped hair makes sense!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2026 04:28 PM (9FEtL)

264 Gender equity cards?! WTF is wrong with Canada?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 04:28 PM (iwl6y)

265
"I'm having a bad day. Might as well find a suicide pod."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 04:27 PM (WONhk)



Ah, but the suicide machine is built for two.


https://youtu.be/HTl8HcvYRqg

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:29 PM (Zz0t1)

266 Sweet Jesus. Right on our border. Any justice, our troops would be headed north to end this vile regime.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 31, 2026 04:29 PM (OUMaO)

267 Death by poutine.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:29 PM (abIsI)

268 Gender equity cards?! WTF is wrong with Canada?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 31, 2026 04:28 PM (iwl6y)



All that cold air freezes braincells.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:29 PM (Zz0t1)

269 257 Hitler was probably also diddling his niece who was infatuated with him. It did not end well with her.
Posted by: Anna Puma

My man! High five! ✋️

Posted by: Joe Biden at March 31, 2026 04:29 PM (JCZqz)

270 I like to think of Canada as Anne did in Anne of Green Gables (which was Nova Scotia).

Instead it is Montreal with suicide ideations.

What do the barbarians of eeslam say? Are they behind this in their quest for the Caliphate?

I need to go be productive. Carry on.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 04:30 PM (WONhk)

271 In fairness, what's the point of living if you have to do so as a Canadian?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Good point.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 04:28 PM (abIsI)



Our own AOP seems to do alright.

But he does seem to come down to the US quite often.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 04:30 PM (Zz0t1)

272 Leon then approved the Trust's request to have work stopped on the ballroom project amid the legal fight.


Already went through this with other groups... They ruled in Trump's favor

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 04:30 PM (FtULh)

273 242 The doctors that are withholding pain medication to chronic pain sufferers are probably all for MAID. Its so much easier to get rid of these "complainers " than treat their pain.
Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2026 04:24 PM (EdzLt)

This is the purpose of cutting off medically indicated access to opiates in this country also. And unfortunately Trump has been duped into agreeing with it. It's the first step towards government sponsored euthanasia in this country.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (g8Ew8)

274 New one

Posted by: fourseasons at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (3ek7K)

275 All kidding aside, I support someone being able to end their life when the alternative is pain and suffering with a miserable quality of life. Obviously very stringent safeguards are needed, and it should never be done because of money. Nationalized health care with its built-in shortages and the need to save money is the real problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (Riz8t)
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There is just no completely fair, moral, or ethical way to administer such a program.

There will always be ulterior motives, coercion, and undue pressure applied by third parties.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:52 PM


Now, now, let's not be too hasty.......

Posted by: Soylent Green at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (0N4FZ)

276 I HAVE THE CONCH.
Posted by: toby928(c) at March 31, 2026 04:22 PM

No. You don't!

Oh...wait. CONCH.

Sorry. Carry on.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState


I dare y'all to wrap your lips around my conch.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (9E5Ho)

277 nood
boobs

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 04:31 PM (xcxpd)

278 Crazy Ivan.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (0N4FZ)

279 The 'judge' just created the need for such a statute out of whole cloth. Legislation from the bench is not good behavior from a judge on an inferior court. Reduce his salary to zero.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert

We need unaccountable individuals with unlimited power in the government to constrain the out of control tyrannical president!!!

Posted by: No Kings Protestor at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (JCZqz)

280 Maybe we should follow suit.

"Are you a woke libtard commie rat bastard who won't live under King Trump? Come to us for release and relief from your misery. Chase the dragon with a megadose of morphine and dream your problems away!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (ndZc7)

281 Can we at least a championship season of Rollerball out of the deal?

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (wVcYX)

282 If that happened in real life, I would claim every one of the equity points, because they can't assume my identity.

I'd be speaking for hours and because I would be both pro and con I get both mics.

I'm a transracial transgender cis trans animal thingie with some hot mustard and dressing on the side.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (n5tGW)

283 Mein Fuhrer had two nuts. One did not descend from what I understand. It was shy.

Posted by: Dr. Strangelove at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (/1l9x)

284 Maybe they're worried that they might be gay, and just need that right person of the opposite sex to sleep with them after a good dose of roofie.

Posted by: Suicide Is Painless at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (DqQS/)

285 I think something tragic happened to the ear womman above. In surgery. A madman plastic surgeon forgot to fix her ears and screwed up her nose instead.

The weirdest nose I've ever seen, if you take your eyes off the ears, other than AOC's.

A beak with nostril holes.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (WONhk)

286 The Mad Mitfords.

Nancy Mitford ratted her sister out, the one who married Oswald Mosley so she and her fascist husband spent a few years of the war in jail. One sister went full Commie, moved to the US, and became an author. Another sister was also fascist but a bit smarter. One sister managed to stay out of the limelight completely. And then there was Unity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 04:33 PM (2GVsD)

287
I used to go fishing at a fly-in resort in the Algoma region of Ontario. The owner and his wife were the hardest working, nicest people ever.

I asked him what the did during the winter season and he said, "Oh, we go south."

"Where?"

"Sault Ste. Marie"

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 04:34 PM (Y8DZL)

288 Last night, one of the 'Ettes predicted (incorrectly) that 'Rons would be panting all over the prospect of racy photos of Fang Fang coming out in the Swalwell Files. Instead, the general reaction was "Eh, she's average for a Chinese gal. 5 or 6." But clearly, that doesn't stop some of the guys here normally, who appear to even be turned on by gargoyles.

I think the difference is that ordinary women are interesting, and 304s are not. You can find photos of above-average 304s by accident, with an innocent search with the wrong terms, and perfect 10s are an easy deliberate query away. But -- this is my hypothesis -- the accidentally famous ordinary woman retains an element of mystery, and that's what incites the interest.

Posted by: SciVo at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (Sy6m/)

289 Ummm Samuel Colt has been making equality devices since 1847

Posted by: Gary at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (eQbWy)

290 Bryon Noem's chesticles have been hacked!

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at March 31, 2026 04:36 PM (glnUu)

291 Speaking of retarded communalists..


Bernie tweeted that he wants to tax billionaires at 5% a year, raise $4.4T every year and give everyone a $12k check.

Slight problem is for 5% of a number to be worth 4.4 trillion that number needs to be $880T. Which is about 10X the net worth of all of the billionaires in the country. And then of course the whole and stock market plunging thing as billionaires have to sell stock to pay the tax.

Nobody ever accused communists of being good at math.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 04:42 PM (0TtYd)

292 Unity Mitford. I haven't thought of her since I was reading Speer's book.

She was a genuine, dyed-in-the-wool fucking lunatic. But I doubt she had Hitler's lovechild.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 04:50 PM (BI5O2)

293 Cucknadians.
Like the US, they had a Greatest Generation.
But much like us, their Baby Boomers went full retard, and their coasts outvote the solid middle of their country.

Posted by: UncleJefe at March 31, 2026 04:51 PM (DzC+b)

294 Pope Frankie not looking as bad now. And that’s saying a lot.

No Pope Frankie was an anti-pope and very, very much worse. Leo was technically validly elected. Give the Holy Spirit a chance to work on him.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 04:53 PM (qFwJc)

295 And now she's screaming: where are the bubbles? Where is the music??

Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 31, 2026 04:54 PM (aJdVY)

296 You know, I would probably shoot the dog, too, since shooting the husband would be filled with serious life enjoyment decreasing consequences.

Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2026 04:59 PM (x9vBb)

297 Well, oops.

Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2026 05:00 PM (x9vBb)

298 SideScrollers posted some things from this video on the you tubes. Somebody referred to that radar eared individual as 'Adolph Hipster' which i thought was hilarious. Me, i thought she looked like Stephen Colbert's even more annoying N*zi curious younger sister.

Posted by: Nelly at March 31, 2026 05:00 PM (7gpcF)

299 Republican women are worse than Democrat women. They infiltrate and destroy from within.

Posted by: resist_we_much at March 31, 2026 05:01 PM (cpys8)

300 ...is almost entirely about favoring minorities, women, and transgenders over white "dudes."

Whites are not a majority, or even a plurality, in a lot of places. And white "dudes" are fewer still. Some of those equity groups outnumber white "dudes" so how is it that they get special privileges?

One of my favorite headlines of all times came from the Houston Chronicle a decade back, when it announced:
"60% of Houston Students are Minorities"

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at March 31, 2026 05:21 PM (bufu1)

301 "The Conservative Case For Canada's Ghoulish Assisted Suicide Ad Campaign"

by David French

Posted by: Walker at March 31, 2026 05:22 PM (/5TU/)

302 Bernie tweeted that he wants to tax billionaires at 5% a year, raise $4.4T every year and give everyone a $12k check.


Plagiarist.

Posted by: George McGovern at March 31, 2026 05:32 PM (hJH5n)

303 Okay Bernie, Let's start with you.

Elon Musk is worth a lot, but who would keep his employees working?

Same issue I want do discuss with Jesus. The story of the rich young man. "But Lord, who would buy my land and take care of my servants?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 06:09 PM (qFwJc)

304 Hilarious that the NPD conference was chaired by Pale Hitler. :0

Posted by: Third Wrecked at March 31, 2026 06:24 PM (bt3Im)

305 The new Left is NOT inventive but, rather, copycat in intellect and action.

In the 1973 film Soylent Green, Sol Roth (Edward G. Robinson) chooses to die at a government "euthanasia facility" (a thanatorium), where his death is made comfortable with stunning visuals of nature and classical music. The scene features archival footage of forests, wildlife, and blue oceans, set to music including Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Grieg’s "Peer Gynt" suite, offering a beautiful contrast to the film’s dystopian, polluted setting. (AI Overview)

Posted by: Trying to Fuhgeddaboudit at March 31, 2026 06:39 PM (NFX2v)

306 The idea of "Privilege cards" was introduced in Kurt Schlicter's "People's Republic" book series. You got a number from 1 to 10. Those with privilege level 7 to 10 all lived in luxury, separated from the lower privileged by a high wall. The wealthy and powerful all gave themselves a 10.

Posted by: Angel at March 31, 2026 07:50 PM (oiJGz)

307 When Elf Hitler tries to solve the problem of people not prominently displaying their equity cards, shim had a hard time telling everyone to get in a straight line. Had to say straight twice and was unsure if that word was appropriate when addressing a trans.

Posted by: Creature but not of habit at March 31, 2026 08:36 PM (HadII)

Trump To Cowardly Countries Complaining They Can't Get Their Oil Through the Strait of Hormuz: If You Want Your Oil, Send In Your Navy and Take It Yourselves, Tough-Guys

straitofhormuztakeit.jpg

Is Trump shifting the Overton Window to suggest that whoever can control the Strait -- like America -- should control the Strait?


American Debunk
@AmericanDebunk


This post by Trump is pre-framing what's to come. Read along and you'll start to see it too.

When Trump tells the UK to "go to the Strait and just TAKE IT," the surface read is that he's venting at allies who didn't show up.

But the deeper move is priming the the public (and world) with a new mental frame: the Strait of Hormuz is not Iranian sovereign territory anymore.

It's available real estate. It's takeable. Anyone with courage can have it.

That's a massive Overton Window shift delivered, in a tweet, as an insult to the UK.

A year ago "America controls the Strait of Hormuz" sounded like some twisted fantasy. Today Trump is telling Britain to go grab it themselves like it's a parking spot.

In a few weeks, Trump has normalized the concept of Western control over the Strait so thoroughly that full US seizure now looks like the modest option compared to what he's suggesting allies do on their own. This is intentional.

The persuasion mechanics here are priming plus pre-selling. Whatever the eventual deal includes (US Navy permanent presence, joint patrols, Iranian withdrawal from mining infrastructure) the public will accept it because Trump already told them the Strait is there for the taking. Your subconscious mind has already been primed to accept it.

This "psychological baseline" is going to influence Trump-Iran negotiations. Best believe it.

"The hard part is done" works the same way. He's managing public fatigue.

It translates to "we won, relax, this is cleanup".

This keeps approval from eroding while the Pakistan talks drag through April.

Trump isn't describing reality. He's installing it.

Say the Strait is takeable enough times and it becomes takeable in the public mind.

It's been 10 years of Trump and he still leaves me in awe with his persuasion.

And Trump is also shifting the Overton Window on the NATO alliance -- and I have shifted with him. An alliance is like a contract between nations; it either provides reciprocal advantage to both parties, or it's repudiated.

I used to worry that Europe would be taken over by Russia with NATO. Now I don't care if it is or isn't, and anyway, Europe is choosing Soviet Communism on its own without Russia tanks compelling it to.

And obviously, it is Islam conquering Europe, not Russia.


Note that last one is from the State Department's official account.



Did Trump manage to open the Strait of America?

The Dow shot up 900 points, which equates to forty fucking million Deutschmarks.



Gummi
@gummibear737

Western civilization may never win another war if this keeps up

This is maddening. The radical left, mainstream media, and the woke right are running the exact same playbook with the US/Israel campaign against Iran as they did with Israel in Gaza

They create impossible standards in terms of:

-Zero Casualties
-Zero Economic Disruption
-Zero Uncertainty
-Zero Time to Accomplish the Mission
-Zero Collateral Damage

And everything the bad guys do is actually our fault because we made them do it....same script as Gaza...the bad guys have no agency and it's actually our fault

Day 32 of the Iran war:
-degraded missile factories, nuclear sites, IRGC bases, and proxy networks
-the Supreme Leader is gone...and his replacement is s vegetable
-all the top leadership is gone...in fact, we don't even know who's in charge

Yet the all you hear is endless doomerism

And all of this sounds exactly like the demoralization propaganda from Russia, China, and Iran, that has infiltrated our society for years via social media and retarded influencers chasing click

This isn't responsible skepticism

It's weakness...

And you'll never get peace through strength when the opponent knows you lack resolve and they can just wait you out

This is madness

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:32 PM




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1 I’ll go nood

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 02:33 PM (SlGTd)

2 Trump the Destroyer

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (HXT0k)

3 Exit NATO and the UN, now!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 02:35 PM (RDqo2)

4 I doubt this will be enough of a wake up call.

They've relied on the US for their security for 4 generations. There's barely anyone alive in those countries that can remember when they took care of themselves.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 02:37 PM (N1DT3)

5 >>> I’ll go nood
Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 02:33 PM (SlGTd)

=====

Crap. Phrasing. I forgot my wife said I was never allowed to again.

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 02:37 PM (SlGTd)

6 Is Trump shifting the Overton Window to suggest that whoever can control the Strait -- like America -- should control the Strait?

i've occasionally thought that maybe we should get serious about colonization

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 02:38 PM (oY6Yp)

7 Dayummmmm!
Blunt, but perfect.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2026 02:38 PM (4KUe5)

8 I doubt this will be enough of a wake up call.

It should be... We just proved we actually don't need them.....

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:38 PM (kamC8)

9 It's taken awhile, but I have finally come to the conclusion that Jackson has a below average IQ. Still smarter than the idiot who nominated her though.

Yeah. She's genuinely lstupid and she's the poster child for leftist credentialism. You look at her resume, she looks very impressive. You hear her talk, you know it was all given her.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:39 PM (El6/E)

10 USA USA

Posted by: doug at March 31, 2026 02:39 PM (Hy+R4)

11 3 Exit NATO and the UN, now!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron


This. Can't come quick enough.

Also, I notice the Straight of Hormuz is shaped somewhat like a cervix.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:39 PM (abIsI)

12 Strait

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:40 PM (abIsI)

13 What happens to Kharg island?
Spoils of war?


They create impossible standards in terms of:
-Zero Casualties
-Zero Economic Disruption
-Zero Uncertainty
-Zero Time to Accomplish the Mission
-Zero Collateral Damage

The DisneyChannel guide to warfare.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 02:40 PM (Sco7b)

14 Europe is the pasty, fat man-child living in his parent's basement playing videogames.

Kicking him out is the best thing that could happen to him, but he doesn't even know how to do laundry. It's going to be ugly for a while.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (N1DT3)

15 Spain, France and Italy have already signalled they aren't interested in a NATO that helps the US, just the other way around.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (skSAB)

16 Also, I notice the Straight of Hormuz is shaped somewhat like a cervix.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:39 PM (abIsI)

Quite appropriate since its getting pounded.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (N39Ws)

17 All these soy-soaked soft-as-Charmin Eurofags can suck it.

Build yourselves a functioning Navy and go secure your own rights of navigation on the world's oceans, bunch of pussies.

Fucking ingrates have spent 80 years punching out from behind our apron. Time to go confront the bullies yourselves.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (oqH4h)

18 CNN panel just got absolutely DESTROYED

It was terrible, chunks were everywhere, it looked like a Doom demon you shot with the rocket launcher. The walls were coated with blood and viscera, an eyeball hit the camera lens.

Seriously though, this kind of reminds me of when SNL was still somewhat funny, and they ran a bit during Desert Storm in which they had Bush do a speech, but in a Middle Eastern, dramatic style. It was pretty funny, then they cut to an Iraqi government official who was impressed and liked it.

Trump is speaking a language they understand and resonate with. The pearl-clutching left is horrified with it, but this is what that culture gets and resonates with.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (El6/E)

19 I used to worry that Europe would be taken over by Russia with NATO. Now I don't care if it is or isn't, and anyway, Europe is choosing Soviet Communism on its own without Russia tanks compelling it to.


Hell, The Europeans are going full-on communist. Russia may be authoritarian but I think they've gotten rid of the communist bug. AND they're resisting the Muslim invasion too.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (KH0i+)

20 Abby Phillip real woman of genius

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (19SAM)

21 One of the analysis of the recent blockage was not that Iran had the reach to kill tankers, as much as Lloyds of London and the other major insurance players were getting their threat assessments from information leaked from "Five Eyes" assessments, and when MI6 was left out of the discussion about what Trump was doing with the Navy, they had no way of determining how to judge the risk and cancelled all insurance in the area.
This stopped all transiting, because no tanker is going to move anywhere without insurance.

Now whether this was on purpose or not, is up for question.

Dr Robert Malone discusses Maritime insurance and the roots of Lloyd's of London

"Control insurance and you control trade.
85% of the world’s trade moves by sea and nearly half of it is insured through the London market."


https://www.malone.news/p/dire-straits-part-2

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

22 Also, I notice the Straight of Hormuz is shaped somewhat like a cervix.

Hold on, what?

Posted by: Gary Johnston at March 31, 2026 02:42 PM (EXyHK)

23
Trump should demand reparations from Europe, Russia, and Ukraine.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 02:42 PM (Y8DZL)

24 Of course Abby Phillips interrupted the guy praising Trump. “Do you think that’s really true…” because, essentially, he’s confused Abby and the rest of the. MSM.

Why bring on guests, Abby, if it’s really about your opinions?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2026 02:42 PM (4KUe5)

25 16 Also, I notice the Straight of Hormuz is shaped somewhat like a cervix.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:39 PM (abIsI)
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It was just called the Strait of Muz until your mom sailed through it.

ba dum tiss

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 02:42 PM (oqH4h)

26 15 Spain, France and Italy have already signalled they aren't interested in a NATO that helps the US, just the other way around.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (skSAB)

Add the UK as well. And Sweden, Germany, Austria. Their weakness is Islam's opportunity for a near bloodless conquering.

We'll be going back - a modern day Crusades. Except this time I hope our leaders make these countries our territories.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 02:43 PM (N39Ws)

27 And Trump is also shifting the Overton Window on the NATO alliance -- and I have shifted with him.

https://youtu.be/9OpIbiFmY60

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:44 PM (ExV1e)

28 Crap, I thought all we had to worry about was our crumbly infrastructure that was built in the middle ages.
Damn Trump!

Posted by: Londoner at March 31, 2026 02:44 PM (abIsI)

29 "Today Trump is telling Britain to go grab it themselves like it's a parking spot."

NAH. He's telling Britain to grab the strait LIKE IT'S A PUSSY.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

30 After President Trump annexes Greenland, europe will be renamed "Cuckoldia".

Posted by: World Atlas at March 31, 2026 02:44 PM (/1l9x)

31 NATO is like your twenty-something refusing to move out, living in a state of quasi-socialism they would never be able to afford on their own.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 31, 2026 02:44 PM (CwhoI)

32 Hi morons. Good to be back.

Been trying to catch up on all the terrific news of the last couple of weeks. Never thought I would be alive to see such an incredible transformation across all aspects of our country. God bless President Trump, his family, and all those who were willing to risk it all and work with him to save America. The Golden Era is upon us.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at March 31, 2026 02:44 PM (3ImbR)

33 Why bring on guests, Abby, if it’s really about your opinions?

Guests on CNN are not there to share their opinion, they are there to share the CNN official opinion, in the guest's voice.

Its like the old joke about women: when a woman asks her husband his opinion they don't want his opinion. They want their opinion, repeated, in a deeper voice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:45 PM (El6/E)

34
It is the best of times. It is the worst of times.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 02:45 PM (VWtfl)

35 We'll be going back - a modern day Crusades. Except this time I hope our leaders make these countries our territories.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed


This time we'd better not care which side they're on.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:45 PM (9E5Ho)

36 Yes, Lloyds is who controls tanker and bulk carrier traffic. They used leaked UK classified information to set insurance rates, and those days may be coming to an end.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:45 PM (skSAB)

37 NATO is like your twenty-something refusing to move out, living in a state of quasi-socialism they would never be able to afford on their own

And its still falling apart, so badly that they are resorting to murdering their own people.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:46 PM (El6/E)

38 Anyone with courage can have it.

Well, that most certainly won't be the UK.
They recently pretty much ceded the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain by giving them control of the border.

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 02:46 PM (RHGPo)

39 It's a damn good thing we don't live in a global economy where Europe's economic health has effects of America's.

No, we live in a world where America wins when Europe gets poorer. Thank God!

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:46 PM (+DwtS)

40 Unclog the Persian Gulf.

You can't beat a Strait flush!

Posted by: muldoon at March 31, 2026 02:47 PM (qgHp7)

41 the Supreme Leader is gone...and his replacement is s vegetable

------

Gay vegetable. Huge queer. Loves the cock.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:47 PM (BI5O2)

42 Is it safe to assume that the European attitude is, in part, due to Islamist infiltration?
Their own new citizens and their children side with Iran.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 31, 2026 02:47 PM (4KUe5)

43 Yes, Lloyds is who controls tanker and bulk carrier traffic. They used leaked UK classified information to set insurance rates, and those days may be coming to an end.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:45 PM (skSAB)


If only there were someone with deep pockets who could act as a counterbalance against Lloyds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:48 PM (ExV1e)

44 🚨 HOLY SMOKES. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte just dropped MAJOR TRUTH NUKES on Europe, siding with Trump and saying they NEED America to survive

"If anyone thinks here that the European Union or Europe can defend itself without the US, KEEP ON DREAMING! YOU CAN'T! We can't!"

"Europe — if you REALLY want to go it alone, and those of you who are planning for that, FORGET that you can ever get there with 5% [GDP for defense spending]. It will be 10%! You have to build up your own nuclear capability!"

"That costs billions and billions of euros. You will lose them. In that scenario, you would lose the ultimate guarantor of our freedom, which is the U.S. nuclear umbrella. So, hey, good luck!" 😭

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 02:48 PM (RHGPo)

45 "BREAKING: Huge uplift in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz today.

The regime has lost control."

Lol this is such horseshit. Iran is letting ships from friendly countries through. They're not trying to block all traffic. Only their enemies.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:48 PM (+DwtS)

46 NATO is 30 years past its expiration date.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 02:48 PM (tZs6V)

47 Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete

*********

Nice to see you commenting. I thought you might have been having a stroke...

Posted by: muldoon at March 31, 2026 02:49 PM (qgHp7)

48 I used to worry that Europe would be taken over by Russia with NATO. Now I don't care if it is or isn't, and anyway, Europe is choosing Soviet Communism on its own without Russia tanks compelling it to.


Europe is on their own.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:49 PM (9E5Ho)

49
Pretty much every moron here would be in jail over the content of their posts if AOS was European social media.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 02:49 PM (Y8DZL)

50 The new world order sounds a lot like the old world order.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 31, 2026 02:49 PM (sX1BW)

51 41 the Supreme Leader is gone...and his replacement is s vegetable

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Gay vegetable. Huge queer. Loves the cock.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:47 PM (BI5O2)

Watched Tousi and he showed how they were putting up posters of the gay Dear leader with a rainbow flag in the background in Tehran

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:49 PM (kamC8)

52 I bet Navarro was really missing her nail file when that Iranian was setting her straight. I wonder if the suits told her she couldn't have it on set any more after the way she acted last time someone tried to explain reality to her.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 31, 2026 02:50 PM (lFFaq)

53 Well, that most certainly won't be the UK.
They recently pretty much ceded the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain by giving them control of the border.
Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 02:46 PM (RHGPo)
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Spain will cede control to their Muslim conquerors/overlords.

Will they close the Strait of Gibraltar?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 02:50 PM (ESVrU)

54 We need maybe one large air/navy base in Europe. Sign a mutual protection agreement with that nation, and the others can figure it out.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at March 31, 2026 02:50 PM (wrEn7)

55 5 >>> I’ll go nood
Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 02:33 PM (SlGTd)

=====

Crap. Phrasing. I forgot my wife said I was never allowed to again.
Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 02:37 PM (SlGTd)

Wait, your wife wants you to never be nood? You sir a lucky man!

Posted by: Dr. Tobias Funke at March 31, 2026 02:50 PM (qivay)

56 I doubt this will be enough of a wake up call.

It should be... We just proved we actually don't need them.....


Let's (FTSOA) assume they saw the error of their ways and decided they really needed to up their military game. How would they? They lack the MIC base to do much, and what they can do will take a long time. I doubt they'd have serious militaries in under a decade.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)

57 NATO Secretary General, to NATO:

"If anyone here thinks that the EU or Europe can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming. You can't. We can't."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (FmapG)

58 44 🚨 HOLY SMOKES. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte just dropped MAJOR TRUTH NUKES on Europe, siding with Trump and saying they NEED America to survive

He's a Trump fan... And right...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (kamC8)

59 If only there were someone with deep pockets who could act as a counterbalance against Lloyds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


A couple of weeks ago, Bessent implied the US might provide insurance for a reasonable fee.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (skSAB)

60 "Lead, follow, or get out the way."
I didn't exactly do much to help, being basically a middle aged shut-in, but at least I was able to troll antisemites and retards on /pol/.
You're welcome for my service.
I suggest to Owens, Kent, Floyd and those following them to quit being retarded.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (gKWVE)

61 41 the Supreme Leader is gone...and his replacement is s vegetable

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Gay vegetable. Huge queer. Loves the cock.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:47 PM (BI5O2)

Western gay pride gear will be a rare and valuable bargaining chip.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (Sco7b)

62 Yes, Lloyds is who controls tanker and bulk carrier traffic. They used leaked UK classified information to set insurance rates, and those days may be coming to an end.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:45 PM (skSAB)

If only there were someone with deep pockets who could act as a counterbalance against Lloyds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:48 PM (ExV1e)
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There is. Lloyd's is still a major player, but it's market dominance is not nearly what it used to be. Big players from other countries (USA, Germany, Korea, etc) have jumped in the game and are seizing market share. Hartford in CT and NYC might have more total market share than Lloyd's right now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)

63 That straight is kind of a slut what with all the seamen who pass through her.

Posted by: John Moses Browning at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

64 haped somewhat like a cervix.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Or a colon...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (RDqo2)

65 NATO countries will just wait it out, for a weak Dem to win in 2028, and they will be back to usual.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (y171U)

66 NATO is a defensive alliance. It's not a branch of the U.S. military and it's not designed as a global rapid reaction force. It has never been understood to be able to go on offense, and back when Obama and Hillary used it offensively you people understood that.

NATO doesn't exist to serve the interests of Lindsey Graham and the Neocons.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (+DwtS)

67 If only there were someone with deep pockets who could act as a counterbalance against Lloyds.

==

Should not be hard.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (GD0B3)

68 If only there were someone with deep pockets who could act as a counterbalance against Lloyds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

A couple of weeks ago, Bessent implied the US might provide insurance for a reasonable fee.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (skSAB)


You don't say. Gosh, I wonder what sort of impact that would have on the UK economy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (ExV1e)

69 Whose gayer, Australia and their ballsack New Zealand, or the UK?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (abIsI)

70 LLoyds is not all that.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (GD0B3)

71 Sooo…Kristi Noem’s husband is cross dressing freak. Wow. This is so amazingly embarrassing and degrading.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (OoFl2)

72 Pretty much every moron here would be in jail over the content of their posts if AOS was European social media.

Posted by: Auspex



Here's the door mat I want:

https://tinyurl.com/3m4zt5td

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (9E5Ho)

73 The new world order sounds a lot like the old world order.

"YYYYYYYEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!"
--Roger Daltrey

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (El6/E)

74 These chickenshit countries won't support the US because Iran is a Muslim country, and their governments are all deathly afraid of the Islamic populations they allowed in getting all riot-y.

The nations of Central and Eastern Europe-Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic-they get it. Let's just have an alliance with them and the rest of the continent can go screw.

Posted by: UGAdawg at March 31, 2026 02:53 PM (4MsaP)

75 I wonder...is this also laying the groundwork for a...vigorous and forceful settling of domestic affairs, as well?

Remember: Ceasar pacified the barbarians...got stabbed in the back in rome...and thus we got Augustus.

History may not repeat, but boy oh boy, does it like re-using patterns.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at March 31, 2026 02:53 PM (OUMaO)

76
No, we live in a world where America wins when Europe gets poorer. Thank God!
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:

Thank G-d everything is just about trade relations to the exclusion of everything else, and America also magically gets fabulously rich by unilaterally agreeing to preferential trade deals for Europeans, and bankrolling their entire defense, and risking my kid's scalp for their fruity globalist power plays in the East, while receiving absolutely nothing in return aside from nail-spitting hatred from these has-been, clapped-out whore "countries."

Thank G-d for all that.

*makes wanking motion*

Take that shit back to 1991, my dude. It's starting to stink up the joint.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:53 PM (BI5O2)

77 Western gay pride gear will be a rare and valuable bargaining chip.
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 02:51 PM (Sco7b)
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We should coordinate with the LAPD and ship him some of Diddy's confiscated baby oil stash.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 02:53 PM (oqH4h)

78 https://tinyurl.com/3mm8vtvx

Link. Pics are no bueno.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 02:53 PM (OoFl2)

79 49
Pretty much every moron here would be in jail over the content of their posts if AOS was European social media.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 02:49 PM (Y8DZL)

I have some forbidden memes for sale to the europeans

Posted by: Desinex at March 31, 2026 02:53 PM (jrgJz)

80 Build the canal across the base of the peninsula. It's been studied and the projected cost is about 80 billion.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 31, 2026 02:54 PM (XvL8K)

81 The new world order sounds a lot like the old world order.

"YYYYYYYEEAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!"
--Roger Daltrey

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

------------

A song that only improves with age.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 31, 2026 02:54 PM (sX1BW)

82 I still do not get how Iran is doing this shit when their military has supposedly been annihilated.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 02:54 PM (tZs6V)

83 NATO doesn't exist to serve the interests of Lindsey Graham and the Neocons.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (+DwtS)


So it doesn't exist to serve the interests of Ursula Von der Leyen, or Emmanuel Macron either?
Just checking here. As the Bobs would say, "what is its purpose, anyways?"

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:54 PM (rbvCR)

84 To be fair, if say England, cannot get their tankers through because Iran is shooting at them then thst is between England and Iran.
FFS - Recognize that the asshoes in charge in Iran are terrorists shooting at ships that have nothing to do with the war. Yes, they are threateni.g your shit if you do not take theirside. And yes, they really believe this is ggod and proper.

Posted by: Operator Error at March 31, 2026 02:54 PM (q4fV5)

85 I like the part of this war where Neocons are so unhinged in their hatred of Europe that they're willing to end this war with the mullahs in power AND give Iran the ability to raise money by taxing traffic in the Strait of Hormuz just to teach Austria a lesson, specifically "get a bigger navy."

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:54 PM (+DwtS)

86 It turns out the whole Iran conflict is a loyalty test for the Europeans and everybody failed. 😂

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 02:55 PM (RHGPo)

87 64 haped somewhat like a cervix.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Or a colon...


comma chameleon > colon chameleon

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 02:55 PM (oY6Yp)

88 >muh Neocons
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (+DwtS)

Nobody here gives a shit about "neocons". How "neo" are they anyway? 1983?
We believe it is in the US interest that the West include Iran, rather than allow some primitive apocalyptic cult who watch too much bad sci-fi to control the "spice".

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 02:55 PM (gKWVE)

89 83 As the Bobs would say, "what is its purpose, anyways?"
Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe!
_______

To deter Russian aggression in Europe.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:55 PM (+DwtS)

90 comma chameleon > colon chameleon
Posted by: anachronda


Come & go, come & go

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:56 PM (9E5Ho)

91
Awwww, did Mean Old Daddy Orange Hair just nail down your plates and tell you to get out and fend for yourselves?

You poor babies!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:56 PM (xG4kz)

92 Suck it, Euros.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 02:56 PM (TKBaI)

93 NATO is a defensive alliance. It's not a branch of the U.S. military and it's not designed as a global rapid reaction force. It has never been understood to be able to go on offense, and back when Obama and Hillary used it offensively you people understood that.

When the countries of Old Europe refuse even things like overflight, it's not a question of offense, it's a question of doing the absolute minimum not to actively hinder the people who can do the things that need doing (us). If the Eurowusses won't even do that, then in what sense do we have an alliance?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:56 PM (Riz8t)

94 88
We believe it is in the US interest that the West include Iran, rather than allow some primitive apocalyptic cult who watch too much bad sci-fi to control the "spice".
Posted by: gKWVE at
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I'm sure that made sense in your head before you wrote it.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:56 PM (+DwtS)

95 Also, I notice the Straight of Hormuz is shaped somewhat like a cervix.

*********

On a clear day you can see all the way across it. You gotta love a womb with a view!

Posted by: muldoon at March 31, 2026 02:57 PM (qgHp7)

96
It's available real estate. It's takeable. Anyone with courage can have it.

in addition to the straights of hormuz, other "takeable" available real estate includes, but not limited to:

-Mars
-the Moon
-Greenland
-Alberta
-Cuba

LFG! plant The Flag!

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 31, 2026 02:57 PM (tljrc)

97 93 When the countries of Old Europe refuse even things like overflight, it's not a question of offense, it's a question of doing the absolute minimum not to actively hinder the people who can do the things that need doing (us). If the Eurowusses won't even do that, then in what sense do we have an alliance?
Posted by: Archimedes
______
Don't pretend the issue is overflights. You're pissed that they won't join the shooting part of this dumbass war

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (+DwtS)

98 This framing leads to some desired outcomes either way.

If those countries do build up the courage, it really moves the overton window that countries can do what they need to in their best interest. You took oil. We are taking Iceland.

If they don't. Then you aren't with us. That doesn't make us enemies, but it doesn't make us friends. Clarity.

When you do need things from us, they come with a price because we are no longer friends.

There is still the downside risk of getting bogged down. But if we take things for us, that helps a lot. And this framing basically says we get to take things.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (sX1BW)

99 Awwww, did Mean Old Daddy Orange Hair just nail down your plates and tell you to get out and fend for yourselves?

You poor babies!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:56 PM (xG4kz)

I voted for this.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (TKBaI)

100 Blasting Iran back to the 70s is the best thing to happen in decades (after PDT getting elected three times, of course).

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (ufFY8)

101 To deter Russian aggression in Europe.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:55 PM (+DwtS)


Oh, goody. I think you made a mistake, it was to deter Soviet aggression in Europe.
If you think the Russian Federation is the USSR, then sadly you are the neocon you despise.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

102 I thought Trump was planning to offer the insurance, replacing Lloyds.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (vbXSk)

103
You're next, Kip's Bay!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:59 PM (xG4kz)

104 The purpose of NATO was to prevent Soviet aggression. Islamic aggression is far more dangerous today that Russian aggression.

Posted by: Open Channel D at March 31, 2026 02:59 PM (gYnrv)

105 If the Eurowusses won't even do that, then in what sense do we have an alliance?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:56 PM (Riz8t)

1) We fund, provide, and ensure their security.
2) Because of that, they can fund their endless welfare programs while condemning and hindering us at every opportunity.

That's it. That's the alliance.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 31, 2026 02:59 PM (FmapG)

106 Nancy Pelosi said Trump and the Republicans may try to hack the voting machines and steal the midterms by altering the vote count.

“We always have concerns, but with this president and the Republicans who have no commitment to the rule of law and doing things the appropriate way- we’re ready,” Pelosi said.

She continued, “We have to make sure the elections are safe…. We have to be on guard as to what [the Republicans] may try to do to the technology. They may try to creep into the technology and create a false count,” Pelosi said.

... I was told that this is impossible .. by Democrats

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 02:59 PM (RHGPo)

107 Soon the UK will be burning furniture and hobos for heat.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:59 PM (abIsI)

108 So has Masturbatin Pete properly registered under FARA or is he carrying Iran's heavy water for free as a mere sympathizer?

Posted by: Mostly rhetorical. Mostly. at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (TbWk/)

109 >>NATO doesn't exist to serve the interests of Lindsey Graham and the Neocons.

So you're saying we can stop pouring billions into Ukraine?

Whether you like it or not we've been acting as Europe's security blanket for generations. NATO was just one aspect. And they've repaid us by never fully funding their NATO commitments, allowing their militaries to wither and basically becoming passive assuming we will always be there to protect them and fight their battles.

The hell with fighting for us, they wouldn't even let us use their airspace or our bases on their soil that we pay for and act as a deterrent for them. Maybe you are comfortable with that arrangement but most of us are not. It has nothing to do with being a neocon. It has to do with putting the interests of America first.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (viF8m)

110 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

111 69 Whose gayer, Australia and their ballsack New Zealand, or the UK?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (abIsI)

Canada was pretty draconian over Covid too and I still want 80% of the country to just die, but New Zealand seemed to be the biggest shithole.

The CBC this morning did outline what it would take to take Kharg Island. Missiles and drones would be Iran's retaliation.

For what it's worth. The CBC....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (Sco7b)

112 We are taking Iceland.

Greenland =/= Iceland.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (ExV1e)

113
Build the canal across the base of the peninsula. It's been studied and the projected cost is about 80 billion.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 31, 2026 02:54 PM


second look at Project Plowshare?

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (tljrc)

114 Don't pretend the issue is overflights. You're pissed that they won't join the shooting part of this dumbass war

Howzabout you answer the question instead of doing your Amazing Kreskin routine.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (Riz8t)

115 US out of the UN out of the US! NOW!!!!


Common sense UN GTFO NOW!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)

116 When Trump tells the UK to "go to the Strait and just TAKE IT," the surface read is that he's venting at allies who didn't show up.

But the deeper move is priming the the public (and world) with a new mental frame: the Strait of Hormuz is not Iranian sovereign territory anymore.


Actually, I think it might be shallower than that. Trump follows social media closely. A lot of right-wing commentators and such have adopted the phrase "we can just do things" to excuse/encourage the president to act, often unilaterally. I assume he, or his advisors like Miller, see that, like the sound of it, and are kind of echoing the sentiment.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (JCZqz)

117 104 The purpose of NATO was to prevent Soviet aggression. Islamic aggression is far more dangerous today that Russian aggression.
Posted by: Open Channel D
_____

If Islam has attacked a NATO country, invoke Article 5. Simple as.

Until we're willing to do that, we needn't be taken seriously on our talk of threats.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (+DwtS)

118
Out: Strait of Hormuz
In: George Strait

Posted by: YIKES! at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (OgWfa)

119 You see, the defeat of Russia has been a long project for the Brits and the monied anglophile east coast elites that started before Stalin was born, and is ongoing today.
It is run for and by the neocons and allied Fabians, and other technocrats.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (rbvCR)

120
I voted for this.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demo


Ditto

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (xG4kz)

121
If Islam has attacked a NATO country, invoke Article 5. Simple as.

Until we're willing to do that, we needn't be taken seriously on our talk of threats.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (+DwtS)


Iran did... They hit Turkey

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (kamC8)

122 The purpose of NATO was to prevent Soviet aggression. Islamic aggression is far more dangerous today that Russian aggression.
Posted by: Open Channel D at March 31, 2026 02:59 PM (gYnrv)

Their aggression is far more dangerous via immigration and colonization than military. NATO won’t stop that.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (tZs6V)

123 114 Don't pretend the issue is overflights. You're pissed that they won't join the shooting part of this dumbass war

Howzabout you answer the question instead of doing your Amazing Kreskin routine.
Posted by: Archimedes
________

What's the question? I'm dealing with several Neocons who learned nothing in the past 25 years. You're not the only one. Please restate your question.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (+DwtS)

124 112 We are taking Iceland.

Greenland =/= Iceland.
Posted by: I used to have a different ni

Yours isn't the only nation with sonic weapons.

Posted by: Björk at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (JCZqz)

125 Don't pretend the issue is overflights. You're pissed that they won't join the shooting part of this dumbass war
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (+DwtS)

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This isn't a WAR. Stop parroting lib talking points.

Posted by: Diabeetus at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (SlrUo)

126 If Islam has attacked a NATO country, invoke Article 5. Simple as.

Until we're willing to do that, we needn't be taken seriously on our talk of threats.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (+DwtS)

You mean like Turkey?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (FmapG)

127 Until we're willing to do that, we needn't be taken seriously on our talk of threats.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (+DwtS)


neocon

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (rbvCR)

128 I see someone has been taking some pretty mighty bong rips already today.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (oqH4h)

129 “We always have concerns, but with this president and the Republicans who have no commitment to the rule of law and doing things the appropriate way- we’re ready,” Pelosi said.

She continued, “We have to make sure the elections are safe…. We have to be on guard as to what [the Republicans] may try to do to the technology. They may try to creep into the technology and create a false count,” Pelosi said.

By God, you're r9ight, Nancy! Let's make sure he can't steal it by having voter ID and ensuring everyone's a citizen!
We can do this, Nan!

Posted by: MkY at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (q6tQZ)

130 Don't pretend the issue is overflights. You're pissed that they won't join the shooting part of this dumbass war

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (+DwtS)

Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (TKBaI)

131 I do feel sorry for the eastern European countries, like Poland and the Baltic states that refused to allow unlimited migration and are aligned with our values.

Posted by: kraki at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (cG6Xc)

132 Yea, we should've waited for Iran to get nukes and then let them attack us and then we could claim Article 5 while we cleaned up the nuclear fallout.

That's some serious forward thinking.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (viF8m)

133 >>>Did Trump manage to open the Strait of America?

If we rename all the waterways of the world after America, it's going to be tough to tell them all apart.

One of those good problems, I suppose.

Posted by: No Name Today at March 31, 2026 03:04 PM (8mulE)

134 121
If Islam has attacked a NATO country, invoke Article 5. Simple as.

Until we're willing to do that, we needn't be taken seriously on our talk of threats.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (+DwtS)


Iran did... They hit Turkey
Posted by: It's me donna
_______

Turkey shouldn't be in NATO, but a deal's a deal. Invoke Article 5.

Shit or get off the pot.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:04 PM (+DwtS)

135 Strait of America!
Kharg-a-Lago!

Posted by: Shoefly the Boxing Mule at March 31, 2026 03:04 PM (ufJfM)

136
What's the question? I'm dealing with several Neocons who learned nothing in the past 25 years. You're not the only one. Please restate your question.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:02 PM (+DwtS)



We're all stoopid and youz SMAHT.

Got it.

Kan I haz ice kreem now?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)

137 neoCOHHHNNNNN!!

Posted by: Masturbatin' Tiberius at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (gKWVE)

138 Europe doesn't need oil and gas. England and Germany can build more solar and wind power!!!

Posted by: Greta Thunberg at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (JCZqz)

139 FYI Pete the "neocon" view is that of nation-building and the cockamamie idea that just because we roll in and take over that some backassward shithole will suddenly become a Western pluralistic democracy and a valuable trading partner.

It would also include the view that NATO is still useful, 40 years after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (oqH4h)

140 This isn't responsible skepticism
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No, it's America Last propaganda.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (RIvkX)

141 132 Yea, we should've waited for Iran to get nukes and then let them attack us and then we could claim Article 5 while we cleaned up the nuclear fallout.

That's some serious forward thinking.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Weird, Trump told us back in June that Iran's nuclear program had been totally obliterated. His words.

And yet they got it back in nine months? That's what you believe?

Do you think that maybe Trump wasn't being straight with us?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (+DwtS)

142 I do feel sorry for the eastern European countries, like Poland and the Baltic states that refused to allow unlimited migration and are aligned with our values.
Posted by: kraki at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (cG6Xc)


We could consider bi-lateral arrangements with them. Huge multi-national treaty organizations are always held captive by the weakest link.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (ExV1e)

143 https://tinyurl.com/3mm8vtvx

Link. Pics are no bueno.


Jeebus. Freaks everywhere. Not sure that I buy her "I had no clue" line. I don't think you can hide that kind of stuff from your wife if you're putting it out on the internet.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqX+)

144 We're all stoopid and youz SMAHT.

Got it.

Kan I haz ice kreem now?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:04 PM (Zz0t1)

Look, fat, you'll get chocolate chocolate chip and you'll like it or I'll wrap this three feet of chain around your head!

Posted by: Fightin' Joe Biden at March 31, 2026 03:06 PM (TbWk/)

145 I do feel sorry for the eastern European countries, like Poland and the Baltic states that refused to allow unlimited migration and are aligned with our values.
Posted by: kraki at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (cG6Xc)


They can pretty much walk away when they feel like it, they have enough of a military to turn back the Germans' tank brigades, should the Germans ever decide to build more tanks.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)

146 NATO doesn't exist to serve the interests of Lindsey Graham and the Neocons.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete

Agreed.

But denying air space or landing rights isn't the same thing.

Did they do any of that during Obamas Libya campaign?

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 31, 2026 03:07 PM (yFlgz)

147 132 Yea, we should've waited for Iran to get nukes and then let them attack us and then we could claim Article 5 while we cleaned up the nuclear fallout.

That's some serious forward thinking.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:03 PM (viF8m)

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Trump got rid of Iran's nukes back in June of 2025. This action is about bringing freedom to the Persian people, helping Israel, and ensuring oil flows freely through the straits of Hormuz.

Posted by: Diabeetus at March 31, 2026 03:07 PM (SlrUo)

148 Pete, if they were neocons they would be salivating over Ukraine. My only complaint about Iran is that the leadership should have been decapitated years ago.

Posted by: Open Channel D at March 31, 2026 03:07 PM (gYnrv)

149 I do have questions about how it got past the FBI vetting process though.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqX+)

150 139 FYI Pete the "neocon" view is that of nation-building and the cockamamie idea that just because we roll in and take over that some backassward shithole will suddenly become a Western pluralistic democracy and a valuable trading partner.

It would also include the view that NATO is still useful, 40 years after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Posted by: ballistic
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Well if it's not the Neocon view then it's the Clinton circa 1999 view, where we bomb and bomb and bomb because Iraq has WMDs but it accomplishes nothing.

At least Clinton didn't cause a global economic crisis in the prices.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:07 PM (+DwtS)

151 NATO doesn't exist to serve the interests of Lindsey Graham and the Neocons.

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Yeah, absolutely nothing has happened in Eastern Europe over the last several years to make me doubt the sincerity of someone who says that.

But I'm sure it made sense in your head before you said it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 03:08 PM (BI5O2)

152 But will it hold if we lose congress or a demon wins the next presidential election???
Or will they just reverse everything good that's happening and hand everything back????
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Posted by: lin-duh at March 31, 2026 03:08 PM (VCgbV)

153 141 132 Yea, we should've waited for Iran to get nukes and then let them attack us and then we could claim Article 5 while we cleaned up the nuclear fallout.

That's some serious forward thinking.
Posted by: JackStraw
_____

Weird, Trump told us back in June that Iran's nuclear program had been totally obliterated. His words.

And yet they got it back in nine months? That's what you believe?

Do you think that maybe Trump wasn't being straight with us?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (+DwtS)

So what's your argument for waiting until it is difficult to deal with Iran instead of breaking them down when it's easy?

Eventually Chinese air defense will be worth a damn.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:08 PM (okun6)

154 107 Soon the UK will be burning furniture and hobos for heat.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Furniture for fuel, hobos for meat.

Hasn't Ace taught you anything?

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 03:08 PM (Y8DZL)

155 Beach towel, 2 liter bottle for thirst, 2 liter bottle for pee, huge bag of Cheetos, let the wisdom flow, progressives!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 03:08 PM (YlWIZ)

156 I do have questions about how it got past the FBI vetting process though.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqX+)


The Biden FBI? The FBI which was probably salivating at the idea of releasing the information at a moment of greatest damage? That FBI?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 03:09 PM (ExV1e)

157 147
Trump got rid of Iran's nukes back in June of 2025. This action is about bringing freedom to the Persian people, helping Israel, and ensuring oil flows freely through the straits of Hormuz.
Posted by: Diabeetus
________

Lol try to keep up with the news. Literally the opposite of all of those things is happening:
-no regime change
-no oil getting through without a Mullah Tax

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:09 PM (+DwtS)

158 Well having seen the pic of Noem's husband I think I can safely say that I don't blame her for her "alleged" relationship with Lewandowski.

Also I need six gallons of eye bleach.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:09 PM (oqH4h)

159 Cause the closure of the strait for everyone else and then also tell everyone else to open it themselves. Yes, push Europe and the rest of the world more in China’s hands. Witnessing the erosion of American hegemony in the past 6 months has been crazy.

We’re a net exporter but this will drive the prices of oil up both at home as well. Not exactly the way I envisioned our “green future” but if it works it works. Electric cars are superior in almost every category. I welcome the change.

I like Trump, the more he stay in power the more unified EU becomes, the dude did more for EU unity than anyone in last 20 years. I would like for Trump to go for third term. European return to be one of the big players has a nice ring to it

People need to wake up and accept that NATO is dead. This moron has destroyed the US-European alliance, repeatedly stated America does not have Europe's back anymore. Time to create something new and more reliable.

He's really pissed off that our (UK) navy and other European navies haven't sailed 4000 miles away from protecting Greenland.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (JCZqz)

160 Wanting out of nato is now America Last? Man how the time have changed.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (tZs6V)

161 143 https://tinyurl.com/3mm8vtvx

Link. Pics are no bueno.

Jeebus. Freaks everywhere. Not sure that I buy her "I had no clue" line. I don't think you can hide that kind of stuff from your wife if you're putting it out on the internet.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqX+)

Talk about a warchest.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (N39Ws)

162
At least Clinton didn't cause a global economic crisis in the prices.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:07 PM (+DwtS)

Oil prices were at these level throughout most of Obama. Hardly economic crisis levels.

They were also higher during Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine, which saw no actual long-term disruption to oil supply.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (okun6)

163 A long time ago I read a book about "the Yankee-Cowboy war". Two foreign policy outlooks. One centered on Europe and the other on Asia. They tended to be East coast=Yankee, West coast +Texas=Cowboy. Trump may be from the East coast but his policies are Cowboy and they are a winning hand.

Posted by: geoffb at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (r//c2)

164 Piper at March 31, 2026 02:53 PM (OoFl2

Holy shit! Was not on my bingo card!

Posted by: Derak at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (3DHvS)

165 I told Mrs. Cop a couple of weeks ago that U.S. forces were going to secure the Strait of Hormuz America, and Pres. Trump was going to make the rest of the world pay an extra 10% for their oil. It looks like he's just about ready to spring the trap.

Dude is a force of nature.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (ksbjf)

166 Eventually Chinese air defense will be worth a damn.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:08 PM (okun6)
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Assumes facts not in evidence lol

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (oqH4h)

167 Question for the Horde:

If you can punish Europe for being Euroweenies, but the method of punishment is that they have to pay a tax to the mullahs in Iran, do you take that deal?

Because that's the deal Trump is giving you. The mullahs stay in power and tax cargo traffic.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (+DwtS)

168 Turkey was the first one to not allow over flights back during Iraq.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 31, 2026 03:11 PM (wBaIH)

169 Lol try to keep up with the news. Literally the opposite of all of those things is happening:
-no regime change
-no oil getting through without a Mullah Tax
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:09 PM (+DwtS)



I guess you don't read the content before you start flinging poo all over the place.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:11 PM (Zz0t1)

170 I'm not sure how the Baltics got on the right side of immigration. Maybe they all they needed to do was pawn Kaja Kallas off on the EU. She's a cutie, but she's so dumb, she thinks the Mexican border pays rent.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 03:11 PM (2ap+5)

171 >>Weird, Trump told us back in June that Iran's nuclear program had been totally obliterated. His words.

The program was destroyed. But there was confusion over how much of the 60% enriched uranium might have survived the attack. See how that works?

And then when we attempted to negotiate with them the Iranians helpfully told us they still had enough near weapons grade uranium to make 11 nukes and against all international law they were going to make them.

So what should a responsible leader do? Nothing as you propose or stop a country that for 47 years has been at war with us and funding proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah to attack our people and our interests?

I'll take the president who wants to stop religious fanatics who believe their messiah will arrive once they end the world. And if our so called allies, NATO and otherwise, don't want to help then that should be considered for future alliances.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)

172 https://tinyurl.com/3mm8vtvx

Link. Pics are no bueno.

Jeebus. Freaks everywhere. Not sure that I buy her "I had no clue" line. I don't think you can hide that kind of stuff from your wife if you're putting it out on the internet.

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Crikey! Something tells me a separate post on this will be forthcoming.

Posted by: Lady in Black at March 31, 2026 03:12 PM (qBdHI)

173 Oh, please. Don't pretend the issue for you is overflights, the offensive disposition of NATO forces, or any other factor besides "Trump said X, so I think Y, because orangemanbad."

And this "neocon" tactic you're trying out is passing strange. Nobody but nobody gets rock hard for NATO like a neocon does.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 03:12 PM (BI5O2)

174 There's an economic crisis?
I missed that one...

Posted by: MkY at March 31, 2026 03:13 PM (q6tQZ)

175 John Solomon Name Drops Samantha Power, (Obama, Hillary, and Biden Ally) as a Person of Interest who was running USAID when they discussed funneling hundreds of millions back into Democrat coffers.

Don Jr.
Who on the American side was coordinating this scheme?

Solomon:
We don’t know that yet.. the NSA intercepted only high level Ukrainian Officials discussing it with USAID people working in Kyiv.

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (RHGPo)

176 Yeah, one bloviator thought oil was going to $400 a barrell so theres that

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (YlWIZ)

177 153 So what's your argument for waiting until it is difficult to deal with Iran instead of breaking them down when it's easy?

Eventually Chinese air defense will be worth a damn.
Posted by: Red Turban
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My argument is that if we're going to do this war, regime change has to happen. The worst thing that Trump is doing is leaving the mullahs in power. He's gonna TACO, leaving the mullahs in place and giving them control of the strait. And then I'm a couple years we'll be hearing that they've got a nuclear program again

If you're going to take Vienna, take Vienna.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (+DwtS)

178 “If you can punish Europe for being Euroweenies, but the method of punishment is that they have to pay a tax to the mullahs in Iran, do you take that deal?

Because that's the deal Trump is giving you. The mullahs stay in power and tax cargo traffic.”

———-

Lol

That’s what you think is happening?

Posted by: Open Channel D at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (gYnrv)

179 Huh. Did anyone else have the HQ go off line?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t)

180 🚨 WHOA: Did Thomas Massie & MTG Admit they're running in 2028? I think so!

Massie: "I hope I don't lose for America's sake, but if I do, I'm going to come down & visit you."

MTG: "I hope you do. Then we'll re-plan how to get this country back on track in a real way, & I bet you we would have 10s of millions of Americans with us."

Neither of them can dance around the topic when asked if they're both running for POTUS/Vice POTUS in 2028. There's no other plan they could be cooking up that would require 10s of millions of Americans being behind them.

What a Joke this ticket would be! One guy is on the verge of getting fired by his district & the other candidate ABANDONED her district when it got too challenging.

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 03:15 PM (RHGPo)

181 There's an economic crisis?
I missed that one...
Posted by: MkY at March 31, 2026 03:13 PM (q6tQZ)



weez all stoopid, yu cee......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

182 When Trump tells the UK to "go to the Strait and just TAKE IT," the surface read is that he's venting at allies who didn't show up.

But the deeper move is priming the the public (and world) with a new mental frame: the Strait of Hormuz is not Iranian sovereign territory anymore.


AKSHUALLY, I think he's also mocking the Euros because he knows that lack the capacity to do anything, even if they wanted to. He's exposing them for the geldings they've become.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:15 PM (Riz8t)

183 Quick.


Name the mullahs that are still alive and in full control of Iran right now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

184
I thought Trump was planning to offer the insurance, replacing Lloyds.
Posted by: illiniwek


How about Progressive and GEICO?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 31, 2026 03:15 PM (Cqx++)

185 Does Tehran Pete think we're losing?

Posted by: Wally at March 31, 2026 03:16 PM (zG4BR)

186 “Is it a little bit homophobic to focus on the straights of Hormuz rather than the gays of Hormuz?”

No Kings protester, completely serious: “Yes, absolutely, I agree.”

Posted by: SMOD at March 31, 2026 03:16 PM (RHGPo)

187 Germany's F126 frigate program is running three to four years late, instead of 2027 looking at 2030 to 2031 of the first 10,500-ton hull. In fact, it is so bad Germany has awarded an emergency contract to the losing contractor for six ships of half that displacement.

But Germany promises their F127 class will be even better.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:16 PM (2GVsD)

188 I love how Pete is using the TACO talking point.

Posted by: Open Channel D at March 31, 2026 03:17 PM (gYnrv)

189
"I LOVE NATO, REGIME CHANGE, AND NATION BUILDING SEXUALLY BUT YOU ARE A NEOCON! DAMN YOU NEOCONS!!!!!"

This is some line of reasoning you've got going there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 03:17 PM (BI5O2)

190 171 Posted by: JackStraw
________

You're a smart guy.

But the insane thing is that you watched 25 years of U.S. intelligence failures and yet you have all this confidence that uranium is exactly 60% enriched. Who told you that, and why do you believe him?

Did you learn literally nothing at all from Iraq?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:17 PM (+DwtS)

191 Not sure I want to take foreign policy advice from a guy whose first name is "Masturbatin'."

Posted by: Kiss 'N' Jer at March 31, 2026 03:17 PM (2Ez/1)

192 172 https://tinyurl.com/3mm8vtvx
Link. Pics are no bueno


Someone's looking for a teacher's job in Ontario.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 03:17 PM (Sco7b)

193 So all of this is the fault of the US and Europe can't get their oil. And if Iran got the bomb, that too would be the fault of the US. Because the US didn't stop them from getting the bomb. So according to Europe no matter what we did or didn't do it's our fault. While they sit on their ass and twiddle their thumbs. Fuck those guys.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 03:18 PM (pvf3X)

194 "Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake bre*sts and pink hotpants to chat with online f*tish models."

Well, I sure didn't have that on my bingo card.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 03:18 PM (RCEd4)

195 What a Joke this ticket would be! One guy is on the verge of getting fired by his district & the other candidate ABANDONED her district when it got too challenging.
Posted by: SMOD at March 31

This would be really, really funny. Except we need to get our comms hot and heavy that neither one is part of our party, we excommunicated them to Siberia.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:18 PM (OoFl2)

196 Question for the Horde:

If you can punish Europe for being Euroweenies, but the method of punishment is that they have to pay a tax to the mullahs in Iran, do you take that deal?

Because that's the deal Trump is giving you. The mullahs stay in power and tax cargo traffic.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:10 PM (+DwtS)


The mullahs have been shown to not be in charge. It's the IRGC -- in other words, a military dictatorship. The U.S. and Israel are busy killing them and breaking all of their toys. The IRGC is reduced to launching a few missiles and drones, and having random Lt. Colonels talking $h!t on video.

The neighboring Arab states are publicly begging Pres. Trump to topple the Islamic regime in Iran. That's an enormous change in Iran's relationship with the neighboring states.

The Euroweenies are going to pay a tax for the oil, but it's going to be to the U.S.

You probably need to stop playing with your weenie so much.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 31, 2026 03:18 PM (ksbjf)

197 188 I love how Pete is using the TACO talking point.
Posted by: Open Channel D
_______

Yes or No: is ending this war without regime change a TACO move?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:18 PM (+DwtS)

198 I thought Trump was planning to offer the insurance, replacing Lloyds.
------
How about Progressive and GEICO?


Akkkkkshully, that could make a lot of sense. The US offers the primary insurance policy and then offers to split it up among existing companies who are willing to take a piece of the pie but can't handle all of it.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 03:18 PM (4pi1M)

199 179 Huh. Did anyone else have the HQ go off line?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t

Fine here...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (Sco7b)

200 161 143 https://tinyurl.com/3mm8vtvx

Link. Pics are no bueno.
Posted by: Oddbob

Talk about a warchest.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

I'm thinking more "spank bank." 😍

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (JCZqz)

201 masturbatin' manning is disturbingly smooth

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (2ap+5)

202 Huh. Did anyone else have the HQ go off line?
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t)

No but we have someone going off the rails.

Posted by: An undercover DU wanker perhaps? at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (TbWk/)

203 Over the next 12 years Germany plans to spend 500 billion Euro on infrastructure projects, but 100 billion will go to Green energy initiatives.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (2GVsD)

204 AKSHUALLY, I think he's also mocking the Euros because he knows that lack the capacity to do anything, even if they wanted to. He's exposing them for the geldings they've become.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:15 PM (Riz8t)

This, 100%. They pissed him off, and when Trump gets pissed, he REALLY sticks the knife in on his insults...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (tOcjL)

205 What's the question? I'm dealing with several Neocons who learned nothing in the past 25 years. You're not the only one. Please restate your question.


When the countries of Old Europe refuse even things like overflight, it's not a question of offense, it's a question of doing the absolute minimum not to actively hinder the people who can do the things that need doing (us). If the Eurowusses won't even do that, then in what sense do we have an alliance?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (Riz8t)

206 Yes or No: is ending this war without regime change a TACO move?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete

No, because that was never identified as one of the goals of the operation?

Posted by: Military Moron at March 31, 2026 03:20 PM (JCZqz)

207 196
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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So it's your position that when this war is over the mullahs won't be in charge?

Will you admit that you were wrong and apologize if they still are?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:20 PM (+DwtS)

208 177 153 So what's your argument for waiting until it is difficult to deal with Iran instead of breaking them down when it's easy?

Eventually Chinese air defense will be worth a damn.
Posted by: Red Turban
_____

My argument is that if we're going to do this war, regime change has to happen. The worst thing that Trump is doing is leaving the mullahs in power. He's gonna TACO, leaving the mullahs in place and giving them control of the strait. And then I'm a couple years we'll be hearing that they've got a nuclear program again

If you're going to take Vienna, take Vienna.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:14 PM (+DwtS)

The damage is very extensive this time around, it'll be a decade plus before they could get to where they were, and that is assuming they don't collapse to infighting. Granted the US is now in a position to deal with them relatively easily, but we've gained a lot here at fairly little cost, especially in altering Iran's relations in the Middle East.

Really the only material pressure limiting maintenance bombing on the US side of negotiations is the mid-terms.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:20 PM (okun6)

209 "Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake bre*sts and pink hotpants to chat with online f*tish models."

Well, I sure didn't have that on my bingo card.


Well, I guess we know why she was fooling around with the arm ripper offer.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)

210 The stock market is a fickle butthole.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:21 PM (aTgV0)

211 A couple weeks ago I saw a video clip of an Austere Religious Scholar explain how his people were using the Moose Limbs as a broom to "sweep white people out of Europe". He was quite pleased with the progress.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (V362x)

212 These black robers need to be given a talkin' to

@Breaking911 2m
🚨 BREAKING: Federal judge halts President Trump's White House ballroom construction -CNN

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (diia5)

213 Forget it Masturbatin’ Pete, it’s MagaCultTown. You’ll never convince them Trump has ever done anything wrong.
Posted by: The way it is at March 31, 2026 03:19 PM (wK9ty)



Oh FFS...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

214 Akkkkkshully, that could make a lot of sense. The US offers the primary insurance policy and then offers to split it up among existing companies who are willing to take a piece of the pie but can't handle all of it.
Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 03:18 PM (4pi1M)

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Who in the US is paying for it and with what money.

Posted by: Diabeetus at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (SlrUo)

215 This Pete Hegseth guy can stay.

Kinda like him.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (aTgV0)

216 Thank goodness for this place of refuge. I love Ace and dreamed of him last night (seriously). Weird platonic dream, Ace. You were having a dinner party and invited us. I offered to help wash the dishes and you turned me down.

Regardless, there's the steady drumbeat of "no troops on the ground" on the blog where I'm primed and ready to argue. Except she's vanished for now, and I was polite. Possibly marching with No Kings.

France, Italy and Spain are going to get spankings from President Trump. And Stuttering Sudden Colonoscopy Surprised Stunned Starmer is going to get it worse.

I feel similar after a war with Ann Taylor online today because the site would not let me buy a simple lace blouse (on sale) due to my address. I feel ready and rested for war now.

My husband came downstairs smiling and asking who I am mad at now. He said he can tell when I say to the rep, "Thank you very much and I am glad this is being recorded!" Sometimes when I am told a call is being recorded I shout GOOD!

I appear to be a bit ornery and maybe lunch will cure me.

I thank God every night for President Trump as he shows the sissy countries how it is freaking done!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (WONhk)

217 207 Yes or No: is ending this war without regime change a TACO move?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete

No, because that was never identified as one of the goals of the operation?
Posted by: Military Moron
_________

Well you've got me there, bro. If our war objective is weak and ineffective, and the results of the war are weak and ineffective, then Mission Accomplished. This war is no different from every half assed war since the end of WWII.

But you really should check into what Trump said about regime change at the outset of the war.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (+DwtS)

218 Hasn't there already been "regime change" in Iran? I mean, the top leaders and many down the chain are all dead. I don't think anyone even knows who's really in charge now. That sounds like a change of regime to me.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

219 Meanwhile Air Strip One keeps allowing the USAF to transit aircraft through, like A-10Cs and B-52Hs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (2GVsD)

220 Breaking - a judge rules that the White House ballroom project has to stop unless it receives congressional approval.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 03:23 PM (2ap+5)

221 @Breaking911 2m
🚨 BREAKING: Federal judge halts President Trump's White House ballroom construction -CNN
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (diia5)




How does a federal judge halt a privately funded construction project that's already well underway?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:23 PM (Zz0t1)

222 Pete we get it you were right 10 years ago about Trump when he was the nominee. You had him pegged.

So glad you disappeared for so long except to gloat in 2020 and inexplicably came back now when thing look "bad".

I look forward to your next departure.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:23 PM (eBwIO)

223 So it's your position that when this war is over the mullahs won't be in charge?

Will you admit that you were wrong and apologize if they still are?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:20 PM (+DwtS)

I think the position of this board is that when Trump is done, Iran will no longer be a threat to America (or even Israel).

That is literally all I care about. Iranians can do what they want in their own borders...but it's like that slogan "what happens in Iran, stays in Iran"...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 03:23 PM (tOcjL)

224 Breaking - a judge rules that the White House ballroom project has to stop unless it receives congressional approval.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 03:23 PM


This was not unexpected, in fact the ruling is a bit overdue IMO. It will be overturned on appeal.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 03:24 PM (0N4FZ)

225 >>My argument is that if we're going to do this war, regime change has to happen.
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I think you've identified the problem. You are judging the success of the operation based on your personal goal, not the Administration's.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at March 31, 2026 03:24 PM (bNf8H)

226 So it's your position that when this war is over the mullahs won't be in charge?

Will you admit that you were wrong and apologize if they still are?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:20 PM (+DwtS)


Defacto regime-charge has already occurred. The guys in charge a month ago are dead. They've been very publicly pantsed, and their neighbors want them all dead.

My position is that whoever is left in charge of Iran will know to behave themselves.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at March 31, 2026 03:24 PM (ksbjf)

227 206 Forget it Masturbatin’ Pete, it’s MagaCultTown. You’ll never convince them Trump has ever done anything wrong.
Posted by: The way it is

Mostly, but if Trump actually did something significant against the will of his base, we'd call him out. A large ground invasion of Iran, followed by permanent presence and nation building (Iraq/Afghanistan 2.0) would be a deal breaker. This minor conflict, even if it escalated to a few troops going in, smashing something, and leaving? Not a big deal.

If Trump said "I love Mexicans, almost as much as Trump Tower taco bowl salads", opened the borders, and granted amnesty to all illegals, people would be pissed.

He does little things that go against the MAGA base at times, but nothing serious, so we're not too upset in return.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 31, 2026 03:24 PM (JCZqz)

228 No one expects the Spanish Inquisition on their bingo card.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:24 PM (aTgV0)

229 Turns out, you can just do things.
Like ignore Europe.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (xcxpd)

230 Well, my dreams of retiring to a seaside village in Italy are rapidly deteriorating it seems.
Looks like Croatia is runner up.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (gZLU7)

231 France, Italy and Spain are going to get spankings from President Trump.

I'm a little surprised at Meloni TBH. Italy is saying something like the correct protocols requesting overflight were not followed.

The report did ​not specify when the aircraft were due to land but said permission was denied because the U.S. ​had not requested clearance and Italy's military leadership had not been consulted, as required ⁠under treaties governing the use of U.S. military installations in the country.

https://is.gd/Dqw637

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (Riz8t)

232 reaking911 2m
🚨 BREAKING: Federal judge halts President Trump's White House ballroom construction -CNN
Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (diia5)



How does a federal judge halt a privately funded construction project that's already well underway?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:23 PM (Zz0t1)
______

It's some paperwork-pushing, red tape cock-and-bullshit

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (iFTx/)

233 I want another first day of the Iran attack. Is it because we have run out of targets that we don't.?

Leak that we are landing at X and have a fleet head to that X .

Hopefully the IRG will take the bait and gather to repel it.

1.
2.
3. Profit !



Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (V4IXI)

234 So, is it true that Iran got lucky and zapped an E-3 Sentry?

Maybe we do need the E-7.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (2GVsD)

235 208 196
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
________

So it's your position that when this war is over the mullahs won't be in charge?

Will you admit that you were wrong and apologize if they still are?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:20 PM (+DwtS)

That's a pretty dramatic misrepresentation. He said the IRGC was in charge, meaning the mullahs nominally hold power.

He didn't say regime change would necessarily occur, he didn't even talk about regime change.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (okun6)

236 210 "Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake bre*sts and pink hotpants to chat with online f*tish models."

Well, I sure didn't have that on my bingo card.

Well, I guess we know why she was fooling around with the arm ripper offer.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)
____________________________

Hey, anyone remember when she VETO'd the Bill as Governor that would have disallowed man to participate in women's sports? Her excuse was that there would have been all kinds of legal ramifications with the NCAA. When her popularity on the Right took a hit for that act, she all of a sudden changed her mind (I think only 180 days later).

Noem is an opportunist. Her self absorption is written all over her face in cosmetic surgery scars.

Forget about her. She's no great loss.

Posted by: Orson at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske)

237 Did Trump manage to open the Strait of America?

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"DENIED!" -- US District Clown Judge and Defacto POTUS Bozoberg

/"The Strait of Literally Hitler" has a nice ring to it ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (yB0MT)

238 "Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake bre*sts and pink hotpants to chat with online f*tish models."


_________
She will let this go, but I got shot for much less.

Posted by: Cricket at March 31, 2026 03:26 PM (ufJfM)

239
This Pete Hegseth guy can stay.

Kinda like him.
Posted by: eleven

================

I remember back in February 2024 when he would definitely be gone in a few weeks. Mark Halperin's experts knew all about it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 03:26 PM (n7rxJ)

240 Christy you can wash my dishes anytime.

60% of the time.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:26 PM (aTgV0)

241 "Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake bre*sts and pink hotpants to chat with online f*tish models."

You know what you have to do, Kristi. To uphold your sacred honor.

Posted by: Zombie Cricket at March 31, 2026 03:26 PM (JCZqz)

242
Federal Judge halts NASA Moon launch.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 31, 2026 03:26 PM (IifOV)

243 Mostly, but if Trump actually did something significant against the will of his base, we'd call him out. A large ground invasion of Iran, followed by permanent presence and nation building (Iraq/Afghanistan 2.0) would be a deal breaker.
Posted by: Military Moron
________

You should be pissed that Trump is about to end this war the mullahs still in power, and with a new revenue source: tolls on tankers.

But you're not going to be pissed because you'll never get pissed at Trump. You'll always talk yourself into believing that his farts smell great.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (+DwtS)

244 Well you've got me there, bro. If our war objective is weak and ineffective, and the results of the war are weak and ineffective, then Mission Accomplished. This war is no different from every half assed war since the end of WWII.

But you really should check into what Trump said about regime change at the outset of the war.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (+DwtS)

If you got a quote to back that up, post it. Otherwise, I hear there is lube in the cuck shed.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (xcxpd)

245 How does a federal judge halt a privately funded construction project that's already well underway?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I AM THE LAW!!!

Posted by: Judge Fed at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (JCZqz)

246 Ass gets punched in the face. Blood everywhere. He's down.

Must have won, right?

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (XuXeR)

247 LMAO yes this place never allows criticism of Trump except when It name sake and personal shelver has intermittently said he hated his guts a bunch of times and it would be a bad idea to follow him, and that he was voting DeSantis in the primary.

The fuck of fucks please get a new fucking shtick.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (eBwIO)

248
Federal Judge Opens Strait of Hormuz.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 31, 2026 03:28 PM (IifOV)

249 A guy named Masterbatin Pete trying to be serious....

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:28 PM (aTgV0)

250 The chick killed an innocent dog and tried to reframe it as she's capable of making hard decisions.

She's pretty and all but not that pretty that you can overlook the psychopathy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 03:28 PM (XV/Pl)

251 1. Do we know that the pic with Noem's husband in ridiculously yuge boobs is real? Something like this could be easily faked.

2. If the pic is real, how much you wanna bet that Trump knew about it, and was a secret reason for firing her (he knew it would eventually come out)?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

252
But you're not going to be pissed because you'll never get pissed at Trump. You'll always talk yourself into believing that his farts smell great.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (+DwtS)



That statement right there makes you an inconceivable dumbshit.

Go away now. You're done. Buffoon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

253 I like waiting for clarification about Italy.

The USAF is still at Aviano with F-16s. A paperwork mess up, oh well. That can be sorted out or simply the Italians say 'we see nothing.'

Sicily is nice, but there is always Malta. OR you stage the KC-46As and KC-135Rs out of Sicily to refuel the aircraft transiting through the Med.

Not the first time the USAF had to thread the Med needle, the resupply effort to Israel during the Yom Kippur War.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (2GVsD)

254 You know what you have to do, Kristi. To uphold your sacred honor."

I dunno. Playboy?

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (XuXeR)

255 Actually, I think it might be shallower than that. Trump follows social media closely. A lot of right-wing commentators and such have adopted the phrase "we can just do things" to excuse/encourage the president to act, often unilaterally. I assume he, or his advisors like Miller, see that, like the sound of it, and are kind of echoing the sentiment.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at March 31, 2026 03:01 PM (JCZqz)
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I might have thought that in Trump 1.0, but I don't in Trump 2.0. This has all been planned with contingency possibilities studied. It doesn't mean it will work or that it won't go off the rails. It might go off the rails. Trump's team has realized that the world as it was was all about posturing. And he has governed since his re-election with that as the overriding assessment of all of his political enemies. So his administration has been able to maneuver his enemies into untenable situations that have been tough to get out of. That is what is going on right now.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (GZYu7)

256 What mullahs?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)

257 252 1. Do we know that the pic with Noem's husband in ridiculously yuge boobs is real? Something like this could be easily faked.

2. If the pic is real, how much you wanna bet that Trump knew about it, and was a secret reason for firing her (he knew it would eventually come out)?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026

Because Noem has commented on it, and said the family was completely blindsided by it.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (OoFl2)

258 For those who think Macron and the Spanish potentate, insert name here, cannot defend their countries without America, I would only say: There's a first time for everything!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (adwAx)

259 236
He didn't say regime change would necessarily occur, he didn't even talk about regime change.
Posted by: Red Turban

_____

Stop fucking lying. Read Trump's speech when he announced the beginning of the war. "Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand."

If that isn't about regime change, what the fuck is it?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (+DwtS)

260 Modern Russia is incapable of seriously invading, let alone occupying Western Europe.

But let's throw military realities to the four winds, and presume they were.

Who gives a damn?

Western Europe is spent. They're done. Someone is going to make a play on Europe, and it's not worth defending against that whoever. It would be unconscionable to intervene a third time on their behalf, even if they still mattered - and they don't.

Who would you prefer do it? An actual world power like China? I wouldn't. Barking mad Muslims? That's the one that will happen, and it's the worst outcome.

If Putin somehow got the wherewithal to snatch Western Europe, it would probably be the best of the bad outcomes, for them and us.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (BI5O2)

261 You should be pissed that Trump is about to end this war the mullahs still in power, and with a new revenue source: tolls on tankers.

Should I be pissed that there wasn't regime change in Venezuela, too? It, also, wasn't the goal of the military action, but I guess I'm supposed to care about thing's we're not trying to accomplish? It's all so confusing.

And I'll worry about theoretical taxes on tankers when they start happening, and Iran gets blasted again.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (JCZqz)

262 What mullahs?
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)




tHe OnEs tHaT aRe In cHarGe!!!!!!!!


*whackwhackwhack*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (Zz0t1)

263 I thought Pete flounced out of here like 57 times.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (aTgV0)

264 Federal Judge halts NASA using Tang...

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (XuXeR)

265 It's some paperwork-pushing, red tape cock-and-bullshit
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:25 PM (iFTx/)

Once again leftists care more about the preservation and execution of bureaucratic process (see recent video of the Canadian freak show) then actual results on the ground.

If your action doesn't directly empower some otherwise useless human being then it must be stopped at all costs.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (gZLU7)

266 "In a few weeks, Trump has normalized the concept of Western control over the Strait so thoroughly that full US seizure now looks like the modest option compared to what he's suggesting allies do on their own. This is intentional."


This is not the outcome I would like to see but it does make sense. Ever since long before I joined the Navy iran has been closing the straits to interrupt the flow of oil to the world.


They closed them in the 70s and that caused the gas lines in the US and closed them again in the late 80s when we had to go in and blow them up during the tanker wars. On and off multiple times they have threatened to close them or dumped mines there in the last 25 years.


It is time to end their ability to throw a temper tantrum that affects global prices.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (0N4FZ)

267 Iraq =\= Iran

The first 5 minutes into the conflict should have been a hint.

This isn't GWB presidency where you could scare him with a rolled up copy of a newspaper

There is a clear strategy that is playing out and it isn't a full blown invasion. Pay attention

Posted by: melodicmetal at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (61TgR)

268 What the trolls fail to realize is a lot of us don't actually like Trump, but the alternative is gay race communism. And it is a binary choice.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (DoRKe)

269 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

I have been telling you this for 10 years. I've got a million of em

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (eBwIO)

270 I am just waiting for the "MOSSAD" name drop.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)

271 How does a federal judge halt a privately funded construction project that's already well underway?/i]

DeSantis is trying to get a nutball judge impeached for letting a monster walk free that then killed a little kid. Again, he leads the way showing how governors should act.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (El6/E)

272 The only place Iran is having any success is on the internet.

And there's no shortage of people who've acquired the taste for camel-flavored dick that are willing to shill for Iran.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 03:32 PM (HXT0k)

273 Unless and until Kristi Noem's husband is proven guilty of stealing luggage in airports, I refuse the believe the cross-dressing stories mean anything at all.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 31, 2026 03:32 PM (adwAx)

274 Nancy Mace has come out against 'chemtrails'

they must be stopped!

damn, I thought she had some sense

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 03:32 PM (ZxPkt)

275 "President DJT". Has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv)

276 Sicily is nice, but there is always Malta. OR you stage the KC-46As and KC-135Rs out of Sicily to refuel the aircraft transiting through the Med.

I've been to Malta twice. Amazing place, especially if you like history.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 31, 2026 03:32 PM (JCZqz)

277 That sounds like a change of regime to me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)


Where the jerk off has a point is that "regime change" when we do it isn't supposed to hand over, say, Iraq to half a Shiite client of Iran and half ISIS; or Libya to a bunch of slave traders; or Somalia to pirates.
But I'm not in this for regime change. I'm in this for crippling Iran's force projection and cowing its leaders into not funding foreign terrorists against us.
What happens with the Strait is more of a Europe / India / Australia / southeast Asia problem, with which they should deal.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 03:32 PM (gKWVE)

278 That statement right there makes you an inconceivable dumbshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
======
He didn't use reason to get where he is so he cannot be reasoned out of Orangeman Bad, no matter what the evidence is. Leftists and groypers have the same problem--their reaction to Trump is visceral, not logical and that makes them not able to have reasonable discussions.

His accomplice is a banned former commenter and it is pretty evident who that is.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

279 I have been telling you this for 10 years. I've got a million of em
Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (eBwIO)



Valid.

Some of us learn lessons hard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (Zz0t1)

280 Iraq =\= Iran

The first 5 minutes into the conflict should have been a hint.


Yes but there are some people of limited intellectual capacity for who that is the only template for war: every military action in the middle east is a miserable failing forever war that probably will bring ww3. Just ask them about Syria in the previous Trump administration.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (El6/E)

281 Who in the US is paying for it and with what money.

Trump has already floated the first part so I'll let him figure out that part. The second part is about spreading the risks and rewards among willing participants and shouldn't cost us anything.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (YVBwj)

282 I saw Forty Fucking Million Deutschmarks open for 50 Cent at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in '03.

Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (yB0MT)

283 There are never Trumpers who show up from time to time. Best to ignore ands scroll on past.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (u73oe)

284 "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."

He said he want to cut all our ears off!!!

-Masturbatin' Pete

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (IifOV)

285 The problem with arguing with someone like Petey is he will interrogate you to hell with 100% self assurance and dick waving and then when he turns out to be PROVEN deadass wrong he just quietly disappears.

The worst kind of time wasting shit. But he loves his mirror.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (eBwIO)

286 Malta, the only island to get the George Cross.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (2GVsD)

287 I like Trump.

Just wouldn't let him near my sister.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (aTgV0)

288 Meanwhile Air Strip One keeps allowing the USAF to transit aircraft through, like A-10Cs and B-52Hs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:22 PM (2GVsD)

personal grooming in the comments

excellent

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 03:34 PM (YlWIZ)

289 Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations."

So no, nothing about us changing their regime.

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 03:34 PM (XuXeR)

290 275 Nancy Mace has come out against 'chemtrails'

they must be stopped!

damn, I thought she had some sense
Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026

Let the record stand I have always said she is a nut job. Because she is.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:34 PM (OoFl2)

291 245
"Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand."
_____

The Iranian people aren't liberated by degrading Iran's nuclear program. They're liberated by getting rid of the mullahs.

Regime change was an objective of this war until Trump realized that it would be hard

But hey, if you're content to have the mullahs in power, just say so.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:34 PM (+DwtS)

292 I've been to Malta twice. Amazing place, especially if you like history.

Couple of amazing sieges there. Mel Gibson is talking about doing a movie about the Crusader defense of Malta

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:34 PM (El6/E)

293 No one even knows what Malta is.

Is it Italy? Is it France? Is it Malta?

What?

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:35 PM (aTgV0)

294 I saw Forty Fucking Million Deutschmarks open for 50 Cent at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in '03.

Gary "US" Bonds was a bonus act

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:35 PM (El6/E)

295 damn, I thought she had some sense
Posted by: Don Black

She is emotionally damaged from sexual assault years ago and the video of her showing body off in a Congressional hearing on purpose was a sign that the cheese slipped off the cracker. I think she is unlikely to win the SC gubernatorial primary and will be increasingly unhinged in Congress as a lame duck. Auditioning like MTG and probably mASSIE soon for podcasts and low rated news shows on the right.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

296 Yet the all you hear is endless doomerism.

Old & Busted: Doom Scrolling.
New Hotness: Doom Trolling.

Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 03:35 PM (yB0MT)

297 290 Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations."

So no, nothing about us changing their regime.
Posted by: man
_____

What do you think "the hour of your freedom" refers to? The government not having a nuclear program?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:35 PM (+DwtS)

298 260 236
He didn't say regime change would necessarily occur, he didn't even talk about regime change.
Posted by: Red Turban

_____

Stop fucking lying. Read Trump's speech when he announced the beginning of the war. "Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand."

If that isn't about regime change, what the fuck is it?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (+DwtS)

I wasn't talking about Trump. You demanded a poster commit to predicting regime change as a result of the war because he stated that the IRGC rather than the mullahs were in charge.

You're literally not following conversations at all.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (okun6)

299 Wait... So a "judge" ruled Trump has to pay for PBS, and NPR ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (FtULh)

300 The problem with arguing with someone like Petey is he will interrogate you to hell with 100% self assurance and dick waving and then when he turns out to be PROVEN deadass wrong he just quietly disappears.

Yeah, I asked him to address my question in #205, but I guess he's run off.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)

301 "Control insurance and you control trade.
85% of the world’s trade moves by sea and nearly half of it is insured through the London market."
---

Make that WAS controlled by the Londonstan market.

Now controlled by the American market.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (xvV+O)

302 You know why we know almost nothing of Trump's actual plan in Iran?

Because of the same people who are complaining Trump has no plan--every one of them is a confirmed enemy of the US and will run to tell Iran if they actually knew what was going on.

The Obama people are in a fight for their lives.
They are facing real charges of treason and sedition.
Winning the midterms is their last hope.
And too many on the right are all too eager to help them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (HXT0k)

303 As for Trump talking about Iranians throwing off their IRGC masters, that'd be nice, but it's not something Trump can do by himself. That's Trump blustering and bluffing.
When Trump took Maduro, he didn't replace Maduro with the elected president-elect - much as some might wish he had. He just let Maduro's regime seconds-in-command take over. The Venezuelans will handle the rest.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (gKWVE)

304 Do we know that the pic with Noem's husband in ridiculously yuge boobs is real? Something like this could be easily faked.

2. If the pic is real, how much you wanna bet that Trump knew about it, and was a secret reason for firing her (he knew it would eventually come out)?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026

Because Noem has commented on it, and said the family was completely blindsided by it.
Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (OoFl2)
_______

Yea, I saw that statement. It was vague, though, on whether she was conceding the pics were legit, or just blindsided by the story itself.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

305 You know what you have to do, Kristi. To uphold your sacred honor."

I dunno. Playboy?
Posted by: man


Juggs.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (9E5Ho)

306 If the pic is real, how much you wanna bet that Trump knew about it, and was a secret reason for firing her (he knew it would eventually come out)?

Or, it was a goof, not a lifestyle. Like Trudeau's blackface.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (El6/E)

307 It took HMS Dragon over 3 weeks to limp into a Cretan harbor. The Brits have "borrowed" a German warship, and the French covered the UK's ass in the eastern Med.

Pathetic.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (rj6Yv)

308 298 290 Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations."

So no, nothing about us changing their regime.
Posted by: man
_____

What do you think "the hour of your freedom" refers to? The government not having a nuclear program?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:35 PM (+DwtS)

That's an incitement to revolt. Read until the end.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (okun6)

309 Now to reprogram all the US GPS satellites to recognize the Prime Merdian runs through New Orleans.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (2GVsD)

310 She's pretty and all but not that pretty that you can overlook the psychopathy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 31, 2026 03:28 PM (XV/Pl)

She's not ugly. But she is kinda ridiculous, like an overmakeuped pageant girl. It's not a great look.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (9FEtL)

311 TBF Article 5 was enacted on behalf of…the United States in 2001.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (z/ZK2)

312 When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations."

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (XuXeR)

313 #308 Cypriot harbor, not Cretan.

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (rj6Yv)

314 310 Now to reprogram all the US GPS satellites to recognize the Prime Merdian runs through New Orleans.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (2GVsD)

90 degrees is the Prime Meridian?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (z/ZK2)

315 Because of the same people who are complaining Trump has no plan--every one of them is a confirmed enemy of the US and will run to tell Iran if they actually knew what was going on

Yeah every time the left yells "TRUMP HAS NO PLAN" I know that means "HE WON'T TELL US HIS PLANS, DAMMIT!!"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:38 PM (El6/E)

316 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:36 PM (okun6)

Not to put too fine a point on it but he's demanding predictions and sides and literally has shown he will just turn tail when reality doesn't go his way.

But he WILL come back without an ounce of contrition when he thinks he has you on something else. So there's that.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:38 PM (eBwIO)

317 The Iranian people aren't liberated by degrading Iran's nuclear program. They're liberated by getting rid of the mullahs.

We've killed several, if it makes you feel better.

Posted by: Military Moron at March 31, 2026 03:38 PM (JCZqz)

318 Yeah, I asked him to address my question in #205, but I guess he's run off.

TBF, I've been in his position, where I'm the only one arguing a side, and you can't keep up with the rejoinders. The difference is that I do my best, but don't call other people neocons or something similarly retarded.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:38 PM (Riz8t)

319 whew this Iran thing - years of wasting tax dollars with no progress ...

oh wait

that's not at all what's happening

Posted by: BlackOrchid(j+aD2) at March 31, 2026 03:39 PM (j+aD2)

320 HMS Dragon is one of only two Royal Navy destroyers capable of deployment. Only one Astute class fast attack sub is ready for duty. HMS Prince of Wales is 'ready' for deployment but there are not enough escort ships.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:39 PM (2GVsD)

321 Yea, I saw that statement. It was vague, though, on whether she was conceding the pics were legit, or just blindsided by the story itself.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026

Oh my gosh you are such a lawyer sometimes. She asked for privacy and prayers. If there was a question on the legitimacy, she would not be saying this.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:39 PM (OoFl2)

322 Stop fucking lying. Read Trump's speech when he announced the beginning of the war. "Finally, to the great proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand."

If that isn't about regime change, what the fuck is it?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:31 PM (+DwtS)
==================
Obviously, it is about regime change, if so desired by the Persians.

What it does not say is that America is going to implement or even cause regime change.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 31, 2026 03:39 PM (adwAx)

323 "85% of the world’s trade moves by sea and nearly half of it is insured through the London market."

I'm calling bullshit on both these numbers

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

324 What do you think "the hour of your freedom" refers to? The government not having a nuclear program?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:35 PM (+DwtS)

That's an incitement to revolt. Read until the end.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (okun6)

If Masturbatin Pete had his way. The United States would be a whiny, toothless country (but he’d be VERY HAPPY if the government pointed its guns at US) and be more isolated than Albania under Hoxha.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:39 PM (z/ZK2)

325 That's an incitement to revolt. Read until the end.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

To quote Paul Simon,

"A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
La La La La La"

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

326 But you're not going to be pissed because you'll never get pissed at Trump. You'll always talk yourself into believing that his farts smell great.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (+DwtS)

Im pissed at Trump for playing nice with Xi. Letting in 600,000 students from the CCP....aka spies.

Im pissed he hasn't nuked the H1-B visa program.

Im pissed about the tariffs on automobiles since I drive two European vehicles.

There's plenty I don't agree with Trump on. I can't stand his voice and accent. Can't watch his speeches because they give me headaches.

But even with all that... hes not a mouth breathing dead brained drooling Uncle Bernie that you outright fucking evil leftist foisted on us. He's infinitely better than anyone on your side because while he might be a narcissistic ass (and what politician isnt)... he at least devotes his efforts to improving the American condition. After all of the shit hes been through legally and mortally... he doesn't need to do this.

Posted by: Defenestratus at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (gZLU7)

327 318 The Iranian people aren't liberated by degrading Iran's nuclear program. They're liberated by getting rid of the mullahs.

We've killed several, if it makes you feel better.
Posted by: Military Moron
_____

"Yeah there's a mullah in power but we killed a bunch of his predecessors so that means there's no mullah in power"

Do you believe that shit?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (+DwtS)

328
But hey, if you're content to have the mullahs in power, just say so.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:34 PM (+DwtS)



Name a mullah that's actively calling shots and is in control of Iran.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (Zz0t1)

329 Take the Prime Meridian away from England. If we are going to take the ship insurance, we might as well take the Prime Meridian.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (2GVsD)

330 324 "85% of the world’s trade moves by sea and nearly half of it is insured through the London market."

I'm calling bullshit on both these numbers
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 31, 2026 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

I’m not on the 85%. Ocean going trade is insanely huge. Frankly I think that’s low balling it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (z/ZK2)

331 The woke right is that liike the left, only wearing a right skinsuit?

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (pDt9x)

332 The problem with arguing with someone like Petey is he will interrogate you to hell with 100% self assurance and dick waving and then when he turns out to be PROVEN deadass wrong he just quietly disappears.

The worst kind of time wasting shit. But he loves his mirror.
Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:33 PM (eBwIO)
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It's gotta be exhausting being 150% correct all the time, with ideas of such scintillating brilliance that no one here, least of all ace himself, will ever be able to comprehend them within the lifetime of the known universe.

No wonder he takes a break.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (ESVrU)

333 Of course it's about regime change, dum dum.

Posted by: eleven at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (aTgV0)

334 The obvious reason for UK, France, and Spain to not want to support the US is the fact that there are so many Muslims in those places always ready to riot and try to take over.

When Europe falls to Islam, I will shed tears only for the beautiful Christians, however few there are.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (qFwJc)

335 "Sooo…Kristi Noem’s husband is cross dressing freak. Wow. This is so amazingly embarrassing and degrading."
Posted by: Piper

Easy resolution ... Kristi knows how to deal with "bad dogs".

Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (vbXSk)

336 🥳

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (YlWIZ)

337 HMS Dragon is one of only two Royal Navy destroyers capable of deployment. Only one Astute class fast attack sub is ready for duty. HMS Prince of Wales is 'ready' for deployment but there are not enough escort ships.

Mark Felton has a really good summary of the pathetic state of Britain's navy. It's...appalling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gru2EDJvj9Q

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (Riz8t)

338 the Meridian of Trump?

Posted by: gKWVE at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (gKWVE)

339 Take the Prime Meridian away from England. If we are going to take the ship insurance, we might as well take the Prime Meridian.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (2GVsD)

Rename it "The Prime 'Murican"

Posted by: Josephistan at March 31, 2026 03:41 PM (FLx59)

340 325
If Masturbatin Pete had his way. The United States would be a whiny, toothless country (but he’d be VERY HAPPY if the government pointed its guns at US) and be more isolated than Albania under Hoxha.
Posted by: Cow Demon
_____

We are whiny and toothless. We whine about Europe not going along with our war. We don't have the teeth to do regime change or keep the Strait of Hormuz open


And you're fine with this

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (+DwtS)

341 We should defund federal judges, they are getting enough money under the table anyway.

Posted by: Case at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (pvf3X)

342 327 But you're not going to be pissed because you'll never get pissed at Trump. You'll always talk yourself into believing that his farts smell great.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (+DwtS)

If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.

Posted by: Mao at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (z/ZK2)

343 Trump has already floated the first part so I'll let him figure out that part. The second part is about spreading the risks and rewards among willing participants and shouldn't cost us anything.
Posted by: Oddbob

Insurance, when done right, is great business. Not a single insurer went out of business during the Depression

Posted by: MkY at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (q6tQZ)

344 I want to slap anyone who screeches that Candidate Trump said no more wars.

Stuff changes. Even I can see this. The fact that Iran shot a 4000km missile longer than people thought should clear this right up. A ballistic missile that could have hit Paris, London, Berlin and Rome.

THEY LIE! IT IS THEIR religion to lie!

But! Ohhh! You are in the Situation Room. You know stuff. Trump said he wouldn't do this! High dudgeon of despair!

Yesterday on either the UK DM or NY Post a freaking STRIPPER in San Diego said!!!! that Marines were dreading going to Iran.

I know when my sources are STRIPPERS it shall be believed and engraved in stone.

On top of everything with stubbornly ordering a blouse for 2hrs of my valuable time, a beetle got in the house and my husband had to kill it. This was not planned anymore than the Iran ballistic missile, but we took care of it. Otherwise I would have been freaking out by bedtime.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (WONhk)

345 Don't pretend the issue is overflights. You're pissed that they won't join the shooting part of this dumbass war
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:58 PM (+DwtS)

How does it feel driving off the cliff? Does the bottom come at you fast or does everything look slo mo?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (g8Ew8)

346 NOOD Oh, Canada

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (SlGTd)

347 The strait is quite open.

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (XuXeR)

348 We are whiny and toothless. We whine about Europe not going along with our war. We don't have the teeth to do regime change or keep the Strait of Hormuz open


And you're fine with this
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (+DwtS)
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So you want us to go do MOAR WAR because we're not doin' enough of it.

And in the same argument call OTHER people neocons?

Can I buy some of what you're smoking?

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (oqH4h)

349 TBF, I've been in his position, where I'm the only one arguing a side, and you can't keep up with the rejoinders.
Posted by: Archimedes


I keep telling you, that lever thing is never going to work!!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (El6/E)

350 I have it on very good authority that H1-B visas will be a casualty of AI.

Seriously. AI is so good that we simply don't need as many entry-level engineers anymore.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (qFwJc)

351 Okay, Noem's husband is top news at Kos.

Bless him for this covert operation to take the heat off of President Trump and distract the lefties from the war.

That's it. That's what happened.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (Sco7b)

352 301

Yeah, I asked him to address my question in #205, but I guess he's run off.
Posted by: Archimedes
______

I'm dealing with a lot of Trump fellating Neocon here, you'll have to wait you're turn. I assure you I'm not ignoring you because you've stumped me.

What's your question?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (+DwtS)

353 Now to reprogram all the US GPS satellites to recognize the Prime Merdian runs through New Orleans.
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM (2GVsD)

90 degrees is the Prime Meridian?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:37 PM


I got an idea, reprogram everything to have the prime meridian run through, get this.....meridian, MS. That will fvck with everybody.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (0N4FZ)

354 The "Europe is lost", "The UK is lost", "France is lost", "The Muslims are on the march", etc., is cute, and not accurate. What's going to happen in "Europe" is something that will be quite brutal and thorough, I'm thinking. Enoch Powell lies a moldering in his grave ..

Posted by: mrp at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (rj6Yv)

355 Meanwhile, The Spectator, rapidly traveling down the road The Economist has already traveled:

The markets have stopped listening to Donald Trump

That's why the Dow is up 900 points. /s

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (n1OCj)

356 We are whiny and toothless. We whine about Europe not going along with our war. We don't have the teeth to do regime change or keep the Strait of Hormuz open


And you're fine with this
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (+DwtS)

No, we bitch about ingratitude. That is a different thing, but I do not expect someone like you who steadfastly refuses to study history to understand that. Pray tell, how is having the ability to project power (which fills you with embarrassment and deep, intense shame) whiny and toothless. With that, the will and ability to USE said power projection?

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (z/ZK2)

357 The failure of Iranians to rise is the most foreboding thing about this whole adventure. Yes, I understand that much of the prominent opposition figures have been slaughtered, and that they are unarmed, and disorganized.

Even so, with a despotic elite on the ropes, I'd expect a lot more disorganized, spontaneous, poorly armed mass violence against regime officials and assets than we're seeing.

This leads to me to suspect that popular support for the regime, even if it's still a minority position, is *much* higher than we've been led to believe - high enough to dissuade their anti-regime neighbors from acting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (BI5O2)

358 Meh this troll is easy to ignore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)

359 Elric and others.

From Maritime London-City of London's website,

"London is the world’s leading centre for marine insurance, including P&I. Physical risk in shipping arises from shipping operations, cargo loss or damage as well as shipbuilding and London provides a solid infrastructure for the insurance of these risks. Whether placed through Lloyd’s of London or company members of the International Underwriting Association (IUA), London insurers are able to handle the insurance needs of the shipping community. Cover provided includes hull insurance, war risk insurance, loss of profit/freight insurance, detention insurance, strike insurance or uninsured legal expenses (defence) cover.

London currently has the largest share – around a third – of the global insurance market, ahead of the USA, Japan, Germany and France. In 2013, it was worth £5.9bn. (Source: London Matters: The competitive position of the London Insurance Market, 2014). P&I clubs continue to provide the majority share of the world’s shipping fleet with insurance cover against legal liabilities to third parties."

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

360 >>We don't have the teeth to do regime change or keep the Strait of Hormuz open

You keep saying that and people keep asking you over and over what mullahs are you talking about because appear to be undead. So specifically, which mullahs are still running Iran?

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (viF8m)

361 349
So you want us to go do MOAR WAR because we're not doin' enough of it.

And in the same argument call OTHER people neocons?

Can I buy some of what you're smoking?
Posted by: ballistic
________

IF we are going to do a war, we need to do it the whole way.

I think this war is a bad idea. But if we're doing it, we need to do it right.

My preferences, in order: 1. No war. 2. War that we fight with our while ass. 3. This half-ass war.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (+DwtS)

362 Does that explain Noems fascination with the tranny lobby? It was her husband all along???

Probably not but it's nice to dream she's just a devoted wife not a Big GOPe Dummy.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (eBwIO)

363 This leads to me to suspect that popular support for the regime, even if it's still a minority position, is *much* higher than we've been led to believe - high enough to dissuade their anti-regime neighbors from acting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 03:44 PM (BI5O2)
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Has the Shah called for that yet?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (RIvkX)

364 I keep telling you, that lever thing is never going to work!!!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 03:43 PM (El6/E)

I am trying to think of a good insult involving the Roman Legions and Archimedes screw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (zZu0s)

365 You should be pissed that Trump is about to end this war the mullahs still in power, and with a new revenue source: tolls on tankers.

But you're not going to be pissed because you'll never get pissed at Trump. You'll always talk yourself into believing that his farts smell great.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:27 PM (+DwtS)
==
Actually, that won't be the ending regardless. The regime part was always a problem - because we aren't going to invade. The hope was the people take care of that and or someone comes in charge that we can deal with who makes them less radical.

I'm sure we'd love to find the processed uranium - am hopeful Israel knows where to look for it. Their ability to launch a nuke has certainly been degraded and their proxy network has been degraded.

There is a chance that we are unable to account for the uranium, meaning a dirty bomb scenario comes into play.

You'd have a better argument if you didn't assume what you hopes happens will. And if you think this board can't take issue with Trump, you haven't been here that long.

Posted by: Black JEM at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (GZYu7)

366 361 >>We don't have the teeth to do regime change or keep the Strait of Hormuz open

You keep saying that and people keep asking you over and over what mullahs are you talking about because appear to be undead. So specifically, which mullahs are still running Iran?
Posted by: JackStraw
______

I don't know their names, ok? Why is that important?

The problem is that a hostile government is still running Iran.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (+DwtS)

367 hobo humpin slobo babe

Posted by: Desinex at March 31, 2026 03:48 PM (jrgJz)

368 That's why the Dow is up 900 points. /s
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Reverse Trump curse.

The truth is that these 'journalists' no longer actually do anything other than print tips from their buddies and press releases. And their editors are there to make sure that the publisher's desired outlook is printed, not any sort of objective truth.

Coverage of the Ukraine war pretty much indicated Euro media is as much globo homo as the US and of course the authoritarian regimes in the world lie as they breathe.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (E4rtv)

369 Yeah, I asked him to address my question in #205, but I guess he's run off.
Posted by: Archimedes

See - Petey has you pegged too.

After all, the biggest "Trump fellator" on the board --- Ar chi me des

(you had to be there)

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 03:49 PM (eBwIO)

370 194 "Kristi Noem’s husband is a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake bre*sts and pink hotpants to chat with online f*tish models."

How exactly did we end up with an "upper class" that mostly seem to be the sort of demented weirdos that regular people dont even expect to find in dive bars?

Posted by: Azjaeger at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (PUrHv)

371 I don't know their names, ok? Why is that important?

The problem is that a hostile government is still running Iran.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:47 PM (+DwtS)

The same way that Ceaucescu was running Romania on 22 December 1989, perhaps. Romania…forget it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:50 PM (nqStX)

372 You'd have a better argument if you didn't assume what you hopes happens will. And if you think this board can't take issue with Trump, you haven't been here that long.
Posted by: Black JEM
=========
He has been around for years and is just an Never Trumper of old. Never got over it and returns whenever he thinks he can drop a deuce here by insisting with mathematical precision that there must have been a second key to the refrigerator holding the strawberries.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

373 Meh this troll is easy to ignore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 31, 2026 03:45 PM (RIvkX)

Thought experiment: what troll would be impossible to ignore?

My guess: one who, amid his trollery also linked pictures of large breasted women.

So, Ben Shapiro.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

374 Nood. Death Camp Canada.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (zZu0s)

375 371
The same way that Ceaucescu was running Romania on 22 December 1989, perhaps. Romania…forget it.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Hey if you're confident that Iran's government will fall tomorrow, we can come back on Thursday and see if you're right.

I'm game. How about you?

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (+DwtS)

376 To deter Russian aggression in Europe.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:55 PM


A mission which ended in 1991.

Putin doesn't give a shit about Europe. I mean, aside from the part where they send him a lot of money because oil is zero carbon if you can't see it being extracted or refined.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (2ocoG)

377 >> don't know their names, ok? Why is that important?


Because your entire argument is based on the assertion that they are still in charge of Iran. If they were it should easy to name at least one.

If you've been following this war at all you know that Trump and his team have been saying for the last week they don't know who to negotiate with because so much of the leadership is dead. The only one who appears to be negotiating is the Speaker and he is not a mullah.

If you watched Venezuela, which is not unrelated to this incident since Hezbollah was running wild in Venezuela with Iranian backing, Trump left some of the leadership in charge and under US control. That might be what happens here, temporarily, if a deal can be reached to make sure the country doesn't turn into post war Iraq which was a disaster because we took down the entire government and got ISIS instead.

The US and Israelis have obliterated Iran's navy, air force and almost all of their missiles. The GCC are on our side. I expect some coalition will be put in charge of a now neutered Iran. And that will end nearly 50 years of terror. Yea, I'm in favor of that.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (viF8m)

378

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (+DwtS)
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how much time do you spend masturbating during an average day?

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 03:54 PM (ZxPkt)

379 How exactly did we end up with an "upper class" that mostly seem to be the sort of demented weirdos that regular people dont even expect to find in dive bars?
Posted by: Azjaeger
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Because wealthy and powerful people, once their primary needs with generational wealth are satisfied, they often turn toward the weird, bizarre, or deviant to get their jollies. Or they turn to a lifelong desire to exercise power over who they regard as peasants.

Been that way since civilization was created and enough surplus existed that these ruling class people did not starve to death or be killed by being f*ckin weirdos and parasites.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (E4rtv)

380 376 To deter Russian aggression in Europe.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:55 PM

A mission which ended in 1991.

Posted by: Ian S.
_______

I'm very open to the idea that NATO is no longer useful and can be wound down.

But I reject these complaints that NATO isn't doing something that it was never meant to do: follow the U.S. into a Mideast war.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:55 PM (+DwtS)

381 Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:05 PM (+DwtS)

I see it's your turn. The people you are arguing with finally got the Holy War they have always wanted. Let them have it, good and hard.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (CQ3Qb)

382 H1B isn't just entry level. Over the past 30 years Indians have taken over entire it departments. From the CIO down it’s nothing but h1bs in many companies.

Google and Microsoft CEOs were h1bs when they came here.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (0TtYd)

383 Its funny that the people who have fucked up foreign policy for decades are all upset at a guy trying something different that works


Cry harder carrot snapper

Posted by: melodicmetal at March 31, 2026 03:58 PM (RiVE/)

384 My preferences, in order: 1. No war. 2. War that we fight with our while ass. 3. This half-ass war.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (+DwtS)

1. You are a wimp. 2. You take everything for granted.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (nqStX)

385 377
I expect some coalition will be put in charge of a now neutered Iran. And that will end nearly 50 years of terror. Yea, I'm in favor of that.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Okay bro, we'll find out soon enough.

My position is that Iran will continue to be run by an anti-American government that oppresses is people. Whether it's a mullah, a sultan, a dictator or a Board of Learned Goatfuckers, as long as they're chanting "Death to America" it really doesn't make a difference.

If you think there's a meaningful difference, I'd love to hear why.

The point is that Trump is doing what America always does: leaving the job undone. But in this case worse, because the tax on the strait of Hormuz is going to hurt the global economy, and that includes us.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (+DwtS)

386 384 My preferences, in order: 1. No war. 2. War that we fight with our while ass. 3. This half-ass war.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:46 PM (+DwtS)

1. You are a wimp. 2. You take everything for granted.
Posted by: Cow Demon
____

Yeah well you talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (+DwtS)

387 Because Noem has commented on it, and said the family was completely blindsided by it.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 03:30 PM (OoFl2)

Noem is next to resign, Mossad gets in front of it. What else have they kept in their back pocket on everyone else? So righteous.

Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 31, 2026 04:00 PM (CQ3Qb)

388 T I see it's your turn. The people you are arguing with finally got the Holy War they have always wanted. Let them have it, good and hard.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (CQ3Qb)

Another wimp.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 04:01 PM (nqStX)

389 Hysterical.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 04:06 PM (eBwIO)

390 Pete, you sound like we've lost this conflict.

What makes you so sure we are leaving things undone?

What evidence has THIS ADMINISTRATION shown that they will tuck and run? Where the fuck are you getting your news from, Reddit?

Jesus dude get a hobby

Posted by: melodicmetal at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (RiVE/)

391 390
What evidence has THIS ADMINISTRATION shown that they will tuck and run? Where the fuck are you getting your news from, Reddit?
Jesus dude get a hobby
Posted by: melodicmetal
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All I have to do is listen to Trump to hear that he's looking to wind this down. I know I know Colin you can take him literally but you have to take him seriously and art of the deal and blah blah blah. But Trump obviously wants this to be over. And if it ends in its current state, then there really is unfinished business.

As for history I look to the strike on Iran last summer. I have no way to judge whether they were actually successful because I don't have access to that intelligence. Nobody does. But I know that after being told that we totally obliterated their nuclear program, 9 months later we're told that they've got their nuclear program back. So we do have recent history of leaving the job undone.

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 04:11 PM (+DwtS)

392 Sooo…Kristi Noem’s husband is cross dressing freak. Wow. This is so amazingly embarrassing and degrading.

Posted by: Piper at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (OoFl2)

Where'd you see that?! Also, it's not a surprise that this is coming out after she left SD. They're not very "tolerant" over there.

Posted by: pookysgirl spends a lot of time in SD at March 31, 2026 04:11 PM (Wt5PA)

393 the bad guys have no agency and it's actually our fault

To be fair, the bad guys don't believe they have any agency either. Nothing in their religio-political system allows them to take responsibility for anything.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 31, 2026 04:16 PM (a+4eV)

394 Is Trump shifting the Overton Window to suggest that whoever can control the Strait -- like America -- should control the Strait?
--

Not likely, but he is a clever fellow.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 04:26 PM (ZwdAr)

395 My position is that Iran will continue to be run by an anti-American government that oppresses is people. Whether it's a mullah, a sultan, a dictator or a Board of Learned Goatfuckers, as long as they're chanting "Death to America" it really doesn't make a difference.

If you think there's a meaningful difference, I'd love to hear why.

The point is that Trump is doing what America always does: leaving the job undone. But in this case worse, because the tax on the strait of Hormuz is going to hurt the global economy, and that includes us.
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:59 PM (+DwtS)

Wrong on all counts. When Iran gets a new government that is favorable to being civilized, you’ll never show up here again.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 04:32 PM (z/ZK2)

396 Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 04:11 PM (+DwtS)

Why are you so out of joint right now? Sounds like you want the end scenario to match your doomsaying so you can say you were right.

I have no use for people like that.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:35 PM (V4IXI)

397 The woke right is that liike the left, only wearing a right skinsuit?
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 03:40 PM (pDt9x)


The woke right is the abused child who grows up to be an abuser, because that is where the child learned power is achieved.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (rbvCR)

398 Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (CQ3Qb)

Aw you're such a victim.

What a pussy.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at March 31, 2026 04:38 PM (V4IXI)

399 Wrong on all counts. When Iran gets a new government that is favorable to being civilized, you’ll never show up here again.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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I've been here for 23 years. I'm not going anywhere.

Time will tell but you would do well to prepare for the possibility that this war ends with chants of "death to America," in Terhan, even if Trump declares this to be a tremendous victory the best victory, no one has victories like this

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (+DwtS)

400 Islamic Europe is not our ally.

Posted by: Wofus at March 31, 2026 05:21 PM (CNa+A)

401 400 Islamic Europe is not our ally.
Posted by: Wofus at March 31, 2026 05:21 PM (CNa+A)

Bosnia is not part of this.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 05:23 PM (hJH5n)

402 I've been here for 23 years. I'm not going anywhere.

Time will tell but you would do well to prepare for the possibility that this war ends with chants of "death to America," in Terhan, even if Trump declares this to be a tremendous victory the best victory, no one has victories like this
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 04:39 PM (+DwtS)

23 years at least you have been a selfish, ungrateful asshole. Since you were clearly raised by wolves, you’d do well to embrace some home truths:
1) freedom is not free.
2) your idiotic way of thinking can be found under the USS Arizona.
3) the only regret I have about this op was that it didn’t happen on 5 Nov 1979. But, like you, Peanut Jimmuh was a wimp.
4) just because you are a wimp doesn’t mean the rest of us aspire to be.
5) better for us to project power than others.
6) kiss my ass on November 11.

Posted by: Cow Demon at March 31, 2026 05:30 PM (hJH5n)

403 "An alliance is like a contract between nations; it either provides reciprocal advantage to both parties, or it's repudiated."

Nice shot at NATO. Very impressive.

Now do Israel.

Posted by: Lord of the Fleas at March 31, 2026 05:42 PM (NKKu+)

404 I haven't seen an ass kicking as thorough as ol' Masturbator Petey in a looong time. Good job morons.

Posted by: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot at March 31, 2026 06:01 PM (YY+q/)

405 Here is what I heard - Iran built tunnels under the strait of Hormuz. Using the tunnel, Iran could release mines or even launch teams of divers with demolition charges.

These tunnels were extremely hard to detect. Except - the U.S. figured out how to detect them, and demolished and flooded the tunnels. They are keeping how they did this very quiet - but it involved advanced sonar and satellites.

So, trump saying other nations should patrol - no other nation had the ability to deal with the tunnels. Hence any ship patrolling was a high risk of getting sunk. That was why every other nation declined to do it. I think Trump was just sticking it to the rest of the world.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 07:14 PM (D7v4F)

406 available real estate. It's takeable. Anyone with courage can have it.

in addition to the straights of hormuz, other "takeable" available real estate includes, but not limited to:

-Mars
-the Moon
-Greenland
-Alberta
-Cuba

LFG! plant The Flag!
Posted by: AltonJackson at March 31, 2026 02:57 PM (tljrc)

****
What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Diego Garcia at March 31, 2026 07:16 PM (KtOUo)

407 Honestly, I don't give a shit who runs Iran, if they stop funding terrorism, stop building rockets and nukes.

beyond that they can do whatever they want.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 07:17 PM (D7v4F)

408 On top of everything with stubbornly ordering a blouse for 2hrs of my valuable time, a beetle got in the house and my husband had to kill it. This was not planned anymore than the Iran ballistic missile, but we took care of it. Otherwise I would have been freaking out by bedtime.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 31, 2026 03:42 PM (WONhk
****
We are sewer roaches. We can get in any time we want.

Posted by: Sewer Roaches at March 31, 2026 07:27 PM (KtOUo)

409 Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 02:52 PM (+DwtS)

Oh, it's a DEFENSIVE alliance, eh?

So why in the blue fuck were we involved in Allied Force and Odyssey Dawn? Neither of those conflicts involved a NATO country that was attacked. The Euros couldn't solve either problem and went to the UNITED STATES to fix their shit for them.

The Balkans should have been the first actual indication that NATO--and specifically, the faggots in western Europe--weren't really capable of doing diddly squat without the Americans to hold their decrepit, liver-spotted hands. Now they can prepare to bend over and have Achmed ram them up the ass while they bow towards Mecca.

Time to cut anyone loose that can't play ball. I'm fine with keeping eastern Euros around because they at least have skin in the game. Western Europe just sees them as a meat shield and its time the former Warsaw Pact countries realized that.

Posted by: Factory Working Orphan at March 31, 2026 07:45 PM (FNuHY)

410 I see it's your turn. The people you are arguing with finally got the Holy War they have always wanted. Let them have it, good and hard.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at March 31, 2026 03:56 PM (CQ3Qb)

Sorry your Basij allies are getting pasted.

Posted by: Factory Working Orphan at March 31, 2026 07:52 PM (FNuHY)

411 Hey if you're confident that Iran's government will fall tomorrow, we can come back on Thursday and see if you're right.

I'm game. How about you?
Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at March 31, 2026 03:53 PM (+DwtS)

"hey man you need to prove that your view is valid to me based on my own criteria and working within an arbitrary frame that I set up that a priori rules your viewpoint can't do huh hahaha well guess I win again"

Posted by: Factory Working Orphan at March 31, 2026 07:55 PM (FNuHY)

Providence Mayor Calls Mural Showing Face of Slaughtered Iryna Zarutska "Divisive," Wants It Taken Down

He wants the mural destroyed. He does not want to say her name.


The mayor of Rhode Island's capital city is calling for a mural reportedly backed by Elon Musk to honor Iryna Zarutska --the Ukrainian woman whose brutal murder while riding a North Carolina train prompted calls for harsher punishment for career criminals -- to be taken down.

The mural, located on the exterior of The Dark Lady, an LGBTQ+ club in downtown Providence, remains incomplete, WJAR-TV reported.

The office of Mayor Brett Smiley told the news outlet that he wants the artwork taken down.

"The murder of the individual depicted in this mural was a devastating tragedy, but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the county is divisive and does not represent Providence," Smiley said in a statement.

He said he continues to "encourage our community to support local artists whose work brings us closer together rather than divide us."

Did he call for the George Floyd murals to be obliterated as well?

Of course not.

...

Zarutska, a 23-year-old refugee who fled her country after the Russian invasion, was brutally stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack while riding the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte, NC, last year.

The suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is charged with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death, which is a capital offense under federal law.

...

Zarutska's death prompted questions about soft on crime policies adopted by many Democratic-run cities. President Donald Trump spotlighted the killing during his State of the Union address last month.

...

"Iryna was riding home on the train when a deranged monster, who had been arrested over a dozen times and was released through no-cash bail, stood up and viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body," Trump said.

"She had escaped a brutal war only to be slain by a hardened criminal set free to kill in America," he added. "Ms. Zarutska, tonight I promise you we will secure justice for your magnificent daughter."

It's pretty explicit that white lives don't matter to the left. "Reparations" include the right of "oppressed minorities" to beat and kill white people with little consequence.

It's also clear that the Regime that murdered Iryna by letting this psychopath out of jail dozens of times will brook absolutely no criticism of their murderous policies. Iryna is not just a reminder that white lives matter too, askshually. It's a reminder that the psycho-left's policies cause butchery and rape. But the psycho-left will use any tool of oppression to halt any argument or simple fact that might undermine their headlong drive to inflict authoritarian Marxism with a nasty racist twist on the country.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:35 PM




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1 Types deletes

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 31, 2026 01:36 PM (u73oe)

2 It's pretty explicit that white lives don't matter to the left. "Reparations" include the right of "oppressed minorities" to beat and kill white people with little consequence.

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If Iryana had been murdered by a white man, they'd love the murals.

It's not the victim, it's the perpetrator.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:36 PM (bcF3R)

3
ESPONJA!!11!!1!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 31, 2026 01:37 PM (tljrc)

4 We know why, Brett. Just say it, coward.

Posted by: huerfano at March 31, 2026 01:37 PM (98kQX)

5 If it's on a private building, I doubt it matters what Smiley wants.

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 01:37 PM (lCppi)

6 Homo mayor say what??

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (pDt9x)

7 People, children in school! were punished for saying "all lives matters"...we were in the dark times my friends...

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (GD0B3)

8 A quick search and one finds out that, of course, this male mayor has…. A husband. He’s gay… of course, how shocking

His desire to remove the mural is disgusting

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (xT8gx)

9 It's not like Rhode Island is a real place anyway.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (xcxpd)

10 9 It's not like Rhode Island is a real place anyway.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (xcxpd)

Said on an earlier thread it is Munchkinland. Its’ mayor weighed in.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:40 PM (pDt9x)

11 Reparations? How about reparations for the church after Mahometan conquest of the Holy Land and North Africa ? Reparations? How about reparations for the looting of the church in England and Europe during the Reformation?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at March 31, 2026 01:40 PM (YlWIZ)

12 Math with fractions is divisive...or is it divisible?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:40 PM (ynpvh)

13 but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the county is divisive and does not represent Providence


But murder does.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 01:40 PM (9E5Ho)

14 Homo mayor say what??
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (pDt9x)


All exterior murals should depict a man enjoying the attentions of one, or more, other men. Obviously. -- Mayor Smiley

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

15 They don't have a problem with things being divisive. Pride flags are divisive. BLM riots were divisive. #MeToo was divisive. "No Kings" stupidity is divisive. They lustfully and gleefully invite all that. Divisive is not the problem.

Promoting something they want suppressed is the issue, not divisiveness.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 01:41 PM (El6/E)

16 2 It's pretty explicit that white lives don't matter to the left. "Reparations" include the right of "oppressed minorities" to beat and kill white people with little consequence.

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If Iryana had been murdered by a white man, they'd love the murals.

It's not the victim, it's the perpetrator.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:36 PM (bcF3R)

St. George Floyd of Fent...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:41 PM (ynpvh)

17 In happier news, Hilaria Baldwin showed off her new belly-button piercing while posing in swimsuits during her spring break vacation at an undisclosed beach location.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at March 31, 2026 01:42 PM (0sNs1)

18 OF COURSE. If it pulls the heartstrings and makes people think BADTHOUGHT rightwing thoughts, it's "divisive".

But if you want to glorify an overdosing criminal who held a pregnant woman at gunpoint in order to encourage riots and multiple murders, that's not divisive at all.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 01:42 PM (N1DT3)

19 14 Homo mayor say what??
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (pDt9x)

All exterior murals should depict a man enjoying the attentions of one, or more, other men. Obviously. -- Mayor Smiley

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)

He was looking for the local gloryhole...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:42 PM (ynpvh)

20 That mayor is a monster.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2026 01:43 PM (LHPAg)

21 Every word absolutely true Ace.

they're not gonna be happy until wypipo are a minority who can be enslaved and abused.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 01:43 PM (MIIRH)

22 It's probably a nice mural.
I hope good-hearted snipers are protecting it.

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 01:43 PM (Sco7b)

23 We must not tolerate divisiveness! Divisiveness is evil.

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 01:43 PM (2ap+5)

24 The irony is that white single women are the biggest supporters of people who shrug when white women are murdered.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:43 PM (tZs6V)

25
Some people did something.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 31, 2026 01:43 PM (n7rxJ)

26 If the Left didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 31, 2026 01:44 PM (MNCvZ)

27 Math with fractions is divisive...or is it divisible?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:40 PM


This is a discussion that could go on infinitely.

Posted by: Zero in the denominator at March 31, 2026 01:44 PM (0sNs1)

28 Floyd overdosed on drugs he swallowed so as not to be further prosecuted for drug charges. His neck was not compressed. It was suicide by overdose.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:44 PM (ynpvh)

29 >>> Floyd was killed by police who were paid by more taxes
I don't want my taxes to be used for adjudicated murder.
I hold the police to a much higher standard of behavior than a schizophrenic mentally ill man. Do you ?

The mural holds the politicians and their "decarceration" policies to a higher standard. Don't you agree that politicians who create a policy should be held to a higher standard than beat cops making spur of the moment decisions?

You're so fucking tedious and queer. Get the fuck out of here.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 01:44 PM (1wjle)

30 The irony is that white single women are the biggest supporters of people who shrug when white women are murdered.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:43 PM (tZs6V)


It'll never happen to me. The 'A' sees to that. -- AWFLs

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)

31 26 If the Left didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at March 31, 2026 01:44 PM (MNCvZ)

I thought they had no standards...they act amorally.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (ynpvh)

32 A story, possibly apocryphal, said that Irina had a Black Lives Matter poster hanging on the wall of her apartment. Ironic, if true.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (pDt9x)

33 You think this mayor would lose a minute of sleep over sending whites to death camps?

It’s coming sooner than you think.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (tZs6V)

34 Guess the conversion didn't stick:
------------------
Key details of his faith journey include:

Conversion: He converted to Judaism for himself to have a stronger spiritual and moral foundation.

Posted by: beckster at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (kX27y)

35 [Troll droppings deleted. [CBD]]

I didn't know the police jabbed him full of fentanyl and then overworked his heart for 20 years.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)

36 Floyd overdosed on drugs he swallowed so as not to be further prosecuted for drug charges. His neck was not compressed. It was suicide by overdose.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:44 PM (ynpvh)


Shhhhh. Shhhh. You cannot introduce facts to a leftist. They cannot assimilate them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:46 PM (ExV1e)

37 Remember that twit eatlier this year

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 31, 2026 01:46 PM (bXbFr)

38 I saw Tedious and Queer open for Elton John in Tucson circa 1998.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (tZs6V)

39 Not murdering innocent people is the universal standard.

If you can't grasp THAT...

Posted by: Bad Andrew at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (DgMqy)

40 White privilege.

Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (hHU1D)

41 A story, possibly apocryphal, said that Irina had a Black Lives Matter poster hanging on the wall of her apartment. Ironic, if true.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (pDt9x)


- I believe there is a photo.
- It is ironic.
- She still didn't deserve what happened to her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (ExV1e)

42 13 but the misguided, isolating intent of those funding murals like the one across the county is divisive and does not represent Providence


But murder does.
Posted by: rickb223
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He didn't call out Musk by name because his ass would be in a sling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 01:48 PM (ZwdAr)

43 I still can't watch the video. I try to keep in mind the AI art of Charlie Kirk comforting Iryna.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at March 31, 2026 01:48 PM (Wt5PA)

44 40 White privilege.
Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (hHU1D)

Like my estimated taxes I fork over every. damned. year. THAT white privilege?

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:48 PM (pDt9x)

45
Can the mayor just order a mural destroyed? By what legitimate authority?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (azNOR)

46 I saw Tedious and Queer open for Elton John in Tucson circa 1998.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (tZs6V)

Why'd he open for himself?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (N1DT3)

47 Will no one think of the poor DU commenters?

"Some days are tougher than others to bear what Donald is doing to our country.

Today is one of those for me.
Stay safe. Hug someone. Watch a good movie. Walk the dog. Then...

Prepare to vote in the upcoming elections, no matter what this fascist demented dunce and his thugs try to throw at us. I have no doubt ICE will be there to greet us. Above all, Stay Calm.

Try to have a good day today, people."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

48 He didn't call out Musk by name because his ass would be in a sling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 31, 2026 01:48 PM (ZwdAr)


Been there, done that. Sometimes it get overused on a Saturday night. -- Mayor Smiley

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

49 39 Not murdering innocent people is the universal standard.

If you can't grasp THAT...
Posted by: Bad Andrew

That's divisive. Many people in Providence believe murdering innocent people is ok.
-Mayor of Providence, xhi/xher

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

50 41 A story, possibly apocryphal, said that Irina had a Black Lives Matter poster hanging on the wall of her apartment. Ironic, if true.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (pDt9x)

- I believe there is a photo.
- It is ironic.
- She still didn't deserve what happened to her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (ExV1e)

I agree with that.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (pDt9x)

51 So it's safe to say that this mayor is not a fan of the mural to the story.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (ryVuR)

52 Mayor Not-Pete is probably jealous due to all the comments from men on how pretty Iryna was.

Posted by: I'm 'Enery the Eight, I Am at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (IG3/x)

53 Providence needs more muslims.

Along with a mural honoring the victims of the 'Pulse' shooting.

And stir.....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 01:50 PM (Sco7b)

54 Our latest outrage in Charlotte is a pregnant woman getting shanked in the Teeter parking lot while she was loading her toddler and groceries into her car. Stabber has had 20 plus arrests and was found in Florida. Char Meck waited a week to put out pictures of stabber. Allowing time to flee the state.

Posted by: NCKate at March 31, 2026 01:50 PM (uQzkA)

55 28 Floyd overdosed on drugs he swallowed so as not to be further prosecuted for drug charges. His neck was not compressed. It was suicide by overdose.
----------------
But this is Minneapolis. The Metro Police Manual approved and taught the knee to the shoulder blade restraint to all their officers. There is no way this restraint impacts the blow hole. But, Dems needed a bloody shirt and thus blamed the 'union' cop for murder. So much for union dues doing anything to protect their union members. Please note, the officer was prosecuted by the FEDS cuz the State AG didn't want to go there.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 01:50 PM (n17eQ)

56
George Floyd Murals are sacred, sacred ground. The Church of Floyd

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 31, 2026 01:50 PM (IifOV)

57 What's even more insane is that the murderer had called the cops ON HIMSELF before this because he was having a psychotic break. But they turned him out on the street anyway.

Posted by: Anarcho-tyranny at March 31, 2026 01:50 PM (TbWk/)

58 41 A story, possibly apocryphal, said that Irina had a Black Lives Matter poster hanging on the wall of her apartment. Ironic, if true.
Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 01:45 PM (pDt9x)

- I believe there is a photo.
- It is ironic.
- She still didn't deserve what happened to her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM

I thought that was disproved.

If she was a BLM supporter then my sympathy meter for her drops to near zero.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:50 PM (tZs6V)

59 It's not the victim, it's the perpetrator."

Can't we all just get along?

Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)

60 46 I saw Tedious and Queer open for Elton John in Tucson circa 1998.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:47 PM (tZs6V)

Why'd he open for himself?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (N1DT3)

ego

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (xcxpd)

61 Did someone say "impacting the blowhole"?

Posted by: Barack "Gaylord" Obama at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (IG3/x)

62 ASS is right.

The police in this country are out of control, kill black men for sport, and have the backing of the Fascist Orange Man to prevent them from facing any consequences for it.

All people browner than Italians should leave America for their own safety because America is a terrible, fascist dystopia that will never have single payer healthcare. They should all flee to France, the post-racial socialist paradise, instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bcF3R)

63 47 Will no one think of the poor DU commenters?

"Some days are tougher than others to bear what Donald is doing to our country.

Today is one of those for me.
Stay safe. Hug someone. Watch a good movie. Walk the dog. Then...

Prepare to vote in the upcoming elections, no matter what this fascist demented dunce and his thugs try to throw at us. I have no doubt ICE will be there to greet us. Above all, Stay Calm.

Try to have a good day today, people."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

Waa,Waa,Waa.... Cry baby cry... Your tears are delicious.. And may I suggest you get help STAT because you are Touched in the head...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (kamC8)

64 Mayor must be Russian agent
Anti-uke

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (6U1c2)

65 62 ASS is right.

The police in this country are out of control, kill black men for sport, and have the backing of the Fascist Orange Man to prevent them from facing any consequences for it.

All people browner than Italians should leave America for their own safety because America is a terrible, fascist dystopia that will never have single payer healthcare. They should all flee to France, the post-racial socialist paradise, instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bcF3R)

North Korea is the true communist paradise...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at March 31, 2026 01:52 PM (ynpvh)

66 I thought that was disproved.

It may have been. I don't know that I ever saw both her and the flag at the same time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:52 PM (ExV1e)

67 59 It's not the victim, it's the perpetrator."

Can't we all just get along?
Posted by: man at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (XuXeR)

"Fiending on power will make your blood clot
It starts with the greed and then goes all wrong
That's why, We can't all just get along"

-AD Rock

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 31, 2026 01:52 PM (xcxpd)

68 >>Providence needs more muslims.

Mohamed don't surf!

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 01:53 PM (viF8m)

69 They should all flee to France, the post-racial socialist paradise, instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bcF3R)


Canada is closer. I'll chip in for the flight!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 01:53 PM (n9ltV)

70 The Army suspended the aircrew flying military helicopters by Kid Rock's house over the weekend, a U.S. official said Tuesday

==

I am glad they did.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 01:53 PM (GD0B3)

71
The linked article has a photo of Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. Has the look of an emaciated semen eater. How unexpected.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (azNOR)

72 Communist humor is like food, comrade.

Not everyone gets it.

Posted by: Novosibirsk Comedy Club at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (IG3/x)

73
Canada is closer. I'll chip in for the flight!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 01:53 PM (n9ltV)


Too close... They may try to come back

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (kamC8)

74 Not murdering innocent people is the universal standard.

---------------

"Mass graves for innocent whites is the new universal standard of reparations and justifiable homicide, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (hHU1D)

75 The irony is that white single women are the biggest supporters of people who shrug when white women are murdered.
Posted by: Heroq

They also defend islam and decry the patriarchy. Sometimes in two separate breaths.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (ryVuR)

76 Too close... They may try to come back

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (kamC


Then we need another wall...this one on the Northern border.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (n9ltV)

77 Floyd was killed by police who were paid by more taxes
I don't want my taxes to be used for adjudicated murder.
I hold the police to a much higher standard of behavior than a schizophrenic mentally ill man. Do you ?


He was killed by an overdose of fentanyl. Not the cops.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (El6/E)

78 Mural Showing Face of Slaughtered Iryna Zarutska "Divisive,"


He is just saying she had it coming.
That you disagree is causing the problems.

That is alll

Posted by: Operator Error at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (q4fV5)

79 Don't you guys remember Smiley from the Brown attack?

He's a world class assclown.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (viF8m)

80 69 They should all flee to France, the post-racial socialist paradise, instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bcF3R)

Canada is closer. I'll chip in for the flight!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 01:53 PM (n9ltV)

======

Can't just walk across the Atlantic Ocean like the Canadian border, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (bcF3R)

81 You’d think someone from Ukraine would be the last person who wants communist/woke shit. But the world is all gay and retarded so who knows? Maybe she was into it.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (tZs6V)

82 Mayor must be Russian agent
Anti-uke


===
now that you mention it ...what the hell kinda name is Brett Smiley ?? not real

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (GD0B3)

83 Build a wall along the ontario border

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (bXbFr)

84 I saw Emaciated Semen Eaters open for the Vomit Pigs in a punk club in Austin back in '75.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (IG3/x)

85 Too close... They may try to come back
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 01:54 PM (kamC


Murderbots on the border. Throw some cash towards the defense contractors so we can get the Senate on-board.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (ExV1e)

86 If you want to reach LIVs you don't present them with dry 47 point legislative plans.

You reach them emotionally.

This is a bad, bad crime story from a leftwing perspective, because they intentionally let her killer loose...not expecting him to murder a pretty blonde refugee and this is the sort of story that LIVs care about and understand...it could have been any one of them on that bus...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

87 Hopefully there's a Streisand effect that magnifies Musk's message and hurts the pro-murder Democrats.

Posted by: Dave at March 31, 2026 01:56 PM (sbsMc)

88 71
The linked article has a photo of Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. Has the look of an emaciated semen eater. How unexpected.

---------
Scott Weiner here in CA has a very similar look.

Posted by: beckster at March 31, 2026 01:56 PM (kX27y)

89 Waa,Waa,Waa.... Cry baby cry... Your tears are delicious.. And may I suggest you get help STAT because you are Touched in the head...

This is the thing. The left is still demoralized and miserable. We're angry and frustrated, but not cowed and demoralized.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 01:56 PM (El6/E)

90 Divisive is defined by the left as a concept that is uncomfortable to a leftist, instead of the dictionary definition.

Divisive by the dictionary encompasses everything a leftist actually does or says.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 01:57 PM (skSAB)

91 You’d think someone from Ukraine would be the last person who wants communist/woke shit. But the world is all gay and retarded so who knows? Maybe she was into it.
Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 01:55 PM (tZs6V)


She was a young woman. Lots of young people get into stupid shit. For women it seems to be all "social justice".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 01:57 PM (ExV1e)

92 Build a wall along the ontario border
Posted by: Miguel cervantes



Had someone on fb try to tell me the northern border was secure. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 01:57 PM (9E5Ho)

93 Smiley is a dick.
He's also stupid. A tool for his sponsors.
I long for the Buddy Cianci days.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 31, 2026 01:57 PM (sl73Y)

94 I don't think Job would have been as patient with that retard as Ace was.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (2ap+5)

95 Can't just walk across the Atlantic Ocean like the Canadian border, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

You're thinking some will eventually learn the lesson in the metaphor 'grass isn't always greener'?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (Dv3i1)

96 they're not gonna be happy until wypipo are a minority who can be enslaved and abused.

While I being a white person oppose this and oppose it generally for all humans... its just our turn this time, I guess. Globally white people are a minority and we're shrinking because losers like me have no family and no kids.

Its inevitable that we become the oppressed at this rate.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (El6/E)

97 She was a young woman. Lots of young people get into stupid shit. For women it seems to be all "social justice".

Going with the narrative gets them social credit among other young single females.

Opposing it isolates them.

Yes, its like a cult.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

98 Big News - Kirk Cousins is being sought by the LA Rams. This is causing a stir.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (n17eQ)

99 The only problem with floyd is they didnt double tao quietly behind a car

Posted by: Miguel cervantes at March 31, 2026 01:59 PM (bXbFr)

100 Is there ANY BLM stuff up in Providence? if so, this Mayor can Eat a Bag O Dicks... (although, he's a lefty, so he may like it).

I've been lectured in more than one 'training', both Government and Sillyvillian... that Racism is the combination of Prejudice, and POWER.

Prejudice, against a White girl... and Mayor = Power.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 01:59 PM (mP0Kj)

101 We are lost unless that adage about hard men comes about.


Soon.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 01:59 PM (KH0i+)

102

This modern satanic maoism / bioleninist "socialism" is the politics of the world's losers, founded on envy, covetousness, malice, and the hatred of anything beautiful and wholesome.

Posted by: imp at March 31, 2026 01:59 PM (g6TN6)

103 This is a bad, bad crime story from a leftwing perspective, because they intentionally let her killer loose


Posted by: 18-1

I seriously doubt any of them care. Congressional representation via illegals and criminals is more important than human lives.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:00 PM (skSAB)

104 Afternoon.

Maybe replace the mural with one of Brett Smiley getting double teamed by a black guy and a Venezuelan.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 02:00 PM (pd4O4)

105 While I being a white person oppose this and oppose it generally for all humans... its just our turn this time, I guess. Globally white people are a minority and we're shrinking because losers like me have no family and no kids.

Its inevitable that we become the oppressed at this rate.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (El6/E)


Whites have always been a global minority. No change there.
Whites are also the people, excluding the Mongols, who've conquered most of the known world.

I'm not saying that the remnant has that spark but the future oppressors had better hope not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:00 PM (ExV1e)

106 96 they're not gonna be happy until wypipo are a minority who can be enslaved and abused.

While I being a white person oppose this and oppose it generally for all humans... its just our turn this time, I guess. Globally white people are a minority and we're shrinking because losers like me have no family and no kids.

Its inevitable that we become the oppressed at this rate.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (El6/E)

White Males are just about 30% of the US right now.

So... I want my minority get out of shit free card.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (mP0Kj)

107 >>>bioleninist

huh, cool coinage

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (1wjle)

108 Don't say "all lives matter." Instead say "each life matters." Every one of us has value not because we are part of some collective, but because every one of us has a value that is unique and entirely our own.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Zst8M)

109 >>I long for the Buddy Cianci days.

Buddy was a crook but he was entertaining as hell. He was like Mumbles Menino and other old time northeast Democrats. They were all party hacks but they wanted their cities run well.

Boston was clean and safe under Menino and he was actually pretty good with constituent services. The communists who have taken over the Democrat Party are incompetent at running anything and really don't care. It's all about communist doctrine for them while their cities burn.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (viF8m)

110 > Vomit Pigs

https://tinyurl.com/3xednw8a

Hitler would have had me put to sleep
They would have had me put to sleep in Germany
Now I'm a useless eater in the USA
Thanks to mom and pop, I'll be okay
Now I'm a useless eater.

Baby boom, baby boom
Boomer kids there's no more room
Baby boom, oh baby boom
Boomer kids there's no more room, no more room, no more room...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (IG3/x)

111 98 Big News - Kirk Cousins is being sought by the LA Rams. This is causing a stir.
___

Why can't the Rams just get Cousin's cell phone number from the Falcons? You'd think they'd have no problem giving it out.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Dv3i1)

112 98 Big News - Kirk Cousins is being sought by the LA Rams. This is causing a stir.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (n17eQ)

To be the backup?

Posted by: Nova Local at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (tOcjL)

113

I read the poster was in a friend's apartment.

Posted by: four seasons at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (3ek7K)

114 17 - navel piercings are utterly repugnant, just sayin'

so I guess that for her it's perfectly in character, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (MIIRH)

115 Big News - Kirk Cousins is being sought by the LA Rams. This is causing a stir.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 01:58 PM (n17eQ)


Our definitions of "big news" differ.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (ExV1e)

116 They should all flee to France, the post-racial socialist paradise, instead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 31, 2026 01:51 PM (bcF3R)

Canada is closer. I'll chip in for the flight!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2026 01:53 PM (n9ltV)

How about a compromise -
Quebec!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (w9Wax)

117 >>>bioleninist

huh, cool coinage


I just saw it for the first time about a week ago. I'm not sure where the bio part comes in, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (Riz8t)

118 What things are actually divisive right now?

1 BLM marches
2 No kings marches
3 Violent crowds at ICE facilities
4 Juries and grand juries refusing to follow the laws.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:03 PM (skSAB)

119 Don't say "all lives matter." Instead say "each life matters." Every one of us has value not because we are part of some collective, but because every one of us has a value that is unique and entirely our own.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Zst8M)

Up yours, Racist!

Posted by: Some Asshole Communist at March 31, 2026 02:03 PM (pd4O4)

120 "If Iryana had been murdered by a white man, they'd love the murals. It's not the victim, it's the perpetrator."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Well, if the victim was black, mayor would not care about that either. Most blacks are murdered by other blacks, and we don't hear about those murders.

So it is the black on white crime the mayor prefers to hide, and finds it "offensive" (to black murderers?).

Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2026 02:03 PM (vbXSk)

121 I don't like the use of the word tragedy in this context and I think atrocity is the more fitting word choice.

The left always uses tragedy instead of another word like atrocity.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (6z5U/)

122 108 Don't say "all lives matter." Instead say "each life matters." Every one of us has value not because we are part of some collective, but because every one of us has a value that is unique and entirely our own.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Zst8M)

I used to believe that... now I'm pretty convinced that some people just need killin.

Of course, being a Navy Retiree may just have a bit to do with that attitude.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (mP0Kj)

123 >>>I just saw it for the first time about a week ago. I'm not sure where the bio part comes in, though.

it's lenninism with spoils awarded to various races rather than an economic class.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (1wjle)

124 Don't say "all lives matter." Instead say "each life matters."

==

I will say what I want, thank you very much.

Posted by: runner at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)

125 And yes, Mayor Smiley looks exactly like you'd expect. Compared to him, Pete Buttigieg is Chuck Norris.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)

126 Tangentially related...

So, I'm on Tubi looking for a horror movie.

Up comes 'Butt Boy' -2020

"A detective suspects his AA sponsor may be involved in a missing persons investigation when people start disappearing up the man's butt."


Asian stuff for the win...

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 02:05 PM (Sco7b)

127 @EYakoby
BREAKING: Huge uplift in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz today.

The regime has lost control.

..

But, what about the Gays of Hormuz? Any uplift in traffic?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 31, 2026 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)

128 I don't like the use of the word tragedy in this context and I think atrocity is the more fitting word choice.

The left always uses tragedy instead of another word like atrocity.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (6z5U/)



Good point. Accidents are tragedies. Murder is an atrocity.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:05 PM (KH0i+)

129 >>>bioleninist

huh, cool coinage

I just saw it for the first time about a week ago. I'm not sure where the bio part comes in, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (Riz8t)

Gotta watch out when Cyborg Killing Machine Lenin comes around.

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 02:06 PM (pd4O4)

130 it's leninism with spoils awarded to various races rather than an economic class.

Ah, thanks.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)

131 Don't say "all lives matter." Instead say "each life matters."

My life matters.

If you believe that your life matters, don't put it in a position where I have to choose between the two.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:06 PM (ExV1e)

132 NGL - Hillaria is very attractive. The navel piercing notwithstanding.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at March 31, 2026 02:06 PM (2ap+5)

133 >>>@EYakoby
BREAKING: Huge uplift in vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz today.

The regime has lost control.

someone said the markets had "gone vertical," could this be why?

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:06 PM (1wjle)

134 Don't say "all lives matter." Instead say "each life matters."

Flights are reopening between the penthouse and the ground.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:07 PM (ExV1e)

135 Our definitions of "big news" differ.
-------------
Dude, Kirk is the last of the Redskins. He was brought in by Daddy Shanahan as insurance for RG III. RG ended his career in the playoffs and Kirk carried the team from then on. He is the doubleganger for Stafford. Same talents - same system. Stafford has had troubles with his back. The Rams coach was the OC for Redskins and knows Kirk's talents. Whether he wants a backup role is the question. Should Stafford go down he would be QB-ing a Super Bowl caliber team.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 02:07 PM (n17eQ)

136 hey fake and gay aliassmithsmith, why are you not commenting on the markets "going vertical" today?

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:07 PM (1wjle)

137



More BS in MN, another slap on the wrist sentence.

Lou Raguse
@LouNewsMan

Money laundering fraud suspect receives 6-month sentence. Zamzam Jama apologized in court and said she wished she made better decisions but then also blamed her accountant whom she trusted. The Jama family in all took $5.6 million from their tiny restaurant in Rochester, Mn, but Zamzam was responsible for about a half million of it.

Posted by: beckster at March 31, 2026 02:08 PM (kX27y)

138 Is "gone vertical" some kind of sexual innuendo?

Is this the polite way of saying markets have popped a giant throbbing boner?

Posted by: Robert at March 31, 2026 02:09 PM (pd4O4)

139 Dude, Kirk is the last of the Redskins. He was brought in by Daddy Shanahan as insurance for RG III. RG ended his career in the playoffs and Kirk carried the team from then on. He is the doubleganger for Stafford. Same talents - same system. Stafford has had troubles with his back. The Rams coach was the OC for Redskins and knows Kirk's talents. Whether he wants a backup role is the question. Should Stafford go down he would be QB-ing a Super Bowl caliber team.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 02:07 PM (n17eQ)


So, some guy who played for a team I didn't like back when I paid attention to football may go and play for a different team that I didn't like back when I paid attention to football? That's just not big news to me. It wouldn't be even if I still paid attention to football.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:09 PM (ExV1e)

140 Democrat Party are incompetent at running anything and really don't care. It's all about communist doctrine for them while their cities burn.
Posted by: JackStraw at March

This. Local politics should be all about services, by people who understand what that takes. I was a Boston resident White thru Menino, corrupt as hell, but things got done. Providence resident since, and it's been downhill after Cianci. Next was an accountant, fair, and since it's been all identity politics.
If you want to spout nonsense do it at the state and national levels.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 31, 2026 02:09 PM (sl73Y)

141 So, some guy who played for a team I didn't like back when I paid attention to football may go and play for a different team that I didn't like back when I paid attention to football? That's just not big news to me. It wouldn't be even if I still paid attention to football.
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This sounds all gay and shit.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM (n17eQ)

142 Up yours, Racist!
Posted by: Some Asshole Communist at March 31, 2026 02:03 PM


Now, don't take this the wrong way, and I'm only saying it because I care, but bite me.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM (Zst8M)

143 it's lenninism with spoils awarded to various races rather than an economic class.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (1wjle)

I feel like they just award themselves while claiming it's for someone else

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM (eBwIO)

144 Money laundering fraud suspect receives 6-month sentence. Zamzam Jama
___

Whoa, Black Betty, Zamam Jama! She from Birmingham?

Posted by: Ram Jam at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM (Dv3i1)

145 The left always uses tragedy instead of another word like atrocity.

Posted by: CaliGirl


Atrocity implies fault and the left wants you thinking it was accidental, not purposeful.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM (skSAB)

146 >>The regime has lost control.

>>someone said the markets had "gone vertical," could this be why?

I saw someone commenting on the site of last nights attacks, which were extensive, and it appears they were targeting a large missile launching spot that he claimed was the primary attack spot for the Strait. It was pretty much obliterated.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM (viF8m)

147 The NFL told y'all they were gay.

Not sure why you didn't listen.

But in the meantime, check out the tuck on that tranny cheerleader as he does a high kick!

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

148 I just saw it for the first time about a week ago. I'm not sure where the bio part comes in, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:02 PM (Riz8t)

I wonder if they are trying to coolify Lysekoism, which is a bit of junk 'Wil to Science' that should never be forgotten.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:11 PM (zZu0s)

149 Trump told Europe to go get their own damned oil so maybe the Market thinks were leaving Iran which I don't think is the case... Trump was just pissed...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:11 PM (kamC8)

150 >>>I saw someone commenting on the site of last nights attacks, which were extensive, and it appears they were targeting a large missile launching spot that he claimed was the primary attack spot for the Strait. It was pretty much obliterated.

thanks. odd that that was still extant.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:11 PM (1wjle)

151 Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM (n17eQ)

Meh. I'm not one of the people who bitches at folks for continuing to follow pro sports. Everyone needs some escape from the world.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)

152 "Each life matters" ... needs context.

The lives of the IRGC that were murdering citizens ... they "mattered". That is why they needed to be killed. And that is true of most jihadists ... because not all "lives matter" in the same way.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 31, 2026 02:12 PM (vbXSk)

153 >>>I wonder if they are trying to coolify Lysekoism, which is a bit of junk 'Wil to Science' that should never be forgotten.

no it's just another way to say "race Marxism," Marxism with the spoils of communist seizure of property and power given to different races/identities rather than a broad economic class.

Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:12 PM (1wjle)

154 It's actually the Bi of Hormuz. It goes both ways.

Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 02:12 PM (eBwIO)

155 Gas jumped to 3.99 (from 3.79.) It seems to be across the board.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:13 PM (zZu0s)

156 >>I saw someone commenting on the site of last nights attacks, which were extensive, and it appears they were targeting a large missile launching spot that he claimed was the primary attack spot for the Strait. It was pretty much obliterated.


They took out a huge storage depot, too. Lots of secondary explosions.

Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2026 02:13 PM (W7FsI)

157 More BS in MN, another slap on the wrist sentence.

The ultimate example of judicial stupidity? Two men were found guilty of the same crime, shared guilt at the same time: raping a 15 year old boy.

One was sentenced to 30-50 years by Judge Derek Vaughn.

Judge Rich McGowan then took over the case and sentenced the other man to 3 years.

When Judge McGowan was questioned on his decision, he stated, "I am the law."

https://tinyurl.com/55zaas3u

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:13 PM (El6/E)

158 I guess in the Marxist victim hierarchy, black male still rates above Ukrainian female

Posted by: Jose at March 31, 2026 02:13 PM (V6W16)

159 Will no one think of the poor DU commenters?

"Some days are tougher than others to bear what Donald is doing to our country.

Today is one of those for me.
Stay safe. Hug someone. Watch a good movie. Walk the dog. Then...

Try to have a good day today, people."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

Um. Muslims don't like dogs. Your advice is racist and Islamophobic and you should be banned from DU.

So say we all.

- DU, like 74% confidence.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at March 31, 2026 02:13 PM (FmapG)

160 Young, single, urban white chick from Europe. There's a 150% chance she was a doctrinaire bien pensant Leftist. Doesn't matter. The murder was what it was, and nobody should ever let the Democrats forget. She may have been one of theirs, but now she's their albatross.

*shrugs*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:14 PM (BI5O2)

161 Just call them commies, cause commies is what they are.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)

162 I guess in the Marxist victim hierarchy, black male still rates above Ukrainian female
Posted by: Jose at March 31, 2026 02:13 PM (V6W16)


Votes for Democrats > Cannot vote for Democrats

That is the whole of their victim hierarchy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:14 PM (ExV1e)

163
122 108 Don't say "all lives matter." Instead say "each life matters." Every one of us has value not because we are part of some collective, but because every one of us has a value that is unique and entirely our own.
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 31, 2026 02:01 PM (Zst8M)

I used to believe that... now I'm pretty convinced that some people just need killin.

Of course, being a Navy Retiree may just have a bit to do with that attitude.
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 02:04 PM (mP0Kj)

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I have no military or law enforcement history, but I've reached the same place. There are psychopaths who have no capacity to imagine or care about the misery they inflict. The ability just isn't there. They see the entertainment value just fine, though.

There are lives that matter only in a negative way -- the danger they pose, and the lethal trouble they cause. I care about their lives, but not in the sympathetic way typically intoned. Just the opposite.

They started it. It's their rules. They made it this way.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 31, 2026 02:15 PM (VWtfl)

164 161 Just call them commies, cause commies is what they are.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:14 PM (zZu0s)


Not even trying to hide it... Did you see all the communist flags at the No kings freak fest Saturday ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:15 PM (kamC8)

165 A quick search and one finds out that, of course, this male mayor has…. A husband. He’s gay… of course, how shocking

His desire to remove the mural is disgusting
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 31, 2026 01:38 PM (xT8gx)

---

Using the let's language, I would call him a tool of the Patriarchy. Silencing women's voices and all that.

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 31, 2026 02:15 PM (cWQQU)

166
Atrocity implies fault and the left wants you thinking it was accidental, not purposeful.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:10 PM

The brutal murder of this woman and the soft on crime policies of his comrades isn't the problem, the reaction to the crime is the problem that must be removed from sight immediately.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 31, 2026 02:15 PM (6z5U/)

167 Also the Pakistani who is acting as a go between Iran and the US proposed a cease fire, negotiations and and end to attacks on the Strait. One way or another it sounds like we are getting closer to an end game.

There's not much left for the remaining regime members to do other than die.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)

168 Winston Wolfe (sp?) flag on the Hormuz traffic play, for now.

Not much actual movement so far.

But "the markets" are remarkably stupid, in the short run at least. Dimly understood scare factors (or hype factors) seem to cause ridiculous gyrations (short term) for many years now. Whatever.

The UK-based maritime traffic organization advisories for both Hormuz and Red Sea/Bab el Mandab remain the same, last I checked.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2026 02:16 PM (U/Byj)

169 Not The Bee:

Update: Secret Service agent who shot himself in butt was trying to use gun light to find phone

UPDATE: Additional new details about the junior @SecretService agent who shot himself last Friday morning during a movement at the Philly airport with Jill Biden: The agent left his phone behind in the SUV while escorting Jill Biden into the airport. He rushed back to get his cell phone and was using his Glock's flashlight to try to
find it in the trunk of the SUV. When he tried to holster his gun, he shot himself -- yes,
right in the butt cheek. I'm told agent training stresses that the light on the Glock
should only be used while shooting.

Yes, that is Susan Crabtree, a national correspondent for RealClear Politics, reporting the details of a Secret Service agent who shot himself in the tush.
Last week, the agency reported that the agent shot himself in the leg while on Jill Biden's protective detail, but it looks like they might have been trying to save what's left of his dignity.

https://tinyurl.com/7yr3p8e8

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:16 PM (9E5Ho)

170 Dude, Kirk is the last of the Redskins.

----------------

Recently heard about a group that's advocating to bring back the name of the Indians for Cleveland's MLB team:

"Bring the Cleveland Indians Name Back to Cleveland," founded by Stephen Marks and John Galvin, has launched a petition arguing that the name change disregarded fan sentiment and historical legacy, claiming broad support among fans and some Native American organizations like the "Native American Guardian Association" (ironic) and "Save the Name."

Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 02:16 PM (3QSdt)

171 Not even trying to hide it... Did you see all the communist flags at the No kings freak fest Saturday ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:15 PM (kamC

Given everything, the best thing about Trump is still the removal of masks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:16 PM (zZu0s)

172 It's actually the Bi of Hormuz. It goes both ways.
Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 02:12 PM (eBwIO)

Trans as well, for obvious reasons.

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 02:16 PM (lCppi)

173 When Judge McGowan was questioned on his decision, he stated, "I am the law."
____

That statement should result in re-sentencing in another court, defrocking, tarring, feathering and riding out of town on a rail Mr. "I am the law" McGowan. Anything short of that and we still have a ways to go on the path to Making America Great Again.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 31, 2026 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)

174 >>>it's leninism with spoils awarded to various races rather than an economic class.

So, racism. Cool, I knew it would come back into style eventually.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:17 PM (rbvCR)

175 150 >>>I saw someone commenting on the site of last nights attacks, which were extensive, and it appears they were targeting a large missile launching spot that he claimed was the primary attack spot for the Strait. It was pretty much obliterated.

thanks. odd that that was still extant.

----------------
From this morning's It's Noon In Israel newsletter (Amit Segal):

Last night, Donald Trump shared a clip of a massive strike on Isfahan on social media. According to Ynet’s Ron Ben-Yishai, what initially appeared to be a strike on ballistic missiles may have in fact been the burial of enriched uranium deep underground in a way that will prevent the Iranians from accessing it. The U.S., it seems, has given up on prolonged ground action that would also entail many casualties.

Posted by: beckster at March 31, 2026 02:17 PM (kX27y)

176 There's not much left for the remaining regime members to do other than die.
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This sounds like an opportunity to kill them. Killing usually does the trick in war.

Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 02:17 PM (n17eQ)

177 ***

There's not much left for the remaining regime members to do other than die.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)

As the meme goes, your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 02:17 PM (lCppi)

178 Gas jumped to 3.99 (from 3.79.) It seems to be across the board.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Including diesel, there are about 70 grades of fuel that refineries produce and distribute to 10,000 stations. Whenever the flow of feedstock is disturbed, there are temporary price shocks.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:17 PM (skSAB)

179 So wait, he flagged his ass while using his weapon as a flashlight?

Unless he was not sure it was up his ass or not, why?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:17 PM (zZu0s)

180 167 Also the Pakistani who is acting as a go between Iran and the US proposed a cease fire, negotiations and and end to attacks on the Strait. One way or another it sounds like we are getting closer to an end game.

I don't see us doing a cease fire and I really don't see Israel.. I do see Iran doing one soon since we've blasted most of their weapons to smithereens...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:18 PM (kamC8)

181 someone said the markets had "gone vertical," could this be why?
Posted by: ace at March 31, 2026 02:06 PM (1wjle)


Adam Schiff thinks it is because this is the final bubble and if we are fools because we didn't buy physical gold.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:18 PM (rbvCR)

182 172 It's actually the Bi of Hormuz. It goes both ways.
Posted by: ... at March 31, 2026 02:12 PM (eBwIO)

Trans as well, for obvious reasons.
Posted by: LASue at March 31, 2026 02:16 PM (lCppi)

Had to chuckle... because when I was sitting on a Destroyer there 35 years ago today...

Yeah, I felt like I was taking it up the poop shoot.

Posted by: Romeo13 at March 31, 2026 02:18 PM (mP0Kj)

183 I finally got my "we'll call you right back" from the doctors office. Only took 27 hours.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:18 PM (ExV1e)

184 A quick search and one finds out that, of course, this male mayor has…. A husband. He’s gay… of course, how shocking

Oddly, he looks even more like a disturbing twink than Talarico. These soy chinless sad bois are everywhere in the Democrat Party now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:19 PM (El6/E)

185 I used to believe that... now I'm pretty convinced that some people just need killin.

Of course, being a Navy Retiree may just have a bit to do with that attitude.
Posted by: Romeo13


As a former prison guard, I can guarantee some just need killing.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:19 PM (9E5Ho)

186 "It's pretty explicit that white lives don't matter to the left. "Reparations" include the right of "oppressed minorities" to beat and kill white people with little consequence."

Rashida Tlaib wants to give illegals that were terrorized by ICE, reparations.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 31, 2026 02:19 PM (NpAcC)

187 Whites have always been a global minority. No change there.
Whites are also the people, excluding the Mongols, who've conquered most of the known world.

I'm not saying that the remnant has that spark but the future oppressors had better hope not.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:00 PM (ExV1e)

"When the Saxon began to hate"

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 31, 2026 02:20 PM (N1DT3)

188 Not The Bee:

Update: Secret Service agent who shot himself in butt was trying to use gun light to find phone

--------------

He'll be appointed the Director of The Secret Cervix next time a Democrat-Communist is "elected" to the Presidency.

Posted by: ShainS at March 31, 2026 02:20 PM (ax8PA)

189 Other than the fact that some kind of ordnance was involved (secondary explosions), don't think anyone outside the mil/intel sector knows what those spectacular explosions outside Isfahan were last night.

And there are many "re-strikes" occurring. Again, neither the US nor Israel are giving out a lot details (Israel much more actually) on targets struck, but Israel at least has hit targets more than once. Also, if you count hitting places first struck back in June '25, they're going back for seconds on several targets. Either due to interfere with recovery/reconstruction efforts (CENTCOM released on video of a hit on a bulldozer), or to cause further damage.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2026 02:21 PM (U/Byj)

190 Adam Schiff thinks it is because this is the final bubble and if we are fools because we didn't buy physical gold.
Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:18 PM (rbvCR)


If this is truly the final bubble, it wouldn't matter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:21 PM (ExV1e)

191 So wait, he flagged his ass while using his weapon as a flashlight?

Unless he was not sure it was up his ass or not, why?
Posted by: Aetius451AD



Probably had his finger on the trigger as he reholstered the gun. Pushing downward pull the trigger.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:21 PM (9E5Ho)

192 Probably had his finger on the trigger as he reholstered the gun. Pushing downward pull the trigger.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:21 PM (9E5Ho)

Fuck.

Bet he won't do that again.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:22 PM (zZu0s)

193 >>@AJENews
·
39m
>>BREAKING: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says on Tuesday that Iran has the 'necessary will' to end the war with Israel and the US but is seeking guarantees the conflict will not be repeated, according to AFP.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 02:23 PM (viF8m)

194 ...Probably had his finger on the trigger as he reholstered the gun. Pushing downward pull the trigger.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:21 PM (9E5Ho)



It's one of the reasons I don't like/trust Glocks. I know you're supposed to keep your finger off the trigger but I'd still prefer an additional manual safety. Like on a 1911.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:23 PM (KH0i+)

195 How about we memorialize the other black people on the train that stood there doing nothing while she was brutally murdered?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 02:23 PM (D7v4F)

196 >>BREAKING: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says on Tuesday that Iran has the 'necessary will' to end the war with Israel and the US but is seeking guarantees the conflict will not be repeated, according to AFP.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 31, 2026 02:23 PM (viF8m)

Uh.... No

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:23 PM (kamC8)

197 This is why sodomites should be barred from elective office. One of the reasons, anyway. IMO. I've seen the damage done to Colorado because the governor sees everything through the lens of his oft-penetrated anus.

Posted by: Don Black at March 31, 2026 02:24 PM (ZxPkt)

198 >>BREAKING: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says on Tuesday that Iran has the 'necessary will' to end the war with Israel and the US but is seeking guarantees the conflict will not be repeated, according to AFP.

Here's your assurance. If you don't do as you're told, the conflict will be repeated.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 31, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

199 135 Our definitions of "big news" differ.
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Dude, Kirk is the last of the Redskins. He was brought in by Daddy Shanahan as insurance for RG III. RG ended his career in the playoffs and Kirk carried the team from then on. He is the doubleganger for Stafford. Same talents - same system. Stafford has had troubles with his back. The Rams coach was the OC for Redskins and knows Kirk's talents. Whether he wants a backup role is the question. Should Stafford go down he would be QB-ing a Super Bowl caliber team.
Posted by: pudinhead at March 31, 2026 02:07 PM (n17eQ)

Russell Wilson was actually the Shannahan's 1st choice to be QB, but Snyder decided to trade 3 1st rounders and a 2nd rounder to move up to draft RGIII because he wanted a flashy QB. The Shannahan's were blindsided by it because Wilson was a better fit for their offense. By the time that they got to the 4th round, Bruce Allen asked the Kyle if he still wanted Cousins who was their 2nd choice at QB, and they said yes. Snyder couldn't stand Cousins because he thought that he was taking the shine off of RGIII, so he treated him like shit which led to Cousins leaving DC.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at March 31, 2026 02:24 PM (k1E2D)

200 I am looking forward to ace weighing in on the Kristi Noem story that is percolating out there, today.

Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (W7FsI)

201 oh, I don't think anyone has forgotten them ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (MIIRH)

202 I know the safety on Glock's is mainly to prevent a discharge if you drop it. I generally try NOT to drop my gun. That's my safety.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (KH0i+)

203 People don't realize - bail serves to weed out the sane criminals from the psychos with nothing left to lose.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (D7v4F)

204 200 I am looking forward to ace weighing in on the Kristi Noem story that is percolating out there, today.
Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (W7FsI)



Wish we could avoid that one... Creepy...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (kamC8)

205 OMG. Desantis you genius!

Liberals heads explode in.
3, 2, 1...
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS NOW Donald J. Trump International Airport offical July 1st!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:26 PM (9E5Ho)

206 Any Iranian official/s who make a """deal""" with the Great Satan will be the new stars of the Iranian Muslims' Stab-in-the-Back mythology.

Those people would either be instantly deposed and killed by their subordinates, or have to fight a brutal, protracted power struggle against them, which they will lose.

This will make any negotiating largely pointless.

We could agree to back that faction to the hilt for the foreseeable future, and set their leader up as the puppet we defend until the Muslims beat us along with him.

Or, we could wave the worthless peace treaty around, declare victory and go home until it's time to smash the Muslims from the air and sea again.

No real great options for a negotiated peace at this point.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:26 PM (BI5O2)

207 If this is truly the final bubble, it wouldn't matter.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:21 PM (ExV1e)


To be honest, this is Adam Schiff's opinion on pretty much everything, from "Domestic manufacturing has seen a downturn for the Q3"" to "the bakery is out of bread today" so at least he is consistent.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (rbvCR)

208 I am looking forward to ace weighing in on the Kristi Noem story that is percolating out there, today.
Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (W7FsI)

Wish we could avoid that one... Creepy...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (kamC


Further, it's the husband, not her.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

209 If this is truly the final bubble, it wouldn't matter.

That is the thing I don't get. If everything collapses, if all society is destroyed, civilization is in ruins, and the economy is worthless.... gold is just a rock.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (El6/E)

210
Is this mayor not a member of the nomenklatura of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, a known white supremacist organization?

How dare he cite standing against hate as a core belief of his!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (xG4kz)

211 Was the Secret Service agent that was trying to use his weapon light as a flashlight new to firearms? Thought these people were supposed to be some of the best of the best? Even then, the moron should be carrying a handheld flashlight as part of his kit. And I trained to shoot holding a flashlight in my off hand, weapon in my dominant side. And I'm a nobody.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 02:28 PM (N39Ws)

212 Re Kristi Noem

Creepy? I have no knowledge on this one and look forward to ace learnin us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)

213 It's ok to kill white people.

Posted by: democrats and the people who support them at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (/1l9x)

214 WRT any deal with the Iranians - how do we account for Taqiyyah?


Serious question.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (KH0i+)

215
Creepy? I have no knowledge on this one and look forward to ace learnin us.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:28 PM (zZu0s)


It involves some cross dressing and perverted on line stuff....

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (kamC8)

216 No doubt, the little four-eyed c***sucker (literally!) was wedgied repeatedly in Jr Hi. Now, he has the power, and he's going to use it.
I'll also bet he was a theater kid.

Posted by: buddhaha at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (nwB28)

217 That is the thing I don't get. If everything collapses, if all society is destroyed, civilization is in ruins, and the economy is worthless.... gold is just a rock.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (El6/E)

Metal, sir.

Posted by: Patsy at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (zZu0s)

218 It's one of the reasons I don't like/trust Glocks. I know you're supposed to keep your finger off the trigger but I'd still prefer an additional manual safety. Like on a 1911.
Posted by: Chairborne!


That's why I like my H&K's decock lever. Returns it to a double action with a much heavier trigger pull than a single action.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (9E5Ho)

219 138 Is "gone vertical" some kind of sexual innuendo?

Is this the polite way of saying markets have popped a giant throbbing boner?


well, it is now...

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (oY6Yp)

220 Whites have always been a global minority



A very tiny minority. Less than 10% of the world’s population.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (tZs6V)

221 That is the thing I don't get. If everything collapses, if all society is destroyed, civilization is in ruins, and the economy is worthless.... gold is just a rock.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (El6/E)


The problem with gold is... who's going to take it in trade? And, if people take it in trade, what's going to prevent someone else from taking it from you?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (ExV1e)

222 PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS NOW Donald J. Trump International Airport offical July 1st!

Lefties are indeed having the vapors over this -- again -- and I think its a dumb ego thing as usual. But San Francisco just renamed a building after Nancy Pelosi today too. That's just what politicians do. Its stupid and annoying, half of West Virginia is named after Robert C. Byrd. But its not unprecedented.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (El6/E)

223 Rhode Island is a gay state.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (abIsI)

224 212 Re Kristi Noem
___

Kristi Noem and boobs in the same story. It will be yet another lesson in careful what you wish for.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (Dv3i1)

225 The agony and confusion among the Beltway pointy-heads (to include 98% of supportive, "conservative" "expert" types) at Trump's wild public diplomacy stylings are glorious.

SecState calls the Iranian leadership (several days in a row) "lunatics", while simultaneously the prez bizarrely proclaims that the 3rd or 4th replacements for leadership that has been terminated a "new regime", and "more reasonable".

Trump's intimation that we could just declare our objectives met and walk, without worrying about Hormuz - the Euros and others can take care of that, it's their big problem - is also hilarious. Obviously not serious, but amusing and possibly useful in reaching a few more LIVs (that is, almost everyone now).

Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (U/Byj)

226 I know the safety on Glock's is mainly to prevent a discharge if you drop it. I generally try NOT to drop my gun. That's my safety.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (KH0i+)


To be snarky, this is something Smith and Wesson managed to do since 1899. It is nice to know the Austrians managed this as well.

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (rbvCR)

227 209 If this is truly the final bubble, it wouldn't matter.

That is the thing I don't get. If everything collapses, if all society is destroyed, civilization is in ruins, and the economy is worthless.... gold is just a rock.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (El6/E)

Ammo - that will be the new currency. I'll gladly hand over 10 rounds of 9mm for food. How do you do that with a gold coin worth hundreds if not thousands?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (N39Ws)

228 American journalist Shelly Kittleson abducted in Iraq
Local authorities are searching for Shelley Kittleson, who was abducted in Baghdad.

Should I be concerned about this because, I don't feel concerned about this?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (abIsI)

229 It's ok to kill white people.
Posted by: democrats and the people who support them at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (/1l9x)


Fuck yeah it is!!!
- 30-40% of whites in America

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (tZs6V)

230
I am looking forward to ace weighing in on the Kristi Noem story that is percolating out there, today.
Posted by: garrett


That was her husband in the jinormous boobs article of last night's ONT?

Did she put down the wrong dog?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (xG4kz)

231 They wouldn't have a mural of the woman, if law enforcement and the judiciary had taken things seriously.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (D7v4F)

232
Judge says Trump gotta fund PBS & NPR.

LOL.

Posted by: Auspex at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (Y8DZL)

233 It involves some cross dressing and perverted on line stuff....
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (kamC

I am assuming by perverted you don't mean large breasted lesbians(who are totally not real lesbians)... *sigh*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (zZu0s)

234 That is the thing I don't get. If everything collapses, if all society is destroyed, civilization is in ruins, and the economy is worthless.... gold is just a rock.
Posted by: Christopher R


Gold has been valued for over 5,000 years while everyone lived in dirt. Unless it is an ELE, humanity will rebuild.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (9E5Ho)

235 A very tiny minority. Less than 10% of the world’s population.

You can see a population explosion after the industrial revolution though. Then as Europe/US shared that knowledge with the rest of the world (and started sending them food) their populations started booming as well.

And then that continues until the left foisted second generation feminism on the west and birth rates then start declining...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (sKqQm)

236 208 I am looking forward to ace weighing in on the Kristi Noem story that is percolating out there, today.
Posted by: garrett at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (W7FsI)

Wish we could avoid that one... Creepy...
Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (kamC

Further, it's the husband, not her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

But the story has 3000 cc saline boobs.

Given our track record.....

Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (Sco7b)

237 209 If this is truly the final bubble, it wouldn't matter.

That is the thing I don't get. If everything collapses, if all society is destroyed, civilization is in ruins, and the economy is worthless.... gold is just a rock.


but it's a pretty rock that you can hammer into jewelry using other, harder rocks.

Posted by: anachronda at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (oY6Yp)

238 That is the thing I don't get. If everything collapses, if all society is destroyed, civilization is in ruins, and the economy is worthless.... gold is just a rock.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (El6/E)

The problem with gold is... who's going to take it in trade? And, if people take it in trade, what's going to prevent someone else from taking it from you?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (ExV1e)



You prevent someone from taking it from you by...hitting them with the rock. You're welcome.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (KH0i+)

239 I know the safety on Glock's is mainly to prevent a discharge if you drop it. I generally try NOT to drop my gun. That's my safety.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at March 31, 2026 02:25 PM (KH0i+)

To be snarky, this is something Smith and Wesson managed to do since 1899. It is nice to know the Austrians managed this as well.
Posted by: Kindltot


Except they put the safety ON the trigger.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:32 PM (9E5Ho)

240 Looking back over today I see this is unmentioned so... the Supreme Court just decided 8-1 that deprogramming homosexuals and transexuals is not unconstitutional. I am confident that you can guess who the one dissenting judge was.

The majority opinion specifically calls out Jackson several times over her incredibly asinine arguments in the minority opinion. Basically she tries to bring in some legal precedent but it boils down to "but I like this law"

Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson are varying degrees of fool and activist but Jackson takes the cake. She cares nothing about the law, logic, jurisprudence, precedent, the constitution, truth, or sanity.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:32 PM (El6/E)

241 I am looking forward to ace weighing in on the Kristi Noem story that is percolating out there, today.

I suspect the left's reaction will be something like, "Her husband is a perv she should be banned from public office"

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

242
Further, it's the husband, not her.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

But the story has 3000 cc saline boobs.

Given our track record.....
Posted by: Stateless - Day 12 of 14 or so - extreme dog care at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (Sco7


See... Pervertedly creepy...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 31, 2026 02:32 PM (kamC8)

243 178 Gas jumped to 3.99 (from 3.79.) It seems to be across the board.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


Including diesel, there are about 70 grades of fuel that refineries produce and distribute to 10,000 stations. Whenever the flow of feedstock is disturbed, there are temporary price shocks.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:17 PM (skSAB)

We are also in the process of switching from "winter" blend to "summer" blend which raises the price about 15 cents per gallon.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at March 31, 2026 02:32 PM (k1E2D)

244 185

As a former prison guard, I can guarantee some just need killing.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:19 PM (9E5Ho

Rick I did prison ministry for a number if years in a medium security prison. I found that nearly everyone in there needed to be there and some should never be released. The worst group were the sex offenders. After establishing enough rapport nany just said flat out that they would do it again when released.

Posted by: tubal at March 31, 2026 02:33 PM (Dkz5F)

245 Gold has been valued for over 5,000 years while everyone lived in dirt. Unless it is an ELE, humanity will rebuild.

Sure, we would rebuild. And gold would regain its value. but by then you'd be a skeleton with a bar of gold in your hand if that's all you had.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:33 PM (El6/E)

246 American journalist Shelly Kittleson abducted in Iraq
Local authorities are searching for Shelley Kittleson, who was abducted in Baghdad.

Should I be concerned about this because, I don't feel concerned about this?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:30 PM (abIsI)


A white woman, running around the ME (alone?), after her government told her it was dangerous?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (ExV1e)

247 Except they put the safety ON the trigger.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:32 PM (9E5Ho)

Springfield does it too. There is a grip safety, and the trigger safety.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (N39Ws)

248 Saying black lives matter is a liberal's way of saying that white lives don't.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (skSAB)

249 White Girl Bleed a Lot

https://is.gd/vpfZtZ

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (eHmQE)

250 Taqqiyah is no particular concern with Iran. It's the same inability to trust any authoritarian government from almost any part of the world. The USSR couldn't be trusted on many aspects of agreements, that's what conservative counting rules and eventually on-site inspection were all about. Of course the dogshit regime in Tehran cannot be trusted, on any matter at all.

Which is why the obvious solution to the problem they pose has always been obvious and remains so. But don't mention it, or the bumper-sticker level segment (most, now?) will have the vapors.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (U/Byj)

251 Looking back over today I see this is unmentioned so... the Supreme Court just decided 8-1 that deprogramming homosexuals and transexuals is not unconstitutional. I am confident that you can guess who the one dissenting judge was.

The left's take is that grooming a 3 year old to be gay is fine. You can read porn with him, have a tranny twerk in his face, or put him in a dress, but if an adult wants to meet with a psychologist to help him get over being gay/tranny that is a literal crime against humanity.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm)

252 NOOD Strait of Hormuz

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (SlGTd)

253 And then that continues until the left foisted second generation feminism on the west and birth rates then start declining...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 02:31 PM (sKqQm)


do you know about the Kissinger report? National Security Study Memorandum 200?

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (rbvCR)

254 Offer them a shipping container each of dogs and pigs for the journalist.

Then you can say "we tried."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:34 PM (BI5O2)

255 Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson are varying degrees of fool and activist but Jackson takes the cake. She cares nothing about the law, logic, jurisprudence, precedent, the constitution, truth, or sanity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

It's taken awhile, but I have finally come to the conclusion that Jackson has a below average IQ. Still smarter than the idiot who nominated her though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 31, 2026 02:35 PM (Dv3i1)

256 do you know about the Kissinger report? National Security Study Memorandum 200?

No - do you have a synopsis?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)

257 Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson are varying degrees of fool and activist but Jackson takes the cake. She cares nothing about the law, logic, jurisprudence, precedent, the constitution, truth, or sanity.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:32 PM (El6/E)
-----
KBJ is stone-cold retarded.

That she was able to enter into and graduate from law school is an indictment of the entire education system in the United States.

Posted by: ballistic at March 31, 2026 02:36 PM (oqH4h)

258 I know you're supposed to keep your finger off the trigger but I'd still prefer an additional manual safety.

This too is the reason "keep your booger hook off the bang lever" is one of the primary rules of gun safety

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 31, 2026 02:36 PM (El6/E)

259 I prefer a handgun with a quick swish of the thumb manual safety. When I carry a Glock, I'm always afraid of catching something as I holster the gun. Shooting my dick off doesn't seem like fun. I now carry a Ruger Security 9.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 31, 2026 02:36 PM (abIsI)

260 Yeah sorry if you’re dumb enough to go to Baghdad then my give a fuck meter about you is pegged at zero.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 02:37 PM (tZs6V)

261 Or, just bluntly state that "the United Ststes does not negotiate for journalists," and then send the Iraqis a baseball bat studded with nails as a consolation prize.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

262 Wasn’t mayor smiley in charge of shooting events at Brown University awhile back. Being so understanding of what happened.

Posted by: morigu at March 31, 2026 02:38 PM (U2YN7)

263 That's why I like my H&K's decock lever. Returns it to a double action with a much heavier trigger pull than a single action.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:29 PM (9E5Ho)

*a single tear rolls down a stony face*

Posted by: John Moses Browning at March 31, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

264 The wise Latina and Kagan are communist filth but they’re not retarded. judge Jumanji is communist filth and retarded.

Posted by: Heroq at March 31, 2026 02:39 PM (tZs6V)

265 Here, here Ace!

Russia might turn out to be our greatest ally when all is said and done.

Russia, US, and Israel came remake the Middle East - if not the world - through sustained aerial bombardment and rockets and drones to ensure freedom liberty reign supreme.

And Trump is right we have plenty of oil here and from Venezuela to ensure we don't need any oil from the Middle East.

But we need the patriotic oil companies in the US to price oil at an American discount and not via the world market.

Posted by: Diabeetus at March 31, 2026 02:39 PM (SlrUo)

266 He rushed back to get his cell phone and was using his Glock's flashlight to try to find it in the trunk of the SUV. When he tried to holster his gun, he shot himself -- yes, right in the butt cheek.

In addition to everything else that's wrong with this story, since when does an SUV have a "trunk?"

Posted by: mikeski at March 31, 2026 02:40 PM (Fi4Tu)

267
One of the most humorous events from my time as Scoutmaster was sitting in on one of our scout's Eagle Board of Review and, when he was asked whether someone or another ought to have been punished for having behaved inhumanely toward another human being, he replied, "Well, some people deserve to be punished."

That response nearly caused his questioner to stroke out from shock. "Surely you can't mean that!"

"I do. Some people are just evil and they deserve punishment."

More sputtering and attempts to get the young man to moderate his assertions, but he stuck to his guns.

One of the other Board members knew the young man's father and, afterward, during the congratulatory chit chat, he told the father, "Boy, I certainly knew that he was your son when he made that reply!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (xG4kz)

268 If I were running things and someone took a journalist hostage, I'd send in the same team that got Maduro. The terrorists would all be freaking out, thinking they're about to get f'd in the a, and then get real confused when the special forces operators just mag-dumped on the hostage and returned to base.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 31, 2026 02:41 PM (BI5O2)

269 Rick I did prison ministry for a number if years in a medium security prison. I found that nearly everyone in there needed to be there and some should never be released. The worst group were the sex offenders. After establishing enough rapport nany just said flat out that they would do it again when released.
Posted by: tubal


We had one on death row. Back in '85. Times were different. They weren't 100% isolated. They were taken to the showers in small groups & recreated in small groups. We had one who would stab convicts & officers when his death date was coming up.

Can't kill a man with an ongoing investigation/trial.

They finally started isolating him.

James Dumachette.

https://tinyurl.com/murb2y7v

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:42 PM (9E5Ho)

270 *a single tear rolls down a stony face*
Posted by: John Moses Browning


Make a magazine release for left handers.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 31, 2026 02:43 PM (9E5Ho)

271 No - do you have a synopsis?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 31, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)



"it might be best to limit birth rates in 3rd world countries so they don't use up all the resources the US needs to power its manufacturing economy"
and other gems like that

it is online as "Kissinger report"

Posted by: Kindltot - Free Harambe! at March 31, 2026 02:44 PM (rbvCR)

272
Wasn’t mayor smiley in charge of shooting events at Brown University awhile back. Being so understanding of what happened.

Posted by: morigu


He was the asshat who, absent any evidence whatsoever, declared it safe for folks to resume normal activities despite no such assurances from law enforcement authorities. When asked on what basis he made that assertion, he replied (in effect), "Well, no one has been shot in the last (fill in this blank) hours."

But the shooter was alive and had driven into Massachusetts and shot the professor at MIT around that time.

He may not have known much, but what little he did know, he knew really well!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:46 PM (xG4kz)

273 That's sort of a hilarious and serious tweet by Trump. Seems like the new world order is going to be like the old world order.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at March 31, 2026 02:46 PM (sX1BW)

274
In which federal agency was the guy whose handgun fired when he was executing some awesome moves on a dance floor about four years ago?

Was he Secret Service, or FBI?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 31, 2026 02:50 PM (xG4kz)

275 268 If I were running things and someone took a journalist hostage, I'd send in the same team that got Maduro. The terrorists would all be freaking out, thinking they're about to get f'd in the a, and then get real confused when the special forces operators just mag-dumped on the hostage and returned to base.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice


LOL

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 31, 2026 03:21 PM (W2Pud)

276 There's a BLM mural in town. They can take any spare paint and start on that one next.

Posted by: DamnedYankee at March 31, 2026 03:57 PM (EKdvg)

277 My suggestion is to partially paint over the mural with a sneering rendition of the Mayor trying to pull a cover over it, with a caption making it a political ad.

Posted by: epador at March 31, 2026 04:08 PM (AC6Wj)

278 Providence = ClownTown

Posted by: Mayor Hates Immigrants Which Is SO Not Cool at March 31, 2026 06:31 PM (bt3Im)

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