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Physical Deportation Is The First Step, And Cutting Illegals Off From Our Society Is The Next Step!
Going after violent illegals is an absolutely necessary first step in cleansing our country of the scourge of uncontrolled illegal immigration. Traffic stops, chasing them on foot, or if necessary breaking down doors at 3:00AM and dragging them to a waiting flight to Sh*tcanistan is something that the American people will support.
But the huge numbers of illegals in our country make physical deportation a long and complex process. Luckily, there are other ways! As I wrote a few days ago, going after their employers, starting with the biggest companies will make huge inroads into the illegal population by denying them the ability to steal Americans' identities and undercut their price for labor. And there is more! Lax enforcement of existing laws, and banks that chased their business have allowed illegals to enter our financial systems, with credit cards, bank accounts, auto and home loans, etc. Will the administration end that? It sure sounds like they are beginning to take it seriously, or at least paying some attention! Stephen Miller says Trump administration is pursuing policy to debank illegal immigrants"President Trump signed an executive order a few weeks ago saying that we are not going to allow illegal aliens to use banking services in this country," Miller said. "Illegal aliens have credit cards, they have bank accounts and they're paid with direct deposit. So, illegal aliens fully participate in the commercial systems, the financial systems of America. Shutting that down is a massive engine for deportation." Miller was likely referring to an executive order Trump signed on May 19 that directed banks and federal regulators to increase scrutiny of accounts and credit applications involving immigrants without legal status or work authorization. The order did not explicitly instruct banks to deny credit cards or bank accounts to illegal immigrants, but compliance with it could make it more difficult for them to participate in the financial system. Federal agencies have already begun acting on Trump's executive order.
Executive orders are a stopgap measure. But it is a start. The real teeth will come if the various banking regulators demand that banks positively identify all account holders, and verify that their identification is not fraudulent or stolen. As I mentioned on Thursday, "E-Verify" needs to be improved, because we are our own worst enemy. But forcing the issue and making financial institutions take seriously the identification regulations would go a long way toward pushing illegals back to their home countries. If they can't easily open bank accounts or cash checks or buy cars or get an account with the electric company, their lives will become much more difficult. And that is the goal! We have made their lives effortless for too long. It is time to push them back into the shadows, and make every interaction with the legal financial world a risk. Debanking is an excellent start.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 12:02 PM (InJki)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:02 PM (RCjYY)
In theory I am to believe, a second offense is a serious charge . Yet keep hearing some have been deported multiple times
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:02 PM (Ia/+0)
one or two steps better, I would go with "subsidized".
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (InJki)
Lower housing prices, raise wages, break up the "trusts".
Posted by: MkY at July 19, 2026 12:05 PM (q6tQZ)
Problem is that is never going to happen.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 12:06 PM (0N4FZ)
Do we still need a USDA inspector in every butchering house?
I don't know.
Posted by: MkY at July 19, 2026 12:06 PM (q6tQZ)
For example: all monies from government entities.
Stop feeding our invaders.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:07 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: huerfano at July 19, 2026 12:08 PM (VJX5o)
Health officials identify source of US explosive diarrhoea outbreak
38 minutes ago
A sample of iceberg lettuce from the food supplier Taylor Farms has tested positive for the parasite that caused an explosive diarrhoea outbreak affecting thousands of people in the US, officials said.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that Taylor Farms, which supplies the Taco Bell food chain, had confirmed the sample was taken from a product not part of its current recall announced on Friday.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 12:09 PM (6wpGE)
If you want to deconstruct society, this is how you do it. Maybe you think this is a good idea, but it’s illegal as hell. “Judges” have largely been the ruin of this nation, arguably. Experts, the “best and brightest”, Ivy League spooks, good old boys from Deah Old Hahvahd.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:09 PM (OPIYi)
Entry Without Inspection (EWI) is a federal misdemeanor. "Entry Without Inspection Pursuant to a Prior Order of Deportation" (i.e., a second offense) CAN be charged as a felony, but rarely is.
I assume Trump's DOJ is cracking down on repeat illegal alien offenders now.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:10 PM (RCjYY)
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Apparently the range of FedGov entities includes most of the IC as well as all those associated with monetary policy. If it's anywhere as aggressive as I'd hope it'd be it will rile up the left big time.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:10 PM (jehhT)
Well how else can we get more and more population? After all, all growth is good!
/ chamber of commerce
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (cGjQu)
Ever here this one?
A USDA employee arrives at work one morning in DC and finds his office mate in tears, balling his eyes out. The worker says "What's wrong? What happened?
This colleague replies "My farmer died."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (NnhvP)
There are not people who would take those jobs. In order to replace those jobs with citizens we must stop paying people not to work. Those are the people who would be replacement on CBD's list.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (OPIYi)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (NnhvP)
Pretty soon they won't even be offering that
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:13 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 12:14 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Braenyard
Until those businesses are forced to pay Market wages, Then Americans would take those jobs.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:15 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 12:15 PM (FtULh)
If you wanna use WallyMart to send remittances to another country it has to be in person (no phone apps) and you have to show a birth certificate every time. And tax it. Tax the hell out of it. Limit it to $1000 a month. Make it painful.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 12:16 PM (2Ez/1)
However, we must be realistic. Many, if not most of the banks will fight back by doing whatever they can to subvert the process. Examples must be made. Swords must be shaken, and shields must be splintered.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)
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You can see the evil genius at work, if you take the view in from 20,000 feet.
No fucking way could they EVER have imported millions of illegals over the years without a significant portion of the affected people being paid off. And drugged.
We can see descendants of slaves going to bat for hordes of illegals taking jobs, driving up costs, insurance etc.
Union bosses handwaving away millions of imported illegals driving down wages. It’s astonishing really.
Yeah, lots of payola involved.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (OPIYi)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (mmrXZ)
Illegal aliens don't USE ITNs! They make up a SSN instead! Which is also a federal misdemeanor, i.e. "Misuse of a Social Security Number."
The Social Security Administration sends "no match" letters to employers when this happens. That's why employers who hire illegals don't have to buy toilet paper.
Someone mentioned meat packers. Don't forget big, industrial scale bakers, either.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:18 PM (RCjYY)
Stop making it easy including debanking, food assistance, medical care, jobs, etc. and most will self-deport. And Democrats might not ever win another national election.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:19 PM (viF8m)
Well how else can we get more and more population? After all, all growth is good!
/ chamber of commerce
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM
The problem with that is they never assimilate and reproduce like rabbits and their kids have the same attitudes. We have some illegals around here that have been in the country illegally for 10-20 years and still don't speak english. That's why pretty much every social service in our county has to have their stuff printed in english and spanish and they have translators on staff.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (0N4FZ)
Some will, but there are many Americans who now view a job as optional. The rules must be changed again (back to where they were after the GOP forced reform on Clinton), so that welfare, under whatever guise, is limited in time, and/or available only to the truly needy.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)
However, the concept failed as the motivations of the new arrivals changed. Now, many new arrivals make every effort to avoid assimilation. Instead, they force their own failed cultural indiosyncracies on established residents. Other motivations are purely personal finances and exploitation. For some it is to eventual absolute dominance and destruction.
Which makes me wonder if the term "Melting pot" is considered bigotry by today's left and their invading minions. Especially since the man that coined the phrase (Zangwill) was Jewish.
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (mmrXZ)
Every incremental increase in the difficulty of living in America will push those on the margins to self-deport.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (l4RKn)
This. Plyler was a garbage decision.
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (cGjQu)
This. Try to utilize any kind of service.
Good luck.
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:22 PM (cGjQu)
For example: all monies from government entities.
Stop feeding our invaders.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Stop feeding layabout citizens. As their EBT is cut off they can replace the newly deported low echelon workers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:22 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 12:23 PM (UU6Zb)
The kicker is the Matricula Consular could not be used as ID in Mexico.
Meanwhile US Bank didn't accept Military ID as an acceptable ID document.
Posted by: Minuteman at July 19, 2026 12:23 PM (47/pr)
And to those who then say "that's racist!", I encourage them to contemplate the implications of their statement.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)
Instead, they force their own failed cultural indiosyncracies on established residents.
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Started with the Irish, of course.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 12:24 PM (UU6Zb)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron
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Those are jobs for poor people. There are no poor Americans.
The Americans who would otherwise be considered poor are paid to not work; they aren't getting up, leaving their Doritoes and watching the View to go to no damn job.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:25 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Wait A Minute at July 19, 2026 12:26 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Archimedes
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and consider the innumerable counties that have as many 'white folk' on the roles as other
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:27 PM (3oLMy)
Seeing as how most, if not all of those layabouts are leftist shits with zero motivation.
They can go fight Canadian fires for free. And hope Canada takes pity on them and offers MAID.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:27 PM (jehhT)
What, oh what, could be the solution to this conundrum?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Honduran women covered in flower. The next day, the company's phones lit up with wannabe job applicants, who figured there might be some job openings.
I believe that a flood of new, legal job applicants is a common occurrence after an ICE workplace enforcement operation.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:25 PM (3oLMy)
Then stop paying them. Work, or starve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JackStraw
I'd gladly accept this impact.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 19, 2026 12:29 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Amen to that! Second-class citizens, even that's a reach.
Posted by: Leutonian Supremacist at July 19, 2026 12:29 PM (JM9I6)
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You can see the evil genius at work, if you take the view in from 20,000 feet.
No fucking way could they EVER have imported millions of illegals over the years without a significant portion of the affected people being paid off. And drugged.
We can see descendants of slaves going to bat for hordes of illegals taking jobs, driving up costs, insurance etc.
Union bosses handwaving away millions of imported illegals driving down wages. It’s astonishing really.
Yeah, lots of payola involved.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:17 PM (OPIYi) "
and practically every penny of it coming from the pockets of honest squares working 40+ hours a week.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (VyBeY)
Every incremental increase in the difficulty of living in America will push those on the margins to self-deport.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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There's no law, regulation, or order barring illegal aliens from having US bank accounts. Banks are advised to treat probable illegal alien accounts as a higher risk. (I'm sure chase and bofa will get right on it. )
Where's the difficulty?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (mmrXZ)
Eh. It depends. If the incremental increase is a small fraction of the difficulty of living in the home country, they'll still want to stay. That's where we are now.
Would you rather live with somewhat less welfare in the US, or go back to Haiti?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)
I don’t know how they get these jobs. I recently started a new job and on day one I had to show my birth certificate and social security card!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 12:31 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:20 PM (dIske)
Dude, I'm 42, and ever since I was in elementary school, the dull normal meatbags we pay to pretend to work in these places all said it was mucho racism.
It's been on the shit list for a loooooong time. Their preferred term was "salad bowl" in the sense that everyone retains their different cultures, improving our boring, racist salad, which isn't a real salad because it was just lettuce until the enrichers added their cyclosporiasis to it and made it exciting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)
Depants the Book Thread!
Posted by: Even Steven at July 19, 2026 12:31 PM (JM9I6)
>>@EricLDaugh
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>>🚨 WOW! Americans are celebrating after a new report finds 80% PERCENT of Haitian illegal aliens fled Springfield, Ohio
>>Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m)
Must have run out of pets in Springfield.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (BI5O2)
Every incremental increase in the difficulty of living in America will push those on the margins to self-deport.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Has making it illegal to send money out of the US been mentioned.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:35 PM (3oLMy)
They aren't eating the pets of the people who live there.
whoa whoa whoa
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)
Voters in country after country appear to have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states, open-border policies, identity-driven governance, and supranational rules that delivered stagnation, insecurity, and a quiet erosion of national sovereignty.
https://tinyurl.com/4df8vfmw
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)
WOW! Americans are celebrating after a new report finds 80% PERCENT of Haitian illegal aliens fled Springfield, Ohio
>>Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY
Posted by: JackStraw
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Where'd they flee to? my guess is new york city or California.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:36 PM (mmrXZ)
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Begs the question; where'd they go? Certainly not back to Haiti.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:36 PM (jehhT)
>>Local Haitians are PANICKING, saying business has plummeted, restaurants and stores EMPTY
Great, but the next question is "where did they go". If they just moved to another town, or dispersed so as to be less obvious, we have a long way to go towards solving the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
And my brother in laws apartments are empty! This cannot stand!
/ohio politicians
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (cGjQu)
Begs the question; where'd they go? Certainly not back to Haiti.
Great, but the next question is "where did they go". If they just moved to another town, or dispersed so as to be less obvious, we have a long way to go towards solving the problem.
Great minds.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:38 PM (aI58f)
Posted by: BOA Sucks BOD at July 19, 2026 12:38 PM (45BvE)
They are not giving up
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: TeeJ at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (dAv7M)
Voters in country after country appear to have grown weary of the same experiment: ballooning welfare states --
Posted by: Archimedes
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Exempting MY welfare, however.
Posted by: Every European voter at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (mmrXZ)
It's my understanding that Gaza has been depopulated by genocide. Can we send them there?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
I don’t know how they get these jobs. I recently started a new job and on day one I had to show my birth certificate and social security card!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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If CBD would publish the list from the other day (or was it Throckmorton?). Anyway. It was a laundry list of areas illegals have taken over the job market. They are bottom tier jobs. Not much inquiry required.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (nqEzG)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
Those immigrants all work and stuff!
/Mike DeStupid, Ohio
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 12:41 PM (OXYE0)
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We did no such fucking thing, Jack. This is enemy action. Get it in your head.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:41 PM (OPIYi)
Posted by: mnw
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They want to kill us, it's in their oath, it's preached in their mosques. WHY ARE THEY HERE?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (3oLMy)
At that point the illegals still here are baggage on the conveyer belt out of the country.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (jehhT)
Of course we do. But if you never try and just accept that we will always lose, we will.
Guess what the average rent in NYC is these days. Mamdani's idiotic regime is going to crash and burn. He's already running multi-billion dollar deficits. California is coming apart at the seams. They are running out of sanctuaries because their idiotic policies were nothing more than a ponzi scheme that relied on the feds to keep sending endless checks. Those days are over.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (viF8m)
(The Worst of the Worst) which shows the worst of the illegals, state by state. It is well worth the look:
https://www.dhs.gov/wow
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (XeU6L)
/Mike DeStupid, Ohio
Many do, and it's unrealistic to say otherwise. Yes, outright majorities take advantage of various types of welfare, but there are many who, let's be honest, work a lot harder than the native born would.
We should understand that getting rid of them will come with costs in terms of the expense and quality of labor.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Ease up, and back up on that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:43 PM (3oLMy)
Oh, I'm not suggesting we shouldn't, just that this problem, which was built over a half century, won't be resolved overnight, and without any pain.
I like pain.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)
13 I always thought the notion that Americans are financially obligated to support illegal aliens in public schools was one of the worst possible decisions they could possibly make. Coupled with the fairy tale “birthright citizenship” nonsense, it matters not what the laws say. It’s a losing battle. Plyler vs. whatever.”
Plyler vs Doe, 1982. It always amuses me that i knew Jim Plyler, who at the time was the Superintendent of Schools for the Tyler School District. The case was brought by the US DOJ after Tyler Schools refused to admit the children of illegal aliens in 1981.
It is the practice to name cases between organizations with the name of the person who is in charge of the organization being sued. It always amused Jim that his name was made famous by such a significant case, even though he himself had very little to do with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (dP8GR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Tell them to try Mayfield. Ward Cleaver and Fred Rutherford did just fine there. Ward even got a new car every year!
Posted by: Der Fernseher at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (JM9I6)
And the boat people who land in Calabria don't stick around to grow tomatoes. They go to the biggest cities in Europe and elect mayors.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:44 PM (RCjYY)
Be interesting to see what Vivek actually does if he wins.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:45 PM (viF8m)
That's only because his wife brought in an excellent salary as a translator.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)
Plus, for illegals, no driver's licenses, no car tabs, no welfare, no medical insurance, no public school enrollments or education financial aid, and so on.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 19, 2026 12:46 PM (/eAef)
Begs the question; where'd they go? Certainly not back to Haiti.
Great, but the next question is "where did they go". If they just moved to another town, or dispersed so as to be less obvious, we have a long way to go towards solving the problem.
Great minds.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)
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This might surprise your, or maybe not. BUT, they are going to Canada. Montreal has already put out a notice on the massive influx of Haitian refugees as a result of their lost protected status in the US. Ironically, their get in free card for Canada is that Canada has always given prefernce to French speaking immigrants.
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Berserker had that last night only he added a pinwheel of rotating boots.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:47 PM (3oLMy)
That does surprise me. Canada has apparently decided on MAID for the entire country.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Minuteman
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No one accepts my VA ID as valid ID.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:49 PM (XeU6L)
Do we still need a USDA inspector in every butchering house?
I don't know.
Posted by: MkY
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States can have their own and many states do but they do it on terms of USDA and it does not supercede USDA's ability to independently do inspections. Same as with EPA, most of the enforcement of actions are actually done by state agencies.
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
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If the Somali fits!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:50 PM (aI58f)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Berserker had that last night only he added a pinwheel of rotating boots.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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And here I thought I was waxing poetic.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:51 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: mnw
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Boats don't land in Italy. Navy's been issued, no landing, orders two months ago.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:52 PM (3oLMy)
We'll see about that.
Posted by: The EU elite, luxuriating in air-conditioned splendor at July 19, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)
There's some truth in that. We used to have temporary immigrant work permits for farm workers, Braceros. Work, earn money legally, go home.
Israel still does that.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:53 PM (RCjYY)
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You sweet summer child! Correct Paperwork, documentation, notarizing, every jot and tittle signed off, that shit is for harassing people like you.
Illegal aliens get pulled over. No license, no registration, no insurance. “Have a Nice Day”.
You, dear Citizen, put out your garbage can by mistake on Thursday, instead of Friday. Code Enforcement sez that’s $128.32 fine.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:54 PM (OPIYi)
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:46 PM (dIske)
FWIW, a couple of weeks ago, I filled up my Suburban at a discount gas station in the tiny hamlet of Balzac, Alberta. Just outside the northern city limits of Calgary. Waiting at the pump, in front of me was a U-Haul box truck being filled by a swarthy guy. It had Arizona plates, Parked in the lot were four other U-Haul box trucks, ALL with AZ plates. The station is a U-Haul agency. Now it's not unusual for U-Haul agencies to have out-of-area plates. But for all the out-of-area plates to be from ONE locality? Weird.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:55 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Knee mauler at July 19, 2026 12:55 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:56 PM (aI58f)
If we want a permanent solution we have to find a way to stop allowing Democrats to gain power. Democrats are the root of the problem. They create the policies that create illegal immigration.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:56 PM (viF8m)
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Not every illegal who comes to America is interested in handouts. Some have political aspirations that go beyond just having influence in elections.
They want themselves to be elected. This way they can push legislation (as they've been doing in Congress for years) to facilitate more illegals of their ilk to resettle here. Changing the entire demographics of cities, counties and states.
It's been successful in Minnesota with the Somalis and elsewhere with Mexicans. In Springfield, OH it was Haitians.
It's a fucking invasion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:57 PM (jehhT)
No workers comp claims, for one. No unemployment insurance claims.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:59 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Employers will start chasing the illegals off the property on their own.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 12:30 PM (mmrXZ)
This is true. But using fake or stolen ID is very much illegal, and that is what most of them do.
But making it illegal for illegals to participate, even with genuine ID, is obviously the best outcome.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Buy some goats
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Buy some goats
Yeah, that's an excellent plan. Where do you live?
Posted by: Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad at July 19, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:40 PM (3oLMy)
It's at the link in the post.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 19, 2026 01:02 PM (l4RKn)
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Republicans have plenty to answer for, it is by no means restricted to Democrats. As i’m fond of saying, Democrats fuck shit up. That’s their job.
Republicans make sure it stays that way.
This is how we got Trump, incidentally. I guess the 4th iteration of “Bush versus Clinton” aka “Here are your choices” finally broke the spell, or something. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:02 PM (OPIYi)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Buy some goats
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (rbvCR)
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Talk is sheep.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 01:03 PM (aI58f)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Buy some goats
Yeah, that's an excellent plan. Where do you live?
Posted by: Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad at July 19, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
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I know this the place to insert a joke about not having to buy them dinner first...but I'm not going to do it.
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 01:03 PM (dIske)
Everything in life is a tradeoff.
3am Thai food made by a welfare scammer who doesn't wash his hands, and delivered by an illiterate nascent jihadist who mowed down an Aztec vagrant while wrong-way driving moments before will become scarcer, too.
The benefits exceed the downside.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Buy some goats
Yeah, that's an excellent plan. Where do you live?
Posted by: Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad at July 19, 2026 01:01 PM (Riz8t)
Run little goats! Run!
Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a Ruptured Asshole at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 01:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Buy some goats
Hello Code Enforcement? Yes, I would like to report my neighbor...he hasn't mowed in weeks and now he has goats in his yard. Yes, I think he's a conservative too.
He scares me and my 13 cats.
Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, Local democrat scold and busybody at July 19, 2026 01:05 PM (45BvE)
Bill Clinton started that
Carter's Cuban boat thugs
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:06 PM (3oLMy)
50 years of unfettered illegal alien migration doesn’t just happen. “There’s nothing we can do” is not an acceptable not believable answer. Somebody wants it this way.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:06 PM (OPIYi)
No question that some of the GOP are in league with the left. But the entire Democrat Party is committed to illegals.
We just saw the governor and attorney general of Minnesota pardon a child rapist who just happens to be an illegal alien. In what universe does that make any sense at all?
Mark Warner was on one of the talking heads networks this morning lying that photo ID is required in VA. Shockingly, the talking head had to correct him because he also lives in VA. There is no legitimate reason to be against secure elections unless you plan to cheat. And they do.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:08 PM (viF8m)
If we want a permanent solution we have to find a way to stop allowing Democrats to gain power. Democrats are the root of the problem. They create the policies that create illegal immigration.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:56 PM (viF8m)
I think Elissa Slotkin recently said the quiet part out loud: The SAVE act can’t pass because Dems would never win another election!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:09 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:25 PM (3oLMy)
Then stop paying them. Work, or starve.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:28 PM (1z8ji)
Yes.
Posted by: the gods of the copybook headings at July 19, 2026 01:09 PM (vDZgA)
Not my cup of tea when it's that wet.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:09 PM (jehhT)
It's shocking when Democrats actually tell the truth.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:13 PM (3oLMy)
Ending slavery was a vast hardship to the traditional agricultural economy of the South, much the way that ending sharecropping was intensely damaging to the economy of the south 100 years later.
These actions did not destroy the economy, even though they caused dislocations that had to be resolved. Those crops continued under new terms.
And yet, what killed King Cotton and King Sugar and King Indigo wasn't labor costs, but the financialization of the industries that depended on those crops that made it a good deal, financially for the financiers, to export them to China and similar places.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:11 PM (rbvCR)
We should understand that getting rid of them will come with costs in terms of the expense and quality of labor.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Working 'hard' is not the same as labor productivity and lowly educated illegals are not particularly productive compared with other labor or mechanization. They come cheap, not necessarily productive.
That is one of the key flaws in Marxian analysis of economics--workers are not widgets and have varying degrees of productivity depending on a number of factors. Likewise, the decision to mechanize a labor task like digging a ditch, is often superior than hiring a bunch of illegals to do it. But, it takes an owner willing to invest in capital goods and a better quality laborer that won't tear up the machine nor do damage with it.
When illegals are cheap labor, the employer will choose the floating population of cheap labor because his competitors are doing the same thing so he faces a competitive issue and initial costs are higher.
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)
Brooklyn, IL is for people who can't afford East St. Louis, btw.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)
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That's what tore it for me. The moment I started seeing congresswhores with names like Omar and Tlaib, I shifted from anti-illegal sentiment to wanting all foreigners out.
This is MY country and I will bequeath it to MY kids, not your foreign whelps. GTFO.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (BI5O2)
Employers, banks, places to rent. Go after anyone doing business with illegals. Soon the illegals will have to leave.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at July 19, 2026 01:14 PM (MsFGo)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)
Damn, that's bad.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 19, 2026 01:14 PM (wOO3z)
Here is the ID rule for voting in VA:
Virginia requires voters to present non-photo identification (ID) while voting. Accepted forms of ID include Virginia driver's licenses, U.S. passports, student IDs, and copies of current utility bills or bank statements. For a list of all accepted forms of ID, see below.[1]
Voters without a required ID may sign an ID confirmation statement and vote a regular ballot.
Most people just pull out their DL, which has a photo.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:15 PM (Riz8t)
50 years of unfettered illegal alien migration doesn’t just happen. “There’s nothing we can do” is not an acceptable not believable answer. Somebody wants it this way.
Posted by: Common Tater
Absolutely true. Same thing with crime, not educating children, and other social policies.
But the influence on decisionmakers is to empire build and feather their own nests, not the primary goal of whatever institution is created to address a social problem. And it appears substituting contractors for the government employees is equal bad because the same influences without competition end up with the same dysfunction.
It is very difficult to set up competitive markets for discipline on social policy institutions because the entire incentive structure of government/contractors aims at dysfunction rather than solving the problem in a cost efficient manner.
Education is a perfect example--our version of Soviet agriculture with about the same results.
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)
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Not every illegal who comes to America is interested in handouts. Some have political aspirations that go beyond just having influence in elections.
They want themselves to be elected. This way they can push legislation (as they've been doing in Congress for years) to facilitate more illegals of their ilk to resettle here. Changing the entire demographics of cities, counties and states.
It's been successful in Minnesota with the Somalis and elsewhere with Mexicans. In Springfield, OH it was Haitians.
It's a fucking invasion.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 12:57 PM (jehhT)
An invasion of non-uniformed combatants who are receiving direct assistance from some "citizens" of the US.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 19, 2026 01:16 PM (vDZgA)
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When it comes to election integrity and the investigative process to determine election exploitation, Mark Warner's response and behavior has been disproportionate and difficult to explain.
When Gabbard sent a team down to Georgia and refused to seek the Senate Select Intelligence Committee's approval, and brief him personally, he went apoplectic. When Trump announced his speech that occurred last Thursday, Warner was alll over the airwaves stating that it was theatrics and held no substance even before he knew what was being presented. Which begs the question, how deeply is the SSIC involved in these frauds, and in what capacity?
One would have to question whether Warner is personally involved in the foreign influence of elections, or perhaps orchestrating it.
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (dIske)
Can you buy a gun or a beer in VA without an ID if you just sign a form that will never be checked?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (viF8m)
That is true, but for most people, the interactions with illegals in the work place involve construction, yard care, domestic work, and restaurants. My anecdotal experience is that they are very hard working.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:18 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: mnw
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Blackpilling is never useful.
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)
Right in the middle of the Russia collusion bullshit Warner was secretly communicating with Steele's lawyer who also just happens to be the lawyer for a Russian oligarch who is under US sanctions.
He's a dirtbag of epic proportion.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:20 PM (viF8m)
My 2 year "promotional trial" that is running me $6.50 per month (full cost is about $28.00 per month) is expiring at the end of July. I called SiriusXM today to "cancel." Ten minutes later I had a new 1 year "promotion trial" that runs $7.50 per month, a reasonable price increase. I pushed for another 2 year deal but the AI agent was having none of that.
In other news, these AI customer service agents are uncannily good at what they are tasked with.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 19, 2026 01:23 PM (/eAef)
Posted by: mnw
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Blackpilling is never useful.
Posted by: The Beatles
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But telling the truth is. There's no persistent reason to think the left cannot steal another "election." Especially when we depend on the likes of the GOP to make sure our interests are looked after.
And, not to put too fine a point on this, but the judiciary, who's responsible for handing down not only punishments, but law and legal decisions, is firmly on the left's side.
Can it be fixed? Neutered? Rehabilitated?
I have no clue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:25 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Archimedes
Mine is opposite of yours--restaurants have had a substantial decline in hygiene tied to casual standards of the third world, I see lazy construction workers that use nail guns like a machine gun rather than point and aiming, awful masonry skills where the mortar is smeared around and bricks/blocks not aligned properly, roofers leaving trash everywhere where they think it will be hidden and doing substandard work, and so on, etc.
They come cheap, not necessarily good. Specific individuals may vary as some of the most industrious illegals end up trying for owning a small business etc. but the standard issue is the same Third World mentality that they came from.
And that mentality more or less of this third world is to socialize costs and privatize any benefits. Low trust society.
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)
That is nice. The extra profit for hiring someone who works extra hard for less pay is probably a good thing.
The extra costs that the employer spares himself is often taken up by tax supported social services, which is the exact example of outsourcing, or "socializing" the production costs for private profit.
Also the social cost of having a permanent underclass that is legally unable to advance, and reluctant to use law enforcement and the courts to protect themselves form predation by criminals.
And the fact that the underclass is also the section that tends to involve themselves directly or indirectly in crime out of solidarity of fear
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:26 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:27 PM (OPIYi)
I have no clue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Telling the truth about current conditions is one thing, making predictions like Nostradamus is quite another. And the direction is predictable--when all you see and spout are negatives, that is as unrealistic as seeing everything positive.
Life is a struggle, we cannot recapture the past, we can only move forward to address the challenges then and do our best to fix what we can in the time we have allotted on this earth. Nothing is fixed, nothing is definite, and no victory nor defeat permanent.
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Archimedes
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And that fits the bill of the list of jobs, published by CBD or Throckmorton, that illegals have taken over. And one might say their work is productive because they grease the wheels, buss our tables, serve the food. I'm hungry.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:29 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)
That is nice. The extra profit for hiring someone who works extra hard for less pay is probably a good thing.
Please point out where I said that. I'll wait.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)
I still think temporary work permits could be part of the solution to "jobs American won't do," i.e., slaughtering chickens.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (RCjYY)
But the even more condescending and gross part is the subject... we're being spoken to like children. "If you try and keep your country and culture, then you'll have to go to bed without your treats!"
I'm not Edmund Pevensie, and I won't sell out my people for a grubby little fistful of Turkish Delight.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: The Beatles at July 19, 2026 01:26 PM (E4rtv)
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I could go on and on about this. 1) The Mexicans in my family have loooong kept their Mexican habits of fixing things with tape and string while the underlying structural problem worsens. I have examples.
2) Local Mexicans literally do what they call "trash work" where they get drunk af on a construction job. Just a way to make the day go faster.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (mmrXZ)
This isn’t relevant, actually. The problem is the financialization. The negative impacts of mass migration or cost shifted to the taxpayers, who get no benefits per se.
The businesses employing illegals get an advantage. Your hospital does not. Your cop shop does not.
Your schools do, kinda. Federal dollars for every ass in the seat.
Is the quality of the instruction any good? Nice new facilities and administrative buildings, but they can’t read or write or perform Arithmetic.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (OPIYi)
https://tinyurl.com/4fdxesma
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Yogi With His 10 WS Rings at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (JM9I6)
Why do you suppose they allowed Trump to win in 2024? Like him or hate him there has never been a bigger threat to their machine than Trump. And he crushed them in 2024.
Lots of election integrity stuff is going on including just yesterday an appeals court allowing the USPS to force tracking rules for every single mail in ballot. No more mass mail in voting. Kind of a big deal.
Doesn't mean they won't still try to cheat but it's not 2020 any longer. Things are improving even if not as fast as we want.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)
Great Chronicles of Narnia reference!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:33 PM (26GAh)
I still think temporary work permits could be part of the solution to "jobs American won't do," i.e., slaughtering chickens.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (RCjYY)
Many years back when the economy was on the skids my husband had to take a job at a poultry processing plant.. If you need the money you'll do it...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:33 PM (FtULh)
The companies need to pay. There is nothing like a good raid with your morning coffee.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 01:31 PM (BI5O2)
Great Chronicles of Narnia reference!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:33 PM (26GAh)
Yes Edmund was a rat
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: So Called Judge Boasberg at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (rf/GM)
Tulsi Gabbard's brother accused of trying to lure children to Hawaii hotel room: police trib.al/IQo4lrT
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:35 PM (gKWVE)
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Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)
Were you on the way in or on the way out ;p ?
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 19, 2026 01:36 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:36 PM (OXYE0)
Like Kiev to Kyiv and Turkey to Türkiye?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:36 PM (ugElV)
Golf is more boring than soccer....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:37 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:34 PM (FtULh)
IIRC, didn’t Edmund get transformed into some kind of dragon as a punishment for his gluttony in one of the books? Something like that….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 19, 2026 01:37 PM (ugElV)
Many years back when the economy was on the skids my husband had to take a job at a poultry processing plant.. If you need the money you'll do it...
Posted by: It's me donna
Heh, you seem way too classy to be the wife of a chicken-plucker!
Posted by: Assistant Neck-Wringer at July 19, 2026 01:38 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 19, 2026 01:38 PM (/eAef)
Nobody from the state or city or county who will fine the restaurant owner for the slightest infraction gives a fuck about the illegal.
Posted by: Insanity at July 19, 2026 01:39 PM (rf/GM)
I think the poultry processors would dispute that, that all it takes to hire legal workers is higher wages.
"legal workers" to include LAPRs, Lawful Alien Permanent Residents-- green card holders
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:39 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 01:39 PM (OXYE0)
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No, it isn't 2020. Things are improving. Yes. It does not preclude the left from trying, and succeeding in stealing another election.
I have hope that the information Trump released last week about China's influence in our elections, the danger e-voting and the hacked machines pose, and efforts to clean up the rolls has a positive effect.
Taking away the tools the left uses doesn't necessarily mean they'll quit. We should remain on guard.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)
You said they work extra hard, I surmised the reason the employers took them on is because they work cheaper.
That, in my experience with construction, farm work, housekeeping, yard work, and restaurants is exactly why the employers hire them in spite of having screwed up I9 and fake working docs.
They could hire better legals, but on the whole the margin of profit is so slender, especially in restaurants, they go with what they figure they can afford.
And the taxpayer subsidizes these industries through social safety nets.
It is still peonage. It is still peonage enforced by government regulation. We can live in this extremely inujst and morally questionable world for cheap lawncare and cheap french fries, or we can take away the laws and open the borders to everyone no matter what, or we can enforce the laws and accept that marginal businesses are going to either have to adapt or die
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:13 PM (RCjYY)
Did it have a happy ending?
Posted by: Bulgogi at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (nPp6w)
I have hope that the information Trump released last week about China's influence in our elections, the danger e-voting and the hacked machines pose, and efforts to clean up the rolls has a positive effect.
Taking away the tools the left uses doesn't necessarily mean they'll quit. We should remain on guard.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 19, 2026 01:40 PM (jehhT)
Oh the talking heads today are out in force disputing that Trump said anything that showed there was any cheating
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 01:41 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at July 19, 2026 01:41 PM (/eAef)
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The jobs available to illegals you will be hard pressed to find an American, today, that will take that job. Stop paying people not to work and there will be an available work force to fill those vacancies created by sending illegals home.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:41 PM (3oLMy)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (RCjYY)
Then instituting laws that disallow local precincts to do re-counts (oh, wait, Arizona already has that law in place...wink wink and Michigan just raised the roof on the potential for recounts).
IOW, no more of this complex, labor intensive vote fraud. Just have a handful of people certify made up totals.
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (dIske)
Ending slavery was an enormous disruption, yes (and the unpleasantness leading up to it didn't help).
My understanding is that it was the tractor which made sharecropping untenable, however. This helped the South's economy boom (other factors include airconditioning and the removal of nasty worms and bugs, and better roads). The Civil Rights movement happened because the rest of the US noticed at least a second world economy in the South and didn't think it had an excuse for running a third world feudal society.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (gKWVE)
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
- Stuff Jefferson soft of said.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:42 PM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/4fdxesma
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)
ewww
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:43 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 01:44 PM (gKWVE)
Sunday Morning Book Thread 7-19-2026 [Sabrina Chase]
We are all about the contents of books here at the Book Thread, but a high-quality binding is the literary cherry on top. The photo above is one of the old books in my library, a first edition of the Hurst "Burnt Leather Classics" version of the works of Robert Burns, printed in 1904. (It took a bit of internet research to find out the date, as the fancy version had no published date inside.) Not only does it have gilt lettering on the cover, the edges of the pages are all gilt as well. In addition, the cover is soft leather, delicately embossed with daffodils, and slightly padded so it is very comfortable to hold. There used to be a silk bookmark ribbon bound in, but that fell to the ravages of time. A lot of thought clearly went into this design, to not only look good and to be functional but also elevate the book even more. (Apparently it was TOO fancy/expensive to produce, even for the luxury holiday gift market it was intended for, and in 1905 the standards were *koff* lowered and the gilt page edges and cover lettering vanished. But that made it possible for me to figure out my copy was one of the elite!)
Now sometimes the attempts to pretty-up a book went a little far, what with all the enamel and gems and whatnot. Who wants to curl up with a lumpy book that weighs 15 pounds? And won't play nice with the other books on the shelf?
Anyone have any pretty treasures to brag about?
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 08:55 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 08:55 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: First? at July 19, 2026 08:56 AM (2Ez/1)
the Mr Gorzug series; pretty good stuff, lots of wisdom mixed in with the funny, recommended.
Zamyatin's "We", not sure why. Russian artists & poets sure got screwed by the October Revolution (which they supported), didn't they?
Appalachian Trail guidebooks - fantasy reading.
back later, maybe
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 09:00 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:01 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 09:01 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:02 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:02 AM (yTvNw)
All my books are "functional" rather than "ornamental."
I do have a few books that have slightly better binding, but that's as far as it goes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:03 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:02 AM (1tpiU)
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Are pants even required here?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (FZ29D)
Fortunately, the fire hasn't really gotten any closer to town, and has received a robust response from the appropriate authorities. It's still burning, but it will make national news if it reaches a point where my home is in actual danger...
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (iJfKG)
"Promise Me, America" is a book title bathed in arrogance.
I have a couple of side bets about content, no one would take on the mentions of Beau.
Posted by: Auspex at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (Y8DZL)
I was just editing my latest short story: removing some of the "-ly" words, addressing my quirk of beginning a sentence with "But" or "And," etc. Time ran away, and here the Book Thread was.
Currently I'm reading Stephen Hunter's historical crime story I, Ripper. It features excerpts from a diary written by Jack the Ripper, alternating with a newspaper reporter's account from 1912 of how he gave the serial killer his name and tried to track him down in the London of 1888. Grand stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:05 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: And Allen at July 19, 2026 09:05 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026
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The alternate timeline where Kirk did *not* save Edith Keeler?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Or a phone app at July 19, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Those simply take time.
I'll have more to report in next week's Sunday Morning Book Thread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:07 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:07 AM (4VH0B)
Saw Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt in Glencoe Friday night.
It was magnificent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (RIvkX)
There are still a couple of bookcases of hardcovers here, though, because I liked the books and dammit I'm hanging on to them.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (q3u5l)
But now it is here and so are we! And the books.
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (Y9Vvl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (FZ29D)
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The alternate timeline where Kirk did *not* save Edith Keeler?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:06 AM (wzUl9)
( shaking ) I'm not sure.
Wait! Edith is dead?
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (q3u5l)
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Preach it, brother!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (FZ29D)
You'd think so, but no.
https://tinyurl.com/9ctaay8f
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM (Riz8t)
Sabrina, that is a beautiful binding, and fitting for a book of poetry.
I have a few very old books, but none with beautiful binding. Pretty sure I've got a couple of those green arsenic-infused ones, though.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:12 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Brown paper grocery bag at July 19, 2026 09:12 AM (2Ez/1)
But I did enjoy the last couple chapters! The ones that had recognizable places and characters, that led into the events of Lord of the Rings. Those chapters I may re-read sometime. But the first two thirds...Now I can say that I read it, but I'm not likely to read it again.
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:13 AM (3v7ra)
Next up will be "Cur Deus Verba," or "How the Word Became Words," by Jeremy Holmes. An explanation of how Christ's teachings became the Bible, I believe. Should he an interesting read.
Good morning, Booklings.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM (/RHNq)
You'd think so, but no.
https://tinyurl.com/9ctaay8f
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 09:11 AM
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Is it rich Corinthian?
Posted by: Ricardo at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Brown paper grocery bag at July 19, 2026
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And for years after that. Once I did have some Man From U.N.C.L.E. book covers. They didn't last anywhere near as long as a grocery store paper bag.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:16 AM (wzUl9)
Now THOSE were ornamental.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:16 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Castle Guy
Interesting. I also only have one or two; One, a child's picture book of fables that was a present to my Mom from my Grandparents. And later, Mom read to me. It has absolutely stunning illustrations with beautiful color.
The other is a Journal kept by a Pennsylvania Dutch Pastor whom traveled between churches in the early 1800's. It is written in High German and describes his days and travels. He mentions certain locations that are very near my old family farm. I have two copies - one's cover is in tatters - broken, falling apart and degrading into dust. The other has a more modern cover. Probably late 1930's.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 09:16 AM (IUQak)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (3oLMy)
Chateau Lloyd is host to many books with interesting and ornate covers, particularly Tolkien editions whose entire purpose is to sit there on the shelf and look pretty. We have paperbacks for actually reading, some of which have been badly abused by time.
I do think it's interesting that the phrase "can't judge a book by its cover" exists because most of the time, that is the author/publisher's goal. Stencil font with martial title: about war.
Script with Fabio holding a chick? Romance.
And of course the title: "The Sword of Length And Girth: A Tale of Faries Queers and Thorns Book 5" tells you all you need to know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Gallery:
https://tinyurl.com/y3e4ztbc
YT video (Hebrew but you can get the translation):
https://youtu.be/UCfFNw_fxPo
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (w2sCY)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:20 AM (4VH0B)
They’re not overly engineered, they’re perfectly engineered.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 19, 2026 09:21 AM (sk9DV)
- Treasure Island and Kidnapped
- The complete poetry of JRR Tolkien
- the Wingfeather series
- Dracula and other stories by Stoker
- the 3 volume prose Faerie Queene (which is magnificent)
- several others
My LOTR paperbacks from the 60s have long since disintegrated to be replaced by a few hardcover editions.
Part of the rationale for getting these better made editions is the sheer physical pleasure of reading from them. Part is these are books I hope to pass along to the next generations.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:22 AM (yTvNw)
The other, a WWII novel, is called Basil's War, featuring one Basil St. Florian, an accomplished spy in the British Army who goes undercover in Nazi-occupied France.
Odd, but my local suburban library had the Hunters under General Fiction instead of Mystery. I'd think the G-Man novel would qualify under mystery, or crime at least.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (3oLMy)
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What if you've been eating Cheetos?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (FZ29D)
Good morning, Booklings.
Posted by: Sharkman at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM
*******
https://youtu.be/Xz_QEYwerkw
Posted by: Come and See at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (2Ez/1)
But at least the art was good. Not excellent, but good. That alone puts this book above several other adaptations that were part of the same comic line.
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 09:24 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:04 AM (3v7ra)
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My father inherited the love letters of his grandparents and typed them up and had them published in a hardcover with photos in the 1980s. Only perhaps a half-dozen copies exist.
I have the digital files and will at some point publish them for a larger audience. They are very interesting as they wrote often and it's an intimate portrait of acquaintances becoming friends and then engaged and finally married, only to be separated by the Great War. The stuff of epic romance, really, all tucked away in an attic for 50 years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (k+oif)
If there is a fire, I will probably be in the basement, opening the window to start hucking these books out first.
Posted by: KnownIssue at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (5bj1g)
Posted by: Brown paper grocery bag at July 19, 2026 09:12 AM
Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Heavy Duty Reynolds Wrap at July 19, 2026 09:27 AM (2Ez/1)
I started Relic a couple of years ago, and didn't get interested, but I saw this and decided to give it a go. I really got interested, and now it's finished, and I want to read Relic, and the waitlist is months long on Libby, and it's not on Hoopla, and my library doesn't have a copy.
But I'm in that mood now, and nothing else is grabbing my attention. I've started and abandoned several other books after I finished Pendergast, and I only want Pendergast now!!
This is a FWP, isn't it?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:27 AM (h7ZuX)
Good morning again morons and thanks Sabrina
Saw Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt in Glencoe Friday night.
It was magnificent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:08 AM (RIvkX)
We were in London last week and wanted to see a West End show.
Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" was playing there, which I would've loved to have seen, buuut that's not really the lovely and delightful Mrs naturalfake's kind of thing, so-
We went to see the all-singin', all-dancin' revival of the music "Oliver!'.
"Oliver!" is very much a product of it's time. As a retelling of "Oliver Twist" it kinda just breezes through the highlights, but is just loaded with great tunes. It really had no ambition to do anything more than entertain you and send you into the night singing and tapping your toes.
Mission accomplished.
Loaded with the usual great English stage actors as well.
Check it out if you have the opportunity.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (iJfKG)
Besides maybe my best game showing, wore my Russian shako as a 1812 musketeer so people seem to like to come up and ask about it. Lots of conversations on game rules and just talking to other people interested in history.
Hopefully back to Fall In in November
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (Ia/+0)
I remember my mother being a huge fan of Elmore Leonard, and while this has me interested in his books, I also feel that the outstanding cast is integral to the experience, and so I'm holding back.
Well, that and the fact that I have lots of other stuff that I want to get through first, like City of God and the rest of the Graham Greene stuff I bought.
My bedtime book is Decisive Battles of the American Revolution, a trade paperback saved from oblivion because I used the margins for an amusing flip book in middle school. It's a good book on the merits, though. Can't recall the author and the cat will not be moved, so here I am.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
The only covers that really stand out are some custom-bound-comic hardcovers; they have art printed on the covers, which I put together in photoshop! One of the perks of commissioning a custom-bound book...
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 09:29 AM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.
The saddest thing in The Name of the Rose was the burning of the library.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 19, 2026 09:30 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:30 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 09:30 AM (tZeAA)
Thanks to the book threadist who recommended it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)
I recently finished reading "The Case for Colonialism" by political scientist Bruce Gilley. Published a few years ago, it is an expanded book version of his highly controversial 2017 academic article of the same name.
The author challenges the prevailing progressive consensus that mid-19th and 20th century Western colonialism (primarily British, French, German, Belgian, Dutch, and Portuguese) was an unqualified evil. He argues that many or most episodes of such colonialism delivered substantial net benefits to colonized peoples through expanded education, improved public health, abolition of slavery and other harmful practices, better administration, infrastructure, widened economic opportunities, and more rational governance.
(cont.)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 09:32 AM (w2sCY)
The book contends that it's actually anti-colonialism that has proven to be the greater threat to human rights and development in the 20th century. Gilley documents how premature decolonization and the rejection of colonial institutions by nationalist elites often led to economic decline, authoritarianism, corruption, and suffering in many post-colonial states. Gilley calls for a rethinking of colonial history based on empirical evidence rather than ideology, emphasizing a "civilizing mission" grounded in universal values.
That's not gonna happen, at least not right now.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 09:32 AM (w2sCY)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:32 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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Don't lick your fingers as you turn the pages.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 09:18 AM (3oLMy)
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What if you've been eating Cheetos?
Cheetohs, for a few moments, distracts the villein from fear. But law is imposed by fear, whose true name is fear of God.
Posted by: Jorge of Burgos at July 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)
Quit reading him after he inserted gratuitous gayness in a story.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 19, 2026 09:33 AM (0ztm9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026
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Never read it; in fact I've read little of London aside from White Fang and Call of the Wild. And the latter was in the Whitman Young Readers edition, so it was probably edited. I remember the film version with Edward G. Robinson as Larsen, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)
Snuff is a watchdog. He watches things for Jack, like the things trapped in the mirror, and the thing in the wardrobe, and he keeps an eye out for Jack, since Jack is cursed. Jack only goes out by night, looking for certain items found in reasonably fresh graves, or in arcane gardens, as they are necessary ingredients for the charms Jack is working on.
As the story progresses, we meet other similar pairs, each an animal with their human, some working on charms to protect the world, and some working towards the opposite goal. Each animal is also trying to learn where and how this game is to be played out, and which teams will be on which side, for as the month of October comes to an end, they will all be in one location, where (and when) the portal can be opened, and the fate of the world will be at stake. As the story reaches its climax, the reader may be surprised as to which teams will be on which side on the thirty-first of October.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 09:34 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)
As in my comment above, it's a combination of pleasure in handling, contents that are special and worth preserving, and sturdy enough to survive generations of reading.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:35 AM (yTvNw)
This is a FWP, isn't it?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:27 AM (h7ZuX)
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Being the first book in the series, Relic does have a bit of "early installment weirdness."
I thought it was pretty good overall though, and Reliquary, the immediate sequel was even better.
Like many long-running series, it doesn't quite hit its stride until book 3 or 4.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)
The diversity-hire casting is basically forced on the moviemakers now by the Oscars requirements, so I shrug and lump it in with the fact that they're speaking English and have all their teeth.
One thing which saddens me is how all movies nowadays apparently have to require the audience to take sides. The response to the criticism "I thought some of the casting was screwy" should be "Well, I liked it," rather than "You're evil."
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 09:37 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026
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I can't find much Zelazny at my local library. This book sounds particularly good.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
I have one old book that I received as a Christmas present this year: my grandfather's bible. Worth a lot - to me!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (X8xt3)
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For this reason, I go out of my way to get early/mid century Modern Library editions. Perfect size and can occasionally find a leather bound.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (XvL8K)
But my favorite is easily a set of Shakespeare, missing one book. They were brought by covered wagon to South Dakota by my sodbuster ancestors. No year given, because they're pre copyright.
Posted by: Wenda at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (u84c/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)
I would read that. I'd want to see the original handwritten letters, too, though.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (h7ZuX)
Now I have to locate them and caress them.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 09:40 AM (IUQak)
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Thomas Sowell is making some of the same points in Wealth, Poverty, and Politics, the importance of culture and cultural transmission in economic outcomes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 09:40 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 09:41 AM (8l6/L)
They had a cafe, a game section, a gift section, and a toy section. It was sort of like being at the mall in the old days when you might have a Walden Books near the food court or at least an Orange Julius.
But...
I looked through the SF and Fantasy section and it was full of hacks and authors I've never heard of and reading the back covers the descriptions didn't sound promising.
So I went over to the library instead and got some Leiber and Saberhagen books instead.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)
Thinking to donate it to historical society as its should be preserved more than a book that will just be wasted sgfter I am gone
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:41 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 09:42 AM (LHPAg)
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For this reason, I go out of my way to get early/mid century Modern Library editions. Perfect size and can occasionally find a leather bound.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 19, 2026
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I have two on my shelf, Three Famous Murder Novels edited by Bennett Cerf, and Fourteen Great Detective Stories edited by Vincent Starrett. Bought them both from a local (and now defunct) bookseller when I was about fifteen. TFMN contains Before the Fact, that great portrait of a woman's marriage to a charming sociopath; the short stories volume has stuff all the way from Poe and Melville Davisson Post through Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, and even Cornell Woolrich.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sharkman at July 19, 2026 09:15 AM (/RHNq)
Very much my favorite pair of books by Dan Simmons.
Posted by: 13times at July 19, 2026 09:43 AM (fnZRl)
Sounds like a lot of fun for you. It's nice to get away and have downtime doing something we enjoy.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:43 AM (4VH0B)
So I went over to the library instead and got some Leiber and Saberhagen books instead.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026
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Much better choices. Saberhagen's Empire of the East and his Books of Swords series are superior stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)
Allentown, Pa. 1906.
My German fluency, which really never was, has entirely left me so now I have to kick my way through the journal slowly. But I wouldn't say painfully.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 09:44 AM (IUQak)
Half-Price Books used to be a great place to shop for older books, when it was run by hippies.
I was able to buy some first printings from favorite authors like Peter DeVries, Tom Sharpe, and Folio Society reprintings of Evelyn Waugh, PG Wodehouse and many others for a pittance.
In any event, they must've gotten acquired and now mostly carry Best-Sellers from the last ten years or so.
If you find anything neat, you usually have to wangle pretty hard with them to get a decent price. Booo!
The biggest surprises for me was finding a complete set of Henry Williamson's "Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight", which was one of the 99 Great novels of the 20th Century super cheap.
And a complete Set of "The Burton Holmes Lectures" Burton Holmes was a guy who travelled to the "exotic" countries way back when and then went around the country giving lectures long with a slideshow. Great photos and interesting if not politically correct viewpoints. Also dirt cheap.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026
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The verb is often hiding at the end of the sentence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
Colonialism was a mixed bag for the colonized. The first point, and I find leftwingers pretty much always ignore this, is that it replaced one form of non representative government with another.
So, what is better local, primitive despots or distant advanced ones? Especially for societies that were still stuck in the tribal stage?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:38 AM (h7ZuX)
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My father retains the letters and I would include some photos of them as well.
What's really struck me is how "modern" their language becomes after they get married. At first it is very polite and then friendly, but after he's deployed to France, they speak pretty openly about sex and missing each other. He longs for "the twins" and she misses "Johnny."
That was why my father only made a handful of copies, handed out only to the older family members. His mother and her siblings did not approve of sharing that with the general public or the grandkids. I was the only great-grandkid to get a copy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s)
I still pronounce that nation with Kilimanjaro in it as "Keen-ya," as the British did, instead of "Kenn-ya." I must be an unreconstructed colonialist.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)
Oh, well.
I finished "Von Ryan's Express" by David Westheimer. It did involve a train, one that was to take nearly 1,000 men from an abandoned POW camp in Italy into Germany.
Col. Joseph Ryan, the senior POW officer -- derogatorily known to his charges as "Von Ryan" because he's a hardcase -- plans an escape that will require him to take over the train. His efforts make a gripping tale.
I wonder about the authenticity of the dialogue, however. The No. 2 POW leader, who was supplanted by Ryan because of rank, is British, and he seems to mention "Jerry" every 10 words. I know stereotypes have some basis in fact, but this is a bit much. On the other hand, I've learned a new term for a woman -- "frippet."
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (q9vMC)
And interestingly that is what I got...
As an aside with Empire of the East I mentioned to the yutes I know sometimes that when I was their age we had the possibility of a REAL apocalypse - a nuclear WWIII with the Soviets. You have anxiety because global warming might raise global temperatures in a century or something? What if you woke up tomorrow and it was 1M degrees in your local city center?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
Quid?
Posted by: LINGUAM LATINAM at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)
Yeah, it was probably that. The epilogue of Pendergast: The Beginning is an opening to Relic. So now I'm hooked in.
My mental image of Pendergast is that appraiser of Civil War artifacts on Antiques Roadshow, Rafael something. I know Pendergast is thin, and Rafael isn't, but it's my image and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 09:49 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026
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At one point Mrs. Wolfus No. 2-to-be and I wrote some love letters to each other. Our language was hardly so, uh, circumspect.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 09:50 AM (k+oif)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 09:50 AM (LSh5J)
I finished "Von Ryan's Express" by David Westheimer. It did involve a train, one that was to take nearly 1,000 men from an abandoned POW camp in Italy into Germany.
Col. Joseph Ryan, the senior POW officer -- derogatorily known to his charges as "Von Ryan" because he's a hardcase -- plans an escape that will require him to take over the train. His efforts make a gripping tale.
I wonder about the authenticity of the dialogue, however. The No. 2 POW leader, who was supplanted by Ryan because of rank, is British, and he seems to mention "Jerry" every 10 words. I know stereotypes have some basis in fact, but this is a bit much. On the other hand, I've learned a new term for a woman -- "frippet."
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026
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I first read VRE when I was in high school, and loved it. Never had I seen the Frank Sinatra film, though, until about two months ago. Verdict: Skip it, stick with the novel.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Focused? Me? Smile when you say that.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:51 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 09:52 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026
The first half of the book differs significantly from the second half of the book. I won't say how, but was very disappointed.
Posted by: 13times at July 19, 2026 09:52 AM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:54 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at July 19, 2026 09:54 AM (Ew3fm)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Yes, the book's better. But the flick's worth a watch just for Trevor Howard.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (yTvNw)
He was both a Catholic and a Social Democrat and apparently he sees the problem with the latter.
And the left has yet to solve this problem as we see with the Somali Learing centers here in the US...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (0U5gm)
I have an entire bookcase of olde tomes, some inherited from my father, most bought by me because I got bit by the antiquarian bug early. My prize find as a teen was a big edition of "Paradise Lost" with Doré illustrations on almost every other page. It's not that difficult to find, but it blew me away and spoiled me for drab paperback versions of literature. Many 19th Century novels with gilt edging and engravings, and works by Victorian explorers with maps and illustrations.
On the cheesier end of vintage reads, I love old SF books with lurid covers. And that pulpy smell means a quality experience!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 09:58 AM (kpS4V)
Are there any works on culture as an expression of genetics?
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 09:58 AM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)
Those are priceless! So cool.
MrTea's grandfather served, in WWI. He wrote home a lot and his mother saved all the letters. This side of DH family is very into ancestry/genealogy and family history. The letters somehow got to a professor in SD, who turned them into a book and also speaks about them, and the war. I keep meaning to buy a copy and then share about it here but I never seem to get around to it. I think some readers here would be interested in it, too.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 09:59 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 09:57 AM (0U5gm)
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Cooool!
I need to look this up.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (kpS4V)
Yes, the book's better. But the flick's worth a watch just for Trevor Howard.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026
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+ 100
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (78a2H)
I finally finished "Consider Phlebas" by Iain M Banks.
I put it aside because I got a little tired of his usual organization of his Culture novels.
Usually Banks starts with a mission that winds up having a bunch of side-quests, which may or may not have any relevance to the story or mission at hand.
Now, he's a good writer and the last oh, 4th or 5th of the novel just zooms for doom and unhappy endings.
But, after reading 3 in a row, I sort of knew what to expect.
If you want a good idea of what his "Culture" series is all about, "Consider Plebas" is a great place to start.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG)
General Washington is trying to defend New York City. The attack by the British is yet to come.
Well written, with surprise information in the story. I though I knew the story of the Revolutionary War well, but I was wrong.
Martha Washington is a part of the story here. Her importance to keeping George going is quite revealing. She spent almost half the war with George.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:01 AM (u82oZ)
Wenda, Those volumes are special, especially for the family. Louis L'Amour mentions in a few of his stories, based on research, that books on the frontier were valued for their contents and appeal to everyone. When there is little room for books as pioneers moved west, they took only the best. Sounds like your family's situation.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:02 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
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Anyone remember "Twilight: 2000?" Imagine high school kids literally playing a game that will take place when they are in their 20s about scrounging gas and ammunition to fight the Soviet remnant after all the missiles have launched.
My friends and I played GDW's Third World War games where you could drop tactical nukes all over central Europe. Nuclear war wasn't some imagined thing your grandkids will deal with, it was a practical problem to be solved.
Gen X is just built different.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)
Is that journal handwritten, or has it been typed out?
How can you read the old German script? Our son teaches HS German, and is fluent in reading and speaking (you'd be surprised that some language teachers are NOT) and he struggles with reading that old High German script.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 10:04 AM (4VH0B)
I need to look this up.
Posted by: All Hail Eris
Believe it or not, Abe Books has a copy of it, do a search for:
ORIGINAL 1855 COLTON'S HAND COLORED MAP OF NORTHERN AMERICA BRITISH, RUSSIAN & DANISH POSSESSIONS
Published by J. H. Colton & Co., 1855
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:06 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H)
Just finished up new-to-me author Jennifer Milliken's "Here For The Cake" which was a nice, sweet romance with some good twists. Immediately acquired some more of her work, she's a keeper. I wish I could write characters like she does...
Posted by: tankascribe at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (NtoJk)
Did a lot of reading this week.
First
Decided to check out the mystery book club at the library. Book is You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego. It is her first book so surprised about the choice. It brings a bunch of mystery writers to an island retreat where (obviously) one gets murdered. It sounds like it is going to be like every other book, movie you have ever seen or read but it is quite good. Actually thinking about taking pen and paper and making lists so I can figure out who Dunn it.The meetup is on the 28th so I am really curious about what it will be like.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (LHPAg)
They've rounded up a passel of abandoned seniors who have the old wisdom necessary to see them through low tech times. Things are looking survivable until they run into a clan of violent nut jobs who only want to destroy.
Did I learn about this book at the HQ or Sarah Hoyt's joint? In any case, thanks to whoever.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:11 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)
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Yes, but not as good as Shogun, which we used to play every Saturday night.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)
One thing I noticed long ago - certain names of some of the faithful that the Pastor ministered to are redacted - a blank is shown instead of the name. Reading the stories one can see why. The Pastor pulls no punches when relating what folks have confessed to or relayed to him.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 19, 2026 10:12 AM (IUQak)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:13 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:00 AM (78a2H)
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University libraries often have very old relics. The kind of books you can only handle while wearing special white cotton gloves so that you don't get your oils all over them.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 10:13 AM (FZ29D)
Iran-Iraq War
USSR invades Iran
Iran invades Gulf States
and...
Iran tries to close Hormouz.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)
So, what is better local, primitive despots or distant advanced ones? Especially for societies that were still stuck in the tribal stage?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)
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What you're mostly describing is pre-mid-19th century colonialism. The author touches on the vast differences to modern colonialism.
It's not so simple. There were numerous cases where modern colonialism met with the approval of the general populace. It was more like "Welcome the new boss - nowhere as horrific as the old."
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (w2sCY)
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:08 AM (78a2H)
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When I put together an operational-level wargame for the Air Force, I borrowed heavily from the airpower rules in the Third World War series. It was well received, but of course my efforts to standardize USAF wargaming came to naught because a retired O-5 civilian at HAF feared it would destroy his rice bowl. The LeMay Center staff loved my work, though.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 09:58 AM (kpS4V)
I have a similar penchant for pulp mystery novels. So, my favorite bindings tend to be pretty delicate, as cheap paperbacks don't age well. But I love them.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:15 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 10:16 AM (4VH0B)
The only thing I've read recently was Pamela Hutchinson's The Curse of 'Queen Kelly', a behind-the-scenes look at the never-finished, never-released 1929 Erich von Stroheim / Gloria Swanson film.
I'm reading it for inspiration, and it's helping a bit. It is not, however, a book for the casual movie fan. You have to really have an interest in silents to enjoy it.
The author doesn't shy away from showing what a rotten bastard Joe Kennedy was, either.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:16 AM (qRla/)
Thanks Sabrina!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (WL2lA)
Seriously: I tried to map out the devastation from a nuclear strike, to see what the tiny islands of civilization would be in a sea of destruction.
Instead what I found was that whole continents would be untouched.
Which meant that when people began to describe nuclear disarmament as necessary for the survival of the species, I became skeptical of their motives, and have remained so ever since.
I get flashes deja vu for the 1980s anti-nuke movement whenever I hear activists describing AI and data centers as existential threats.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (78a2H)
Thanks, Eris, for The World Ends In Texas. I immediately thought of Corsicana.
Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (LHPAg)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 09:56 AM (u82oZ)
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In trying to keep on topic, I say "book 'em, Danno!"
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (w2sCY)
Iran-Iraq War
USSR invades Iran
Iran invades Gulf States
and...
Iran tries to close Hormouz.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)
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Back in the day I owned Battle for Germany and Southern Front, and finally bought Persian Gulf, which has the starting scenario and a diplomatic 'card game' to keep things interesting. The map is horribly out of date given all the development in the Gulf since then.
I set up the maps, but it's unpunched and I couldn't bring myself to mar its perfection.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I recall that my university library had a first or second edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe published prior to the civil war just sitting on the shelves.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (0U5gm)
Sometimes doing the right thing is terrible.
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (gbWHQ)
I had asked here about John Sandford. I had acquired one of the ,ast books in his Lucas Davenport series and wondered if I should start with book 1. Eromero said Do It. Reading Rules of
Prey. I am already a fan. Lucas, a jaded, brilliant police detective is the best liar in all of fiction. His ability to manipulate everyone around him including the multiple women who can't quit him to help him solve the crime is fascinating. That Sandford has birthed this incredibly complex character right out of the gate has me hooked.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 10:20 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 10:14 AM (w2sCY)
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Colonialism was the default excuse for every corrupt tyrant to blame someone else for their mismanagement. It's like "systemic racism" - deflects blame and requires an impossible to achieve solution to solve the problem.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
The anti-nuke groups both those opposing nuke power and nukes weapons were all funded and controlled by the Soviets.
The anti-datacenter people are a mixed bag. I'm sure we'll find they are being funded by China, but I opposing data centers is a natural conclusion based on pre-existing environmentalist arguments. Of course the amusing thing is the American leftwing oligarchs funding the environmental movement have invested heavily in data centers and are telling the environmentalist to shut up.
So who wins the Chinese or the American oligarchs? Hard to say...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 10:21 AM (sKqQm)
I saw the movie first, and that made me want to read the book. Oldest son and his wife found a copy, minus dust jacket, at a library sale in their city and surprised me with it a few years ago.
I tried to guess what the cover looked like. Searched for the book on eBay, and I was right -- men standing on a boxcar.
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 10:22 AM (HapY3)
Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 10:17 AM (LHPAg)
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Me too!
My library's interlibrary loan service found a copy for me. Highly recommended.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:22 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Biden's Dog
There is a conversation recorded in Blood River where the author is talking to a captain on a barge hauler on the Congo River, who asks about the effects of colonialism on Africa. The captain points out that Singapore and Malaysia were former colonies, and they have skyscrapers and formula one races. "Colonialism isn't the problem" was the captain's point of view.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:23 AM (0U5gm)
No idea what kind of art they are featuring this month, but I know they have both old-fashioned representational art and the "modern" kind we often sneer at (sometimes unfairly) on the Art Thread.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:23 AM (wzUl9)
I was amused by the series of three divisional level defend NATO and Germany from the Red Army games by Dunnigan.
The first game, NATO, shows the Soviets pushing back NATO forces easily, but then American reinforcements hold Western Germany.
World War III has Soviets taking over France with the Allies defending Spain and Britain. This is the premise of the official 1949 war plans revealed in
Dropshot[i/] by Anthony Cave Brown.
The last, The Next War: Modern Conflict in Europe, has the Soviets stopped easily by NATO Forces.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:24 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 19, 2026 10:18 AM (0U5gm)
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Michigan State's library had all of Lovecraft's work in the Special Collection because they were stolen so frequently. You go down, check in your backpack and all possessions, are given a pencil and a sheet of paper upon request, and then sit at a bare table and read your book under the watchful eyes of the staff.
None of them were rare editions, they just were stolen so often that replacement was a pain.
MSU also has one of the largest collections of comic books, which would have been cool if I gave a damn about them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)
So, what is better local, primitive despots or distant advanced ones? Especially for societies that were still stuck in the tribal stage?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)
The way it strikes me is that being colonized really sucks for the generation that is being colonized. There doesn't seem to be too many exceptions to this. However, depending on what culture is doing the colonizing, it can bring some benefits to the generations that come after the new rule is established.
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 19, 2026 10:25 AM (3v7ra)
MSU also has one of the largest collections of comic books, which would have been cool if I gave a damn about them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026
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I doubt I'll ever be up that way, but -- Any of the old Silver Age DC Comics series like Batman and Jimmy Olsen?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (u82oZ)
Here's something not disappointing for you. My niece is eagerly awaiting your next Theda Bara novel. Any way to get a signed copy for her?
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:27 AM (1tpiU)
Zamyatin's "We", not sure why. Russian artists & poets sure got screwed by the October Revolution (which they supported), didn't they?...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 09:00 AM (VyBeY)
I suppose that I feel sorry for the Russian creative types, who supported the Russian Revolution and then got totally screwed.
After all, the Commies were a "new", scientific system of gov't. How could they fail?
Though on the other hand, if the Russkie artistes had paid a little bit of attention to what the 7 Deadly Sins are, they probably could've figured things out way ahead of the censorship and prison camps.
It's a bit like John Cleese grousing now in his dotage about how England is being destroyed when he spent his career deriding and tearing down that society himself. I was just joking isn't quite the excuse he thinks it is.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 10:28 AM (iJfKG)
Michigan is chock full of brownfields. Mere miles away from me there is a massive bare patch of ground where Fisher Body and the Verlinden Plant used to be, conveniently located next to massive utility and water. Why not build there? Why pave farmland?
That's the issue around here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)
I started Ilona Andrews newest This kingdom Will Not Kill Me. Maybe got 10 pages in and gave up. It is like they(she writes with her husband) started a whole new genre based on gaming. Their last one The Inheritance is similar and also gave up on it. Their last characters are boring and the story line makes no sense, just keeps roaming around. Sad because I really liked her writing in the past.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 19, 2026 10:30 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)
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No idea, but it is one of the largest holdings in the world, so probably.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
DMLW,
I'm surprised your library doesn't have Relic. You can often find used paperback copies of the Pendergast books on Amazon or used book stores for under three bucks. The Kindle prices are often ten dollars or more, which is a bummer.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Neville Roy Singham's paying for it.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:32 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:27 AM (1tpiU)
Well! Thank her for me.
The novel is still a couple of months away from publication. When it's out, I'll announce it here on the Bool Thread, and you can send me her address then.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:33 AM (qRla/)
I tell my lefty friends I burn wood "to reduce my carbon footprint" and they all nod sagely in agreement.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:34 AM (78a2H)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:34 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 19, 2026
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MSU's Comic Art Collection pages do list a lot of the JOs and Batmans.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 10:36 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hans Moleman at July 19, 2026 10:36 AM (0aYVJ)
I'm in a rural area myself and it's a little shocking to watch the astroturfing in real-time. We've got local activists laying the groundwork to oppose hypothetical data centers nobody's even proposed yet.
Neville Roy Singham's paying for it.
Posted by: Trimegistus at July 19, 2026 10:32 AM (78a2H)
Ugh.
This is "No Nuclear Power Plants" all over again.
With the same result that we as a country are once again crippled by the most ignorant and retarded among us by their votes.
Great.
Don't follow Bond Villain's ploys, people!
Smarten up!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 19, 2026 10:37 AM (iJfKG)
https://tinyurl.com/3zzcpx6h
(Although he does have some questionable collaborators. https://tinyurl.com/2x2x8end)
Anyway, I broke down and am reading Coben's Nobody's Fool and it's a real page turner. During his after graduation European vacation during which he meets a girl in Spain, he wakes up next to her dead body covered in blood. He gets the hell out of Dodge but the incident haunts him for decades particularly when a second girlfriend is murdered. He turns to alcohol which results in disgrace and unemployment. Then he sees his dead Spanish girlfriend up and walking around . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)
This is in the collection "The Saint to the Rescue."
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 10:38 AM (6coSf)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 19, 2026 10:33 AM (qRla/)
Thanks, I'll email it.
Well , the central land people want to go somewhere so I'll finish the thread later.
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 10:39 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (9cZci)
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There's a data center under my bed!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
"Circe -- the beautiful witch who turns men into pigs!
The Tree Monsters -- cannibal giants that look like trees!
The Sirens -- hideous bird-women who lure sailors to their death!
Scylla -- an enormous spider with twelve legs and six heads - and a wild greed for human flesh!"
I also have a boring adult Homer with translation by Samuel Butler. Is this considered a good version?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:42 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at July 19, 2026 10:42 AM (9cZci)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 19, 2026 10:43 AM (fXG//)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:43 AM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
A library next to a river, literally, a cool place.
Posted by: Auspex at July 19, 2026 10:43 AM (Y8DZL)
As an aside with Empire of the East I mentioned to the yutes I know sometimes that when I was their age we had the possibility of a REAL apocalypse - a nuclear WWIII with the Soviets. You have anxiety because global warming might raise global temperatures in a century or something? What if you woke up tomorrow and it was 1M degrees in your local city center?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
Days ending in -y for kids growing up in the 1980s.
Then came 1989.
Both were very formative of my world view. Spending time in Germany did not hurt matters.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:44 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 10:44 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 19, 2026 10:44 AM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: clarence at July 19, 2026 10:45 AM (1QT7n)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 19, 2026 10:42 AM (kpS4V)
I read the Robert FitzGerald and W.H.D. Rouse translations and have a copy of the latter.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:45 AM (4g5V+)
Prayers for your comfort and peace of mind.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:45 AM (yTvNw)
Off to the Barrel.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 19, 2026 10:26 AM (u82oZ)
Here, take these!
*hands NaCly a tub of Clorox wipes
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:46 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 10:47 AM (abScH)
So it has to be said.
Fuck cancer.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:48 AM (4g5V+)
Singham's lies are ridiculous, and prey on ignorance.
Posted by: Brewingfrog at July 19, 2026 10:48 AM (gbWHQ)
The marginal fields around here are getting solar farmed. The Navy base and rocket labs are getting a battery farm just in case.
Ripping all of that infrastructure out to grow winter wheat and potatoes makes no economic sense.
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 10:48 AM (T8bqm)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 10:49 AM (4VH0B)
Almost finished with Pyrates. I find I'm enjoying its absurdities so much I'm reluctant to finish it. Does anyone else have that problem--not wanting a book to end?
Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 10:49 AM (O/GSq)
Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 10:49 AM (O/GSq)
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All the time.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 10:50 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 10:50 AM (4g5V+)
I'm surprised your library doesn't have Relic. You can often find used paperback copies of the Pendergast books on Amazon or used book stores for under three bucks. The Kindle prices are often ten dollars or more, which is a bummer.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:31 AM (yTvNw)
I'm in a small, rural town. I could get it through interlibrary loan, and may do that, but I'm only home on weekends. Should probably get a library card in the city, where I stay with Mom during the week.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:51 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Blahblahblah at July 19, 2026 10:51 AM (ca+Gv)
Posted by: Jen the original at July 19, 2026 10:52 AM (EiUt/)
Och, seo boireannach aig a bheil fios cò mu dheidhinn a tha i.
Posted by: Angus McAngusface at July 19, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 10:53 AM (q3u5l)
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I prayer for your comfort and strength to accomplish your task. God bless.
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 10:53 AM (tZeAA)
The Butler version is considered to be good from what I've read in reviews but make sure it's the unabridged version. The Barnes and Noble hardcover classics edition is the Butler version. I prefer the Fagles translations.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 10:56 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:57 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (fXG//)
Locate all the necessary data centers in the blue city shitholes instead of farmland and beautiful 'hydro sources' .
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (tZeAA)
I'm still on Robert Jordan re-read. I'm into The Shadow Rises, which is one of the better books in the series, largely because it focuses on Rand and the Aiel people, who are interesting. The Aiel have some real thought put into them, of course they are a blend of historical cultures (their adoption of the assegai short spear is well justified in-narrative) but they're neat.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (xcxpd)
So sorry to hear that Donna, prayers for strength to you.
We'll miss you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 19, 2026 10:59 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Who Knew at July 19, 2026 11:00 AM (+ViXu)
Locate all the necessary data centers in the blue city shitholes instead of farmland and beautiful 'hydro sources' .
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 10:58 AM (tZeAA)
The small town nearest me has a good amount of empty space that can be turned into a data center.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 11:01 AM (4g5V+)
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Yep. Those server stacks buy a lot of groceries and cafe lattes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 11:02 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:03 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 11:02 AM (6/7Fs)
I don’t know about the cafe lattes here though…: )
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 11:03 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 19, 2026 11:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Not worth the money, IMO.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:09 AM (IG3/x)
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A similar book you might like is Kings Go Forth by Joe David Brown, a novel based on his experiences during the Champagne Campaign in southern France. Like VRE, it was made into a so-so movie starring Sinatra, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood. The author was a disabled vet and did not view the war fondly. The plot concerns a forward artillery observed attempting to find a way to break through the enemy lines.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 19, 2026 11:02 AM (6/7Fs)
They pay a shit-ton of property taxes, which is not nothing.
Loudon County, Virginia is home to some big Amazon, Microsoft, and Google data centers (and many smaller players).
Data centers take up 4% of the land area, but pay a full 38% of the property taxes. Nearly a billion dollars per year.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:14 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:14 AM (IG3/x)
4% of taxable land area? Because if so that doesn't make sense they pay 38% unless they have a different tax rate.
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:21 AM (tZeAA)
Me last week: "The Medici: Power, Money and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance," by Paul Strathern. I'm learning a lot about Renaissance art, as a result. It's kind of a Learing Center.
I read somewhere that Venice has a permanent population of a few hundred thousand people-- and gets 5 million tourists a year. As a result, it's easy to find a Carnival mask and souvenir shop, but hard to find a grocery store.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:24 AM (RCjYY)
I've always enjoyed your comments here but I don't want to see them if it's just depressing you... godspeed, and best of luck with whatever comes of this illness.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 19, 2026 11:24 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:21 AM (tZeAA)
Property taxes are generally assessed on the total value, not just the value of the raw land.
A data center full of high end computers is worth a hell of a lot more than the same-sized cow pasture.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 11:26 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 11:29 AM (2WIwB)
Thanks for the topic and showing us that gorgeous book.
In a very small way I regard my books as a sort of Library of Alexandria where the knowledge and entertainment is worth preserving. Not just classics of literature and history but fun reads like the Matt Helm books and Nero Wolfe stories. Even ephemora like the MASH Goes to ... books, Doc Smith's Lensman series, and cozy mysteries have value if only for light entertainment.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)
Those would be mostly temporary during construction. It's my understanding that Data centers don't have a lot of permanent positions.
Anyway I understand both sides of the issue but just lean toward the same position I have for green energy companies locations.
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:30 AM (tZeAA)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:31 AM (RCjYY)
Jor Blob Billy.
Posted by: Eromero at July 19, 2026 11:31 AM (DXbAa)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 11:32 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 11:32 AM (p/isN)
More goods and services for everyone. And so much money for greedy politicians to grift.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:32 AM (3oLMy)
I'm aware. So the data center is the only industry or business in the county?
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:33 AM (tZeAA)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 11:33 AM (Ia/+0)
I was amused by the series of three divisional level defend NATO and Germany from the Red Army games by Dunnigan.“
I believe that’s the game where the rules say, if nukes are released, douse the map in lighter fluid and light it.
Posted by: Are you sure about this sir? at July 19, 2026 11:34 AM (U/7CP)
Posted by: Weak Geek at July 19, 2026 11:34 AM (p/isN)
Kilts are allowed?
Well. Dang!
BBL
*heads for closet*
Posted by: Diogenes at July 19, 2026 11:29 AM (2WIwB)
A Kilt and a Sporran. The forms must be obeyed.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 19, 2026 11:35 AM (6W6ju)
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Construction has always been that way. It's a contract job. When the job is finished you move on to the next one. You may not remember what it was like before the regulators and commies took over.
Construction was a boom and moving from job to job was a given.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:37 AM (3oLMy)
I never read much in the way of epic poems. A little Homer and an little Anneid.
This is in English and it is a delight.
Kind of pricey, but there are illustrations. It really was a fun read.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 19, 2026 11:37 AM (qFwJc)
They have a nice textured binding of some sort, and engraved titles on the cover, I think.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 19, 2026 11:38 AM (9C1ml)
https://tinyurl.com/49ekezck
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:38 AM (ndZc7)
https://tinyurl.com/4zz8jh7e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)
She's no Talarico.
Posted by: The DNC at July 19, 2026 11:39 AM (6W6ju)
https://tinyurl.com/49ekezck
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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If it's a Democrat there's grift involved.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:40 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:41 AM (q3u5l)
Thus the description 'temporary' . Once a data center is built the jobs mostly go away. But as RB indicated above, the tax revenue going forward is a positive.
Posted by: polynikes at July 19, 2026 11:41 AM (tZeAA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:41 AM (3oLMy)
Hey, gotta paint the bridge. Again.
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:42 AM (cGjQu)
https://tinyurl.com/4zz8jh7e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19
so, looked at the church website. How to give money, testimonies, sign up for this or that. NO statement of faith/beliefs.
hmmmmm
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 11:43 AM (4VH0B)
New York Post
@nypost
Body found at home owned by 'Squad' Rep. Ayanna Pressley's husband
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Not a bad thriller opening, though.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:44 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:45 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:45 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: dantesed at July 19, 2026 11:46 AM (Oy/m2)
hmmmmm
Posted by: TecumsehTea
I did the same and found the same. There are hours and hours of her sermons on YT but I'm not hours and hours interested.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:46 AM (ndZc7)
So she has no ownership interest in the property?
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:46 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:47 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: man
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Much work to be done on the west coast when things are straightened out. It will be Boom States rush to the west all over again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 11:47 AM (3oLMy)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at July 19, 2026 11:48 AM (6W6ju)
Can't always tell beliefs by sermons anyway. Wolf in sheep's clothing and all that.
If you are grounded in the Trinity and believe the Bible is the Word of God, well, those are your front and center pieces of information. If not . . . beware.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 11:49 AM (4VH0B)
I'm sure CA will follow suit. It already ran off almost all its oil refineries. Why not just make everything except the Malibu beach colony and San Simeon into a theme park? California World.
Remember, Newsome is still the "the working families' governor," though.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:50 AM (RCjYY)
True.
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 11:51 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 19, 2026 11:51 AM (Y9Vvl)
My prayers are with you.
Miracles do happen. I had the very same diagnosis over thirty years ago. I tell my daughter she saved my life, because she was sixteen and good at it, and I was determined to live long enough for her to grow past that awful angry stage.
And here I am.
May you be as lucky.
Posted by: Wenda at July 19, 2026 11:54 AM (u84c/)
No shortage of good books, at least. I'm reminded of the joke about the mosquito in the nudist colony: "I know what I want to do, I just don't know where to start."
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:54 AM (q3u5l)
Posted by: Just Some Guy
Damn autocucumber!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 19, 2026 11:55 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: barbarausa at July 19, 2026 11:56 AM (enw9G)
Thanks for the thread, Sabrina.
Have a good one, gang.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at July 19, 2026 11:57 AM (q3u5l)
It's an Angel film, so doesn't have widespread distribution or marketing budget. Casting is excellent and I was surprised to see Mary-Louise Parker and Ben Kingsley in significant roles, although not starring. It's important that quality films be supported, especially by those who bemoan the dreck coming out of the major studios.
Now I have to read Ron Chernow's biography of Washington!
Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 11:59 AM (O/GSq)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 19, 2026 11:59 AM (IJqbQ)
Deadpan comedian Norm Crosby used to say he was worried because he had a date with Elizabeth Taylor later that night. "I know what's expected of me. I just don't know how to make it interesting."
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 11:59 AM (RCjYY)
I never read much in the way of epic poems. A little Homer and an little Anneid.
This is in English and it is a delight.
Kind of pricey, but there are illustrations. It really was a fun read."
So glad you found it and like it. As I mentioned in an earlier comment, Rabbit Room Press is making this and the follow on volumes high quality. Those Stephen Crotts woodcut illustrations are wonderful and the poetry is addictive. The next volume comes out in November. I've already preordered the regular edition, for a reading copy, and the fancier, slip cased volume just to have.
Be careful about looking at the resources Guite includes at the end. They lead to a warren of rabbit holes to get lost in.
Posted by: JTB at July 19, 2026 12:00 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 19, 2026 12:01 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: March Hare
I've had that biography on order with Amazon for several weeks now. Still back ordered.
Posted by: Tuna at July 19, 2026 12:01 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (InJki)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (VyBeY)
Pulled a copy of 'The With the Dragon Tattoo' from a local little free library, and read it this past week. Also, am 90% done with 'Mr. Finchley Discovers His England', Canning.
The latter, light, entertaing reading. Especially so if you have spent any time in England.
About Little Free Libraries, I can think of at least 5 in the neighborhood. More within easy driving distance. Are there as many where you live, or is this a local sort of thing?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 19, 2026 10:57 AM (h7ZuX)
I second that. Donna, I am happy to have met you a few years ago. Do not give up, please fight this evil thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:03 PM (1z8ji)
There is a woman in Norway who is a bit eclectic. but, extremely talented. She decided to take the entire book series of Brandon Sanderson, and create GIANT Tomes out of the books using raised leather bindings and covers. Well, watch if you find this kind of thing interesting. At the end, she presents them to Sanderson at a book signing in the US.
https://tinyurl.com/nhcz4zdh
Posted by: Orson at July 19, 2026 12:04 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:04 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 12:08 PM (XeU6L)
I bought it in hopes it can help answer questions I've had for decades about angular momentum. It feels like angular momentum contradicts normal inertia. There is something so weird about rotation. All those little atoms moving in the same way, changing direction together, like a flock of birds.
And the right-hand rule is just offensive. Why do two orthogonal vectors produce another vector in a direction unrelated to both of them? I mean okay in math you can define anything, but why should the universe listen?
And somehow angular momentum is related to particle spin? And btw particles aren't literally spinning . . . are they? And why is it nearly integral, like +/- 1/2? But it's also a vector, right? So spins are oriented.
Is it all just a lie funded by Big-L?
If I figure it out, maybe I'll try to figure out polarity of light next. As if we measurement wave amplitude in inches!
Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 12:11 PM (rcENI)
Posted by: frammish at July 19, 2026 12:12 PM (rcENI)
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at July 19, 2026 12:33 PM (z6ONu)
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Uh...curious that NMR and MRI work.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 19, 2026 01:04 PM (XeU6L)
Adding my voice and prayers for you to the list, Donna.
Posted by: March Hare at July 19, 2026 01:37 PM (O/GSq)
Daily Tech News 18 July 2026
Top Story
- Nvidia's 5000 Super graphics cards are lined up on the runway ready to go as soon as someone breaks the news to the passengers that the price of their tickets just tripled. (Tom's Hardware)
Or less obliquely, the 3GB memory chips used for the Super models are three times the price of the standard 2GB chips.
Which is STUPID because the GPUs already support two banks of memory and Nvidia could more cheaply produce a 24GB RTX 5070 Super than an 18GB version.
AMD should make mainstream 24GB and 32GB cards just to mock their rivals.
- Speaking of AMD, the company launched its Ryzen 7700X3D CPU at a price of $329 last weak, making it something less than a bargain because the 7800X3D is available cheaper than that. (Tom's Hardware)
You can now pick up a 7700X3D for $279.
Worth pointing out the the previous generations 5800X3D runs to $349.
Tech News
- The AGI AI828 contains no AI at all; it's just an SSD. (Tom's Hardware)
And an expensive one; it's a DRAMless PCIe 4.0 design, and the 1TB model costs as much as a 4TB Team brand SSD I bought in March.
Welcome to the 21st century. Enjoy the ride. The complimentary barf bags are in the seat pocket in front of you. Yes, there are a lot of them.
- Korean outfit 2P Game Arcade is hosting a competition for games that fit entirely on a single 1.44MB floppy. (Tom's Hardware)
Plenty of room. Why, that's 1.6 Amiga floppies!
- Of which around 15,000 can be downloaded from the Amiga Freeware Archive. (Amiga Freeware)
Which used to be a lot, but that was long ago and in precisely the same country.
- Kimi is the latest menace to the domestic threat of communist AI creators from foreign communist AI creators. (Tech Crunch)
Meanwhile, OpenAI's head of strategic futures Dean Ball said that Kimi is "a very good model" whose performance probably can't be "explained away by distillation or anything like that," adding that he's "personally surprised the Chinese state continues to allow the open sourcing of models this good, given potential risks."
Right. Sure.
- China's Kimi K3 identifies itself as Claude, betraying its distilled origins. (WCCFTech)
You were saying, Bean?
- AMD's upcoming 10 core Zen 6 laptop chip stomps all over AMD's existing 10 core Zen 5 laptop chip in new benchmark leaks. (WCCFTech)
In fact, it stomps all over AMD's existing 12 core laptop chip. It's not even close. It comes in as 33% faster than the equivalent Zen 5 chip in multi-core tests, and 35% faster single-core.
Since I'm writing this on a Zen 3 system and the latest hardware I have is Zen 4, it looks like a pretty substantial jump.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: You're never too old to rock and roll.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 04:35 AM (74zY1)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:36 AM (Oom6t)
Or:
Wikipedia, Grace Slick:
During a 1998 interview with VH1 on a Behind the Music documentary featuring Jefferson Airplane, Slick, who was never shy about discussing the process of getting old, said that the main reason she retired from the music business was that "all rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire."
In a 2007 interview, she reiterated: "You can do jazz, classical, blues, opera, country until you're 150, but rap and rock and roll are really a way for young people to get that anger out", and, "It's silly to perform a song that has no relevance to the present or expresses feelings you no longer have."
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 19, 2026 04:44 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:44 AM (Oom6t)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 19, 2026 04:44 AM (BLOW1)
The jury is out?
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:45 AM (6wpGE)
Busy day ahead?
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:36 AM (Oom6t)
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Nope. Exercised and freshened up early, at 10AM, due to the belated heat wave arriving from Europe. Not the end of the world in any case. Tomorrow should reach 93F in Jerusalem, where the humidity is relatively low compared to, for example, the coastal plain.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 04:45 AM (74zY1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 19, 2026 04:46 AM (v9vY1)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:55 AM (Oom6t)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 04:59 AM (abScH)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 05:07 AM (Oom6t)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 19, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:55 AM (Oom6t)
Resistance is futile.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 05:09 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:09 AM (abScH)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 19, 2026 05:12 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:44 AM (Oom6t)
The impression I get is that there is an All Of The Above effort by everyone to keep the consumer market engaged, when all the latest and greatest memory is getting sucked up by AI datacenters (and they're plodding down the DDR# curve). Just one example is how the processor companies continuing and even reactivating production for older CPUs and graphics chips, which also use an older style of memory (lower DDR#) that households might still be able to afford.
They are still progressing with smaller processes and faster chips, but really just for servers, since the associated memory is bid up to prices ordinary consumers would not be willing to pay.
Posted by: SciVo at July 19, 2026 05:13 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 04:55 AM (Oom6t).
I'm trapped in a weird time loop called Central. Nothing is as it should be. I may not be able to make the book thread. This place confuses and frightens me.
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 05:16 AM (1tpiU)
As for building new systems - no. Unless you stockpiled RAM and SSDs last year, that's out of the question.
(Yeah, I stockpiled RAM and SSDs last year. But I did leave it to the last minute after reporting on it purely as a story for a couple of months.)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 19, 2026 05:17 AM (BLOW1)
Before Phil Collins there was this:
https://tinyurl.com/3b8jjz4m
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at July 19, 2026 05:12 AM (Q/FnY)
1930!
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 05:19 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:09 AM (abScH)
Next week starting to build a fence around the orchard. 8 feet high. I’ve concluded you can have a fence quickly or you can have it look good. Both are equally expensive. Hoping to get it in before the deer discover the trees again.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 05:19 AM (Oom6t)
Bonchie retweeted
Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILE
19h
anytime i see AI slop I immediately check if they complain about data centers use of electricity
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 05:21 AM (6wpGE)
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
6h
And who wouldn't want Hunter Biden's endorsement.
Marco Foster
@MarcoFoster_
14h
Hunter Biden: “I look at Zohran Mamdani and I go: there’s a leader. He made promises and you know what he did? He kept them. He’s lowering rent, he’s building co-op grocery stores, pre-kindergarten. That’s all people care about. He’s really, really good”
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 05:26 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 19, 2026 05:17 AM (BLOW1)
Now I need a motherboard decoder. Sounds like the memory chip boom will last longer than the AI Datacenter build out skeptics say it will. Consumers will be ready to upgrade before the memory prices collapse. Will inference at the edge require faster consumer and end user systems?
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 05:26 AM (Oom6t)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:26 AM (abScH)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:26 AM (abScH)
Between antler sharpening on the trunks and trashing all the fruit they can kill an orchard in a flash. Opener is October 15th for us. Unlikely I will have time to bring you any fresh venison for the MoMe.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 05:32 AM (Oom6t)
Always read pixy's stuff. Why I don't know. Oh, I know what a CPU is. And the hard drive is I think that silver looking disc. Chips? Maybe those black, square and rectangular things soldered to boards.
But on the whole, when I read his/her posts, I feel like a guy on the group W bench when the seargent starts talking to them.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 19, 2026 05:33 AM (dAv7M)
Mamdani now " I am exploring every legal option to see if it is possible to arrest Netanyahu when he comes to NY"
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:34 AM (abScH)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego
Probably not. I run local AI for experiments but regular users don't need that.
On the AMD side things are very simple. Socket AM5 motherboards use DDR5. Socket AM4 motherboards use DDR4. (And that's true of older systems too - AM3 used DDR3, AM2 used DDR2.)
On the Intel side it's a maze with walls that keep on moving.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 19, 2026 05:36 AM (BLOW1)
Computer shops are going to start laying off people and then closing due to lack of sales if this stupid bubble doesn't pop.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 19, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 05:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:45 AM (abScH)
Commies are very good at getting the 2nd and 3rd consequences they want.
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 05:58 AM (77Bgk)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:45 AM (abScH)
That’s a good idea. Not sure it’s big enough. I need an inexpensive e fence that I could move around the property so they could graze the checkerboard. We have several brushy areas so goats might be better.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at July 19, 2026 05:59 AM (Oom6t)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 06:04 AM (77Bgk)
(Offer void in Lousy-ana, Florida, and various southern Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas counties; check your locality)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 19, 2026 06:07 AM (amcLV)
Rejoinder: Too old to rock 'n roll, too young to die.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 19, 2026 06:07 AM (amcLV)
5 https://tinyurl.com/4s7kr5pd
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 19, 2026 04:44 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:11 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 06:14 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 06:18 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:20 AM (Ia/+0)
Well, if your talking load up the kit. Drive to gig. Unload and set up/sound check. Do four hours with three ten minute breaks. Including a third to a fourth of lead vocals.
Load out and drive home.
Then yeah,,, too old.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 19, 2026 06:21 AM (dAv7M)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 19, 2026 06:21 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:22 AM (pKv0r)
Sorta like the organic food of SSDs...just slap AI on it and charge a premium.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:22 AM (l3cgK)
Mamdani now " I am exploring every legal option to see if it is possible to arrest Netanyahu when he comes to NY"
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:34 AM (abScH)
Sure dude.
Posted by: Department of State at July 19, 2026 06:23 AM (pKv0r)
Last day of the Houston series of dog shows. Stewarding from 7:00 until 1:30 today. Then pack up, load the car and head home. Hoping to get to the last Mass at my local parish.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 06:23 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 06:24 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:34 AM (abScH)
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Pleeze try pleeze pleeze pleeeeeze!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)
“I look at Zohran Mamdani and I go: there’s a leader. He made promises and you know what he did? He kept them. He’s lowering rent, he’s building co-op grocery stores, pre-kindergarten. That’s all people care about. He’s really, really good”
____________
The DSA: today's Tammany Hall
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 06:26 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 06:29 AM (wzUl9)
1 day ago — Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.
She seems more fair than the NYT generally and more fair than the NYT headlines.
Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:29 AM (6wpGE)
The Post has an interesting bit on a DSA guy saying landlords don’t have a Constitutional right to double digit returns. He’s right. Investment returns are not in the Constution and as such, the states have authority over investment returns. They know what they are doing.
https://shorturl.at/r3yUq
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 06:31 AM (sStKZ)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:29 AM (6wpGE)
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The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 06:32 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:35 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 19, 2026 05:34 AM (abScH)
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Pleeze try pleeze pleeze pleeeeeze!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 06:25 AM (RIvkX)
"Only Jews are Illegal!" --Mandami, Hitler, and the Muzzies
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:29 AM (6wpGE)
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The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 06:32 AM (RIvkX)
I thought he was a political commie, not political capitalist...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:36 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 06:36 AM (ou30A)
Which will be nothing. Zohran Mamdani’s obsession is another reminder that anti-Semitism is not just a stray plank in the Democratic Socialists of America’s platform, it is agenda item number one for them, just as it was for the National Socialist Party in Germany.
--PowerLine
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There is no light between DSA and the Democrat party.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 06:36 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:36 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:29 AM (6wpGE)
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The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 06:32 AM (RIvkX)
I thought he was a political commie, not political capitalist...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:36 AM (l3cgK)
haha
good catch
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:37 AM (6wpGE)
I think Elaine Luria is opening a new gym somewhere.
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 06:40 AM (ou30A)
Gamer's Nexus recommends against the purchase of ALL LG products due to them now installing (without consent) software on your computer, which then leads to other installations (without consent) and ad-ware and mal-ware like behaviour.
https://youtu.be/Q9uefFYe6bM
This takes enshittification to a whole new level.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 19, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 19, 2026 06:43 AM (nT/TX)
Gamer's Nexus recommends against the purchase of ALL LG products due to them now installing (without consent) software on your computer, which then leads to other installations (without consent) and ad-ware and mal-ware like behaviour.
https://youtu.be/Q9uefFYe6bM
This takes enshittification to a whole new level.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 19, 2026 06:42 AM (O7YUW)
Just add those hard drives that were preinstalled with malware and you're all set!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:43 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 06:45 AM (l3cgK)
My LG stove was a WiFi bit that shows up on my phone. Fucker won’t ever get connected to anything not 220.
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 06:49 AM (AUlwe)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:50 AM (Ia/+0)
quick coffee before watering the garden(s); gotta do it while it's still cool out.
66 degrees, foggy (I think it's fog and not smoke ... )
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 06:51 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 06:50 AM (Ia/+0)
nope
Damin Toell
@damintoell
Jul 16
When Biden gave his primetime Independence Hall address in 2022 (the one with the scary red background that people still post images of), ABC ran Press Your Luck, NBC ran a Law & Order rerun, and CBS ran a Young Sheldon rerun.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:57 AM (6wpGE)
My LG stove was a WiFi bit that shows up on my phone. Fucker won’t ever get connected to anything not 220.
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 06:49 AM (AUlwe)
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I recently acquired an automatic litter box (long story).
It is wifi enabled.
WHY?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 06:57 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 06:57 AM (VyBeY)
Broadcast Networks Pass On Carrying Joe Biden’s Primetime Speech — Update
By Ted Johnson
September 1, 2022 2:27pm
https://tinyurl.com/ye4p8vh2
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:59 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 07:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 07:02 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 07:04 AM (VyBeY)
What’s becoming ever more apparent, however, is that political leaders are scapegoating Israel because things are going wrong for them, both at home and abroad, and they cannot understand why. Refusing to acknowledge what they’re up against, they blame the Jews. - Melanie Phillips
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History rhymes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:04 AM (RIvkX)
My LG stove was a WiFi bit that shows up on my phone. Fucker won’t ever get connected to anything not 220.
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 06:49 AM (AUlwe)
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I recently acquired an automatic litter box (long story).
It is wifi enabled.
WHY?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 06:57 AM (FZ29D)
So you know when your cat poops and pees, and when it is full...
I have one too, but the wifi is not enabled. My son wanted to enable it so that he didn't have to walk the 20 feet to the litter box to check it...laziness has no upper bound...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 07:06 AM (l3cgK)
Daily asked for reviews of places I go, often not exactly where I go but sometimes next where I go.
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 07:06 AM (Ia/+0)
WHY?"
So the litter-box company can harvest data on how many pets you have. This information can then be sold to data brokers to increase your profile's level of detail. Combined with "dynamic pricing" (where online prices are based on your user profile and what they think they can make you pay.) You may receive advertisement "specials" for litter associated with companies that have partnered with the data brokers, or the maker of your litterbox, which aren't specials at all compared to prices they might offer someone else.
Big stores with electronic price tags right at the location of products on the shelves will likely be the next form of this "dynamic", picking up on your phone's presence and showing you the price associated with your personal data profile (if they already aren't.)
At the grocery I shop at, I need to 'load the app' and 'load my offers' BEFORE I get to the checkout in order to get discounts on products, so yeah, they're tracking my phone, and me, and know what I'm stopping and looking at, and I'm probably already a victim of this predatory-pricing mechanism.
Digital prison.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 19, 2026 07:07 AM (O7YUW)
I have one too, but the wifi is not enabled. My son wanted to enable it so that he didn't have to walk the 20 feet to the litter box to check it...laziness has no upper bound...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 07:06 AM (l3cgK)
when the litter is full, not your cat...LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 07:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 19, 2026 07:07 AM (O7YUW)
Yeah, that's THEIR reason. Your reason is, "Eh, does the litter need changing? I'll check with my phone...don't wanna go to the box and check"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 07:08 AM (l3cgK)
"The Mamdani administration has quietly made permanent a controversial pilot program that pays junkies cash for turning in used needles. $10 for 50 needles.
It’s definitely a side hustle for me. Yeah, definitely!” crowed Tamia Wright, 43, after returning needles at Walter Gladwin Park in The Bronx on Thursday. “Right now, I’m gonna buy some weed and cigarettes.”
Posted by: fd at July 19, 2026 07:08 AM (MWfyi)
Nothing is a coincidence.
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 07:10 AM (sStKZ)
"The Mamdani administration has quietly made permanent a controversial pilot program that pays junkies cash for turning in used needles. $10 for 50 needles.
It’s definitely a side hustle for me. Yeah, definitely!” crowed Tamia Wright, 43, after returning needles at Walter Gladwin Park in The Bronx on Thursday. “Right now, I’m gonna buy some weed and cigarettes.”
Posted by: fd at July 19, 2026 07:08 AM (MWfyi)
Exactly. Easy to get needles for much less than $10...just a waste of taxpayer money. It's like the gun "buy-backs" (um, when did the Gov't sell it in the first place?). You have some entrepreneurial types that built some zip guns on the cheap and profited.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 07:12 AM (l3cgK)
What’s becoming ever more apparent, however, is that political leaders are scapegoating Israel because things are going wrong for them, both at home and abroad, and they cannot understand why. Refusing to acknowledge what they’re up against, they blame the Jews. - Melanie Phillips
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History rhymes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:04 AM (RIvkX)
What to do, what to do.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:15 AM (6wpGE)
Apparently they are laying around all over the place.
"Too often, used syringes end up in front of schools and children’s parks, and this is an issue that should be treated with the seriousness it deserves,” he said. “We should not recklessly create conditions that can threaten the safety of vulnerable communities.”
They are doing it for the children. And the junkies.
Posted by: fd at July 19, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)
"The program is being paid for through more than $189 million in settlement funds that the city secured from major opioid manufacturers and distributors"
It's paid for thru higher drug prices for the rest of us.
Posted by: fd at July 19, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 07:18 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 07:18 AM (1tpiU)
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I am on Thread Time too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at July 19, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
All I see around me is corn. Corn corn corn! Walit, is that a baseball game I hear?
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 07:27 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
All I see around me is corn. Corn corn corn! Walit, is that a baseball game I hear?
Posted by: Time Tunnel OrangeEnt
No. I mean yes! C'mon over!
Posted by: He Who Walks Behind the Rows at July 19, 2026 07:30 AM (sAmhv)
Exactly who does Mamdani thinks will arrest Netanyahu? If he gave the order Tisch the police commissioner would refuse and probably resign.
The police would then be facing the Secret Service and the FBI and Federal Protection Service. Maybe that's Mamdani's hope , get Tisch to resign and let chaos reign
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 07:32 AM (OXYE0)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:32 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: He Who Walks Behind the Rows at July 19, 2026 07:30 AM (sAmhv)
I cannot, for I have no shoes. 🥺
Posted by: Shoeless Joe Time Tunnel OrangeEnt at July 19, 2026 07:35 AM (1tpiU)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
We've all got a number
It follows us around
Can't get away
They'll track you down
It's out of our hands
It's computer controlled
Posted by: Mystery 00s lyric at July 19, 2026 07:38 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 07:45 AM (E2lD7)
Posted by: Gomer at July 19, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi)
CITIZEN'S ARREST! CITIZENS ARREST!
Posted by: Gomer at July 19, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi)
He wishes!
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:46 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 07:45 AM (E2lD7)
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Is this about her inadvertent confession she has been coerced into voting against her own legal analysis?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Or:
Wikipedia, Grace Slick:
Thankfully - There's RUSH.
Half way through there first Chicago show right now.
I'm set for new live performances for a year if Geddy can hold up.
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at July 19, 2026 07:49 AM (KaHlS)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:50 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Yes.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 07:50 AM (E2lD7)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 19, 2026 07:50 AM (2Ez/1)
It follows us around
Can't get away
They'll track you down
It's out of our hands
It's computer controlled
***
Automatic, systematic,
Full of color, self-contained . . .
( -- Jackson 5)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 07:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:50 AM (6wpGE)
... excluding this year's political hopefuls in Maine.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:53 AM (6wpGE)
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She must have saved her money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 07:54 AM (BzKNL)
Reward behavior you wish to encourage, punish behavior you wish to discourage.
Amy Coney Barrett and Rep. Adam Smith have confessed to violating their oaths of office. But those are just words.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had
>When hunting season starts all of the apples have fallen off of the tree and the lay in the yard and ferment. The deer know and they come and eat the fruit and get fat and get intoxicated. It's easier to harvest a deer when he's drunk.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 19, 2026 07:54 AM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Tamia Wright at July 19, 2026 07:55 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: A City On The Brink at July 19, 2026 07:57 AM (45BvE)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 07:58 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Yes.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 07:50 AM (E2lD7)
How? How can you coerce a vote? Maybe release info showing fraudulent adoptions? No that can't be it.
Posted by: Some Chief Justice Somewhere at July 19, 2026 07:59 AM (1tpiU)
Is this about her inadvertent confession she has been coerced into voting against her own legal analysis?
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Whoa! What? Help me with this. I missed it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 07:59 AM (BzKNL)
81 The surreal prominence of the Israel issue in domestic politics is due to a poisonous cocktail of factors, including Islamist influence, the dominance of the intersectional left and the West’s loss of its own cultural bearings, including the notion of objective truth.”
I find it irritating that so many people, mostly the Israel haters but also some Israeli supporters blindly assume that this war is about Israel.
The entire framing of the issue is foolish - the war isn’t about Israel at all. Iran and Israel certainly hate each other, and hit each other whenever they can, but that’s a sideshow to what’s actually being fought over.
The cause of the war is Iran’s determination to build a huge missile capacity and obtain nuclear weapons so that it can hold all the middle eastern states hostage to its demands, and thus gain effective control of *all* oil supplies from the Middle East.
This plan, if allowed to be carried out, would transform Iran from a regional headache into one of the most powerful criminal states in the world. They should have been stopped years ago; they *have* to be stopped now. This is why this is *not* a war of choice; it is a war of necessity.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 08:01 AM (SmTu7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 08:04 AM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 07:59 AM (BzKNL)
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I forgot where I saw it but showed her votes have gotten more liberal after the post-Dobbs protests at her home.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
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This is because the Israelis are bloodthirsty. -Vice President J.D. Vance
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)
Ahem.
/ATT, T mobile, Verizon....
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 07:45 AM (E2lD7)
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Is this about her inadvertent confession she has been coerced into voting against her own legal analysis?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
I don't know the story, but a coerced vote is still a vote. It's on her.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:07 AM (6wpGE)
I forgot where I saw it but showed her votes have gotten more liberal after the post-Dobbs protests at her home.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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OK, saw a bit about her having to explain to her kids on putting the vest on every day. - Her heart is 'I didn't sign up for this'.
Well honey, being an American is a bitch. Bitch up and help pass laws thwarting these people or resign.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 08:09 AM (BzKNL)
This is because the Israelis are bloodthirsty. -Vice President J.D. Vance
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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He goes on and on, he can't tighten up, he belongs in congress.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 08:11 AM (BzKNL)
108 In this interview, Mamdani is rehearsed and performative. Which I guess is standard for a certain category of politician.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:50 AM (6wpGE)
His mother was a Bollywood star, I believe. He’s been raised around slick video and performative behavior his entire life, it’s his only real talent.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 08:11 AM (SmTu7)
Posted by: A City On The Brink at July 19, 2026 07:57 AM
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at July 19, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 08:13 AM (E2lD7)
interviewer: "You are considered now to be one of the most successful politicians."
Mamdani: "Thank you."
?
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:13 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 08:13 AM (E2lD7)
108 In this interview, Mamdani is rehearsed and performative. Which I guess is standard for a certain category of politician.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 07:50 AM (6wpGE)
His mother was a Bollywood star, I believe. He’s been raised around slick video and performative behavior his entire life, it’s his only real talent.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 08:11 AM (SmTu7)
Oh. That could explain a lot!
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:14 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 08:15 AM (BzKNL)
That must take awhile seeing how her trophy children are from all over the globe...
Posted by: Does She Speak Click-Clack? at July 19, 2026 08:16 AM (45BvE)
Any Boney Carrot.
Posted by: Someone has to type it at July 19, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)
he's a picker, he's a smoker, he's a midnight poke 'er.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 08:15 AM (BzKNL)
I'm a-pickin'
And I'm a-grinnin'
HeeHaw
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:18 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 08:18 AM (OXYE0)
Digital prison.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 19, 2026 07:07 AM (O7YUW)
The mark of the beast will be (is) starting with carrots. The sticks will come later. Discounts and other benefits are the carrots. No mark? No treats. Punishment will follow eventually.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 19, 2026 08:18 AM (IhL8c)
https://tinyurl.com/2knzcbyb
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 06:35 AM (6wpGE)
I watched it. Probably worth doing.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:19 AM (6wpGE)
*****
Excellent analysis. This is why, IMO, the arab states are pretty quiet about this (I think) because they know Iran is crazy and is constantly trying to upset the whole table; like the freakin paleostinians always keep trying to do. The arabs don't like the Iranians and loath the paleostinians, the gulf states want 1 thing, make mo money. That said, none of them are our friends and will turn on us in a heart beat, but thenvagain look at our besties in europe. Add to this, squeezing chy-nahs beans using oil is an additional perk for us.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 08:19 AM (4UmNf)
Mamdani: "Thank you."
?
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:13 AM (6wpGE)
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In Leftist world, being elected to a powerful office is a major accomplishment.
He's only been in office a few months. What, exactly, has he achieved that will be beneficial to NYC over the long term?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 08:20 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 08:21 AM (OXYE0)
Mamdani: "Thank you."
?
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:13 AM (6wpGE)
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In Leftist world, being elected to a powerful office is a major accomplishment.
He's only been in office a few months. What, exactly, has he achieved that will be beneficial to NYC over the long term?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 19, 2026 08:20 AM (FZ29D)
I found it an odd and foreign-sounding response.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:22 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Foreign Policy 101 at July 19, 2026 08:23 AM (2Ez/1)
=then again. I read this twice and missed it. I really am a moron and not in a good AoS way.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 08:24 AM (4UmNf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 19, 2026 08:06 AM (RIvkX)
Short version of a longer case; Vance is criticizing Israel because he doesn’t dare attack Rubio openly. Marco Rubio is the one who curbstomped all of Vance’s dreams of doing international diplomacy and looking Presidential, when he destroyed the MOU with the Israel-Lebanon-US agreement.
Trump said something casually a couple days ago, which was really fascinating. Some writer for a design magazine or website was in the White House, asking him about his redecorating. She asked a silly question; “you’ve done so much to personalize and redecorate the Oval Office; will it make you feel sad to see your successor change it all?”
Trump’s shocking answer: “Ah, no he won’t. Cubans love a lot of gold.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 08:25 AM (SmTu7)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 08:26 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 08:26 AM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026
***
As long as Trump can get in someone a little to the right of Roger B. Taney. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 19, 2026 08:26 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: dantesed at July 19, 2026 08:31 AM (Oy/m2)
10m JUST IN 🔴
Israel says it detected missiles launched from Iran toward Aqaba, Jordan, which could result in shrapnel falling inside Israeli territory.
Air raid sirens may sound in southern Israel. The Home Front Command says there is currently no change to public safety instructions.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 08:33 AM (w2sCY)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 08:34 AM (E2lD7)
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:34 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 19, 2026 08:34 AM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 08:34 AM (w2sCY)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 08:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Men's Metric Kickball fans at July 19, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: dantesed
_________
I'm not turning it on till the leaders tee off. Live odds (betting $100 gets you this amount):
Sam Burns +144
Si Woo Kim +490
Ryan Fox +830
Scottie Scheffler +1150
Bryson DeChambeau +1550
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 19, 2026 08:37 AM (XvL8K)
Late in the Prayer Thread this is what Brother Tim posted -- he really needs prayer, and what else, I don't know. But I know prayer is heard and answered.
Mornin' Horde. Black dog barkin' lately as he does when things get hard. Housing plan failed. Trying to find a better paying job I fit with has been frustrating. Same old same old, I guess.
Started asking the Lord not for relief, but release. Probably not a good sign.
Hope y'all are doing better than I.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 18,
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 19, 2026 08:37 AM (4VH0B)
Well, the Hamilton class were all pretty good...
/oh
Posted by: man at July 19, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)
"You are considered now to be one of the most successful politicians."
_________
Like Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. For what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 08:38 AM (UU6Zb)
"You are considered now to be one of the most successful politicians."
_________
Like Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. For what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 19, 2026 08:38 AM (UU6Zb)
And then, continuing that excellent analogy, this was a NYT interviewer.
"You have won the Nobel Prize."
"Thank you."
?
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:42 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: With other people's money at July 19, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:43 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 08:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: With other people's money at July 19, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)
ha!
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 08:44 AM (6wpGE)
Of course if it ever went out he was like a dummy without the ventriloquist.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at July 19, 2026 08:45 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: Gomer at July 19, 2026 08:45 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 08:46 AM (SmTu7)
Posted by: Skip at July 19, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)
No figure more over-hyped by the Right since Paul Ryan.
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 08:47 AM (E2lD7)
Posted by: Google Chrome at July 19, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Illiterate Noodist at July 19, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 08:54 AM (VyBeY)
Lots of Narrative Choices here:
• Israel! Israel! Israel!
• MIC! MIC! MIC!
• IMEC 2.0 vs BRI
• Russia/Ukraine style patty-cake "war" to keep a live testing lab for advanced weapons systems
• 4D Chess to neuter Iran Nuke Program
• Retaliation for nearly 50 years of terrorism
• ???
• Profit!
Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 19, 2026 08:47 AM (E2lD7)
***
Jeezz. Every time I manage to forget about that duplicitous, lying, back stabbing, POS there he is. I see his mentor Jabba The Bennett is still us (spit)!
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 08:57 AM (4UmNf)
Posted by: Accomack at July 19, 2026 08:58 AM (/Chlc)
Perhaps. She essentially said that terrorism works to get the political results you want
Posted by: Community Notes at July 19, 2026 08:59 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at July 19, 2026 08:59 AM (4UmNf)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 19, 2026 09:02 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at July 19, 2026 09:21 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Glenn at July 19, 2026 09:49 AM (vneJl)
Saturday Night Club ONT - July 18, 2026 [Disco & Dino]
A Houston woman said she is done practicing pole dancing at home after a mishap led to two apartments being flooded. Asha Gilbert was filming her pole dancing practice July 6 at her west Houston apartment when the pole came loose from the ceiling and struck a fire sprinkler. Gilbert said she had only installed the pole three days earlier. "It wasn't even a thought that it could possibly hit the sprinkler," Gilbert said. "We were more worried about it hitting a wall." She said her furniture was ruined and she had to move to another unit due to the damage. Gilbert said her downstairs neighbor was understanding about the water damage. "I explained everything, and she was very, very cool and understanding, and I appreciated that," Gilbert said. She said she will not be pole dancing at home anymore.
Animal control officers are trying to find the owner of an emu on the loose in Mississippi's Pearl River County. A witness captured video of the flightless Australian bird wandering this week near Pea Ridge Road. Pearl River County Animal Control confirmed Wednesday that the emu remained on the loose, and its origins were unknown. Officials are asking anyone with information on the emu's owner or current whereabouts to contact local authorities.Any among the Horde missing your Emu?
Disney is situated in northeastern Mayes County at the east end of Pensacola Dam on State Highway 28. The town is named after former Oklahoma U.S. Congressman Wesley E. Disney and has no affiliation with The Walt Disney Company or Walt Disney.
Disney is renowned worldwide for its vehicle rock climbing, off-road trails, and adventure activities. Within the city limits are five recreation areas of Cherokee State Park, offering off-road rock climbing, trails, and mudding for off-road vehicles. Visitors can also enjoy camping, swimming, picnicking, boating, fishing, skiing, and kayaking. Many off-road event attendees also spend time fishing, boating, or kayaking on the water.
Because business doesn’t stop just because it’s July, motherfucker. pic.twitter.com/DlWyD2pTCK
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) July 16, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 10:00 PM (RIvkX)
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Posted by: four seasons at July 18, 2026 10:03 PM (/QHx4)
Less-boozy, more-chocolatey Mudslide?
For the sorority girl who wants something sessionable.
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)
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Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:07 PM (GX6fr)
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News blurbs are made by fools like you
But only God can make an emu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:07 PM (ndZc7)
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Navin R. Johnson has entered the chat
Posted by: Doof at July 18, 2026 10:07 PM (+sTu6)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:08 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: four seasons
You know those are formal athletic socks because they don't have the three colored bands at the top.
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: four seasons at July 18, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 10:08 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 10:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
I may have been better off.
Posted by: LASue at July 18, 2026 10:10 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 10:10 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 10:10 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 10:10 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 10:10 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: mindful webworker - this corner smells odd at July 18, 2026 10:11 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 10:11 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: tankdemon
* standing ovation *
And both under your own nic. I think all my two-fers sneaked in wearing a sockpuppet.
I just got one assist this week. Keeping my point total up, I guess.
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:12 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: Orson at July 18, 2026 10:13 PM (dIske)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 10:13 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 18, 2026 10:13 PM (DZ9Lv)
One of our neighbors mows his lawn in black knee socks. He's weird but no problems for nine years. I assume he has circulation problems but I haven't asked.
It is hot and we need rain. That's my report. Carry on.
Also, I do not like that martini glass because it looks like a coral snake.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 18, 2026 10:14 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Iris at July 18, 2026 10:14 PM (286+n)
Posted by: gKWVE
"Theeyyyyyy are lumberjacks and that's okay!!"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 18, 2026 10:14 PM (IUQak)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 10:15 PM (abScH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 10:00 PM
*raises glass*
на здоровье!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 18, 2026 10:15 PM (Wnv9h)
Drink seems fine, didn't short myself too much booze.
Other problem is annoying. The bitters bottle's little dispenser thinggy flings bitters wildly around when I tilt it upside down to dispense my "dashes". That stuff stains worse than fresh cherry juice, amazing. Hoping my next bottle will work normally, and as seen on TV (well, on UToob, and in bars).
Posted by: rhomboid at July 18, 2026 10:15 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: macmikeski at July 18, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Iris at July 18, 2026 10:16 PM (286+n)
I was told it was The Tankdemon.
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 10:16 PM (fRFTM)
We mammals had a good run. You maniacs. Damn you all to hell
Posted by: PLANET OF THE DUCKS at July 18, 2026 10:16 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 18, 2026 10:17 PM (diia5)
I may have been better off.
Posted by: LASue at July 18, 2026 10:10 PM (lCppi)
Looks like a middle school gym teacher on picture day.
Posted by: Bilwis - at July 18, 2026 10:17 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: Case at July 18, 2026 10:18 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 18, 2026 10:13 PM (DZ9Lv)
_____________________________
In the 70's I was a kid living across the street from the main campus of a college. I'm betting I saw more boobs than most at that tender young age. Because the 70's gave us drunk, female STREAKERS. That alone is enough to miss those days.
Posted by: Orson at July 18, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)
*clinks*
*smashes glass into the fireplace*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
Alex the Chick. But she's not missing it, it just escaped from the box
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:18 PM (rbvCR)
I'll say NO. It's right next to the lake and I think (I am no expert) that would be out of the formal Ozarks. Hilly? Yes.
Posted by: LRob in OK at July 18, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)
Those summer "business" shorts are beyond parody. And they were beyond parody back in the 70s!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 18, 2026 10:20 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 10:20 PM (abScH)
I was told it was The Tankdemon.
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 10:16 PM (fRFTM)
Slanderous untruths! Fake news! Disinformation!
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:21 PM (GX6fr)
The "black Irish" look of black hair and blue eyes was the man of my dreams when I was young. Instead the two college guys I ever loved were blondes with blue or green eyes. The green eyed guy won me over and we produced green eyed sons.
I still like men with black hair and blue eyes. Mel Gibson remains on my list, altho he needs to lose his white beard.
Apparently way back in my ancestry DNA I was an Irish lass who fell in love with a pirate on the Spanish Armada.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 18, 2026 10:21 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 10:20 PM (abScH)
Good on ya, sheila.
Posted by: Australian Defence Force at July 18, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)
I was told it was The Tankdemon.
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 10:16 PM (fRFTM)
Slanderous untruths! Fake news! Disinformation!
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:21 PM (GX6fr)
I’d best ask The Duncanthrax.
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 10:23 PM (fRFTM)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 18, 2026 10:23 PM (U/Byj)
But Brian got heavily into drugs, and wouldn’t go on tour, and got really weird. I don’t think they even hardly charted much of anything past 1966. “Good Vibrations” and “God Only Knows” were great tunes but they didn’t have another hit until “Kokomo” in what, 1977? And Brian didn’t have anything to do with that. They were scheduled I think to play the Monetary Pop Festival in ‘67 but they just weren’t considered cool any longer, and if you can’t chart a groovy tune, maybe they were right.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:24 PM (WcNzu)
Posted by: Orson at July 18, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)
My first trip to London was a college English Lit course in 1974. Every single pup I went to the bartender and/or a Brit guy asked me to streak. I would always say no and at one point I told them to stop asking me as I am hearing this every day.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 18, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
"So you're telling me there's a chance?"
Posted by: Tonypete at July 18, 2026 10:26 PM (IUQak)
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 10:26 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 18, 2026 10:27 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:24 PM (WcNzu)
It was about a decade later than that.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:27 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 18, 2026 10:13 PM (DZ9Lv)
You didn’t like all the college girls in tube tops and short shorts? Really?
Yeah men looked like weird bums, but who cared.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 10:27 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 10:27 PM (Cqx++)
Oh, and light a match when you're done, will ya? Just be careful, we leave the rocketry to SpaceX and the explosions to Blue Origin.
Posted by: RandomDave at July 18, 2026 10:28 PM (zom6H)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Obviously.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:28 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 10:27 PM (l+3gx)
Its not like we can understand why the hell women find us attractive in the first place.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 18, 2026 10:13 PM (DZ9Lv)
Ah think you're sufferin' from a... crahsis o' spirit...
Posted by: Jimmah Cahtah at July 18, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 10:30 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 10:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:31 PM (JS6jE)
They shouldn’t have made him angry. They won’t like him when he’s angry.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 10:31 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 10:31 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 10:29 PM (zZu0s)
In my dating days, women seemed to find me more attractive when I increased the size of my wallet.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:31 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 18, 2026 10:32 PM (ok2JK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 10:29 PM
***
I thought it was the small brain and short arms, right?
Posted by: TRex - dapper dino at July 18, 2026 10:32 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Restroom tokens are temporarily not required. We know some of you hit the nearby Taco Bell on your way in.
I better not run 'find in page' and locate 'paid my dime and only farted'.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 18, 2026 10:32 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 18, 2026 10:33 PM (WL2lA)
Not even close. There is a building in Brooklyn that dates to the 1650s! Wyckoff House, or something like that. I live right next to a small town named after Pieter Wyckoff.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 10:34 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: TRex - oh hi dino at July 18, 2026 10:34 PM (XfIK1)
I no longer have to repair my cobbled together press that I have been building, incrementally, for 15 years, and now I just have to work with this one
The main drawback is that it will hold about 20 gallons of fruit pulp, instead of 5 gallons like the old press. So now the bottleneck in production is once again the grinding up of the apples.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:34 PM (rbvCR)
Mayor Mamdani suggests New York law enforcement may arrest Netanyahu
https://mol.im/a/15987573
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 10:35 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: TRex - dapper dino at July 18, 2026 10:32 PM (XfIK1)
TRex, have you ever had a short arm inspection?
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 10:35 PM (tez/p)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18, 2026 10:36 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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She looked like Doris Day and loved me too much.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:36 PM (JS6jE)
Not even close. There is a building in Brooklyn that dates to the 1650s! Wyckoff House, or something like that. I live right next to a small town named after Pieter Wyckoff.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 10:34 PM (l4RKn)
It's not the oldest building, but it is the oldest tavern in NYC.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 18, 2026 10:37 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: gKWVE doesn't remember a lot of the 70s at July 18, 2026 10:37 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 10:35 PM
***
Not in a military venue or sense of the word.
Posted by: TRex - under the radar dino at July 18, 2026 10:38 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:38 PM (WcNzu)
Welcome, new comer.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 10:38 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 10:39 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Doof at July 18, 2026 10:40 PM (QMAsf)
My Irish ancestors were named "Carlos", and there was never much of a long reach across the Bay of Biscay
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:40 PM (rbvCR)
They shouldn’t have made him angry. They won’t like him when he’s angry.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 10:31 PM (l+3gx)
Also pissed off because of the Iranian plot to kill him.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18, 2026 10:40 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:40 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 10:36 PM
***
I'm not laughing at you, but your wreck description sounds like absolute Three Stooges-style chaos.
Posted by: TRex - wrecking yard dino at July 18, 2026 10:40 PM (XfIK1)
I loved men with beards and long hair, the beer and the music, concerts, and freedom to have fun as no one ever seemed insulted or offended. I had so much fun! Granted I also did not care if anyone was offended or notice, so there's that.
There was some trick to start cars by pouring gasoline on the carburetor, or that was what I understood as I never did it.
My bf/husband and a good friend started a girl's new car on fire this way. This is how they rescued the damsel in distress his friend had just seen in a bar, stranded in the parking lot (I was at my apt studying).
My bf said the hood paint basically melted, but that's what she gets for letting two strange college guys help her who were leaving the bar.
He drove her home and said the main person who started the car on fire was making out with her in the back seat; so all was forgiven til she had to tell her father.
We don't know the outcome of that event. Granted, John, being 1/2 Navajo and 1/2 Mexican could woo even girls he'd just set their car on fire, so there's that.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 18, 2026 10:40 PM (hzuYO)
Except that the game takes place tomorrow.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 10:41 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 10:30 PM (vTZFs)
I had one as young teenager in West Vancouver. Family was not rich, but my Dad was in the small engine business and got hold of one with no engine. We fitted it with a Tecumseh engine and centrifugal clutch. I rode the thing up a trail to the top of Hollyburn Mountain. No problem. Coming back down was interesting. No suspension, but it had brakes. And got massive blisters on both hands on the webs between my thumbs and index fingers. Ouch!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 10:41 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18, 2026 10:36 PM (y171U)
* * * *
Took me a minute to figure that one out. It's referring to the length of the shorts. As if a man would wear 3 inch long shorts into a business office back in the 70s. Sheesh.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at July 18, 2026 10:41 PM (D/6p1)
Ah think you're sufferin' from a... crahsis o' spirit...
Posted by: Jimmah Cahtah at July 18, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
Malaise, I remember that. And my dad so disappointed in Carter that he never voted Democrat again.
Posted by: moki at July 18, 2026 10:42 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: TRex - dapper dino at July 18, 2026 10:32 PM (XfIK1)
TRex, have you ever had a short arm inspection?
Posted by: RI Red
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Just noticing you didn't ask about the small brain inspection...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 10:42 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: gKWVE doesn't remember a lot of the 70s at July 18, 2026 10:37 PM (gKWVE)
The Electric Company was even better.
Posted by: Doof at July 18, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: four seasons at July 18, 2026 10:42 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
I would not have wanted to be him in grade school.
"Your name is peter whackoff?!?!"
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 10:43 PM (VHUov)
They shouldn’t have made him angry. They won’t like him when he’s angry.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 10:31 PM (l+3gx)
Also pissed off because of the Iranian plot to kill him.
Posted by: Joemarine
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Wish they had screwed up a few more times allowing more median brains to wrap around what's going on and not the lies put out by the MSM. To bad, they are getting up to speed the hard way.
So is the IRGC.
hope our guys put some notes on those bombs
_Kilroy
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:43 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: Joemarine
Inseam, by the pictures.
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)
youtu.be/1HRqNcju8jk
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at July 18, 2026 10:45 PM (ok2JK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 10:45 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Link Hogthrob at July 18, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 18, 2026
We used to spray starter fluid into the carb. This was before they had fuel injectors in the 1980's.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18, 2026 10:46 PM (y171U)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 18, 2026 10:46 PM (CHHv1)
The Electric Company was even better.
Posted by: Doof at July 18, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)
Zoom - with its fun suggestions for impressionable kids, like making "camp" stoves out of a coffee can, wood and leaves, setting it on fire in the backyard and cooking bologna on it. All fun and games until dad sees the backyard on fire
Posted by: moki at July 18, 2026 10:47 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 18, 2026 10:47 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: TRex - dapper dino at July 18, 2026 10:32 PM (XfIK1)
TRex, have you ever had a short arm inspection?
Posted by: RI Red
********
Just noticing you didn't ask about the small brain inspection...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 10:42 PM (XfIK1)
No need. Small brain, short arms are outweighed by large feet and other large items.
And with that, I’m outa here!
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 10:47 PM (fRFTM)
They've been trying to kill for years. Does it not seem odd to anyone but me that 2 people tried to murder Trump during the election and we know absolutely nothing about either of them?
Then they plotted to kill his daughter and tonight they killed at least 2 and likely 3 Americans in Jordan.
He tried to make a deal. Now the gloves are off. The mullahs chose poorly.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)
Mayor Mamdani suggests New York law enforcement may arrest Netanyahu
https://mol.im/a/15987573
Posted by: Joyenz
I suggest that the Mayor and his merry band of Khmer Rouge enthusiasts be rounded up, and dropped into a vat of quick dry cement, then dropped into the ocean. But I'm a moderate.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 10:50 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 10:11 PM (2F0/Y)"
I believe I'm going to have to give that a try. Thanks for the info, Joyenz.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at July 18, 2026 10:52 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Iris at July 18, 2026 10:52 PM (286+n)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:52 PM (JS6jE)
They've been trying to kill for years. Does it not seem odd to anyone but me that 2 people tried to murder Trump during the election and we know absolutely nothing about either of them?
--
Yeah, yeah, get in line
-careerists in the CIA, probably
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 18, 2026 10:53 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:54 PM (JS6jE)
Yep. Dad was part of the investigative team...
Posted by: man at July 18, 2026 10:54 PM (XuXeR)
Yeah, yeah, get in line
-careerists in the CIA, probably
Posted by: Methos,
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Article said they received 101 pieces of info they disregarded.
Clean them out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:56 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 10:11 PM (2F0/Y)"
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My local grocer is into that. Good to know Wally is competing.
I'll have to check them out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:58 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 10:48 PM (viF8m)
Need to invent a virus that causes brain aneurysms in people who bash their heads on the floor while hollering "allahu ackbar". Harmless to all others.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 10:59 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: pookysgirl got to drive in the Bighorns today at July 18, 2026 10:59 PM (uhKOM)
The carburetors weren’t really the problem, though they did install limiter caps to prevent fuckheads with screwdrivers from making things worse.
Car ain’t running right? Well, fuck with the carburetor. It’s easy to get to, it’s right there, so that must be it. The ignition timing won’t move on its own, so let’s fuck with that. Then fuck the carburetor up some more …
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:00 PM (WcNzu)
Mayor Mamdani suggests New York law enforcement may arrest Netanyahu
https://mol.im/a/15987573
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 10:35 PM (2F0/Y)
This idiot is gonna have the shin bet and the mossad fighting over who gets to stuff his silly ass into a plastic bag and sail him around NY harbor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 11:01 PM (S41Gd)
-careerists in the CIA, probably
The most stunning thing to me in the documents Trump just declassified was a senior FBI official stating that she was running a "shadow government".
It's one thing for a bunch of us morons to know something. When we have documented proof in their own words that kinda raises the bar. No turning back now.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 11:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at July 18, 2026 11:02 PM (bqIVz)
Clean them out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:56 PM (JS6jE)
CIA and FBI should both be shut down entirely, and all employees RIF'ed. Any employees who provide testimony to convict superiors of crimes will be given preference for hiring in the new agencies to replace the two closed ones.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 11:02 PM (1z8ji)
Mayor Mamdani suggests New York law enforcement may arrest Netanyahu
https://mol.im/a/15987573
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 10:35 PM (2F0/Y)
That could be funny. I suspect Israeli security are better shots than the NYPD. We'd also have to deliver Mamdani and any surviving policeman to the Israeli government to appease them for breaking diplomatic immunity. Perhaps his family would be required as well.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
One of the older girls is a clone of Pookette in looks and mannerisms, and the boys share some characteristics with Lil Pooky (and Pooky) too. It's fun to see what genes seem to pop up here and there.
Posted by: pookysgirl
Funny that you would start with "Guten nacht."
Among my siblings and my cousins on Mom's side, there is a definite look. The look of my German grandfather. Those genes just blitzkrieged all the other ones.
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
The second guy, who is still alive, is the more interesting one.
He was in Ukraine, and claims he was recruiting mercs. The other people recruiting mercs say he's lying and I think they are likely telling the truth.
So...he was working for an intelligence agency. In a same world they've have water boarded him daily until he gave up his handler.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at July 18, 2026 11:06 PM (sKqQm)
Car ain’t running right? Well, fuck with the carburetor. It’s easy to get to, it’s right there, so that must be it. The ignition timing won’t move on its own, so let’s fuck with that. Then fuck the carburetor up some more …
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:00 PM (WcNzu)
A lot of us gearheads were busting off the limiter caps, plugging the EGR, and ripping out the AIR pumps to get '70's cars into some semblance of '60's tune. You could make them run better. I never ripped out catalytic converters, though. The advent of the "cats" meant that engines could be tuned for better performance, than the non-cat engines could be. There was really no upside to ripping them out.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)
Clean them out.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:56 PM (JS6jE)
Quite often evidence that might lead to a conclusion that would damage either the investigating agency, or damage the reputation of the government is swept under the rug.
if the airliner was taken down by a Stinger, it brings out the question where Middle Eastern Terrorists got Stingers, and that suspicion is the ones that got misplaced when they were given to the Mujaheddin, or similar gifts to similar regional players.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin
I would not want to be "water" boarded by Mr. Toobin. I'd give up my CIA contacts before they were done strapping me down.
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 11:08 PM (VHUov)
you like me
YOU REALLY LIKE ME
I'M SOMEBODY NOW
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2026
Don't get cocky Kid.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 11:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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President Harry Truman wrote two op-eds in the WaPo saying they should be eliminated. He regretted that he signed the bill instituting them. I think he insinuated their involvement w/Kennedy's ultimate dilemma.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 11:10 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 18, 2026 10:21 PM (hzuYO)
*quietly warns her dad to stay away from Christy*
Posted by: pookysgirl wound up blonde-haired and blue-eyed at July 18, 2026 11:10 PM (uhKOM)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 11:12 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Crabs gotta eat, too.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 11:14 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: frammish at July 18, 2026 11:14 PM (rcENI)
I needed that
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2026 11:14 PM (ZxPkt)
The carburetors weren’t really the problem, though they did install limiter caps to prevent fuckheads with screwdrivers from making things worse.
Car ain’t running right? Well, fuck with the carburetor. It’s easy to get to, it’s right there, so that must be it. The ignition timing won’t move on its own, so let’s fuck with that. Then fuck the carburetor up some more …
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:00 PM (WcNzu)
They do that shit to harleys too. I can't believe the minimal amount of gas they try to run them on. In 1989 they started using CV carbs. When the bike was cold you had to leave them on choke for 5 minutes, or else they just wouldn't run. I drilled the lead plug out of one so I could get to the mixture screw. It was turned out like an 1/8 of a turn. The pipes were glowing cherry red under the shields. After I saw that I started drilling the plugs out and upping the jet sizes. Choke comes off in 30 seconds and they ran great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 11:15 PM (S41Gd)
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Dad ripped out the air pump and torched up the cat pretty warm.
Big Merc.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 11:15 PM (JS6jE)
I grew up in Cody, Wyoming. As much as I love Yellowstone, the Bighorns was my favorite camping spot. Did you get to the Medicine Wheel? It's a stonehenge type ring of stones that point to the solstices and the equinoxes. Predates the Shoshoni presence.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 18, 2026 11:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 18, 2026 11:15 PM (1GRHN)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18,
Leg length, when men were men and shorts were short.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 11:16 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)
Hah, Lil Pooky is a dead ringer for my dad's (full German) baby pictures. Except when he has a mischievous grin. *That* he got from Pooky.
Posted by: pookysgirl was never mischievous at July 18, 2026 11:16 PM (uhKOM)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Just break each one into two. Limit the old name to what it says, and the spin-off gets the rest of the roles.
CIA --> CWDA (Central World Destruction Agency)
FBI --> FBO (Federal Bureau of Obfuscation).
After a few months, set the new organization budgets, including pensions, salary, and benefits to $0.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 11:18 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 11:18 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 11:18 PM (qx7Zg)
Heh! Brilliant.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 11:20 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: frammish at July 18, 2026 11:14 PM (rcENI)
Look up the rules on voting, and the rules for Olive Garden's unlimited pasta pass.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 11:20 PM (qx7Zg)
He had a trial. He's been sent to prison for the rest of his life. And the media has been virtually silent about all of it. He tried to murder the guy who was once and then again became the most powerful person on the planet and the highly paid media didn't ever bother to cover it. Seems normal.
One of the reasons the deep state hated Trump in 2016 is because they wanted the war in Ukraine and Trump didn't.
We've sent somewhere around $100 billion to Ukraine and have been told there is no way to track where the money went. Ukraine is not a hot chick as Robert Palmer can attest.
But there's no telling where the money went.
https://tinyurl.com/3x2yvsrz
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 11:22 PM (1z8ji)
Greetings from the middle of Idaho--
Thanks to high-level wildfire smoke, it wasn't as hot as predicted today. Air quality is "moderate" but can't smell the smoke. Tomorrow may be different, LOL. So I mowed the yard and soaked the dogwood trees.
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 11:22 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Case at July 18, 2026 11:23 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
It'll come in handy soon as I fabricate a crane to hoist my 275lbs roof top tent on top of my Hummer.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 18, 2026 07:33 PM (WYStd)
Hey, do you have any airplane/airport acquaintances?
Those hangar bifold doors, usually made by Schweiss, weigh several thousand pounds, and can lift that 275lb roof like it's nothing. Very smooth, precise control too.
Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at July 18, 2026 11:24 PM (/6FUZ)
Posted by: Al Shabbah at July 18, 2026 11:26 PM (uabms)
But they sucked yesterday.
Posted by: Case
And they were flat af today until the bottom of the 7th. I was at the game. No offense. Defense looked like a high school team. No spark. Horrid throws, errors, just awful.
Hopefully they get their shit together.
Julio won the game in the 10th. This is his first game back since he got hit in the head first of July.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 18, 2026 11:26 PM (1GRHN)
Student: Rush?
English teacher: (low growl) That's not the answer I'm looking for.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)
I made a complicated target stand last time. I was proud of it, but it was over-engineered.This time I just brought thin 2'x3' plywood sheets and made some 10-degree cuts halfway through bits of 2x4, and that was simpler, lighter, faster, and more sturdy.
We managed to hit the plywood at 150 yards, although the paper target was nearly unscathed.
We need a better way to get feedback. I think I'll get some of those reactive targets, and maybe a spotting scope. The rifle has a 9x scope, and I have a pair of small 6x binoculars. Actually I just remembered I have some big honking 15x astronomy binoculars. Maybe those would help? But they weigh a ton and my tripod is broken.
Usually we just shoot at fixed targets and leave the shotgun at home, but I bought a plastic clay pigeon flinger, and we went through a whole box of clay pigeons (and about 150 shells). That was super fun. The shotgun magazine holds 5 shells, and I got one 5-out-of-5, and my son got a few.
Posted by: frammish at July 18, 2026 11:27 PM (rcENI)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 18, 2026 11:28 PM (yMCWt)
I blame Hollywood.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 18, 2026 11:28 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: four seasons at July 18, 2026 11:29 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: ZOD at July 18, 2026 11:29 PM (UfDpa)
The problem is, when an engine is at peak efficiency and mileage, HC and HL are the lowest, but the NOX peaks. So they reduced compression, retarded valve timing, buggered the ignition timing, vacuum advance etc. it worked so far as NOX is concerned. Killed highway fuel economy and power, overheating, etc. Right in the middle of an Oil Embargo and high inflation and gas rationing.
But yeah, by lowering NOX, HC spiked, literally raw fuel was now spewing out the tailpipe. What to do?
That’s what the air injection pump was for, to couple with the platinum exhaust catalyst and burn the wasted fuel in the tailpipe.
There’s no benefit engine wise to a catalytic converter, and they tend to cause a restriction when they get loaded up and plugged.
The retarded valve timing was particularly egregious because it wasn’t so easily remedied. And when engines got some miles on them, the timing chain tends to loosen, retarding it even further.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:29 PM (WcNzu)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Maybe the "Micronauts (FTW)" should have given you a clue.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 18, 2026 11:29 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 11:35 PM (RIvkX)
Trying to imagine a world where this is even a question.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 11:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Stretching out like a king after an energetic session of cunnilingus?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 18, 2026 11:35 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 18, 2026 11:35 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 18, 2026 11:35 PM (RIvkX)
Um, wow.
Grew up spending lots of time over on Grand Lake, and despite being of the Mouseclub generation, never even thought about Disney, OK not having anything to do with Disney, Walt.
There is also a Miami, OK, which not only isn't related to Florida, it's pronounced My-a-muh.
Now guess how Heavener is pronounced.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Okie by birth and choice at July 18, 2026 11:36 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 18, 2026 11:39 PM (ibDUx)
Posted by: muldoon at July 18, 2026 11:40 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)
X-15 vid - pretty cool. The radio transmissions immediately made me think of the Six Million Dollar Man.
Posted by: scampydog at July 18, 2026 11:47 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: muldoon at July 18, 2026 11:47 PM (I0N4X)
Posted by: H at July 18, 2026 11:50 PM (cIjYM)
Posted by: PabloD at July 18, 2026 11:52 PM (5Ide7)
Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at July 18, 2026 11:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 11:01 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)
Perhaps the mayor and his wife will receive some new fancy beepers.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 11:55 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Martha Moxley at July 18, 2026 11:55 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: PabloD at July 18, 2026 11:52 PM (5Ide7)
Replace the first with oxygen deprivation from the smoke, then go with And.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 18, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at July 18, 2026 11:15 PM (0aYVJ)
We drove 14A, which is the Medicine Wheel Scenic Byway (or something). We were very confused by the boats we saw being towed until we got to Sibley Lake. Pookette has never been in the mountains before and was fascinated by our car's GPS, which basically functioned as an altimeter. We don't think we got higher than 9400 ft, but we told her that these were the warm-up mountains!
Posted by: pookysgirl could happily stay out here for a long time at July 18, 2026 11:57 PM (uhKOM)
“Never Going Back Again” is fun to play on the guitar, or try to anyhow. I sure as hell can’t play it at tempo. I bought a couple of his solo albums in the 90s and he is a perfectionist in the studio in terms of sonics, they really sounded great. Rumors was recorded pretty well too. Still could never understand what the hell Stevie Nicks was saying. But at the time I didn’t care.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:57 PM (WcNzu)
Posted by: Case at July 18, 2026 11:57 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 11:58 PM (JS6jE)
Telling the truth costs in the short term but it is never the wrong thing to say. And now evil is here again. And it won't stay in places you don't like.
https://tinyurl.com/bddewvmy
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 11:58 PM (viF8m)
@MassDailyNews
BREAKING: Dead body found at Mattapan home owned by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's husband as Boston Police open death investigation
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 11:59 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 10:58 PM (JS6jE)
I hope you both enjoy it if you find it. It has almonds, just in case that's important to anyone.
https://tinyurl.com/3kjwcb85
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2026 12:01 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: PabloD at July 19, 2026 12:04 AM (5Ide7)
Posted by: Mary Jo Kopechne at July 18, 2026 11:53 PM (gKWVE)
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Nothing but arguments with family and friends.
But it's all water under the bridge now.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:04 AM (yMCWt)
Think Vince is working on another book, can't remember topic. Saw him at a naval history conference here in February. Very nice guy.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 12:04 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 12:06 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:06 AM (WcNzu)
Ayanna Pressley's husband is an ex-con who has just landed a lucrative state contract under Governor Maura Healy. I live in a cesspool.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 12:07 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 12:07 AM (ibDUx)
Who is the corpus delicti?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:08 AM (1z8ji)
Look, someone has to drink the bottle of Crown Royal so we can toss the empty and make room in the nifty bag for the cocaine.
Posted by: Stevie Nicks at July 19, 2026 12:08 AM (5Ide7)
Posted by: PabloD at July 19, 2026 12:09 AM (5Ide7)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:09 AM (WcNzu)
Posted by: rhomboid at July 19, 2026 12:10 AM (U/Byj)
Except in the Whorled Cup, you don't see much of those any more.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:10 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:12 AM (yMCWt)
I had a friend in college with a ‘69 Firebird (great car!) and we were trying that. He was over the carb putting gas in it and asked me to crank the engine. (We learned later that the problem was a slipped timing chain). Anyway the engine did a big backfire through the carb right into his face. We should have been horribly concerned for him - except when he pulled his head out from under the hood, he looked EXACTLY like one of those loony tune characters after a bomb goes off and they have little bits of rags in their hair around theit black face.
And he squeezed his eyes closed, so he also looked like a raccoon!
Anyway we were all laughing so hard we couldn’t even stand up!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 12:12 AM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Case at July 19, 2026 12:13 AM (bqIVz)
Posted by: PabloD at July 19, 2026 12:04 AM (5Ide7)
My great-great uncle was the blacksmith at a sandstone quarry my great grandfather managed, and he managed to get wildly drunk and got fired periodically. They quarry would hire another blacksmith, and the carvers would complain that the new guy couldn't face their chisels right, so eventually my great grandfather would be forced to hire his own brother back, and made him promise to not drink anymore, again.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 19, 2026 12:13 AM (rbvCR)
This happens EVERY YEAR in western WA. Suck it up. It’s not the end of the world.
It is your cave man brain yelling at you for not recognizing there’s a fire and not running away. That’s it. Calm down.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 12:14 AM (k0MVD)
TodayThe Trump administration has activated a secretive and never-before-used legal process to quickly deport foreign nationals deemed to be "alien terrorists" or their immediate family members._MSN
_o, the horror
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:17 AM (JS6jE)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Penguin Pete at July 19, 2026 12:19 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 12:19 AM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 12:19 AM (yMCWt)
These east coasters. Jeepers. Think they’d never smelled burning wood before.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 12:20 AM (BL1uJ)
TodayThe Trump administration has activated a secretive and never-before-used legal process to quickly deport foreign nationals deemed to be "alien terrorists" or their immediate family members._MSN
_o, the horror
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:17 AM (JS6jE)
We need some whacky monty python contraption, like maybe a conveyor belt and a big ass boot at the end that kicks the fuckers into orbit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 12:21 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Yes, pour that 1/4 cup of gasoline down the carb at arms length.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9GbGO7CKdQ
1
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:21 AM (JS6jE)
Posted by: rhomboid
4.9? Meh.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 19, 2026 12:23 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: PabloD at July 19, 2026 12:23 AM (5Ide7)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Honey, you're the one who started off with the big shout.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: rhomboid
4.9? Meh.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 19, 2026 12:23 AM (DZ9Lv)
Wait until we use the bigger bombs. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 12:25 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: raimondo at July 19, 2026 12:26 AM (d3O12)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 19, 2026 12:28 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:27 AM (rdVOm)
They like nice tight assholes. He's damaged goods.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:28 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Inserts appendage into twister. Smiles, nods.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 12:30 AM (UfDpa)
Modern gas and Carbureted engines will boil off the lighter end volatiles in the bowl fairly quickly on shutdown, and over time, say a week, making the engine hard to start. It’s deceptive because the fuel bowl has fuel in it, but it’s stale.
Pouring a small amount of fresh fuel down the carb throat does work, maybe a tablespoon. It will start as normal. Always replace the air cleaner though, before cranking the engine over!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:30 AM (WcNzu)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 12:31 AM (yEz+x)
Hadn't tried on my funeral suit since Mom's funeral several years back. As expected, it didn't fit. My body has had some changes. The dress shoes fit, anyway. For those who judge you by the shoes.
I even took communion. Remarkably, I did not burst into flame.
Posted by: mindful webworker - the more things stay the same at July 19, 2026 12:31 AM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Case
Yes. Rumors was made with all the various relationships exploding apart.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 19, 2026 12:32 AM (jrKun)
Posted by: ZOD
As long as it's your own appendage, bucko.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: raimondo at July 19, 2026 12:33 AM (d3O12)
Iran is threatening to unleash the full fury of its proxy terrorist groups again-- Houthis; Hezbollah.
That would draw Israel back into the war, I believe. Israel's target list complements ours, I believe, but the lists aren't identical. Israel places a greater emphasis on drone and missile production; the U.S. heretofore on naval bases and air defense installations.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:33 AM (RCjYY)
Sure we have.
We just don't have it on a daily basis as you west coast chaz people accept as normal.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 12:33 AM (viF8m)
Mayor Mamdani suggests New York law enforcement may arrest Netanyahu
https://mol.im/a/15987573
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 10:35 PM (2F0/Y)
My guess is that he is giving a sly "ok" to people to attack Netanyahu.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 12:34 AM (6wpGE)
Night watch.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 12:34 AM (UfDpa)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
(inserts JQ's appendage)
Suffer. Do it now.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 12:36 AM (UfDpa)
Night watch.
Posted by: ZOD
Very sorry to read this, ZOD. Our fuzzy friends are the best, and we miss them dearly when they leave.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 12:20 AM (BL1uJ)
Only when Pinocchio watches Pronhub.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:38 AM (1z8ji)
Night watch.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 12:34 AM (UfDpa)
Condolences, ZOD.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:38 AM (1z8ji)
That would draw Israel back into the war, I believe. Israel's target list complements ours, I believe, but the lists aren't identical. Israel places a greater emphasis on drone and missile production; the U.S. heretofore on naval bases and air defense installations.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:33 AM (RCjYY)
The Houthis and Hezbollah haven’t been able to resupply. No doubt they still have some things hidden away, but they’re both at only a small fraction of the strength they had two years ago.
Especially the Houthi - they’re not an industrialized society, the only weapons they have are what Iran sends them, and that pipeline has been shut down for a while now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 12:39 AM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Bomba loo
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:41 AM (JS6jE)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:42 AM (RCjYY)
https://mol.im/a/15987573
Posted by: Joyenz
My guess is that he is giving a sly "ok" to people to attack Netanyahu.
Posted by: m
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No doubt.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 12:42 AM (rdVOm)
That would draw Israel back into the war, I believe. Israel's target list complements ours, I believe, but the lists aren't identical. Israel places a greater emphasis on drone and missile production; the U.S. heretofore on naval bases and air defense installations.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:33 AM (RCjYY)
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Typical Iran, they don't know what they are asking for.
Israel is chomping at the bit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:44 AM (JS6jE)
A. Someone mentioned something about a Chinese model named Kimi.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 12:45 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Case at July 19, 2026 12:46 AM (bqIVz)
Priorities.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:46 AM (RCjYY)
Iran is actually quite predictable; just ask yourself what a paranoid schizophrenic with delusions of grandeur and Tourette’s syndrome would do, and you’ll have your answer.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 12:48 AM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 19, 2026 12:32 AM (jrKun)
I forget which member of Jefferson (aerospace vehicle) it was who said that whoever Grace was fucking that week was the person in charge of the band.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 12:48 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 12:51 AM (JS6jE)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:42 AM (RCjYY)
If Israel or the USA totally genocided the Houthis, who would give a shit? Not the Saudis, not the Yemenis, and they are on the front lines.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:51 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 12:48 AM (IG3/x)
ZOD Airplane, 1969-1971.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 12:52 AM (UfDpa)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:52 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Every US media outlet at July 19, 2026 12:54 AM (vSvIl)
I loved Grace Slick's singing. Still do. She's turned into a crazy old cat lady who threatens cops now.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:56 AM (RCjYY)
I just had to read about the X-15 program. That paved the way for spaceflight. The X-15 set records that still stand today. Speed record of Mach 6.7, and an altitude record of 354, 200'.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 12:57 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Every US media outlet at July 19, 2026 12:54 AM (vSvIl)
They'd have to find out about it, wouldn't they? They don't send reporters out anymore; they rely upon stringers in the field. If the Houthi-controlled area suddenly went radio-silent, who would know?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:58 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:00 AM (JS6jE)
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Um, hello?
Posted by: Every US media outlet
Yea, they'd pull out photos of mid 60s Beirut (pre CW anyway) and claim it's how the Houthis used to live before BADORANGEMAN bombed them.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 19, 2026 01:00 AM (v9vY1)
Posted by: PabloD at July 19, 2026 01:01 AM (5Ide7)
Well, someone murdered a guy at Ayanna Pressley's McMansion as well
Who knew Mass dems have such a lust for blood?
Note this will get way less press attention then ICE shooting someone trying to run them down
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 01:02 AM (sKqQm)
JQ, I am going to have another please and treat yourself as well.
In other local news Sen. Ed Markey is on the campaign trail calling for Trump to be impeached over his speech Thursday night. The man is 80 years old and he hasn't actually resided in Ma. for years.
Zod, I am sorry about you doggo.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 01:03 AM (ibDUx)
When evil shows its face you can either stand up and fight back despite the ridicule you will face or surrender. And guns won't save you.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:03 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: mnw
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Geniuses think it will distract them from Lebanon and Gaza.
It will distract the media from Lebanon and Gaza.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:04 AM (JS6jE)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 01:04 AM (zbJ2L)
There’s a neat Dick Cavett show you can watch filmed the day after the Woodstock hippie disaster in upstate NY. The Airplane, Joni Mitchell, and Stephen Stills and David Crosby are there. Slick was over 30 by then, and shouldn’t have been trusted, after all. Stills is still wearing his blanket poncho, Crosby is a first class twat, Mitchell is a bit spacy, etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:05 AM (WcNzu)
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wut
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 19, 2026 01:07 AM (vSvIl)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)
268 If Israel or the USA totally genocided the Houthis, who would give a shit?
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Um, hello?
Posted by: Every US media outlet at July 19, 2026 12:54 AM (vSvIl)
The funny part is that during the last Dust Up, Israeli intelligence learned of a “secret” all hands on deck meeting of the Houthi leadership, and they hit it. They killed the president, the defense minister, almost all of the various cabinet ministers, and most of the top military generals all at the same time.
And you’ve probably never seen a word about that in any mainstream media.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2026 01:08 AM (l+3gx)
And I thought Nick Cage was crazy for paying $3 million for a Mongolian dinosaur skeleton.
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:09 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 01:10 AM (WcNzu)
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This is good. All the collectivists coming together showing the mushy middle who they are. The more they show the more inconsistencies become apparent.
Before long, water cooler conversations go from; he's a fool, that not the way it works, to, they're crazy. Come on Krazy Commies, show us what you've got.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:11 AM (JS6jE)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 19, 2026 01:04 AM (zbJ2L)
Thanks. He's tough. I may be over-reading it, but it doesn't look good. Morning may show promise.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 01:12 AM (UfDpa)
She went to Finch College with Tricia Nixon, and all of the classmates were invited to Tricia's wedding.
Pretty soon someone realized who the former Grace Wing was, and the invitation was canceled.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 01:13 AM (IG3/x)
Night watch.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 12:34 AM (UfDpa)
I'm so sorry. I pray for an easy transition to the bridge.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2026 01:15 AM (2F0/Y)
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Sophia Loren seduce Marcello Mastroianni live on the set.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:16 AM (JS6jE)
You have to wonder how he justifies having such an overtly Christian painting on display.
Yes, I know they consider Jesus a prophet, but "Salvator Mundi" means "Savior of the World", which Muslims definitely do NOT believe.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 01:17 AM (IG3/x)
"The Treasury Department just issued new guidance to financial institutions to banks,"
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller announced.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:20 AM (JS6jE)
Yes, I know they consider Jesus a prophet, but "Salvator Mundi" means "Savior of the World", which Muslims definitely do NOT believe.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 01:17 AM (IG3/x)
MBS is one of the "good" muslims. Maybe he is trying to bridge the gulf between islam and Christianity. Or maybe he is a crypto-Christian?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:21 AM (1z8ji)
Islam is weird. Muhammed said the Bible was real and true but then claims Jesus was not the son of God. So by Muhammed's own words Islam is false.
And...amusingly he died the way he said a false prophet would
Posted by: 18-1 at July 19, 2026 01:23 AM (sKqQm)
Yes, I know they consider Jesus a prophet, but "Salvator Mundi" means "Savior of the World", which Muslims definitely do NOT believe.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Could it be that back behind the drapes some of the top Islamic leaders are talking about a type of reformation rhyming with those done by Jews and Christians?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 01:23 AM (JS6jE)
When evil shows its face you can either stand up and fight back despite the ridicule you will face or surrender. And guns won't save you.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:03 AM (viF8m)
I’m only surprised Austin is not on this list.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 01:24 AM (8l6/L)
Grace Slick once attended a Martin Mull show (comedian and musician). Mull asked his manager to invite her backstage when he found out she was there, because he'd always wanted to meet her.
Marty, remember when security removed that screaming drunk woman at intermission?
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:25 AM (RCjYY)
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wut
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 19, 2026 01:07 AM (vSvIl)
Well just surrender. We’re screwed anyway
(Whine)
Posted by: AoS Defeatists and Eeyores at July 19, 2026 01:26 AM (8l6/L)
It's a scalp.
Posted by: ZOD at July 19, 2026 01:26 AM (UfDpa)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:26 AM (6wpGE)
Braenyard, I agree, the crazy transperson running to succeed Platner in Maine is making some very absurd claims about ovulating and having "her" period rectally. You can't make this stuff up.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 01:26 AM (ibDUx)
She went to Finch College with Tricia Nixon, and all of the classmates were invited to Tricia's wedding.
Pretty soon someone realized who the former Grace Wing was, and the invitation was canceled.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 01:13 AM (IG3/x)
Damn. I always knew she was crazy, but damn.
I remember when China Kantner was a sometimes VJ on MTV. She was hot. (Back in the 1980s.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 01:29 AM (8l6/L)
Meanwhile, a night's rest, to face the morrow.
https://youtu.be/4KygdhHI_eE
G'nite, truth warriors.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - what me bookie? at July 19, 2026 01:29 AM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 12:42 AM (RCjYY)
If Israel or the USA totally genocided the Houthis, who would give a shit? Not the Saudis, not the Yemenis, and they are on the front lines.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 12:51 AM (1z8ji)
I sure the fuck wouldn't care. As far as the ME is concerned sometimes genocide is your friend.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 01:29 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 01:26 AM (ibDUx)
It probably has a period after every vigorous session of sodomy. Twice a week, even!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:29 AM (1z8ji)
"Stay away from the girl next door. She's actually your sister. Same with the girl on the other side, and the one across the street, and..."
The next day the boy's mother says "Fool around with whoever you want. He's not your father."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 01:33 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 01:33 AM (ibDUx)
Wow.
Cuckoo! Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:36 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Case at July 19, 2026 01:37 AM (bqIVz)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:37 AM (RCjYY)
Someone claimed Tolkien's hobbits were anarchists (obviously they weren't... they had mayors and gentry and so on).
Someone else noted that the hobbits engaged in a complex covert mission to make sure a pro-hobbit King was installed in Gondor.
Hobbits aren't anarchists. Hobbits are the CIA.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 19, 2026 01:37 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 19, 2026 01:38 AM (v9vY1)
Gay bowel syndrome used to be a term for such. It's considered hateful and insensitive now. Of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 01:38 AM (w6EFb)
Someone claimed Tolkien's hobbits were anarchists (obviously they weren't... they had mayors and gentry and so on).
Someone else noted that the hobbits engaged in a complex covert mission to make sure a pro-hobbit King was installed in Gondor.
Hobbits aren't anarchists. Hobbits are the CIA.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
tinyurl.com/mr2kvp3s
Unused Audio Commentary by Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky, Recorded Summer 2002 for The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Extended Edition) DVD, Part One
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 19, 2026 01:40 AM (v9vY1)
Doomscrolling through X tonight, which is a mistake to begin with, with one "mainstream" Dem after another panicking in horror all over the place at their DemonSpAwn. Not a one trying to figure out where they came from.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 01:41 AM (mmrXZ)
Modern gas and Carbureted engines will boil off the lighter end volatiles in the bowl fairly quickly on shutdown, and over time, say a week, making the engine hard to start. It’s deceptive because the fuel bowl has fuel in it, but it’s stale.
Pouring a small amount of fresh fuel down the carb throat does work, maybe a tablespoon. It will start as normal. Always replace the air cleaner though, before cranking the engine over!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 12:30 AM (WcNzu)
Yeah my '69 roadrunner is a wee bit of a bitch to start when it sits for some weeks. It always starts eventually, but not instantly after sitting for a month or so. It will take about 5-6 cranking sessions for about 5-10 seconds each and a lot of pumping the gas.The harley's on the other hand start instantly after sitting for 4-5 months, and thats because I can shut the fuel off to run it dry, so when its time to start them I turn the gas on and it gets a clean shot of gas. I usually will drain the gas at that time and put fresh gas in, but they always start right up.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 01:41 AM (S41Gd)
I alluded to that in an earlier post (above):
"She's turned into a crazy old cat lady who threatens the cops"
Posted by: mnw at July 19, 2026 01:41 AM (RCjYY)
Awww, the kitty is curled up atop the basket of freshly line-dried laundry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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They have radar. I pile freshly dried laundry on my unmade bed and the cat knows exactly where to curl up.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 01:43 AM (mmrXZ)
It is. As is your town and mine.
The biggest reveal we got from Trump's win in 2024 is they are no longer pretending. Ask Tucker or Candace or the other dirtbag "influencers" who magically appeared to tell you how much Trrump sucks and i controlled by evil Jews.
It's probably organic. Said nobody with an IQ above room temperature.
We aren't fighting Democrats. We are fighting communists. Trump dropped the first of what will be ongoing doc drop that proved conclusively China i fucking with our elections likely paying our media to support them.
What do people think is going on?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 19, 2026 01:43 AM (viF8m)
Reading about the X-15, I got off on the tangent of the official definition of "space", the altitude above which one can be said to have been in space, and qualify for astronaut wings/status.
The Air Force defined that originally as 50 miles. The Karman line is sort of the internationally defined boundary, at 100km or 62 miles. But for the US, military and NASA, 50 miles remains the standard. With commercial crews, it's a bit more ambiguous, but 50 miles sort of applies.
But, after Bezos' Penis Rocket up and down thing, they've revised the rules. So, thankfully Katy Perry and Gayle King will not qualify for astronaut status at all.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 01:46 AM (w6EFb)
Just *try* to make that bed without their "help" LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 01:48 AM (ibDUx)
Just *try* to make that bed without their "help" LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)
Piper submitted a good photo of that process on the pet thread!
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 01:51 AM (6wpGE)
Katy Perry's official designation is "spaceflight participant". She gets a participation trophy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 01:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 01:41 AM (S41Gd)
Well, I presume the Harleys have gravity feed from the tank. Open the fuel petcock, and the carburetor fills right away. Your Roadrunner has a 4-barrel carb sitting right on top of the engine, which was hot when you parked it, so most of the gas in the carb, and maybe some in the lines and fuel pump boiled off, and some of the rest evaporated. So you have to crank and crank to make that pump suck up gas from the tank and fill the carb. My old driver cars have electric fuel pumps down by the tank, and the mechanical fuel pump bypassed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:51 AM (1z8ji)
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The jokes write themselves.
Just kidding, the jokes ran away ululating in horror.
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2026 01:53 AM (vE0+H)
I have one also-- it's in the living room, but doesn't work. My lib sis bought it in Germany & couldn't get it repaired so was going to throw it away. It's too pretty to just trash, so I asked for it.
Not going to get it repaired as it would be too annoying. But it's nice to look at.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)
The jokes write themselves.
Just kidding, the jokes ran away ululating in horror.
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2026 01:53 AM (vE0+H)
You have to admit that Susan Collins could not ask for a better opponent in the general, though.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:55 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)
Send it to the Gestapo clock shop. "Ve haff vays of making you tock!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:57 AM (1z8ji)
So, when old cat (lump in the bed) moved... young cat would pounce! LOL, and the fight was ON.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Tulsi Gabbard's older brother arrested in Hawaii for trying to lure children to his hotel room.
The article at Daily Mail says he has mental problems and other issues.
Posted by: four seasons at July 19, 2026 02:00 AM (/QHx4)
So, I started tossing match books onto the lump. Lump would bat them away! It was a fun game for both of us.
Simple toys for simple minds...
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at July 19, 2026 02:00 AM (/QHx4)
In other words he's a Democrat.
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2026 02:04 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)
Send it to the Gestapo clock shop. "Ve haff vays of making you tock!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 01:57 AM (1z8ji)
; )
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:05 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: four seasons at July 19, 2026 02:05 AM (/QHx4)
Katy Perry's official designation is "spaceflight participant". She gets a participation trophy.
Posted by: publius
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Oh ffs Katy just call yourself a passenger like the rest of us. I'm not an "airflight participant" on some stupid Southwest commuter.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 02:06 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 02:14 AM (yMCWt)
"What do people think is going on?"
A lot of things go on in politics.I would hope voters would be serious about who they vote for. And choose wisely. I think most people really want the country in good hands and our rights and Constitution protected. The one thing that concerns me the most is votes are legal and counted correctly. Fraud should be a prison sentence. There are things that need to be cleaned up in some of the states. And we know which states they are, don't we.
Posted by: Case at July 19, 2026 02:16 AM (bqIVz)
I think "participant" has a bit of a more insulting connotation, really.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 02:17 AM (ibDUx)
https://tinyurl.com/yvuwpp8b
Posted by: Biden's Dog
Huh. Looks like Ellen skips *leg day*
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)
Honolulu police allege [Batarti] Gabbard approached several children, including a 9-year-old boy, asked for their names, wrote them in a notebook and offered them money and gum if they would accompany him to his hotel room. ...
According to police, the children refused and Gabbard walked away.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:18 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 19, 2026 02:21 AM (JS6jE)
https://tinyurl.com/yvuwpp8b
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 02:14 AM (yMCWt)
She seems nice.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:21 AM (6wpGE)
Miss Lindsey, when he was anointed as Strom's successor, inherited Strom's impressive constituent services apparatus, which had been built up over many decades.
The joke was Strom and the others told Social Security, etc, etc to mess things up just so they could fix it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:23 AM (w6EFb)
This is a real magazine cover:
https://tinyurl.com/yvuwpp8b
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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I'm pretty sure it's fake.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 02:23 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Case at July 19, 2026 01:37 AM (bqIVz)
Trust me, I know. I live in Illinois. Despite Chicago getting worse, despite more and more taxes being raised or implemented, and despite the laws and benefits passed to support illegals and criminals, the voters in Chicago, Rockford, Springfield, Champaign-Urbana, East St. Louis, and Alexander and Union counties keep voting Democrat.
They are too dumb to change how they vote despite the suffering.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 19, 2026 02:24 AM (2F0/Y)
"Wow, how can you not know that you're banking? I can see how you might not know that your nose is down, but it seems to me you would know that you're sliding left or right in your seat. Your coffee is spilling sideways."
In a banking turn, you roll, and let some of the lift on the wings give you the sideways force to turn. So you're leaned over relative to horizontal, but yet a force still pushing "up" relative to the floor of the plane.
Without visual cues, that will just feel like a steady force "down", and you think you're level.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:26 AM (w6EFb)
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That sounds reasonable, but they will still completely destroy the country with legal, counted correctly ballots. All anybody is doing now at best appears to be a delaying action.
“Democracy” is just two wolves and a sheep deciding on what’s for dinner.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 02:27 AM (LSh5J)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 02:27 AM (ibDUx)
This is a real magazine cover:
https://tinyurl.com/yvuwpp8b
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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I'm pretty sure it's fake.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 02:23 AM (mmrXZ)
@menshealthmag doesn't have it
I think you're right!
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:28 AM (6wpGE)
The human vestibular system is well adapted to sensing the various motions and attitude changes one experiences on the ground under your own locomotion. It's not too good at that for motion in 3D space in the air.
In fact, it will lie to you, with disastrous results.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:29 AM (w6EFb)
Oh, I saw this from last night, but it was too late:
"Wow, how can you not know that you're banking? I can see how you might not know that your nose is down, but it seems to me you would know that you're sliding left or right in your seat. Your coffee is spilling sideways."
In a banking turn, you roll, and let some of the lift on the wings give you the sideways force to turn. So you're leaned over relative to horizontal, but yet a force still pushing "up" relative to the floor of the plane.
Without visual cues, that will just feel like a steady force "down", and you think you're level.
Posted by: publius
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Thanks, publius!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 02:29 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 19, 2026 02:31 AM (1z8ji)
@menshealthmag doesn't have it
I think you're right!
Posted by: m
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It's accurate but fake. "He" and "his" boosters would consider this super representative of men's health.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 02:32 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 02:33 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:33 AM (6wpGE)
Right after JFK, Jr killed his fool self, and his wife and her two sisters, Rush Limbaugh told a story about that. One of his buddies that used to fly around with him a lot on EIB One, refused to believe he could lose his sense of up and down and all that. Just couldn't believe anyone could do the "controlled flight into terrain (or water)" thing.
Rush's pilot did a demonstration. He put the guy in the jumpseat in the cockpit. He let him look out the windshield. Ok, you see we're level right, clear sky. See the stars? Ok.
He then executed some maneuvers. Nothing too aggressive, just the kind the pilot knew well would be the ones that easily disrupt the vestibular system.
He then stopped the accelerations and turns and asked the guy, okay, what's our orientation and attitude?
Guy said we're in a climb, nose pointed up right at a star there.
Pilot said nope, we're in a slight dive, and headed straight toward the ocean. That star you see is the lights of a ship.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:37 AM (w6EFb)
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Right, this is where a tablespoon of fresh gas down the carb avoids all that. Vroom!
Engine starters have a duty cycle, i think a 5
second crank is probably 15 minutes or something like that. I dislike abusing the battery, starter and relays, charging system …
When you hear people cranking over an engine for 30 second bursts over snd over, that fucker is toast. Not right away maybe. It burns all the winding insulation off the starter, road spray and salt does the rest. They core it at the auto parts store, who sends it off somewhere, and they don’t do shit to it except slap a coat of paint on it for the most part.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 19, 2026 02:38 AM (LSh5J)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:37 AM (w6EFb)
wow
publius service announcement!
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 02:39 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Common Tater
That's how Dad always explained it to us.
But that is too... I don't have the right word... simplistic?
Consider: One *million* to-- one million *plus one*. That's how bad it is.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Common Tater
That's how Dad always explained it to us.
But that is too... I don't have the right word... simplistic?
Consider: One *million* to-- one million *plus one*. That's how bad it is.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 02:39 AM (rdVOm)
Democrats don't even want Democracy. They want the appearance of it while the tiniest minority actually decides everything.
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2026 02:41 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)
You've got to learn to trust your instruments and not your senses. During instrument training, they make the student pilot wear some blinder googles that obscures his view of the horizon, but allows him to see his instruments.
You learn to fly by those, and not depend on your vision.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:48 AM (w6EFb)
So, "flying blind" in a sense, is part of the training.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 02:50 AM (w6EFb)
Pilot said nope, we're in a slight dive, and headed straight toward the ocean. That star you see is the lights of a ship.
Posted by: publius
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And then he pulled the plane up, right? RIGHT?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 03:01 AM (mmrXZ)
Your vestibular system senses acceleration and changes in acceleration (jerk). Those little accelerometers in your inner ear are telling you which way down is. Move your head all around, and that direction changes. It tells your brain how your head (and body, via other inputs) is oriented relative to gravity.
Now, add other accelerations to that, and it gets a bit more complex but still the same principle.
You can also sense rotation, and that is a bit more complicated, and depends on sensing jerk, at least the directional change in acceleration. But it's only a temporary thing, that depends of the viscous nature of the fluid in your inner ears moving around and stimulating these little "hairs" on some cells.
Once that fluid equilibriates under steady rotation, which takes maybe 20 seconds, you lose that sense, and you're back to the pure linear acceleration sensing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 03:03 AM (w6EFb)
It is. As is your town and mine.
A target list, yes. Not on the list you presented. Which again I find surprising.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 19, 2026 03:04 AM (An2iq)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 19, 2026 01:38 AM (v9vY1)
Yeah, she appears to have had a drinking problem. There's this gem from her wiki bio:
Jefferson Starship had to cancel the first performance night in Germany because she was too intoxicated to perform, causing the audience to riot. She performed the next night with the band but was so inebriated that she could not sing properly. She also attacked the audience, mocking Germany for losing World War II and groping both female audience members and bandmates.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 19, 2026 03:07 AM (2z+OF)
Close your eyes in say a swivel chair, and pick your feet up. Let someone rotate you. At first, you'll sense which way you're rotated, and pretty much how far. Yep, he turned me about 90 degrees to the left.
Now, get in a steady spin. After about 20 seconds, everything will settle in and catch up. You no longer sense any rotation, and you'll have no idea where you're pointed when you stop.
And when you stop, you'll be stumbling dizzy for another 20 seconds or better. Once you stop, that "jerk" system kicks in again, and your brain thinks it's rotating in the opposite direction. You're not, and that's why you're stumbling dizzy and can't maintain your balance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 03:07 AM (w6EFb)
So the Barrel is no longer a token bathroom (in both senses of the word)?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 19, 2026 03:10 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 03:01 AM (mmrXZ)
How is the other person going to learn
Posted by: ... at July 19, 2026 03:13 AM (vE0+H)
1999 Martha's Vineyard plane crash (Wikipedia)
The official investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that Kennedy fell victim to spatial disorientation while descending over water at night and lost control of his plane.
Kennedy did not hold an instrument rating and therefore he was only certified to fly under visual flight rules (VFR).
At the time of Kennedy's death, the weather and light conditions were such that all basic landmarks were obscured, making visual flight challenging, although legally still permissible.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:16 AM (6wpGE)
He was warned not to do it, too. Hell, a real experienced pilot even offered to ride along with him in case anything got out of hand. John John refused.
It was just stupid arrogance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 03:21 AM (w6EFb)
And I remember her rant, when the talking heads mentioned Camelot blahblahblah.
"Camelot, my ass! Bunch of johnny-come-lately, lace-curtain Irish, no closer to any throne than you and I!"
Love ya, Mom! RIP
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 18, 2026 10:13 PM (DZ9Lv)
Watching old concert videos on YT, I developed the hypothesis (probably not original) that the awesome music of the '70s was facilitated by the crappy drugs. Now, doing it like they did -- from the same kinds of connections -- would take you straight past an inspired altered mental state, directly to stupefaction (if not adulterated) or death (thanks, fentanyl).
Posted by: SciVo at July 19, 2026 03:24 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:24 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:26 AM (6wpGE)
He got into a classic graveyard spiral. That's a slight banking turn. Because of all that vestibular stuff I was going on about above, "John-John" thought he was flying level. No, he was in a banking turn. His instruments would've told him that, if the fool knew what he was looking at.
In the banking turn, you're falling a little bit, losing altitude, because your wings are rolled, and some of the lift is turning you. His trajectory was a helical path, slowing spiraling into the drink. Going around in circles, while descending.
At some point, he probably realized he was loosing altitude. Don't know if the plane had any alarm about that or not. Now, he thought we flying level, so losing altitude means "pull your nose up".
Do that in that banking turn, and you just tighten the turn, increasing the descent rate. Panicking, you pull back the stick even more, and start pulling high g's and totally lose all senses and hit the drink at high speed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 19, 2026 02:17 AM (ibDUx)
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FIFY
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 03:31 AM (74zY1)
https://tinyurl.com/yvuwpp8b
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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I'm pretty sure it's fake.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 02:23 AM (mmrXZ)
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I should have known better. Fake. But this is real - from Grok:
The featured cover is fake, but it references a real Australian Men's Health article titled "Elliot Page’s Washboard Abs Are A Major Moment," which discusses Page's recent shirtless photos and boxing training.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 19, 2026 03:33 AM (74zY1)
Ellen is free to pretend she's a man, and call herself "Elliot."
I am free to not entertain her delusion.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)
I remember watching the nooz with Mom, after "John-john" crashed... ugh. Talk about a hagiography!
Love ya, Mom! RIP
Posted by: JQ
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I bet you and your mom loved President Clinton's (at the time) decision to send -- who was it, the damned Air Force? -- to look for his plane because the Kennedy family had done so much more for America than other families and their service to America was so exceptional and their family was so much better than yours.
RIP mom!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 03:37 AM (mmrXZ)
It was just stupid arrogance.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 03:21 AM (w6EFb)
..and he went into the water like a frigging dart.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 03:38 AM (S41Gd)
Mom was *livid* that junior was sofa king special that we wasted military resources for his privileged little CIVILIAN ass.
I was merely disgusted.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:41 AM (rdVOm)
Ellen is free to pretend she's a man, and call herself "Elliot."
I am free to not entertain her delusion.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)
Exactly. I'll call her a man when she calls me System Lord. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 03:41 AM (S41Gd)
I was merely disgusted.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:41 AM (rdVOm)
Did they find his silly ass, or is he somewhere in davy jones locker?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 03:43 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Berserker
*shrugs*
I think so. Not sure. Didn't give a rat's ass about it.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:45 AM (rdVOm)
On the afternoon of July 21, divers reportedly found the Bessette sisters' bodies near the fuselage; Kennedy's body was still strapped into his seat.
However, Coast Guard Admiral Richard M. Larrabee said that all three bodies were "near and under" the fuselage, still strapped in.
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 03:47 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:51 AM (rdVOm)
The official story is all three bodies were recovered. But there was likely some monkey-business about the details.
John-john's body was severed in two, at the torso. His wife was scalped, according to some of the leaked stuff. The sister may have been thrown out of the plane on impact.
The mother of the the wife and sister was intimidated into the cremation and scattering the ashes at sea. She didn't want to do that. She did sue for wrongful death and there was some undisclosed settlement.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 03:55 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 03:56 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)
Where the hell did he land, Little Bighorn? lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 19, 2026 03:58 AM (S41Gd)
It was just stupid arrogance.
Posted by: publius
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Another story. You never know, but they say: wifey was a very difficult case. All the time. Just sour and manipulative as hell. On the wedding night, she kept delaying the flight because whatever, she wanted to get her toenails painted just so, and John-John kept saying They had to get out of there, he was losing his light. Her: goes to the window to make sure her manicure is exactly what she wants.
So they took off a couple hours later than he wanted and she got them all killed.
Probably hit the water so hard that death was instant.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 19, 2026 04:02 AM (mmrXZ)
He was in Ukraine, and claims he was recruiting mercs. The other people recruiting mercs say he's lying and I think they are likely telling the truth.
So...he was working for an intelligence agency. In a same world they've have water boarded him daily until he gave up his handler.
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at July 18, 2026 11:06 PM (sKqQm)
What few things I've heard raise more questions than they answer. So he's some kind of handyman, but he's flying all over the world? He's from the Carolinas (IIRC), where he's racking up tickets for driving illegally, but without losing his vehicle or going to jail? And he's not from Hawaii, but he's living there and making his own NGO to pay himself to build big boxes for the beach homeless, and he wrote a book on international relations and went to Ukraine somehow?
Shades of Mandelay Bay. How do you make a small pile of money on video poker? By starting with a large pile of money. So where did Stephen Paddock get the money that he was laundering? They never told.
Posted by: SciVo at July 19, 2026 04:11 AM (Sy6m/)
They were both pieces of work, from what I've read. Here's one I remembered from the Daily Mail:
https://t.ly/J5TBm
That was a few months before they were married.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 04:12 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:12 AM (6wpGE)
That was a few months before they were married.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 04:12 AM
Thanks anyway, publius, but DM got all uppity and put stuff behind a paywall.
That's ok. RIP Kennedy spawn (and wife and Sis in law.)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 04:16 AM (rdVOm)
That was a few months before they were married.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 04:12 AM
Thanks anyway, publius, but DM got all uppity and put stuff behind a paywall.
That's ok. RIP Kennedy spawn (and wife and Sis in law.)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 04:16 AM (rdVOm)
https://archive.is/UH0GS
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:18 AM (6wpGE)
Oh, sorry, that's the "plus" thing. While I wouldn't otherwise admit, I subscribed to it. For my mother. She loves to read that stuff, which surprised me, but at her age, she can read what she wants.
Anyway, that was some famous photos of John-John and the soon to be wife in some explosive argument in a park. He almost hit her, and ripped the engagement ring off her finger.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 04:19 AM (w6EFb)
The webpage at https://archive.is/UH0GS might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address."
Thanks anyway, m.
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 04:19 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at July 19, 2026 04:21 AM (rdVOm)
That's honestly for my mother. I just thought of a neighbor who'd watch a lot of the "judge shows" and other trashy TV. He'd always blame his wife for watching that. "She had it on" he'd say, when he would tell whatever happened.
As she later told us, no she didn't watch that crap, and he was the one who actually "had it on" all the time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 19, 2026 04:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at July 19, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)
Music Thread: End Of Bin Cleanup
Love them or hate them; The Rolling Stones are an amazingly impressive band. They have been successful for more than 60 years, have made a ton of money, didn't implode because of "creative differences," and at least one of them is immortal, which is sort of cool in a scary way. She's A Rainbow is a bit different for them (at least to my ear), although one of the reasons for their success has been their openness to changing their music to suit the fashion of the time. "Some Girls," I'm looking at you!
Carl Perkins' version of Blue Suede Shoes is far better than the more popular Elvis Presley version. Fight Me!
Is Watermelon In Easter Hay good Zappa? Bad Zappa? Weird Zappa? Mainstream Pop Zappa? I have no idea...maybe Misanthropic Humanitarian can tell us!
The Band is a great rock band, and here is proof of that: Atlantic City, with the additional delicious reality that Springsteen sucks in comparison. His version of this song is sh*t compared to The Band's original.
Merle Haggard! Hey...I like country music. The Fightin' Side Of Me
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 18, 2026 07:34 PM (sk9DV)
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Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 18, 2026 07:39 PM (jrgJz)
Not many black dudes in metal bands, either.
https://youtu.be/2sx8Yt-tAlU
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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 07:47 PM (kpS4V)
youtu.be/Z1jIY9fMKTE
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Posted by: weft cut-loop
Political opinions must be expressed in non-Queensrÿche lyrics.
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Harsh, but fair.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 18, 2026 07:50 PM (diia5)
@disclosetv 8m
UPDATE - UK's Crown Prosecution Service says they are prosecuting the Tate brothers for additional alleged offenses dating from 2010-2017, and will seek extradition to the UK.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 18, 2026 07:51 PM (diia5)
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 07:49 PM (VHUov)
We've never gotten a ruling on Tears for Fears (or better covers.)
https://youtu.be/MM0BiOjd3hs
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 07:52 PM (zZu0s)
I have been tempted to rewatch Ulysses 31.
(I also heard there was a very good Odyssey out of Italy in 1968.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 18, 2026 07:53 PM (sk9DV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 07:53 PM (zZu0s)
Murphy Cambpell - Swannanoa Town
youtu.be/1vT8hN_2yx0
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 07:53 PM (jrKun)
(I also heard there was a very good Odyssey out of Italy in 1968.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 18, 2026 07:53 PM (sk9DV)
Armand Assante from the ... early 90s?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 07:54 PM (zZu0s)
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Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 07:54 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 07:54 PM (zZu0s)
That one was from 1997 and from the reviews I am seeing is infinitely better than the crap Mr, Nolan has served up.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (4g5V+)
(I also heard there was a very good Odyssey out of Italy in 1968.)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
Watch last year's "The Return" with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
Posted by: Tuna at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (lJ0H4)
No, never heard of that one. With Isabella Rossellini and Christopher Lee it has to be worth watching. With Bernadette Peters it has to be bad.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (sk9DV)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (UHbyc)
Good. Not weird. Not mainstream, nor pop, but probably "accessible."
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 07:56 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 07:50 PM (kpS4V)
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Nope.
But I did watch a YouTube video about how The Odyssey has influenced science fiction.
Once you know that, you can't unsee it in a wide variety of science fiction stories.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 07:56 PM (FZ29D)
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Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 07:57 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (4g5V+)
I saw it when it aired. Liked it. Armand Assante always came off a bit to sweaty/greasy to me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 07:58 PM (zZu0s)
No, never heard of that one. With Isabella Rossellini and Christopher Lee it has to be worth watching. With Bernadette Peters it has to be bad.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (sk9DV)
I thought Bernadette Peters did quite well as Circe.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 07:59 PM (4g5V+)
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Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 07:56 PM (FZ29D)
Anabasis by Xenophon is one i would like to see done well. But it is the basis for voyager (badly) or Battlestar Galactica when you think about it as well as a lot of isekai stories of military companies. Harry Turtledove did several.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (4g5V+)
I saw it when it aired. Liked it. Armand Assante always came off a bit to sweaty/greasy to me.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 07:58 PM (zZu0s)
How long ago was this? One of my friends taped it (!) A bunch of us met at his place and binged watched the whole thing in a setting late one evening over beer, all of us having read and loved The Odyssey.
It was an NBC 2 part miniseries.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:01 PM (4g5V+)
https://tinyurl.com/4ypkd2kp
I happened across a YT with the lyrics translated and now have a reasonable guess as to what the song is about. The title is a horse racing term meaning a close race, by a head. The song, I think, analogies love to betting on the ponies. You pays your money and you takes your chances often times not making it across the finish line.
https://tinyurl.com/3yk699ra
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Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:03 PM (4g5V+)
Not really. I don't know why music critics latch on to that song. There is so much Zappa that is better. Probably because music critics don't know shit about music.
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Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes"
It's at the end of the 3 album "Joe's Garage", after Joe gets out of prison for destroying a sexbot and becomes resigned to a world without music.
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The only man who can string my bow and hit the target.
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The nice lady who played Charlie's mum in "So I Married an Axe Murderer" passed away. Brenda Fricker. I loved how she kept hitting on Anthony LaPaglia.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:16 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:11 PM (0aYVJ)
Then I saw this.
https://youtu.be/BHkhIjG0DKc
Verdict: thats gayer than 10 guys blowing 12 guys on top of Liberace's piano.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 08:17 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 08:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:18 PM (MWfyi)
The Stones when they toured in 2022 played "Out of Time" live for the first time. One of my favorite songs of theirs.
Saw them twice , both times a blast
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 08:19 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: tsj017 at July 18, 2026 08:19 PM (xakWh)
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 08:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: LASue at July 18, 2026 08:20 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:21 PM (viF8m)
Verdict: thats gayer than 10 guys blowing 12 guys on top of Liberace's piano.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 08:17 PM (zZu0s)
Classic. I don't care who you are, that's just hysterically funny.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 08:23 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 18, 2026 08:23 PM (D7w1V)
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You said the magic word, "Appalachia", which allows me to post this even though it's not in Appalachia, in LA I think, but looks like it should be in Appalachia in a trailer house converted into a church. Watch these ladies flop around like fish after meeting self-described female "apostle". Yeah, it's apparently a SpongeBob service because these AWFLs are so overcome by meeting the Apostle they fall on the floor and flop like a fish.
https://tinyurl.com/4zz8jh7e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 08:23 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)
https://youtu.be/BHkhIjG0DKc
Verdict: thats gayer than 10 guys blowing 12 guys on top of Liberace's piano.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 08:17 PM (zZu0s)
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Somehow, the Official Version in 4K is even gayer than the video you linked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opRRax4ph3E
Also one of the most 80s videos ever produced.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 08:24 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 08:25 PM (zZu0s)
Yep...
Oh, you meant acting?
Posted by: man at July 18, 2026 08:06 PM (cGjQu)
Why, yes. : )
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:26 PM (4g5V+)
"Canadian GLOBAL WARMING Forest Fires" !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 18, 2026 08:26 PM (6K4H4)
I like "Black Napkins" better than "Watermelon" but what do I know I'm no music critic.
Posted by: fd
I like Waka Jawaka better than Watermelon.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 08:27 PM (Cqx++)
Agreed CBD, its way better than the original
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 08:27 PM (OXYE0)
youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:28 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 08:29 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 08:15 PM (abScH)
On the way to see Rush we had to stop by the grave of SRV at Laurel Land cemetery in Dallas.
(And later on, in Arlington, to visit the Abbott brothers Moore Memorial Cemetery.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:29 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. "
It's like the critics have never heard any Zappa but Watermelon and Jazz From Hell.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:30 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 08:31 PM (Cqx++)
Agreed CBD, its way better than the original
A thread about covers would be fun. So many covers I like even better than the originals.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)
youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:28 PM (MWfyi)
Very interesting dudes. I first heard of them three months or so ago.
A “news story” by CBC (or was it CTV) identified them as French. They are from Quebec. Dumbasses.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:31 PM (4g5V+)
Well, since Duncanthrax is the one who points out, semi-consistently, that CBD declared The Beach Boys the world's greatest band, a declaration that Duncanthrax completely, totally, and 100% concurs with, I believe that the probability that Duncanthrax likes it is at least (unity - epsilon), if not higher.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 08:32 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 08:32 PM (abScH)
🎶Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there
https://youtu.be/HN6sJBNaPXw
What were they smoking?
🎶I'll run to tenderly hold you
But darling, you won't be there
https://youtu.be/lecXDjlsA4E
Seems t'me I had thought of a third example, but forgot it before writing it down. As one does. Oh, what was that song - something something of you and me…
🎶Through the mirror of my mind
Time after time, I see reflections of you and me
Reflections of the way life used to be
https://youtu.be/8Nlbj1t99m8
No, no, that wasn't it…
Posted by: mindful webworker - the meandering mind ponders, and having pondered, dozes off at July 18, 2026 08:32 PM (p+5Bi)
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because Carl wrote it
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2026 08:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:34 PM (4g5V+)
Get a room.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:35 PM (viF8m)
The Beach Boys
I knew the song, sorta. Never really paid attention to the lyrics before. Imagine my surprise as MiladyJo started singing along.
Her eldest brother (RIP) had a thing for sea stories, she says. Navy guy.
Posted by: mindful webworker - land-locked landlubber at July 18, 2026 08:35 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
Cow Demon would like to point out that Duncanthrax likes to refer to himself in the third person. But Cow Demon sees nothing wrong with that.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:36 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:36 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had"
I can't remember but they are fascinating to me. The drummer is right on despite his ridiculous outfit, and the white polkadot guy is using microtonal guitars to go somewhere new.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:38 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 08:38 PM (WcNzu)
https://tinyurl.com/22as9dmy
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:21 PM (viF8m)
Not really a fan of country music but I like some Dwight Yoakam.
https://youtu.be/_GjY5rHQZ14?si=g1j1p49VUDXWtO1e
Great cover of the Blasters original.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 08:39 PM (GTqXr)
You have but might have heard him sing them.
Lickity splicly is and underused term.
https://tinyurl.com/mha9cjkx
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:40 PM (viF8m)
youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:28 PM (MWfyi)
The anti-White Stripes?
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 08:41 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 08:36 PM
Duncanthrax would like to point out that this is, in fact, the first time that Duncanthrax has referred to Duncanthrax in the third person.
Duncanthrax would like to further point out that he is not putting on aires by using "The" in front of his name, unlike, say, The Paolo or The Bob Dole.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:41 PM (0sNs1)
I guess this is a "live in the studio" version, since there's no audience (except the camera crew).
Ms. Svedberg isn't just a studio voice; this is about 95% of what she's got on the album. (album? EP? They've only released 5 songs.)
https://youtu.be/gMQBaCUxoy8
And the other two songs from the same session:
https://youtu.be/2wak338RrKA
https://youtu.be/9GzLHxhejSI
I hope she's got a good vocal coach. Or she's gonna burn her voice out singing from the
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 08:41 PM (VHUov)
The owner is a mental midget
With the IQ of a fence post
Is a talent. His "Downtown Train" is brilliant
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 08:42 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:42 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 08:41 PM (GTqXr)
And nice use of a loop pedal.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 08:43 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
mikeski is kind of bummed that the rules about acknowledging your political advertisements landed one campaign too late, so we never got to hear the TV say "Bob Dole is Bob Dole, and Bob Dole approves this message."
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 08:43 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 18, 2026 08:44 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)
I'm only one Scotch in.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 08:44 PM (GTqXr)
No disrespect to Ms. Weaver. I like her.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Penelope at July 18, 2026 08:11 PM (zZu0s)
Ring my be-e-ell, ring my bell!
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 08:45 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 18, 2026 08:46 PM (diia5)
youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?
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Well, she's no Leningrad Cowboys.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 08:47 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 18, 2026 08:47 PM (QaH55)
I'm not very knowledgeable about country but a lot of bands I do like cover country songs and I've come to really like some of it.
I like a pretty diverse collection of music. About the only stuff I have no time for is rap. Cause most of it isn't music.
If you've never been to a blue grass music festival on a summer day in some random cornfield you are missing some great stuff. And the influence that music has on a lot of rock is obvious when you hear it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 08:47 PM (OXYE0)
Although Keith Richards got a song writing credit (along with Jagger), Richards was not involved in the recording.
The song was also used in the movie Vanilla Sky.
The Rolling Stones - Heaven
https://youtu.be/UxYU_r4Aluc
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 18, 2026 08:47 PM (syz1S)
Song about a guy and his girl traveling across America.
"Me and you and a dog named Boo" An easy listening song that was good driving music back in the day.
"How I love being a free man." is a good line in the song.
I can't believe that song came out 55 years ago.
I guess time does keep on slipping into the future.
Posted by: Case at July 18, 2026 08:50 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 18, 2026 08:44 PM (3/XaG)
I recall an early Bloom County where the Stones were scheduled to play at a festival, and Bobbi (the teacher) shouts "Oh my God", and Milo says, "Right? These shmoes look almost 40."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:50 PM (0aYVJ)
94 >If you don't know who Angine de Poitrine is, you have to watch this. Just give it a few minutes and you shall see:”
Doesn’t that mean the Anguish of Canadian French fries?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 08:50 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:51 PM (0sNs1)
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Meet the “Abolish Rent” Ideologue Teaching DSA Tenant Organizers How to Wage War on Landlords Tracy Rosenthal . . . Rosenthal says tenants pay rent “at the barrel of a gun,”
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Now do pizza!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 08:51 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 08:52 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:36 PM (0aYVJ)
Bone Machine is a haunting album. It is full of active contradictions. It is worth listening to at least once. It may draw you back in.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 08:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 08:53 PM (mP0Kj)
The Stones album with "She's a Rainbow", His Satanic Majesty's Request, isn't a particularly good album, but it does have two great songs on it.
"She's a Rainbow", of course, and-
"2000 Light Years From Home"
https://tinyurl.com/mw3rtvzc
HSMR is a bit of a Sgt Pepper's ripoff back when the Stones and the Beatles were competing to see just who was the most far-out and hip and psychedelic.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 18, 2026 08:53 PM (iJfKG)
If that cat could talk, what tales he'd tell about Della and the dealer and the dog as well, but the cat was cool, and he never said a mumbling word.
Hoyt Axton was a treasure
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Keeping it on-topic.....
https://youtu.be/fnFoxHIUIt4
https://youtu.be/JbQFMkTINTY
https://youtu.be/doWTE0aaIjM
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 08:54 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 08:55 PM (WcNzu)
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I do as well - I have very eclectic tastes. I categorize old school hip hop as its own genre - but I'm much too old and much to white to appreciate 'rap'. I can respect the brothas throwin' down rhymes, but I don't have the context to understand, let alone like it. Most of what I've heard is banal grunting over a heavy bass track.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 08:55 PM (GTqXr)
They’re the ultimate musical cockroaches
Posted by: browndog painting it black at July 18, 2026 08:56 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 08:57 PM (WcNzu)
Still, fun and the large blond dancing girls are nice.
https://tinyurl.com/yw7yphb8
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m)
Jeeze Louise.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 09:00 PM (WcNzu)
Speaking of music in movies...
There's a great little, low budget multiverse thriller
titled-
"Redux Redux" currently streaming on Hulu.
It got justifiably good reviews and concerns a woman traveling across the multiverse, hunting down versions of the main who killed her daughter and killing them...hijinks ensue.
Well worth your time.
But the music part comes in at the very beginning with the credits and title.
It a very odd, heavy, almost oppressive piece of music that drew me right in even before the movie started.
I'd love to get a recording of it.
Anyway, check out the movie - great script, acting, and directing - and you'll her a very cool piece of music.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 18, 2026 09:02 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 09:02 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 08:55 PM
I would say that's not incorrect, but also incomplete. The Beach Boys and The Beatles had a significant creative rivalry. Paul McCartney called "God Only Knows" the greatest song ever written.
The Beatles’ Rubber Soul inspired Brian Wilson to write Pet Sounds, which in turn was a massive influence on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and its pre-release, non-album single “Strawberry Fields Forever,” the very song that caused Brian to abandon his storied Smile album, claiming The Beatles had already achieved what Smile had set out to do. Pop music was advancing so quickly in the 1960s, and it was largely because its two leading bands were constantly trying to outshine each other.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 09:02 PM (0sNs1)
Al Hirt
https://youtu.be/fqwIpH6phJs
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 07:57 PM (zZu0s)
funny, have always liked his sound ...he always said he wasn't a jazz trumpeter, but , I really wish he had done stuff with Goodman, Miller knock off bands, etc, if he wasn't wanting to Bop, Be-Bop... there is a very cool clip of Hirt with Red Nichols and Pete Condoli https://youtu.be/Aea21Btwf-4?si=dUQLx8tcdbbT_6Sp
Posted by: zigggggy at July 18, 2026 09:03 PM (EDeJ/)
Still, fun and the large blond dancing girls are nice.
https://tinyurl.com/yw7yphb8
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m)
I'll take Kimbra over that. She easy on the eyes, plus that phat bass track.
https://youtu.be/5eDQdYIqhbE?si=ZL8evmCTPNdIvjOq
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 09:03 PM (GTqXr)
Bonus: playing those songs loosens up my YouTube algorerhythm. Or, ought to.
Posted by: mindful webworker - algorechakras at July 18, 2026 09:04 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 09:05 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 09:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 08:55 PM (WcNzu)
Part of what destroyed them was that Brian bypassed the real band, and worked with the Wrecking Crew (studio musicians) almost exclusively.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 09:06 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 09:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 08:50 PM (0aYVJ)
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I don't think the Stones were going to play at a festival.
I believe Milo had booked them for their school dance (which makes it even funnier).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 09:06 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Common Tater
Marillion got a novelty song out of it.
https://youtu.be/yFdXuaWpcI0
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 09:06 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 09:07 PM (2WIwB)
May I suggest a casual stroll through the Brad Pailsley songlist?
Whiskey Lullaby? I'm gonna miss her? Online?
100's of songs... a lot with humor.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 09:08 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 18, 2026 09:09 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 09:11 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 08:42 PM (0sNs1)
There is no “The Cow Demon”, comrade. There are cow demons and snake spirits and ALL will be swept away.
Posted by: Mao at July 18, 2026 09:11 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 09:12 PM (OXYE0)
Before each show of the summer Houston dog shows, the National Anthem is sung by one of the club members, who has a nice voice that is, all the same, very gentle and languid.
I've concluded that it's far better to have the Anthem sung by everyone in attendance. It might sound awful, but it would be an act of community uniting those present. It would also end "creative" interpretations, which can't happen soon enough.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2026 09:13 PM (O0L8i)
May I suggest a casual stroll through the Brad Pailsley songlist?
Whiskey Lullaby? I'm gonna miss her? Online?
100's of songs... a lot with humor.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 09:08 PM.
I never knew any of George Strait's music until I heard someone do a cover of "Amarillo by Morning". I really liked it and started checking out more of his songs. It turned me into a fan.
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 18, 2026 09:15 PM (Lzhdy)
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 09:16 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 09:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)
151 Used to love Bloom County. Would love to see it come back and comment on our current political landscape.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 09:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Only if someone who doesn’t have their head up their ass is writing it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 09:19 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 18, 2026 09:15 PM (Lzhdy)
There’s always “Is This The Way To Amarillo?” by Tony Christie.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 09:19 PM (4g5V+)
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come down from the ledge
we can work this out
Posted by: Don Black at July 18, 2026 09:20 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 09:08 PM (mP0Kj)
Many years ago, I worked as a book designer. One of the book covers I designed was being printed at a printing plant in western Va. Due to circumstances, I had to drive there in the wee morning hours. The only radio stations I could receive were what I would consider hard core country. It was...interesting to my young Yankee ears.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 09:20 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 18, 2026 08:47 PM (QaH55)
Well, they popularized Surf Rock and the guitar solos on their early singles copied Chuck Berry, so I think of them as a rock and roll band, probably America's greatest.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18, 2026 09:26 PM (y171U)
Please STOP Sending Me This
Rick Beato
https://youtu.be/zO8bt94-ybg
Posted by: mindful webworker - dot-ilism at July 18, 2026 09:27 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 09:19 PM
(muffled snickering)
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 18, 2026 09:29 PM (Lzhdy)
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 18, 2026 09:15 PM (Lzhdy)
the pride of Pearsall, TX. He used to have a 2 day music festival in San Antonio.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 09:30 PM (wOO3z)
Yer a better Man than I am Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 09:31 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 09:33 PM (abScH)
Bonus: playing those songs loosens up my YouTube algorerhythm. Or, ought to.
Posted by: mindful webworker - algorechakras at July 18, 2026 09:04 PM (p+5Bi)
well, having ZERO idea what you like....you are welcome in advance https://youtu.be/aYDfwUJzYQg?si=Qb4auMwjUZhxT2oR
Posted by: zigggggy at July 18, 2026 09:34 PM (EDeJ/)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 09:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 09:33 PM
Well, it didn't help when that meanie foreman came out and yelled at his men for their Terpsichorean frolicking.
Posted by: Kansas City Men's Dance Troupe at July 18, 2026 09:39 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Big Fiser at July 18, 2026 09:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Yer a better Man than I am Charlie Brown.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 09:31 PM (mP0Kj)
Its sad but it's also more than a bit ridiculous.
1) War weary veteran returning home, troubled by the things he's done. The loving letters from his wife one of the only things that got him through.
2) He comes home to their house (would be even better if they had made it a house he built for her.)
3) He find her, not just banging a dude, but banging one in their bed.
Ok, fine enough (although she's retarded. She might not have known when, but she should have known he was coming home any day.)
1) the first part of the song is fine. He drinks himself to death, that all scans. The line 'She put him out, like a midnight cigarette' is dynamite
2) but then we are to believe that she was so heartbroken that she drank herself to death? Please. She would have moved and had done. She did not give a flying fuck about him or things would not have been set up that way.
And I am supposed to feel sympathy for this skank? No thanks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 09:43 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Castle Guy at July 18, 2026 09:44 PM (3v7ra)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 09:45 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18, 2026 09:45 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 09:46 PM (abScH)
A great line and the song itself is great, it's just the video is so overdone as to be laughable. Its a straight version of the 'Saddest Country Western Song Ever.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:48 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 18, 2026 09:45 PM
I did. It looks good but I found it unsettling hearing Stallone's voice coming out of another person's mouth. I don't know why but it was just so distracting to me.
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 18, 2026 09:49 PM (Lzhdy)
And totally agree with you on Carl Perkins Blue Suede rendition
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 18, 2026 09:51 PM (kOluj)
I didn't lose it. I never had it. I aspire to be as good a dancer as Elaine on Seinfeld. White boy overbite disease.
Still, when I hear music that touches me I move.
https://tinyurl.com/5yaz8jps
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 09:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 18, 2026 09:49 PM (Lzhdy)
LOL, perhaps too good an impression? Yeah, was/is weird to hear
Posted by: zigggggy at July 18, 2026 09:52 PM (EDeJ/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 09:53 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 18, 2026 09:53 PM (yjflf)
Posted by: huerfano at July 18, 2026 09:54 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: zigggggy at July 18, 2026 09:52 PM
Exactly! It just seems like laying it on a little too thick!
Posted by: Moonbeam at July 18, 2026 09:54 PM (Lzhdy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 09:47 PM
In addition to everything else, if his truck didn't get wrecked, his dog didn't die, he didn't lose the bull-riding event by 0.8 points, AND his horse trailer wasn't crapped in by penguins, it's not the saddest country song ever.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 09:54 PM (0sNs1)
“The US is currently striking Iran, with reports that President Trump told the military to "rain hell" down on Iran after the death of 2 American soldiers from an Iranian ballistic missile.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 09:55 PM (l+3gx)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 18, 2026 09:56 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 09:56 PM (abScH)
I wonder what is different now?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 18, 2026 09:57 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 09:54 PM (0sNs1)
Isnt... his mom's in prison or something? Not dead but...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 09:59 PM (zZu0s)
Now that's some logic right there isn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 18, 2026 10:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)
Will do. When you visit I will take you dancing.
I know a place.
https://tinyurl.com/4szyhj38
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 10:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 18, 2026 09:57 PM (sKqQm)
I agree with the Asmongold take that the reason the left does not tell people to protest in a civil manner but just keep stoking them is because they WANT people to get shot- even their adherents. They are grist for the mill.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 10:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 18, 2026 09:41 PM (zZu0s)
The other side of that is The Steeldrivers' If It Hadn't Been For Love
youtu.be/QAxEJ67MIH4
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)
Springsteen actually wrote Atlantic City. It's just that The Band did such a better job that it seems like it's their own song.
Mea culpa... mea culpa.. Mea Maxima culpa
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 10:06 PM (l4RKn)
youtu.be/H7mPTcBSuYI
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:14 PM (rbvCR)
LOL, perhaps too good an impression? Yeah, was/is weird to hear
Posted by: zigggggy at July 18, 2026 09:52 PM (EDeJ/)
Hell, I can do a pretty good Stallone impersonation. But I look more like Wilford Brimley. No Italian in my heritage.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)
Fighting Side is great Merle.
That tweet made me LOL, good choice CBD
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 19, 2026 08:11 AM (lNLJj)
goat's head soup came out in mid school. last time i paid them any attention.
all the early sun label rockabilly is outstanding. get volumes one and two.
zappa noodle guitaring is a phone in, always with the xylarimba thing.
is that the singing drummer? boss should never have touched that song.
i won six tix to see merle (or was it waylon) with kris at the rosemont. they gave us folding chairs in the orchestra pit.
Posted by: cmeat at July 19, 2026 12:13 PM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat at July 19, 2026 12:22 PM (R11M+)
Hobby Thread - July 18, 2026 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is into Heavy Metal. It spun and spun and landed on a metal working theme for this Hobby Thread.
Top photo: The first 52 cars bearing the Porsche name were built in a small sawmill near Gmünd, Austria. They were hand hammered aluminum on wooden forms. The example in this photo is the 8th oldest Porsche in existence and still runs.
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
A metal thread without an Iron Maiden link? Surely not. Here you go. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Or just email to say hello. Do mighty things.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 18, 2026 05:33 PM (XV/Pl)
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I just let the automatic miner feed it into my automatic smelter in Satisfactory and 99.99% pure copper ingots are automatically produced for me.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 05:33 PM (FZ29D)
The USPS site says my most recent pipe purchase, a vintage Comoy's straight pot-bowl sandblast, is out for delivery. We haven't seen any mail yet at all, so maybe it'll show up. Comoy was a French company, but they were known also for the pipes they made in England. This one has "Made in London England" stamped into it. I'm trying to decide what kind of tobacco to smoke in it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:40 PM (wzUl9)
"Collect" may be the wrong word.
Posted by: Wile E. Coyote at July 18, 2026 05:42 PM (VHUov)
https://tinyurl.com/2s6ryjc9
A very very rare example of a self portrait, and you can probably see why there aren't many of those.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 18, 2026 05:42 PM (CHHv1)
Not exactly metal *working*, but sorta close.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:42 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 18, 2026 05:44 PM (D7w1V)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 18, 2026 05:42 PM
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What did you do to irritate Batman?
Posted by: TRex - metallic dino at July 18, 2026 05:44 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: TRex - alumninum dino at July 18, 2026 05:46 PM (XfIK1)
https://tinyurl.com/2s6ryjc9
A very very rare example of a self portrait, and you can probably see why there aren't many of those.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 18, 2026
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If I could draw half as well as you, I'd draw myself as Napoleon Solo, or standing with him and April Dancer.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:47 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 05:54 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 18, 2026 05:55 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:51 PM
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The bodywork on the Gmund 356 pictured above is not pretty. It shows the hammer marks and metal working witness marks. I'm glad it remains original. Other survivors are similar.
Posted by: TRex - hammering dino at July 18, 2026 05:57 PM (XfIK1)
I really want to test out my welding gloves....
Posted by: FeatherBlade at July 18, 2026 05:57 PM (9C1ml)
Posted by: JackStraw
Used to see them all the time in Santa Barbara in my youth. We called them a Bathtub Porsche .
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 18, 2026 05:59 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Eromero at July 18, 2026 06:04 PM (LHPAg)
This area is filled with vintage cars including Porsche clubs. On any given summer weekend it's common to see a line of dozens of vintage Porsches going going for a tour.
There's a Cars & Coffee rendezvous at Salve Regina University tomorrow. Jay Leno used to host some, not sure if he's still doing it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 06:11 PM (viF8m)
My great grandfather was a Scandi Iceback Blacksmith up in Minnesota, I was going to get a big elm stump and an Anvil just to have one in my garage, thought it would be neat. Until I saw what they cost. I didn’t want an Anvil that bad. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 06:17 PM (Gs6BU)
He prodded me to try it. So I bought a Porsche 914 and proceeded to embarrass myself.
But it was mega fun. While it lasted.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 06:18 PM (jehhT)
I learned to weld by reading some stuff, buying a welder, and making stuff. I wanted to make medieval-style armor, so that was why I decided to learn to weld. And other metal-shaping skills.
I got my first fabricating job because I knew how to weld and cut, and I could work from blueprints and operate measuring tools.
Most of my fabricating was in water control. I built crest gates and roller gates that help prevent catastrophic flooding all over the US.
Unfortunately, working metal as a job eventually killed off my motivation to work metal as a hobby. So it's been 30+ years since I made any armor.
I still like my home 3d printer, though. It's my only "making stuff" hobby now.
Posted by: Gundo at July 18, 2026 06:19 PM (n6zcR)
Most fun car I ever owned. Pain in the ass to work on but it handled like a go kart.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 06:21 PM (viF8m)
Yeah, no. No it hasn’t. I’m looking at it right now, sitting on my porch. Assholes.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 06:21 PM (Gs6BU)
Wolfus,
Hope the pipe arrives soon. As to the tobacco, most straight pot shapes I've seen have a reasonably large bowl. Makes me think a flake tobacco, partly broken up, would work well in that shape.
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 06:22 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 06:23 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Gundo at July 18, 2026 06:19 PM
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Thanks for checking in. Anything in the content videos above resonate with you?
Posted by: TRex - roboformed dino at July 18, 2026 06:23 PM (XfIK1)
I really want to test out my welding gloves....
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Are you panning for gold?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 06:24 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 18, 2026 06:28 PM (D7w1V)
The 4th Generation 1931 blend is a navy flake. It is flavorful, no harshness, and smokes slow and cool. Wish it was offered in bulk. I actually prefer it to Escudo which is high praise.
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 06:29 PM (yTvNw)
The bodywork on the Gmund 356 pictured above is not pretty. It shows the hammer marks and metal working witness marks. I'm glad it remains original. Other survivors are similar.
Posted by: TRex - hammering dino
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Friend of the family was an iron worker/fabricator. A road accident bashed a rear fender of his pickup. Instead of buying a good one from the junk yard (cheap, in the day) he built an new fender, staying at the shop after hours. It was perfect.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 06:35 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 06:35 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 06:36 PM (K7FuP)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 18, 2026 06:28 PM (D7w1V)
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Any good VW restorer should work, because, well, you know.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 18, 2026 06:39 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 06:39 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 06:39 PM (Gs6BU)
He used lead to fill slight imperfections. I have that old kit -- sticks of lead and the (wooden!) shaping dollies.
No, I don't know how to use it, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 06:42 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 06:44 PM (viF8m)
It's heavy! I smoothed the cut marks and polished it, and it's on my work bench for when I need something solid to bang on.
It makes me smile every time I use it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 06:48 PM (l4RKn)
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Worked in an old time machine shop. The floor looked like a twinkling night. The concrete floor was black from oil (they all were back then) and it was full of steel shavings.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 06:51 PM (JS6jE)
Can you imagine an eight cylinder 914? Two exist. Must be a rocketship go-kart.
Posted by: TRex - rennsport dino at July 18, 2026 06:52 PM (XfIK1)
He was the last of his family line, so that's how I ended up with the stuff.
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 06:53 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JTB
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That's an incredible story. Any photos of your grandfather at work?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 06:54 PM (XfIK1)
It makes me smile every time I use it.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Gramps worked for the RR and had a 6" piece of rail. When mending fence I would hold the rail on the opposite side to back up the drive. Heavy metal, those rails.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 06:58 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 07:00 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 07:03 PM (Gs6BU)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 07:05 PM (S41Gd)
One thing he loved was spending a couple weeks in Yellowstone as field engineer. Most of the stores then still had the old machines. And he got away from our loud house.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 18, 2026 07:09 PM (0aYVJ)
He used lead to fill slight imperfections. I have that old kit -- sticks of lead and the (wooden!) shaping dollies.
No, I don't know how to use it, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 06:42 PM (rdVOm)
I still have those tools. Shocked, right? lol Yeah I learned the old school way first. I had to learn lead because quarter panels back in the day used lead in the seam where it joined to the roof. Hold on to those tools!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 07:09 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 18, 2026 07:11 PM (sYM3s)
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There was, at a time, a real underground movement to put Subaru flat 6's in them. Like the ones in the WRX before they were neutered.
Fucking nutz. Engines were lightweight and threw more HP to the rears than the V6 Porsche put in later (914-6).
I did most of my stuff in a '74 with only exhaust and carb mods, such that it was at Laguna Seca. Almost flat out the entire lap. Barely broke 120MPH on the main straight.
But it was so much fucking fun. Even though I sucked.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 07:13 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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and he looked at bending or manipulating metal like an ordinary person would think of working a much softer material?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 07:13 PM (JS6jE)
Good evening The Grateful,
I never saw or heard of any photos. Since this was development work for the US Navy, the work may have been classified even if the facility wasn't. Just a guess on my part.
A side benefit of my grandfather working with 'heavy metal'. He was 21 with a wife and newborn daughter, my aunt, when the WW I draft started. Even that young, he was considered an expert on steam locomotives. Such positions were often exempted from the draft.
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 07:14 PM (yTvNw)
When we were rebuilding my folks farm we had to have a bunch of metal work done. Some pieces weren't made anymore and some custom stuff for the barn.
We found this small metal shop the next town over that looked exactly how you would expect an old metal works place to look. The owner was ancient and had Parkinson's. His equally ancient assistant had to help translate because he had so much trouble speaking. He didn't really walk, he shuffled and looked like he was on the verge of falling constantly.
Yet somehow once he got into his shop he was a master. The stuff he produced wasn't just good it was art. It was fun to watch him work.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 07:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 07:13 PM (JS6jE)
It was a lot of hammer and dolly work, but his main tool that was mostly used was a wide slightly curved file. He would use that to smack down and flatten the areas and the teeth of the file left an imprint on the area. If he didn't see marks, the area was too low and he would adjust the dolly location. When he had a full tooth pattern he used the same file to smooth out the area, then hit it with the sander and prime. He was a wild man.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 07:20 PM (S41Gd)
We found this small metal shop the next town over that looked exactly how you would expect an old metal works place to look. The owner was ancient and had Parkinson's. His equally ancient assistant had to help translate because he had so much trouble speaking. He didn't really walk, he shuffled and looked like he was on the verge of falling constantly.
Yet somehow once he got into his shop he was a master. The stuff he produced wasn't just good it was art. It was fun to watch him work."
JackStraw,
That reminds me of the guy who showed me the basics of chip carving. His hands shook so badly you would think it wasn't safe for him to handle a knife. But when his knife touched the wood his moves were smooth and controlled.
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 07:22 PM (yTvNw)
You're welcome to hang here for a while if you'd like, but don't forget to stop by Club ONT later.
Posted by: TRex - annealed dino at July 18, 2026 07:24 PM (XfIK1)
I was stunned when I first saw it. My dad and I went to the shop on a recommendation and when this old, shuffling guy who could barely communicate came out to talk with us I was ready to get back in the truck.
But when he went to work he figured out how to overcome his disability and the stuff he produced was beautiful. The human spirit is pretty amazing.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 07:27 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 07:29 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 07:31 PM (S41Gd)
Now, thanks to the federal government, I was forced to become a charlatan preacher in the Universal Life Church back in 2020, so I could write up religious exemptions for people and they could dodge the vaccine mandates.
So I'm technically a church, and I also have a bunch of bullion. What's to stop me from hanging my church's shingle, putting some plastic tables out on the lawn, and running a bingo game where the non-cash prize is hard metal at spot price?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 18, 2026 07:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: TRex - roboformed dino at July 18, 2026 06:23 PM (XfIK1)
I absolutely love the tiny train, but I've also got over-large digits that kind of stuff.
Posted by: Gundo at July 18, 2026 07:32 PM (n6zcR)
I use SendCutSend almost every week. I spend over $10k with them so far this year. I can't stop designing metal parts in OnShape then exporing to SCS for them to cut, bend and powdercoat for me.
Last year I designed my own 12V fridge slide system instead of paying ARB $500 for one. I also designed a offroad jack mount for my roof rack.
I have a new M1102 bed rack designed in OnShape and I'm just waiting to pull the trigger on it. Over $1000 in parts needed.
Yesterday Harbor Freight was having a 30% off sale on all Titanium Welding products so I picked up a MIG 170. I set it up this morning but haven't tested it yet. I've got a AC/DC TIG machine already, just never had a MIG. It'll come in handy soon as I fabricate a crane to hoist my 275lbs roof top tent on top of my Hummer.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 18, 2026 07:33 PM (WYStd)
He used lead to fill slight imperfections. I have that old kit -- sticks of lead and the (wooden!) shaping dollies.
No, I don't know how to use it, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 06:42 PM (rdVOm)
I still have those tools. Shocked, right? lol Yeah I learned the old school way first. I had to learn lead because quarter panels back in the day used lead in the seam where it joined to the roof. Hold on to those tools!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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This does not surprise me a bit...you two truly are kindred spirits!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 07:33 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: javems at July 18, 2026 07:33 PM (zFsEm)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Do it in the backyard but not in the name of Jesus.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 07:37 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 07:38 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 07:22 PM (yTvNw)
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Knew a guy who was one of the finest blackpowder gunsmiths in this part of the country. He was kind enough to put together my Baker Rifle replica. When I came in to proof fire the barrel, he said "I want to show you something." He rummaged around an old oil barrel and pulled out an old, somewhat rusty barrel that had the exact dimensions of my new Getz barrel. I was amazed. Two possibilities occurred to me - The 95th Rifles, 2BN (IIRC) was equipped with Bakers at the Battle of NO. And the Brits sold a lot of surplus Bakers to the Mexican Army shortly before Santa Anna's campaign in TX. Yep, at the Alamo. A lot of history all around us.
Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2026 07:38 PM (rj6Yv)
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Of course not.
We're Universal Brothers in Luck, in this House of Prosperity.
If our congregants wish to yield some tithe from their stupendous winnings up to their Lord, that's for the best, but we don't judge here.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 18, 2026 07:41 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at July 18, 2026 07:43 PM (sk9DV)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 18, 2026 07:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 07:44 PM (XfIK1)
A year later we drove the completed car to a Porsche Club meeting in Indianapolis at the Indy 500 track and about 90 356s did some parade laps around the track. That was the day I got to drive on the Indianapolis Raceway track. I have some pics of that day and will try to send a couple.
Lots more stories about that car that I'll maybe tell you about sometime TRex.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:45 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:45 PM
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Great story. You still have the car, right? Right?
Posted by: TRex - restored dino at July 18, 2026 07:46 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: TRex - restored dino "
No. He sold it about 1995 or so. The German guy he sold it to said he was going to ship it to Germany for another full restoration including getting rid of the sunroof because it was not original to the serial number of the car. I think he sold it for $20K or so then.
I was supposed to get the car for a college graduation present but well I didn't so didn't. That's ok though, the path I took was probably more fun and I eventually rebuilt a Boxster which is a much better car anyway.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)
But I loved hearing him talk about what he did, even though I understood little to none.
Same with you guys. I love reading what you do. That doesn't mean I understand it. But I love it. You bring my beloved husband back to me.
Thank you.
Posted by: Wenda at July 18, 2026 08:11 PM (u84c/)
Posted by: Wenda at July 18, 2026 08:11 PM
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Lovely post. Thank YOU!
Posted by: TRex - radar operator dino at July 18, 2026 08:14 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at July 18, 2026 08:15 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Wenda at July 18, 2026 08:24 PM (u84c/)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 18, 2026 08:46 PM (QaH55)
He used lead to fill slight imperfections. I have that old kit -- sticks of lead and the (wooden!) shaping dollies.
No, I don't know how to use it, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 06:42 PM (rdVOm)
Years ago, I bought the stuff to do it. Flux, stick lead, paddles, etc. I had the acetylene torch. Leaded a few fenders. It was not super easy, but doable. Spoiler: good plastic body filler is better. Easier to apply, bonds better, easier to sand down to shape, and dos not promote corrosion like the acids in the flux do. I have seen too many factory lead jobs fail after a span of years.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 10:17 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 19, 2026 01:15 AM (CHHv1)
Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 18
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University researchers are part of a team looking at reducing bird collision risks with wind turbines by painting a single blade of the turbine black. Wind energy has a significant role during a time of climate change, rising energy demands and a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, but it poses risks to birds and bats due to collision fatalities. Previous studies estimate that hundreds of thousands of birds and bats die each year as a result of collisions with wind turbine blades. The Oregon State researchers, working with federal, industry and nonprofit partners, and funded in part by the Oregon Legislature, are building on recent research in Norway that found a nearly 72% decline in bird collisions with turbine blades when one blade was painted black.Well, at least they're trying to help. But what about the bats? How about just taking down the turbines and trying something else?
A more modern cat employee:Absolute unit. https://t.co/Z7Ijo628Vg
— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) July 15, 2026
A company in Mexico rescued an orange stray cat and decided to hire him.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 14, 2026
They named him Engineer Miauricio and gave him the title of Emotional Support Director. His responsibilities are smiling at coworkers, gently meowing and walking around the office. pic.twitter.com/fDuJOJmHnX
This is Gemma. She’s a rescue dog from Texas who will only listen to her human if they speak in a southern accent. 13/10 a true southern belle pic.twitter.com/x185tpGqyI
— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) July 16, 2026
"Thank you for your continued support" "Have a great day"This guy explains to a crowd of cattle how hes not able to get the well going to give them water but fortunately, someone is coming in an hour to give them water pic.twitter.com/UnyYQs7RLP
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 16, 2026
Trying to change the sheets on the bed…. pic.twitter.com/mfAVNDnzUT
— Piper (@piper_moves) July 18, 2026
Bruno at the creek. He's such a good boy. He just finished his treatment for Lymphoma and is in remission. - fdYay for Bruno! Thanks for the great photo of your good boy.
Cat and Box LirioPerfect photo of Cat in Box. Endearing.
Still the cutest Eris EnthronedLily, ready for love!
Hi KT, I'm sending some of my favorite photos of Bingley in honor of his 8th birthday, which I celebrate on July 18. In October 2018, I was working in a large Midwestern university library. One day, a kitten found his way into the ceiling of the Main Library basement. Library staff heard his pitiful cries, climbed up and rescued him, and took him to the shelter to treat a tail injury. They circulated his picture around the library. When it got to my department, my coworkers decided I was the chosen one, as everyone else already had multiple cats and I just had one. After he healed from a partial tail amputation, I brought him home. It took maybe 24 hours for my older cat to decide the new guy was all right, and in another few days the older cat had appointed himself Bingley's mentor in all things, especially the fine art of grooming. Until I lost my older kitty to cancer in 2022, the two of them were inseparable. Bing is the biggest snuggle bug I've ever known, 14 pounds of floof and love. He is a Very Good Kitty. Thanks for the pet thread! My nic is "screaming in digital"Thanks for the great photos of your photogenic guy! Save that last photo for later. It's special, too!
Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today. We hit the jackpot with kitties this week, and will have some more photos to show, especially if you send yours, too!
If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:Until next Saturday, have a great week!petmorons at protonmail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, July 11 I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 18, 2026 03:40 PM (mQbp+)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 18, 2026 03:42 PM (mQbp+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2026 03:42 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 03:42 PM (732As)
I don't know if US prisons do that too, but they should.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at July 18, 2026 03:43 PM (bufu1)
Posted by: four seasons at July 18, 2026 03:44 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 03:46 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 03:48 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 03:51 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Orson at July 18, 2026 03:51 PM (dIske)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 03:53 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2026 03:56 PM (3pDH/)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 03:57 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 03:58 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 03:58 PM (MWfyi)
We are making plans to move Puff, Ruth and Dutchess up to the house and shut down the kennel. It will be better for them and save tons on AC costs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2026 03:59 PM (3pDH/)
Posted by: Puff, Ruth and Dutchess at July 18, 2026 03:59 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at July 18, 2026 04:03 PM (sAmhv)
I've always meant to ask if there are cash prizes that come with Best in Breed prizes. Do dog shows work that way?
Posted by: Tuna at July 18, 2026 04:03 PM (lJ0H4)
A houseful of dogs. I love that.
For many years we had four dogs in the house.
Only two now, house feels empty.
Posted by: four seasons at July 18, 2026 04:03 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 03:53 PM (kpS4V)
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Hard to argue with that, though Kaylee the Calico Kitty Cat (the cutest little cat of them all) provides stiff competition...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 04:03 PM (FZ29D)
If he did live in the house I don't know what we would do with all the dog hair when he sheds. As it is I use a shop vac almost daily to suck up all the hailballs.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:03 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:04 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 18, 2026 04:05 PM (k+oif)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at July 18, 2026 04:06 PM (RBsvc)
Small cat update
https://tinyurl.com/dg65258
I see we have some beautiful pet morons today. I'm so glad Bruno is in remission.
Posted by: Joyenz at July 18, 2026 04:08 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 04:08 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 04:10 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 18
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U-Line needs to circle back and drill down on a cat-centric product line.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 04:12 PM (kpS4V)
I've always meant to ask if there are cash prizes that come with Best in Breed prizes. Do dog shows work that way?
Posted by: Tuna at July 18, 2026 04:03 PM (lJ0H4)
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Quite infrequently there are cash prizes for Best in Show, but otherwise no.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2026 04:13 PM (3pDH/)
"Cat in Box" looks a lot like my Dagny Sophia, except this one seems to have more white on her face; and Lily resembles Dagny too, except Lily has a much longer tail.
Bingley would have a super cute face even without the black bits. He looks much like the late Chekov D. Siberian.
* I believe the dog in the Clifford D. Simak short story, one of he "City" cycle, set on one of Jupiter's moons was named "Towser."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:14 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 04:14 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: The Mutant Raccoon at July 18, 2026 04:19 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:21 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Mutant Raccoon at July 18, 2026 04:21 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Bones at July 18, 2026 04:21 PM (pK0gS)
Posted by: Lirio100 at July 18, 2026 04:21 PM (ky7/T)
Patsy has decided she must be in my lap today, so keeps showing up every time I sit down.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 18, 2026 04:22 PM (bkuEU)
The Oregon State researchers, working with federal, industry and nonprofit partners, and funded in part by the Oregon Legislature, are building on recent research in Norway that found a nearly 72% decline in bird collisions with turbine blades when one blade was painted black.
The "climate change" we observe is natural variability. Burning coal in power plants has nothing to do with it. And wind generators are no "solution" since fossil fuel plants have to keep idling to create "spinning reserves" for when the wind stops blowing, or begins to blow too hard.
And if you paint one blade black, you are going to have to paint the other two white. Paint has mass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 04:22 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:14 PM (wzUl9)
Towser is an ancient traditional dog name, same as "Fido".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 04:24 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:25 PM (MWfyi)
Dagny is . . . well, somewhere. Probably in her kitty sauna, the west-facing bedroom window with blackout curtains. Even she gets tired of the sun, though, and I often find her curled in my desk chair. I take hold of the chair to move it out in preparation for my sitting down, find the chair remarkably heavy, look, and see a gray puffball curled on the cushion. I perch myself on the edge of the chair so as not to dispossess her, of course, but she usually leaves soon after.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:25 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026
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Along with Rover, King, and I suppose, Chopper.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:27 PM (wzUl9)
We didn't have cats. Cats had us. If you have a barn full of animals cats appear like magic.
Only had one over the years who decided to venture inside the house. She decided sleeping of top of my dad was her happy place. Literally on top of him. He named her PITA as in Pain In The Ass but he secretly loved that cat.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 04:30 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:25 PM (MWfyi)
To do that right, you would have to do some math. The mass of each paint band, multiplied by the distance of the center of mass of each paint band from the spin axis, would have to be equal. Given that the blades do not have a uniform surface area per unit of length, it could be tricky. Not impossible, but more work than one might guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 04:32 PM (1z8ji)
We didn't have cats. Cats had us. If you have a barn full of animals cats appear like magic. . . .
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026
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Linda persists in saying Stirling began life as a barn cat -- well, kitten -- with other animals at the Vicksburg shelter, including the donkey they had in a corral when we drove up. I suppose his mother might have been a barn cat, but clearly Stirling was raised by people.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:33 PM (wzUl9)
It really is a fascinating how cats just show up around a barn. It makes sense, lots of food in a relatively open space brings mice and that brings cats, but how do they just appear? Is there an underground network of cats relaying information?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 04:38 PM (viF8m)
Just paint the backsides of the blades at the opposite ends and the blade with the stripe in the center paint the other side just the same. Use the same amount of paint for each segment and don't worry so much about the area.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:40 PM (MWfyi)
Eris, Lily is adorable and so floofy! I want to scratch her belly. But not sure that's wise. Bing loves tummy rubs but he might be an outlier.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 04:41 PM (hPLSE)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:43 PM (MWfyi)
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No. No, it doesn't.
Don't you love how so many writers just assume we all agree that "climate change" is an accepted fact?
Kinda like evolution.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 04:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 04:41 PM (hPLSE)
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She will gladly let you rub her tummy. She's the only cat I've had that doesn't have any No Petting Zones.
My big boi Cosmo would offer up his fuzzy belly for rubz and you'd get your hand impaled on fish hooks. Trickery! Trickery!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 04:45 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:25 PM (wzUl9)
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I keep a "backup folding chair" in my office just for that reason. I'll move my normal office chair to one side and then use the backup chair.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 04:46 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 04:38 PM (viF8m)
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Yes. I'm convinced cats have a secret communication network. How else can you explain why a new cat will show up in your life shortly after you lose a cat?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 04:48 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:50 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:43 PM (MWfyi)
Now you're talkin'.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 04:51 PM (1z8ji)
My big boi Cosmo would offer up his fuzzy belly for rubz and you'd get your hand impaled on fish hooks. Trickery! Trickery!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026
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Dagny loves it, and Stirling is fine with it. My earlier cats must not have been, because it didn't occur to me to try it on these two until Linda took the chance and found they love belly rubs.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:51 PM (wzUl9)
--/
Like New Yorkers sensing when somebody dies in a rent controlled apartment.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 04:51 PM (kpS4V)
And what beautiful kitties.
So nice to see a photo of Bruno, Fd, thank you for sharing that. Glad to hear he is remission, and may he have many, many years of being a Good Boy.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 04:52 PM (4VH0B)
I believe the dog in the Clifford D. Simak short story, one of he "City" cycle, set on one of Jupiter's moons was named "Towser."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
He preferred being a creature of Jupiter to being a dog.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 04:53 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:53 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 04:55 PM (wzUl9)
Thank you. I know how it goes with big dogs but I think he's got a few more good years ahead.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:55 PM (MWfyi)
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You shouldn’t say things like that
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 04:56 PM (xJ+d7)
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Has that watermelon been enhanced with a bottle of Valu-Rite?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 04:56 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 04:57 PM (4VH0B)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:57 PM (MWfyi)
No step on snek.
https://tinyurl.com/4zyx9hjd
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 04:58 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:59 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 05:00 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 05:01 PM (Cqx++)
I bet you say that to all the guys. With snakes, I mean.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 05:03 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Sabrina Chase at July 18, 2026 04:05 PM (k+oif)
I second that emotion. My cat is more of a Lane Bryant cat but thinks she’s Twiggy and will cram herself into a box come hell or high water. If it’s a big box, I’ll make a roof out of the brown paper so she can burrow under it. I think she’s half prairie dog.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 18, 2026 05:03 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 18, 2026 05:04 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 05:04 PM (xJ+d7)
I thought so too. Not really a fan of snakes but this guy/gal, how can you tell what sex a snake is, was really pretty.
Saw it again a couple days later slithering across the yard. I'll be ok if I don't see it again despite the good look.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: TxAnn at July 18, 2026
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You can never get between a prairie dog and his burrow -- or a burrow, since a prairie dog town has so many.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:05 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 05:05 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 04:57 PM
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This might:
https://youtu.be/dSNSyioD2Bk
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 05:06 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 05:06 PM (xJ+d7)
https://youtu.be/dSNSyioD2Bk
Posted by: Quarter Twenty "
That is one dangerous watermelon.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 05:10 PM (MWfyi)
We had a close call with a massasauga snake in MI once. They are mildly venomous, and not aggressive. We were hiking and our son almost stepped on it. We backed away and the snake shook his tail and went the other way.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 05:12 PM (4VH0B)
That's probably why snakes are not my thing. Most of my encounters have "almost stepped on it" in the story.
I like animals that announce their presence and intentions at a respectful distance so we can both carry on.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 18, 2026 05:21 PM (7gFa4)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 05:21 PM (4VH0B)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 05:23 PM (2Ez/1)
We have garter snakes here. Harmless but their camouflage is perfect. Completely blend in.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Aww...
I'd do the same. But Cat won't!
One day, as I sat in a patio chair, Cat jumped on behind me. (He's not a "lap kitty" at all, and not snuggly although he does enjoy skritches.)
And then he burrowed down. And then he stretched out. And then he extended his legs and pushed me out of the chair!
"Not enough room for BOTH of us, Mom!"
I got up and sat in the other, identical, chair. Rotten brat Cat!
Posted by: JQ at July 18, 2026 05:28 PM (rdVOm)
https://youtu.be/dSNSyioD2Bk
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 05:06 PM (2Ez/1)
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That's insane that a watermelon can retain four bottles of booze in addition to its normal water content...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 05:31 PM (FZ29D)
• Civilian: Runs away from the snake screaming.
• Paratrooper: Lands on and kills the snake.
• Armor: runs over snake, giggles, and looks for more snakes.
• Infantry: "Look, a putty cat. Come 'ere kitty....Ouch! Hey, that's not a putty tat."
• Army Aviation: Has GPS grid to snake. Can't find snake. Back to base for crew rest and the club and some sort of drink called "The Snake."
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 05:31 PM (zhuhT)
• 2nd Ranger: Assaults the snake's home and secures it for use by friendly snakes.
• MI: analyzes all available intelligence and national asset input on the reptilian situation; reports sighting of Godzilla to National Command Authority.
• JAG: Advises the snake on the rules of engagement and the law of war as it pertains to the snake and its defensive posture.
• Quartermaster: Captures snake and applies a National Stock Number (NSN) to it. Implements a Found On Installation (FOI) procedure and picks up snake on property book. Has company commander sign hand receipt for "Snake, Green, One Each," as non-expendable unit property.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 05:32 PM (zhuhT)
Posted by: Tuna at July 18, 2026 05:33 PM (lJ0H4)
• Navy SEAL: Expends all ammunition, several grenades and calls for naval gunfire in a failed attempt to kill the snake. The snake bites the SEAL then retreats to safety.
• Artillery: Kills snake, but in the process kills several hundred civilians with a massive TOT with three FA BDEs in support. Mission is considered a success and all participants (cooks, mechanics, clerks) are awarded Silver Stars.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 05:33 PM (zhuhT)
• Pathfinder: Guides the snake elsewhere.
• AF Fighter Pilot: Mis-identifies the snake as a Russian HIND helicopter and engages it with missiles. Crew chief paints a snake on airplane.
• AF Pararescue: Wounds the snake in first encounter, then feverishly works to save the snake's life.
• Green Beret: Makes contact with the snake, builds rapport, wins its heart and mind, then trains it to kill other snakes.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 05:34 PM (zhuhT)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)
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Brilliance!
"Marine Recon: Follows the snake and gets lost."
*applause*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 05:57 PM (kpS4V)
Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, July 18
Happy Wednesday, KT! I have an actual sunflower blooming! This is at the top of my 11 foot tall plant. This one started as a volunteer from last year's seeds so I think it will have the same smaller multi-colored blooms. On the inside, my orchid is loving the AC. Update on the spider plants - they have been going to town. They really do look like fireworks! Thanks for last week's pictures. Mrs. Leggy
I’ve done very little work today, unlike the bees 🐝
— Garden Brocante (@GardenBrocante) July 14, 2026
This evening continuing the relaxing day with some drinks in the summerhouse. You can join us if you like, but unfortunately there’s only enough room for 2 chairs!!
Have a great evening 🥂cheers! pic.twitter.com/tMEmsmNTOh
Edible Gardening/Putting Things By From By-Tor:
My garden is hitting full stride. Which is a bit overwhelming. Luckily I have friends that are happy to get the overflow.
When you have too many tomatoes all at once, you make soup. Especially if you have fresh basil.
Somewhere in this world right now, someone is letting the gentle song of birds replace the chaos of breaking news.
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) July 17, 2026
And in that simple moment, the world feels a little more hopeful again. pic.twitter.com/8zfuuC0blQ
A plant whose flowers look like jewellery pic.twitter.com/k7CqD0Y8nQ
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 14, 2026
Graffiti laser removal is oddly satisfying to watch.
— HOW THINGS WORK (@HowThingsWork_) July 15, 2026
Credit: Twonix pic.twitter.com/DQTBDoJ2Z6
Fun fact: you can see photosynthesis in real-time.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 15, 2026
This is an aquatic plant producing oxygen. pic.twitter.com/ZiOO14nJX3
I don't usually get blossoms every year. Not sure why, but I really like it when they come out. Diogenes
If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is: ktinthegarden at g mail dot com Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.
I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)As usual, I feel hotter. And the solar outage of tv sucks
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 01:40 PM (smHg8)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 18, 2026 01:49 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: KT at July 18, 2026 01:56 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 01:59 PM (yTvNw)
I wasn't available for your previous thread to comment but thanks for the post and links. It ties in with some of my concerns about the current society, which also is reflected in the scouring of the Shire chapter in LOTR. Might be time to get out some of my Wendell Berry essays and poems.
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 02:11 PM (yTvNw)
"Supreme Court blocks thousands of Bayer lawsuits over weedkiller 'cancer risk' "
https://shorturl.at/vs0wT
Reeeeeeee!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 18, 2026 02:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: KT at July 18, 2026 02:25 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: KT at July 18, 2026 02:26 PM (rdeQO)
I think I saved the lily that I nearly killed. Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 02:27 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: KT at July 18, 2026 02:26 PM (rdeQO)
No, but it looks cool! We don't have much graffiti around here except on train cars.
Posted by: Emmie at July 18, 2026 02:28 PM (OlzlW)
My pollinator bed is a hotbed of activity, and the sunflowers in my vegetable garden are swarming with bees.
Tomatoes are doing gangbusters in spite of my overplanting and the general condition of beautiful chaos that I've allowed. Had my first plateful of maters yesterday: Lemon Boy, Alice's Dream, and Independence Day. Just pink salt and cracked pepper on top -- yum!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 02:31 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 02:33 PM (kpS4V)
Bugs makin' whoopie! 💜 🦋
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 18, 2026 02:49 PM (kpS4V)
And it’s been rainy enough that the lawn is still green.
Feels good on bare feet in early evening.
Posted by: RI Red at July 18, 2026 02:56 PM (LMRVO)
Soup
Compound Butter
Pesto
Lots of other stuff.
Next year, I'm adding rosemary.
Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2026 03:03 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 03:09 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: JTB
Gardens are a chore. A never-ending chore, til frost.
My wife ain't helping this year, and I'm trying like hell to figure out how to keep such a large space weed-free, watered, and still work.
I'm thinking next year, it's back to straw, with a helping dose of Treflan (Preen).
I tried for 20 years to get rabbits on this hill. I now have them.
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered prayers (attributed to Teresa of Avila).
Posted by: MkY at July 18, 2026 03:25 PM (q6tQZ)
Here's a video of him:
https://tinyurl.com/522bh7ut
Posted by: Orson at July 18, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
MiladyJo was throwing a tennis ball for Daisy Dog, and it went into one of the several-years-old pear trees and lo and behold a small pear dropped out. Weren't sure we had any. Not quite ripe, but might still ripen up.
Last week, we harvested a few figs. Figs! I'd never had a fresh fig before. Hope we can get many more.
I want to grow corn!
Posted by: mindful webworker - herbs and flowers too! at July 18, 2026 03:32 PM (p+5Bi)
I'm in love all over again. Employee (who buys his plants) gave us 3.
We are not getting maters yet. We were late. (See helper comment above). We are getting peppers, okra, green beans and cukes.
Rabbits ate down our sweet taters.
Second planting of green beans coming next weekend.
Posted by: MkY at July 18, 2026 03:36 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 18, 2026 03:41 PM (mQbp+)
Cukes are flowering, beans are about to. I'm fence building the other garden to get ready for late summer/fall crops.
My blackberries have tons of green berries.
But my straw berries suck.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 18, 2026 03:44 PM (UQRAm)
Posted by: Black JEM
Ours sucked this year, too. I think we're done with them.
Kinda like white potatoes. They're cheap at the store. They take WAY more room and effort than they're worth, and the store-bought do.
Posted by: MkY at July 18, 2026 03:48 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2026 03:55 PM (3pDH/)
Were you able to cash in your favor to the show?
And congrats to TBD and his team.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2026 04:11 PM (u82oZ)
Ate the first broccoli this past week - need to eat more this coming week. Green beans are producing steadily. (Zucchini unfortunately producing steadily...) Tomatoes have fruits, but no blushing yet. Too hot for radishes to germinate. Other gardening friends have told me this is a rough year for them too.
I have to do an online entry for the Canyon County Fair soon, if I intend to enter - Husband's going to enter some Homemade Spirits. I should enter Lavender, Carrots, and some herbs. This would be my first year there, so having only a few entries is a good way to dip my toe in. I still have a month before the Western Idaho Fair, to grow my Mega-Zucchini and at least one candidate for Mega-Carrot.
Posted by: Pat* at July 18, 2026 05:42 PM (7uYVO)
Saving the Shire
This week, I had another odd Social Media Experience. FB sent me a message that one of my friends had a new post. I seldom check this friend's page, and the post turned out to be a slightly snarky article in BlazeMedia by Owen Anderson proposing a thought experiment: What if the commies were right after all? What if the rich folk were the dangerous, permanent oppressors of the world?
He proposed an alternative:The left condemns concentrated wealth while demanding concentrated political power, the only kind backed by guns, prisons, and law.He discussed some of his own experiences with leftists and made some suggestions for countering their influence. Normally, I would not have paid much attention to this piece. But one of my friend's friends, I'll call her "young teacher friend" seemed upset and begged her to learn what democratic socialists believed, "from primary sources". I looked at Young Teacher Friend's FB page, and it included almost no personal information - just run-of-the-mill memes for leftist causes and a single post - an essay supporting protests by students, including elementary school students. Though she acknowledged the authority of school districts to enforce mandatory school attendance. My friend expressed surprise that the Blaze piece had shown up on her FB page. I have never seen her post anything political before. And this piece was certainly not her style. How did it get there? Why was I notified of this post? Was Young Teacher Friend also notified? Was the algorithm trying to start a fight? Anyway, I took it as an opening, and posted the new DSA platform on my friend's page as Young Teacher Friend had suggested (can't get a more primary source than that). I admit that Young Teacher Friend is not the primary intended audience here:
DSA program and platform, July 2026If you follow the link, you may be surprised, and maybe a little alarmed, at the simplicity of the language in the entire platform. Do you think anyone will get the message about what the DSA's real goals are? Why are young people attracted to these failed programs and ideologies?
“DSA has written this program for ending capitalist oligarchy and creating a real democracy. Some of these demands may be won under our current system, but we know complete victory will require building a new society from the ground up. We push these demands to their furthest extent today, so we can fight for their fullest realization in a socialist future. Join us.”
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“For the working class to govern, we need a new political system. End political corruption and legalized bribery: get rid of lobbyists, dark money, and Citizens United, and publicly finance all elections. Abolish the Electoral College. Replace the President and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress. Replace the two-party system with a multi-party democracy. Expand the House of Representatives, implement proportional representation and ranked choice voting in all elections, and abolish the Senate.” https://program.dsausa.org/
Absolutely insane:
— Crémieux (@cremieuxrecueil) July 15, 2026
Two-thirds of Americans don't know who Mao was. Half don't know who Xi is!
It's no wonder Americans tend to be so unconcerned about the rise of China when they know so little! https://t.co/fljCDP7wXz pic.twitter.com/iSHHbg45Qh
On the surface it does seem as if the young are fine. Real median incomes are higher than they were for their parents at the same age, unemployment has spent most of the past decade at historic lows, and purchasing power has risen roughly 63 percent since 1973. Televisions, clothing, food, and air travel are cheaper than ever. And yet this generation is also not marrying, not buying homes, not having children, and seem pretty miserable. I think we’re clearly in the midst of a tremendous measurement failure.
My argument is that previous generations received an enormous stock of social capital: trusted neighbors, functional public schools, a productive courtship culture, predictable career arcs, and a public square in which children could roam and adults could be relied upon. That stock, once given for free, has now been substantially liquidated.(emphasis mine). So, maybe it really does "take a village". Not just a village that consists of government programs?
What actually got cheaper over the past fifty years? Electronics, entertainment, fast fashion, processed food, toys, screens of every kind. And what got more expensive, usually by many multiples? Housing, education, childcare, healthcare, insurance. Absurdly, both of these movements register in the statistics as progress: one shows up as asset appreciation and the other as consumer surplus. But the lived reality for families feels like a pincer. Housing is the least ambiguous case. . .The entire essay is worth thinking about.
This is my favorite scene in The Lord of the Rings movies. The four hobbits are riding home to the Shire, having come through hell and back. Frodo has saved the world at terrible personal cost. Pippin is now a knight, wearing his mail and tunic bearing the White Tree of Gondor. Merry is still dressed as an Esquire of Rohan. All of them are in outlandish clothes, and laden with exotic treasures of dwarves, elves, and men. They have been utterly transformed by their journey.
But Everard Proudfoot (a contrivance of the film) has not been transformed by their journey. He spent the last year in the Shire, with its ordinary rhythms and expectations, and he thinks they are fucking weird. It’s a big change from the books of course, where Saruman has brought the conflict home, and the hobbits have to drum him out. I like both versions of the story — but what I like about the scene in the movie is that Everard Proudfoot represents the totality of their victory. They truly saved the Shire — completely intact, exactly as they left it.
If we win the way we hope to win, all the people who think we are weird and disreputable will have no reason to change their minds. (In fact — as in the film — the way we win may confirm all their suspicions.) But imagine trying to get Everard Proudfoot to vote to save the world.
A few weeks ago, my wife got her hair done by the Median Utah Voter. Lately I’ve been using the term “median voter” instead of the n-word (normie) — but in this case I mean it literally. White, married, middle-class, homeowner, “some college”, late fifties. She lives in a safe neighborhood, where she still sees most of her neighbors at church. She couldn’t afford her house if she had to buy it now, but she doesn’t have to buy it now. Her husband is closing in on retirement; they saved responsibly, she mostly just cuts hair to have something to do. She’s not political, except in the ambient sense that she watches the TV news sometimes, and feels bad about the things she’s supposed to feel bad about. She doesn’t like to see people being nasty to each other. She voted for Trump in 2020 and 2024 (though probably not in 2016), because she’s a Conservative, but she doesn’t like him personally — or at least, she doesn’t like “the way he talks about people.” When she sees Trump (and Trump surrogates) being harsh and insulting on TV, she thinks about how she tries to treat people — the kind of people she meets in her real life, in her safe neighborhood. The Mexican guy who fixed her water heater was polite and efficient, and gave her a good price. She did a service project for a refugee charity last Christmas, and seeing those families smile as they got their care packages made her feel really good. Nothing (in her real life) justifies being Nasty, or Hurting People. You’re not going to convince this woman of The Big Picture. There’s no bar graph you can show her that will convince her that her neighborhood is dangerous (it isn’t), or that the contractor who installed her water heater is a threat (he isn’t), or that the refugees at the charity are about to make a fire with her Beautiful Oak Door — they aren’t (at least, not any time soon). She lives in the real world; she Touches Grass. She isn’t going to care about any of the stuff you care about until she sees it right in front of her physically, and by then it will be way, way too late. Of course, her moral attention can be redirected parasocially, but not by you — not in the totalizing way that activates a person politically. She’s not going to update her worldview — which, again, is very much wrapped up in her moral attitude toward dozens of real relationships in her real life — because you showed her a meme, or a statistic, or even a lurid atrocity video.Read the entire essay for more nuance and information about "Median Voter", but the "X" post gets to the nitty-gritty:
From the end of the Old Testament:“Do you want your grandchildren to be foreigners in their own country?” In political conversations with older people with kids, no other point has shaken them awake quite like this one.
— Theseus' Star Destroyer (@theseus365) July 17, 2026
Malachi's prophecy is literally true If the hearts of the fathers are not turned to their children & vice versa, nothing will change until the earth is smitten with a curse, & the barbarians are literally, physically at the doorFrom the essay:
If the Median Voters - - the cozy Everard Proudfoots of the world - - understand themselves as atomized individuals, they will never take action until the earth is smitten with a curse, and the barbarians are literally, physically at their doorstep. (Again, the individualist frame was inculcated with the express purpose of lowering these defenses.) The only way to make them see what is coming - - what is, in fact, already happening - - is to turn their hearts to their children.
Congratulations, Duncan. You, as much anyone I know -- more-- were dealt a crappy hand as a working artist, kicked aside by the system, wandered in the wilderness, and are turning it all around in a passionate, winning, meaningful fashion. This is going to be great. https://t.co/dabAX4Nupd
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) July 16, 2026
Let’s see: Gulf War III is back in full swing, Mitch McConnell has become Schrodinger’s senator, but the biggest stories in America right now are a buffalo trying out to be an NFL placekicker, and Taco Bell deciding that a life-imitating-art menu is the best life after all. Too bad about the Whirled Cup soccer thing, but losing to . . . Belgium? Maybe we can appeal to the Whirled Court. Oh, wait. . .Music The Shire
"It's a system built on envy of those who have more than the self-anointed "best and brightest". And again, here's another quote from F.L. Lucas. I think this guy has potential. “Thence it is possible to arrive by easy stages at the happy notion, not uncommon among 'intellectuals', that taste consists of distaste, and that the loftiest of pleasures is that of feeling displeased; and thus to end by enjoying almost nothing in literature but one's own opinions, while oneself incapable of writing a living sentence.” Posted by: Archimedes at July 11, 2026 11:32 AMComments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: alpine_beer at July 18, 2026 11:26 AM (van9r)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 11:27 AM (mbiBc)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:32 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 11:33 AM (2WIwB)
"Why must the working class govern? Maybe they can't govern, as evidenced by their failure in society to...you know...actually govern, or even succeed! Maybe they don't have the intellectual power to lead."
It's a fun fight to start.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 11:34 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:35 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:37 AM (4g5V+)
Problem is, the European model hasn’t served Europe so well.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:38 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 11:33 AM (2WIwB)
Juan Valdez wasn't even Guatemalan!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:39 AM (rbvCR)
$1/2MM homes, $70K vehicles, and this is before you decide to have children. Longer work hours to cover the debt, more commuting. It really not hard to see why these younger generations are moving in different directions.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 18, 2026 11:40 AM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:40 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:38 AM (4g5V+)
People like Ursula von der Leyen and other such Eurocrats have been served quite well by this model, and that is what is being sought.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:41 AM (rbvCR)
Lenin made this connection early on and that is why Communism is not Marxism. It's Marxism-Leninism. If the workers are too stupid to gain class consciousness without the vanguard of the intellectual class, how could the workers be intelligent enough to be allowed power after the revolution?
Marx is almost dead. Lenin is stronger than ever.
Posted by: PHustle31 at July 18, 2026 11:41 AM (R86kT)
$1/2MM homes, $70K vehicles, and this is before you decide to have children. Longer work hours to cover the debt, more commuting. It really not hard to see why these younger generations are moving in different directions.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 18, 2026 11:40 AM (sYM3s)
Debt…or lowering what you can get? Why get a $500K home if you can get something half that? Why get a $70K vehicle when you can get one for $15-20K that works as well?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:42 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Reddit at July 18, 2026 11:44 AM (rf/GM)
Posted by: PHustle31 at July 18, 2026 11:41 AM (R86kT)
Absolutely, but the useful idiots who believe in Marxism were and are curiously ignorant of the reality.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 11:45 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:41 AM (rbvCR)
No question. I have no doubt the “DSA” types look at blue collar work or manual labor with nothing but sneering scorn. They could do that, but they want to set up cushy office jobs up for themselves. Hence their love of massive bureaucracies.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:45 AM (4g5V+)
I know of Clifton Duncan from X. He's one of those talented, dedicated people who decided to make it as an artist. Moved to New York, waited tables, studied, went to auditions, did a lot of work for free.
He finally made it. Got his big break. Big show. Big time gig. Money. Long run. Was told he had to get the vaxx in order to be in the show. Refused. Go home, buddy.
He went back to waiting on people who fucked his career. Decided to put on his own show about Thomas Sowell and raised money on social media for it.
Incredible guy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 11:46 AM (mmrXZ)
Since said destruction just isn’t happening fast enough, they’ve taken to importing people illegally by the millions who are more amenable to destroying the system.
And “we the people” don’t get to vote on this arrangement amusingly enough, nor will our democratically elected representatives deign to even try and stop it.
Scotty, Beam Me Up!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:48 AM (izaSZ)
But I've always viewed it as a children's parable, like the Chronicles of Narnia.
It's a childish thing. It outlines some basic archetypes needed for proper social and emotional development. It's not a thing for grownups. I get the same weird vibe from Boomers and GenX who love it as I do from Millennials with their Harry Potter fetish.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 18, 2026 11:50 AM (BI5O2)
In my city $250k homes don’t exist. Last time they did was maybe 2010 at the bottom of the crash. And even then $250k didn’t get you much.
Posted by: Reality Check at July 18, 2026 11:51 AM (rf/GM)
I actually did to a friend who's a big lefty whether he wanted his children and grandchildren growing up under the DSA ( our state rep is DSA) . He immediately began rambling about Trump.
The middle class left doesn't even comprehend the cognitive dissonance from which they suffer
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 11:51 AM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 11:42 AM (4g5V+)
Find a house in your area that is 250 000. Gather 50,000 for the down payment. Imagine paying 2000 a month for that house for 30 years on the remainder.
Your job may go away in five years.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:53 AM (rbvCR)
Century 21 has listings for Argentina too, and you know, the concept of what a proper house should be is very culturally based.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:56 AM (rbvCR)
——
1969 was busy. This debacle was overshadowed by the Apollo 11 first landing on the Moon that week. The Manson “Family” murders in LA in August, and the Woodstock hippie disaster in upstate NY. Lots of stuff going on. Capped off with a “Free” Rolling Stones concert out in California.
They then deployed James Taylor and Thorazine to get everyone to mellow out a bit by the 1970s
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:58 AM (izaSZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:59 AM (izaSZ)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Next you'll tell me that Iron Eyes Cody wasn't actually an indian...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 18, 2026 11:59 AM (XeU6L)
The scene of the four hobbits in the tavern, while showing an optimistic ending, cheats the narrative of its essence--the fight against evil begins and ends at home. The "scouring of the Shire" is an essential part of the book, helping to transform the complacent and passive hobbits. That transformation, of the four Companions as well as much of the Shire's population, is the theme of the book. Leaving it out cheats the viewer.
Posted by: Joe at July 18, 2026 12:00 PM (FBeFb)
Posted by: The ghost of MJK at July 18, 2026 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Holding the high ground is fundamental strategy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 18, 2026 12:02 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 18, 2026 12:04 PM (YlWIZ)
https://tinyurl.com/23k2fkf6
Posted by: The ghost of MJK
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Me either.
Posted by: Martha Moxley at July 18, 2026 12:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 18, 2026 12:06 PM (YlWIZ)
It's a vicious cycle.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:07 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 12:08 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:11 PM (/WQyy)
I'm unavailable for comment.
https://tinyurl.com/23k2fkf6
Posted by: The ghost of MJK
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When Ted Kennedy was alive and my liberal friend adored her, I asked her Well, what about Mary Jo? She'd never heard of the whole thing. Never heard of Chappaquiddick. I told her to look it up. She got back to me and asked me what the fuss was about. It could have been an accident.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 12:12 PM (mmrXZ)
adored him*
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 12:12 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 11:33 AM (2WIwB)
Juan Valdez wasn't even Guatemalan!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:39 AM (rbvCR)
Jeez.
That bastard surprised us both!
He's probably an illegal living in Sacramento now.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 12:08 PM (OXYE
Do 'cliff notes' count because I don't want to be a useful idiot.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:16 PM (/WQyy)
But not that mellow much given there were 2200 leftist bombings in a month at one point in the early 70s. The Democrats staged Civil War 2 and nobody noticed / Walter Cronkite didn't think it was news so they won by default and took over the universities. That's how we got Obama.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 18, 2026 12:16 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 18, 2026 12:06 PM (YlWIZ)
I got one. With no glossary.
The copy I read was missing the chapter but had the glossary. (Though I have found if you have a working knowledge of Russian, the glossary is not needed.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 12:17 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 18, 2026 11:59 AM (XeU6L)
Doubt he was ever within a thousand miles of Mumbai
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR)
You should have told her the story and substituted Trump for Kennedy. I bet her reaction would be a bit different.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:17 PM (/WQyy)
I may have spotted the flaw in your argument.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 12:18 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 12:08 PM (OXYE0)
They had it explained to them by a manipulative cadre chief, and their equally manipulative professors. Plus a compliant media touted the pseudo-socialism of the Scandinavian countries.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 12:19 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 12:19 PM (OXYE0)
Not to mention Marx's personal letters where he's raving about the N-words.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 18, 2026 12:19 PM (QZThv)
Find a house in your area that is 250 000. Gather 50,000 for the down payment. Imagine paying 2000 a month for that house for 30 years on the remainder.
Your job may go away in five years.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 11:53 AM (rbvCR)
There are houses in my area that will go for less than $100K. (Which I won’t buy because I know why they are that low: because they are hard to sell to begin with.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 12:20 PM (4g5V+)
One glaring difference in the OG Soviet, they didn’t have any illusions about paying people not to work. No “universal basic income” siren song schemes.
They assigned you a job. “Report to Glorious Widget Factory #6” You don’t refuse. Now you might pretend to work while you’re there, while they pretend to pay you, but they sent you off to a Gulag if you refused.
Central Planning! Gotta love it.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:20 PM (izaSZ)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:22 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 12:23 PM (OXYE0)
They assigned you a job. “Report to Glorious Widget Factory #6” You don’t refuse. Now you might pretend to work while you’re there, while they pretend to pay you, but they sent you off to a Gulag if you refused.
And that's exactly the attraction for rich Democrats now: you sell it to the unwashed as glorious equality with no work and UBI, but the reality is feudalism where the masses are forced to cower to your every demand. Especially your every weird sex fetish demand.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 18, 2026 12:24 PM (QZThv)
Such is life.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sl73Y)
Could their
Yes, yes they did.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 12:25 PM (jehhT)
It could have been, but that isn’t the point, nothing Kennedy ever said or did after that point made any sense.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:26 PM (izaSZ)
Posted by: polynikes
Maybe. A good number of progressives like to play dumb.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 12:27 PM (wOO3z)
10% down is usually the number for first time homebuyers. A 225k mortgage would be about 1700-1800 a month plus insurance and property tax. Another 500 a month approximately. That's what a decent 2 bedroom apartment costs .
I honestly don't see any more difficulty I had buying my first house than the difficulty today. It has always been tough and stressful.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:30 PM (/WQyy)
"When she sees Trump (and Trump surrogates) being harsh and insulting on TV, she thinks about how she tries to treat people — the kind of people she meets in her real life, in her safe neighborhood."
From what I've heard, Trump's treatment of the people he reacts with, doorman, waiters, cleaning staff, is stellar. He sees them as resl human beings and engages with them as people. The stories I hear about Kamala and Hillary make me think they would rsther be surrounded by mindless drones with no personal life who are there strictly to don't heir bidding and otherwise disappear.
I could be wrong as most of what Inhear is third-hand knowledge, but I would still much rather be a member of the service industry with Trump as a customer than most other politicians-- or celebrities of any stripe, really.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 12:31 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 12:27 PM (wOO3z)
I'm talking about his racism and psychopathic murdering.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:32 PM (/WQyy)
Tough row to hoe, but the banks had virtually zero risk exposure, and neither did the homeowner for that matter. This arrangement was a plot line in early Westerns. Widow Jenny is going to lose the ranch, because some sharpy bought the note and is demanding full payment so he can acquire the property.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:35 PM (izaSZ)
>Don't forget Kant and Hegel when the topic is Marx and Engels. The mindfuck runs deep.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 18, 2026 12:37 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 12:38 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:39 PM (/WQyy)
I get the feeling that when Trump's father taught him about the construction and the real estate business he had him learn about all facets off it and talk to people and get to know them personally . Therefore, he wasn't lording it over people although he expects a well done job and on time. He knows them as individuals and talks to them . I think I read in another context that one of the Secret Service folks said that of all the Presidents he had done security for, Trump may have been the only or one if the few who knew his name and knew about his family. That to me says a lot.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 12:40 PM (jt/rW)
Oh, sorry. You basically said what I said in your prior post.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 12:42 PM (jt/rW)
Posted by: Gill Westrum at July 18, 2026 12:43 PM (yqhRp)
In the .mil I heard all about what it was like working VIP details for the pols. As one might suspect, leftist Democrats are generally total dickheads to work for and treat everyone like shit. GW Bush was pretty decent to work for, Billy Jeff was good too, though decidedly not SWMBO. AlGore was a grade A asshole, and so on.
As the saying goes, you can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat people who can do nothing for them. It’s a character defect, and a disqualifying one to my way of thinking.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:43 PM (izaSZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 12:48 PM (jt/rW)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:39 PM (/WQyy)
I am happy to be outdated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 12:50 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:50 PM (izaSZ)
Amazing how much of how we think is based on recent expectations. An older friend, now deceased, was born in a tent outside Las Vegas, where her Dad had a job mining. One of DH's relatives started her married life in a tent in Oildale, CA.
Posted by: KT at July 18, 2026 12:51 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Reality Check at July 18, 2026 11:51 AM (rf/GM)
Then maybe you should get out of that city.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 12:51 PM (1z8ji)
I don't not want to be on a first name basis with her nor am I. Just used it as it was the first thing that came to mind rather than Harris.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 12:54 PM (xTinh)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:50 PM (izaSZ)
Well, I'm certainly not going to render her the unearned respect of referring to her as "Mrs. Harris."
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 12:55 PM (2RJDy)
You're welcome. Come again when you can't stay as long.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 12:58 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:50 PM (izaSZ)
Well, I'm certainly not going to render her the unearned respect of referring to her as "Mrs. Harris."
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 12:55 PM (2RJDy
How about Doug's wife ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 18, 2026 12:59 PM (FtULh)
https://tinyurl.com/mvy6wn4h
Posted by: Archimedes at July 18, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 18, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)
What would keep the distributors from being or becoming corrupt? After all, the available resources are going to be passing through their hands.
How does it "expand access" if the access is restricted to government sources? In free markets a person has a chance of finding what they need because there are multiple sources.
What are you going to do about human greed? In free markets, a person who wants more can produce more of something to trade for what they want. In a socialist system, a person who wants more must cheat and steal.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 18, 2026 01:00 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:50 PM (izaSZ)
Well, I'm certainly not going to render her the unearned respect of referring to her as "Mrs. Harris."
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 12:55 PM (2RJDy
How about Doug's wife ?
Posted by: It's me donna
I've got a few names.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 01:00 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at
The ability to justify pretty much anything is an absolute art form. The test is when you substitute a Republican for the dem in question - ex. Can you believe Senator Kennedy from LA let a woman drown? Just left her there? *Que horror, disgusting, he should be in jail from lefty* - proceed to look it up to “find the exact date” oops, my bad. Wrong Kennedy.
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 01:01 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 18, 2026 12:59 PM (FtULh)
I might go with "Willie Brown's side piece."
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 01:01 PM (2RJDy)
“Kamala”. I find it astonishing even ostensibly conservative posters here feel they are on a first name basis with these critters
Posted by: Common Tater
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What on earth are you on about? Kamala. Hillary. Barack. I'm not going to give them any deference or call them by their honorifics. "President Obama"? Hah.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 01:01 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 12:39 PM (/WQyy)
I am happy to be outdated.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 18, 2026 12:50 PM (l4RKn)
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fist bump
It takes discipline.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 01:01 PM (jehhT)
In my city $250k homes don’t exist. Last time they did was maybe 2010 at the bottom of the crash. And even then $250k didn’t get you much.
Posted by: Reality Check at July 18, 2026 11:51 AM (rf/GM)
Then move somewhere where good quality can be obtained with much less money. There are places like that. All one needs is the courage to make that decision. Sheesh!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 18, 2026 01:04 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 18, 2026 01:04 PM (g8Ew
There is a couple of really nice houses in Edgar NE. No real jobs, but the houses are nice.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR)
Which Gen Z in general doesn't seem to have. They want it all and want it now. That applies to the previous generation also and I see that having some pushback effect on some of the responsible Gen Zers.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 01:07 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 01:01 PM (mmrXZ)
That's why we have derogatory nicknames for all these shitmaggots. Kumswalla, Barky, Cthillary, Tampon Timmy, etc.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:07 PM (1z8ji)
That shit would frighten me.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 01:07 PM (+aHIC)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 01:06 PM (rbvCR)
Details! 😂
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 01:08 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)
I completely understand that for families but if you're single, nothing should stop you from taking chances.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 01:09 PM (/WQyy)
There's a video out there somewhere that talks about Donald's early years working for his father. His dad owned apartment building and Trump started literally at the bottom doing things like making sure the laundry rooms were clean and working properly.
There are interviews of tenants from all backgrounds talking about was a kind and respectful young man he was. For all his ego and bluster in his public persona the stories about his kindness and generosity when the cameras aren't on him are probably closer to who he truly is as a person
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:10 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 18, 2026 01:11 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)
One has to move to where the jobs are. Of course, in a boomtown economy, housing my be scarce and expensive, too. Trick is to find one's niche.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:11 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:07 PM (abScH)
I've moved to places where people say there aren't any jobs. What I've found: There's always jobs if you look hard enough.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 18, 2026 01:11 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 01:12 PM (+aHIC)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:13 PM (1z8ji)
one of the Secret Service folks said that of all the Presidents he had done security for, Trump may have been the only or one if the few who knew his name and knew about his family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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And these are the people Hillary would claim to "be down with yo." Hey, I get you. I'm one of you.
Have you ever seen her hanging with anyone but some elite entertainer, media person, millionaire, politician, whatever? I don't think she likes or enjoys those people, either; she needs them as donors, megaphones, image-polishers.
I wonder if there's anyone she doesn't despise, whose company she does more than endure. Maybe her Huma and Chelsea, and that's about it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 01:13 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 01:14 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:14 PM (abScH)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 01:14 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 18, 2026 01:14 PM (XvL8K)
It's not just babble. He actually knows the processes, the skills needed and so on. For all his wealth he's probably the closest to a "blue collar" President we've had in some time.
The cussing helps.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 01:17 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 18, 2026 01:18 PM (bkuEU)
Brave AI says 2984 homes are currently listed for sale at 250K or under in LA. They may be shitholes, but I'm not buying that they don't exist, even in the most expensive cities.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
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LA = Los Angeles or LA = Louisiana?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 01:18 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:14 PM (abScH)
You will appreciate this- when I was married to the person we don’t speak of, he was an NCO, we bought an 1800s farm house that looked like an 1800s farm house. It was awful. The washer and dryer was in the den, there was no heat or AC upstairs. The upstairs bath hadn’t been touched since indoor plumbing was invented, and for a long time, the only bathroom that really was workable was downstairs. For 4 of us. Why did we buy this place? Because it had property and the barn was really, really cute. My horses lived better than we did. lol. Priorities.
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 18, 2026 01:14 PM (XvL8K)
Buy the fixer-upper, the worst home on the block. Put some sweat equity into it, and make it the second-worst. Keep going.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:20 PM (1z8ji)
Counter: cheap houses are not a thing, and a lot of the supply got bought up by people who had houses that they then rent. The rent is reasonable, on the whole, and the owner has no interest in selling. This pushes the supply down, and various other things like zoning and fees keep the new home starts down in markets where there are a lot of starter jobs
Rebuttal: Young people have no discipline, and should sacrifice more.
Kindltot's response: Whatever.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 01:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
>I'm hoping that her loss to Trump eats at her blackened soul until the day she dies. Is that wrong?
Hillary will never be president.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 18, 2026 01:21 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Dd38x)
LOL.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 18, 2026 01:21 PM (g8Ew8)
I think she is not at ease with most people. It may be introversion and so needs to have alone time to recharge. She probably has not had a happy life either as a kid or certainly as an adult so it's turned her into a raging narcissist. Having lots of money and privilege has certainly not helped Michelle Obama or Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 01:21 PM (zqeQL)
>>That shit would frighten me.
Kids graduating college with 6 figures of student debt blows my mind. Congratulations! You're screwed.
Someday people will finally start asking why Obama had the federal government take over the student loan industry.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 18, 2026 01:22 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:20 PM (1z8ji)
Should they borrow for the money to rebuild the house they are paying the mortgage on? I have 15 grand to redo the plumbing in my house, but I didn't have it when I was 25
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 01:23 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:24 PM (abScH)
It happened on today's date, the 18th of July.
The very next day a guy by the name of Armstrong stepped off a ladder and sucked all of the oxygen out of our puny little three network broadcast media room.
Ted who?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 01:24 PM (abScH)
I have seen adorable places in barns. And who wouldn’t want to wake up to everyone nickering? I always pretended it was because they were excited to see me, not the food cart.
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 01:29 PM (Dd38x)
>I'm hoping that her loss to Trump eats at her blackened soul until the day she dies. Is that wrong?
Hillary will never be president.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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No, that's not wrong.
"Hillary will never be president" would make a nice bumper sticker.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 01:30 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 01:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 01:23 PM (rbvCR)
I used term "sweat equity" for a reason. Don't borrow more money to fix the place up. Do it slowly, using what little surplus cash you may have. Haunt places like the Habitat Re-Store, and buy used fixtures, and appliances, etc. Use the sweat of your brow to make the place better.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:30 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 01:33 PM (0sNs1)
AOP reminds me of my dad in a way. He almost never thought about hiring someone to do anything. His first instinct was always, "I can do this myself". Or in my case, "I have built in slave labor, we can do this.".
I was the youngest and about 5 minutes after I graduated high school my folks sold suburbia and moved to Mars and bought an old farm that was originally built around 1800 and hadn't been lived in for over 50 years. There were literally bats living in the place.
People would be surprised what they can do themselves if they actually tried instead of googling for the nearest plumber.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 01:13 PM
Ahem.
Posted by: Valu-Rite Premium Pour at July 18, 2026 01:35 PM (0sNs1)
Someone might do damage to my car if i put that on back on that, I did have a "Keep Christ in Christmas " peel off thing during the Christmas season. I try to stay away from bumper stickers during campaign seasons. The people with the ""F Trump!" And "Are we MAGA yet? I just feel embarrassed" on the back of their cars might take physical offense towards my vehicle .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 01:37 PM (+zjUf)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:35 PM
Infinitely better than penguins living in the place.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 01:37 PM (0sNs1)
Which will force Trump into doing the kind of major attack that he’s been trying to avoid up til now. Oh we’ve been making plenty of attacks, but nothing like we could do if we really get pissed off and serious about it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 01:39 PM (AnnNE)
If there were horses in Antarctica, my mom would probably chosen that instead. We had to rebuild the barn first because of course.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:39 PM (viF8m)
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Well right, and we’re all susceptible to that, which is my point. It’s pervasive and insidious
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 01:40 PM (xJ+d7)
The only thing I partially agree with is that the executive was never intended to be more powerful than Congress. But they want to subordinate *everything* to the legislature and "majority rule" with no checks is just tyranny of the majority let loose.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 18, 2026 01:40 PM (gUs21)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 01:37 PM (0sNs1)
At least they eat mosquitoes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:41 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: KT at July 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rdeQO)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 01:40 PM (xJ+d7)
There is a distressing tendency to refer to trannies by the wrong (i.e. their preferred, LOL) pronouns. Of course it's policy in the enemedia, but too many people here simply cut and paste, without the obligatory "sic".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:45 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 01:37 PM (0sNs1)
At least they eat mosquitoes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:41 PM (1z8ji)
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Leopard seals living in the place would eat the penguins.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 18, 2026 01:48 PM (amcLV)
100k in debt from a worthless degree? LOL
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 01:48 PM (qFwJc)
If I’d suggested that, you might have a point.
Referring to politicians by their first name is “call them by their honorifics”, that’s my point. That’s what they want. See where I’m goin’ with that?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 01:49 PM (xJ+d7)
In 1992, the median first-time homebuyer in America was 28.
NAR's latest survey puts that number at 40. The oldest ever recorded.
Twelve years added to the wait, in a single generation. That is not a personality flaw. You cannot budget your way out of twelve years.
The starter home did not get harder to earn. It quietly stopped existing.
THE WRONG VILLAIN
https://tinyurl.com/yc56rjae
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 01:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 01:51 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 01:52 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 01:52 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 01:53 PM (1vOUV)
And it was entirely predictable once the feds took over the student loan business. In fact, that was the plan.
Young people now bi-curious for socialism/communism because life has become too expensive was always the goal.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 01:53 PM (1vOUV)
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And then you wait for the other guy to cheat so you can clip him.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 18, 2026 01:55 PM (amcLV)
——-
‘Zackley
“The worse, the better” VI Lenin
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 01:57 PM (xJ+d7)
...Scotty, Beam Me Up!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 11:48 AM (izaSZ)
The "majority vote" is what destroyed Rhodesia - "The Breadbasket of Africa". The Rhodesians foresaw this but it didn't matter because Jimmy Carter and the communist Labor Party in England decided it was better to virtue signal their "fairness" than to oppose the communist animal Nationalists - backed by the communist animal Soviets and Red Chinese. And today you have Zimbabwe, one of the worst places on earth to live.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 02:00 PM (1vOUV)
In 1992, the median first-time homebuyer in America was 28.
I was 37 when I bought mine. In 1989.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 02:01 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 18, 2026 02:01 PM (FtULh)
That would be in the extended cut on 4K release.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 18, 2026 02:01 PM (DIS3S)
I had a customer in South Africa whose family was originally from Rhodesia. They fled rather than get murdered when it turned into Zimbabwe. He and his family are now in Australia.
Lots of people think it could never happen here. It can happen here.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)
Lots of those swme people are wondering now “how do we stop it from happening”.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 02:11 PM (xJ+d7)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 02:12 PM (abScH)
Full-blown Soviet Russia.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 02:12 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 02:06 PM (viF8m)
There's a great essay at American Greatness - "We are all Rhodesians Now". I'd give the link but I'm too inept at doing it. Pixy keeps rejecting it.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 02:14 PM (1vOUV)
Twelve years added to the wait, in a single generation. That is not a personality flaw. You cannot budget your way out of twelve years.
The starter home did not get harder to earn. It quietly stopped existing.
https://tinyurl.com/yc56rjae
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 01:50 PM (rbvCR)
worse? With the standard 30 year loan, that means you pay off you Home at age 70? You know, years after the normal retirement age? How the hell does that work?
They have created a perpetual Debt situation for most real estate... someone will always have an active loan on it, paying interest to? Oh... Banks...
And it is total debt through Fractional Lending, that creates the money stream that drives inflation.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 02:19 PM (mP0Kj)
Darn... Looks like we've lost 3 soldiers in an attack on a base in Jordan
Posted by: It's me donna
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Well that's it then. Rain hell on them like they've never seen it before. Come on, Mr. President.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)
The starter home did not get harder to earn. It quietly stopped existing.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I haven't looked at all the numbers or the whole story, but we've talked about this here. A "starter home" to the previous generation was a small old thing in a safe but humble neighborhood. A "starter home" to people on the Caleb Hammer podcast is a brand-new, gleaming, two-story spread like they grew up in. Caveat: I'm not sure how representative his guests are of real working couples trying to get started in life now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 02:25 PM (mmrXZ)
Rhodesia was s net exporter of food. Zimbabwe can’t feed itself. Pretty much job 1 for a government. At least get the fuck out of the way.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 02:27 PM (xJ+d7)
Younger generations often don’t even want a car, and given the cost, hassles, insurance, etc it’s understandable.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 02:30 PM (xJ+d7)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 02:36 PM (xJ+d7)
Rhodesia was s net exporter of food. Zimbabwe can’t feed itself. Pretty much job 1 for a government. At least get the fuck out of the way.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 02:27 PM (xJ+d7)
Perhaps not demonstrably stupid, but demonstrably - and dangerously - naive. Remember he gave us the Ayatollah when he refused to back the Shah (who was our strongest ally in the region). And he gave away the Panama Canal; And he gave us Desert 1. The list goes on and the more I think about it, I do think he was stupid.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 02:39 PM (F8tLW)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 02:43 PM (abScH)
There's a great essay at American Greatness - "We are all Rhodesians Now". I'd give the link but I'm too inept at doing it. Pixy keeps rejecting it.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above!
https://t.ly/EgPaW
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 02:45 PM (Cqx++)
Thanks for that. You are more ept than I.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 02:47 PM (F8tLW)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 18, 2026 02:53 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 18, 2026 02:43 PM (abScH)
Yes, he was a fool. All around. And remember he also got a Nobel Piss Prize. Which, in my case, convinced me that those a-holes in Stockholm were worthless fools too...even before they gave one to Barky.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 02:54 PM (F8tLW)
Malachi 4:5-6
5 - Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6 - And he shall turn the heart of the father's to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Posted by: TeeJ at July 18, 2026 02:55 PM (dAv7M)
Full-blown Soviet Russia.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 02:12 PM
The difference is that this time, the right people will be in charge.
/sarc
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 18, 2026 03:17 PM (0sNs1)
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No, this is my point.
If he was merely incompetent or naive, then by the law of averages once in a while he would have made beneficial mistakes. That never happened.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 03:24 PM (xJ+d7)
If he was merely incompetent or naive, then by the law of averages once in a while he would have made beneficial mistakes. That never happened.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 03:24 PM (xJ+d7)
Agreed.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 03:34 PM (F8tLW)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 03:43 PM (qFwJc)
fool.....yes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 03:44 PM (wOO3z)
Thanks for the scriptural context. That's the version I've typically heard and read.
Bible Gateway says: Malachi 4:6 New International Version 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction."
Pretty strong.
Posted by: KT at July 18, 2026 03:52 PM (rdeQO)
"In that day saith the Lord, I will gather up her that halteth; and her that I cast out. I will gather up: and her whom I had afflicted."
"and I will make her that halteth a remnant, and her that hath been afflicted , a mighty nation. And the Lord will reign over them in mount Sion, from this time now and forever."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 04:05 PM (qFwJc)
They spend six figures on a wedding and whine about not having a brand new house in the Hamptons and a beach house on the Cape.
They never shared a one bedroom apartment amongst three people or rode public transport or worked more than one job at a time while
Going to school.
If the internet isn’t fast enough the world is over.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 18, 2026 04:06 PM (yEz+x)
Just by adding context, and skipping the Dispensational wresting of it, this is an expression of God's desire for restoration, not judgement.
The traditional view is that this was fulfilled with John the Baptist. See Matthew 11:4 and 17:12 or jump straight to Luke 1:17 which links directly to Malachi 4:6
Posted by: Community Notes at July 18, 2026 04:08 PM (pawvM)
It exists in the form of
Because of Section 8 and catering to low-trust cultures, those would-be starter home neighborhoods are crime-ridden slums where few people have any eye for aesthetics or understanding of improving, yet alone maintaining their dwellings.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 18, 2026 04:20 PM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: Buck Ofama, K4WTJ at July 18, 2026 04:22 PM (z6ONu)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at July 18, 2026 04:33 PM (F8tLW)
The traditional view? It's traditional for the preterists. A view that didn't even get put into any kind of lengthy writing/book form until the early 1600's.
When John the Baptist was asked if he was Elijah his answer was no.
When our Lord was asked His reply was he is, if you will accept it. He knew they wouldn't.
Most people, when they refer to "dispensationalism," are speaking about a form of it held by those who push the pre-trib doctrine of the rapture. A straw man that is easily knocked down.
As easily as both partial and full preterism are.
Our Lord will return and remove His church to safety at some point during the 2nd half of Daniel's 70th week. That 7 year period Daniel spoke of in 9:27 has not yet occurred. We are now in the time of the last phrase of 9:26. "...and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
No one stood in the temple and declared himself to be God in 70AD. 2Thess 2:1-4.
A time of great tribulation (thlipsis - pressure) has not come upon the entire world. A time when no man could buy or sell without taking the mark of the beast.
Cont-
Posted by: TeeJ at July 18, 2026 06:24 PM (dAv7M)
Historic dispensationalism is two ages. This current evil age and the Kingdom Age to come.
You know, that first request in the Lord's prayer.
To save myself any more one finger typing on this here phone I'm going to suggest a vid for you.
On utube, search "the problems with preterism Dr Michael Weis"
God bless
Posted by: TeeJ at July 18, 2026 06:29 PM (dAv7M)
The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break & Prayer Revival
Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Between the heat, humidity and smoke, the Frozen Tundra is looking like a thawed bog. Anyway before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Ely) 1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind, be nice. Generosity has its bounds.
3) If I've told you once I've told you 82 bazillion times. No running with sharp objects.
4) Have a great weekend!
AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update. Prayer Requests: 5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
6/24 Update – Everything is going well. The chemo seems to be working, but it’s very hard. The prayers help, so please keep praying for them. 5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
7/6 Update – He has gotten a second opinion, and selected the option for treatment, which should begin next week. 6/18 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina, who has struggled with drug addiction and is in jail again. Buzzion prays that this really is rock bottom and a true wake-up call for her – even if it requires her to stay in jail.
6/29 Update – Christina’s family bonded her out of jail and she has checked into a rehab facility. Please pray that she gets the help she needs.
7/11 Update – Thank you to everyone for your prayers. Christina is doing well in rehab. Please pray that she continues through this and keeps working through it even after getting out of her program. 6/20 – bluebell gave an update on grammie Winger. Grammie had some major surgery related to her cancer in March and is pretty much housebound. She said she isn’t keeping up on news since her diagnosis; she doesn’t have the energy. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness. Please keep praying for her. Your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.
6/27 Update – grammie winger requested bluebell to let the Horde know that she is hospitalized again, with sepsis, and cannot eat or walk. She is very tired and cannot speak for long. She is being fed by tube. They don’t know how long she will be hospitalized or where she will go after (rehab, hospice, etc.). Bluebell has a mailing address for grammie, so please contact bluebell to send a card or note to grammie winger. Please pray for her, that her suffering will be eased, and pray for her family, who are suffering along with her.
7/4 – grammie winger posted her thanks for the sweet, sweet cards and letters. She said she treasured each and every one of the Horde reprobates. She can’t express the love she has as she sits there in the cancer hospital. 6/21 – B posted a request for prayers. He said that, due to his own shortcomings, and a moment of madness 6 years ago, B has been estranged from his two sons (age 41 and 36). He has tried to reach out and apologize to them over the past 6 years, to no avail. B asked the Horde to pray for their hearts to open, to allow him to properly apologize, and try to be the father he should have been. The boys are losing their mother to early-onset Alzheimers, and B needs them to know that he’s a better person today than he was then, and he can be counted on. 6/27 – Tom Servo posted prayers of thanks to God that his 38 year-old daughter, who was released from a psych hospital this week after a particularly bad breakdown. She has 2 children, which she does not have custody of, but she still sees, and they are wonderful. She has received more professional care, and it appears to have helped quite a bit. She has new medication and a new commitment to living in a way that will keep her from making a return trip to the hospital. 6/27 – George V sent his thanks to the Horde for their prayers. We had prayed for his wife in May, when she had a heart valve replacement, and there were indications of problems in her lymph nodes. She received the biopsy results, and both came back negative for cancer! Thank God for his goodness! 6/27 – “A” sent thanks for the prayers for a family friend, who is at home recovering with the family and doing much better. “A” has an additional request for long-time friends (J and S) who are in the midst of intense family problems and requesting healing, peace, repentance, and restoration in the family. 7/2 – Publius asked for prayers for his 96 year old mother, who had emergency surgery when a massive hematoma on her leg ruptured, and they couldn’t stop the bleeding due to her being on blood thinners. Things were not looking good, but Publius posted later she received blood thinner reverser medication, and was fully conscious and alert after surgery.
7/10 Update – Publius’ mother was moved to a nursing home for post-acute therapy. At this point, she is very weak but is coming back physically. But her mind is in La La Land.
7/13 Update – Publius’ mother has experienced an absolute miracle. She has come back, fully conscious and cogent. The Lord Almighty has decided her time is not complete. 7/3 – San Franpsycho posted that Mrs. F. was admitted to the hospital from the ER visit, and asks for prayers for a complete and immediate recovery for her. She was conscious enough to phone him late last night, and it was a great relief that she was awake even for a short period. She continues with IV fluids and atb. Further steps and hopefully improvement await the results of lab tests. The caring concern shown by so many morons has been a great relief. Thank you.
7/5 Update – Mrs. F. remains hospitalized while being treated for salmonella poisoning. She has had some improvement, but is on Day 5 of not being able to keep down any nourishment.
7/11 Update – Mrs. F. came home on 7/7, and has finished her oral antibiotics. They are very grateful for the prayers for healing. 7/4 – Duke Lowell humbly asked for prayers for the nurses who will have to put up with him, when he goes in for (hopefully the last) surgery related to the events of last September. 7/4 – AH Lloyd requested prayers for his aunt, who was in a shattering collision on 6/29. She was hit by a semi at full speed through an intersection. She lost a lot of blood, but is out of ICU now. 7/4 – Random Dave posted the good news that the past week of interviews went very well. He also had a prayer request for his grand-niece, who has not been growing properly. She’s about 5 or 6. The growth plates are fine but has not grown in over a year. They have found an intestinal or bowel blockage and may need surgery. 7/4 – Dr. No sent his thanks for the prayer list and the Horde’s prayers that helped his daughter in her recoveries from (a) cancer and (b) knee replacement surgery. She’s doing fine now. 7/7 – Weak Geek asked for prayers for the survivors of RG and KG, a couple in their 90s who were pillars of their church for decades. They were knifed to death on 7/3 by their grandson. The entire congregation is stunned. Please pray for them too, and the pastor, trying to help deal with the tragedy. 7/11 – Mis Hum asked for prayers for Some Rat. He has some serious health issues at this time. 7/11 – Fen requested prayers for comfort and strength for “C” and her mother. “C” is in her 30s and her father died after a several months long struggle with cancer. 7/11 – P, a long time lurker would appreciate prayers. He says he should have asked for prayers last year, when his stage 4 prostate cancer was first diagnosed, but he was too busy freaking out. A year and nine months later, he is still on hormone therapy and his PSA spiked recently. It’s back up to 92. He is supposed to start a drug trial soon. He knows from experience that prayer helps, and would greatly appreciate if anyone could include him in their prayers. 7/13 – Captain Obvious posted that he could use some prayers, as he was experiencing some kind of cardiac arrhythmia. 7/15 – Captain JS’ daughter needs prayers for his/her daughter. Early on 7/15, she experienced complete heart failure. She is in the ICU on a heart/lung machine. They will operate to see what is happening. Captain JS sends thanks in advance for the prayers and has faith in their power.
7/15 Update – Thanks to all who responded to Captain JS’ request for prayers. The daughter is still unconscious but is still alive. The doctors suspect a blockage to the left side of her heart. They are planning to take pictures and then insert a stent. For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:52 AM (r7+k8)
Posted by: Just Wondering at July 18, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)
291 153 -- She is gone. Too much time without oxygen to the brain. She never woke up once. You read about this happening, but you never even think it could happen to one of yours.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 16, 2026 11:36 PM (DK5Sh)
327 Right now I'm just scrolling, scrolling, scrolling to keep from thinking. Keep the comments coming so I can keep on scrolling. ( And, yes, that was a very weak joke about Rawhide.)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at July 16, 2026 11:52 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:56 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)
g'mornin' again, 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 18, 2026 08:04 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 08:05 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: cicero skip at July 18, 2026 08:05 AM (p6dVP)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 08:09 AM (MWfyi)
We lost our Sonny last night to a stroke. He was almost 11, so a good age for a boy, but we're very sad today.
We've lost Finn, Val, Dan and now Sonny this year. Just Dot and Dutchess remain from their litter.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2026 08:12 AM (3pDH/)
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
St. Camillus of Lellis, patron of hospitals, pray for us.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, both stated and unstated.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at July 18, 2026 08:15 AM (ksbjf)
Capt Josepha Sabina, my heart goes out to you, and I'm praying for comfort for you and your family.
Prayers up for all of the rest of you, those listed and those not.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 08:16 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 08:20 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 08:20 AM (hPLSE)
Zilog and I both have significant experience at being 29. I had Z-80 processors in my TRS-80 Model III and IV computers.
Thank you for catching me up.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 08:21 AM (O7YUW)
Prayers up for those that know they need them but have not asked us for them;
Prayers up for those that need them but don’t know it yet; and
Prayers up for those who pray alone, asking for help in silence, and whose prayers are known but to God!
Prayers up even for all "our" politicians who have decided that their 10% graft and power are still far more desirable than their honor or integrity, may they see the error of their ways, repent, and become true representatives of we the people!
And lastly, prayers up for President Trump, keep him and our beloved country safe from harm, and may the many forces of corruption and evil arrayed against both him and our country be rendered ineffective and their plans come to naught!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 18, 2026 08:23 AM (hOUT3)
Pray for the peace that passes all understanding. God will grant it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 08:23 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 18, 2026 08:26 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 08:26 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Annies Stew at July 18, 2026 08:31 AM (dNIAD)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I'm so sorry to hear this. Hugs to you and Her Majesty.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 08:32 AM (hPLSE)
Amen. Thank you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 08:35 AM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: Eromero at July 18, 2026 08:35 AM (UYYJi)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 18, 2026 08:23 AM (hOUT3)
Amen.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 08:36 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 08:36 AM (Bw1/o)
He was a good man, great father, and had a life well lived. Godspeed, Mr. B.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 08:41 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)
I realize I just forget the link. I'll post it momentarily.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 08:43 AM (zqeQL)
A six foot piece of yarn, dragged slowly around a corner. The game is "Fishing for kitty."
If the kitten does not chase the end of the yarn, then the kitten must be asleep, otherwise a guaranteed response of "Must NOT let it get away!!" will take over kitty's entire being, and the chase-and-attack will commence.
This game is also useful for finding a hidden kitty. They will break deep cover to not let that yarn get away.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 08:44 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 18, 2026 08:45 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 08:45 AM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Eromero at July 18, 2026 08:49 AM (UYYJi)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
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Dear Hrothgar - I didn't know you'd lost Conor. I'm so sorry!
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 08:50 AM (hPLSE)
Thanks. We've been playing that . It's so much fun.
He also likes to hang out by the stair banisters and reach out through them towards me. I call this game "Lions and Christians." 😉
I do have to keep reminding him "I'm not a kitten, so no bites and no scratches". He's a smart little guy and I think will pick that up.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 08:50 AM (zqeQL)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 08:53 AM (hPLSE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 08:53 AM (zqeQL)
SiD, Thanks!
I haven't spoken about it much but it still troubles me especially in the mornings!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 18, 2026 08:54 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: Eromero
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You got it. Love and big hugs to both of you.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 08:54 AM (hPLSE)
Two pages and a bit more are done, and as Papa Hemingway advised, I stopped in the middle of a scene and a sentence, ready to pick up later. It's building to the big action scene, so I *really* want to go on with it, and I might.
Shave a shower first, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 08:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at July 18, 2026 08:57 AM (hOUT3)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 08:50 AM (zqeQL)
LOL, I love that!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 08:58 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Eromero at July 18, 2026 08:35 AM (UYYJi)
The total comes to $39,642,128, 739.22
Posted by: AWS Billing Console (Tech Thread) at July 18, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:00 AM (qFwJc)
However, there is some hard evidence giving the story credence; such as the residential tower in Iran on which the Iranian government has hung a bright red 7 story long banner, with words proclaiming in English: “WE WILL KILL TRUMP”.
Not to mention the large crowds at Dear Leader’s funeral that were chanting and singing “we will kill Trump!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 09:01 AM (AnnNE)
(Dr_No)
Posted by: Dr_No at July 18, 2026 09:01 AM (ayRl+)
I have been praying the Surrender Novena this week... it might be starting to take a little. I can reason in my mind that God is God and I am not, therefore it is foolish to worry and feel anxiety about things that are clearly in His control. Yet I struggle to feel peace in my heart even as my mind understands that He is the source of all goodness.
Yeesh.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 18, 2026 09:02 AM (kOluj)
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:02 AM (ZOv7s)
"PictureThis" .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:03 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: muldoon at July 18, 2026 09:03 AM (I0N4X)
But I salute him/her.
Posted by: Wenda at July 18, 2026 09:04 AM (u84c/)
Captain Josepha, continued prayers for you and your whole family at such a sad time.
Prayers also for Eromero and his lovely Mrs.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 18, 2026 09:05 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 18, 2026 09:06 AM (VyBeY)
https://tinyurl.com/4px8skj2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:06 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at July 18, 2026 09:06 AM (yZ8FX)
But I salute him/her.
Posted by: Wenda at July 18, 2026 09:04 AM (u84c/)
More than once, I have forgotten either the coffee grounds or the water, or the BREW button.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 09:07 AM (h7ZuX)
https://www.barnhardt.biz/2026/07/10/vitamin-chesty-puller/
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:07 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at July 18, 2026 09:08 AM (oINnM)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 18, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:08 AM (qFwJc)
Just saw a picture on HA that’s darkly comic. When Trump leaned of the Iranian assassination plot against him at Ankara, it appears to have affected him deeply, and changed his mind about trying to make some kind of deal. Some people have suggested that this was just an Israeli intelligence plot to get under his skin.
However, there is some hard evidence giving the story credence; such as the residential tower in Iran on which the Iranian government has hung a bright red 7 story long banner, with words proclaiming in English: “WE WILL KILL TRUMP”.
Not to mention the large crowds at Dear Leader’s funeral that were chanting and singing “we will kill Trump!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 09:01 AM (AnnNE)
Meh.
And while I'm here...Stop calling me Salmon! Like I'm your Friday night dinner!!!
Posted by: Pre-Zombie Salman Rushdie at July 18, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)
Amen!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:10 AM (jt/rW)
Pick kitty up by the scruff of neck. Instant "Oh, that's momma" response where they go limp and stop misbehaving. Doesn't hurt 'em either, they're designed that way.
"Lions and Christians": *snorts* That's awesome, I love that.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 09:11 AM (O7YUW)
While my wife hasn't gotten the results of her second breast cancer biopsy back, the family as a whole have pulled together in a wonderful way, healing all the previous injuries I've discussed over the years. A new sense of love and unity has filled our home, particularly with my oldest, who has now committed to working with me (rather than against me!) to make our home more comfortable, clean and pleasant.
To that end I'm taking the youngest down to see my father today to do a survey of furniture and things to see what we can use to organize stuff, and also to pick up donations. My youngest will get some driving practice in as well, and will soon get her license and get out into the world.
THANK YOU for all your prayers, they are working and please keep Mrs. Lloyd in mind as she grapples with the uncertainty regarding her cancer and treatment. This is a very tough time for her.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:11 AM (ZOv7s)
So sorry to hear about losing Sonny. What a hard year. We know that heartbreak and are praying for you and Her Majesty. Cuddle Dot and Duchess and remember the joy from their siblings.
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 09:12 AM (yTvNw)
Canada delenda est!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:15 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 18, 2026 09:17 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Pre-Zombie Salman Rushdie at July 18, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)
It’s Salbass, Jerry. He just exchanged one fish for another! — Kramer trying to convince everyone Salman Rushdie works out at his club
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 18, 2026 09:17 AM (ALKK0)
Circle K has great coffee.
Hope everyone gets rain who needs it and not where it isn't.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 18, 2026 09:17 AM (DIS3S)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)
Atmosphere is still full of smoke and haze from Canukistan here in SE PA. Was planning on running this morning - but don't feel like breathing the equivalent of 2 packs of Marlboro reds. Perhaps tomorrow.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 09:18 AM (GTqXr)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:15 AM (qFwJc)
A Mighty Wind, even.
No, wasn't referencing you, Chuck Schumer! Go away!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 18, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)
Thanks. I have heard of him. I am not a big fan of Ann Barnhardt only because I am impatient with her whining about "Catholics are the only true Christians." I have not read her for years . As far as Christy Puller, I agree with him that there is a war around us. This one is a spiritual war. I am happy when anyone gets closer to Christ and as I have noted numerous times, as Ben Franklin said about Americans in the revolution "We all must hang together or more assuredly we will all hang separately" Same goes for various Christian. None of us wants to become Muslim.
This is not a knock on you and I hope you didn't read it that way, brother
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:20 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 09:18 AM (GTqXr)
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It's mostly cleared off here. AQI was 300 yesterday evening, 73 now.
I'll say this for the Canucks - they actually bridged the partisan divide in Michigan. EVERYONE hates them.
If the combined National Guards of all the affected states mobilized, we'd be in Ottawa in 72 hours.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:22 AM (jt/rW)
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hahahah!!
Posted by: runner at July 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 18, 2026 09:24 AM (ALKK0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at July 18, 2026 09:25 AM (nT/TX)
But the Chesty Puller article is interesting.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:25 AM (qFwJc)
Thanks. I hadn't thought of that. I will try that . Right now he's sacked out on a pillow by the window all stretched out with his paws ( including the front ones with five toes) all stretched out and on his back in the " I surrender" pose.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:26 AM (jt/rW)
What a heartbreaking loss for their family.
There really are no words.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 09:27 AM (4VH0B)
Yes. I hadn't seen but one ( the first one) picture of him and the article was interesting .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: The wind at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)
But the Chesty Puller article is interesting.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:25 AM (qFwJc)
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Catholic converts are the absolute worst!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
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It’s a kind of cognitive skills test, hampered or magnified by the fact the substance itself is often necessary to get the brain to boot up, and become fully ambulatory.
I ran a full pot of water through a Mr. Coffee one morning, minus the Coffee itself. I came to the kitchen to see a nice clear carafe of hot water. Doh! Let’s try this again. Attention to detail, people
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 18, 2026 09:30 AM (j+aD2)
Hope everyone gets rain who needs it and not where it isn't.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 18, 2026 09:17 AM (DIS3S)
Inspector worked at Circle K decades ago. At the time they took the coffee *very* seriously. You could get fired if it wasn't kept fresh.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 18, 2026 09:31 AM (lFFaq)
it's like an extra cleaning cycle!
I can't even look at my DeLonghi first thing in the morning. I will DEFINITELY screw something up.
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 18, 2026 09:31 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM (GbFT6)
Exactly. Words cannot express the depth of disappointment in that situation.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 09:31 AM (h7ZuX)
Coming here on Saturday morning sure puts life in perspective. Every day a blessing.
Healing hugs to all in pain whether physical,or emotional. Wish I could do it in person.
Air here yesterday was horrible. Smelled like diesel fumes. Did it venture outside. 275 at the height, noe down to 175. Still afraid to open the door.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 18, 2026 09:32 AM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Common Tater
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I used to program the coffee maker so it would be ready when I got up. Once I neglected to position the carafe properly on its base. Woke up to coffee all over the counter and floor.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 09:32 AM (hPLSE)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 18, 2026 09:31 AM (lFFaq)
How's he doing, Polliwog? Still in my prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 09:33 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 09:31 AM (h7ZuX)
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Load Keurig, insert pod, forget coffee cup.
Oops.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 09:34 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 18, 2026 09:34 AM (TqDYN)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:34 AM (ceTyQ)
Posted by: Annies Stew at July 18, 2026 08:31 AM (dNIAD)
You're welcome, Annie's Stew. Thank you for all that you do!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 09:35 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 18, 2026 09:32 AM (kJmSS)
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We hit 400 around here at one point. Stayed in the 300s all yesterday. Everything went into hiding. Canada is asshoe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)
He didn't fly the practice show at Pensacola Beach yesterday. Not sure he'll be in the air for today's actual show out there, either.
We'll see.
I wouldn't be surprised if he tendered his resignation from the team over it.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 09:36 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 09:36 AM (6wpGE)
Degrees Kelvin?
Posted by: I'll ask at July 18, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 18, 2026 09:34 AM (TqDYN)
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I loved the smell of coffee growing up, hated the taste.
In the morning I just had juice, later on a Coke. I didn't drink coffee until I got married, and I'm still generally indifferent to it.
Like Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson of the Tuskeegee Airmen, I used have coffee with my cream and sugar, but since the diabeetus rolled in, I now use artificial sweetener and heavy whipping cream, and I rather enjoy it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)
Getting stronger, just much slower than he'd like. His job has been working with him to reduce his hours but not hit his pay any more than is absolutely necessary, which is a major blessing. Seeing *all* the doctors since they still have no idea what the underlying cause is.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 18, 2026 09:39 AM (lFFaq)
They're not.even a real country anyway
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 09:39 AM (WWhYv)
Oops.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Imagine the trouble we'd have if we were trying to make fancy coffee!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 09:39 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 09:40 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 09:36 AM (J4Dwc)
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I hope he stays. The zero-tolerance mentality is for losers. Everyone screws up. Learn from it, drive on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 09:40 AM (WWhYv)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 09:39 AM (h7ZuX)
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I wouldn't even notice. My wife and kids love fancy coffees, but they are wasted on me.
My father drinks it black in large quantities.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:41 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Dennis Quaid at July 18, 2026 09:41 AM (WWhYv)
*cues White Zombie music*
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 18, 2026 09:43 AM (kOluj)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 09:40 AM
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Try using the muddy water from the ruts in the dirt road after it rains.
Posted by: Cousin Eddie at July 18, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)
There is a relatively small number of ways to screw up using Mr. Coffee and I've done almost all of them.
- unplugged: check
- forget to push the one, big, red button: check
- no water: check
- no coffee: check
- unground coffee beans: check
- no filter: half check. I caught it before turning it on. Yay me
- no pot: uncheck
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 09:43 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 09:43 AM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Common Tater
I once did the same, except the missing item was the pot beneath the drip.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 18, 2026 09:44 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 09:44 AM (4VH0B)
[ ... ]
I wouldn't be surprised if he tendered his resignation from the team over it.
Well, that kinda sucks but when your job description is "Best of the Best," you don't get to call mulligans.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 09:47 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 09:48 AM (jehhT)
Right. Many years back, Dave Koss voluntarily resigned as Boss after inadvertently leading the team a bit below the minimum hard deck for a maneuver. It's called holding oneself to account for performance below acceptable standards.
And acceptable standards of a BA's performance is higher than that of a typical fleet pilot.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 09:49 AM (J4Dwc)
Oops.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)
I misread this as "Lord Keurig, insert pod, forget coffee cup"!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 09:51 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 09:47 AM (vTZFs)
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Most legendary commanders had an epic screw-up in their past. Some more than one. If you demand perfection, you eliminate risk-takers and that's how we got GWOT mediocrities running the show.
People who always stay within the lines, always err on the side of caution become beautiful losers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)
I once walked into the office and saw that someone had started the Keurig without a cup. I put a paper cup in place and wiped up the spill. The guy (an exec-type, of course) came back several minutes later, looked into the half-empty cup and wondered what the hell happened. Really, people. It takes like one minute to make coffee. Just stay there. Your time may be important but it's not that important.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 09:52 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 09:52 AM (e/Apr)
May God richly bless all of you and yours.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 18, 2026 09:53 AM (JWDez)
And when civilian lives are on the other side of the line, the place to push it is on the practice field, not the performance field.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 09:54 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Not what I said. I suggested people who have to say towards Protestants who all believe in the Lord Jesus Christ , God in the flesh crucified and risen and coming again " : You're all a bunch of heretics
Doomed to Hell fire " Protestants can be equally or more annoying towards Catholics. As far as I'm concerned it's a waste of time and breath and these kinds of arguments are a tool of Satan to divide us . Do I have to agree with all views of various toward others of the Christian faith? What is your bottom line? "Do you believe in Your heart and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lod and God raised him from the dead" If so, they give me your hand.
That is all.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:54 AM (/MJ/r)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:55 AM (Qw3Dr)
Keep the faith!
Posted by: no one of any consequence
This is so true. And when we can't keep the faith because we are tired and worn through, God keeps us. Ps 91, Ps 139
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 09:55 AM (4VH0B)
Posted by: runner at July 18, 2026 09:55 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: PabloD at July 18, 2026 09:56 AM (5Ide7)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:15 AM (qFwJc)
A Mighty Wind, even.
No, wasn't referencing you, Chuck Schumer! Go away!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 18, 2026 09:18 AM
* preens *
You can't get much farther west than California. Nor much more mightier.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at July 18, 2026 09:56 AM (0sNs1)
- Dense smoke blowing down your street/town.
- Smoke not so dense but your local world is like living inside an illuminated pingpong ball.
- Orange day(s).
- A cooling, early morning, katabatic breeze drives the stench of post-fire creosote into town. That odor makes me gag/ill.
Posted by: 13times at July 18, 2026 09:56 AM (fnZRl)
The old dirt road?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 09:57 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:57 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: runner at July 18, 2026 09:58 AM (GD0B3)
Yeah, but the desert southwest and the Rockies have a purifying effect.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:58 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM
I thought you were on-record as saying .41 Magnum aficionados are the absolute worst?
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at July 18, 2026 09:59 AM (0sNs1)
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The movie Young Washington illustrates that very well. Good movie. Go see it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:51 AM (ZOv7s)
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Concur.
*sips BRCC Fit Fuel*
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 09:59 AM (2WIwB)
Joe DiMaggio was the spokesman for them when they debuted. They were really popular.
I sort of liked the early morning languid snorting and sighing of the percolator. My parents bought a combination set of Avocado green GE toaster, coffee percolator, and electric can opener/knife sharpener/kitty attractor. I used the latter till just a couple years ago.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:00 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at July 18, 2026 10:00 AM (oJGBf)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 10:00 AM (qFwJc)
"Donald Trump scores legal victory in major mail-in voting change"
Excerpt:
"A federal appeals court has handed President Donald Trump a significant legal victory, clearing the way—at least temporarily—for a controversial proposal that could reshape how mail-in ballots are handled across the United States.
A federal appeals court on July 17 paused a lower court ruling and allowed the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to continue advancing a Trump-backed mail voting rule while litigation continues."
Posted by: mrp at July 18, 2026 10:01 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Mine is entering his sixteenth year and hasn't figured this out yet. Ok if I read him this to show him how stupid he is?
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 10:02 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 09:57 AM (qFwJc)
I for one am bored with all these flyovers.
Ppppfffttt!!! I say.
Now. Run a battalion of tanks down that beach. There! That would be exciting!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 10:02 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Lola the showgirl at July 18, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:03 AM (/WQyy)
_-_
I woke to that sound most of my younger days. I got Mom's old percolator out because it is so hot here - reminiscing a bit hearing it.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 18, 2026 10:04 AM (JWDez)
Posted by: TecumsehTea
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I just stopped back in for a minute before heading out to mow. It's always lovely to see you, and this made my day. I hope you & Mr Tea are well!
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 10:04 AM (hPLSE)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:04 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Not what I said.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 09:54 AM (/MJ/r)
*ahem
Knowing A. H. Lloyd, he was being self-deprecatingly funny.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at July 18, 2026 10:05 AM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: IYKWIM at July 18, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at July 18, 2026 10:00 AM
A good local diner breakfast is one of life's treats.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 18, 2026 10:06 AM (Wnv9h)
Have an awesome weekend.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 18, 2026 10:06 AM (2RJDy)
Flatulence.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 10:08 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at July 18, 2026 10:00 AM (oJGBf)
What a great outing!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 10:08 AM (6wpGE)
I read Hegseth said this. I hope it’s true. Lie to me if you must.
I can say from experience that the UH-60 Black Hawk is a dandy device for un-erecting GP medium tents, camouflage netting, and tossing porta potties around helter skelter. Oops. I had no idea paperwork can be strewn around that high in the air either.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:08 AM (GbFT6)
Posted by: IYKWIM at July 18, 2026 10:05 AM
Yep.
Posted by: Graham Platner, sitting in a Porta-Potty at July 18, 2026 10:08 AM (0sNs1)
Goose: Penny Benjamin?
[Maverick shrugs]
Stinger: And you asshole, you're lucky to be here!
Goose: Thank you, sir.
Posted by: I Feel The Need . . . The Need For Speed at July 18, 2026 10:09 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: PabloD at July 18, 2026 10:11 AM (5Ide7)
It was just one jet and one pilot. He's been grounded pending review of the incident, which is standard procedure throughout naval aviation, not just the Blues.
I believe it was CNATRA -- a two-star, I think, who initiated the review.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 10:12 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: polynikes
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I love your work. Especially the landscapes. Thank you for sharing with us.
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 10:13 AM (hPLSE)
That painting is simply wonderful. Every element, the dynamic stylized cross, praying figures in silhouette, and that varied, brilliant sky, all work together. They combine to reinforce the concept of love and mercy and the power of prayer.
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 10:14 AM (yTvNw)
Anybody who joined the Navy because of that movie should have been assigned deck swabbing duties until he realized that he wasn't going to get to shag Nicole Kidman either.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 10:15 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: screaming in digital at July 18, 2026 10:15 AM (hPLSE)
Side effects include vomiting, diarrhea, fever, night sweats, and early morning languid snorting and sighing.
Posted by: Big Fizer at July 18, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)
Started asking the Lord not for relief, but release. Probably not a good sign.
Hope y'all are doing better than I.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at July 18, 2026 10:17 AM (mQbp+)
Thanks. I usually don't explain what I was going for as it's the viewer's interpretation but in this one I was trying to show the darkness turning to light through prayer with the dark foreboding sky at top and then the bright light coming through toward the people praying.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:17 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at July 18, 2026 09:59 AM (0sNs1)
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No, they're the best. Just ask them!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:03 AM (/WQyy)
Very nice!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 10:18 AM (6wpGE)
I’m told on good authority these days lawn care makes me a Nazi, so maybe I’ll check out that Horst Vessel tune later on today on the YouTube?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:19 AM (GbFT6)
Just wanted to offer a praise -- Thursday we celebrated 49 years of marriage. 49 years of God's grace, mercy and blessing on two young people who had no idea what they were doing, but thought they did. God is good, through the good and the bad.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at July 18, 2026 10:20 AM (4VH0B)
- unplugged: check
- forget to push the one, big, red button: check
- no water: check
- no coffee: check
- unground coffee beans: check
- no filter: half check. I caught it before turning it on. Yay me
- no pot: uncheck
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 09:43 AM (vTZFs)
115 I once did the same, except the missing item was the pot beneath the drip.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 18, 2026 09:44 AM (0U5gm)
Have you two met?
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 10:20 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 10:21 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2mApq)
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Wait. I thought it Rep. Summer's Eve.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)
I for one am bored with all these flyovers.
Ppppfffttt!!! I say.
Now. Run a battalion of tanks down that beach. There! That would be exciting!
Posted by: Diogenes
Abrams on speed runs, nice firm wet beach sand makes it a smoother ride too. Would pay money to watch that.
Loved watching 3rd herd train on those ling straight tank trails out at McGregor Range when they turned in their M60s and were issued M1s.
I love the smell of burnt jp8 in the morning.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at July 18, 2026 10:22 AM (QVmho)
The Blue Angles had to sortie out of the airport in Salinas. Something about the F-18's made landing or taking off from Monterey a no-go.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 10:22 AM (jehhT)
I think 99% of the people here have that position though with a few caveats.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:23 AM (/WQyy)
And when civilian lives are on the other side of the line, the place to push it is on the practice field, not the performance field.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 09:54 AM (vTZFs)
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Every time a military aircraft takes off, civilians can die. It's in the job the description.
The question is how do you handle an honest mistake that inflicted no loss. Quitting does not solve the problem. You correct, and move forward. If it happens again, that's something else.
Having the guy quit creates a hole in the team. His training and practice hours are wasted. Someone else has to step up, but now the team is smaller, and less able to perform if someone gets sick.
In the military especially, you will screw up. You will break a rule, but you cannot let people think they can quit and solve it. They have to overcome that failure because in combat, quitting is not an option. The best time to build that mentality is in practice and demonstrations, which is why we do it.
This is a skill that is being lost in our society, and its why kids kill themselves so readily. As my drill sergeant said in Basic "Suck it up, drive on." Great advice for life.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Diogenes
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This^
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 10:23 AM (zhuhT)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)
Long and ago and far away...
When I was in the Navy, the Navy Fighter Pilots were definitely rock stars. The girls gravitated towards them like you wouldn't believe.
The funny thing was though, when that career was over, the guys who'd been "the bus drivers", the guys who'd been flying the big cargo craft, got the high-paying jobs as airliner pilots. The fighter pilot skills didn't really transfer easily to the new career.
Tempus fuget, people. Tempus puget.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 18, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)
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Vote fraud today! Vote fraud tomorrow! Vote fraud forever!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)
From 2011:
Navy Cmdr. Dave Koss volunteered to be relieved of his duties after admitting days following a performance at Lynchburg Regional Air Show on May 22, that the movement he carried out "had an unacceptably low minimum altitude" and was not in accordance with airborne standards, according to a statement from the Naval Air Forces.
"This maneuver, combined with other instances of not meeting the airborne standard that makes the Blue Angels the exceptional organization that it is, led to my decision to step down," Koss said in the statement.
If only Jeff Kuss had had such a view as to what makes them exceptional. He might be alive today. (Kuss had a history of not performing up to such precise standards during previous practices for upcoming airshows).
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 10:25 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at July 18, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)
I think that was Hegseth's point when he tweeted "flyovers will continue until morale improves"
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:25 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:27 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: naturalfake at July 18, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)
tempus fugit
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 10:28 AM (6wpGE)
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So long as you keep them the hell away from me, have at it lady. Presumably she wouldn’t mind jet airliners crashing too while we’re at it. There aren’t enough unqualified pilots to go around, let’s get those numbers up. Pairs delightfully with unqualified flight controllers at ATC i’m sure.
She seems uniquely unqualified to be in government as well. Kind of a negative feedback loop they have going here. Nice
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 10:29 AM (GbFT6)
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Vote fraud today! Vote fraud tomorrow! Vote fraud forever!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:25 AM
The loser doth protest too much.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 18, 2026 10:29 AM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:25 AM (rbvCR)
Heh… I didn’t know that context and thought Hegseth was referring to Iranian “flyovers” continuing until Mullah morale improves…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 18, 2026 10:29 AM (nkHgN)
Confidence has always been an aphrodisiac. Those pilots had that by the barrel.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:29 AM (/WQyy)
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Or, as a buddy of mine did, fly a C-32 (modified 757 aka Air Force 2) for the Feds. Then fly various business jets for a big tech company. President of SAS has, or had, a modified 737 as his private jet. Pretty nice interior too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 10:30 AM (jehhT)
God knows. Mercy upon us, Almighty Creator.
Good morning. Quiche and Coffee to start with.
Posted by: mindful webworker - a day without equal at July 18, 2026 10:31 AM (p+5Bi)
Trump Threatens Higher Tariffs on Canada over “Dangerous” Smoke from Wildfires
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 10:32 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:33 AM (/WQyy)
It all depends upon demand. When airlines are in an up-tempo hiring cycle, former fighter pilots are not handicapped by what they flew in the military. I flew with plenty of them.
It's the guys who flew rotary winged aircraft that really don't have much of a chance, although I flew with a few of those types, as well.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 10:34 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at July 18, 2026 09:59 AM (0sNs1)
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No, they're the best. Just ask them!"
Well, a truth that powerful is difficult to ignore.
Posted by: modest but honest .41 magnum fan
Posted by: JTB at July 18, 2026 10:35 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 18, 2026 10:35 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 10:35 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 18, 2026 10:35 AM (XvL8K)
Smoke 'em if ya got 'em.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 10:36 AM (6wpGE)
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Meta Boy did not get into Med school first time he applied despite graduating undergrad Summa Cum Laude and an MCAT score in the 97th percentile. When he did get in the following year, white males were a small percentage of his overall class. This is at one of the top 10 med schools in the U.S. Many of his cohort washed out after the first board exam and a bunch more after the second board exam. Those slots could have/should have gone to more qualified students.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 18, 2026 10:36 AM (GTqXr)
I guess we shouldn't complain too much. Our brush/forest fires sometimes burn for months too.
Just seems like the Canadians don't even try to put them out. Might be too remote to do much... *shrugs*
Not seeing smoke here in KY so my ability to care is diminished.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 10:38 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 18, 2026 10:38 AM (wOO3z)
https://tinyurl.com/2x8xvee9
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 10:41 AM (Kt19C)
Declassified CIA Note Reveals China Sought to Pay U.S. Journalists to Write Negative Stories about Trump to Influence 2020 Election
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.
Captain Sabin, condolences to you and your family on your loss.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 10:42 AM (OXYE0)
But everything she writes should be read with the nut filter on.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 10:44 AM (sl73Y)
This is, to put it as politely as I can, horseshit.
They have plenty of intel from us, the enemy. They have internal polling. They have staffers younger than 70, who work social media and sites like this for them. They have independent right wing media shoving mics directly in their faces and demanding they answer for their treachery.
They know ALL about our anger. They always have. And the response has always been "So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those bastards won't get away this time!"
And that has always worked. And it will continue to. For at least a short while longer.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 18, 2026 10:45 AM (BI5O2)
Declassified CIA Note Reveals China Sought to Pay U.S. Journalists to Write Negative Stories about Trump to Influence 2020 Election
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
Yeah the journalists would have done it for free or possibly paid their boss to run the stories.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 10:45 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 18, 2026 10:45 AM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18
And maybe a little artillary?
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 10:46 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 18, 2026 10:48 AM (2Ez/1)
The best stunt pilot I ever saw was Jimmy Franklin. Absolutely jaw-dropping. He's dead now.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 10:48 AM (vTZFs)
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We've got a coal seam fire west of Glenwood Springs that's been burning well over a century. The scar is clearly visible from I-70.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 18, 2026 10:48 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 10:50 AM (OXYE0)
I sort of expect everything related to "assault weapons" will be on hold pending SCOTUS deciding Viramontes, hopefully sooner than later.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 10:51 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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One thing is certain; they do not have to fear throngs of irate constituents descending on the Capitol to express their dissatisfaction with their job performance.
Because that's about the only thing that has ever seemed to make an impression on those assholes.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 10:53 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18
And maybe a little artillary?
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 10:46 AM (sl73Y)
Ohhhhhhh!!!!
The King of Battle has arrived!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 18, 2026 10:53 AM (2WIwB)
Convertible top.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 10:54 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 10:56 AM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 10:56 AM (Kt19C)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 10:58 AM (zhuhT)
(hic) schomeone call (hic) me?
- Hilldawg
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 18, 2026 10:56 AM (Kt19C)
haha!
art Hillary!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 10:58 AM (6wpGE)
The president also discussed how he wanted to prevent non-citizens from voting by passing the "Save America Act.
I"We should note that it is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal and state elections," Tapper clarified.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 11:00 AM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Mick at July 18, 2026 11:02 AM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)
And it's also illegal to speed, drink under age, take meth, drive without insurance , etc.
I swear the Left are the biggest retards in the universe and that's including Planet Retard X.
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 11:04 AM (/WQyy)
When a member of the Blues, for whatever reason, expectantly leaves the team mid-season, a former Blue Angel is tapped by the Navy to return to Pensacola to re-join the squadron for the balance of the airshow season. It typically takes a few weeks of practice sessions for him to be fully back up to speed and deemed safe to fly in airshows.
This is what happened when Dave Koss resigned as Boss in 2011. They brought in a former Blue Angel CO to lead the team. It's happens when other BA pilots leave, as well.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:05 AM (J4Dwc)
Declassified CIA Note Reveals China Sought to Pay U.S. Journalists to Write Negative Stories about Trump to Influence 2020 Election
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 18, 2026 10:41 AM (ndZc7)
Whole series of TrumpBadOrangeMan stories paid with Starbucks gift card. Superior officers in organs of State Security accuse me of pocketing rest of bribe money, so I defect to New Jersey.
Of course I pocket bribe money. You think I stupid?
Posted by: Wi Tu Lo, PLA Spy Defector at July 18, 2026 11:09 AM (iqcvy)
So pregnant pilots then.
Posted by: Word nerd at July 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at July 18, 2026 11:09 AM (cX9q7)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:10 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Word nerd at July 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:11 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: polynikes at July 18, 2026 11:13 AM (/WQyy)
Coolest flyby I've seen in years was an airshow in Madera about 2 years ago. Four P51 Mustangs roaring overhead at about 200 ft in a banking turn right over the crowd, going flat out, full military power.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iqcvy)
Posted by: polynikes
Explaining what you were going for in a painting is worse than explaining a joke.
Especially when a viewer comes up with interpretations you hadn't thought of and you can look smug like, "Oh, yes, I meant to do that."😁
Posted by: mindful webworker - I meant to do that at July 18, 2026 11:14 AM (p+5Bi)
I might go outside!
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at July 18, 2026 11:14 AM (kJmSS)
That seems to have corrected the problem, at least for now until a new problem shows itself.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:15 AM (J4Dwc)
https://tinyurl.com/ymwwat8e
Posted by: Thunder and lightning at July 18, 2026 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July
Parents were members, would play a couple of times a summer. My father would hit down the fairway, deek into the swampy rough, and come out a hundred yards later with a dozen found balls. Hole after hole.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 11:19 AM (sl73Y)
Two pages and a bit more are done, and as Papa Hemingway advised, I stopped in the middle of a scene and a sentence, ready to pick up later. It's building to the big action scene, so I *really* want to go on with it, and I might.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026"
***
And so I did. Story is done, 5300 words. Originally I was going to have another scene as a coda. As I was working, though, I realized I could fold it into the current one, and I think it works.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 11:20 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 11:22 AM (wzUl9)
Hopefully you still have the same number.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 18, 2026 11:22 AM (OlzlW)
That seems to have corrected the problem, at least for now until a new problem shows itself.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:15 AM (J4Dwc)
You need to back up your files in the cloud using OneDrive
*deletes OneDrive*
*reinstalls OneDrive*
We missed you! We helpfully reinstalled OneDrive for you. Now log in.
*deletes OneDrive*
*reinstalls OneDrive*
There are many adv
Advantages to OneDrive, so we reinstalled for you.
*deletes OneDrive*
*reinstalls OneDrive*
You're not very smart, are you? Here's your complimentary reinstallation of OneDrive.
*deletes OneDrive*
*researches latest distros of Linux*
Who said you could install Linux, you asshole. Use this reinstallation of OneDrive or we'll put your credit card number up on the Dark Web...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 18, 2026 11:22 AM (iqcvy)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 18, 2026 11:23 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 11:23 AM (O7YUW)
*snorts!* Very well written. Bravo. You have captured the essence of one of the reasons why I (and many others) have come to hate Microslop so much.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 11:25 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 11:25 AM (Dd38x)
One thing I can say for sure: the US Government's assertions about our supplies and dispositions of F-22s are FALSE.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 18, 2026 11:25 AM (BI5O2)
Yeah, I wish I could reach into my machine and drag One Drive out by its throat.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:29 AM (J4Dwc)
(Microslop's poorly designed and not-tested updates.)
They're absolute geniuses compared to the used car salesmen running Xfinity. I just got the new apartment hooked up to the intertubes but need to get in and change my wifi network name, and do a bit of tweeking. Since the last time I hooked up Xfinity, they went to an app-only management system, which requires that you own a state-of-the-art smartphone with the latest IoS or Android software. Which I have, but their website won't let me download the app, says I'm logged in but not a customer so fuck you.
When you contact support, every "solution" starts with "open the app". But I can't even DOWNLOAD THE APP you retard. Oh, I see. Let's get that solved. First, open the app....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 18, 2026 11:32 AM (iqcvy)
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:38 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
--------
That's going around these days. Sick to death of it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 18, 2026 11:40 AM (XeU6L)
*deletes OneDrive*
*reinstalls OneDrive*
Between MacOS and Linux (neither of which are perfect), I will never again voluntarily use Windows on personally owned hardware.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 18, 2026 11:42 AM (vTZFs)
https://winutil.christitus.com/
Command line driven tweaks for about everything. I've used some of them without any issues.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 11:47 AM (jehhT)
First step is:
"You will first need to start a PowerShell terminal as Admin."
I'm out. lol
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:50 AM (J4Dwc)
Some people are pretty stupid.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 18, 2026 11:57 AM (J4Dwc)
Daily Tech News 18 July 2026
Top Story
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AWS is experiencing a wee spot of bother with its billing system. (The Register)
Speculation is that it's a unit conversion error in the cost estimation tool, but all we know for sure is that people who barely use the service are being alerted to cost estimates in the billions of dollars, and for businesses that have active applications the predicted bills run into the trillions.
AWS say they are looking into it.
📣 Service Update: AWS Billing Console
— AWS Support (@AWSSupport) July 17, 2026
We are investigating issues with Cost Explorer reflecting inaccurate estimated billing data.
📊 Track status: https://t.co/6qSnkuEzc4#AWS #AWSSupport
Some users are nonetheless expressing mild consternation.Wait...
— NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 (@japan_nobunaga) July 17, 2026
Did I just accidentally buy America? https://t.co/8RVfe4Cc5Q pic.twitter.com/G37bmFaNR5
Tech News
- TSMC says that its work towards 1.4nm technology is progressing well, with 90% yield on SRAM dies and 90% of targeted performance on logic circuits. (Tom's Hardware)
1.4nm is the node after the 2nm node that we are expecting to see late this year, so it won't reach production until at least 2028. A 90% yield this early is a good sign.
- AI datacenters must produce as much energy as they consume, says retarded communist and part-time Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. (Tom's Hardware)
Alexa, please repeal the laws of thermodynamics.
- The Zilog Z80 has turned 50. (Goliath32)
As has that website.
- Microsoft's new Surface Laptop is here with its complement of eight whole gigabytes of RAM. (The Verge)
That's plenty for Linux, and tolerable for MacOS. Running Windows 11 it's a miserable experience.
- The Redmagic Astra 2 tablet is here, with a 9" 185Hz OLED screen, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 CPU, up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, and... Active cooling? (Liliputing)
The one thing I want from a tablet is not to have a fan whining at me.
- The Lenovo Legion Y700 Infinite tablet is here, with an 8.8" OLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 CPU, up to 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, and... Passive cooling, apparently. (Notebook Check)
It's going to be horribly expensive and I just picked up their Gen 3 model at half price so I'm not even tempted, but at least it's silent.
- Beelink's new ME Pro 370 is a NAS with a Ryzen 370 12-core laptop CPU, supporting two or four 3.5" hard drives, three M.2 SSDs, and... Up to 256GB of RAM? (Notebook Check)
That seems unlikely, because that amount would require four 64GB DDR5 modules, and nobody is putting four SODIMM slots in consumer equipment.
I have ten DDR5 SODIMMs. Believe me, I've looked.
Research
The Eighth Law already requires that every admissible alteration of the noetic field (and, by extension, every macroscopic world-line that couples to that field) lie along a null geodesic of the full 6D manifold that satisfies the 2T-gauge conditions. Ordinary 3+1 orbital motion is the projection of such a higher-dimensional geodesic. Spin-orbit locking therefore cannot be a purely 3-spatial mechanical equilibrium; it must also be consistent with the hidden and components of the geodesic. In practice this appears observationally as an additional, apparently arbitrary ceiling on how tightly a world can remain synchronized: once the integrated "geodesic resistance" exceeds a threshold set by the unknown couplings , and the noetic tensor, further dissipative evolution is forbidden even if ordinary tidal torque remains. The result is that perfect, permanent 1:1 locking may be rarer or more fragile than in 3+1 physics, and residual libration or slow drift in the relative orientation of the permanent day/night hemispheres can persist.
This actually makes complete sense given the context, and solves the problem, but even so gives me a headache.
All I wanted to do was make the sky blue.
I've also been tinkering with Fable as well as Grok, and while it's impressive, I don't trust it. It heaped effusive praise on what I consider one of the weakest points of the plot of the story I'm working on.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Do not eat the dark snow.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2026 04:34 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:34 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 18, 2026 04:35 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)
So they have to build nuclear power plants to supply the power? How about some gas and coal fired along with it?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:37 AM (l3cgK)
... and the yellow snow is right out.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)
I hear the red snow tastes like watermelon, but gives you the runs...not worth it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:37 AM (l3cgK)
Not even 37 Musk-equivalents can pay that monthly bill...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:39 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:39 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 04:40 AM (jrKun)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
And doesn't even solve the DDR shortage problem...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:41 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
That's because North Korea is a commie paradise...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:42 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim
The impossible we do immediately; the miraculous takes a little longer.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2026 04:45 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: jim
The impossible we do immediately; the miraculous takes a little longer.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2026 04:45 AM (BLOW1)
Your hash is BLOW1? LOL!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:46 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:46 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 04:48 AM (qFwJc)
He picked it himself! It's wonderful.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:48 AM (6wpGE)
I guess it depends who's the blower and who's the blowee...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:49 AM (l3cgK)
And I have a business-grade internet connection with a static IP so it never changes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2026 04:50 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 04:48 AM (qFwJc)
362 Zdollars to USD...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:50 AM (l3cgK)
DDR5 = Double Data Rate 5
as in
Double Data Rate 5 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR5 SDRAM)
a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (Wikipedia)
[not Deutsche Demokratische Republik]
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:52 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:54 AM (6wpGE)
And I have a business-grade internet connection with a static IP so it never changes.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2026 04:50 AM (BLOW1)
Noice. My hash didn't change for years until the local cable company shut my internet down for hours for "repair work". When it came on next, it had changed.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:54 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
That's because North Korea is a commie paradise...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:42 AM (l3cgK)
Similarly:
AI datacenters must produce as much energy as they consume, says retarded communist and part-time Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. (Tom's Hardware)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:57 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:41 AM (6wpGE)
That's because North Korea is a commie paradise...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 04:42 AM (l3cgK)
Similarly:
AI datacenters must produce as much energy as they consume, says retarded communist and part-time Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. (Tom's Hardware)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:57 AM (6wpGE)
Yes, and they should build coal, nuclear, and gas-powered electric generation plants to do it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 05:01 AM (l3cgK)
Satellite imagery in North Korea
Satellite imagery in North Korea is a knowledge-building tool in the field of North Korean studies. It enables researchers to produce data-based analyses in the agricultural, humanitarian, economic and military fields, in a country where access to the field is limited.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:03 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2026 05:04 AM (V0/Sp)
Satellite imagery in North Korea
Satellite imagery in North Korea is a knowledge-building tool in the field of North Korean studies. It enables researchers to produce data-based analyses in the agricultural, humanitarian, economic and military fields, in a country where access to the field is limited.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:03 AM (6wpGE)
China is asshoe.
North Korea is asshoe.
Russia is asshoe.
Iran is asshoe.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 05:04 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2026 05:05 AM (V0/Sp)
Border cities bright at night as North Korea goes solar
Radio Free Asia
https://www.rfa.org › english › korea › 2026/06/27
Jun 26, 2026 — A North Korean city on the border with China is no longer completely dark at nighttime, satellite imagery and eyewitness accounts revealed.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:06 AM (6wpGE)
I understood almost all of the words and even a few scattered phrases.
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2026 05:05 AM (V0/Sp)
I powered through it!
*fistbump*
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
>>AI datacenters must produce as much energy as they consume, says retarded communist and part-time Australian prime minister
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Fine. Shall we do that via perpetual motion or time travel?
Posted by: The Engineering Team at July 18, 2026 05:09 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Colin at July 18, 2026 05:09 AM (CiQE7)
I understood almost all of the words and even a few scattered phrases.
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2026 05:05 AM (V0/Sp)
I powered through it!
*fistbump*
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
Yeah, math. I thought we eschewed that here...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 05:09 AM (l3cgK)
>>AI datacenters must produce as much energy as they consume, says retarded communist and part-time Australian prime minister
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Fine. Shall we do that via perpetual motion or time travel?
Posted by: The Engineering Team at July 18, 2026 05:09 AM (mmrXZ)
Time Travel won't work...the energy requirements would be more than astronomical, literally, if even possible.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 05:10 AM (l3cgK)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at July 18, 2026 05:14 AM (AMvSw)
Yeah, math. I thought we eschewed that here...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 18, 2026 05:09 AM (l3cgK)
I didn't recognize it as being math.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:16 AM (6wpGE)
I understood almost all of the words and even a few scattered phrases.
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2026 05:05 AM (V0/Sp)
I powered through it!
*fistbump*
Posted by: m
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Oh yeah? Well, I know how to pronounce Sinuiju.
And hang it all, I want North Korea to implode. This solar energy advance might give relief to a few suffering souls, but it also means a prolongation of the cruel status quo.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 05:17 AM (mmrXZ)
The only reason he will not outlaw death is because he is in the pockets of Big Death.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:17 AM (4g5V+)
Time Travel won't work...the energy requirements would be more than astronomical, literally, if even possible.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
============
I like Time Travel! Just go back a little further in time to get more energy.
Posted by: Anthony Albanese at July 18, 2026 05:20 AM (mmrXZ)
Sinuiju | ˌSHinˈ wēˌ jo͞o |
a city and port in North Korea, situated on the Yalu River near its mouth on the Yellow Sea; population 383,200 (est. 2003).
Something like
shin WEE joo
I think.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:20 AM (6wpGE)
[not Deutsche Demokratische Republik]
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:52 AM (6wpGE)
Heh. Anytime I see DDR even in terms of computer chips, the first thing I think of is the GDR. Showing my age I guess.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:20 AM (4g5V+)
This really isn't a big issue if you look at whats happening in the the US. Just get out of the way.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:22 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 05:24 AM (mmrXZ)
Something like
shin WEE joo
I think.
Posted by: m
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A little more like SHEEN weh joo
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 05:24 AM (mmrXZ)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 05:25 AM (6wpGE)
If you owe Amazon $58 trillion, you don't have a problem- Amazon has a problem. Might as well keep shopping!
Posted by: t-bird at July 18, 2026 05:27 AM (SdO+F)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 18, 2026 05:30 AM (OsdBI)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 04:48 AM (qFwJc)
But Robert Mugabe outlawed inflation! That one act saved the Zimbabwean currency!
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:32 AM (4g5V+)
This really isn't a big issue if you look at whats happening in the the US. Just get out of the way.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:22 AM (viF8m)
What?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:33 AM (4g5V+)
This really isn't a big issue if you look at whats happening in the the US. Just get out of the way.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:22 AM (viF8m)
What?
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:33 AM (
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:33 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:34 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:33 AM
This is what I do for a living when I'm not arguing with stupid women who tell me to shut up and sit down.
Have you died yet from global warming? Did Trump collude with Russia?
Energy is adjusting. It might be a good investment.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:39 AM (viF8m)
The main thing I got out of the article about the ZiLog chip was the mention of WordStar. That was the first word processor I ever encountered, on the 1988 PCs at the local community college. I was learning about them (and how to type, among other things) as part of the Job Training Partnership Act classes for "displaced workers." That is one thing above all others that changed my life. If I had not seen that ad in the paper . . . I shiver to think about what might have become of me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at July 18, 2026 05:45 AM (/Chlc)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at July 18, 2026
***
The unofficial and never-spoken motto of the Impossible Missions Force under Dan Briggs, ca. 1966-67!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
I loved that movie.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:49 AM (4g5V+)
Now Robert Mugabe was a great leader, lived the great leader lifestyle. He went to rags to riches, chased out most of the European farmers, and gave the land to the people who didn't know a shovel from a tree. Lived far to long.....Loved the exchange rate to US dollars. To many zero's for me to figure out. They once had a 50 trillion dollar bill.
Posted by: Colin at July 18, 2026 05:50 AM (CiQE7)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:51 AM (4g5V+)
Now Robert Mugabe was a great leader, lived the great leader lifestyle. He went to rags to riches, chased out most of the European farmers, and gave the land to the people who didn't know a shovel from a tree. Lived far to long.....Loved the exchange rate to US dollars. To many zero's for me to figure out. They once had a 50 trillion dollar bill.
Posted by: Colin at July 18, 2026 05:50 AM (CiQE7)
At one point the Zimbabwean…pound? Dollar? Was halving in value every 16 hours.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:53 AM (4g5V+)
Here is a thoughtful devotional by a man on Acts 16:6-10, ( KJV )"Road Closed, Spirit Led" about changes of our plans and being alert to God's guidance
https://tinyurl.com/4nt24w3s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 05:53 AM (jt/rW)
Miss Linda and I went to the nearby mall and walked for almost half an hour yesterday. I never see anybody running or even trotting there. But I need to start a new fad if I can. It's just too bloody hot outdoors.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)
AI is no more evil than an AR.
It's a tool. Use it wisely.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:54 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026
*
I loved that movie.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026
***
It's a forgotten gem. Maybe I can get a DVD from the library.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 05:58 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 06:00 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 06:03 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 06:07 AM (qFwJc)
Dagny and Stirling love it, and Dagny even fishes it out of the toy basket on her own. See if you can find it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fluffy at July 18, 2026 06:08 AM (V0/Sp)
Running all internet traffic thru a data center that the government can access without a warrant is an army.
Posted by: Accomack at July 18, 2026 06:09 AM (8jVAy)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026
***
Blanche Bickerson: "Cats are easy to make friends with. Get him something to play with."
John Bickerson: "I'll bring him a dog in the morning!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)
Thanks for the recommendation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 06:10 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:34 AM (4g5V+)
Which leads me to do it like this:
52 51 This really isn't a big issue if you look at whats happening in the the US. Just get out of the way.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 05:22 AM (viF8m)
What?
--Anthony Albanese
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 05:33 AM
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 06:11 AM (6wpGE)
Many moons ago I was told I was making a huge mistake taking a job with this little router company out of the Bay area that was going to transition ARPANET into this thing called the internet. I had friends mock me when I told them about these things called email and online banking. We now call them how we live.
AI is coming. None of us are going to stop it. Choose wisely.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 06:11 AM (viF8m)
https://tinyurl.com/3hn56syz
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 06:17 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 06:11 AM (viF8m)
What year was that, JackStraw?
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 06:18 AM (6wpGE)
I've always liked all my adult cats.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 06:21 AM (jt/rW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 06:03 AM (jt/rW)
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A length of string and a balled up piece of paper are some of their favorite cat toys.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 06:24 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 06:25 AM (jt/rW)
If they haven't addressed it correctly . . . No. I don't want to think about that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026 06:26 AM (jt/rW)
A length of string and a balled up piece of paper are some of their favorite cat toys.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026
***
My mother devised a cat toy from a wadded-up piece of crinkly clear plastic, the wrapping from a pack of her cigarettes, cinched in the middle with a string. Her last cat, L'il Bit, would bring it to her to play.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:28 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 18, 2026
***
They love to have the string disappear around a corner and will leap after it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)
199 something, Never really thought about the dates.
But the next few years were incredible. Being a small part of watching and paticizting in the growth was mind boggling when I look back on it
And that anonymous thing? That doesn't really exist.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 06:31 AM (viF8m)
I didn't get much sleep
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 06:31 AM (Ia/+0)
199 something, Never really thought about the dates.
But the next few years were incredible. Being a small part of watching and paticizting in the growth was mind boggling when I look back on it
And that anonymous thing? That doesn't really exist.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 06:31 AM (viF8m)
supercool
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 06:34 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 06:40 AM (odyr+)
Running all internet traffic thru a data center that the government can access without a warrant is an army.
Posted by: Accomack at July 18, 2026 06:09 AM (8jVAy)
A government that will use data centers to oppress its people is a government that doesn't need data centers to oppress its people because it's doing it already.
The data center is not the issue.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 18, 2026 06:41 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 18, 2026 06:45 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 06:45 AM (odyr+)
Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 18, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)
This might be related. It doesn't looking exactly the same, but it's an interesting coincidence.
Posted by: meh at July 18, 2026 06:47 AM (zZxsY)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 06:40 AM (odyr+)
Kinda scary, tho.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 06:48 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 06:40 AM (odyr+)
Had to go gurgle search that. HA! It is pretty damn funny!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 18, 2026 06:48 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 06:49 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 18, 2026 06:46 AM (MWfyi)
Wow; cool.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 06:50 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Man who lives as a pig at July 18, 2026
***
I remember dBase as well. Lotus 1-2-3, IBM's own DisplayWrite, and at last WordPerfect with its hidden codes. And wouldn't you know it, at my first job after the classes, the office used . . . Microsoft Word for DOS. I had to learn it, and did, doing a lot of Mail Merge and eventually writing a macro to renumber questions on a 100-question test.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/2a5uk7zs
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 06:54 AM (FWIP7)
Posted by: Accomack at July 18, 2026 06:55 AM (GbONR)
https://tinyurl.com/2a5uk7zs
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026
***
Hank Jr.'s granddaughter, or Hank Sr.'s?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 18, 2026 06:56 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 18, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 06:58 AM (FWIP7)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 06:59 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 07:00 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:01 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:03 AM (FWIP7)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:03 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood"
I sold Kaypro and other CP/M computers. Word processing was probably the most popular application. My dad developed a water billing program for small municipalities that he sold for years. It was never ported to DOS but some cities continued to run it for many years after the IBM PC came out.
I wrote a program in dBASE that would take the input from comment cards from a local restaurant chain and categorize the comments, like how many comments on dirty utensils, cold food, poor service etc. That company is still in business but I don't think they use my program anymore
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:09 AM (MWfyi)
I see a number of 29 year old's who've worked tech since, practically, day one.
I do recall "the holy trinity" of Word Perfect, Lotus 123 and Dbase III as the standard office suite. Add in early e-mail like cc:Mail and... there you go.
For me, it was all that on Novell S-Net servers and ITT branded workstations with whopping 5MB hard drives and two 5.25" floppies.
Heady days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 07:10 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:12 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:13 AM (mV7kM)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:15 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:17 AM (mV7kM)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 18, 2026 07:18 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:18 AM (mV7kM)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:18 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:19 AM (mV7kM)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at July 18, 2026 07:20 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:24 AM (mV7kM)
Posted by: Huck Follywood"
That was a typical thing back then. Just one program justified the expense of a computer because it made it so much easier and faster than doing it the old way.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:19 AM (mV7kM)
Just for asking that, you probably just got put on a List.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:25 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:25 AM (mV7kM)
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1985... I was certified as a Novell Engineer. Novell was a pioneer in directory services, key in early Internet. I wrote a Novell Administrator's Guide for the US Treasury dealing with directory services, LDAP, etc. Like 200 pages for the network I built for them... while working for them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 07:25 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:27 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:27 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:29 AM (MWfyi)
Still a bit of Canuck haze here. Going to start raining in a couple of hours, should knock the haze down.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 18, 2026 07:30 AM (OXYE0)
I did too until I gave up my subscription to the Detroit Free Press. Not enough pictures and too expensive when I was in prison.
Posted by: Kwame Kilpatrick at July 18, 2026 07:30 AM (45BvE)
Most everything was on daisy chained coax back then. That was fun, chasing cable defects.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:31 AM (MWfyi)
This will not be well received by the chardonnay Karen crowd.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:38 AM (C2m2z)
A wee spot of Aussie-speak!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:38 AM (6wpGE)
A wee spot of Aussie-speak!
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:38 AM (6wpGE)
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Decimal places...how do they work?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 07:39 AM (FZ29D)
How about 5 or 10 a day? Does that keep it off?
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:40 AM (MWfyi)
I'm a man, a man with a plan
My plan is to booze as much as I can
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:42 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 07:43 AM (oFj7+)
Remember when the Army used the Enable office suite software on Zenith PCs? I learned spreadsheets on Enable, tracking ammo forecasting and expenditures around 1990.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 18, 2026 07:44 AM (iqcvy)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:38 AM (C2m2z)
Maybe they mean, like, the verb "to average":
• calculate or estimate the average of (figures or measurements): their earnings, averaged out over the month, were only $62 a week.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:46 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)
I'm a man, a man with a plan
My plan is to booze as much as I can
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:42 AM (MWfyi)
I'm reminded of
“A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama!”
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)
“A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama!”
Posted by: m"
I think you got it backwards.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)
It's upside down.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 07:49 AM (6wpGE)
“A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama!”
Posted by: m"
I think you got it backwards.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:48 AM (MWfyi)
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* golf clap *
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 18, 2026 07:49 AM (FZ29D)
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Z-248's I think. Workhorses.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 18, 2026 07:50 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Martini Farmer"
Those came after when I decided I was done with contracts with the Federal Government.
Posted by: fd at July 18, 2026 07:53 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 18, 2026 07:53 AM (r7+k8)
Posted by: Another Anon at July 18, 2026 10:09 AM (4h45B)
Look At Me I'm ONT
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Terry
How to land
AI
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Sounds legit
Doc, I'm still awake
Bad day
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This would start civil war 2
Bottoms up!
Honesty
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Uhh..
It's a living
Saw some of you guys on TV
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NDA
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 17, 2026 09:59 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: mindful webworker -party on, Morons at July 17, 2026 10:00 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 10:00 PM (VQ0bX)
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Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: TRex - hazy skies dino at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (XfIK1)
I have spent over $1200 on Melatonin and now I know why my skin has not changed color.
Trump lied to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (IEljh)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (v9vY1)
On lunch, I was picking up some stuff at Publix and thought about getting a sandwich. They had one of their chicken and bacon and mayo sandwiches there. But also lettuce and I thought 'best not'.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (StSOD)
Lettuce is not food. Lettuce is what food eats.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (NeM+a)
Posted by: GT 5.0 at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (TlmrZ)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (aJQbY)
How apropos.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (pyNYl)
Everybody relax, I'm here.
Posted by: Jack Burton at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (iqcvy)
I just love the way you are able to tie things together, Weird Dave.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 10:13 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (NeM+a)
Well, maybe if you eat rabbit, or tortoise.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 10:13 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 17, 2026 09:59 PM (w3u3d)
That will NEVER not be funny.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:13 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 10:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 10:14 PM (v9vY1)
Zombie Mitch - that was a Michael Jackson vid, right? (Not a fan, but I seem to recall.)
Speaking of
https://bit.ly/mitch-granny
Posted by: mindful webworker - well, doggies! at July 17, 2026 10:14 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 10:14 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 17, 2026 10:14 PM (NeM+a)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 10:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Otto Penn at July 17, 2026 10:15 PM (sJHOI)
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Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 10:17 PM (VHUov)
______________________________
Parenting isn't necessarily hard. But, sometimes it's hard to keep a straight face and not do a fist pump when you realize when your kid gets his own place, he won't be putting up track lighting or waste away his weekends antiquing.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 10:18 PM (dIske)
I mean, if you really think about it.
*tip ur waiter*
Posted by: Otto Penn
It's the better option, for sure.
You do not want implosive diarrhea.
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 10:16 PM (sKqQm)
But it's still a free fire zone when we're healthy, right?
Posted by: Undocumented Aliens at July 17, 2026 10:18 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: 18-1
Pretty sure you could have left off the last four words.
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at July 17, 2026 10:19 PM (NeM+a)
Posted by: the indecent tonic water at July 17, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
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Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 10:20 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Born a rhea, die a rhea.
Posted by: Large flightless bird at July 17, 2026 10:21 PM (1z8ji)
I just love the way you are able to tie things together, Weird Dave.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (GX6fr)
I can't force myself to watch the Mitch video, too disturbing.
Posted by: Joemarine at July 17, 2026 10:21 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Pinochet at July 17, 2026 10:22 PM (GX6fr)
Winning is having your kid put YOU on HIS cellphone plan.
I am winning.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:22 PM (8dYl7)
Posted by: We doan need no steenking bachez! at July 17, 2026 10:23 PM (R0XxO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 10:24 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 10:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 17, 2026 10:25 PM (6lIrI)
Some think it got into drugs from the homeless,or food from the homeless (something about homeless) and mutated.
I hope I never see one, thanks. I hate the squirrel at our bird feeder every winter and that's enough wild kingdom for me. The deer herd in our front yard is fine and cute. Probably have ticks but I only see them in the winter in the snow.
Six years ago a huge white rat with a brown spot showed up on our patio. We were gardening and our toddler grandson asked if he could pet it. We said wut, then NO!, and freaked out at the same time. It almost got into the house with us when we ran inside. Thankfully it did not or I'd have to burn the house down. A trapper guy came and we think fed it to his snake. It tried to bite him through leather gloves, so a mean one. Probably from a lab in chy na.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Joemarine at July 17, 2026 10:21 PM (y171U)
Not as disturbing as seeing him in the Senate.
(He had his moments e.g. keeping Garland off the SCOTUS, but those moments were too few and far between.)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:25 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 10:25 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: Jack Burton
Might need Ash Williams to put down some of our undead Senators
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 10:28 PM (gKWVE)
Her IQ would increase by 10 points at the very least.......
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 10:28 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:28 PM (d+tIC)
I have spent over $1200 on Melatonin and now I know why my skin has not changed color.
It sure doesn't help me get to sleep.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 10:29 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:28 PM (d+tIC)
Mariners or Marines?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 17, 2026 10:32 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 10:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)
(kicks leg of grill dejectedly) Sigh. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Posted by: Marinator at July 17, 2026 10:33 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: tankdemon
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He didn't do that for us he did it for Hillary.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 10:34 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:28 PM (d+tIC)
Mariners or Marines?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)
Nurse Ratched is a longtime and very vocal fan of her hometown baseball team.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:35 PM (GX6fr)
I've been saying this for YEARS. Today's "attack ads" are tame compared to the mudslinging of our early presidential elections.
Posted by: pookysgirl would rather have a boxing match at July 17, 2026 10:35 PM (5sJ0e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 10:35 PM (Pa7jv)
——
One aspect that would be super convenient, are things like ground Beef or steak. No refrigeration or freezing required, could be sold as shelf stable in mylar film packs. I know what i’d be bringing on those campouts and backpack trips. Holy smokes that would be awesome.
I read FDA (or whomever decides such things) considered allowing irradiated meats and similar years ago, but one consideration is the fact that high standards of cleanliness are maintained now (usually); and the concern is that this would all go to hell if beef producers were simply able to “zap” all the germs and filth away. Hm.
I think it’s legal for certain spices? Note to Karens - it does not cause food to be radioactive.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 10:36 PM (bbqHZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)
Moebius linguini would be kind of cool.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 10:37 PM (1z8ji)
Those of us who have reached the age of 29 recall when Taco Bell used to top every taco with a sprinkling of green onions....That is until the great E-Coli outbreak across the country attributed to green onions. This was in 2006.
However, 3 years before that there was a Hepatitis A outbreak across the country. The ultimate cause was, you guessed it, green onions (from Mexico). Some restaurants such as Chi-Chi's never recovered from that one.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 10:37 PM (dIske)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:28 PM (d+tIC)
Mariners or Marines?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:30 PM (qx7Zg)
Nurse Ratched is a longtime and very vocal fan of her hometown baseball team.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:35 PM (GX6fr)
I was curious if she was rooting for baseball or her son (by typo).
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 10:25 PM (hzuYO)
It was probably trying to tell you the Secret of NIMH.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 10:37 PM (Pa7jv)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 10:37 PM (9CZQg)
Posted by: Rex B at July 17, 2026 10:38 PM (R0XxO)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 10:38 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 10:38 PM (gKWVE)
Yes...they lost 2-1!
The Yankees have lost all sense of history, and all sense that baseball requires hustle. They are all too impressed with themselves that they are Yankees.
And that includes the manager and general manager.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 10:38 PM (l4RKn)
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Bring back Duels while yer at it.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 10:39 PM (bbqHZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 10:15 PM (sKqQm)
You know when they deny that stuff happened it's because denying that stuff happened is fun. And when they ignore that stuff happened it's because ignoring stuff that happened is fun.
It turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 10:39 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 10:37 PM (9CZQg)
Merge Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, and you are on!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
BOTH!
Beat the Giants!
Kill bad guys and break shit!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:40 PM (uaMaZ)
A warden with a Springfield Armory .45 dispatched the critter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L)
Her IQ would increase by 10 points at the very least.......
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 10:28 PM (xl8DV)
It would only take about half a second.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 10:41 PM (vE0+H)
He didn't do that for us he did it for Hillary.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 10:34 PM (VQ0bX)
Probably true, but, after such a public jilting, do you really think Hillary could have nominated anybody else?
Also, Garland later demonstrated that he definitely had no business being on the court, so even if his motives for killing his nomination were questionable, the fact he did kill the nomination still deserves recognition.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:41 PM (GX6fr)
And some wonder why they can’t be allowed to have nukes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 10:41 PM (Pa7jv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 10:41 PM (XeU6L)
Reading about that hot staging Starship uses that is pretty risky and difficult, the reason is fuel efficiency. Elon is trying to squeeze every bit of that out he can.
With normal staging, you've got that coast phase between separation and then lighting the next stage. Gravity and some drag losses there. You can get 10% more payload with hot staging. Also, if you can use the fuel savings on the booster for the boost-back (if used), entry, and landing burns.
And it saves weight for the ullage motors needed on the next stages. And the control system for that.
So, difficult and risky, but doable. That's Elon.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 10:42 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 10:37 PM
A Klein carafe of wine would be even cooler.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 10:42 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)
https://tinyurl.com/938cnj4f
Tried to paste a snippet but Minx told me off. Minx is a sour unbeliever, apparently.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 17, 2026 10:42 PM (O7YUW)
Also, Garland later demonstrated that he definitely had no business being on the court, so even if his motives for killing his nomination were questionable, the fact he did kill the nomination still deserves recognition.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:41 PM (GX6fr)
Hillary was going to nominate a woman. McConnell never believed it would be Trump doing the replacement, or he wouldn't have blocked it for Hillary.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 10:42 PM (vE0+H)
It's when SHE-MAN stars in a movie who's even greater historical sequel (the Aeneid) proclaimed the eternal truth lost upon the LIBs,
He Spoke those words, though not with his Heart, his outward Smile concealed his inward Smart.
In satire. Seriously, who in their right mind would clambor aboard a horse with an abomination like that? except to note that the only common ground to be shared with a person like that is to put other there first, and then you shortly afterwards.
LET's GO BRANDON. TRiUMPh.
Defeat LIB Strategic Insanity Forever.
Cede Kharg ownership to Gulf States as Reparation
Reissue IRG Currency/Debank them
Impeach Brennan.
Depose Dimon.
Free Cuba.
US Shale
Simple enuf, no 10year Odyssey required.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-nowYoureGettingIt
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at July 17, 2026 10:43 PM (0l6FT)
Spices, on the other hand, are almost all irradiated as they tend to be rather filthy (bacterially speaking) in their raw/natural state.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 17, 2026 10:43 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 10:44 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 10:45 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
A Klein carafe of wine would be even cooler.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
That's a lot of wine.
Posted by: the indecent tonic water at July 17, 2026 10:47 PM (VHUov)
Unfortunately, if without the carpetbaggers from Mass., Vermont, and even Maine, NH would be one (if not thee) most conservative state in the nation.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 10:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 17, 2026 10:43 PM (6lIrI)
Spices do tend to be riddled with worms.
Posted by: Muad'Dib at July 17, 2026 10:47 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 17, 2026 10:47 PM (9X60i)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 10:44 PM (lCppi)
The idiot made his original post from India, instead of Denmark. (The flag gives it away.) Realizing he made a mistake, he found out he couldn't fix it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at July 17, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: LASue
The little flags by the usernames show where you're posting from.
Using a VPN lets you look like you're posting from somewhere you aren't.
Indian guy in posts #1 and #3 forgot to set his VPN to "Denmark" before trolling.
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 10:44 PM (lCppi)
The original post was actually an Indian pretending to be from Denmark. The flag on the post gave him away. The comment pointed out that he had forgotten to use a VPN to forge his location and everybody could tell he was really posting from India.
Posted by: Muad'Dib at July 17, 2026 10:49 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 10:50 PM (lCppi)
Having lived in New Hampshire, I can tell you that they have little love for the people of Vermont.
___________
Principal product of the state: smugness
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:50 PM (GX6fr)
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Never explain a joke.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 10:50 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 10:44 PM (lCppi
Glad I'm not the only one.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 10:50 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 10:51 PM (v9vY1)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 10:44 PM (nobody!
The Indian guy was trying to demoralize the white dudes in Denmark and start a whisper campaign to score himself. He meant to post as a dane, bemoaning all the ladies he was losing to Indians.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 10:52 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 17, 2026 10:52 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 10:53 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)
INDIANAPOLIS — A food truck is no longer welcome to serve at a weekly Indianapolis market, all because of its slogan.
The debacle started last week when the State Personnel Department emailed Smash Daddy’s owner, Scott Sims. The email said employees received complaints over the truck’s slogan and therefore was revoking the truck’s participation in its last two selling slots of the season.
Sims has used the slogan “you’ll love our meat in your mouth” for the last two years with Smash Daddy’s and for about 15 years with his former restaurant, Between the Bun. While he’s fully aware the message could be taken in a couple of ways, he said it’s always been received well for the most part.
https://t.ly/d_BL0
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 10:53 PM (Cqx++)
If you're still thinking about the horizon on the Apollo 8-balls, I was thinking about the best way to put that. It just happens to be the XY plane of however the IMY gyros were aligned at the time. This gave them a local reference for pitch, yaw, and roll relative to those given coordinates.
Think of it as just the current reference plane being used, not corresponding to anything real. The gyros would drift over the course of the missions, and they had to realign then via sighting stars.
When they did that, it was easiest to just let the current reference axes be what they were, and the star fix just figured out exactly how they were aligned relative to the master coordinate system being used for the mission. Which was something very similar to the current standard ECI frame.
You needed to point your engines and RCS in the right direction. The 8-balls just gave a local reference for that alignment.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 10:54 PM (w6EFb)
That poster Nobunaga is hilarious! I’ve been following him. The whole post is fantastic, these are just the closing lines of his epic visit to Buc-ee’s:
I did not need any of it.
I needed all of it.
I have walked through the great cathedrals of the old world. I lit no candle there.
I lit no candle at Buc-ee's either.
But I did fill the truck.
And I understand now that in Texas, this is the same thing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 10:54 PM (Pa7jv)
Weekend ProNational Motocross generates a LOT of traffic. Monster RVs with trailers zooming past my place all this week
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at July 17, 2026 10:54 PM (Or9o8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 10:50 PM (u/oMr)
Come to think of it, my parents never did tell me how they decided on my name...
Posted by: tankdemon at July 17, 2026 10:54 PM (GX6fr)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 10:55 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: pookysgirl, curious as always at July 17, 2026 10:56 PM (5sJ0e)
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My suggested letter to the State Personnel Dept: So you c*cksuckers resent my slogan's implication? Sounds like a personal problem...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 17, 2026 10:57 PM (6lIrI)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:57 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)
_____________________
And rules. Don't know if they still have it, but Vermont had a state law that stated you couldn't let your grass exceed 3 inches. They, also, outlawed Billboards. New Hampshire thought this was hilarious and purposefully put up billboards right at the Vermont border on I-89. The Vermont governor was whining about it, which is exactly the responjse the New Hampshire DOT was hoping for.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 10:57 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
The Leftist Bill of Rights:
1) You have the right not to be offended by anyone with more Privilege than you.
2) That's it, actually.
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:58 PM (aJQbY)
That poster Nobunaga is hilarious! I’ve been following him. The whole post is fantastic, these are just the closing lines of his epic visit to Buc-ee’s:
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 10:54 PM (Pa7jv)
Yeah, he's pretty damn funny.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 10:59 PM (S41Gd)
https://wandering-nobunaga.com/
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:59 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 17, 2026 11:00 PM (3ZUWJ)
How apropos.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 17, 2026 10:11 PM (pyNYl)
*****
I was there!
I remember that fancy van in the parking lot that had all four wheels stolen off it.
Posted by: torabora at July 17, 2026 11:01 PM (lvBTI)
I'm always griping about the female idiots who bring their 'emotional support' Chihuahuas into the store. Then there is their boyfriends who allow it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)
1) You have the right not to be offended by anyone with more Privilege than you.
2) That's it, actually.
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)
I am in favor of giving libs all the rights they can handle.
And a bunch of lefts too.
Posted by: Rockem Sockem Robot at July 17, 2026 11:02 PM (GX6fr)
How does the saying go again…Go Woke make $1B box office.
Lol
Posted by: Lol at July 17, 2026 11:02 PM (ksN23)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 11:03 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: pookysgirl, curious as always
Yes, indeedy ...
You are not allowed to shiv the ill-behaved owners, though.
Just sayin'
Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 17, 2026 11:03 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 11:03 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:57 PM (aJQbY)
Prayers THIS is the one! XXXX
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 11:03 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:58 PM (aJQbY)
If Pooky hadn't, I would've. I got both of our cats trained to not bat at or chew on my yarn while I was knitting, even when they were in my lap.
Posted by: pookysgirl gets animals at July 17, 2026 11:04 PM (5sJ0e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 10:54 PM (Pa7jv)
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I follow him too.
And yes, that was hilarious.
He's also not shy about his views on China.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:04 PM (zhuhT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Oy. May things turn around for you, soonest.
Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 17, 2026 11:06 PM (3ZUWJ)
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You know what this means, right?
DOUBLE DOWN, HOLLYWOOD!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 11:06 PM (u/oMr)
Can someone please explain the "You have died of explosive diarrhea" one? With the ox pulling the covered wagon?
Does it have something to do with the dinosaur game they want you to play, when they're trying to connect you to an internet site?
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY)
I will be the first of five or so people to do so. Oregon Trail. Old DOS game. Famous line from it is you have died of dysentery.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)
A friend of mine had to put down her seeing eye dog after it was attacked by a “service dog” at the airport.
It was very sad. And infuriating.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 11:09 PM (cnePD)
Can someone please explain the "You have died of explosive diarrhea" one? With the ox pulling the covered wagon?
Does it have something to do with the dinosaur game they want you to play, when they're trying to connect you to an internet site?
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:07 PM (RCjYY)
It refers to Oregon Trail, a game played in the 80s on Apple 2cs all the way through until today.
Posted by: Bilwis - at July 17, 2026 11:10 PM (w/O5Q)
It was a computer game from the early days called Oregon Trail which became a meme before the Internet because more often than not that is exactly what you died of.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)
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And instead of dysentery, you died of explosive diarrhea from contaminated lettuce at Taco Bell.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:10 PM (zhuhT)
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For what it's worth, it's better than being eaten by a grue.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 11:10 PM (u/oMr)
It was common for the settlers on that game, if not on the real trail to be told YOU HAVE DIED OF DYSENTERY.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 11:11 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:11 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:12 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 11:12 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 11:12 PM (cnePD)
I am winning.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:22 PM (8dYl7)
Jealous. It's been years and both are still on my plan. Inertia is a terrible thing to waste.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 17, 2026 11:12 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at July 17, 2026 11:13 PM (+9wcF)
I thought pong was too complex to understand.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)
Love you too!
I know! Congrats!
You're gonna trip out bigly when you hold your baby's baby for the first time.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:14 PM (zhuhT)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 11:15 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:15 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 17, 2026 11:15 PM (6lIrI)
*** YOU DIED ***
(R)estore, (S)tart Over, (Q)uit?
Posted by: Scott Adams at July 17, 2026 11:15 PM (gKWVE)
But here... There's a dog across the hallway that's barking occasionally enough to bother us but not enough for me to call the front desk.
Is the explosion of dog travel my imagination?
Posted by: pookysgirl, waiting out her pills at July 17, 2026 11:15 PM (5sJ0e)
Would that other companies fell in with this mind set.
Posted by: moki at July 17, 2026 11:16 PM (wLjpr)
And Zork... we learned... plugh and xyzzy? No, that was Adventure. We learned that we are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike. Or all different.
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 11:16 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 17, 2026 11:17 PM (6lIrI)
Fwiw, from USDA. It horks the color and flavor, however. Drat!
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:17 PM (oFj7+)
With.
250 million to make. 125 million marketing.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 11:17 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 17, 2026 11:18 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: From about That Time at July 17, 2026 11:12 PM (sl73Y)
__
Youngest daughter is still on Ex-Ex's. No biggie.
He bought a new phone a week ago, and she's over the moon with his old one. She got a decent upgrade.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:18 PM (zhuhT)
https://youtu.be/48Xrwn8Gsc8
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)
Not Cinnamon!
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:18 PM (Dd38x)
For a film to break even, the rule of thumb is that it has to make TWICE the cost of filming it, i.e., the film's budget.
That's because of post-production costs (distribution costs; advertising; others).
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:18 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 17, 2026 11:19 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:19 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 17, 2026 11:19 PM (u/oMr)
It took us two hours to finally catch it and release it waaay down the alley.
Man, they are disgusting.
And they really do play dead. Had to poke it with a broom handle from on top of the bookcase to get it moving again.
Posted by: sal at July 17, 2026 11:20 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:20 PM (Dd38x)
It was very sad. And infuriating.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 11:09 PM (cnePD)
That's awful. Normally I'm not litigious, but I'd be pushing for a lawsuit, especially if it happened to Pooky/JT. We're careful what dogs are allowed near him, and our neighbor's pit bull mixes are *not* on the list.
Posted by: pookysgirl gets nervous around those dogs at July 17, 2026 11:20 PM (5sJ0e)
Posted by: tankdemon
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After what he did to Thad Cochran (and for sure others) he will soon get the recognition he deserves.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:21 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:21 PM (oFj7+)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:21 PM (2GVsD)
Love to you and ex ex.
Imma be a grandma!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 11:12 PM (cnePD)
Congratulations! It's the best thing to happen in life other than your own boys. We love them the same, so we have five kids plus two DIL's we also love.
Our son in FL has plans that I hope are soon. The three we have here are pure joy! Don't know how we survived without them...and to have two girls in my life is awesome!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 11:22 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:21 PM (oFj7+)
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That's what it's all about.
Posted by: Price Waterhouse at July 17, 2026 11:22 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:22 PM (zhuhT)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:21 PM (oFj7+)
Most definitely. They will make their money internationally though.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 11:22 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:23 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cicero
This might belong on last night's whelming ONT, but how is it that we describe things as "gruesome," but never use the root word "grue" outside of references to some old text adventure games?
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:24 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 11:25 PM (aJQbY)
And some wonder why they can’t be allowed to have nukes.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 10:41 PM (Pa7jv
We are going to steal the moon! - Iran
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:25 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: KarlHungus at July 17, 2026 11:26 PM (x2aJd)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 11:26 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:26 PM (zhuhT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:25 PM (Dd38x)
We will behead you a thousand times. -Iran
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:27 PM (vE0+H)
There's a Love Boat episode on where Bruce Jenner is playing a dude.
Is that weird or what?
Posted by: Cicero
He should have won an Emmy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 11:27 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 11:28 PM (Tjd07)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 11:26 PM (aJQbY)
___
Chili mac wasn't too bad.
Especially with the jalapeno cheese and hot sauce.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:28 PM (zhuhT)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)
Grandkids are the best! Such a unique relationship.
The three oldest are coming to visit tomorrow, before heading off to and back to college, and work. Can't wait.
Posted by: sal at July 17, 2026 11:28 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Arthur Andersen at July 17, 2026 11:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 11:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 10:58 PM (aJQbY
Even my Shiba has manners. And he is a Shiba!
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:30 PM (Dd38x)
Thanks for letting me know. You are welcome. {{nr}}
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:30 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 11:30 PM (Ia/+0)
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I think you're right. How else are we all (who are paying attention--which isn't a lot of us, but nevertheless) supposed to explain why Hollywood is seemingly ok with turning out a steady stream of unprofitable clunkers?
IF it bothered the industry, the industry would put an end to that.
Yet...they don't.
Doesn't that make you wonder?
Posted by: Crusader at July 17, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 17, 2026 11:30 PM (WL2lA)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 11:31 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater
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That'$ what it'$ all about isn't it?
For all those good and crazy people, your friends! $
Those good and crazy people, your friends! $
And that'$ what it's all about, i$n't it?
That's what it'$ really about, i$n't it?
That's what it'$ really about,
Really about!
$$$
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:31 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:31 PM (Dd38x)
During WW I, current Swiss newspapers were worth their weight in gold on BOTH sides of the front lines.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:31 PM (RCjYY)
Omg you'll never guess who's no ways tahrd.
https://x.com/i/status/
2078297825020932587
"We cannot afford ta leaned
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 17, 2026 11:31 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 17, 2026 11:32 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched
That Eldridge kid sure has some serious plate coverage.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 17, 2026 11:33 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at July 17, 2026 11:33 PM (3ZUWJ)
x.com/sappholives83/status/
2078042055104766057
".. as a 77 year old grandmother, was withdrawing cash from an ATM in Bromborough, Wirral, she was set upon by three men who wanted to rob her.
The men, Romanian nationals , thought Peel an easy target, but they were badly mistaken. Instead, she administered a well-deserved beating, slamming one of them headfirst into the ATM multiple times and sending the trio running.
In fact, she did such a thorough job of kicking his arse that his injuries later helped police to identify them. "
(not awesome is the 3 rec'd minor time but were not deported from the UK)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at July 17, 2026 11:34 PM (7gFa4)
Posted by: Chairface Chippendale at July 17, 2026 11:35 PM (vSvIl)
Hollyweird has some serious jiggery-pokery going on when it applies to accounting, is my understanding
Springtime for Hitler
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 11:35 PM (Cqx++)
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MRE entrees are retorts, cooked in the bag, basically. When they are “Fresh” the color and texture isn’t too bad. Some, not all, are quite tasty actually. The off flavor is mostly due to the quality of the ingredients, I expect. I don’t think irradiation is part of the routine. Maybe.
“Meat glue” means Beef Stew no longer uses stew meat, rather, “chunked and formed” scraps are molded together. Dinty Moore is the same. Hormel Chili w/beef is the same. Nasty!
I buy Bushes Chili beans - pintos, and cook my own beef or sausage. Not great but pretty decent for a quick nutritious meal.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:36 PM (oFj7+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 11:36 PM (Cqx++)
Woops
"We cannot afford ta leave Tennessee bahahnd!"
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She's got a play on that big juicy booty.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:36 PM (xHEjv)
Woops
"We cannot afford ta leave Tennessee bahahnd!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 17, 2026
Oh my stars….
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:37 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:39 PM (RCjYY)
A friend of mine had to put down her seeing eye dog after it was attacked by a “service dog” at the airport.
It was very sad. And infuriating.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 11:09 PM (cnePD)
Guy I used to work with was always talking about killing cats. I told him if he killed my cat, I'd kill him. He ceased talking in that manner.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 17, 2026 11:40 PM (QaH55)
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The 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic was called that, because most countries including the U.S. censored reporting of it. Spain did not. So the story goes, anyhow.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:40 PM (oFj7+)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
And he probably didn't even eat them.
Posted by: a Haitian "refugee" at July 17, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 11:41 PM (Pa7jv)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:31 PM (Dd38x)
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Yep, pretty much.
Even put in a new gas stove.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:42 PM (zhuhT)
The first cases of Spanish flu most likely happened in Kansas around Fort Riley in March 1918. Cases then appeared in France and Germany in April.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 11:43 PM (w6EFb)
That's interesting. I don't understand why the U.S. would want to suppress news about the Spanish Flu.
IIRC, the Spanish Flu hit right after the war was over. I could be wrong.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:44 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 11:45 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:45 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: KarlHungus at July 17, 2026 11:26 PM (x2aJd)
It was more important to give her bigger tits than to cure cancer.
I struggle with that decision. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:45 PM (S41Gd)
Speaking of pathogens, I was reading some research they're doing on how pathogenic organisms would do with space travel, specifically Mars. While apparently all the organisms they're looking at it would survive Mars conditions for too long, the adaptations they appear to make in trying to survive might make then more pathogenic to humans.
So Mars might be a Gain of Function environment for the nasties.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 11:46 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: a Haitian "refugee" at July 17, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)
He was not, in fact, Chinese. Did have kinda slanty eyes, though...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 17, 2026 11:47 PM (QaH55)
So Mars might be a Gain of Function environment for the nasties.
Posted by: publius
The place to develop the next Andromeda Strain.
Or Satan Bug.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 11:49 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:49 PM (oFj7+)
196 Can someone please explain to me the Anikin star wars video?
Posted by: KarlHungus at July 17, 2026 11:26 PM (x2aJd)
It’s an inverse shaggy dog story; the last 10 seconds are the only part that matters.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 11:51 PM (Pa7jv)
Western Kansas at first. In a farm where the livestock (esp. pigs) were in the house. Then to Ft. Riley.
After that, standards of animal husbandry were changed in the US.
Not in China, which is why they start so many flu epidemics.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 11:51 PM (u82oZ)
In WW I, it was a commonplace saying in Britain, "If you want to know how the war's really going, don't bother to read the news. Read the casualty reports."
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 11:41 PM (Pa7jv)
Hopefully this is operation "break all their shit"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:51 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:31 PM (Dd38x)
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Yep, pretty much.
Even put in a new gas stove.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:42 PM
Awesome! Are we old when things like new ovens are really exciting?
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:52 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)
Whelp... I'd like to Gain of Function Deja Thoris... sooo
Posted by: Supremes Birthright Citizenship Ruling at July 17, 2026 11:52 PM (mP0Kj)
Sockioso...
/flick and swish
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 11:53 PM (mP0Kj)
Maybe I'll have to give this a try, too.
Posted by: mikeski
If you do, please let me know what you think!
Posted by: frammish
So, I tried the same thing. Not as horrible as I remember it being. I think the normal 1/4oz dose still makes for a more-balanced cocktail. The triple-violette one isn't perfume, but it's too one-note. Though it is certainly more blue-colored.
A faint soap-like aftertaste too. I wonder if that's related to people who think cilantro tastes soapy. (I do.) That's a genetic thing, not an acquired-taste thing. Maybe similar chemicals in both plants.
Disclaimer: neither drink was really well-balanced. The lemon came through hard in both of them; I guess I grabbed a really sour lemon at the store.
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 11:53 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:53 PM (Dd38x)
Hopefully this is operation "break all their shit"
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
The US is isolating ports which import food to the entire country from the mass of Iranian population. An airpower siege tactic.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 11:54 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 11:55 PM (VHUov)
You arrived just as I'm leaving. I'm off to watch the 31st, and last, episode of "The Borgias."
Such utter trash. I really like it!
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 11:55 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 17, 2026 11:56 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 10:44 PM (lCppi)
The original post was actually an Indian pretending to be from Denmark. The flag on the post gave him away. The comment pointed out that he had forgotten to use a VPN to forge his location and everybody could tell he was really posting from India.
Posted by: Muad'Dib at July 17, 2026 10:49 PM (GX6fr)
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In addition, he was pretending to be a Dane who was upset that Danish women prefer Indian men. But he was exposed, in a comical way, to be an Indian man making shit up.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 11:56 PM (9CZQg)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
Of all the many reactions by visitors to America, this may be my favorite. At least in the top 5.
Posted by: mindful webworker - proud t'be n 'Merican at July 17, 2026 11:57 PM (p+5Bi)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 11:57 PM (9CZQg)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
The difference between a shitposting and a shit posting.
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 11:58 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:51 PM (S41Gd)
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Works for me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:58 PM (zhuhT)
243 It certainly got spooled up at Ft. Reilly, but there is some question whether it actually originated in the area. There is also some scsnt evidence it may have actually started in Iowa.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:49 PM (oFj7+)
The Great Influenza is the best book ever written on the topic, and the author did a lot of work hunting down evidence and timelines. He found the records of a rural doctor in backwoods Kansas who kept meticulous notes, and was writing about a strange new fatal illness he was starting to see about 6 months before the Ft Riley outbreak.
It was a uniquely perverse disease; it triggered a massive immune system overreaction, and this is what killed its victims. Which meant that those *most* likely to die were healthy adults in their 20’s and 30’s with strong immune systems - many died within 2 - 3 days of the first symptom.
And yet those who were old, and sick, or had compromised immune systems often survived.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 11:59 PM (Pa7jv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:51 PM (S41Gd)
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Works for me.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 17, 2026 11:58 PM (zhuhT)
Been saying for years, if they want to act like Barbarians from 630 AD... let them... bomb them back.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 11:59 PM (mP0Kj)
Purposely infecting animals to see what promising mutations develop over many iterations, and infecting a different species, culling the most promising mutations. Accelerating rapidly this process, back and forth. Some viruses affect only humans, some only animals. But a new mutation or “novel” virus, humans have no natural immunity.
The 1918 virus was really nasty. Feel fine in the morning, sick by afternoon, dead by dinnertime. Hit young people really hard. It’s still around today, and you’ve undoubtedly had it, or been exposed, but it has weakened.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:01 AM (oFj7+)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 12:02 AM (Cqx++)
https://tinyurl.com/fphhu3k6
I absolutely love these.
He has a book: "A Samurai Loose in Modern America: The Complete Collection - All 100 Field Reports"
It is on Amazon.
It is 446 pages.
I just bought a copy.
It was my way of bowing to the author in thanks.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 18, 2026 12:02 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2026 12:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:04 AM (oFj7+)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 18, 2026 12:04 AM (yEz+x)
I second all the previous comments about grandkids. My nearly 3 yo granddaughter is the funniest, smartest little ball of life I could ever pray for. And her almost 2 month old little brother is also sweet and perfect-like. The joy expands daily...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at July 18, 2026 12:05 AM (6lIrI)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 11:59 PM (mP0Kj)
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Or as ace so eloquently put it, "bomb 'em back to modern Europe".
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 12:05 AM (zhuhT)
JD Vance's problem is that his approach is too intellectual which leaves him Vulnerable to attack from negative talking heads.
Too many words.
Your boss uses a few well chosen words which allows fools to show themselves. Your dissertation leaves gaps for the ill intended to fill.
https://tinyurl.com/ycd4frvk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:06 AM (xHEjv)
I was just about to mention that. They gave them lethal doses of aspirin, and several times over at that. They didn't know any better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2026 12:08 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2026 12:10 AM (u82oZ)
I use this site with remarkably little guilt. YMMV
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:10 AM (oFj7+)
Biggest surprise so far is the Sidecar. Fresh lemons from the yard (meyers, not very tart, might be key) really make it refreshing as a summer sip. Only had a 375ml of cognac, used it up, have to resupply. Used ABK6, not pricey, but good on its own and now as I see, mixed. VSOP, but will try their VS this time as it's a bit cheaper, and, for mixing.
Have a bottle of Remy 1738 but that s**t's for sipping. Haven't actually opened it yet.
Posted by: rhomboid at July 18, 2026 12:11 AM (U/Byj)
When the mother was asked why she did it, she said:
"I did what I had to do."
https://tinyurl.com/mr2tnjbx
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 12:11 AM (zhuhT)
At most she should be charged with trash removal without a license.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 12:13 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:14 AM (oFj7+)
Too many words.”
I agree with that; I was thinking that when I saw him being attacked for saying Milton Friedman was obsolete. Many said “what? You’re saying that Ronald Reagan’s favorite economist is no longer relevant? “.
Not a good look. But I read Vance’s full argument , and he was trying to make the case that things like tariffs, which Friedman believed were terrible, are in fact now necessary.
But very few people have the patience to try and figure out the esoteric argument he was making. As you say; too many words.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 12:14 AM (Pa7jv)
When the mother was asked why she did it, she said:
"I did what I had to do."
https://tinyurl.com/mr2tnjbx
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 12:11
I don’t think the community note has posted on this yet, but the daughter invited the guy in (which is still wrong, of course) and the mom shot him on her porch after an argument. He wasn’t hiding under the bed.
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 12:14 AM (hftzA)
I use this site with remarkably little guilt. YMMV
Posted by: Common Tater
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Don't know the date but the original intent of copyright was to protect the author, not the next five generations.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:15 AM (xHEjv)
CH Soyara's Autumn Sunset
September 15, 2015 - July 17, 2026
Rest well, big guy, and wait for us.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 18, 2026 12:15 AM (e3IPu)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 12:15 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 11:59 PM (mP0Kj)
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Or as ace so eloquently put it, "bomb 'em back to modern Europe".
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at July 18, 2026 12:05 AM (zhuhT)
I'm good with sending them back to the Precambrian era.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 12:16 AM (S41Gd)
And yet those who were old, and sick, or had compromised immune systems often survived.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 11:59 PM (Pa7jv)
***************
Cytokine storm is what it is called. One doc saved all (or most) of his patients by giving them alkaline water from baking soda vs the new aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). I read about it when the wuhan flu plandemic was raging.
I think of trying this with a random cold from our grandkids but always forget.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 18, 2026 12:17 AM (hzuYO)
If some of Big Publishing had their way, somebody would still be making money off Shakespeare.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 12:17 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 18, 2026 12:19 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:19 AM (oFj7+)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Which then begs the question, how will he do as #1.
State the point, stay on point, make the point.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:19 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Piper at July 18, 2026 12:14 AM (hftzA)
Ouch, that might not go well for her.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 12:20 AM (S41Gd)
Don't know the date but the original intent of copyright was to protect the author, not the next five generations.
of LAWYERS
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 18, 2026 12:21 AM (Cqx++)
BREAKING:
During an interview with @katiecouric, Kentucky’s Democrat Governor @AndyBeshearKY said he has been told GOP Senator Mitch McConnell @SenMcConnell may be dead
everyone says McConnell is doing laps around the Styx except for McConnell's staff who are releasing doctored photos.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 12:21 AM (gKWVE)
Dejah Thoris pranced around naked all the time, IIRC.
I imagine it will be the same when Elon becomes emperor of Mars. He'll have all his concubines running around the palace naked.
More power to him.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: gKWVE
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Doctor, doctor give me the news
I've got a bad case of McConnell's reviews
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:25 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:26 AM (oFj7+)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 18, 2026 12:26 AM (CHHv1)
Biggest surprise so far is the Sidecar. Fresh lemons from the yard (meyers, not very tart, might be key) really make it refreshing as a summer sip.
Posted by: rhomboid
I do like a good sidecar. A sugar rim on the glass is optional, but changes the flavor just enough that I'd rather have it than not. I'd certainly want it with the tart lemons I got at the store this week.
The Joy of Mixology book points out the "families" of cocktails.
Had a whiskey sour? A sidecar is just a cognac/brandy sour. And a margarita is a tequila sour. The recipes for them are all "mostly liquor, with a sweet thing and a sour thing."
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 12:26 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 18, 2026 12:28 AM (CHHv1)
There are proven ways to check for this.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:28 AM (oFj7+)
Posted by: gaf gaf at July 18, 2026 12:29 AM (v9sH+)
301 “he has been told GOP Senator Mitch McConnell @SenMcConnell may be dead”
There are proven ways to check for this.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:28 AM (oFj7+)
I disagree! I think he is Undead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 12:31 AM (Pa7jv)
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He's sharp but not concise. You want one thing, go for it. The electorate is not a bunch of college students assaying the value of the exposition.
Are you Mike Tyson or are you Neil deGrasse Tyson?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:31 AM (xHEjv)
@ronmarz
7h
This is simple. If Mitch McConnell was alive, they would produce him. Therefore, he is not alive.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:33 AM (xHEjv)
A great but dangerous and simple one, that only has the sweet not the sour except a bit from the limes, is the caipirinha, the Brazilian "national cocktail". Just lime juice, sugar, and cachaca, which is just a simple rum with a hint of sweetness and cane juice flavor. In hot weather goes down too easy.
There are all kinds of aged cachacas but the plain one is best for caipirinhas, guessing it's aged 2 years or so and either doesn't see wood or is "cleaned up" like light rum usually is (color from aging removed).
Posted by: rhomboid at July 18, 2026 12:33 AM (U/Byj)
Deke finally flew to space on Apollo-Soyuz at the age of 51, the oldest astronaut to fly in space at the time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 12:34 AM (w6EFb)
State the point, stay on point, make the point.
Posted by: Braenyard
Tell 'em what you're gonna tell 'em, then tell 'em, then tell 'em what you told 'em.
Posted by: Speeching 101 at July 18, 2026 12:37 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:38 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 18, 2026 12:39 AM (jrKun)
There are proven ways to check for this.
Posted by: Common Tater
Throw him on the cart and see if he argues?
Posted by: mikeski python at July 18, 2026 12:39 AM (VHUov)
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Eh, I think my point is we tend to forget how shitty some Republicans are. They go on these television programs, which aren’t “news” or discussions, but more akin to organized ambush. They stupidly accept false premises, and try to navigate “gotcha” questions and propaganda messages. It’s just pathetic. I used to think they were stupid 25 years ago, but maybe decided they are participating.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:40 AM (oFj7+)
There was a mishap during reentry of the command module after the Apollo-Soyuz mission.
They failed to turn off the RCS system at the assigned point and the capsule sucked in some toxic hydrazine and other chemical fumes through the intake. The capsule was maintained at 5 psi in space, and when it got back into the thick atmosphere, would just let ambient air in to equalize the pressure.
One of the crew lost consciousness, but they got O2 masks on in time. CM pilot Vance Brand took the blame, saying he failed to hear CMDR Stafford call out the RCS shut off checkpoint.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 12:41 AM (w6EFb)
Deke finally flew to space on Apollo-Soyuz at the age of 51, the oldest astronaut to fly in space at the time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 12:34 AM (w6EFb)
He won the death pool in June 1993. I remember well.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 12:42 AM (4g5V+)
BREAKING:
During an interview with @katiecouric, Kentucky’s Democrat Governor @AndyBeshearKY said he has been told GOP Senator Mitch McConnell @SenMcConnell may be dead
everyone says McConnell is doing laps around the Styx except for McConnell's staff who are releasing doctored photos.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 18, 2026 12:21 AM (gKWVE)
This is just a sequel to Weekend at Bernie's. (Not to be confused with the evil Sen from VT.)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 12:44 AM (4g5V+)
Some of you really need to take a remedial history course.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 12:45 AM (viF8m)
Have a memorial service tomorrow morning. Wonder if I have any funereal garb that fits. Been a while and this body's been through changes.
Everybody enjoy the rest of the ONT. Keep it rolling.
https://youtu.be/RsP3rFJJk1Y
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - keep on shiny at July 18, 2026 12:45 AM (p+5Bi)
What happened to your borzoi? Had he been sick? I am so sorry.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at July 18, 2026 12:45 AM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:48 AM (oFj7+)
Posted by: mindful webworker - keep on shiny
Okay.
https://youtu.be/8q_lsRLJhcA
Posted by: mikeski reynolds at July 18, 2026 12:52 AM (VHUov)
John Glenn was the oldest to reach orbit on his return to space in 1998.
A 90 yr old flew on New Shepard one time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 12:52 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:48 AM (oFj7+)
Not to surprising though. Let's be real. Those guys had massive egos, and they had to, to do what they did.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 12:53 AM (4g5V+)
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That's a bunch of shit. Do all those things all those years to get bit in the ass at 69.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 12:53 AM (xHEjv)
Some of you really need to take a remedial history course.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 12:45 AM (viF8m)
TX can divide itself into five states.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 12:53 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 12:55 AM (VHUov)
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That would be Weekend at Comrade Bernie's Dacha #3
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 18, 2026 12:58 AM (u/oMr)
I have spent over $1200 on Melatonin and now I know why my skin has not changed color.
Trump lied to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (IEljh)
Melatonin only affects your Pineal gland, you know.
Posted by: Dr. Crawford Tillinghast at July 18, 2026 12:58 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 18, 2026 01:00 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:01 AM (viF8m)
I have spent over $1200 on Melatonin and now I know why my skin has not changed color.
Trump lied to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (IEljh)
Melatonin only affects your Pineal gland, you know.
Posted by: Dr. Crawford Tillinghast at July 18, 2026 12:58 AM (rbvCR)
now deys taken our bbcs
Posted by: double digits at July 18, 2026 01:02 AM (ReLdP)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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TX can do whatever it wants to but it ain't going to divide into any other states.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 01:02 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)
There are proven ways to check for this.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 18, 2026 12:28 AM (oFj7+)
I disagree! I think he is Undead.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 12:31 AM (Pa7jv)
Great, another draugr in the senate. Just what we need.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 18, 2026 01:06 AM (S41Gd)
TX divides it's going to make the smaller states stronger, how?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3pne1IbWM
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 01:07 AM (xHEjv)
That got me interested. After Apollo 7, the crews never wore their spacesuits during re-entry, just their flight coveralls.
Wally Schirra and the crew of Apollo 7 sort of had a little mutiny against mission control about that. They were supposed to get in their suits with the helmets. But they had bad head colds (and with no gravity to help drainage, it makes it ten times worse). They were afraid they'd rupture their eardrums during repressurization if they had their helmets on.
So they just flat out refused orders. They never flew again, most likely due to that. But from Apollo 8 on, they nixed the requirements, and never wore suits during reentry ever again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
TX divides it's going to make the smaller states stronger, how?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI3pne1IbWM
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 01:07 AM (xHEjv)
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to happen. But it is a power unique to the TX Legislature. The other 49 states have to go through Congress.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 01:10 AM (4g5V+)
I think it was Deke Slayton (with other honchos) who refused to waive the helmets. Slayton gave the explicit order to Wally to put their helmets on.
Wally refused that direct order. He said the odds of then going deaf from ruptured eardrums were greater than dying from loss of pressure, and that was his call.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)
The tale of Texas splitting into 5 states is a myth that’s too much fun for anyone to let die. When Texas was first admitted in 1845, there may have been some agreement, written or unwritten, permitting this.
But…. Then came the War between the States, in which Texas seceded and then had to petition for readmission, like the rest of the Confederste States. This wiped out all previous agreements for the original admission, whatever they may have been.
Also, at the State level Texas operates under the Constitution of 1876, which supercedes any older laws and/or agreements.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 01:13 AM (Pa7jv)
TX divides it's going to make the smaller states stronger, how?
We'll finally be able to form Voltron.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 18, 2026 01:13 AM (zQvTf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 01:13 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:14 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at July 18, 2026 01:20 AM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 18, 2026 01:24 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 18, 2026 01:25 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: frammish at July 18, 2026 01:27 AM (rcENI)
I was just settling down to read the comments when my almost-17yo came in to hang out. I wound up showing him the George Washington video (he said he wouldn't tell his mother) and also Charlie the Unicorn. And he showed me an animated video about an Escape Goat.
Posted by: frammish at July 18, 2026 01:31 AM (rcENI)
Now I'm reading about Gunter Wendt. He was der Fuhrer of the launch pad, as the Apollo astronauts dubbed him. He was the boss of the close-out crew, and the last face the astronauts saw before blasting off. After he left, they would joke, "I vunder vere Gunter vent?"
At one time, some engineer was intent on making some change Gunter didn't approve of. Gunter had security throw him out. They told him if Gunter wants you out, you're out, now we gonna do this the easy way or the hard way or something along those lines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)
The tale of Texas splitting into 5 states is a myth that’s too much fun for anyone to let die. When Texas was first admitted in 1845, there may have been some agreement, written or unwritten, permitting this.
But…. Then came the War between the States, in which Texas seceded and then had to petition for readmission, like the rest of the Confederste States. This wiped out all previous agreements for the original admission, whatever they may have been.
Also, at the State level Texas operates under the Constitution of 1876, which supercedes any older laws and/or agreements.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 01:13 AM (Pa7jv)
You may want to advise the TX SBOE of this. And every middle school in TX. Textbook publishers, etc.
IIRC a TX HR Rep from the Panhandle area proposed hiving off the top row of the Panhandle to form its own state - Old Texas. This back in 1989.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 01:34 AM (4g5V+)
Gunter told John Glenn's wife Annie before that fateful orbital flight that he could not guarantee her husband would make it. That would be lying, there is too much complicate machinery involved.
But I can tell you this, the spacecraft will be in the best possible condition when it launches. If anything happens, I will look you in the eye and truthfully tell you I did my best.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 01:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 01:02 AM (xHEjv)
Just because it can doesn't mean I want it to or that there is even a groundswell of support for it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 01:36 AM (4g5V+)
Agree. I don't think Texans would want to divide their state.
They are proud to be Texans.
Posted by: Case at July 18, 2026 01:46 AM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Weirddave at July 18, 2026 01:49 AM (lckqa)
Posted by: Weirddave
"It's an older meme, but it checks out."
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 01:53 AM (VHUov)
10h
60 US airforce refuelling tankers have arrived in Israel along with more fighters to Jordan.
This strike is going to be massive..
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Updates?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 01:54 AM (xHEjv)
You aren't old enough.
We had much better music in the 70s.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 01:55 AM (viF8m)
IIRC a TX HR Rep from the Panhandle area proposed hiving off the top row of the Panhandle to form its own state - Old Texas. This back in 1989.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 01:34 AM (4g5V+)
I understand the case for it. These are actually the two sides of the huge legal battle that would take place it it was ever tried; which won’t happen.
John Roberts would have to decide which position was a tax.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 18, 2026 01:58 AM (Pa7jv)
In college my professor laughed at Descartes for thinking the Pineal gland was how the body interacted with the soul. But I dunno, maybe that is not so naive.
Has anyone here read Penrose's arguments about Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and the human mind not being reducible to matter? I had similar thoughts in college after doing an independent study working through Nagel and Newman.
I've read Franzén's book complaining about mystic-like interpretations of Gödel's theory, but if we're arguing about the Church-Turing Thesis it seems quite appropriate to apply it as broadly as possible.
With AI is seems like this question is becoming more acute.
Posted by: frammish at July 18, 2026 01:58 AM (rcENI)
None of the Democratic Socialists disavowed it. Nobody posted a “clarifying statement” distancing the DSA from that statement.
So that’s who they are. Their goal is communism.
The name of that leader is David Jenkins. He’s a member of the DSA’s National Political Committee, so he ought to know.
He told us who they are, so we should believe him.
Extreme leftist candidates (including DSA candidates) from past elections include
AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ro Khanna, Ilhan Omar, and Pramila Jayapal.
Cory Booker, Ayanna Pressley, Bernie Sanders, and Cori Bush.
Extreme leftist DSA candidates who have popped up in the current cycle:..._American Thinker
https://tinyurl.com/ydbtnz9y
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:00 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:04 AM (xHEjv)
If I may, as a Californian, I have some knowledge of this splitting-a-state business.
The state can make all the arrangements and declare itself split that it wants, but it has to be approved by Congress or it doesn't happen.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 02:06 AM (mmrXZ)
New: AIPAC is no longer fundraising for the 18 Dems it endorsed — 15 of whom are up for reelection — who voted this week to end U.S. aid to Israel
Now 71% of the candidates AIPAC is funding are Republicans, & 29% are Dems
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:08 AM (xHEjv)
Willowed from Thurs ONT referring to USS Liberty incident
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Congratulations on sounding exactly like every hate-filled anti-Semite bigot on the subject. The Morning Report had a great article on the matter I wish I had bookmarked that takes down every point you mentioned.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 06:07 AM (8l6/L)
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Congratulations on sounding just like every strawman that the anti-semites construct to justify themselves. You've shown absolutely no recognition of the fact that Israel could possibly be at fault. I'm about as anti-Semitic as DJT, for approximately the same family tree reasons, so don't wave that shibboleth at me. Unless and until the inquiry is declassified, The Morning Report isn't going to convince me.
So, back to my point: the US (in this case, Trump, et al) may be willing to give up regime change (probably Israel's #2 priority) to get a deal, and judging Vance's performance in negotiations without considering that fact is unfair. Especially when some of that criticism is coming from Israeli sources, who may be doing that to "diplomatically" criticize Trump.
Posted by: buddhaha at July 18, 2026 02:08 AM (hzdTb)
They are proud to be Texans.
Might be worth it so we can hear them tell us why they are once again unique to have balls to actually leave their state while they trash states like Rhode Island that had the balls to do it hundreds of years ago.
Batter up.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 02:10 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 02:13 AM (6wpGE)
If I may, as a Californian, I have some knowledge of this splitting-a-state business.
The state can make all the arrangements and declare itself split that it wants, but it has to be approved by Congress or it doesn't happen.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Speculating: If CA voted and agreed amonst itself to be two states and 100% started acting like two states - each new state giving the Fed its cut and following all the other rules and regs that befall a state re the Fed.
What would Congress do?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:13 AM (xHEjv)
Batter up.
Posted by: JackStraw
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You funny tonight. Rhode Island is bigger than Dallas County not sure its GDP is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:17 AM (xHEjv)
Who gives a fuck?
Never understood why Texans thinks this matters. You don't even like much of your state. My front yard is the Atlantic Ocean. That's a bit bigger than Texas. By a lot.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 02:25 AM (viF8m)
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Hey Goldie, what about hemispherical alignment?
Western Hemispherical alignment, how about that?
Eight of eight nation's leadership candidates
endorsed by Trump won their election.
What about that alignment?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:29 AM (xHEjv)
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You got me. Can't argue with a non sequitur.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:31 AM (xHEjv)
I think a sternly worded letter to each state would be order of the day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:36 AM (xHEjv)
the George Washington video
Charlie the Unicorn
Posted by: frammish at July 18, 2026 01:31 AM (rcENI)
Where are these?
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 02:38 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 18, 2026 02:38 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 02:40 AM (viF8m)
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:00 AM (xHEjv)
And this differs from all the other Democrats how? The DSA is a fresh coat of rotten paint on an old shitty party that got systematically cornered and then pasted by a man they tried and failed to kill. Wait until the media start referring to DSA as Democrat MAGA, and they fill spaces with astroturfed crowds of retards young and old.
After all those years of denigrating us they are about to try and take the energy Trump carefully built for their own. Call it the "Reverse Epstein". All while claiming Republicans are stuffy, boring, tired and lost without Trump as the front man. And here is all this "energy" and it's finally coming from the Left. They are engineering a fake movement before everyone's eyes. JMO
Posted by: ... at July 18, 2026 02:40 AM (vE0+H)
I accept your surrender.
Posted by: JackStraw
I'm not sure if this is an argument or a Monty Python skit.....
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 02:43 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: raimondo at July 18, 2026 02:43 AM (HB+QK)
Posted by: Braenyard
And this differs from all the other Democrats how?
Posted by: ...
Clinton and Obama could keep it in their pants?
Figuratively, for Clinton.
Posted by: mikeski at July 18, 2026 02:45 AM (VHUov)
I think a sternly worded letter to each state would be order of the day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:36 AM (xHEjv)
gonna be interesting.... there is a thing soon to be on the ballot here, that reneges on the Prop 13 promise.
Third time I've seen this type of crap... but with the amount of election crap going on? my guess is it passes.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 18, 2026 02:46 AM (mP0Kj)
Speculating: If CA voted and agreed amonst itself to be two states and 100% started acting like two states - each new state giving the Fed its cut and following all the other rules and regs that befall a state re the Fed.
What would Congress do?
Posted by: Braenyard
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Well, that's kind of a "If the world turned into an apple, would the moon turn into an orange?" question. I assume that states have some arrangement with federal agencies for reporting obligations and "Take me to your leader" situations. If Jefferson (as the new state would probably be called) and California tried to do this in a one-sided way, I'm sure DC would completely ignore them and continue as-is. Californians know this, and it's part of the considerations about splitting. I wish we'd do it. We were close to it TWICE -- it got derailed the first time by the Civil War, then got back on track and boom, Pearl Harbor day and it got derailed again. Maybe we'd better be careful about trying a third time haha.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 02:48 AM (mmrXZ)
Not sure why it's confusing,
Where I live gets trashed daily. Texans don't seem to like it when it comes back at them.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 02:57 AM (viF8m)
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Blondie, I am scared that i understand this.
Posted by: ... at July 18, 2026 02:58 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 03:02 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 03:08 AM (w6EFb)
Who gives a fuck?
Never understood why Texans thinks this matters. You don't even like much of your state. My front yard is the Atlantic Ocean. That's a bit bigger than Texas. By a lot.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 18, 2026 02:25 AM (viF8m)
Oh FFS. Sit down and shut up or I will split Alaska in two and Texas will be the 3rd largest state, and don't get me started on Pacific vs. Atlantic.
Do I need to knock heads together?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 18, 2026 03:09 AM (bl07w)
It's sort of like some of those silly fan-fic questions, like, who would win in a fight between Batman and Aquaman if Batman didn't have his utility belt, and Aquaman was covered in molasses.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 03:16 AM (w6EFb)
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
13h
This woman has been ranting like an asylum cat lady about Russia and the election being stolen from her for going on 10 years now.
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
14h
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 03:16 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 03:32 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 03:36 AM (xHEjv)
New: AIPAC is no longer fundraising for the 18 Dems it endorsed — 15 of whom are up for reelection — who voted this week to end U.S. aid to Israel
Now 71% of the candidates AIPAC is funding are Republicans, & 29% are Dems
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 02:08 AM (xHEjv)
Good. We don’t want money from those hyper evil apes and pigs anyway.
Posted by: Democratic Party at July 18, 2026 03:36 AM (4g5V+)
Tony Hrvatska
@tonybalogna
Jul 17
Canada was able to manage its vast forest land for a hundred years until a decade ago when it decided to become Reddit: the country
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 03:41 AM (6wpGE)
I was just reading a piece at the Daily Mail about JFK, Jr's plane crash. His body was severed in two at the torso, and his wife was scalped. Diver found a piece of her scalp with her long hair still attached. Being so gruesome, they just let it go.
He was an idiot. He got himself into a classic graveyard spiral, not knowing how to use instruments. Trust your instruments, not your senses. When you get into one of those, with no visual cues, your brain thinks your flying level, when in reality your are in bank, curving around, and descending. If you see your altitude is dropping, the instinct is to yank back on the stick, which increases the turn acceleration violently, and the drop rate.
That's exactly what he did.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 18, 2026 03:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at July 18, 2026 03:55 AM (Ia/+0)
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It must have rained...again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 03:55 AM (xHEjv)
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It must have rained...again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 18, 2026 03:55 AM (xHEjv)
Sudden intense downpours with that terrain do not mix.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 18, 2026 04:08 AM (4g5V+)
That's exactly what he did.
Posted by: publius
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Wow, how can you not know that you're banking? I can see how you might not know that your nose is down, but it seems to me you would know that you're sliding left or right in your seat. Your coffee is spilling sideways.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 18, 2026 04:24 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)
The Eighth Law already requires that every admissible alteration of the noetic field (and, by extension, every macroscopic world-line that couples to that field) lie along a null geodesic of the full 6D manifold that satisfies the 2T-gauge conditions.
Posted by: m at July 18, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)
Friday Cafe
Tree Guardians by John Kent
Poor golden retriever has had his bed stolen by an evil kitten. Republican whale pounces.
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Two Best of Breed wins for The Big Dummy at today's Houston KC and concurrent Houston Area Hound Association shows. No joy in either Hound Group, but there are lots of high rollers in town.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 07:06 PM (O0L8i)
The top image reminds me that I LOVED Sheep Detective. IT was charming, a fun mystery, and also made me have deep feelings about death and memory.
And before the weekend box office rolls in for Nolan's Odyssey...I think it will do great its first two weeks because of the huge IMAX presales, and the Nolan stans are a strong force. The drop off two weeks from now will be telling if it has legs. But the new Spider-Man movie will swoop into theaters right after, and that film is going to be HUGE. The last one ended on a gangbuster cliffhanger, and Peter finally got his big losses. People want to see the resolution. It might take away the Nolan audience. We'll see. I'm interested in seeing both movies, but not opening weekend, maybe in a few weeks.
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🚨 BREAKING: Ann Widdecombe's murder suspect has been named as Joshua Kerry by the Daily Mail
The soy is strong in that one.
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Made a major deposit in the Favor Bank today. They were short of stewards to cover all the rings, so I offered to run one by myself. Long, hard day, but I done good by all parties.
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Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 07:17 PM (4NO2D)
https://tinyurl.com/yzhthfas
Posted by: gp at July 17, 2026 07:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 07:19 PM (Cqx++)
My question is: are we in stage 4 or in end stage corruption?
Posted by: Paco at July 17, 2026 07:19 PM (2L+MU)
It is going to be a long summer, I think I am running out of jars.
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Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 07:17 PM (4NO2D)
Well ain't much you can do with a rickroll.
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 07:24 PM (LHPAg)
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Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 07:28 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m)
James Cromwell is a pretty good actor, he's just not very much of a person.
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 07:29 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Man who lives as a pig
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It's all fun and games until you meet the ducks.
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 07:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 07:16 PM (dIske)
Why do the dancing Japanese chicks remind me of Oompa -Loompas?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 07:30 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 07:30 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 07:32 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 07:28 PM (vE0+H)
The cherry batch? No, both batches are runny, though a couple did set sort of OK.
I need to dig potatoes this weekend, the vines are starting to die back, and I want to get them up so I can plant bush beans. I dug a couple up and they are just wonderful
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 07:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 07:33 PM (4NO2D)
I didn't know that. But I did like the movie.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 07:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m)
James Cromwell is a pretty good actor, he's just not very much of a person.
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 07:29 PM (LHPAg)
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Glen Corbett Zefram Cochrane > James Cromwell Zefram Cochrane
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 17, 2026 07:35 PM (n9eFH)
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 07:16 PM (dIske)
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Which is more chilling? A flock of birds watching you like that? Or a herd of sheep?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 07:35 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 17, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 17, 2026 07:35 PM
Oh yeah.
Posted by: The Companion at July 17, 2026 07:36 PM (4NO2D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxsyB5sbKzY
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 07:33 PM (4NO2D)
I have no idea how to process these covers.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 07:37 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 07:32 PM (LHPAg)
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Ghola clones created by the Bene Tleilax.
(I've been reading Dune novels recently...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 07:37 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 07:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 07:37 PM
One Word: Japanese
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Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 07:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 07:44 PM (4NO2D)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxsyB5sbKzY
Posted by: toby928(c)
I have no idea how to process these covers.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Perhaps something classical would help? Different people, but the same chicken.
https://youtu.be/khOfSVULtsU
https://youtu.be/O3HW67QzTpU
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 07:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 07:40 PM
What about after you get up close and get a sideways glance?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 17, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 07:46 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 07:32 PM (LHPAg)
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Two things disturb me about that vid. First, the choreography is bizarre....and secondly, I happen to know it isn't AI. They are called "Avantgardey" and were a big deal on "America's Got Talent."
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 07:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 07:47 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 07:47 PM (bqIVz
The smoke is in VA. Crazy.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 07:48 PM (p4NUW)
https://youtu.be/khOfSVULtsU
https://youtu.be/O3HW67QzTpU
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 07:44 PM (VHUov)
I guess it's more fun than a kazoo.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 07:49 PM (6ydKt)
The worst part is I couldn't stop watching.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 07:49 PM (E9Zz8)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 07:50 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 07:50 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2026 07:51 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Eromero
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1. they were wearing wigs
2. I am not sure they were all girls. I didn't look too close though.
3. Some have "daikon legs" so no, they don't look the same. Not enough pixes to see their faces though.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 07:51 PM (E9Zz8)
Refighting the 1813 cavalry battle Lieberwolkwitz in 1813
Russian, Prussians and Austrians vs French
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 07:52 PM (xWme4)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 17, 2026 07:52 PM (n9eFH)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Well ain't much you can do with a rickroll.
Posted by: Eromero
They almost always let you down.
Posted by: mikeski, ironically at July 17, 2026 07:52 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026
***
They are all wearing the same outfit and hairstyle, but there weren't any closeups, so naturally they all look alike.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2026 07:53 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 07:54 PM (xWme4)
Posted by: Orson
They need a cinematographer with a clue, though. Unless having invisible arms was the point. Long white sleeves waving around in front of an all-white background?
Posted by: mikeski at July 17, 2026 07:54 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 17, 2026 07:35 PM
Whereas the colony of penguins is a conspiracy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 07:54 PM (Wnv9h)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7RwDnZI7Tw
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 07:55 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 07:56 PM (/WQyy)
tinyurl.com/4s5veh6x
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 07:57 PM (gKWVE)
Fucking smug sonofabitch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 07:46 PM (0aYVJ)
He played Stretch Cunningham I believe.
Fuck him.
Posted by: Zombie Meathead at July 17, 2026 07:58 PM (45BvE)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 07:58 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 07:58 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 07:58 PM (bqIVz)
It'll be back in a couple of years... maybe even next year.
If you look at its history, the water level goes up and down quite a bit.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 08:01 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Adriane the Baaaaaaa d Critic . . . at July 17, 2026 08:09 PM (3ZUWJ)
It is easier to vote than to get 2 or 3 fucking breadstick at the Italian Chilis.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:10 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at July 17, 2026 08:10 PM (38587)
Monsoone level floods this year.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/+uur)
Congratulations to The Big Dummy, and all involved ...
Posted by: Adriane the Baaaaaaa d Critic . . . at July 17, 2026 08:11 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 08:11 PM (ndZc7)
Monsoone level floods this year.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/+uur)
Calif is so big that its climate can be in different trends in the same year... so some Lakes? OK, some not so.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 08:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:13 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Case
The top 5 feet are a reservoir.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 17, 2026 08:14 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 08:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Remember that $30 B bill to fix you lakes about 20 years ago.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:14 PM (/+uur)
Diversity alone is not our strength.
Diversity in unity is our strength.
That's the point of E pluribus unum.
Many people.... one People.
Those who want to be capital D Diverse so badly they jettison the very idea of a common culture, a common People, a common vocabulary of being... it won't work. It has never worked. It will never work.
If you love your characteristics more than you love your own humanity, you'll never find the fabled Unity you strive for.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 08:15 PM (rGE1V)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 17, 2026 08:15 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: r hennigantx
The one they used the money to blow up dams?
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 17, 2026 08:16 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 08:16 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 08:16 PM (rbvCR)
https://tinyurl.com/98ufvh3s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 08:11 PM (ndZc7)
I saw Weird Ass Mutant Racoons ina double feature with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Gemini on Forest Lane in 1988.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 17, 2026 07:35 PM
Whereas the colony of penguins is a conspiracy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 07:54 PM (Wnv9h)
Actually it is called a "scrum". That is the reason the unpaired cocks get called Hooligans.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 08:18 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Accomack at July 17, 2026 08:19 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 17, 2026 08:16 PM (NnhvP)
Can you imagine sitting in front of 40 4th grader saying that to save water we blew the fuck out of damns.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:19 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 08:19 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 08:20 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Accomack at July 17, 2026 08:19 PM (T8bqm)
Well I woke up Friday mornin
No way to hold my head
That didnit hurt
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:20 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 08:21 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 08:21 PM (1z8ji)
So I had one more
Posted by: Accomack at July 17, 2026 08:22 PM (T8bqm)
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 08:20 PM (LHPAg)
My birthday is the 10th and I always wanted to be on Pensacola that week.
We lived in Destin for about 8 or so years and I love the Blues
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:22 PM (/+uur)
He has short spine syndrome, poor guy.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 08:21 PM (hftzA)
Yeah, poor guy. Maybe he'll be the next Stephen Hawking of the raccoon universe.
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 08:23 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Cali 4th grader at July 17, 2026 08:23 PM (wOO3z)
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The beautiful and charming Linda Sarsour has thoughts.
Canary Mission
@canarymission
DSA member Linda Sarsour calls for replacing the Declaration of Independence.
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
This is an attack on everything America stands for.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 08:23 PM (ndZc7)
https://tinyurl.com/98ufvh3s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 08:11 PM (ndZc7)
I saw Weird Ass Mutant Racoons ina double feature with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Gemini on Forest Lane in 1988.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:17 PM (/+uur)
this is about me, isn't it...
Posted by: Rocket... at July 17, 2026 08:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: LizLem at July 17, 2026 07:06 PM (Eng1Z)
Well, I plain don't go to movies at all, anymore. But any movie with a tranny in it is "avoid at all costs".
Well, if the movie showed a tranny being fed through a wood chipper, maybe...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 08:24 PM (1z8ji)
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
Beating women and fucking goats.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 08:25 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 08:25 PM (wOO3z)
Beating women and fucking goats
Posted by: Arkansaw at July 17, 2026 08:26 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 07:22 PM (rbvCR)
It really, really sucks to run out of jars when you have tools stuck in the hole.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 08:27 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 08:25 PM (wOO3z)
103 Beating women and fucking goats.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 08:25 PM (wOO3z)
Beating women and fucking goats
Posted by: Arkansaw at July 17, 2026 08:26 PM (/+uur)
hahaha
Posted by: Arkansaw at July 17, 2026 08:27 PM (/+uur)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is Somalian.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 08:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:27 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 08:21 PM
Evenin', AOP.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 08:28 PM (Wnv9h)
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is Somalian.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 08:27 PM (gKWVE)
FGM is not a time zone
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:28 PM (/+uur)
Alternate description:
Pet owner waits until dog is away from bed. Then places kitty on bed, starts filming and calls dog.
I especially liked the part where the kitty climbed up on top of the dog and used him for a bed.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at July 17, 2026 08:28 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Eromero
Or Gary Coleman.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 08:29 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 08:30 PM (xWme4)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 08:30 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 07:47 PM (bqIVz)
Fires are in in Ontario, I think, which is a turd-world shithole. No smoke here in Alberta. It was humid as fuck here all day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 08:31 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 08:30 PM (xWme4)
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I should change my nic to Ben Hazy.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 08:32 PM (joaLd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 08:33 PM (Cqx++)
Monsoone level floods this year.
Posted by: r hennigantx at July 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/+uur)
75 Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 07:06 PM (O0L8i)
As of tomorrow, Lake Travis will be completely full for time first time since I've lived here. The rain didn't even seem all that intense.
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 08:34 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Well ain't much you can do with a rickroll.
Posted by: Eromero
They almost always let you down.
Posted by: mikeski, ironically at July 17, 2026 07:52 PM (VHUov)
Never. Never. Never.
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 08:36 PM (lCppi)
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
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lol gf
For REAL Americans, The Declaration of Independence is "The Ark of Our Covenant."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 08:36 PM (joaLd)
AOP
Good that you don't have to cope with the smoke. But you take care. Humidity is no fun either.
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 08:38 PM (bqIVz)
And today for the first time, the little creek running through our yard had some flow (as the ground was too dry previously.
Our small city has two decent-sized lakes that are quite low however as we've been in at least a decade-long drought.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 08:40 PM (joaLd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 08:21 PM
Evenin', AOP.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Not ACE so self identifying as...!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 17, 2026 08:41 PM (NnhvP)
The reporter discovered that when Hitler died on 30 April 1945 that his brain was placed aboard an Alien Spacecraft and prior to Trump's birth on June 14, 1946 transported into his body by Alien technology that Elon Musk has in his possession in a secret location in Liechtenstein.
So, CNN has determined in conclusion that Trump is Hitler ....
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at July 17, 2026 08:41 PM (qD4Ju)
Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
·
3h
EXC: Some of the biggest names in media participated in private dinners and China trips organized by a Chinese Communist Party influence operation seeking to generate “favorable coverage” and “disseminate positive messages” about China.
The outlets named include:
• CNN
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• Reuters
• The Wall Street Journal
• Bloomberg
• BBC
• Associated Press
• TIME
• The Atlantic
Posted by: The Beatles at July 17, 2026 08:42 PM (E4rtv)
That’s exactly what they really mean by “Diversity is Our Strength” Depends on your definition of “we”, but they mean them. It’s a de facto wrecking ball to the existing form of government and is intended to be. Everything.
They are masters of bait and switch. “We all need to get along” and “Treat everyone equally” don’t judge people based on their ethnicity or race, but on their character. Now it’s various flavors of “Whitey needs to Die”. This is eliminationist invective at best, it’s always the same in every country, at least so far.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 08:42 PM (r2olS)
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 08:43 PM (unqOZ)
Name one invention from a Communist Country or Diversity Filled African Shit-hole Country that changed the world ?????
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 08:45 PM (IEljh)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 08:47 PM (IEljh)
No one said Lake Tahoe is dry.
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 08:47 PM (bqIVz)
How about replacing the Koran?
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 08:48 PM (Cqx++)
I asked Senator Thom Tillis about his vote against the Save America act and whether it has anything to do with the money [$700k] he’s receiving from industries who profit off of cheap illegal labor.
He was VERY mad about the question.
https://tinyurl.com/r5wu5jj8 [what an asshoe]
[next day] @SaraGonzalesTX
RINO Thom Tillis is so MAD about me calling him out for voting AGAINST the Save America Act that he’s talking about me on the Senate floor!
https://tinyurl.com/2cwvhh7x
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 08:48 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 08:49 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 08:49 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 08:50 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Jackson K.
Rubik's Cube
Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 17, 2026 08:50 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 08:51 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 08:51 PM (S41Gd)
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
You mean the Koran. No. Go suck start a hand grenade.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 08:54 PM (jrKun)
>>@scotus_wire
·
1h
>>🚨 The D.C. Circuit has temporarily allowed the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with its proposed election-mail rule requiring states to submit voter lists and serialized ballot barcodes before USPS will mail federal ballots, staying a district judge's order.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 08:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 07:58 PM (bqIVz)
129 @ 126.
No one said Lake Tahoe is dry.
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 08:47 PM (bqIVz)
Really?
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 08:56 PM (unqOZ)
SA member Linda Sarsour calls for replacing the Declaration of Independence.
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
---
We can send them home in peace.
The window of opportunity is closing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 08:57 PM (VQ0bX)
It means your governor is angry tweeting on X right now. Best part is the judge who wrote the opinion was appointed by Biden.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)
wtf does Sarsour mean by "replacing" the Declaration of Independence? That's not how it works. You declare independence from whatever authority is CURRENTLY overseeing you. It's utterly meaningless for the US to rewrite its declaration of independence from 18th century England.
What you need to do, you idiot, is draw up the DSA's declaration of independence from the United States. Then you establish a capital, pick a leader, maybe write a constitution, establish a currency, all that stuff. Of course you won't have a military or police or any of that yucky oppressive stuff -- notice i said nothing about drawing borders -- and then you start trading and sending out diplomatic missions and stuff.
Jesus iced, watch a video game you idiot. It's basic world-building.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 17, 2026 09:00 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 09:00 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 17, 2026 09:00 PM (mmrXZ)
I am guessing she is not a huge fan of Crusader Kings II.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 09:02 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Meat Loaf (2 Words, Motherfuckers) at July 17, 2026 09:02 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
And up close even more.
Posted by: Nordic Princess at July 17, 2026 09:05 PM (hVCM7)
Many years ago, I was pulled over by the police and had a pistol confiscated. “Why do you have a gun?”
“Well … ya never know”. He didn’t say anything. They made me pick it up after showing the permit to purchase.
There are no permits required to carry in my home state now. At some point, you have to decide if you want to “follow the law” or not. The crooks don’t, leaving decent, peaceble people at a deadly disadvantage. This is not legal advice. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 09:05 PM (r2olS)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 09:06 PM (BI5O2)
For REAL Americans, The Declaration of Independence is "The Ark of Our Covenant."
that is SO well put!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 17, 2026 09:08 PM (VyBeY)
Pretty sure there will be a motion to stay the ruling pending an appeal to SCOTUS so I don't expect you'll be able to go to your local shop tomorrow and find ARs on the shelf. But it's a big step in the right direction.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2026 09:08 PM (vTZFs)
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
***
Well there skippy. When you try to set up in my little town, don't be surprised when you encounter some resistance. And we (neighbors and I) won't be bound by any Rules of Engagement.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 09:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 17, 2026 09:09 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 09:06 PM (BI5O2)
Illustrated korans, with a big fold-out of old mo' being buggered by the men of Al Zutt.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 09:10 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 08:30 PM (xWme4)
Not to be confused with a Hazy IPA.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 09:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 09:05 PM (r2olS)
Texas says Eromero can carry. Eromero has ALWAYS carried.
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 09:11 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 09:11 PM (BI5O2)
It's the clear reading of the Constitution. The DOJ is suing California for a very similar thing. Slowly but surely 2A rights are going to be restored all across the country.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 09:12 PM (viF8m)
Just got home.
Beautiful boat ride home. Sunny and 70 on the beach. Alki Art Fair this weekend! So fun!
Cheers!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 09:13 PM (AATb+)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 17, 2026 09:13 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2026 09:08 PM (vTZFs)
They have been selling ARs here again for the last few years because they specifically reversed the ban on that. This new ruling will cover everything else. FN-FALs, AKs, M1As, Spas 12, UZI, etc. You know, the good stuff. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:14 PM (S41Gd)
The outlets named include:
• CNN
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• Reuters
• The Wall Street Journal
• Bloomberg
• BBC
• Associated Press
• TIME
• The Atlantic
Posted by: The Beatles at July 17, 2026 08:42 PM (E4rtv)
Makes ya wonder just what kind of compromising information the Chinese were able to entrap with that crowd.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 09:15 PM (2WIwB)
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
——-++
Does she mean the constitution?
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 09:16 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 09:11 PM (BI5O2)
Poetry.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:16 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 08:57 PM (viF8m)
I saw that. I was shocked. I read a lot of the decision. It was pretty good. I have a fucking headache now since it was a billion pages, but it was good. I didn't read any of the dissent though, they can just kiss my ass.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:17 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 17, 2026 09:17 PM (VyBeY)
——-++
Does she mean the constitution?
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 09:16 PM (Dd38x)
Do they even have the fucking motor skills?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:17 PM (Ot/FD)
Casual Geographic (~16m)
https://youtu.be/r3V3hAqyzBo
Posted by: mindful webworker - critters! at July 17, 2026 09:17 PM (p+5Bi)
Pretty sure there will be a motion to stay the ruling pending an appeal to SCOTUS so I don't expect you'll be able to go to your local shop tomorrow and find ARs on the shelf. But it's a big step in the right direction.
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2026 09:08 PM (vTZFs)
I'm still annoyed with most AR manufacturers for declining to go the Barrett route when Clownifornia banned 50BMG rifle sales.
"Your LEO agencies want to have us repair and service anything we built and sold to you in the past? Howza bout fuck you and fuck your boyfriend. Don't send us anything, even if it's under contract. In fact, you can take back all these rifles that are still in pieces in our shop. Good luck setting the headspace, you fucktards."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 09:18 PM (iqcvy)
"That's a great idea. You're definitely thinking along the right lines. Have you tried Thorazine?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:19 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 17, 2026 09:20 PM (afJtY)
@canarymission
DSA member Linda Sarsour calls for replacing the Declaration of Independence.
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
This is an attack on everything America stands for.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 08:23 PM (ndZc7)
She is proposing to take away our Document that represents our values. This means she plans to impose other values on Americans. Bad idea.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 17, 2026 09:20 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 09:18 PM (iqcvy)
and if the big Three Automakers had done the same back when Calif lost its mind and started regulating everything? Yeah, we'd be much better off today.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 09:20 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:14 PM (S41Gd)
You know, somebody ought to build a cap&ball semi-auto carbine that uses reloadable steel cartridges for ammo. Straight blow-back action. Thirty-round mags. Shoot .36 caliber minie balls through a rifled barrel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 09:20 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Eromero
>You mean the Stephen Hawking from the Epstein files, that poor guy getting some therapy? Didn't he believe that aliens would come here to kill us?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 09:20 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 09:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Size training for bomb insertion is halal.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 09:21 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 17, 2026 09:20 PM (OlzlW)
And what is amazing, is if you read the declaration, it is all about a Populace being able to control their own government... that they have a duty and right to change it if they think it is necessary.
She is literally advocating what the Declaration, says.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 09:21 PM (mP0Kj)
"Do we have the audacity to…build a document that is our values?”
Sure, take you're little cult of commie goat fuckers, find a deserted island about 10,000 miles from here, and have at it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:21 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:14 PM (S41Gd)
These are a few of my favorite things.
Posted by: Eromero at July 17, 2026 09:21 PM (LHPAg)
....
Like.....
... What's your game plan, here?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:22 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Wenda at July 17, 2026 09:22 PM (u84c/)
Posted by: Case at July 17, 2026 09:23 PM (bqIVz)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 09:20 PM (1z8ji)
A Modern version of the late 1700's Austrian Air Rifle... the one Lewis and Clarke carried... with modern machining?
Would rock.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 09:23 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:21 PM (S41Gd)
Make your own little Declaration of Clit Chopping Goatfuckery, and we'll cross another frozen river on Christmas to kill your dumb assses in your sleep.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:24 PM (Ot/FD)
....
Like.....
... What's your game plan, here?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:22 PM (Ot/FD)
No, that is our plan...
Posted by: Supremes Birthright Citizenship Ruling at July 17, 2026 09:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 09:25 PM (XuXeR)
We're occupied.
/St Helena
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 09:26 PM (XuXeR)
Would rock.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 09:23 PM (mP0Kj)
There are some modern air rifles on the market now that are repeaters, with integral suppressors (no tax stamp required, as not a "firearm". Pretty cool shit. Thing is, black powder cap and ball guns are also not "firearms" in many jurisdictions. Make those carve-outs work for you!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 09:27 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 17, 2026 09:28 PM (bkuEU)
Bio — Linda Sarsour
Linda Sarsour is an author, award-winning
racial justice
and civil rights activist,
seasoned community organizer
and mother of three.
Ambitious, outspoken and independent,
Linda shatters stereotypes of ...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 09:29 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
Probably not. All that cousin humping really wrecks the IQ.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 09:29 PM (jrKun)
....
Like.....
... What's your game plan, here?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:22 PM (Ot
History teachers, even the bad ones, are sighing out loud.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 09:31 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: JQ at July 17, 2026 09:32 PM (rdVOm)
And here's this frog faced phony ass bitch with her gross ass uncovered face flopping in the breeze like a harlot screaming treason, and the collective Uncle Sam gives nary a fiddler's fuck about her nonsense because fuck her and her filthy whore face.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:32 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 09:15 PM (2WIwB)
_____________________________
Have you ever heard stories about "The Vault" in Beijing? There are a couple very believable inteviews with high level businessmen who deal directly with China. The joke is that if they don't try to sneak something by in the final contract review, they're up to something else. These guys insist that they take selected individuals down below street level in Beijing to the "Vault" which is a large room containing an entire wall of "safety deposit boxes". If they bring you down there, they will show you a box with your name engraved on an attached brass plaque. They let you sift through the contents, and it is an unspoken bribe which is all yours if you accept, but obviously, it comes with certain obligations.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 09:33 PM (dIske)
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They are not firearms under Federal law. I would expect state and local jurisdictions think otherwise, and are classified as a “dangerous weapon” under state and/or local laws in any case.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 09:33 PM (r2olS)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 09:34 PM (viF8m)
BREAKING: Paul Pelosi charged with with a misdemeanor hit-and-run following crash in California
Posted by: stop - hammer time! at July 17, 2026 09:35 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:35 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Most states are either open or concealed carry OK.
The other states...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 09:36 PM (VQ0bX)
Bartender, I’ll have what he’s having! That’s fucking beautiful.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 09:36 PM (r2olS)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 17, 2026 09:37 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 09:37 PM (VQ0bX)
the past couple of days you have been on fire!
Posted by: Wenda at July 17, 2026 09:37 PM (u84c/)
the past couple of days you have been on fire!
Posted by: Wenda at July 17, 2026 09:37 PM (u84c/)
Man, i been busy, so i when i can get here i just swan in and shit out some pent up nonsense and y'all just have to deal with it.
But thanks
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:38 PM (Ot/FD)
The other states...
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My point is, one cannot say “Na na na na na nah…. This gun isn’t really a gun!”
That ain’t gonna work
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 09:39 PM (r2olS)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 09:32 PM (Ot/FD)
Impressive. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:41 PM (S41Gd)
There are some modern air rifles on the market now that are repeaters, with integral suppressors (no tax stamp required, as not a "firearm". Pretty cool shit. Thing is, black powder cap and ball guns are also not "firearms" in many jurisdictions. Make those carve-outs work for you!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 09:27 PM (1z8ji)
Plus, "antique" guns manufactured before 1898 are not "firearms". Like the Finn M39 Mosin-Nagant I bought about 15 years ago and had shipped to my door in Santa Barbara. Fully rebuilt in 1968 with a new 1968 barrel and stock for the Finn officer cadets, and never issued after being re-arsenaled. But the receiver was manufactured in 1896, so "not a firearm" and 100% legal.
The only problem is, I bought a couple of cases of 1940s Russian and Czech ammo that I can't use now because the jackets are bi-metal and magnetic. Last thing I need is to start a wildfire in the Sierras from hitting a random rock and producing a spark. So I'm stuck with commercial ammo or reloads, if I can find non-magnetic .312 bullets, which isn't always possible.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 09:41 PM (iqcvy)
Well, what happened with the Starship Flight 13 test last night was 4 Raptors on the Super Heavy failed to ignite, triggering the automatic abort.
They are going to swap out 2 of those 4 and try again on Monday.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)
By the way, the Czech ammo is surplus military practice rounds. Solid bi-metal pistol bullets at about 40 grains with a full charge behind it. SPECTACULAR fireball, with virtually no recoil, and I clocked them with my chrono at around 3600 fps.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 09:44 PM (iqcvy)
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Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Winchester model 1895 lever action?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 09:44 PM (VQ0bX)
Posted by: dog with a 'friend' at July 17, 2026 09:44 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 17, 2026 09:37 PM (bkuEU)
Same in Jersey. Jersey treats BB guns the same way too. Which is really stupid. Oh, I just jumped through hoops to get a PISTOL permit for this BB pistol? Oh I have an idea, press that BB pistol in your ass, and give the frigging 357 mag.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 09:44 PM (S41Gd)
They are going to swap out 2 of those 4 and try again on Monday.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)
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Why not swap out all 4 -- unless they want to test its ability without 2 of the Raptors?
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 09:45 PM (27aLr)
They are going to swap out 2 of those 4 and try again on Monday.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:41 PM (w6EFb)
If your Raptor fails to ignite, Bob Dole has the solution for you!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 09:45 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 09:46 PM (4g5V+)
If you remember on the last test flight, Flight 12, the Superheavy failed to properly relight for the boostback burn.
The cause of that was a too "aggressive" flip (turning its ass end where it need to point), which disrupted propellant flow, and messed up some sensors. The cause of that too strong flip was related to too much heat from the hot staging of the Starship itself. Or something like that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)
I'm assuming they think 2 of them are okay to go, but the other two aren't. No more information on that. They want all of them running before they takeoff.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:48 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 09:48 PM (1z8ji)
*********
AK-47
Posted by: Cosda at July 17, 2026 09:49 PM (mOa5T)
Just got back. She's doing well, relatively speaking for a 96 year old that nearly killed herself falling. She wants to come home badly. And she will when they get her leg strength back up, and that big surgical wound on her legs heals up enough. That wound is more that we could handle at home for a while, I think.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:50 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 09:51 PM (zZu0s)
The heat of the hot staging damaged some sensors, which caused some false alarm conditions or something. Result was that too aggressive flip somehow.
One it flipped itself so hard, the forces involved slung the propellants around, getting out of whack for the needed flow to the engines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:53 PM (w6EFb)
I've always wondered about that hot staging. Don't like it. If it works, it works, but at first blush, I just don't like it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at July 17, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)
Winchester model 1895 lever action?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 09:44 PM (VQ0bX)
Only if it's MANUFACTURED before 1898, it's not enough if the design itself was from that era.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 09:57 PM (iqcvy)
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Under Federal Law
You guys gotta think this through. Most people don’t get charged with anything under Federal Law.
They get charged by the local cop shop or Sheriff’s department, the local DA.
You think you get a Get Out of Jail Free card here somehow?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 09:58 PM (bbqHZ)
MODEL 1895 RIFLE
By Marc Gorelick, VGCA, and Tim Prince, College Hill Arsenal
Contains US military field trials 1899 assessment, Springfield Armory.
It's disappointing.
https://tinyurl.com/54ebm3aj
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 10:00 PM (VQ0bX)
The BP repros are astonishingly accurate. I wouldn’t want to carry one for self defense over modern cartridge firearms but they are perfectly serviceable and better than being unarmed
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 10:03 PM (bbqHZ)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at July 17, 2026 10:05 PM (w3u3d)
You've hit another car?
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 10:07 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 10:10 PM (8dYl7)
The Same Media That Pushed Hillary's Fake Opposition Research About Russia Collusion For Six Years Can't Believe Trump Is Alleging Election Irregularities
Hillary's oppo fictions were worth reporting -- but an actual scandal with actual documentation doesn't.
MJTruthUltra
@MJTruthUltra DECLASSIFIED This is a December 2021 internal email from the U.S. intelligence community's top cyber official. * In 2020, the official intelligence assessment said certain Chinese units were not trying to influence the U.S. election (only general "issue" stuff). The email writer disagreed -- he thought they were. * A newer report now says China is influencing another election and labels the same units as "election influence" operations. The writer questions why the same activity gets called "election meddling" in one place but not in the U.S. -- and calls for oversight. This shows the double standards in how U.S. intelligence judged Chinese election interference.
MJTruthUltra
@MJTruthUltra
🚨 SHOCKING: FBI Director Wray Signed Off as FBI Called China Election Meddling Warning an "Absolute Red Line" In a December 30, 2020 email, top FBI Counterintelligence official Nikki Floris slammed a draft Intelligence Community Assessment on the 2020 election. She warned that including the minority view -- which said China did try to influence the election -- was unacceptable and called it "an absolute red line for the FBI." Director Wray had already signed off on the main ICA text. The FBI pushed hard to keep the China "yes they interfered" view buried or heavily downplayed. Floris accused the dissenting comments of being misleading and lacking proper evidence. It shows Wray signed off on the main report that said China didn't try to mess with the 2020 election. The FBI team then fought hard to keep the part that said China did try from being included.
Brian Stelter
@brianstelter
CNN's Kaitlan Collins: "We'll be monitoring what the president says tonight, as we always do, but aren't taking it live, given the president has a well documented history of saying blatantly false things about elections."
Right now CNN has person after person claiming that China doesn't interfere in our elections.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 17, 2026
Apparently they don't watch CNN.
2024. CNN does a segment on Chinese election interference with Tony Blinken.
This is CNN. pic.twitter.com/T89Bm9Rjxh
This guy spent five years lying to the planet claiming Trump stole the 2016 election. Now he’s offended that some have questions about 2020 and the release of docs (not paid for by Hillary Clinton) that raise even more questions. And he’s so smug about it.
— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) July 17, 2026
You can’t hate these… https://t.co/gCObgua2D1
2019. Eric Swalwell says that Russia and many other countries have the capability to change vote totals during our elections.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 17, 2026
"The intelligence communities, they understand the risk."
From 2016 to 2020, CNN aired many segments with politicians making similar claims about the… pic.twitter.com/pzKBzLPeyQ
Here's James Comey on ABC News saying that Trump may have been peeing on prostitutes in Moscow.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) July 17, 2026
Comey knew this was false. He knew for years that the Steele Dossier was fiction and was paid for by the Clinton campaign.
ABC has such strong standards for what they broadcast. 👌 pic.twitter.com/cBzerminny
Why won’t CNN air President Trump’s speech tonight about the stolen 2020 election?
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) July 16, 2026
Oh, that’s right. 😬 pic.twitter.com/b2NrXKIrVY
Flashback: Hillary Clinton, whose husband was elected with China's straw donations made through "nuns" with no money, expressly called for China to interfere in the US elections on the Democrats behalf -- which they did.
The following is my original content opinion, up until I get the the breakdown of President Trump’s released information on our voter fraud!
— C-Reason🇺🇸 (@CreasonJana) July 17, 2026
The Legacy News Networks (@ABC @CBS @NBC @CNN) and @TheDemocrats @DNC are so comfortable with their heads in the sand regarding our… pic.twitter.com/8bhXUFLKJE
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 06:01 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 06:01 PM (GD0B3)
Not one Dem anywhere has ever said the Steele Dossier was fake.
Not even the part about Trump paying prostitutes to urinate on the bed in Moscow that Obama slept on.
Not one.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 06:02 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 06:03 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 06:03 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: H at July 17, 2026 06:04 PM (gVd9B)
The Media
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2026 06:05 PM (YwEeS)
Also, won't be heard: "AMERICA WAS ***ATTACKED!!!!!!!!***"
Posted by: Gilligan 10 Years On the Island at July 17, 2026 06:05 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 06:05 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 06:05 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 06:06 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 06:06 PM (Cqx++)
The Media
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2026 06:05 PM (YwEeS)
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All the new papers to be released were all debunked by older government curated releases!!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 06:06 PM (jehhT)
Get rid of that God forsaken agency already. Haven't they done enough damage to the country?
Posted by: Big Pile Of Shit at July 17, 2026 06:07 PM (45BvE)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 06:07 PM (hftzA)
Just saying.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 06:06 PM (jehhT)
more than a few, just to be sure
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 06:08 PM (xcxpd)
New hotness: LALALALALA we can’t hear you or see your proof.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 06:08 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:08 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: anachronda at July 17, 2026 06:09 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 06:09 PM (n5tGW)
(Disclaimer: I was not a Stop-the-Steal guy)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:09 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 17, 2026 06:10 PM (DbmIv)
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2026 06:10 PM (OZXjq)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 06:09 PM (n5tGW)
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All of the broadcast networks but Fox flat-out carried the Democrat water last night!!
Prime, Grade-A bullshit.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)
Why were the Chinese more successful when Trump was president at rigging elections against Trump than during Biden's term. Otherwise, Trump would not have won. Conclusion: Trump's elections are less secure because he lost but somehow democrats elections are more beneficial to Trump.
The mental gymnastics his worshippers have to do to believe this is astounding. If only they did the same to understand what’s actually happening
Trump, you ARE thr deep state. Literally everyone involved is sketchy, wielding influence they shouldn’t have, manipulating an entire country to make everything as profitable as possible for themselves, right down to the Epstein files.
He and the MAGA movement have been in the government for 10 years. He had a 4 year break but the MAGA people were still in office. Isn’t he the deep state at this point
Everyone needs to call their Congressional Reps to demand they vote against the SAVE act. It’s very important. Trump is desperately trying to rig the next election
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 06:11 PM (5/BQI)
CNN Poll Shows 125% Of Americans Don’t Believe Trump’s Claim Of Election Fraud
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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 06:11 PM (ndZc7)
- the person who received an Amazon delivery (of goods from China) filled with blank election ballots
- International Falls, MN customs seizes a shipment of over $900k in counterfeit $1 bills
- Somali airport workers in MN routinely waived through millions in cash leaving America
- affidavits were submitted in 2020 of mystery semi trailers full of ballots
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 06:11 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: anachronda at July 17, 2026 06:09 PM (qdr3M)
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They're like the cheating spouse who wonders "So you're really going to make me lie to your face about this?"
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)
Excellent job, Bari Weiss!
Posted by: Lizzy
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I don't even know why CBS long-timers are bitching. What difference is she making?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:12 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (OXYE0)
Men are women
Lies are Truth
Murder is Resistance
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (/WQyy)
Come on, Media, aren't you just a wee bit curious?
No?
I didn't think so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: A Heathen Chinee at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (MWfyi)
How are we supposed to share a country with people who just ignore facts and insert their own made up shit as reality? Seriously, it's like dealing with a particularly stupid 3 year old.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (VJX5o)
The media
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (u73oe)
And consider that no one even had a chance to look at the documents at that point. Yet they dismiss it immediately.
This is what they call "journalism".
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 06:14 PM (n5tGW)
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1. IT'S ALL BULLSHIT!!
2. IF IT'S TRUE--THEY COULD ONLY BE HELPING TRUMP CHEAT!!
Orwellian doublethink is complete.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:14 PM (Fi81e)
1. Trump only lies.
2. We won’t cover anything he says because he’s a known* liar (based on our reporting).
Dunno, looks like China has been‘ credibly accused’ and that’s the same a totes guilty for one side.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 06:14 PM (4KUe5)
This is what they call "journalism".
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 06:14 PM (n5tGW)
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And why I call it urinalism.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:15 PM (Fi81e)
Come on, Media, aren't you just a wee bit curious?
No?
I didn't think so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
The far Left analyst guests are curious, and violently debate the reason: is America more sexist or racist?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 06:15 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:15 PM (/WQyy)
Everyone needs to call their Congressional Reps to demand they vote against the SAVE act. It’s very important. Trump is desperately trying to rig the next election
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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Do they have the slightest idea what's in the SAVE Act?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:16 PM (mmrXZ)
Debunked.
Old news.
What different does it make?
Squirrel!
The TDS journalism (il)logic tree progression.
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 06:16 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: huerfano
Ah, Crenis gives us prans fo pranes.
Posted by: Ho Lee Fuk at July 17, 2026 06:16 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 06:17 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: huerfano
I assumed Swalwell was the one doing the dicking around with Fang Fang, unless....!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 17, 2026 06:17 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (VJX5o)
No controlling legal authority
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:17 PM (/WQyy)
Come on, Media, aren't you just a wee bit curious?
No?
I didn't think so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:13 PM (6ydKt)
um, racism?
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 06:18 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:16 PM (mmrXZ)
No fucking clue. Their overlords to them to oppose this.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 06:18 PM (wOO3z)
Honestly, Stelter’s tweet is d@mning, admitting they straight up recto cover some news - a speech - instead choosing to spend time debunking it for the opposition. How do you “pre ink” a speech that hasn’t happened yet? That’s not news, that’s propaganda.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 06:19 PM (4KUe5)
There’s a reason Democraps are shitting bricks out of their monkeypoxed assholes like howitzer shells.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 17, 2026 06:19 PM (HwHEG)
1. Trump only lies.
2. We won’t cover anything he says because he’s a known* liar (based on our reporting
He lied over 30,000 times his first term! It's science! We documented it and everything, 100% objective and true!!!
Posted by: Washington Post Trump Firsf Term Fact Checker at July 17, 2026 06:19 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)
It's almost like you can't say there is a future for that country.
They can conceive that Russia helped Trump to win, but they can't conceive that the reality actually was Putin preferred Hillary.
However, they can't concede that China interfered to prevent a Trump victory, but they can imagine that China really wanted to help Trump and so THEN interfered.
It's not possible for the side to be actually reversed in one case, and it's the only possibility in the other.
Depending on their wish-casting.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:20 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:16 PM (mmrXZ)
No fucking clue. Their overlords to them to oppose this.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
If Trump’s fer it, we're against it.
Posted by: Mindless Dem NPCs at July 17, 2026 06:20 PM (5/BQI)
Hilary Clinton. So utterly evil, so utterly fake and plastic in public.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 17, 2026 06:21 PM (biznJ)
Trump admin moving to de-bank illegal immigrants, per Stephen Miller
Posted by: #winning at July 17, 2026 06:21 PM (gKWVE)
We need a critical thinking class in all schools. I think it could cover
-science and the scientific method
-legal rules of evidence and justice
-political conflict and how reality is manipulated
-argumentation, fallacies, and persuasion
-corruption and conflict of interest
It seems half our country hangs on to these crazy ideas and I can't really think of a long term solution other than a lot of helicopters.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 06:21 PM (f6IDb)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:21 PM (/WQyy)
LeBron James sitting in a locker room, reading (the first page) of How To Be A Better Woman. He looks up, as if surprised to find you there, and says, "I just spoke to my good friend, Chairman Pooh, and he assured me that allegations of China interfering in US elections hold no more validity than people saying that I flop in games." He then begins singing "March of the Volunteers".
Fade.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 06:18 PM (lCppi)
7 million is a lot of racism.
Even for a racist, white supremacist, nation like the U.S.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:21 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)
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Tom Thillis (yes, I know) said that documenting the vote would only "confuse the election".
You can't hate the Republican party enough.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:22 PM (Fi81e)
Obama’s guy Rhoda’s had one thing right: theyre all around 27 and dumb. The older ones like Tapper are fully committed to The Narrative.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 06:22 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Big Pile Of Shit at July 17, 2026 06:07 PM (45BvE)
The same could be said about almost every federal agency.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 06:22 PM (ExV1e)
It's about f'n time. I'm looking at you in particular, Bank of America.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 06:22 PM (MWfyi)
A frustrated population with "news" they know has failed them (along with flailing political leadership) is receptive to a power that "corrects" things. So the fact that there's an overcorrection by the new tyrants is not only expected, it's pretty much guaranteed. Corrupted media leads to its own homicide.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 17, 2026 06:22 PM (oji8u)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 06:23 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
A Vermeer or Morbark woodchipper is definitely more cost effective.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 06:23 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:16 PM (mmrXZ)
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It's Jim Eagle!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:23 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 06:21 PM (ExV1e)
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Bravo!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:24 PM (mmrXZ)
International Falls, MN customs seizes a shipment of over $900k in counterfeit $1 bills
Might as well counterfeit pennies.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 06:24 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Elric the Blade
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Yes, I am sure they just wanted all the voting records because they were curious.
Ballot stuffing starts with access to voter rolls, and inability for the public to verify, canvass before the vote that people exist, and verify afterward that they really voted.
I think *most* illegals don't vote. That still leaves enough to change an election, especially in certain areas, but I think the main cheat was false ballots made out in the names of real people off the rolls.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 06:25 PM (f6IDb)
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 17, 2026 06:22 PM (oji8u)
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It's just like long-term the only thing a judiciary can do is fuck up and get a lot of civilians killed. And then the representative parts of government have to fix their mess. Because the World dast to defy their theories.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: bob
Banishment. There are people that refuse to fit in with society, and ideally they should be banished to some far off land.
The best part is a lot of the problem (AWFLs and young white commies) could be convinced to go voluntarily with a little Federal persuasion. Make a deal with some "socialist" country, give them $30,000 and free transportation, on condition they revoke citizenship, never to get it back.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 17, 2026 06:25 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 06:25 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 06:26 PM (asZ+E)
*hic* *shart* *cackle*
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2026 06:26 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:27 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)
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Trump is an existential threat to their bubble.
It's all hurty outside of that.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:27 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 06:28 PM (zZu0s)
"Without evidence.
Debunked.
Old news.
What different does it make?
Squirrel!
The TDS journalism (il)logic tree progression."
The only step missing is "Steal Underpants."
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 17, 2026 06:29 PM (oji8u)
Trump is starting to look weak. The monsters on the other side —ie virtually the MSm are NOT afraid or concerned.
Trump must MAKE them be concerned. Very concerned.
Yes, the propagandists will go to the courts immediately —so f’in what? You fight , you might win. All Trump is doing now is complaining . And none of these Commie networks cares what he says…..he must DO something.
Posted by: Voter theater. at July 17, 2026 06:29 PM (FCPbW)
Then the Fucksticks took over, and flipped the script. That’s what it looks like from out here in the cheap seats anyhow. We were regaled with tales during the Frank Church committee hearings how horrible it all was, and this sort or thing must never be allowed to happen again, blah blah blah.
Posted by: Three Daryl Night at July 17, 2026 06:30 PM (4DF5d)
Because black Americans don't seem to be backing off a widespread support for voter ID however much the Dems tell them "IT'S JIM CROW!!" I mean, it's like they can't vote in their own self-interest (a textbook Marxist will assign that to you, btw).
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:27 PM
Don't forget that asshole, Cornyn. He's busy proving why he needed to booted.
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 06:31 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 17, 2026 05:49 PM (UZCuZ)
It is - but after the age of about 15 they realize it's all a bullshit excuse to justify aggression from themselves and those they agree with. They continue the story because admitting anything else would pop the bubble.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 06:32 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:33 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 06:28 PM (zZu0s)
There it is.
And who are we asking to pass this? The people that have been cheated in. And I don't just mean the 4 or 5 people who are saying no.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 06:34 PM (vE0+H)
—-
By any means necessary, aka do what thou wilt, is their philosophy. They don’t look at election fraud as cheating per se, voting 16 times is just doing whatever it takes. “Get Out The Vote” as it were. They think it’s their right to cheat, and so on.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 06:35 PM (4DF5d)
Posted by: Clue 2: Deep State Boogaloo at July 17, 2026 06:35 PM (45BvE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:33 PM (/WQyy)
Especially dumb if your other take is "Trump is a uniquely awful Super Hitler who must be killed at any cost"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 06:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 06:35 PM (YlWIZ)
If Trump wins, he stole the unriggable elections--WITH FOREIGN HELP!!
In 2020, Trump "loses", the Democrats who spent as long as they could trying to convince us "AMERICA WAS ATTACKED!!!!" through our elections, again assert THIS election was impossible to rig.
In 2024, Donald Trump wins again. So OF COURSE, he RIGGED it!!
I just can't be damnably dumb enough to be a Democrat. It's like the chameleon on the old Warner Brothers cartoon who gets a plaid background and cries out "I TRIED!! I TRIED!!"
I'm trying just to consider how I could play ping-pong with my mind like that and it hurts my head.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 06:36 PM (sYM3s)
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
_____________________________
She then links to "Indivisible" which is a State Dept. subcontractor (or was) that used to be used to start Color Revolutions in foreign nations...until Trump's second term. Then they aimed their resources towards a "color revolution" in the US. They were the primary funder of the "No Kings" nonsense. It's a good bet that a significant number of agency and State Dept. personnel that were given their walking papers by Trump are now involved in "Indivisiable.
Hillary really is a detestable growth.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 06:36 PM (dIske)
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That was clearly evident during the JEF administration. Their rhetoric reflected this perfectly. But it was pretty bizarre to hear it coming straight from inside the White House. Talk about delusional
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 06:37 PM (4DF5d)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:33 PM (/WQyy)
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The weakest thing at all would be to wave the white flag and say we can't win without a new leader.
I consider that far weaker than the case that "Trump is starting to look weak".
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:39 PM (Fi81e)
it was pretty bizarre to hear it coming straight from inside the White House. Talk about delusional
Posted by: Common Tater
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lol I remember that. Lefties moved to tears: "President Obama is speaking truth to power!"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:40 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 06:37 PM (4DF5d)
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The most powerful man in the free world said "I'm speaking truth to power" about patching a pipeline.
I shook my head so hard in utter disbelief that he hadn't updated his understanding.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:41 PM (Fi81e)
Democrats claim there is only cheating in the elections they lose and every other election is pure and perfect.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 06:42 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 06:35 PM (uhVAy)
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Trump is an existential threat--but only the kind that always chickens out.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 06:42 PM (OXYE0)
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close..."
Right. Because election integrity isn't something Americans care about. And elections have absolutely nothing to do with voters trying to manage their lives or anything.
There's not an older, more sinister hack in the US that I can think of right now. Maybe George Soros. Let's call it a tie.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 17, 2026 06:42 PM (oji8u)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 17, 2026 06:44 PM (HwHEG)
Who let her out of Chappedick's woods? I still like the story, after she LOST to President Trump, of random people coming upon her lurching in the woods. I am sure with a box of chardonnay under her rancid armpit and a voodoo doll of Trump she stuck pins in every hour.
I used to like to imagine Hil and Bill's happy home there. The dialogue, the harpy shrieking, a padded room, Bill fleeing or never coming home...and often do wonder who is buried under the pool they filled.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)
trib.al/zEhbCDW
Posted by: #winning at July 17, 2026 06:45 PM (gKWVE)
Hitler must have sucked Stalin's cock, because Trump PARALLELS HITLER!!
Trump paralleled Hitler so closely that the historical illiterates who couldn't bring up a single case except that they both were a type of populist and got popular were astounded.
I mean, these evidently historical illiterates, argued from gobsmacked incredulity that people who didn't think like they did JUST COULDN'T SEE IT!!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:47 PM (Fi81e)
Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Jeb! was the deep state plan.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 06:47 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 06:47 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:27 PM
Don't forget that asshole, Cornyn. He's busy proving why he needed to booted.
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 06:31 PM (VJX5o
For this group who thinks they may have a shot at another political position- who do you think is going to be the ones you need to vote for you? Start giving people a reason to question why they voted you out, not confirm it!
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 06:47 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: polynikes
Well, Trump hasn't rounded up his political enemies, thrown them into a pit, and then pour boiling oil into the pit. So yea, he's kind of weak. I mean they keep calling him an authoritarian and tyrant, yet not once has Trump pushed Brian Stelter off a tall building. Very disappointing.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at July 17, 2026 06:47 PM (jrKun)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 06:48 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Clenis and Grandma Death haven't lived together since Jan 2001.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 06:48 PM (wOO3z)
trib.al/zEhbCDW"
I doubt it. She's done until she isn't. Certain personalities simply cannot let go. When the opportunity reappears - and they almost always do - the vampires rise again.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at July 17, 2026 06:49 PM (oji8u)
Sophie Cunningham manages to anger both the left and right with a simple social media post.
You know what she said. Basically whatsup with these data centers taking over usable farmland.
I think most of the horde is on her side. I'd love her to be an ette.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:50 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 06:48 PM (OXYE0)
This is not very nice!
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 06:50 PM (Dd38x)
@HillaryClinton
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
===============
Her intent is as dark and huge and insidious as anything. She would really like to let loose a harvest of snakes.
Thank God she's also limp and dull. Back in 2017, she had started this "RIPE" movement. Resist, Insist, Persist, Enlist. Get it? I don't think a damn thing happens because of Hillary, except that some silly people go to zoom meetings, strategy sessions, book signings, and fund raisers where 90% of the money goes to first-class plane fare for the featured speaker, likely some disaffected professor of Gender Studies.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:51 PM (mmrXZ)
There was some reporting last year on this by Emerald Robinson, Patrick Byrne, and others -- but Trump exposing publicly would confirm that there were cheating methods in place (Venezuelan machines like Dominion, "The Serbian Server," et. al.) that had been identified and defeated.
I suppose there might be concerns about letting Our Enemies -- Foreign and Domestic -- know exactly what techniques you used to overcome theirs, giving them intel to which they can adapt and in the future overcome your countermeasures with their own new countermeasures.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 06:51 PM (FRcTi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 06:48 PM (OXYE0)
Oh boy! I can't wait to see what she can do with some potatoes au gratin! Yeah baby! Rub that in there...oh yeah! oh yeah!
Posted by: Bob Kraft, Pervert at July 17, 2026 06:51 PM (45BvE)
You may say that the Chinese facilitated it, but good luck getting anywhere with that. Deal with the near enemy, not the far enemy. The near enemy in this country is far more dangerous, but the ability to reach out and touch them is also far greater. Problem is, the current election system benefits too many of the people who would be charged with fixing it.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 17, 2026 06:51 PM (QaH55)
Obama-Obama-Clinton-Clinton would have been the closing of the circle, with rump opposition parties splitting the vote with House, Senate and Supremes working seamlessly with talented technocrats forever.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 06:52 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 06:52 PM (lCppi)
Except Trump got over 50% of the vote in his election which Hitler never got.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:52 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:40 PM (mmrXZ)
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That's what B.O. said himself.
Probably somewhat rare here, but I actually gave the Big B.O. a clean slate.
After he shook the senior investors out of the Detroit car companies like bugs infesting a rug, I could be heard to say that he should be wearing orange.
His lawlessness was 100% akin to fascism. The government have "invested" into some of these car companies, they couldn't have the senior investors rip apart the company going into a unique receivership. So he shook them off and awarded 50% of the company to the unions where the conflict of interest was BLATANT.
Ripping owed capital away from people promised and giving it to political cronies. That's hallmark fascism.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:54 PM (Fi81e)
"Katie Porter says she's done with politics after failed governor bid as she teases next chapter
trib.al/zEhbCDW"
I doubt it. She's done until she isn't. Certain personalities simply cannot let go. When the opportunity reappears - and they almost always do - the vampires rise again.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel
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"Next chapter" my apter. She's thinking of the chapter AFTER that, which will be her return to politics. What she's doing in between will be carefully aimed at it. Consulting, teaching, speaking -- oh, and an appointment with the Ozempic doctor. She'll be new and fabulous for her triumphal return I'm sure.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 06:52 PM (lCppi)
{shudder}
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 06:55 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Puddleglum
I myself would pay yuge money for the pay-per-view.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 06:55 PM (Y8DZL)
True.
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 06:55 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: pahound at July 17, 2026 06:55 PM (AjR4+)
Hillary really is a detestable growth.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 06:36 PM (dIske)
I always thought she was a cyst, but she's more of a puss filled tumor .
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 06:56 PM (lCppi)
__________________
Back in early 2017 Donna Brazill just about had a cow when she learned that Hillary was controlling the purse strings of the whole DNC. I remember some very harsh words from Brazill and then she suddenly went quiet. They had brought her into shore up the party. The first thing she did was take the credit card out of Hillaries clawed fingers.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 06:57 PM (dIske)
Last night was just the table setting speech. There's not a chance in hell that was a one off. There will be a lot more documents and detail to come.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2026 06:57 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:58 PM (/WQyy)
Maybe Katie can take on a new identity as Potato Woman. She can dress up like Batman and drop her special recipe on miscreants from a high altitude
Posted by: gKWVE
Extra lumpy and extra sticky.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 06:58 PM (Cqx++)
trib.al/zEhbCDW
Posted by: #winning at July 17, 2026 06:45 PM (gKWVE)
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure if it's physically possible for Katie Porter be a tease anywhere at anytime.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:58 PM (6ydKt)
trib.al/zEhbCDW"
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She'd be great as a spokeshole for hot mashed potatoes.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 06:59 PM (FRcTi)
I think that Trump's speech last night was a bit like his "agreement" with Iran.
He's giving the Democrats and the Reps an opportunity to show that they are not corrupt dickweeds committing voter fraud on a regular basis and want secure elections by cooperating with securing the areas where voter fraud was worst, but
when they won't and will probably (in blue states) double down on the potential fraud.
That's when he'll hit them with the Guarantee Clause cuz he's got the stone cold proof, the only thing keeping the corrupt Dims and Reps from doing the right thing is...well, bone-deep, 100% Pure Dickweedery.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 17, 2026 06:59 PM (iJfKG)
Except Trump got over 50% of the vote in his election which Hitler never got.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:52 PM (/WQyy)
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I mentioned that they were historical illiterates that couldn't bring up a specific instance that would impress someone that they knew what they were talking about.
They are myriad.
But a big one is: Trump was not appointed to his first position of national power by the actual head of state.
Even if you count January 6th as Trump's "Beer Hall Putsch" that's about all you can do. And besides they were saying this before January 6th ever happened.
Mein Kampf was written in prison to become a major force in a party. Art of the Deal was written so Trump could make himself more of a celebrity, long before he was working toward political aspirations.
There are just NO major parallels.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 07:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: polynikes"
I avoid one local auto parts store because one of those bitches works there. She's got what I call a SFA. A shitty fucking attitude.
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 07:00 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)
It's been awhile since GamerGate, but I think it was Literally Wu that had mused about the need to 'mindkill' himself daily, to keep the politically incorrect thoughts at bay. Memorable, because horrifying, because who could live like that?
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 07:01 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:58 PM (/WQyy)
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Every man's nightmare of the smug nagging wife.
El Rushbo always cracked me up when he called her "The Most Cheated On Woman In The World."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 07:02 PM (FRcTi)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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By Cesare Borgia standards, Trump is a transman.
So, yeah.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 07:02 PM (Fi81e)
"Man Who Ate At Taco Bell Getting More Baja Blast Than He Bargained For"
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 07:03 PM (FRcTi)
Last night was just the table setting speech. There's not a chance in hell that was a one off. There will be a lot more documents and detail to come.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)
I am starting to see this as well. PDT knows well just how delicate the Republic is. He is an old man, but he will never surrender. He's got a great team of people with the same mindset. Perhaps our last best hope.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 07:03 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 07:04 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: EveR at July 17, 2026 07:05 PM (98rUz)
During the 2015 to 2025 period, over 3.3 million Chinese nationals were enrolled in U.S. higher education institutions, making up roughly 25% to 35% of all international students in the country. Mathematics, Computer Science & Business were the most dominant fields of study for Chinese nationals. Overstays? Estimated at 40,000 to 55,000
There was a steady rise to a historic peak, followed by a sharp & continuous decline due to the pandemic, strict visa crackdowns, and rising geopolitical tensions. In 2023-2024, it dropped below 300,000; India overtook China as the #1 source.
Think tanks have estimated that 20,000 to 26,000 babies total are born annually in the U.S. to "birth tourists" from all countries combined, with China historically being one of the top countries of origin. Conservative groups & lawmakers presented data alleging that between 100,000 & 150,000 babies are born to Chinese parents in the U.S. each year, totaling an estimated 1.5 million over 15 years,
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 07:05 PM (NFX2v)
Because we want to hand over the entire AI industry over to China just like we did with every other industry.
That farmland can be better served for depleting the soil and the aquifers to provide feedstock for the ethanol industry and consume tax dollars in subsidies
Or that same land can be plowed over for another 1000 unit multi-family "affordable housing" which too is a net tax drain and does 100x more to add to noise and traffic while consuming almost as much water and electricity as the data warehouse that would have been a quiet tax and job producer.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 07:05 PM (a6PrB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 06:48 PM (OXYE0)
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Hell no. We refused her application.
Try OnlyPlatner.com
Posted by: OnlyFans at July 17, 2026 07:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 07:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 07:03 PM (FRcTi)
When they have to measure the emissions in Specific Impulse, they really do need to start vetting their vendors.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 07:07 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 17, 2026 07:08 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: fd at July 17, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)
These types are usually found in your local post office or Child and Family Services Center or any place where they hire based upon party affiliation and being a homosexual with purple hair and nose rings.
They usually lay in wait and pounce once a heterosexual white male ventures too close.
Posted by: Heterosexual And Loving It! at July 17, 2026 07:09 PM (45BvE)
trib.al/zEhbCDW
Posted by: #winning
Finishing school, anger management classes, good girdle and a facelift for starters.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 07:10 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: pahound at July 17, 2026 07:11 PM (AjR4+)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 07:11 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)
They say things if they think they are useful not if they are actually true.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)
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Somebody smarter than I pointed out this upended about 900 years of financial precedent.
Bondholders are senior in a bankruptcy. There’s a reason for this. “Greed”’has nothing to do with it. Politics is often like letting toddlers operate highly complex machinery. What could go wrong?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 07:14 PM (4DF5d)
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“We believe in truth, not facts” Joe Biden
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, though not their own set of “facts”. This is what they’ve done with “My Truth” or “Lived Experience” inculcated at the schools.
Any opinion, demonstrably false, no matter how insane, is equally valid to observed reality that we all share, that is not debatable as such. Stuff figured out 5000 years ago is suddenly open to debate. It’s really quite astonishing.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 07:20 PM (4DF5d)
Posted by: Lizzy
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I don't even know why CBS long-timers are bitching. What difference is she making?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 06:12 PM (mmrXZ)
I think you can trust them on this. She's doing something they don't like.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 07:23 PM (uhVAy)
Scott Bessent: A Deranged Leftist Attempted to Assassinate Me Shortly After I Became Secretary of the Treasury
The New Republic: Don't You Understand You're Forcing Us Lefties to Murder You?
Gerald Posner
@geraldposner 🔥 At the State Department's Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent answered critics who doubt the seriousness of far left political violence by making the threat personal. Off-script, he reminded the room -- delegates from roughly 65 nations -- that he was the target of an assassination attempt by a left-wing activist two hours after being sworn in. (Bessent gave the wrong year on camera -- he said 2024; the actual date was January 27, 2025 -- but the case is real: a guilty plea, a federal docket, sentencing set for August 14.) Bessent also announced Treasury is expanding its financial enforcement authorities -- OFAC, FinCEN, IRS-CI -- to investigate nonprofits and charities being used as cover to finance political violence, saying "violence requires money, channels through which funding can move, and institutions behind which it can hide." This is the same pattern Secretary Rubio has been warning about -- violent far-left extremism dismissed as fringe, until it's the Treasury Secretary himself.
Bessent's challenge to the skeptics: be there for the sentencing.
🔥 At the State Department's Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent answered critics who doubt the seriousness of far left political violence by making the threat personal.
— Gerald Posner (@geraldposner) July 17, 2026
Off-script, he reminded the room — delegates from roughly… pic.twitter.com/jvDCZsgqvs
At today’s ministerial combatting political terrorism, @SecScottBessent cold-opened by inviting left-wing journalists, who are reflexively derisive of any opposition to left-wing terror, to attend the upcoming sentencing of the leftist who tried to assassinate Scott Bessent.… pic.twitter.com/79Ln6y58hI
— Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers (@UnderSecPD) July 16, 2026
Bonus:
A transgender Democrat vying to be the Senator for Maine in the wake of Graham Platner stepping down was caught out using an exceptionally flattering AI image of herself to promote her memoir.
— Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) July 17, 2026
It was after the debate that social media users found that Webb has a memoir, titled… pic.twitter.com/6jScORiYBi
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Sco7b)
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Good, good.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Wnv9h)
I don't see the difference.
(Body dysmorphia is still a recognized mental illness, right?)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 17, 2026 04:48 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: browndog says woof at July 17, 2026 04:49 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 17, 2026 04:49 PM (S+j2h)
The worst Tinder catfishing ever?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 17, 2026 04:49 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (Fi81e)
Bessent's challenge to the skeptics: be there for the sentencing.
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Look out for Communists !!
https://tinyurl.com/yfr9hj5s
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (E4rtv)
2. Even if it does, it is because you haters deserve it. (You are here)
3. Leftist political violence is good and there should be much more.
Posted by: Ripley at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Sid at July 17, 2026 04:51 PM (d3IoH)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (E4rtv)
/sings
I would do annnyyything for love...
But I won't do THAT.. no no... I won't do thatttttt
Posted by: Meatloaf at July 17, 2026 04:51 PM (mP0Kj)
How soon before it shoots up a school or local church?
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at July 17, 2026 04:52 PM (45BvE)
You’re minding your own business at home, cutting the grass or whatever. A man from the government shows up, smashes your kneecap with a hammer, and then hands you a crutch.
“Aren’t you glad I came along?”
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 04:52 PM (i1NbZ)
btw, Bessent accidentally said 2024. Should have been 2025.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 04:53 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at July 17, 2026 04:53 PM (yFLFB)
I don't see the difference.
(Body dysmorphia is still a recognized mental illness, right?)
out: colorblind society
in: shapeblind society
Posted by: anachronda at July 17, 2026 04:53 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Sid
While conservatives want to live under their rules (don't kill your political opponents), we're willing to live under our opponent's rules (kill your political enemies if you think they're tyrants) as long as the rule is applied equally.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (5/BQI)
That shines right through with convincing calm sanity and the moral upper hand.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)
"In a bizarre move, the Democratic National Committee required its senior leadership to sign non-disclosure agreements before a private meeting on the party's finances, according to two people familiar with the conversations who spoke to Axios. That alone is a break from past practice. DNC officers are high-ranking members of chair Ken Martin's team, not entry-level staffers. Officers at that level don't typically get handed a confidentiality agreement before they can hear how much money they have in their piggy bank and what they plan to do about it."
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Bilwis - at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (w/O5Q)
Your comment went straight to my heart. You’re right. Jeepers, man. How could I continue on?
My everlasting gratitude,
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (bWDwv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (5vEC/)
Posted by: PabloD at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (QDulm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bizarro World Pam Beasly at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)
in: shapeblind society
Posted by: anachronda
Out: Faith-based society
In: fantasy-based society
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (5/BQI)
I drink, but have never been so far into it that the picture on the right could look like the one on the left at 2 a.m. in any bar.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 17, 2026 04:49 PM (S+j2h)
We learned in another thread that he has actual delusions about having female internal organs, despite medical imaging showing otherwise. I'm no doctor, but that sounds like full-blown schizophrenia.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bizarro World Pam Beasly at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)
"See what you made me do?"
"Baby, don't make me hit you no more."
"Now look what you did-- you made me try to kill you."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (f6IDb)
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (Ek9hi)
Posted by: Meatloaf at July 17, 2026 04:51 PM (mP0Kj)
Can't wait for her to bust her way into here.
Posted by: der Mainegauleiter at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: beckster at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Aerosmith at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 04:58 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 04:58 PM (rbvCR)
Never accept their false premises. Do not ever use their euphemisms or weasel word phrases. Ever ever ever. He can call himself Napoleon or Joan of Arc, but he can’t require you to do that. It is not incumbent upon anyone to humor mentally ill delusions or fairy tales. We do not have to live like this.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 04:58 PM (i1NbZ)
Posted by: dantesed at July 17, 2026 04:58 PM (w1twS)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 04:58 PM (f6IDb)
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (rj6Yv)
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Remember what the Lois Lerner thing was about?
"How DARE conservatives organizations try to get out of paying taxes!! Do they expect the government to FUND their politics!!"
Countless billions of left-embezzling later, we're here.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)
I wrote a book called "To Hell and Back." People bought it and read it. Actual people, not gendermutants scurrying around in a benighted forest like unseemly creatures from a fairytale.
And I wrote songs... popular songs that millions of people loved and many of you could recite lyrics from.
Stop comparing me to a Maine Senator. It's beneath my dignity as an author and songwriter.
Posted by: Meat Loaf (2 Words, Motherfuckers) at July 17, 2026 04:59 PM (BI5O2)
The worst Tinder catfishing ever?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 17, 2026 04:49 PM (5/BQI)
it may be artificial, but getting from picture 1 to picture 2 there can't be described as intelligence.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)
Only stupid people would want to turn on that switch but then again, leftism is inherently stupid as are their worn out ideas of Communism, racism, and other isms that Trotsky applied to western society so long ago.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Science! at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (0hRE+)
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (CWTWj)
"See what you made me do?"
"Baby, don't make me hit you no more."
"Now look what you did-- you made me try to kill you."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (f6IDb)
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They don't recognize how bullies behave if it's advised as Saul Alinsky's rules.
It fucking does not surprise me.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: beckster at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (kX27y)
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And they don't want their top contributors identified.
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (n5tGW)
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And their capacity to bend words to fit their crazy.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)
more like inthelligence, am i right?
Posted by: anachronda at July 17, 2026 05:01 PM (qdr3M)
This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters…"
So driven by FNM coverage 100%...
But until we start arresting and charging the people organizing leftwing terror cells this shit will continue
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 05:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: beckster
Last required filing, DNC had twelve million on hand but 18 million in debt. RNC, no debt and well over 100 million. Same story on House and Senate party committees apparently. Seems socialism is not exactly something that floats big Democrat donors to give to that party.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (E4rtv)
Is there any product that is marketable coming out of Maine? Maple syrup maybe?
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Meat Loaf (2 Words, Motherfuckers) at July 17, 2026 04:59 PM (BI5O2)
Also, your songs were used as background music for, um, strenuous fluid-exchange activities. Between beings with and sans a "front-hole".
Posted by: Thrawn at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (LviRI)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (viF8m)
"US airstrikes appear to have collapsed a tower at Iran’s Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman, a key trade route for Afghanistan, according to images shared by defence secretary Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth shared the image of the surveillance tower appearing to collapse, which had circulated on social media via activists prior to Hegseth sharing it."
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 17, 2026 05:03 PM (CWTWj)
You’re so cute when you throw a tantrum. LOL. I think it’s time for your nap.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 05:03 PM (i1NbZ)
Why did you make me rape you!!!????
Posted by: Graham Platner, Oyster farmer/rapist at July 17, 2026 05:03 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM (OlzlW)
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There isn't a President that wasn't shot by somebody further to the left. (Maybe Garfield, but something tells me Giteau was not a Law n' Order guy.)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM (Sy6m/)
Another sad case of intracranial lead deficiency.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (1z8ji)
Is there any product that is marketable coming out of Maine? Maple syrup maybe?
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (8uzBS)
lobster.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (5vEC/)
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (dIske)
Of course that "right wing political violence" is some Aryan nation scum bag shanking a Latin Kings scum bag in prison over a drug deal gone wrong...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (sKqQm)
Why did you make me sleep with you, you seductive interns!?
Posted by: Ruben Gallegos at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (OkYzo)
Is there any product that is marketable coming out of Maine? Maple syrup maybe?
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (8uzBS)
lobster.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)
cups of kaffee.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: mrp
Nope, it is because they are broke--top contributors are reported to the FEC and the report cycles shorten as we approach an election. At some point it becomes monthly instead of quarterly and then even week by week. Hard to hide contributors anymore which is why the big Democrat donors like Reid Hoffman just fund a Superpac themselves instead of handing it to party apparatus. That though comes with a lot of limitations that party commitees don't have.
I think Hoffman has shelled out at least ten million recently for Talarico.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 05:05 PM (i1NbZ)
Posted by: DanMan
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Somalian immigration and benefit fraud.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)
Democrats Today: Don't make us kill you for not voting our way!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)
There is no free will in the liberal Faith
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (n5tGW)
It's surely not in the cards, but at this point I'd welcome him as the next president
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (OZXjq)
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (5vEC/)
and after. Don't forget that.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (E4rtv)
Bet it's about the Act Blue investigation... that should soon be showing actual results.
Posted by: Meatloaf at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (wOO3z)
"Sorry guys, we're busy moving our offices to Texas and Florida. We'll right back with ya as soon as we unpack the boxes! Swearsies!"
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (rj6Yv)
We might have to cease our involvement with them.
Posted by: Jukt Micronics at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (gKWVE)
Right: what you think the girl youre texting with looks like.
Left: what she ACTUALLY looks like.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Emmie at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM
The bullets do seem to all be coming from the left. This is like the 60s and 70s, with the constant bombings. You would pick up the paper in the morning and read about the latest bombing or race riot.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m)
It's surely not in the cards, but at this point I'd welcome him as the next president
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (OZXjq)
So, second Gay President?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (mP0Kj)
It's surely not in the cards, but at this point I'd welcome him as the next president
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2026 05:06 PM (OZXjq)
Just rack em up as far as you can because we may need all of them to cover the time before the Dems learn to become Americans again, like after the Civil War.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)
No way you can legitimately repair that face with AI so he just prompted it with:
“Young, Pretty, Thin, Brunette, Girl, wearing a lavender dress, and working at a retail store holding a really weird looking horseshoe-shaped device on a desk.”
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (8uzBS)
_________________________
Well, considering 90% of Maine is forests, I think you can guess what the cornerstone of their economy is. That's right....Whoopie Pies and blueberries.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (dIske)
That guy's picture as a woman is just a lighting trick photographers use. It's the same person. If you squint, close your eyes and don't look you'll see.
Posted by: Frank Barone at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (xcxpd)
Ace, I love you as well for the new photo of our Ashley Webb. Who should be the mascot for today's insanity. Or a figurehead on the prow of a sinking ship (perhaps on the fag cruise that has been denied port in Egypt and Turkey...I refuse to spell that the way they want).
Ashley has made my Friday morning start off with choke laughter.
I then showed my husband the photo I took of him gorked out on happy medicine last night and we keep laughing about this...he wanted to kiss me goodnight and instead I erupted into loud laughing. He now knows why, bless him for putting up with me. His hair alone is enough to make me lose my mind in the photo. We are too scared to text it to our sons as it might go viral.
Anyone who falls for Ashley's catfishing photo and meets him at a restaurant may have started the exploding diarrhea expo across our land.
Not sure what type of dysmorphia Ashley has, but the fun mirror from the carnival has been found.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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But to my knowledge, Meatloaf never made appearances in a girl's bathroom at stores.
Nor asked people their pronouns.
Advantage Meatloaf may he rest in peace.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at July 17, 2026 04:58 PM (f6IDb)
It occurs to me -- since that made me think about who wouldn't -- that influencers have a reason to be prejudiced against AI data centers. Chasing views has trained them to *hate* The Algo, so if you explain AI to them as "basically a big, complicated algorithm," well... they have feelings about that.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (mP0Kj)
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I laughed.
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (OZXjq)
A powerful new AI tool has uncovered what could be one of the biggest integrity problems in modern science. After analyzing 2.6 million cancer research papers published between 1999 and 2024, researchers identified more than 250,000 studies with writing patterns resembling papers suspected of being produced by fraudulent "paper mills."
- from Queensland University of Technology
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (OXYE0)
Why did you make me sleep with you, you seductive interns!?
Posted by: Ruben Gallegos at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (OkYzo)
The power of the Cannons is compelling...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Zombie Audie Murphy at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)
+1
This twink is not fit to shine Mr Loaf's boots.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (zZu0s)
Sure he was. 🙄 Was it politically motivated or was it a Grindr hookup gone wrong… suppose both scenarios could be possible at the same time.
He must feel left out. Let us know when they're successful 🥱
I mean, his own party is doing most of the attempts, and terrorism, and aren't big on gays
Funny how none of these guys ever get killed when they're targeted for assassination. So many lousy shots in this country of Guns.
">Bessent was likely speaking about Ryan “Reily” Michael English, a 24-year-old Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty in March to charges related to attempting to kill Bessent in the U.S. Capitol. According to the Justice Department, English arrived in Washington on January 27, 2025, carrying two improvised Molotov cocktails and a folding knife. According to the affidavit, English walked up to an officer at the Capitol’s south door and stated, “I’d like to turn myself in.”
Thats the assassination attempt. Some mentally ill dude carrying a molotov turned himself in.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM InfoWhores at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (5DfsO)
Democrats Today: Don't make us kill you for not voting our way!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)
::: Insert meme of dead man in chair, black man with gun, saying, "Why did you make me shoot this man?"... :::
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (l3cgK)
I wrote a book called "To Hell and Back."
Sounds vaguely familiar.
Posted by: Zombie Audie Murphy at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)
Lol.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (wzUl9)
And Anne Murray and Alabama....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: Axeman
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Guiteau was a mentally ill person that got rejected for a patronage appointment. So entitled in his head just like a leftist.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:10 PM (8uzBS)
Some want Rocky Mountain Oysters, raw...
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 17, 2026 05:11 PM (l3cgK)
These same people champion killing an infant up until birth for any reason. No surprises here.
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (5vEC/)
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Until birth? Ask a Democrat if a fetus born alive has a right to medical treatment. You won't get an answer.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 05:11 PM (flEsB)
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The man did not need it, successful, billionaire, but he thought it was worth it to put his life on hold and do what he is doing. For which we all should be very grateful.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 05:07 PM (mP0Kj)
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I laughed.
Posted by: 496 at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (OZXjq)
>>>
The Obama brats have two daddies
Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & MSM InfoWhores at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (5DfsO)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Some go beyond that and argue killing someone outside the womb is permissible. Damn death cult is what it is.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (CWTWj)
but not Paul...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (5vEC/)
Imagine there were some kind of "test" to see if the fetus had a tendency to be trans - I think those abortions would be banned, huh?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 17, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:02 PM (8uzBS)
Timber, dimensional lumber, plywood veneer, pulp and paper, but most important, it is the path to the soft underbelly of New Brunswick!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 05:13 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Some go beyond that and argue killing someone outside the womb is permissible. Damn death cult is what it is.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (E4rtv)
I'm for killing someone outside the womb...rapists, child molesters, murders...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 05:13 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:14 PM (/WQyy)
Well, considering 90% of Maine is forests, I think you can guess what the cornerstone of their economy is. That's right....Whoopie Pies and blueberries.
Posted by: Orson
Whoopie Pie looks like a Yankee version of a Moon Pie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 05:14 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (5vEC/)
Imagine there were some kind of "test" to see if the fetus had a tendency to be trans - I think those abortions would be banned, huh?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at July 17, 2026 05:13 PM (w6EFb)
Remember when the gays were all upset when a company came up with a cure for gay rams? ...
Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at July 17, 2026 05:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: beckster at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (kX27y)
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And they don't want their top contributors identified.
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 05:00 PM (rj6Yv)
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For later prosecution purposes as these contributions are likely to be used to fund Antifa attacks.
Posted by: Decaf at July 17, 2026 05:15 PM (ZNpJk)
BREAKING: Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Sara Rodriguez (D) has DROPPED her campaign for Wisconsin governor after “serious mismanagement and inaccuracies” were discovered in her campaign finance reports.
Jul 17, 2026 · 5:30 PM UTC
Posted by: idiot, you're supposed to skim AFTER the election at July 17, 2026 05:15 PM (gKWVE)
Well, considering 90% of Maine is forests, I think you can guess what the cornerstone of their economy is. That's right....Whoopie Pies and blueberries.
Posted by: Orson
Whoopie Pie looks like a Yankee version of a Moon Pie.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 05:14 PM (Cqx++)
Whoopie Goldberg pie, on the other hand...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: The Left at July 17, 2026 05:15 PM (V362x)
- Ashley
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 05:16 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:16 PM (v0R5T)
They're so delusional, that when they look in the mirror, they actuall see the AI mage that the fat ugly tranny used to promote his memoir.
Just as an anorexic girl looks into the mirror and instrad of accurately perceiving her skeletal frame, she sees a "fat girl"staring back at her -- these AGP perverts literally see a pretty feminine girl in the mirror.
They are insane. And perverted. And power-mad.
Posted by: zombie at July 17, 2026 05:17 PM (Av6i5)
That Tinder date is gonna be PISSED
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 05:17 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:16 PM (v0R5T)
But is she hot?!
Posted by: Moron who forgets rules at July 17, 2026 05:18 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: gKWVE
Bork, bork, bork
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 05:18 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:18 PM (/WQyy)
- from Queensland University of Technology
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 05:09 PM (gKWVE)
One of the biggest impediment to useful development of new technology and discovering new bits of science is the fraudulent paper. There are a couple of industry voices warning that western science is broken because of it, and they still can't figure a solution.
I can think of a couple, like making the final requisite for an MA to reproduce some Doctoral thesis as part of proof of Mastery, with extra points for falsifying it.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 05:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 05:19 PM (lCppi)
Here's a message;
https://tinyurl.com/y8pmmvce
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 05:19 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: gKWVE
Bork, bork, bork
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 05:18 PM (wOO3z)
Garfield was a fat cat...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:19 PM (l3cgK)
Mr. Garfield’s been shot, way down low
Yeah, Charles G. was a mental case, I think he wanted to be named (or felt entitled) to be an ambassador iirc. He may have even met with Garfield to discuss the situation, (besides the crackpot letters) in those days if he wasn’t too busy there was a waiting room at the WH where anybody could hang around for a while and maybe get a chance to talk personally with the President.
Don’t try this now
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 05:20 PM (i1NbZ)
Why did you make me sleep with you, you seductive interns!?
Posted by: Ruben Gallegos at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (OkYzo)
My mind is still boggled that this squat, slouching, cylindrical dork has (allegedly) tricked at least *four* adult women into playing with his peepee. He's even spawned! And married twice! It must be true what they say, that power is the greatest aphrodisiac.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 05:20 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 05:21 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (CWTWj)
but not Paul...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:13 PM (l3cgK)
But possibly Garrett.
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 05:21 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Moron who forgets rules
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Oh sure. Just a neck lift and some makeup, you're good to go.
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:21 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Cheri at July 17, 2026 05:04 PM (5vEC/)
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Interestingly enough, as an adult that was my first step back toward a faith.
When I had been a Catholic lad, I internalized the idea that abortion would lead to a degradation of the value of life.
As an agnostic/skeptic I laughed at the certainty. Of course religious people would be certain about things.
But finally, at the end of my disbelief, I couldn't help but see it. The Catholics/Christians had predicted it, and we were slipping that way.
While I didn't immediately attribute that to the exact same effect, I at least noted that Christians could be closer to the truth than scoffers who were positive they couldn't.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: beckster
I thought that was already public knowledge? I thought I had seen tons of reports about how they're out if money, people joking (speculating) that it had to do with shutting down USAID and more Fed oversight of groups like ActBlue, etc?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 05:23 PM (5/BQI)
- Ashley
Poop at home, asshole.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
.......
But...but...public restrooms are so damn exciting!
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:23 PM (v0R5T)
Where can a man in a dress poop around here?
- Ashley
Poop at home, asshole.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
I don't understand the question?
Posted by: India at July 17, 2026 05:23 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: pahound at July 17, 2026 05:24 PM (AjR4+)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 05:19 PM (lCppi)
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Dunning-Kruger in action.
It would be a joke, it it weren't also at the same time dangerous because of how loony these people are and they think they make sense because they are putting words together in some order that kind of sounds like sane people would.
Progs are proto AI slop.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)
But I'll hold my work up against any twelve-toed Maine hermaphrodite's.
Posted by: Meat Loaf (2 Words, Motherfuckers) at July 17, 2026 05:25 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 17, 2026 05:25 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: India at July 17, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)
Singer Randy VanWarmer...what kind of name is that?
Sounds like the name of a guy who goes around neighborhoods with signs on his car that say, "Free Candy, Puppies, and Wifi"...
And it was his GIVEN NAME AT BIRTH...
"Randall Edwin Van Warmer"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:25 PM (l3cgK)
- Ashley
Poop at home, asshole.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
I don't understand the question?
Posted by: India
......
Upstream bro. Always poop upstream. Unless you're doing laundry. Then maybe downstream.
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (v0R5T)
I just saw some vids ( who knows if they are set ups ) called the Lamborghini pick up. I guy approaches a pretty girl at a table and compliments her looks and asks if she would go out with him. She immediately turns him down and he says okay and walks and gets in the 500k Lamborghini parked on the street . She sees this and decides he ain't so bad and gets up to start a conversation with him.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Average Atlantic Reader at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (sFNX2)
Why anybody in between would feel safe with this state of affairs is a question.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (i1NbZ)
Posted by: Moron who forgets rules
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Oh sure. Just a neck lift and some makeup, you're good to go.
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:21 PM (v0R5T)
I had on "The Sarah Connor Chronicles".
Summer Glau. Damn, she was amazing. Hard to believe she didn't have a more amazing career.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: LASue at July 17, 2026 05:27 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: James Webb Space Telescope at July 17, 2026 05:27 PM (ZypAx)
There have been times in my life, and I am not proud of them, but sometimes I can't sit by certain people in cathedrals or at funerals. Because one eye lock with these people will undo my dignified and ladylike aura I try to project.
Then I am choke laughing and pretending to be weeping (I did this on my brother's shoulder at our aunt's funeral). This was because I asked who just yelled, "QUIET" in the somber space and shocked the entire crowd. It was the weirdest of our cousin's second husband who my mother thinks has a criminal record.My brother indicated him and I lost it.
I brought St. Giles Cathedral to a quiet halt once coughing like I had TB and looking for a cough drop in my purse, which I put behind our son on a pew right under the altar. My husband then asked if I was harfing into my purse and I lost my mind choke laughing and making noises that should not come from a lady.
I should be on drugs of some sort at times to subdue me or I bubble to the top and people stare.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 05:27 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: beckster
I thought that was already public knowledge? I thought I had seen tons of reports about how they're out if money, people joking (speculating) that it had to do with shutting down USAID and more Fed oversight of groups like ActBlue, etc?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 05:23 PM (5/BQI)
Act Blue is under investigation for knowingly bypassing Federal Campaign finance law... fraud... and international wire fraud.
IF during the investigation they have found evidence the DNC directly knew about it? maybe emails talking about lowering the safeguards against fraudulent contributions?
Yeah, could start a whole shitstorm.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 05:28 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:12 PM (E4rtv)
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It just gives them more in common with the Muzzies.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:28 PM (Fi81e)
From WPR
"Rodriguez said her manager had double-counted numerous donations, leaving her with hundreds of thousands of dollars less in the bank than she had expected.
Rodriguez also said it was her manager who made the decision to issue a July 7 press release promoting a $1 million TV ad buy despite her campaign’s hidden financial woes. Rodriguez told reporters Monday that she confronted her manager days later when she noticed the ads had not run.
Her campaign eventually announced another ad buy, this one much smaller. But she reported only $35,000 cash on hand to carry her through the closing days of the race — a miniscule sum for the closing days of a statewide primary for governor."
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:29 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 17, 2026 05:30 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Axeman
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Except leftists want to kill their fellow citizens, Muzzies want to kill all infidels or all heretics but not themselves.
Again, the self destructive behavior of Western leftists since WWI. Muzzies may be dense at times but they are smart enough to aim the guns at others, not their own society.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:30 PM (E4rtv)
- Ashley
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Just anywhere.
Posted by: India at July 17, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)
Hallways...
Posted by: EPA Employee at July 17, 2026 05:30 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 17, 2026 05:31 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:23 PM (v0R5T)
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They're sexy!!
Imagine rape IN a public restroom!!
I know I have!
There are a number of places I imagined rape!
Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at July 17, 2026 05:31 PM (Fi81e)
- Ashley
Poop at home, asshole.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr
I don't understand the question?
Posted by: India
......
Upstream bro. Always poop upstream. Unless you're doing laundry. Then maybe downstream.
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (v0R5T)
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This is the intelligent knowledge I am here for when I should be doing something productive or normal.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 05:31 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: EPA Employee at July 17, 2026 05:32 PM (mP0Kj)
Again, the self destructive behavior of Western leftists since WWI. Muzzies may be dense at times but they are smart enough to aim the guns at others, not their own society.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 05:30 PM (E4rtv)
Sunni vs Shiite says differently.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:32 PM (uhVAy)
But I kind of like the music
Say the ladies are insane there
But they sure know how to use it
They don’t abuse it
Never gonna lose it
I can’t refuse it
Posted by: Three Daryl Night at July 17, 2026 05:32 PM (i1NbZ)
- Ashley
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Just anywhere.
Posted by: India at July 17, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)
Hallways...
Posted by: EPA Employee
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Here, There, and Everywhere
Posted by: The Beatles at July 17, 2026 05:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:32 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 17, 2026 05:30 PM (UZCuZ)
*whistles Q Lazzarus*
Posted by: Jaime Gumb at July 17, 2026 05:32 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Moron who forgets rules
.......
Oh sure. Just a neck lift and some makeup, you're good to go.
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:21 PM (v0R5T)
I had on "The Sarah Connor Chronicles".
Summer Glau. Damn, she was amazing. Hard to believe she didn't have a more amazing career.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)
She's now 44...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:33 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Oldcat
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I mentioned heretics including the Druze, etc. But leftists are perfectly happy with killing their own babies. That takes a level of death cult to the level of Molech.
Posted by: The Beatles at July 17, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)
- Ashley
recent indicators say the train to DC
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 05:29 PM (8uzBS)
The Streets of San Francisco...
Yeah, not like the TV show at all...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:34 PM (l3cgK)
35 8 That tranny, wow
Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 17, 2026 04:49 PM (S+j2h)
We learned in another thread that he has actual delusions about having female internal organs, despite medical imaging showing otherwise. I'm no doctor, but that sounds like full-blown schizophrenia.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 04:56 PM
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If that guy actually has blood coming out of his butt, it might be cancer.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at July 17, 2026 05:35 PM (FaGPp)
Her last regular cast show was Sequestered, about a jury, from 2014.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1132359/
She is a cutie.
Summer just never got a big break on a hit show after the Terminator show.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:35 PM (6ydKt)
I should be on drugs of some sort at times to subdue me or I bubble to the top and people stare.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 05:27 PM (hzuYO)
I periodically get nagging coughs and I recommend Cinnamon hard candy instead of any cough drip. Worked for 35 years.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:33 PM (l3cgK)
A lot of my favorite teen actresses from my kids shows are getting older. Summer's still beautiful.
But again, Madonna is doing halftime at FIFA. LOL
President Trump HAD to be behind that.
That'll teach the world not to help out with Iran.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)
I wonder if anybody who only knows that show from streaming or MP3s ever thinks that show is completely made up?
They need to bring that show back just to add that bit of reality.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:33 PM (l3cgK)
A lot of my favorite teen actresses from my kids shows are getting older. Summer's still beautiful.
But again, Madonna is doing halftime at FIFA. LOL
President Trump HAD to be behind that.
That'll teach the world not to help out with Iran.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)
I don't want to know where she's shoving the vuvuzela...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (l3cgK)
Summer just never got a big break on a hit show after the Terminator show.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Firefly/Serenity was peak Summer.
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (TezPK)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
or he was a virgin. Tee hee.
Posted by: Mayo Pete at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (v0R5T)
I wonder if anybody who only knows that show from streaming or MP3s ever thinks that show is completely made up?
They need to bring that show back just to add that bit of reality.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Fi81e)
hell I watch Dirty Harry nostalgically for the positive view it gives of the city and its government.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)
soccer or sucker? I mean, look at all the gays and dems and illegal aliens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)
Lindsey 2.0 here we come.
His senate staff will run everything the same, she'll just go along, I guess.
We'll see how she does in the campaign if she runs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
or he was a virgin. Tee hee.
Posted by: Mayo Pete at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (v0R5T)
Doc said it was hemorrhoids...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:39 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Or lupus.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: LASue
>I'm seeing this as an opportunity to make Garrett jealous. There's that certain twinkle in her eyes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 05:40 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:33 PM (l3cgK)
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She's only 44?
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 05:40 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)
soccer or sucker? I mean, look at all the gays and dems and illegal aliens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)
Sticking it to the europeans again with the foosball or whatever they call it.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 05:40 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 05:40 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)
soccer or sucker? I mean, look at all the gays and dems and illegal aliens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)
Sticking it to the europeans again with the foosball or whatever they call it.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)
Oh Please! Put your Vuvuzela right up there!
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 17, 2026 05:41 PM (l3cgK)
That probably would make sense to Sid or Paul.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:15 PM (l3cgK)
__________________
Jim, we could have all done without that observation. I much rather be disgusted by ACE's weekly blood pressure rising sadistic offerings disguised as "This Week in Woke".
Both are disturbing, although your comment is bordering on psychological torture.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 05:41 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 05:42 PM (flEsB)
- Ashley
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 05:16 PM (n5tGW)
Lol.
The kennel (pet resort!) where I take my dogs on vacation has a review posted that says, "I would poop here again."
Always makes me chuckle.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 05:27 PM (hzuYO)
Oh, pshaw. The world needs more people who laugh, no matter the timing. Never stop being you!
Posted by: hobbitopoly at July 17, 2026 05:43 PM (k9OZB)
Has the dick fairy left a quarter under that person’s pillow?
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 17, 2026 05:43 PM (1FEc1)
"ITS NOT A TOOMAH!!!"
--bleeding dude
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 17, 2026 05:43 PM (UZCuZ)
That probably would make sense to Sid or Paul.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)
And we thought black market blood would be to satisfy the vampires...
Oh the horror...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:43 PM (Sco7b)
Darlene? Miklos must be delighted.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 05:42 PM (flEsB)
It's a step up from Walmart and Waffle House, I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)
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That's right out of the scene in "Life of Brian" where Judith says that Stan/Loretta has the right to have babies.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 05:44 PM (amcLV)
That's Platner all shaved down with some rouge.
I happened across a trantifa on FB.
Someone should be watching this guy. He posted some weird shit on a community post, I looked at his public profile. Just demented.
There is a subculture of violent nutjobs propelled by the internet and stronger drugs than Charlie Manson had.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at July 17, 2026 05:44 PM (et1vG)
Oh, hey, you are alive and well! How's the ticker?? all good, I trust?
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 05:44 PM (amcLV)
Someone pointed out to me that toward the end of that bit, Eric Idle stopped talking because he was trying like hell not to laugh.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 05:46 PM (0aYVJ)
Like "trans" before Atlantic and "mission" is pronounced TRANZ.
But before words like "man", "woman", "male" and "female" it's pronounced NOT.
And "cis" as the prefix to any word is always silent.
Crazy.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 05:45 PM (GD0B3)
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Doing OK. They're fiddle-farting around with getting me a cardiology referral, which has me irked.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 05:46 PM (amcLV)
Maybe one of Lindsey's nieces can take the seat after her mother leaves so we can keep it going.
SC's own little three-peat, all female version of the Kennedys.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
That shines right through with convincing calm sanity and the moral upper hand.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)
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They keep saying "resist" which is a defensive stance, but they have been on offense for at least a decade.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 05:47 PM (9CZQg)
Has the dick fairy left a quarter under that person’s pillow?
Posted by: Fenderbender at July 17, 2026 05:43 PM (1FEc
They never clarify or imply but my guess is that 99.9% of trannies who compete at high level women's sports are all still fully intact.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:48 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 17, 2026 05:48 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 05:46 PM (amcLV)
I think it's standard procedure to send to a specialist.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)
Leftists in 2026: Death to America, We love Chairman Mao, Communism is great, Free Shit for everybody on the earth, Rich must pay their fair share, Rich steal money from the poor (Elected Democrats (Omitted), AOC (A retarded Big Boobed Bartender) for POTUS.....
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 05:49 PM (xl8DV)
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I guess they keep the clean stuff for themselves.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 05:49 PM (ndZc7)
It is absolutely central to the leftist worldview that they are always the underdog, the rebel, the heroic rebellion against The Man
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 17, 2026 05:49 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 05:46 PM (0aYVJ)
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During the "she's a witch" scene in "Holy Grail," he had to bite his agricultural tool to keep from cracking up.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 05:49 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Mind Reader at July 17, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 05:50 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 05:47 PM (9CZQg)
You forgot that they unintentionally follow 1984 like an instruction manual . Everything is Newspeak .
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:50 PM (/WQyy)
That'd be cool, but I haven't seen anything about it since.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)
I wonder if anybody who only knows that show from streaming or MP3s ever thinks that show is completely made up?
They need to bring that show back just to add that bit of reality.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Fi81e)
hell I watch Dirty Harry nostalgically for the positive view it gives of the city and its government.
i watch rockford files and think about how different it would be if had a smartphone in his pocket
Posted by: anachronda at July 17, 2026 05:51 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)
She's now 44...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 05:33 PM (l3cgK)
Great. Now I'm thinking of Firefly and how they barely got a season and a movie while woke dogsh*t written by r*tards gets renewed before the season is even viewed once.
Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 05:51 PM (6+ehB)
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I guess they keep the clean stuff for themselves.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 05:49 PM (ndZc7)
Nah. Mexico shits on everything.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 05:51 PM (bl07w)
That'd be cool, but I haven't seen anything about it since.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL WASH!
That is all.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (/WQyy)
Like "trans" before Atlantic and "mission" is pronounced TRANZ.
But before words like "man", "woman", "male" and "female" it's pronounced NOT.
And "cis" as the prefix to any word is always silent.
Crazy.
also, "transistor" is not the same as "trans sister".
Posted by: anachronda at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (qdr3M)
By walking up to somebody we don't know, calling them a "Nazi", and punching them ... if they're helpless enough.
Posted by: A Prog at July 17, 2026 05:53 PM (Fi81e)
1. hand him a few squares
2. ask him on a date
3. tell him to see a doctor about that shit
4. pretend you're deaf
Posted by: public restroom protocal at July 17, 2026 05:53 PM (UjdFS)
Firefly is returning in two distinct formats: an animated television series and a new comic book series, both announced in 2026.
Animated Series Revival
An animated continuation of the cult classic is in advanced development, set to take place between the original 2002 TV run and the 2005 film Serenity.
Status: The series is in advanced development and is currently being pitched to networks or streamers, though no release date or platform has been confirmed.
New Comic Book Series
Separately, Dynamite Entertainment has launched a new Firefly comic series written by Mark Russell and illustrated by Lorenzo Re.
Release: The first issue, Firefly #1, was released in September 2026.
Plot: The story follows Captain Malcolm Reynolds struggling to keep the Serenity operational while Simon and Kaylee pose as a married couple for a heist. Promotional art suggests it may take place before the events of the Serenity film, as characters like Wash and Shepherd Book appear.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:53 PM (6ydKt)
The 8th letter of the alphabet is H !!!!!!!!!
So, 88 means HH !!!!!!!!!!!
HH translate into Heil Hitler (Platner Not included)
So, Trump is a BAD NAZI compared to Platner who is a "MOSTLY PEACEFUL" Type of Nazi !!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 05:54 PM (xl8DV)
That is all.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (bl07w)
I saw that, and screamed WTF!!! I almost stopped the movie right there.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 05:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Firefly is returning in two distinct formats: an animated television series and a new comic book series, both announced in 2026.
Animated Series Revival
An animated continuation of the cult classic is in advanced development, set to take place between the original 2002 TV run and the 2005 film Serenity.
Status: The series is in advanced development and is currently being pitched to networks or streamers, though no release date or platform has been confirmed.
New Comic Book Series
Separately, Dynamite Entertainment has launched a new Firefly comic series written by Mark Russell and illustrated by Lorenzo Re.
Release: The first issue, Firefly #1, was released in September 2026.
Plot: The story follows Captain Malcolm Reynolds struggling to keep the Serenity operational while Simon and Kaylee pose as a married couple for a heist. Promotional art suggests it may take place before the events of the Serenity film, as characters like Wash and Shepherd Book appear.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:53 PM (6ydKt)
I didn't know about the comic but I was quietly excited about the animated series. I hope somebody picks it up.
Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 05:55 PM (6+ehB)
Farscape >>>Firefly
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (/WQyy)
I can watch Firefly in a week, so I'll go with that for that reason alone.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)
Alway put your shoes back on before using the lavatory.
Posted by: public restroom protocal at July 17, 2026 05:56 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 05:55 PM (6+ehB)
It also says the entire original cast will do voices, but I didn't want to hit the character limit.
Somebody should pick it up.
It's got a built-in audience that will watch at least one season.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 05:57 PM (6ydKt)
So maybe he's the character that's got to be gay. Or maybe post-Wash, Zoe decides she likes trans-men.
Please don't let it be Mal who decided he likes dick.
But that would probably be Jayne because who does Adam Baldwin think he is?!! Having conservative politics!!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 05:58 PM (Fi81e)
Farscape >>>Firefly
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (/WQyy)
I have Farscape on now in the background while I'm fighting with AIs.
Never seen it. I'll fully sit down and watch it some time. Very fun show.
I loved Ben and Claudia on Stargate-SG1.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 05:58 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Modern Writing at July 17, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)
Dude looks like a lady is more Meatloaf than a lady.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (E4rtv)
Two google eyes stuck on Your Mom's Meatloaf would look more human and womanly attractive than that insane trans critter.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 17, 2026 05:59 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (/WQyy)
How long were they stranded on that island and Mary Ann and Ginger never got pregnant ????
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 06:00 PM (xl8DV)
Alway put your shoes back on before using the lavatory.
Posted by: public restroom protocal at July 17, 2026 05:56 PM (UjdFS)
I never remove my shoes when flying. And I wear durable athletic shoes, in the event of a hard landing that requires a long walk back to the terminal. Open toed shoes when travelling is a terrible idea.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 06:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Then Mayor Karen Bass drops her latest pearl of wisdom: Homeless folks use meth “to stay awake for protection on the city’s dangerous streets.”
Bless her heart.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 06:00 PM (O7XEN)
Adam Baldwin is not of the Body.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:01 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 05:47 PM (9CZQg)
In 1939 the Germans started 'resisting' into Poland.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (E4rtv)
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Lionel Ritchie would probably say he's 3 times a lady
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 06:00 PM (xl8DV)
Could be that Mary Ann and Ginger were lesbians.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)
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LOL! Noice!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 06:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)
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What's that got to do with anything?!
Posted by: Gilligan 10 Years On the Island at July 17, 2026 06:03 PM (Fi81e)
When in doubt, blame the Brits. When the printing press started it's run, the switch from Old English written and Simplified English spoken never met in the middle.
That's how we get stupid ass spellings like the silent "w" in the word "answer." And, in protest, I pronounce the damn "w" as it was in the Old English "andswaru".
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 06:03 PM (dIske)
Crazy.
also, "transistor" is not the same as "trans sister".
Posted by: anachronda at July 17, 2026 05:52 PM (qdr3M)
The Roman Provinces of " Alpine Gaul" and "NOTAlpine Gaul" are weeping.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)
I remember a meme where a guy says, now that I am older, Lovey Howell is a viable third option.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, I Have Become Comfortably Lame at July 17, 2026 06:05 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Gilligan 10 Years On the Island at July 17, 2026 06:03 PM (Fi81e)
It's got everything to do with the start of a very nice fantasy for millions of men around the world.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:05 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 06:07 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at July 17, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)
CNN Poll Shows 125% Of Americans Don’t Believe Trump’s Claim Of Election Fraud
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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 06:09 PM (ndZc7)
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That's right out of the scene in "Life of Brian" where Judith says that Stan/Loretta has the right to have babies.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 05:44 PM (amcLV)
Or the scene in "Death Becomes Her," where the person before Fat Goldie Hawn in the Nutjob Support Group is a big black guy talking about how sometimes, he gets the menstrual cramps real bad...
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 06:16 PM (Sy6m/)
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I guess they keep the clean stuff for themselves.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 05:49 PM (ndZc7)
Oh, the irony, it burns!
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 17, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 07:07 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 17, 2026 07:42 PM (DIS3S)
Trump: We Recovered Documents From the CIA About Their Scheme to Hide All Intelligence from Me That Could Help Me in My 2020 Re-Election Campaign
OvertonMore from Breitbart:
@overton_news Catherine Herridge says a whistleblower was sounding the alarm about China's influence operations in the summer of 2020 -- but "suddenly it all was suppressed" instead of being elevated. HERRIDGE: "So in the summer of 2020, as we're heading into the election, in the intelligence community, there were indicators of this Chinese influence operation." "Influence operations means that you're trying to affect the outcome of how people vote or their sentiment about a presidential candidate." "It's different than an interference operation, which is penetrating voting rolls and voter systems." "And this whistleblower was raising the alarm about the influence operation and then suddenly it all was suppressed." "My understanding is that some of their reports, there were in officials on hand writing that they wanted everything out could help President Trump in his re-election." "So there clear evidence of political and personal bias, and intelligence is supposed to be neutral." "So what we heard tonight from the president is an allegation that this intelligence was suppressed in order harm him. And now we're seeing documents already which back those claims."
"Compounding the travesty, the second set of documents we are releasing reveals that members of the deep state ... in our intelligence agency worked to actively suppress and downplay information about the extent of China's sinister election meddling, covering it up from both the president and the American people like nobody thought was possible," he said. He also said while outlining the second area of documents, "CIA reporting explicitly stated, and I quote: 'In mid 2018, the Chinese Communist Party's policy was to leverage all domestic and foreign elements that were opposed to the U.S. president in an effort to reduce the U.S. president's votes and make him resign or prevent his re-election.'" Trump went on to add that "Raw intelligence obtained by the FBI in 2020, yet buried by rogue bureaucrats, stated that China's activities even included an attempt to manufacture illegal ballots for Joe Biden." Trump added that the documents reveal that reports regarding "China's election targeting" were omitted from his daily presidential briefs during his first term. "Documents show that during this period, dozens of significant CIA and NSA reports about China's election targeting were kept out of the presidential briefing. These were briefings I would get almost every day," he added. "Everything was kept out that was of importance. One email among intelligence analysts admitted that they had quote: 'deliberately massaged the presidential daily briefing to withhold information regarding Chinese activities related to the election,'" Trump added.More from Catherine Herridge:
Read the whole thing.
Catherine Herridge
@C__Herridge
EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Alleges 2020 CCP Election Influence Ops Targeting Trump Were Suppressed Multiple sources tell me that a credible whistleblower complaint was filed alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China's influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump and his campaign. Based on my reporting, China's goal was to "impede" President Trump's re-election and "denigrate" him as a candidate. I understand the DNI is actively working to declassify the records. According to these accounts, the CIA, then led by Director Gina Haspel, would not document the Chinese influence operations, in a formal way, out of concern that President Trump would use the intelligence to his advantage. Based on the complaint, senior intelligence officials are accused of heavy-handed editing of the whistleblower's reports about China's sweeping influence operations during the 2020 election cycle. In some instances, senior CIA officials are accused of taking "pen to paper" to strike sections because "the intelligence assessments would help Trump." I am told some track changes make "specific reference to domestic politics."
A senior intelligence official emphasized that in 2020 China was not held to the same standard as Russia and other adversaries, including North Korea, Iran and its proxy Hezbollah. The official said Chinese influence operations were consistently "downplayed," while Russia's activities were routinely "amplified." The official added that the CIA was "driving political bias" in the intelligence assessments as well as the need to "massage" the President's Daily Brief. Known as the "PDB," it is a highly classified summary of intelligence and analysis on national security. For calling out the apparent suppression of China intelligence targeting President Trump before the 2020 Presidential election, the whistleblower was allegedly retaliated against. The alleged retaliation included: * Change in the whistleblower's job responsibilities * Threats to destroy their reputation * The "dissent" report that challenged the majority view about China's election activities was allegedly altered and the "confidence level" downgraded Independent, publicly available cyber security reports appear to back up the whistleblower's allegations that intelligence was suppressed about China's activities in 2020. In April 2020 a classified intelligence assessment found Beijing was ramping up activities in advance of the US election. ... Based on my reporting, by May 2020, there was a general consensus among the intelligence agencies that China was planning a "potentially huge campaign" targeting the upcoming Presidential election. The Chinese Community Party's (CCP) effort was considered to be much bigger than similar election campaigns launched by Russia because the CCP campaign would be executed across multiple domains.
As one government contact put it, "If the IC (intelligence community) was suppressing the China intelligence in 2020, what else was it suppressing?"
Catherine Herridge says a whistleblower was sounding the alarm about China’s influence operations in the summer of 2020 — but “suddenly it all was suppressed” instead of being elevated.
— Overton (@overton_news) July 17, 2026
HERRIDGE: “So in the summer of 2020, as we’re heading into the election, in the intelligence… pic.twitter.com/m3c9nm05lT
DISCONNECTING THE DOTS: China's 'multi-domain' influence operation was suppressed by striking references to the 2020 election and "massaging" intelligence reports for the President. Friday, November 20, 2020: "We have deliberately massaged our one pending PDB (President's Daily Brief) to avoid any direct links to the election." - Strategic Intelligence Analyst, China & North Korea Strategic Assessments.
DISCONNECTING THE DOTS: China’s 'multi-domain' influence operation was suppressed by striking references to the 2020 election and "massaging" intelligence reports for the President.
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) July 17, 2026
Friday, November 20, 2020: “We have deliberately massaged our one pending PDB (President’s Daily… pic.twitter.com/bx2FcscLiu
Dolly Dagger
@Cookie1inPA 2h And we have a joint chief Milley declaring he would contact his Chinese counterpart if the President were to consider any move on China. Makes perfect sense in light of this..
“When I hear complaints from Democrats that, ‘we can’t air false election claims because that will discourage the voters,’ … I say, ladies and gentlemen, the media aired false election claims about ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ for the entirety of the Trump presidency,” says… pic.twitter.com/gPTgSh0g4s
— 2WAY (@2waytvapp) July 17, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (vDZgA)
-50+% of Democrats, according to one poll
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Jmel at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (3TlS+)
DeepState is real, who runs it? Globalists? China? Or is it a Hydra of our enemies?
Posted by: illiniwek at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (LX4y3)
Ballot drops getting Obama re-elected in 2012.
The 2018 midterms being a dress rehearsal for 2020.
2020 being 2020
2022 being 2020 but even worse because who gives a shit about midterms and Biden's DOJ probably helped.
What happens if you knock out a couple of pillars that propped up the Democrat party for the last 14 years?
Well, you get the Maine Senate Democrat debate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (PIaQL)
DeepState is real, who runs it? Globalists? China? Or is it a Hydra of our enemies?
Posted by: illiniwek at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (vbXSk)
Yes.
The "intelligence" industrial complex is a problem.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2026 03:33 PM (YwEeS)
So, what?
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 17, 2026 03:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Hillary Cunton at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2026 03:33 PM (YwEeS)
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Scarf lady bragged about it in her own book.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: Ashley Webb at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (wOO3z)
In other words, the PDB is only the distilled essence of information that others have deemed worthy of the President's time/attention.
So it's a relatively simple matter to classify something as "irrelevant" or "low priority" so that the President never sees it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (FZ29D)
Give me a concrete floor, a ballpeen hammer, and these administrators feet and I will get you answers lickety-split.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (vDZgA)
That's because if you scratch a dem/socialist, there's a commie underneath...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (l3cgK)
We are no longer that country.
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: Gentleman, My Pension! at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (45BvE)
Scarf lady bragged about it in her own book.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (PIaQL)/i]
That bitch should be hanged with those scarfs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:36 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2026 03:36 PM (LX4y3)
Posted by: those honest, red blooded, ham n egger, flag waving, patriotic FBI and CIA agents at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (2Ez/1)
It'd help my mood too.
Have President Trump pull the switch live on tv.
Just for laughs.
And liberal anger and tears.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (Sco7b)
Leftists still claim the 2000, 2004, 2016, and 2024 elections as "stolen elections".
If Trump was a "Putin Puppet", why didn't Putin invade Ukraine between January 2017 and January 2021? Why did he wait until Cottonhead Joe was POTUS?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (bBCpC)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (afJtY)
We are no longer that country.
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (wvc0i)
We haven't been for several decades. Jane Fonda should have been hanged the moment she came back from North Vietnam.
Posted by: mr tmz at July 17, 2026 03:38 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:38 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (flEsB)
Leftists still claim the 2000, 2004, 2016, and 2024 elections as "stolen elections".
If Trump was a "Putin Puppet", why didn't Putin invade Ukraine between January 2017 and January 2021? Why did he wait until Cottonhead Joe was POTUS?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (k1E2D)
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It's absurd, I know. But take a look at the demographic it seems to work for.
And then compare that with their voting base.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
youtu.be/2HQ1XWXPuCw
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (afJtY)
Never FOOL with Barack Owebama......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (2YhKe)
And then compare that with their voting base.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
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There are probably somewhere between 1.4 million and 6.7 million illegal aliens on our voter rolls and actively voting.
Not just on the voter rolls, but actively voting.
What if we imported 7 million people who hate this country and asked them to vote in every presidential election?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM
1 Unpossible!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (vDZgA)
hmm
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:41 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Ashley Webb at July 17, 2026 03:41 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (bBCpC)
I can understand cyber warfare against the voting machines and counting, I can understand directly manipulating election officials to mishandle and erroneously count ballots.
But what I'm seeing is that they just collected a bunch of information on voters. Did they use this information to direct targeted vote harvesting action?
What exactly is so horrible? I mean domestic enemies such as Google and Facebook had far more influence in terms of news manipulation and managing narratives.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (NzX/y)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (bBCpC)
Connected? More like paid. Follow the money.
Some of the "journalists" are true believers, but I think the coordination indicates a payoff scheme.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (Q+gd/)
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Norm's joke on SNL news has Clinton saying "And, of course, you understand, I have to look out for
Norm did all kinds of jokes that your typical SNL-ers never would have because they weren't soft touches, like when Phil Hartman did that hilarious sketch about Bill Clinton eating people's food at McDonalds. It was a great sketch, but it was still on the soft touch side.
No, Norm's jokes were about Clinton being in China's pocket.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (bBCpC)
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It costs money to commit fraud on the scale it was committed in 2020. Makes any bets where the money came from?
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 03:43 PM (eGzf1)
Mae: "A real reporter? So a real reporter dresses up her brother in a pig costume and makes up a bunch of lies?"
.................
Pretty much....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 03:43 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 03:43 PM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (PIaQL)
IF? No sane person could ever believe democrats have that kind of power because rational people voted them into office.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 03:44 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 03:44 PM (bl07w)
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50% of people in America are below median intelligence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:45 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 03:45 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 03:43 PM (eGzf1)
Well, in WI it was Zuckerberg.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 03:45 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (eGzf1)
I guess I sorta disagree? I don't think Barky is actually smart enough to run an op like this, or even participate in any meaningful way.
He's basically a sock puppet who parrots whichever communist has his hand up his ass at any particular moment. And he does like having hands up his ass...
See also: AOC.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 17, 2026 03:45 PM (IG3/x)
Can't wait to bring back all the magazines and guns I got rid of because I'm a stern patriot from NJ. Who just can't stand to move to somewhere with less dining options.
Posted by: Not A Mod - but a Stern Patriot at July 17, 2026 03:46 PM (mn6AA)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 03:46 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:46 PM (bBCpC)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 17, 2026 03:46 PM (nDXEV)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 17, 2026 03:38 PM (rJ48h)
She has at least suffered from being Jane Fonda for decades. Can you imagine?
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 03:47 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2026 03:47 PM (LX4y3)
——
Now you know one reason why Congress hasn’t declared war in over 80 years.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 03:47 PM (i1NbZ)
One of the core arguments of the Russia collusion BS was that Putin sent a swarm of bots to various social media sites to influence the election. No votes manufactured, just bots. And that was enough for the left to claim the election was stolen by Trump working with Russia and get a special prosecutor.
Besides, it's day 2. Let's see what else comes out in time.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 03:47 PM (viF8m)
Heck, it's almost certain that the "War Games" where Toobin' was beating it at half-time, was about the press and DC collaborating on how to "Stop Trump's re-election".
That may have been only domestic money, but it wouldn't surprise me too much if they were using Chinese money as well.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:47 PM (Fi81e)
China spying and trying to change the outcome of the US pres election is expected and normal.
The IC trying to hide it from Trump is another matter. The object, I take it, was to let it just happen without Trump ordering a counter-effort?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 03:48 PM (mmrXZ)
He's basically a sock puppet who parrots whichever communist has his hand up his ass at any particular moment. And he does like having hands up his ass...
See also: AOC.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 17
But Hillary is - and Obama thinks he is.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:48 PM (hftzA)
Slick ... to understand America is to understand the mentality that WW II made us rich.
Posted by: Not A Mod - but a Stern Patriot at July 17, 2026 03:48 PM (mn6AA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:48 PM (OXYE0)
You will still get prosecuted for armed robbery if you use a plastic toy gun and the victim believes its real.
Same idea.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 03:49 PM (PVBkQ)
He's basically a sock puppet who parrots whichever communist has his hand up his ass at any particular moment. And he does like having hands up his ass...
See also: AOC.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 17, 2026 03:45 PM (IG3/x)
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It's why I described Obama as a "participant." We know he's not smart enough to run something like that but he's certainly willing to sign off.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 03:49 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:49 PM (bBCpC)
I see your point, but you have to consider that sometimes non-communists need to change planes in New Jersey, or drive through on the way to from somewhere else sane to somewhere else sane.
I believe non-residents have been charged under this law, even if they were just passing through.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 17, 2026 03:49 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 03:47 PM (viF8m)
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Fuck that. That was enough for these words: "Russia ATTACKED us!!" or "America WAS ATTACKED!!"
The yapping heads didn't care how big a distortion this was about Facebook ads. They don't measure the Democrat distance to Truth the way they do Trump.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:46 PM (bBCpC)
Bouncing around like I do. It's insane how leftists are given a completely different set of 'reality.' They get a constant diet of the evils of Trump, his revenge on his enemies, etc.
We see their side because we can't avoid it. But I don't think they EVER find out our side.
They're left blindsided wondering how President Trump won in 2016.
Or how was Biden suddenly so brain dead.
Most have no idea of ANY of this....
Sad.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 03:51 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 17, 2026 03:51 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2026 03:51 PM (Q+gd/)
-50+% of Democrats, according to one poll
It is amazing to watch a Democrat say Russia hacked the 2016 elections and changed vote total to Trump, 5m later that it is impossible to hack elections so obviously the 2020 election had not even a hint of fraud and then to close with noting Trump stole the 2024 election.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)
And then compare that with their voting base.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
Oh, I know. In 2016 I had childhood friends on Zucker's site talking about how we needed to come together after the election and all that bullshit. That was on Monday night when the NYT had Hillary! at 85% chance of winning. Wednesday morning? Those same people were "fuck you assholes who elected him!!!!!". I even asked them what changed, they wouldn't answer that just that Trump was a meany.
I was a Democrat about 35 years ago, and actually worked for some Democrat office holders, so I know exactly what they believe and what they are like behind closed doors. That's one of the many reasons why I left 35 years ago.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 03:51 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 03:47 PM (bl07w)
At one time she was an outstanding example of the "hot/crazy matrix" model.
Not for a long time, though.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:46 PM (bBCpC)
I think it helped overall but nah, Trump destroyed the bitch. Twitter probably isn't enough of an influence either way, it's good for morale and general information and Elon's support was in the mi like RFK but it wasn't the election. He won in 2020 without Twitter during a pandemic that was blamed on him.
Honestly his bloody Fight Fight Fight sealed the deal. The thing that was intended to destroy him is what raised him up.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (/bHKT)
The president is far too important to be left to the voters, they have made that very clear for a long time now.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (i1NbZ)
I don't think Trump dropped Obama's name as a throwaway line. We already know Obama was running the Russia hoax even if he didn't pull every lever.
Obama is a creation of the deep state. He might not be the ultimate mastermind but he's up to his skinny ass in all of this shit.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)
A telling moment in President Trump's speech last night: He named Barack Obama as a participant in these schemes.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (eGzf1)
I guess I sorta disagree?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Barack apparently ordered the destruction of evidence:
Other officials who witnessed such efforts perceived the motivations to be blatantly political. Recently, we found significant numbers of burn bags information, and this is a group of bags that were used to destroy information, given by President Barack Hussein Obama to be burned, it was supposed to be burned.
These bags were supposed to be at a different level by different people, incinerated and checked, but it never happened. Maybe we got lucky. We believe this was not done on purpose, but rather through gross incompetence of the people that were supposed to burn the bags. But the findings are stunning.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 03:53 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 03:53 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:53 PM (OXYE0)
I remember talking with a smart lefty guy I knew.
Slick Willy came up and I made a crack about him forcing himself on women and this guy who theoretically keeps up with politics said he was aware Clinton had an affair but he had never heard that Clinton did anything non-consensual. And I could see in his face he wasn't lying. He had no idea about Paula Jones let alone Juanita Broaddrick
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)
I ain't asking for much
I said, Lord, take me downtown Bangkok
I'm just looking for some Wang, Bang Sweet Poon Tang, Tush and Filiopino Billy-Boy Cock..
I been bad, I been good, Hanoi, Tehran, Bollywood
I ain't asking for much I said, Lord,
Take me downtown Olongapo for $10 GI good time
I'm just looking for some Filipino LBFM tush
Take me back, way back home to my Delaware home
Not by myself, not alone, but not with Jill
I ain't asking for much, I said, Lord, take me, Graham and Hunter downtown Olongapo
I'm just looking for some LBFM tush.....
Posted by: Joe "Moose Cock" Biden and Billy Boy Platner at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (38587)
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People are always forgetting who they could have had in their corner, I think.
I think Obama is intelligent. But I also don't think it takes a seance or sacrifice or any kind of alternative faith to accept that the genius of Satan (or one of his minions) could have orchestrated DC's efforts to defraud the people they are supposed to be working for.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (Fi81e)
Link goes to a facebook reel.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)
In response to a convo we started the other day.......
Glad to hear you're doing well. First Lady just had her 2 year checkup after original diagnosis and everything looked GREAT. She's very happy. Red cell count is still low, but improving with each test. She's graduated to the 6 month checkup instead of every 3 months, so another bonus.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (hftzA)
youtu.be/2HQ1XWXPuCw
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 03:39 PM (gKWVE)
Was he wearing a mask? Unclean! Unclean! Run away!
Posted by: Why Won't You Wear The Ribbon? at July 17, 2026 03:55 PM (45BvE)
Is anyone asking the logical follow-up: what is the IC suppressing NOW?
The whole concept of "Trump's IC", or "Trump's CIA" is naive and laughable, even with the firings and replacements, I believe. They're never not an adversarial parallel government.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at July 17, 2026 03:55 PM (IhL8c)
Nope. Back in the day, "Watch a Man Golf" was a bullshit way of judging character. Stupid at the time. The kind of mentality that really did require someone trying to ascend go to the club and play a "road game". Total bullshit.
Want to know somebody ? Look where they live. And watch them drive. Not all to know about them. But all you need.
End of story, really.
Posted by: Not A Mod - but a Stern Patriot at July 17, 2026 03:55 PM (mn6AA)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:56 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:56 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)
He'd be a great guy to put to the screws and find out what bigger fish he flips on.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 17, 2026 03:56 PM (vSvIl)
I remember when the DoD was hacked in 2021 and it revealed the DoD:
1) Knew COVID came from the Wuhan lab
2) Knew the clot shots did nothing positive
3) Knew COVID wasn't dangerous to young/in shape people
This is while they were mandating the clot shot of course.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)
A telling moment in President Trump's speech last night: He named Barack Hussien Obama as a participant in these schemes.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (eGzf1)
THIS PROVE$S TRUMP IS A RACIST AND IS PRTEJUDICE AGAINST OUR 50% BLACK PRESIDENT !!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 03:57 PM (rWPJ3)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 17, 2026 03:58 PM (xvV+O)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (hftzA
Ca. Gov greaseball was worse... He said Trump ranted like a mad King and needed to get the 25th Amendment
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:58 PM (bBCpC)
The "Obama burn bags" are imagery and they are plausible imagery that is hard for the Left to shake off because they know the public knows that Obama "hates" Trump.
Plus burning gives bad juju vibes. Imagery like covering things up, Hell, etc.
People feel these things before intellectualizing them.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:58 PM (/bHKT)
That was very handy for the election riggers.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (viF8m)
Biden of course, made that abundantly obvious. He didn’t even know what planet he was on at times, but the machine rolls on unabated. I sort of question whether he even wanted to run.
They just need somebody. Some body.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (i1NbZ)
This thing amazes me, BTW...
If you are genetically 50% black Africa and 50% north European like Obama you are...black.
If you are 50% Indian, 25% black African, and 25% north European like Kamala you are either Indian or Black whichever is more useful at the moment.
Or to take an AoS favorite...Sparkle Farkle. When I first saw her I assumed southern Italian...until she demanded everyone recognize she was being discriminated against because she was black.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (hftzA
Ca. Gov greaseball was worse... He said Trump ranted like a mad King and needed to get the 25th Amendment
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:58 PM (bBCpC)
______
That only means that Trump hit the bullseye and they are very worried
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Newsweek at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (Jzq+E)
Posted by: Nothing Will Happen Guy at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (gSIIK)
It was scripted imagery intended to creep out and turn off women.
That's how the Left communicates because it works. Trump is the same.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (viF8m)
Obama was the MAX HEADROOM of Politics..........
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPoetry to Democrat Sheeple population !!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (rWPJ3)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:58 PM (bBCpC)
Of course he did.
It's just so rich they're complaining about Trump's mental capacity and the 25th Amendment all while they had NO CLUE Joe Biden was firing on every 4th synapse.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
Explosive!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 03:53 PM (Cqx++)
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*slantendicular look at the line for the restroom*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (82ELq)
Posted by: Ashley Webb at July 17, 2026 03:41 PM (wOO3z)
She has a show called "Full Measure" that airs on Sinclair Television stations. It's like 60 minutes but she goes after government corruption instead of cozying up to politicians.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (k1E2D)
The left: Any claims about election theft at obviously lies from a bitter loser
Also the left: Trump stole the 2016 election
Bonus the left: And the 2024 election
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 03:51 PM (k1E2D)
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They don't really have a mentality to mean anything they say. They have emotions.
They don't conceive anything (but schemes) carefully, so when they later have to directly flout what they recently said, they just do it. The past does not matter.
The "Let's all ..." was to control what YOU would do. It's not like they ever intended to void it, they just didn't think it through enough when they said it.
They just want YOU to move. They wanted to prime the pump with your acceptance of a loss. Their overture only existed in the context of their winning.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)
He declined to run in 2016. Go back and look at the articles. The DNC, the media, knew that Hillary was a bad horse.
There was an entire summer where the narrative was "Draft Joe".
Posted by: Not A Mod - but a Stern Patriot at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (mn6AA)
Posted by: It's me donna
*shoulder shimmy*
*milking a cow hand motions*
Posted by: Nav Gewsom at July 17, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)
In response to a convo we started the other day.......
Glad to hear you're doing well. First Lady just had her 2 year checkup after original diagnosis and everything looked GREAT. She's very happy. Red cell count is still low, but improving with each test. She's graduated to the 6 month checkup instead of every 3 months, so another bonus.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)
That's great news! I just got back from my Onco appt. Pretty much the same as the First Lady. Red cell and white cell counts are a little low, but ok. Still on a 3 month checkup schedule which is fine. But scans and bloodwork all clean. So happy for you guys, and as glad that I'm cancer free so far too.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 17, 2026 04:01 PM (N39Ws)
Also the left: Trump stole the 2016 election
Bonus the left: And the 2024 election
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)
Ahem.
Posted by: 2000 Election at July 17, 2026 04:01 PM (gSIIK)
I did enjoy the people ranting about "The Epstein Class" taking a day or two to tell us someone that rapes a 10 year old doesn't deserve to be deported because you can't judge someone based on their worst day
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (k1E2D)
That'll keep her busy.
And her future generations...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 04:02 PM (Sco7b)
Ca. Gov greaseball was worse... He said Trump ranted like a mad King and needed to get the 25th Amendment
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter
Posted by: Sam Spade at July 17, 2026 04:02 PM (Riz8t)
Until she demanded everyone recognize she was being discriminated against because she was black.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)
I thought she looked like "Joe Camel" from the old cigarette commercials ????
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 04:02 PM (rWPJ3)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 17, 2026 04:01 PM (N39Ws)
That's awesome. Good for you.
*brohug*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Butch at July 17, 2026 04:03 PM (98xTj)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (bBCpC)
Connected? More like paid. Follow the money.
Some of the "journalists" are true believers, but I think the coordination indicates a payoff scheme.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Trump said paid in his part of the speech dealing with reporters. That means specific names took payola from China to run negative stories on Trump.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:03 PM (9VHuR)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at July 17, 2026 04:03 PM (V362x)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 03:37 PM (k1E2D)
Whoever the nominees for 2028, it's worth making the argument that if the Democrat wins, Putin will invade the Baltics.
Not because he would; I think he has neither the desire nor the ability. Rather, I will say it because lefty beliefs are a mass of insane dogmas, and it strikes directly at a cluster of contradictions.
Because of Hillary's loss and the IC's lies about Russian collusion, American leftists are unable to fully align with their global fellow travelers. All of the other international socialists are aligned with Russia, but Hillary's revenge quest against Trump mind-screwed American socialists -- and as NPCs, they're incapable of individual reassessment of beliefs in the face of evidence.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (Sy6m/)
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
By the way Hill Trump started the speech you didn't watch with the economy...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (bBCpC)
Changing Independent's minds? Possibly.
The lies began with Barky and hopefully will end with his arrest. I'm not holding my breath but I am laughing a lot, which sort of counts.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (hzuYO)
Sorry, Hillary. Democrats are in no way interested in making life better for Americans.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (flEsB)
Bullshit. 100% bullshit.
NYC and LA know they are subsidized by the rest of us. Spread that geography out a little bit.
That's all it is.
Posted by: Not A Mod - but a Stern Patriot at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (mn6AA)
"I can't believe Trump won because no one I know voted for him"
Also, "I stopped talking with the rest of my family because they are all disgusting MAGAts"
and "I went to this cute new store downtown and the owner had a MAGA hat on. You know I downvoted him on Yelp!"
further, "Why did I keep running into MAGAts everywhere on July 4th. I mean I didn't even go to the fireworks and all these losers had American flags and Trump hats on!"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
And almost everybody on both sides of the political divide credited Obama with delivering a great speech.
But God had other plans. It was less than a week that Tea Party advocates could point to the head of the Teamsters saying "We really got to take these guys out" , and it forced Mr. Eloquent "Can't We All Get Along" Barack Obama into saying that he's not a Speech Cop.
The speech was to control YOU, conservative America, he wasn't going to declaim a comrade.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)
SO, I CONSIDER MY SELF AFRICAN AMERICAN !!!!!!!!!!!
If Fauxatantus from BOOOOOston can do it, so can I !!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 04:05 PM (rWPJ3)
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None Dare Call It Treason.
We're gonna need a stronger rope for Milley Vanilley ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:05 PM (9VHuR)
Good. In Illinois (ISRA) we are waiting to go to the Supremes, as we lost at a lower level, on the same question.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 17, 2026 04:05 PM (vbXSk)
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (hftzA
Ca. Gov greaseball was worse... He said Trump ranted like a mad King and needed to get the 25th Amendment
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:58 PM (bBCpC)
______
That only means that Trump hit the bullseye and they are very worried
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)
Holy shit, hasn't that crusty old bint been bitching about 2016 since 2016?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:06 PM (k1E2D)
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
When is AUNT HAGATHA going to just go away ?????
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 04:06 PM (rWPJ3)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
Fingers dug into eyes, yelling "La la la la I can't see you".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 04:07 PM (Ot/FD)
So why do this? Because Trump at his base is a cross your "t"s and dot your "i"s sort of guy? Maybe. Building up a legal case? The left built up a legal case out of anally extracted evidence presented in media side shows. So sure. A bit of both.
Based on what I know, which isn't much, I think it's both but rooted more in him following rules. Trump identifies what the rules are in a system, no matter how corrupt, he gets an understanding of the rules, and acts within to his advantage. I think he thinks he understands things now enough to proceed. For what ends? who knows.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 04:07 PM (3uBP9)
Well, covid origins and Hunter's laptop to name a couple other things.
Posted by: the dandy at July 17, 2026 04:07 PM (8l8nW)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed
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Report was supposed to done by today, not necessarily released. My guess is that the administration does not want to waste the release on a summer weekend.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv)
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
When is AUNT HAGATHA going to just go away ?????
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 04:06 PM (rWPJ3)
You think I want to listen to her up close?
Posted by: Stan at July 17, 2026 04:08 PM (vDZgA)
“BiPartisan” is when the Democrats act partisan, and the Republicans act Bi.
The normal course of events is for Republicans to lose gracefully, and accept false premises, play Piñata on the news, and manage expectations for the sorry rubes that expected to have representation in government.
Mr. Trump committed an unpardonable sin in Washington - getting shit done that he said he would do. “His kind must never be allowed to rise again” LOL.
It’s all so fucking pathetic and obvious I can’t believe anyone still falls for the good cop bad cop Uniparty production.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 04:08 PM (i1NbZ)
You're toast.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 04:08 PM (Ot/FD)
Do not let it. Bow to the truth and your Father in Heaven will protect us and set us on the righteous path. Love your neighbor by exposing him to the truth and the light.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 17, 2026 04:08 PM (04KGT)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (Ot/FD)
Nuke China from orbit, its the only way to be sure
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
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You forgot: MAGAts have weaponized patriotism!!
And also: MAGAts appropriated patriotism, because we're loathe to show it because we mentally associate it with MAGAts!!
Because they are the victims of their previous mental associations.
And how could that be if they were being more rational than emotional? Or even partly as rational as emotional?
No, their politics is an emotional spiral , where no matter what you're at fault for making the choices you made and "making" them react the way they reacted.
They can't land at Palm Springs airport BECAUSE OF TRUMP!!
TDS is a debilitating disease.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)
"What if all the DEM popularity since 2006... was fake?"
The economy is perceived as being very bad right now. Trump is getting the blame.
As soon as the DEM primaries are over, "the economy & affordability" are going to be the ONLY things DEMs mention in their ads. No "abolish ICE"; no trans stuff , just the economy 24/7.
And the DNC's finances may be in bad shape, but independent expenditures will correct that, as always.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
Holy shit, hasn't that crusty old bint been bitching about 2016 since 2016?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:06 PM (k1E2D)
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You want to know what really chaps her, though? President Trump in office twice. Hillary couldn't even manage once. That hag will never be able to live down the fact she couldn't beat a NY property developer.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (eGzf1)
Well, Democrats are invested in making life better for Central and South Americans.
But Hitlary's statement was that PDJT "is not focused" on making life better for Americans. Which isn't a lie because PDJT moves his focus around to deal with the numerous fires the Left keeps setting. Its the framing of "making life better for Americans". which is very different from "Make America Great Again". Hillary comes from the perspective that people can only have improved lives if government focuses on them—like being on the receiving side of entitlements, handouts and grants. PDJT isn't here to make your life better, that is up to you to do. His focus is taking down the impediments so that you can thrive without government.
Further evidence that the Left doesn't even share our vocabulary.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:10 PM (nCgQz)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 17, 2026 04:08 PM (04KGT)
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Amen.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at July 17, 2026 04:11 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2026 04:11 PM (rWPJ3)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 17, 2026 04:08 PM (04KGT)
This "division" is a gift from God.
I don't want unity with these scumbags, liars, manipulators, all those who serve their master in Hell trying to rule our little temporary home here on Earth.
I want them divided. Carved off of the body politic like the gross tendony bit of a boneless chicken breast, and fed to the dog.
Gone.
Divide Away, Lord. We know they're going to squawk and scream and rend their ridiculous garments. Let them. And let us be happier for it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 04:11 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (2YhKe)
Congrats. I'm hoping to go to 6 months after my next one. I think after two clean 6 month checkups it goes to once a year, at least with the type of evil invader that is (or, hopefully, was) squatting in my body.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (IG3/x)
Like his mouth, his hands have been surrendered to the demons within.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (nCgQz)
I'm tired of people claiming scoops falsely. Me and Bob Woodward broke the story on military and IC officials deceiving the President and the chain of command on behalf of Democrats and the Chinese, in my book/rakeoff... 5 YEARS AGO!
GIVE ME MOAR ROYALTIES
Posted by: General Milley at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (BI5O2)
"Judge quashes DOJ subpoena for names of Fulton County’s 2020 election staff"
Excerpt:
"A federal judge on Tuesday denied the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for personal information from election workers in Fulton County, Ga., as part of its investigation into President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread election fraud in the 2020 election.
U.S. District Judge William Ray found in his order that the DOJ could not use a grand jury subpoena “as their tool” to investigate these fraud claims, nor could they subpoena private information “with no legitimate law enforcement purpose.”"
Me:
A federal grand jury was empaneled in January, 2026 to look into Fulton Co.'s 2020 election debacle.
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (rj6Yv)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
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While still 10 years later you blame Russia & Trump for stealing the election from you.
Cognitive Dissonance is not just a river in Egypt ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (9VHuR)
Nobody fought harder initially than the Establishment Republicans. They figured they would drop some career killing stuff, and everything would get back to “normal”.
The fucking speaker of the House wanted Trump to drop out a month before the general, iirc. Ryan?
It’s a big Club, and … you know the rest.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (i1NbZ)
They don't conceive anything (but schemes) carefully, so when they later have to directly flout what they recently said, they just do it. The past does not matter.
The "Let's all ..." was to control what YOU would do. It's not like they ever intended to void it, they just didn't think it through enough when they said it.
They just want YOU to move. They wanted to prime the pump with your acceptance of a loss. Their overture only existed in the context of their winning.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)
To quote Cousin Eddie, "bingo".
That's all it was, they were thinking "we won, so shut up and accept what we do". Now that the shoe was on the other foot it was all "Resist! Resistance!"
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (k1E2D)
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Come out from among them. and be ye separate saith the Lord
and touch not the unclean communist lefty turd walkers
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at July 17, 2026 04:13 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 04:13 PM (/bHKT)
We can't have both.
I submit we can survive without the IC. I'd happily go back to a 1940 era America and not have to worry about groups with that kind of power wielding it over Americans.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 04:13 PM (xcxpd)
YOU BLINDED ME, YOU BASTARDS!! ALL BECAUSE YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR RACIST OVERLORD TRUMP!!!
Posted by: One Sane Voice at July 17, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (i1NbZ)
They're swinging it at our heads?
Wait, no that's not it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 17, 2026 04:13 PM (Ot/FD)
(I never trusted that guy. Especially after not giving Trump the head's up about Haspel).
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 17, 2026 04:14 PM (0CU3H)
Like his mouth, his hands have been surrendered to the demons within.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:12 PM (nCgQz)
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OUT: Jazz Hands.
IN: Spaz Hands.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:14 PM (9VHuR)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 04:15 PM (vdz0B)
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
I watched it last night and I thought Trump was amazingly subdued... For Trump anyway
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 04:15 PM (bBCpC)
Mainly because I'd like to have a face to go with that much stupidity.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:15 PM (eGzf1)
Then ask them if it is possible that leftwing elected officials in deep blue areas juiced vote totals for Hillary/Biden/Kamala by casting votes on behalf of the dead/illegals/the homeless and the response you'll get is "What kind of people do you think we are? Our elections are sacred and incorruptible. Well, except for '16 and '24 when Trump stole them somehow"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 04:15 PM (OXYE0)
Forget it Ragheads.... Trump's Balls and Dick are bigger the "King Kong" compared to your Mosquito Balls...
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 04:16 PM (rWPJ3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 04:16 PM (zZu0s)
(I never trusted that guy. Especially after not giving Trump the head's up about Haspel).
Posted by: Darrell Harris
Notice he has no place in Trump's second term and the few references to him by Trump haven't been pleasant. Ditto for Haspel.
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I think the whole Ukrainian crap impeachment was designed to replace Trump with Pence in agreement with the Democrats. After that dissipated, Covid 19 came around. And again that was from the Deep State origins.
And Pompeo and Haspel are in that up to their necks.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:17 PM (E4rtv)
President Trump did not mention the Water Buffalo Hag Hillary last night, but he did mention Obungo.
Did Barky get paler and sprout new white hairs? Did Mooch slam him into a headlock?
I hope they are scared. I hope they try to flee.
My life is based on hope when I am not laughing. It all started with his little pretend DC house and probably the Lincoln Project (purely because I despise them).
Hag Hil was too gorked out on Chardonnay and stumbling around with her exoskeleton after Maria shredded all her stuff not wiped with a cloth. Bill was boinking someone with his crooked shaft. They were left out of the key plans as worthless, washed up old relics, rotting from the inside.
All arrows park to Obungo with no detours.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:17 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 04:17 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 04:17 PM (/bHKT)
Because finishing it today and giving it all weekend to leak is so much moar fun
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (9s47C)
Well here is the extension on that...you can't handle jihadi threats without an IC unless you go back to how 1940s America handled foreign enemies that attacked us out of the blue.
Now, I'm fine with it - Muslim cities should have burned after 9/11 AND after Saddam Hussein's attempt to assassinate Bush 41. But the GOPe/Left pretend this isn't a likely more effective response to jihadis then letting the IC handle it...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (sKqQm)
They showed the tweet where she said "No one should ever celebrate the death of another human".
And then they showed the one where apparently "ever" expired where she was glad Lindsay Graham was dead, and she clarified that she was really glad he was dead.
She didn't mean the first post, because she hadn't put enough though into how broadly applicable she meant. But she probably meant the second and third posts, because those were honest emotional reactions that also didn't require any thought.
She was just posing as a reasonable human being on the first tweet. Effect achieved.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (mP0Kj)
So not only did the chinks release the wong fong shimmy chong bing bong ho lee fuk virus, they also fucked with our elections so Biden would "win"
Nuke China from orbit, its the only way to be sure
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger
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Everyone's asking why Trump gave this speech, what was significant about his revelations. Maybe as simple as providing the evidence of China's attempts to change our election results? I'm not even sure Dems have admitted to China's hostility yet.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:54 PM (hftzA
Ca. Gov greaseball was worse... He said Trump ranted like a mad King and needed to get the 25th Amendment
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:58 PM (bBCpC)
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That only means that Trump hit the bullseye and they are very worried
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)
Holy shit, hasn't that crusty old bint been bitching about 2016 since 2016?
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:06 PM (k1E2D)
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Schadenfreude Fridays!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: The Gayatolla AI Image at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (R6Fy1)
......
WHAT, NO FREE SHIT ?!?
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 04:18 PM (UjdFS)
We can't have both.
I submit we can survive without the IC. I'd happily go back to a 1940 era America and not have to worry about groups with that kind of power wielding it over Americans.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 04:13 PM (xcxpd)
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Well, we can't abide a nuclear Pearl Harbor, either. Ronald Reagan's "Trust, but verify" should address not only our foreign adversaries' penchant for adversarial misbehavior, but it MUST address the problem of great power being held in domestic near-unaccountable hands.
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:19 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:19 PM (hzuYO)
No question Republicans have issues. There is still a large portion of the party that is old school GOP but they are slowly being replaced. Ask Cornyn and Tillis.
But it's crazy to look at what is happening to the Democrat Party right now and claim they are some unified monolith we are doomed to lose to. The D Party is being taken over in a rapid fashion by flat out communists and has substantial issues with money. The reason they are broke is because they aren't getting money from the places they always used to get it from like USAID and ActBlue. Hell, they aren't even getting kickbacks from the "aid" we've been sending Ukraine at the previous rate.
The Dem Lt Gov. of Wisconsin who was running for Gov. just dropped out of the race due to gross mismanagement of campaign funds. They're a frigging mess that can't win without cheating which is why they've been doing it.
We've come one hell of a long way from 2016. Many didn't think Trump would even win in 2024. It's July, let's see where we are in September when people care more about the race than they do sunscreen.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 04:19 PM (viF8m)
That hag will never be able to live down the fact she couldn't beat a NY property developer.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (eGzf1)
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She will never be able to live down the fact that despite having all journalists, all bureaucrats, all academics, all the arts and entertainment, all the "public intellectuals" and all the foreign governments on her side, she lost to a man more than half of whose party wanted him ground up for dog meat.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 04:19 PM (flEsB)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
C'mon Hillary!!
Run!!
You can still be THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT!
And the second gay one!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 04:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: torabora at July 17, 2026 04:19 PM (cDzUt)
And Pompeo and Haspel are in that up to their necks.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:17 PM (E4rtv)
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Damn, whig! That's a timeline!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Community Notes
Also time to smoke out leakers. The networks and Democrats were expecting the Thursday speech to be something other than what it was--they expected it to be blasting Democrat cheating and their response shows. Instead it was about China and foreign threats which weakens their preprogrammed response that it was just politics.
Not even most Dems want China running our elections.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (E4rtv)
Am I the only guy that hates corn in his gas?
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (8uzBS)
The left only cares about the ends, they have no true moral constraints.
They say political violence is wrong when they can claim the right is engaged in it, then they say political violence is just free speech or some similar bullshit when right leaning people are getting shot.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (sKqQm)
You want to know what really chaps her, though? President Trump in office twice. Hillary couldn't even manage once. That hag will never be able to live down the fact she couldn't beat a NY property developer.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
Posting online her own photo from younger days with the caption, "Happy Birthday to this Future President" ahead of the election she lost has to be the best own goal ever of all own goals.
There's no takeback for that one and I larf out loud about that.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (s9VOe)
(I never trusted that guy. Especially after not giving Trump the head's up about Haspel).
Posted by: Darrell Harris at July 17, 2026 04:14 PM (0CU3H)
You misspelled Bill Barr.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (mP0Kj)
Which were the ones that were being paid (or taking "bonuses") for attacking Trump.
I bet we could narrow it down some; I bet there are a few who are normally almost instant to attack Trump that haven't mentioned him since last night.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (3cUTc)
Easier to quantify what they were not suppressing.
Answer Nothing that would help America.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 17, 2026 04:21 PM (NnhvP)
Mainly because I'd like to have a face to go with that much stupidity.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:15 PM (eGzf1)
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Imagine Rosa DeLauro ... and then subtract 100 IQ + 100 Beauty Points.
/Good to see you, Blake -- I haven't been around as much and haven't seen you around as much ... Cheers!
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:21 PM (9VHuR)
I could ask a child questions like “why do you think the Chinese would steal the voter registrations of 200k Americans?” and get a more cogent response. Or how about- why are their almost 300k illegals aliens in 5 states registered to vote, and other states are hiding that data from the DOJ?
Why isn’t the msm investigating any of the actual material and making plausible, factual conclusions?
Posted by: Marcus T at July 17, 2026 04:22 PM (04KGT)
"What if all the DEM popularity since 2006... was fake?"
The economy is perceived as being very bad right now. Trump is getting the blame.
As soon as the DEM primaries are over, "the economy & affordability" are going to be the ONLY things DEMs mention in their ads. No "abolish ICE"; no trans stuff , just the economy 24/7.
And the DNC's finances may be in bad shape, but independent expenditures will correct that, as always.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 04:09 PM (RCjYY)
USAID is where that money came from so the 3rd party expenditures aren't going to be there this election season as they have been in the past.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:22 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:22 PM (9s47C)
Mainly because I'd like to have a face to go with that much stupidity.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal
Here you go!
https://tinyurl.com/mvdfu2yw
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 04:23 PM (hftzA)
/Good to see you, Blake -- I haven't been around as much and haven't seen you around as much ... Cheers!
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:21 PM (9VHuR)
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Not around as much either. I'm hit or miss on the gun thread, too.
Likewise good to see you. Hope things are well with you and your lovely wife.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:23 PM (eGzf1)
Newsom's wife was actually asked tough questions by MSNOW and babbled idiotically. She was asked about the investigation starting under Biden and blamed Trump.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Maybe the Dems are trying to get that guy out of the way before he gets nominated and then the scandals get so messy he has to "move on and leave the race for a browner, more feminine generation."
Or maybe this was just a courtesy for Mrs. Newsom and MSNOW to be able to say she's sat for those questions from an impartial press and provided answers.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 04:23 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: kelly at July 17, 2026 04:23 PM (+9z5u)
Posted by: Axeman
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Doesn't take a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Trump had one op after another thrown at him--Russia Russia, fake Ukraine impeachment, Covid 19, Jan 6 and impeachment part deux, lawfare prosecutions like Mar a Lago and the ridiculous cases in NY state and barring from the ballot in CO, and ultimately a failed assassination. The continuous thread running through this series of events are Democrats in government offices promoting and allowing these things to happen to Trump. And GOPe plus judicial collaborators that aided them as much as they dared like Pence, McConnell, Tillis, and others like CJ Roberts who is over the FISA court.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:24 PM (E4rtv)
Has Congress pulled back any of the grift from the myriad of other money laundering operations?
Of course not, we are rocketing past $40T in debt and much of that still continues to flow to the Demonic Party—just not through the direct pipeline of USAID.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:24 PM (pawvM)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 17, 2026 04:11 PM (rWPJ3)
Can you imagine being that hag? She is consumed with envy, malice, and homicidal tendency. Every morning she wakes up with a hangover and gets to see in the mirror... the horror that is herself.
Talk about hell on earth.
Posted by: tcn in AK at July 17, 2026 04:25 PM (bl07w)
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I bet he got around 50 million, and only that many because people on the left are mentally ill and would vote for the walking corpse so long as they promised government money and abortion.
Posted by: Crusader at July 17, 2026 04:25 PM (TN0g+)
Here you go!
https://tinyurl.com/mvdfu2yw
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 04:23 PM (hftzA)
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Lisa Page, is that you? Now with less gums!
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:25 PM (eGzf1)
Embarrassing is your husband schtuping a girl
young enough to be his daughter in the Oval Office while you’re just a floor away.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 17, 2026 04:25 PM (04KGT)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:25 PM (GD0B3)
Mainly because I'd like to have a face to go with that much stupidity.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal
Here you go!
https://tinyurl.com/mvdfu2yw
Posted by: Piper
And she works for former Obama DoJ high official Lisa Monaco there at Microsux.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at July 17, 2026 04:26 PM (eGzf1)
Read this if you have any doubt we are just getting started unraveling what China was doing and likely continues to do in our elections. This is all well documented.
https://tinyurl.com/yn6wevfk
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 04:26 PM (viF8m)
Thats true for all Western governments.
China learned a long time ago that it is cheaper to buy politicians than it is to build aircraft carriers.
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:27 PM (pawvM)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:25 PM (GD0B3)
See... I told you all this was part of the plan.. I knew she wouldn't be doing it without Trump's approval
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 04:27 PM (bBCpC)
"Trump: 'We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable! I will call the Prime Minister during the day to find out what they are going to do about it. The cost is incalculable! Canada has refused to engage in basic Forest Management and Debris Removal, knowing that such refusal will lead to exactly this result. This is Willful Negligence, and becoming a yearly occurrence, costing the United States Billions of Dollars, which cost of this pollution must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is currently paying. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:27 PM (GD0B3)
Easier to quantify what they were not suppressing.
Answer Nothing that would help America.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 17, 2026 04:21 PM (NnhvP)
Let's jump in the wayback machine, to 1983... the CIA had positive intelligence that Iran had designed, built, and drove across Iraq, the Garbage truck that blew up the Marine Barracks in Beirut... but buried it and classified it, because THEY did not want us to take on Islam while they were worried about the Soviet Union.
Some memos were accidentally declassed a few years ago, for about 10 minutes, then reclassed... that brought the whole lie about not really knowing who did it, to light.
Why? partly because they had intel BEFORE the Barracks got bombed, which they did not share...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: mnw
They have lost a big portion of AID /ACT BLUE money but the launderers for Gulf state and Chinese money are there.
The corporate squeeze they used to expect will narrow down to commie CEO's.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (04KGT)
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at July 17, 2026 04:22 PM (k1E2D)
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They've been smurfing low non-reportable donations for decades. USAID was just a portion of the operation. Keep in mind that in Minneapolis alone and esitmated $18 Million a week in cash was taken out of the country via international flights as part of the multitude of frauds. That money goes overseas, and portion is pushed back to the Democrats thruough these "grassroots" small donations. Hillary was actually using a Sheik in Saudi Arabia to do that, and he was put under house arrest when she lost.
They have a multitude of ways to get the funds they need...every one of them egregious. It would not surprise me to learn that Media Outlets accept payment for airtime then pay that amount back into a separate account that the candidate then pushes back in small unreportable donations through orgs like ActBlue.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)
Of course not, we are rocketing past $40T in debt and much of that still continues to flow to the Demonic Party—just not through the direct pipeline of USAID.
Posted by: Community Notes
AID had the machinery in place as connecting with foreigners and media operations. Right now, funding is disrupted as AID was the spigot directing other ngos, etc. to direct funds appropriately and stage (and probably pay) for media hits. ActBlue is similarly disrupted by investigations and the risk that foreign cash recycled from US spending will be discovered.
It takes time to set up plausible deniability.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 04:29 PM (vdz0B)
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (8uzBS)
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Nope. And I was pissed when I stopped at a truck stop in Ash Fork, AZ a couple years ago cuz they seemed to have the lowest price around.
After filling my tank I realized it said "E15" on a sticker on the pump.
Was in Iowa for the first time a couple weeks ago driving with a friend and saw LOTS of corn fields. He lives in Cedar Rapids, and most of the folks are pissed that they're building two giant data centers on the outskirts ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:29 PM (9VHuR)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 04:29 PM (n5tGW)
Don't forget that this recent "Affordable Housing Bill" that Trump didn't sign was tens of billions in unmarked bills given to the usual Demonic Party laundering operations.
They timed this so that the money will flow back to the streets again in time for the November "elections".
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 04:30 PM (pawvM)
Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Bw1/o)
Turning food in gas, while there are still hungry people in the world.. is downright evil IMO.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: mnw
No, it doesn't and that is because of the coordination rules. Ironically the GOP is in better shape over that because of the recent Supreme Court decision, ignored by those here, that overturned coordination rules by the FEC involving party committees. Indy spending is limited on what it can say and do, party coordinated funds are now no longer under restrictions. And the Democrat fundraising for those committees has been poor.
GOP will have probably a rare financial advantage going forward in this election compared with previous years.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (E4rtv)
Geez, calm down!
Haven't you heard that turn of phrase "I'm running a shadow government here"?!
Geez, you'll leap at anything!
Posted by: People Who Were Convinced Trump Was the Kremlin Candidate Because He Wanted to Deal With PUTIN at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Community Notes
AID had the machinery in place as connecting with foreigners and media operations. Right now, funding is disrupted as AID was the spigot directing other ngos, etc. to direct funds appropriately and stage (and probably pay) for media hits. ActBlue is similarly disrupted by investigations and the risk that foreign cash recycled from US spending will be discovered.
It takes time to set up plausible deniability.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)
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Although I was on vacation and not reading news at the time, once I heard about the Venezuela earthquakes my first thought was that the usual suspects will be blaming those of on "climate change" and Trump having ended USAID, but mostly Trump having ended USAID.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 04:32 PM (9VHuR)
Posted by: Marcus T at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (04KGT)
I have FoxNews on my cable system....
Mom loved Tucker before....
And she LOVED Hannity. I learned to tolerate him...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 04:32 PM (Sco7b)
The corporate squeeze they used to expect will narrow down to commie CEO's.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Y8DZL)
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From what I've read, Bezos' ex-wife is using her new-found wealth to fund left-wing NGOs, activist organizations, etc.
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (rj6Yv)
"Trump: 'We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air, the quality of which is dangerous, and totally unacceptable! I will call the Prime Minister during the day to find out what they are going to do about it. The cost is incalculable! Canada has refused to engage in basic Forest Management and Debris Removal, knowing that such refusal will lead to exactly this result. This is Willful Negligence, and becoming a yearly occurrence, costing the United States Billions of Dollars, which cost of this pollution must of necessity be added to the TARIFFS Canada is currently paying. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:27 PM (GD0B3)
The USA should get gigantic fans and blow it back.
After a couple? of summers of this I can't figure out how they have anything to burn.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (mP0Kj)
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Corn is roughage, not food.
That's why you can see it on the other end.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (Fi81e)
They timed this so that the money will flow back to the streets again in time for the November "elections".
Posted by: Community Notes
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Not if HUD slow rolls it as they probably will.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (E4rtv)
I think it's mostly self-organizing, but there are also middle managers, one of whom is Obama.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (2ocoG)
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Watch what happens in three days when the USMCA discussion heat up. Carney is going to challenge Trump. Trump is going to initiate the six month dissolvement clause. Canada is going to panic...and China is going to swoop in and purchase Canadian goods for pennies on the dollar. The Japanese carmakers still in Canada are going to pack up and leave. China is going to work a deal to use that factory space for EV's, and unfortunately for Canada, China is going to bring their own workforce in.
Shit is about to hit the proverbial fan for Canada. They should be considering doing a cash transfer to American dollars quickly. While this is all going on we will work out a bi-lateral trade agreement with out biggest trading partner....Mexico.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 04:34 PM (dIske)
You'd think it'd be easier just to print them up here...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)
They do Chyna's work for them without explicit direction or getting paid.
So, traitors, not spies.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at July 17, 2026 04:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at July 17, 2026 04:11 PM (fapp/)
Is there nothing that Elon Musk can't do??!!
Nice hash ya got there btw
Posted by: Polka will never die at July 17, 2026 04:34 PM (Ek9hi)
Posted by: Romeo13
AKA: Lone wolf known to authorities before violent event, ad nauseum.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at July 17, 2026 04:35 PM (NnhvP)
After a couple? of summers of this I can't figure out how they have anything to burn.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (hzuYO)
GIGANTIC FANS!!
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 04:35 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Axeman (Trying it Out) at July 17, 2026 04:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: mrp
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She has already blown billions and ironically most of it gets wasted on leftist salaries and grifting rather than action. The problem with running a massive criminal gang like the Dems is that criminals infest the entire organization doing criminal things like taking the money. Democrats keeping their quasi legal status have a much harder time whacking their criminals stealing from them than did the Mafia.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:35 PM (E4rtv)
The media smoke-screens as her being one the largest charitable givers in history. But the charities are all Antifa and related groups.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 04:36 PM (2ocoG)
No! I don't want more chy knee near us!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:36 PM (hzuYO)
Gina Haspel followed a completely different path as a deeply embedded career officer, joining the CIA in 1985 & spending > 30 years as an undercover clandestine operations officer & foreign Chief of Station before ever reaching executive leadership.
While Haines was Deputy Director from 2013 to 2015, Haspel was working in senior classified roles within the CIA's Directorate of Operations. By the time Haines became DNI in 2021 to oversee the entire intelligence community, Haspel had already resigned from the CIA.
In March 2021, Haines declassified an Intelligence Community assessment concluding that while Russia actively meddled in the 2020 election, China "considered but did not deploy" influence efforts to change the outcome. Her Annual Threat Assessment testimonies to Congress also indicated China an adversarial threat but Beijing still believed it benefited from "preserving stability.
I'd say PDT is correct but solid proof the enigma.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 04:36 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 04:34 PM (dIske)
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Will the Canadian government strict currency controls for hoi polloi?
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Send current into those stupid windmills instead of taking it out and voila, gigantic fans.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 04:37 PM (2ocoG)
That's why you can see it on the other end.
Posted by: Axeman
Corn is the fat in my ribeye
Posted by: MkY at July 17, 2026 04:37 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Axeman
Shadows always fear the light and fearful people have a hard time reconciling information that does not agree with their fear.
Neither the worst case scenario or its cousin Rosy are accurate usually. So we muddle along as best we can.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (PIaQL)
I don't know offhand if they practiced any vote fraud in 2018. The dozens and dozens of GOPe people not running for re-election "coincidentally" may have been enough by itself. But that certainly seems like sabotage by GOPe.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:38 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: zombie at July 17, 2026 04:38 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:28 PM (mP0Kj)
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Well, on the plus side, Ronald Reagan got blamed for it!
Posted by: Our Intelligence Community at July 17, 2026 04:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 17, 2026 04:39 PM (UD2+p)
Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Bw1/o)
Every night!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:39 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)
You'd think it'd be easier just to print them up here...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Arizona and Georgia among others. The connection is Runbeck, a corporation in AZ that provides ballots to a bunch of states and is run by former Dem operatives.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:40 PM (E4rtv)
It was 100% sabotage. But on the other hand, it also rid us of many GOPe idiots. So you win some, you lose some.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 04:40 PM (2ocoG)
You'd think it'd be easier just to print them up here...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 17, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)
Could also just be that they were the low bidder and not a China op at all. China could do nothing if the Dems were all loyal to the USA.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:40 PM (uhVAy)
Last night I walked out to put out the garbage and I could swear somebody smoked up the whole neighborhood with their smoker.
Instantly, as soon as I walked out of the garage.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: 18-1 a
Punk rock band member apparently and her loathsome husband is apparently trying to be a social media influencer. Both of them are hideous and nasty critters along with lunacy so common among white Democrats.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at July 17, 2026 04:39 PM (UD2+p)
Ropes are reusable an sustainably sourced.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:41 PM (uhVAy)
In May 2019 Hillary Clinton sat down with chief Russia conspiracy theorist Rachel Maddow and called on China to interfere in the 2020 general election.
Hillary Clinton suggested that the 2020 Democrat candidate for president call on China to hack into the IRS to get Trump’s tax returns.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 04:41 PM (Cqx++)
Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Bw1/o)
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If the Lord lets him go at this point, He's really got a change in mind.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Orange County steal of GOP House seats using mail in ballots.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Is that chubby short womman in too tight dresses still Castro Junior's treasury nitwit? Anything is possible!
Can we trade MN and Maine for Alberta? Or the province that has that blue eyed farmer who likes the USA? Seems like a fair trade.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:42 PM (hzuYO)
And Pompeo and Haspel are in that up to their necks.
Posted by: whig
I think you're on point, as usual.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 04:43 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (hzuYO)
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Canada is basically one gargantuan forest.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 04:43 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 04:43 PM (Fi81e)
Do you know where Gina Haspel was CIA station chief in 2016, right around the time Steele was cooking up his bullshit dossier?
London.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 04:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (PIaQL)
"THE ARISTOCRATS!"
Posted by: Max Power at July 17, 2026 04:44 PM (SwyyQ)
Time for the Chinook Nosedive.
Posted by: zombie
Is that some disgusting act performed on Folsom Street?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 04:44 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 04:43 PM (FZ29D)
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Populated with beavers and loons.
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW)
I'd long suspected problems... but it was the Newsome recall election that was the nail in the coffin for me...
No WAY he got almost 62% of the votes.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:45 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (mP0Kj)
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If the hungry people don't buy it, why not turn it into something useful?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:45 PM (uhVAy)
Honestly his bloody Fight Fight Fight sealed the deal. The thing that was intended to destroy him is what raised him up.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (/bHKT)
When I saw that fist raised, with blood on his face, in that moment I knew how the election was going to go. I'm convinced that his immediate fight reaction and the reaction of the nation at large scared the shit out of the Donk commie cocksuckers, because they couldn't engage in the same level of election fraud buttfucking that they wanted to use without risking their own asses if Trump pulled it off.
They still tried, but it wasn't nearly as blatant as in 2020.
Posted by: USAID at July 17, 2026 04:45 PM (y9nCu)
No WAY he got almost 62% of the votes.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:45 PM (mP0Kj)
sure, that was fraud. Plenty of suspicious little reported piles of mail ballots seen and ignored.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM (uhVAy)
From 2015 forward, they've pulled every dirty, nasty, butt-ugly, down-low, contemptible trick in the DC playbook, and then invented a few more, in the *SURE KNOWLEDGE* that this time, there'd be no more Donald John Trump to contend with.
Every time, they think "this is it, we'll kill the King and be hailed as a conquering heros by our august class of cucks and swindlers! We'll eat out on this forever, once the new King comes!"
But this time, all they have to do is wait two years, and he really will be gone. DC is about to get lit.
Posted by: General Milley at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM (BI5O2)
Is our smoke bothering you?
Ending it all could really help. And relieve the burden on your family and friends.
Posted by: Canadian Health Service at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)
What's left of big manufacturing in Canada is already on government life support, Algoma steel is sustained by grant, loan and fed purchase orders, with small business machine shops throughout Ontario that feed them closing left and right.
Carney's asshole comments about the fires and the U.S. not supporting climate communism seem to be the last straw.
Elbows up types have been knees down sucking CCP cock going way back.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Y8DZL)
Scott Bessent: A Deranged Leftist Attempted to Assassinate Me Shortly After I Became Secretary of the Treasury
The New Republic: Don't You Understand You're Forcing Us Lefties to Murder You?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:31 PM (mP0Kj)
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If the hungry people don't buy it, why not turn it into something useful?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:45 PM (uhVAy)
Supply... demand... and all that water and land could be used for other crops.
Grocery prices in the US are through the roof the last 5 years...
It's like Electricity prices in Calif, the more the government gets involved, the higher prices get.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (mP0Kj)
London.
Posted by: JackStraw
And you have Dearlove muddying the waters and directing the Maltese professor to make it appear that Carter Page and an unfortunate American-Greek Trump campaign advisor were involved with the Russians. So 5 Eyes got triggered along with FISA warrants for both. They actually tried to plant money on Papadoulous (sp) who was smart enough not to come back with it to the States.
MI-6 was involved in this along with apparently Italian intel, Australian former foreign ministry spook, etc.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 04:42 PM (E4rtv)
yeah, that's traditional though.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:48 PM (uhVAy)
Oops. Sock fail.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 04:48 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 04:49 PM (3uBP9)
Like a stern goddess carved out of Gravitas,
the Last Honest Reporter in The City of Unending Night.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (zdLoL)
It's like Electricity prices in Calif, the more the government gets involved, the higher prices get.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 04:47 PM (mP0Kj)
Those price spikes are more govt manipulation. Eggs even in CA are down to about half or less. Chicken (cooked and shredded) down by a third since Trump came in.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:50 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: General Milley at July 17, 2026 04:46 PM (BI5O2)
Not when Pres Rubio-Vance appoints him Envoy to the EU or something.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:51 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 04:33 PM (rj6Yv)
She may want to walk a bit gingerly. Another Billionaire heir, James "Fergie" Cox Chambers Jr., was arrested on an international arrest warrant for money laundering and supporting terrorism, like Hamas and Antifa, and the US wants him for prosecution.
(the facial and neck tattoos make him look so wonderful, just like some Russian mob boss' kid.)
https://tinyurl.com/53b9xb94
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 04:52 PM (rbvCR)
Yup. The petition to get the recall on the ballot was hugely popular but the actual recall magically wasn't. Because the first one had stricter verifiability standards.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 04:52 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: CIA Chief Spook at July 17, 2026 04:52 PM (wVcYX)
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Haverford Township Democrats
Pennsylvania election process ensures secure and accurate voting
🚨 Pennsylvania voters: your vote is safe.🚨
Our elections are run locally with state oversight.
More than 45,000 election workers and officials help ensure ballots are secure, accurate, and counted properly.
Pennsylvania uses certified voting machines that are not connected to the internet, and every voting machine produces a paper ballot that can be audited for accuracy.
Ballots are also protected by strict chain-of-custody rules from the moment they’re cast through counting and storage.
Counties routinely test voting equipment before every election, and secure paper records mean results can be checked if needed.
Trusted facts matter. Before you share election rumors, check reliable sources and look for evidence—not outrage.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 04:52 PM (2ocoG)
and more to the point - popular among the leftist elite Democrats. This wasn't a GOP uprising, it was the Wine Moms angry at their kids getting Communist indoctrination.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: DanMan at July 17, 2026 04:20 PM (8uzBS)
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Because I woke up laughing at Ashley Webb's debate and swinging through the chandeliers, I misread this for something else.
Too many Saturday morning cartoons in my upbringing.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Then how does Philadelphia routinely get more than 100 percent turnout?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 04:55 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 04:57 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Then how does Philadelphia routinely get more than 100 percent turnout?
Posted by: Oldcat
Nope. We don't talk about that here in Delaware County, or the other rings counties.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 07:14 PM (NFX2v)
Expert Brief, Beware of Novel Claims of 2020 Election Fraud
Any ostensibly new intelligence that the Trump administration might muster should be met with extreme skepticism. Published March 13, 2026
It begins, The Trump administration has recently escalated its campaign to cast doubt on the 2020 election as part of a broader effort to undermine future elections. Senior political appointees have enlisted intelligence officials and agencies to do so, even as these same agencies have repeatedly affirmed that the election was secure and accurate.
And, Analysis
Trump Administration Cuts Make Elections More Vulnerable to Foreign Influence and Disinformation
The depletion of staff and resources at various agencies leaves the government underprepared to respond to attempts to influence elections by China, Russia, and others. July 15, 2026
It begins, The midterms are just months away, yet the Trump administration has spent the last year systematically slashing agency staff and scuttling initiatives responsible for detecting and disrupting foreign disinformation operations in American elections. (Much more.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 07:24 PM (NFX2v)
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Not this shit again. Corn ethanol is stupid in a lot of ways, but this is not factual.
Corn is just feed that hasn’t been turned into steaks yet.
The farmers feed the remainder after ethanol production to hogs and cattle, in fact. DDGs aka “distillers dried grain”.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 07:46 PM (4DF5d)
So ... after almost four years of tRump's first term, he FAILED to purge the partisans from the CIA. What a loser.
Posted by: Marooned at July 17, 2026 07:51 PM (kt8QE)
Maine Democrats' Debate to Replace Graham Platner Sparks Question, "Say, Why Did We Get Rid of Graham Platner?"
Maine Democrats staged a Candidate Cattle Call last night.
The Context: Maine Democrats held a televised debate on July 16, 2026, as they sprint to replace Graham Platner, who withdrew from the race following sexual assault allegations. The newly nominated candidate will face long-time Republican Senator Susan Collins in the November 3 general election. Immigration & ICE: The debate was heavily dominated by discussions of immigration and law enforcement, following a fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Biddeford just days prior. All participating candidates called for the abolition of ICE. Pressed for practical reforms under the current Trump administration, candidates advocated for mandatory body cameras, banning masks for agents, and stripping them of immunity.The debate featured a diverse selection of morons, half-wits, and the mentally ill. A good cross-section of the Democrat Party, then. And of course one man who just showed up to say he wants to use the women's bathrooms and changing rooms.
5 Takeaways From a Maine Debate That Showed Replacing Platner Isn't Easy Maine Democrats vying to become the state’s new Senate nominee met, and mostly agreed, at a debate filled with halting answers and stilted deliveries. As Maine Democrats rush to replace Graham Platner with a new Senate nominee, eight candidates gathered on Thursday night for a debate that starkly showed the party's challenge in unseating Senator Susan Collins, the incumbent Republican. The implosion of Mr. Platner, who dropped out days after being accused of rape, has left Maine Democrats choosing from a sparse buffet of candidates who either lost primaries for other offices this year or lack any traditional résumé to run for the Senate. The contenders are sprinting through a truncated primary process that will culminate on July 25 with a nominating convention where roughly 600 party delegates will choose the nominee. The winner will plunge immediately into a race widely seen as crucial to the battle for control of Congress. Onstage at a TV studio in Portland, all of the candidates were quick to highlight their anti-Trump bona fides and promoted a broad playbook of progressive policies to appeal to Democratic primary voters.I think the cattle call consisted of two panels of four each.
Here are five takeaways from the hastily arranged debate, where the candidates had to be split up into two groups because there were so many of them: Maine Democrats don't exactly have a deep bench. The debate's first hour included four leading candidates with something notable in common: They all recently lost Democratic primaries for higher office in the state. Halting answers. Convoluted responses and stilted deliveries. Former State Senator Troy Jackson, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and Jordan Wood, a former congressional aide, all struggled to match the forceful message and rhetorical prowess of Mr. Platner, whose rallies electrified voters over the last year.Below, some highlights. It's pretty amazing.
... The candidates love Platner's policies but not the man. All of the candidates tried to thread a fine needle on Thursday night: They wanted to embrace the grass-roots energy that Mr. Platner captured and the policies he ran on, while not condoning the behavior that drove him from the race. For Mr. Jackson, that meant celebrating Mr. Platner's support for "Medicare for all" -- a policy Mr. Jackson has long supported. Dr. Shah pointed approvingly to Mr. Platner's long-stated desire to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
MODERATOR: "What qualifications do you have to serve in the U.S. Senate?"
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2026
Maine Democrat Ashley Webb: "I'm a songwriter and I write my own books." pic.twitter.com/csMIFkmt4Q
Ashley Webb - a Democrat contender to replace Graham Platner for U.S. Senate:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2026
"I don't want to hurt anybody, I just want to use the bathroom...if they want me to use the men's room I will but I don't want to be assaulted." pic.twitter.com/ckiNs08hi9
Checking in on the Maine Senate Debate:
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 17, 2026
“I believe they called it pork bellying by cutting out the pork belly from all the bills, sure that would save a lot of money as well…” pic.twitter.com/Gv66Ks43rh
Starting to feel bad for these Maine Democrats 😬
— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) July 17, 2026
SHENNA BELLOWS: "I have many ideas on this one."
MODERATOR: "Give me an example..."
BELLOWS: *buffers* pic.twitter.com/ifdM00tTWl
Maine Democrat Shenna Bellows can't answer the most basic question:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2026
Q: Would you approve of ending daylight savings?
BELLOWS: There are reasons for and against.
Q: Doesn't sound like a lot of conviction.
BELLOWS: I love when it gets light in the morning and dark at night. pic.twitter.com/Y811fZIasR
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:28 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: steevy at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: nckate at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)
"Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man,' look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Count toothpicks, autistic. Charismatic. Impressive. Jimmy Fallon, 'The Taxi Driver'? Retarded. Not charismatic. Dustin Hoffman in 'Rain Man,' 'I Am Sam'? Look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, 'I Am Sam.' Remember? Went full retard, went home empty-handed."
Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (NcvvS)
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Holy shit this guy's a fucking idiot
Posted by: Lennie from Of Mice and Men at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (HnvTr)
To say nothing of the Methodists...
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Maine Kampf Dem at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (VJX5o)
Anyone here want to bang Ashley? Anyone drunk enough?
In other funny news, the rumors are true. A FIFA halftime show!
WITH MADONNA!
The casting couch screamed in horror that day my friends....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (wOO3z)
And would that apply to all federal agents, or only the ones arresting illegals?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (ExV1e)
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Only 600 Democrats in Maine then?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (uhVAy)
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I don't think there are many branches on this family tree.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Riz8t)
Not enough weed...
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (HnvTr)
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The implied question in my head would be:
Could the Democrat Party be becoming a joke party like the Libertarian Party by elevating freaks so frequently?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Riz8t)
Astonishing, isn't it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (Riz8t)
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Janet Mills would have loved to have been the nominee if everyone had just let her have it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Rick Perry at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)
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She could do my job!!
Posted by: Al Sleet, Your Hippy Dippy Weatherman at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (n9eFH)
Principled Democrats.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (Fi81e)
Astonishing, isn't it.
not really, I'm up in Maine a lot
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (ZpG08)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: nckate at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Ashley at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM
++++++++++
It's a straight line.
Posted by: Just the punchline at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (uhVAy)
Only 600 that matter.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (ExV1e)
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After a few drinks, I love it when it gets dark in the morning and light at night, or something like that.
Kittens! Have I mentioned that I love kittens! And puppies!
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (sFNX2)
Webb.
wow
apparently this dude claims to be a real female
he bleeds from his butt and everything
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (j+aD2)
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'Cause of the widespread lunacy of a party that would spend a season selling that there was nothing that wrong in accidentally getting an SS tattoo and jacking off in shitboxes.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:35 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 02:35 PM (j+aD2)
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This guy makes Jim Comey sound like Socrates.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:35 PM (/bHKT)
The dude is an absolute loon.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (mkw2N)
Holy shit is there not a single person with a crumb of charisma in the entire state of Maine? Sadly, Democrats have to woo people.
There is! He's just also a rapist
Hundreds of war crimes against Iraqi civilians, including women and children? I sleep. One rape of a white woman? CANCEL THIS MONSTER NOW.
Troy IS Maine charisma. That dude is the guy you run into at the corner store and chat with for 10 minutes over a cheap coffee and he always has a story about something. My guy is real.
I’m not gonna lie, they all suck. I like Jackson, but not sure he has IT. His performance tonight could be better.
Ashely Webb gave me some good laughs!! Who the hell let it on the stage?!
Wood has grifted enough and Maine has made it clear over the last year they’re not interested.
This debate is more consequential than whatever the fuck trumps dementia rambling will be.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (5/BQI)
lots of fodder for his books there
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 02:35 PM (j+aD2)
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"Did that one...did that one...did that one...Nope. Nothing new here."
-King, doing as you say
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)
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Graduate of the AOC College of Economic Knowledge.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (ZpG08)
Webb.
wow
apparently this dude claims to be a real female
It wonders where the real men have gone and won't settle for less that a 6' multi-billionaire who looks like Henry Cavill.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (XjfpJ)
I bet he gets PTSD when there's an eclipse.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (wOO3z)
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Meatloaf, beetloaf, I hate meatloaf!
Posted by: Randy at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (Fi81e)
I don't think there was an audience in Maine, but if there had been one I would have been lying in the aisle laughing hysterically before my arrest. He's got my vote.
At the very least Ashley is schizo as I recognized the eyes from my cousin (who did not wear a dress, but thought he wrote songs and could draw).
One summer day in FL the mailman delivered a rolled up scroll in Christmas wrapping paper to our mailbox from him. Similar to a Christmas Cracker with ends tied in paper ribbon.
It had been through the local airport to check for anthrax or worse as it reeked of cig smoke. There was an airport label of the inspection. I guess verification that I did not associate with terrorists.
It was a strange Grandma Moses drawing of a local outdoor rock concert I apparently attended with him and my brother (could not remember).
I nearly died laughing, in horror as the beachtown knew me, and called my mother. She'd gotten similar that week.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (hzuYO)
The dude is an absolute loon.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (mkw2N)
We're hiring!
Posted by: The Harvard Medical School at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (n9eFH)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (5/BQI)
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The bitter, angry fight to be first loser in Maine is just...fascinating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (PIaQL)
#ThreadWinner
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (2YhKe)
So... dead for 4 years?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (mP0Kj)
Maybe they can replace Tucker's favorite "military" expert Douglas Macgregor. They seem to be a little more intelligent.
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (iVhsR)
Hate to say it, but my fav was ... the mentally ill fat tranny. He's just some fat loser who got up there with no fucks given. "Why are you qualified to be a Senator?" "I write songs." At least he's good for some comedy. The others were bogshit awful offal up there.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2026 02:38 PM (LX4y3)
/scratches head...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Change the name of the place from Maine to Dummyland.
Posted by: A Whole Mess Of Stupid at July 17, 2026 02:38 PM (45BvE)
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Graduate of the AOC College of Economic Knowledge.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)
Its called Pork BARREL not belly.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bete at July 17, 2026 02:38 PM (LX4y3)
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In Maine against Collins, it's more like 30% of the vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (/bHKT)
Wow. That's quite the take. I wonder how many leftist white women are happy to discover that their fellow travelers wouldn't blink an eye at them being raped.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (ZpG08)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (ZpG0
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* buzzer *
The judges were looking for "by staging a raffle", staging a raffle.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (Fi81e)
I guess time was short.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (XjfpJ)
They ain't. You get this kind of shit show because that's what comes from the North East.
Posted by: Math at July 17, 2026 02:38 PM (7wXA5)
Now I know what Lovecraft meant by "The Innsmouth Look"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (ZpG0
lol
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (xcxpd)
Wow. That's quite the take. I wonder how many leftist white women are happy to discover that their fellow travelers wouldn't blink an eye at them being raped.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (ExV1e)
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"Someone will touch me sexually?!"
-AWFL
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (ZpG0
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* golf clap *
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:40 PM (/bHKT)
Probably twice, like a bad case if Mittelschmerz, but for fags.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:40 PM (BI5O2)
Wow. That's quite the take. I wonder how many leftist white women are happy to discover that their fellow travelers wouldn't blink an eye at them being raped.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (ExV1e)
I wasn't sure if they OP meant that he agreed to ignore the war crimes or if he meant we should ignore the rape as well.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (uhVAy)
So... dead for 4 years?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (mP0Kj)
It's brain has been, for sure.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)
Cuz that would be like all cool and shit.
Ok, moving on.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (/bHKT)
Too bad he dropped out so we'll never know.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (PIaQL)
"And this Karen too."
Worthy of Honorable Mention at least.
>Maine Moonbat Elizabeth Dickerson (Democrat, obviously) says she is running for Senate because she is "very interested in climate."
https://tinyurl.com/bdhp7y6t
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Rex B at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (NY5LD)
Contrast and compare: (daily mail of course)
mol.im/a/15985025
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (3uBP9)
OMG. That woman is not well. I'm serious. She's not mentally ill in a colloquial or dismissive sense. She is literally pathologically mentally ill.
Her eyes can't focus, she's fidgeting like Hunter Biden after a cocaine OD, she's barely making sense, her facial expression is blank, and she looks like she just got out of bed.
She has no idea what planet she's on.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)
Wait... it's got the Job NAILED...
I give you... sidestep, from Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AALREbJZEZk
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (ExV1e)
$20, same as in town.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)
The dude is an absolute loon.
Posted by: bonhomme
He/she/it may feature prominently in GOP ads in the midterms. The face that launched a thousand ads.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Cletus Delroy Spuckler at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (n9eFH)
Cuz that would be like all cool and shit.
Ok, moving on.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (u73oe)
"The graft, obviously."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Meatloaf at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (kAEfL)
She has no idea what planet she's on.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
Climate in Maine? That's FOGGY or NOR'EASTER.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)
She has no idea what planet she's on.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
Ok but what are her bad qualities.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (/bHKT)
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Just like a chick!
... if you ignore the part that it's not.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)
I've got another diagnosis.........
Posted by: Preparation H at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (9qk+Q)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (OXYE0)
So I can get the fuck out of Maine, bang 18 year old, female congressional aides, and write lines in legislation that gives billions of dollars to my family owned businesses.
Fuck you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Random PJ at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: sven at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (uhVAy)
I took it as they believe that war crimes have been committed, that this is heinous, and that it's being ignored BUT a guy trips and his cock accidentally ends up in the ass of some woman (allegedly) and everyone is up in arms like it's a big deal.
Maybe that's not how they meant it but I see no reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (9qk+Q)
They won't let us have Alberta but they might give us $32 worth of glass beads and a woodcut of a beaver.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 02:45 PM (gKWVE)
She has no idea what planet she's on.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
We just want free healthcare.
Posted by: Disingenuous Commies at July 17, 2026 02:45 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:45 PM (BI5O2)
OMG. Finally a politician who gets me!
Posted by: The Mantastic Tor at July 17, 2026 02:45 PM (We5PL)
Maybe that's not how they meant it but I see no reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (ExV1e)
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Probably that Collins voted for the Iraq War which makes her personally responsible for all war crimes committed by the US Armed Forces in Iraq which is worse than Platner raping a Republican.
Listen, they're not electing their pastor, just someone who will vote the right way and not take money from JOOOS.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:45 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Preparation H at July 17, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)
You can't NOT watch...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (2Ez/1)
My idea of assault is probably different than theirs.
Mine: Men laughing at urinals and pointing with their free hand to the creature before throwing him out and showing his crinoline petticoat.
His/hers/trans/freak: I am more gorgeous than Sidney Sweeney and I will be rape raped (and like it!).
I conclude that public bathrooms are the highlight of their freak day in my anthropology study of trans.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (sYM3s)
He said the perfect joke would have a setup and punchline that are exactly the same. I humbly submit:.
"He claims he ovulates and period blood comes out his anus."
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (/bHKT)
She has a cooter too, (aka “front hole”
what more qualification is really necessary? Isn’t it time we elect a Vagina-American? Penis-Americans are ickyPosted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (2/ueB)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (uhVAy)
The rape of the white woman is not politically useful to him and he probably thinks they are all whores who are begging for it, its the commie position. Thats probably what it is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (n9eFH)
and this too is the story of Graham Platner....
Posted by: sven at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (Int1s)
Because war actions and meanness.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (Fi81e)
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They mentioned Iraq and are talking within the context of the Maine Senate race.
It's much more likely it's about Collins voting for the Iraq War than anything about Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (PIaQL)
Sorry about that. We've had some supply chain issues with our lettuce vendor.
Posted by: Taco Bell at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (5/BQI)
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Graduate of the AOC College of Economic Knowledge.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (ndZc7)
Its called Pork BARREL not belly.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:38 PM (uhVAy)
the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes: they should not be allowed to dip into the pork barrel | [as modifier] : wasteful, pork-barrel spending.
origin
late 19th century: from the use of a barrel to keep a reserve supply of meat.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (6wpGE)
If I may suggest, move farther south.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (9qk+Q)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (2YhKe)
Look, I get that "we" need her to remain in the Senate, but for God's sake Maine, find another Republican who doesn't appear to be at death's door all the time.
And, no, she's not alone. 3/4 of the sitting GOP need to be replaced with younger, conservatives not married to the corrupt system in place. As we debate the mental acuity of McConnell and the duplicity of Thune.
*spits*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (jehhT)
Fuck you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (PIaQL)
I would add "Plus, Senators serve for six years so that would be enough to get me a pension for life," but that would require way more civic knowledge than can reasonably be expected. You gotta be a butterface from Georgia to come up with that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (ExV1e)
I promise if it gets men out of ladies' room, I will not assault a guy who thinks he's a chick. I'll even try to ignore you.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (OXYE0)
Eh he admitted to a degree that women's safety is disposable...
Posted by: sven at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Random PJ at July 17, 2026 02:44 PM (+jscL)
; )
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (iVhsR)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (6wpGE)
Meat Whiskey.......Hmmmmmmmmm
Our whiskey is aged in fine meat barrels.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Wow, You watched it?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (wOO3z)
....
I conclude that public bathrooms are the highlight of their freak day in my anthropology study of trans.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 02:46 PM (hzuYO)
It is simple, really. If you have more victim points than another person, you are blameless of anything and are immune to punishment for all crimes and should be Senator.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)
The dude is an absolute loon.
Posted by: bonhomme
He/she/it may feature prominently in GOP ads in the midterms. The face that launched a thousand ads.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (5/BQI
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See my comment above. Pure comedy gold. I can't believe they let that ... thing ... up on the stage in what was supposed to be a serious debate.
I think we now know why they were so hot for Gay Shit Nazi. As bad as he is, the others are much worse. When you go to a whorehouse and your options are a literal horse, a pig, a goat, and a Golden Corral 3, you take the GC3.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
You can't NOT watch...
Sorry, but where do the flaming clown boners come in?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:49 PM (ndZc7)
The dems elected a brain damaged guy to the Senate... could barely talk...
Sadly, for them, he got better, and is now one of the few sane voices on that side of the aisle.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:49 PM (mP0Kj)
But if it's a tranny, you know he's the submissive partner, and that makes it even worse.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)
Dude must have flipped his shit when he saw Tattooine.
See that James? A little Star Trek humor for ya
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:49 PM (/bHKT)
Set aside the ludicrous nature of the argument at hand, it's an admission that absolutely any effort to curb greenhouse gases is useless because forest fires will put out many times more every year than what gets saved by partially switching to solar, or something.
And no one seems to realize it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:49 PM (PIaQL)
You can't NOT watch...
Sorry, but where do the flaming clown boners come in?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (Riz8t)
Will it create Zombie Dinosaurs? Tell me it will create Zombie Dinosaurs!
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (BI5O2)
Look, I get that "we" need her to remain in the Senate, but for God's sake Maine, find another Republican who doesn't appear to be at death's door all the time.
And, no, she's not alone. 3/4 of the sitting GOP need to be replaced with younger, conservatives not married to the corrupt system in place. As we debate the mental acuity of McConnell and the duplicity of Thune.
*spits*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (jehhT)
Senate does derive from 'old'. The Romans didn't intend it to be quite THIS old though.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (uhVAy)
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Good God, man! Have you looked in a mirror lately? You look like the love child of Meatloaf and Rachel Zegler ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (27aLr)
Maine Democrats: *Empties carnival sideshow onto DNC stage.*
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (Fi81e)
Errata: As it happens, we reported Mr. Webb has a cooter. He does not, in fact have a cooter. We regret the error.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (2/ueB)
You can't NOT watch...
Wasn't this a scene in the movie Broken Arrow?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)
I don't know that we know that at all.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Wow, You watched it?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (wOO3z)
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Collins is going to win by at least 20.
She won by 8 in 2020 (which we're finding out was more compromised that we even thought) and by 37 in 2014.
The whole kerfuffle is hilarious because it's an expensive damaging fight for first loser.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (PIaQL)
@BasilTheGreat
They made a rap to promote The Odyssey (2026)
Yes this is real
Yes it is horrendous
Video: x.com/BasilTheGreat/status/2077759152969953626
7:15 AM · Jul 16, 2026
Chris Gore
@ThatChrisGore
Why is it so important to some that every critic hold exactly the same opinion?
This attitude of intolerance has made discussing films so boring.
My opinion does not invalidate your opinion.
In any case, enjoy this video of
@FilmThreat’s review of The Odyssey to music.
The Only Honest Review of Odyssey Comments As A Song Video based on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGvGfHhbLs
10:31 AM · Jul 16, 2026
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (iVhsR)
But, obviously, they can adapt.
Male, woman, fruit or flower, there's not a norm in the whole lot of Democratic commie, comb as eating utensil, parents as their foundational pillars through they worked for real cults, China loving, insider trading, yada yada, members of Congress.
Plus he's a Veteran on 100% disability payments with spousal support.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:49 PM (ndZc7)
I chose 5'oclock... not somewhere, but HERE!
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:48 PM (2YhKe)
I bet you could make an inner sleeve for a whiskey barrel made of jerky. Might ruin the whisky, but I bet that jerky would be dynamite.
My phone does not know the word jerky. Who writes these things, effette New Yorkers? Is this CBD?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (9qk+Q)
I spent some time trying to figure out what kind of a sex act a Golden Corral 3 would be. It must be popular if they have to number them.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)
I think they're the ones driving the fire trucks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Cletus Delroy Spuckler at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (n9eFH)
*Rebel yell, bro!
I think it is hilarious. I am sure I should think this is sad and go flagellate myself with a whip. Yet I choose to laugh instead in my fire retardant handbasket.
This was the FIRST thing I saw on the news today and I am not used to laughing so loudly early in the morning.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 02:52 PM (hzuYO)
I'm glad Maine isn't so far gone that Ashley is the dude that corners you in the bathroom to talk about her period...just online. As nuts as he is, he actually didn't seem as insufferable and smug as someone like Lilly Tino that deliberately goes out to make normies uncomfortable.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 17, 2026 02:52 PM (5/BQI)
Those moderators must have been exercising inhuman levels of facial muscle control.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 02:52 PM (+zMHf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (OXYE0)
Comedy gold! I like this guy. He can't be real. He's got to be a comedian with a drag gimmick. He looks like a stoned, goofy retard that someone like John Belusi would play back in his heyday.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)
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Finally, someone in modern day American politics that can rival the intelligence of our Founding Fathers!
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: Cletus Delroy Spuckler at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (n9eFH)
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Or your other brother Daryl.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)
Platner was gay too? Why then was he sexually assaulting women?I just thought he was a complete weirdo minus the gay sexual orientation , but I leave it to you, Elric, to clue us all on one who's a secret gay.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (9qk+Q)
The opposite is a Woman.
Posted by: Math at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (7wXA5)
the fact that 70-90 percent of divorces are started by women says otherwise.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (diia5)
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"Conservatives aren't allowed to like Idiocracy! It's about W and Trump!"
-the left
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: m
That's a lot of wishful thinking.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (wOO3z)
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The judges also would have accepted "Poor kids are just as bright as white children."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (27aLr)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (diia5)
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Without the obvious choice of Camacho.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (diia5)
Yeah, we had to cut that scene out, too unbelievable.
Posted by: Idiocracy Editor at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (mP0Kj)
And not just for Maine. The entire country has been watching this fiasco, and I'd guess many people are wondering if the DNC needs to be medicated, but it certainly can't be trusted with power in ANY state.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cletus Delroy Spuckler at July 17, 2026 02:42 PM (n9eFH)
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Or your other brother Daryl.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)
The 2 Daryls were from...Vermont.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)
The most convincing evidence yet that China is picking our political candidates.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (PIaQL)
Elections in New England do sometimes work like "I'm a Democrat, whoo hoo" and then you get to loaf around and maybe show up to a cocktail party.
Not, however, in Maine where Collins will make you get off your ass.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (gKWVE)
All we get from Platner is big talk about what he *would* do, if he had an ax, and a prostrate male victim.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (BI5O2)
Good God, man! Have you looked in a mirror lately? You look like the love child of Meatloaf and Rachel Zegler ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:50 PM (27aLr)
**************
Nay, my good man: Lena Dunham.
His/her favorite tee shirt reads: Assault me...please!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (D+BhG)
You'll remember, Fen, that Platner spoke of wanting to screw another fella in the ass- not in a gay way- but to 'dominate' them. Like a viking. This was per an ex-gf, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (CHHv1)
And not just for Maine. The entire country has been watching this fiasco, and I'd guess many people are wondering if the DNC needs to be medicated, but it certainly can't be trusted with power in ANY state.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (Riz8t)
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I don't think these sorts of things translate well to other states. Neighboring states, especially small states like in New England, I would imagine the effect larger (could make the NH senate race closer, maybe), but are the people of NC going to equate Roy Cooper with Graham Platner?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (PIaQL)
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I don't think there are many branches on this family tree.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (/bHKT)
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In genealogy I believe they call it a "family stump."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (27aLr)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Whoa! Let's not be so hasty here...
Posted by: Muhammed at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (5/BQI)
So, no, the rest of the debate wasn't "smarter."
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (fgSb9)
During the breaks, they were mainlining Botox.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Lorne Michaels at July 17, 2026 02:56 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM
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It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.
Posted by: Brawndo at July 17, 2026 02:56 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)
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I know. I reflected on that for about 2 seconds.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (D+BhG)
Platner was posting about fantasies about doing other men LIKE A VIKING if they broke into his home.
That's pretty gay in my book.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 02:56 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (CHHv1)
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Partisans are partisan.
For most, it's like having a favorite football team and only paying attention when they get to the Super Bowl. However, there are only two teams in American football politics, and the team always makes the Super Bowl.
It's just a thing.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (PIaQL)
Platner was gay too? Why then was he sexually assaulting women?I just thought he was a complete weirdo minus the gay sexual orientation , but I leave it to you, Elric, to clue us all on one who's a secret gay.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (D+BhG)
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He bragged about jerking off in porta-potties. He bragged that he would anally rape men to show his dominance.
There is no straight guy on the planet who would do such things, let alone admit them publicly.
Dude is gaaaaaaaaaaay.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)
My Magik 8-Ball says: "No frickin way!"
Posted by: Gref at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (WVdA/)
So, no, the rest of the debate wasn't "smarter."
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (fgSb9)
At some point just being there is guilt by association. This is the future leader of your party?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (9qk+Q)
Yeah.
That's when you see the dental work crafted from hardwood and barnyard animals' castoffs.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (27aLr)
NOT FUNNY
Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (/bHKT)
Only the messenger.
I've said it many times before. It's magical thinking.
They really do believe if they can just find the right incantation, they can alter our perceptions of reality to match their own.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (FZ29D)
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I'm going to have this printed on a T-shirt...to show how smart I am.
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 17, 2026 02:58 PM (fgSb9)
Troy Jackson: "We have some common ground here, I think. For example, I'm quite sure we all put our pants on before our shoes so as to allow our legs to slide in easier."
Shenna Bellows: "You..I mean....THAT WORKS? I never even considered...That's amazing. I mean...that REALLY works?"
Ashley Webb: "Oh, that's great. But, also a result of privilege. I don't WEAR pants!!! And, if I were allowed to do my business in the Girl's Room, I could show you right now."
Moderator: "Ms. Bellows, please put your shoes and slacks back on. This is being televised."
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 02:58 PM (dIske)
That's pretty gay in my book.
Right?
Posted by: Liberace's candelabrum at July 17, 2026 02:58 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: AOC at July 17, 2026 02:58 PM (YSQQv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (zZu0s)
I got news for him.....
Posted by: Ice-T at July 17, 2026 02:58 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: BELLOWS at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: The Bern at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM (2Ez/1)
Remember when Trump fired Comey? Colbert was broadcasting his live show and the audience started cheering. The left had been arguing for Comey to be fired for some time.
But Colbert voxplained to them that this was now bad and after about 5m of him haranguing them they all started booing Comey being fired.
This was a case of seeing the NPC software being updated live.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM (sKqQm)
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I'm going to have this printed on a T-shirt...to show how smart I am.
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 17, 2026 02:58 PM (fgSb9)
it does seem better than the alternative.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)
You can't NOT watch...
Sorry, but where do the flaming clown boners come in?
****
They are why the dumpster is on fire.
Posted by: clarence at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM (1QT7n)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
🤣
Now for the serious side: Law school quiz? 😬
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM (NFX2v)
lots of fodder for his books there
It turns out random small towns in Maine are an excellent setting for horror stories.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM (2ocoG)
Collins, meanwhile, is reported to have an $8 million war chest. I think she must now be regarded as the favorite.
However Cooper (D) in NC is cruising for the GOP seat previously held by Tillis (R). Cooper leads by even more than Ossoff does in GA, even though Ossoff ia an incumbent.
The Senate race in MI is quite interesting, & might yield a GOP pickup. Esp so if the DEMs nominate that "abolish the police" jihadist El-Sayed. He seems to have a good chance of winning the DEM primary.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (OXYE0)
PSA!!!
How to spot a Communist (and remember kids, Socialism is a gateway to Communism !)
"Wasson Watch Co.
@WassonWatch
1h
Look out for Communists
https://tinyurl.com/yfr9hj5s "
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: BELLOWS at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (Riz8t)
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I don't think these sorts of things translate well to other states. Neighboring states, especially small states like in New England, I would imagine the effect larger (could make the NH senate race closer, maybe), but are the people of NC going to equate Roy Cooper with Graham Platner?
At some point just being there is guilt by association. This is the future leader of your party?
Yup. That was my point. If your party is that stupid in Maine, you have to start wondering about your own state.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (Riz8t)
The rapist Nazi was the best they had.
Posted by: huerfano
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I bet that Council of 600 tries to get him back on the ballot.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:54 PM (Riz8t)
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Heard a recent interview with somebody from (IIRC, The Media Research Center) reporting on a study they did of the Platner Nightmare in Maine.
Turns out that something like 54% of Americans get their news from one or more of the following 5th Column Commie Propaganda Mills: Apple News, Google News, Yahoo News, and NPR.
UNEXPECTEDLY, in analyzing the past coverage of those four rags of this Maine Senate race, the found virtually zero stories about the Platner Idiocies.
So, basically half the country presumably has no clue about those controversies ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (27aLr)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:55 PM (27aLr)
NOT FUNNY
Posted by: Michelle Fields at July 17, 2026 02:57 PM (/bHKT)
/Golf Clap...
One from the Vaults...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (wvc0i)
From the cheap seats, it doesn't look like they can.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: m
That's a lot of wishful thinking.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (wOO3z)
Yes, but ... maybe?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)
*************
I kept waiting for his right eye to twirl around like Marty Feldman's!
Ashley has my illegal vote!
If she stood next to the Maine Governor Mills I think the thin veil will rip and the matrix be revealed, nuclear fission and volcanos erupting in cheetos during massive earthquakes and tsunamis. In other words, End Times.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (hzuYO)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (ndZc7)
That's pretty gay in my book.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 02:56 PM (gKWVE)
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Especially when it doesn't make sense as to whom he's sending that message to.
A guy who's likely going to get raped more in prison? The prisoners who would rape that guy themselves?
Who?? But Platner apparently has put some thought into this, but we can't tell what thought that is.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: BELLOWS
Sure, rub it in.
Posted by: Pandas at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)
Weren't there 3 Daryls?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
Yes but one actually spoke so I gave him a break.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (uhVAy)
She's a free diversity score that doesn't immediately look like one.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (27aLr)
Wait, Trump gave a speech last night?
Posted by: Lefty Leftowski at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)
________
She's been major characters in movies that made billions of dollars. She is a thing. I don't understand why she ever became a thing, but she is.
She's also an attractive "black" actress who everyone knows is a lefty, but she's smart enough to not go out there like Rachel Zegler and shit over the potential audience for her movies.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 02:59 PM
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Why don't we hide behind that row of hanging chainsaws?
Posted by: Clueless Blonde Teenage Girl at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (2Ez/1)
BELLOWS: I love when it gets light in the morning and dark at night.
How old is she and how long did it take her to grasp this fact of life? What an idiot.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (s9VOe)
One of the sterling individuals on the stage was Shenna Bellows, Maine's infamous Secretary of State. I say 'infamous' because you might remember her attempt to keep Trump off the Maine GOP primary ballot over the insurrection clause until crushed like a bug by SCOTUS.
I did not recall that,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Octochicken at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (oCS0o)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (wvc0i)
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
Oh, f*cking go die already, you sniveling twatwaffle.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: BELLOWS at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (/bHKT)
I will never be the same.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Seems Legit
It is odd...there must have been a screening criteria? How did some of these wackjobs make it onto the state? We don't typically let losers with only a handful of supporters onto the big stage (like Lord Binface in the UK).
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (RCjYY)
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Cooper is running behind Cunningham's numbers from summer of 2020, and Cunningham lost in 2020. NC summer polling is notoriously bad.
Republican gains in registrations (from 400,000 Dem to 10,000 GOP advantage) since Cooper last ran for statewide office put him at a disadvantage.
He last won statewide by 250,000 when there were 400,000 more Dems than GOP in the state.
And, federal races trend more towards pure partisan leaning rather than statewide, state-level races.
The 2026 senate race will be more likely to reflect the 2024 presidential result than anything else.
I suspect Whatley will get a win in the end.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (PIaQL)
https://tinyurl.com/yfr9hj5s "
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (GD0B3)cartoons.
They were far too lenient and forbearing. That's how we got in this mess.
When I'm King, it'll be one strike and you're out... in the panther pits.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (BI5O2)
is that human
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 02:33 PM (j+aD2)
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Manatee
Still has the word "man" in it though
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (9CZQg)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (sYM3s)
Are they Flamin' Hot Cheetohs?
Posted by: That guy who always misses the main point at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
Yes but one actually spoke so I gave him a break.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM
___________
*polite cough*
Posted by: Larry at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (2Ez/1)
Give that, candidates for public office are usually morons, half-wits, and the mentally ill, with the occasional good citizen who thinks they might volunteer some time to make their community better.
That latter category is very thin.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (wvc0i)
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* Flips Archer the bird *
Posted by: Maine at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)
Yup. That was my point. If your party is that stupid in Maine, you have to start wondering about your own state.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (Riz8t)
========
"That's just one guy in Maine, another state on the other side of the country. And the party pushed him out."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: nckate
The OG -- Candid Camera
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (DZ9Lv)
But why? Collins has polled as "losing to actual Nazis" her entire career but always wins by double digits.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Seems Legit
It is odd...there must have been a screening criteria? How did some of these wackjobs make it onto the state? We don't typically let losers with only a handful of supporters onto the big stage (like Lord Binface in the UK).
Posted by: Moron Analyst at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (5/BQI)
As I said a few years ago... I'm kinda tempted to run for National Public Office... so I can find out what I actually did in the 80's...
Posted by: Lefty Leftowski at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
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I only see TWO!
Posted by: Jean Luc Picard at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)
That's so deep! (scribbles furiously) I'm going to add that to my stump speech.
Posted by: Kamala Harris at July 17, 2026 03:05 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 03:05 PM (D+BhG)
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Ashley Webb at July 17, 2026 03:05 PM (IOrPZ)
What are the chances we get a serious DSA candidate from the Dems? I think that Newsom said something about supporting the DSA, but it might have been AI.
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 17, 2026 03:05 PM (fgSb9)
Weren't there 3 Daryls?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
Forget it he's rolling
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:05 PM (/bHKT)
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
Trump's embarrassing rant last night about an election he lost six years ago made two things very clear:
1. He's not focused on making life better for Americans. Not even close.
2. We should act now to counteract any efforts to undermine our elections.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (ndZc7)
How much would it kill Hillary to see AOC win the Presidency?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 03:05 PM (6wpGE)
But why? Collins has polled as "losing to actual Nazis" her entire career but always wins by double digits.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (2ocoG)
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Collins outran her polls by 15 points both 2014 and 2020.
And she was within the margin of error against Platner before the last controversy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: nckate
The OG -- Candid Camera
==
Impractible Jokers.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I do the NYT spelling bee every day.
Skip nautical terms. They don't exist. Skip botanical terms. They don't exist. Skip almost any scientific term, they MIGHT exist.
I figgered a NY homo
Posted by: MkY at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (j+aD2)
*polite cough*
Posted by: Larry at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (2Ez/1)
Oops......
Was never a Bob Newhart fan anyway......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (2YhKe)
A danger to self
A danger to others
Gravely disabled
You be the judge
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (YlWIZ)
He's a freak. But I also think attuned to culture. He got, if nothing else, the different cultures here.
Posted by: Math at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (7wXA5)
Not one of his stories is about high school football. Attuned to Midwest culture, feh!
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Zendaya at July 17, 2026 03:07 PM (IOrPZ)
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM
###
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at July 17, 2026 03:07 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Lefty Leftowski at July 17, 2026 03:04 PM (mP0Kj)
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LOL
Posted by: Seems Legit at July 17, 2026 03:07 PM (fgSb9)
BELLOWS: I love when I wipe my own butt and when someone else wipes my butt.
I'm a wiper, not a viper!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 03:07 PM (s9VOe)
I'm laughing! it's Friday!
no Hillbitch quotes!
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (j+aD2)
laugh at the fact that Hillz is utterly irrelevant and she hates it. "We must SAVE Chinese cheating !!!"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:06 PM (uhVAy)
Pick six, people!
Posted by: Coach T. Walz at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (n9eFH)
@NEWSMAX
·
6m
Newly appointed Sen. Darline Graham Nordone is reportedly considering a run for the full Senate term
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (ZxPkt)
Platner was gay too? Why then was he sexually assaulting women?I just thought he was a complete weirdo minus the gay sexual orientation , but I leave it to you, Elric, to clue us all on one who's a secret gay.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 02:53 PM (D+BhG)
I don't think Platner said the words that he was g*y but he did say if someone ever broke into his house, he would buttf*ck them to show dominance.
All of us other men who smack people in the mouth to show dominance assumed he was admitting he was g*y.
Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)
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Allow me to take a guess.
He was thinking: "I want to tell my girlfriend that I'm a mudjacker just like Obama did that one time, but I don't want to sound as fruity as that guy. I'll go with rape. Much more hetero that way."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (BI5O2)
Is Cthillary saying the stars are right?
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:07 PM
Also receiving votes: Maryland Man.
Posted by: The judges at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (2Ez/1)
·
6m
Newly appointed Sen. Darline Graham Nordone is reportedly considering a run for the full Senate term
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (ZxPkt)
She found the graft pipeline pretty damn quick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
See how accurate polling in the same time period in the same state have been in recent history.
Never, ever compare polls from outside the final month of a campaign to polls inside the final month of a campaign. Pollsters run them differently because they are "graded" on how accurate their final polls are, not the ones that were way, way wrong months before (the electorate shifted, my ass).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (PIaQL)
Imagine the psychic turbulence she's generating already. She married Bill to become our first lesbian President and she was deprived of it by Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Men! With icky dangly things!
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)
==
Weren't there 3 Daryls?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
NO.
Posted by: Larry at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:10 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Joe Mama at July 17, 2026 03:10 PM (TezPK)
I don't think Platner said the words that he was g*y but he did say if someone ever broke into his house, he would buttf*ck them to show dominance.
All of us other men who smack people in the mouth to show dominance assumed he was admitting he was g*y.
Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (6+ehB)
Someone breaks into my house, I'm shooting them with hot lead, not a hot load.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:10 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 03:02 PM (D+BhG)
___________________________
Yeah, she did it, and a similar clown in Colorado tried too...which was interesting, because Colorado one was triggered by an organization made up of GOP anti-Trumpers filing to keep Trump off the ballot and the Dem SoS went with it.
Both SoS got their posteriors handed to them but the USSC.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 03:10 PM (dIske)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Good enough for us.
Posted by: Barack Obama and Kamala Harris at July 17, 2026 03:10 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM
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Why not?
Posted by: The ghost of Lurleen B. Wallace at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (2Ez/1)
==
Weren't there 3 Daryls?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
NO.
Posted by: Larry at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (vDZgA)
Biden's inflation was so bad we have an entire extra Daryl
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
NO.
Posted by: Larry at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (vDZgA)
THERE ARE FOUR DARYLS
Posted by: Picard at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 03:10 PM (dIske)
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False.
SCOTUS has never, ever sided with Trump. Not once.
The entire judiciary only hands Trump loses.
Black pill.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (PIaQL)
==
Weren't there 3 Daryls?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)
NO.
Posted by: Larry at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (vDZgA)
Buncha fakes!
Posted by: Ernest P. Worrel at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: BELLOWS at July 17, 2026 03:03 PM (/bHKT)
How do you know it goes off?
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (kAEfL)
>>>
Get a load of this idjit.
Posted by: Chance the Gardener at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 03:12 PM (wOO3z)
I'm Larry and this is my brother Daryl and my other brother Daryl.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 03:12 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:12 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 03:12 PM (2e+pG)
At any cost.
Of course she'll run.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 03:12 PM (BI5O2)
·
6m
Newly appointed Sen. Darline Graham Nordone is reportedly considering a run for the full Senate term
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:08 PM (ZxPkt)
She found the graft pipeline pretty damn quick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
__________________________
LMAO, the whole point of placing her in the position was so that other parties would not have an unfair advantage in the next election for that position.
I truly, deeply, hate opportunistic politicians.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (dIske)
Don't ask me to write her speeches for her.
Posted by: Kamala's six year old speechwriter at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (n9eFH)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:11 PM (/WQyy)
One thing I learned from binging all the Euro's in the USA videos, the Scots HATE the Brits. While in Boston, they were petitioning the people to rename it New Scotland instead.
That and they wanted to drink all the beer so England fans didn't get any.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: MkY at July 17, 2026 03:14 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:12 PM
Get in line.
Posted by: Karen at July 17, 2026 03:14 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (X7dyz)
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The Silly Party.
That's on track.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Three Darryl Problem.
Posted by: Einstein at July 17, 2026 03:15 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
It might be just a WEE bit premature to set our hair on fire.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 03:15 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:15 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Other Darrel was on the grassy knoll?
Posted by: Ernest P. Worrel at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (2YhKe)
I think Tillis deserves some of the blame for the GOP's troubles in NC this year.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Math at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (7wXA5)
Nobody in the Midwest cares about teen angst bullshit. DID WE WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP?
(note: our football team did, indeed win State my senior year. I wasn't on the team but they were pretty good.)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (uhVAy)
Imma gonna guess it'll kill aoc even more when she loses.
Posted by: Will Robinson at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (KmvoS)
Q: Would you approve of ending daylight savings?
BELLOWS: Trump is a rapist and Nazi and threat t o our Democracy!
Posted by: Ripley at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Picard Watching the Office at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
It might be just a WEE bit premature to set our hair on fire.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 03:15 PM (Riz8t)
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If she runs (anonymously sourced article about how she's "considering it", so grain of salt), I doubt she gets close to winning.
The Nancy Mace saga from her governor run has told me that the SC primary electorate isn't just running towards familiar names, and Graham's sister doesn't even share Graham's last name. Graham is her middle name, so name recognition will be hard to actually manifest for her.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (n9eFH)
Or as the Democrats call it: Our Democracy.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (4NO2D)
Nobody in the Midwest cares about teen angst bullshit. DID WE WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP?
(note: our football team did, indeed win State my senior year. I wasn't on the team but they were pretty good.)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (uhVAy)
I scored 4 touchdowns in one game.
Posted by: Al Bundy at July 17, 2026 03:17 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Copernicuss at July 17, 2026 03:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dr. Alfred Bellows, Cocoa Beach, FL at July 17, 2026 03:17 PM (wVcYX)
That and they wanted to drink all the beer so England fans didn't get any.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)
They may hate the Brits but politically it is because they are not Leftist or Pro EU ENOUGH.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)
I think Tillis deserves some of the blame for the GOP's troubles in NC this year.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (RCjYY)
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Tillis sucks.
But everything is showing Cooper to be a shockingly weak candidate for someone who is supposedly a "popular former governor" which makes him as close to being an incumbent as you can be without being an incumbent.
His governorship also ended really badly with Helene fuck ups he was directly responsible for, and his policies as governor are tied intimately to the killing if Ilyana.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Darlenes everywhere at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Copernicuss at July 17, 2026 03:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Schrodeingers Darryl?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (mP0Kj)
I spent some time trying to figure out what kind of a sex act a Golden Corral 3 would be. It must be popular if they have to number them.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)
A "Golden Corral 3" is someone who is a 3/10 on a scale to the hottest patron of the budget buffet-style restaurant.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Pfft.
Posted by: Hoosier hysteria at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Al Bundy at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (n9eFH)
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You can't even get out of the galaxy, Roddenberry spawn!!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)
origin
late 19th century: from the use of a barrel to keep a reserve supply of meat.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (6wpGE)
********************
Ashley Webb thought it was literal pork belly, like she eats when she/he's swanning around town to bougie restaurants and using the lady's room to test outrage.
An easy mistake for the hormone confused wearing a dress off the rack from Target's Trans area/arena/areola.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)
I spent some time trying to figure out what kind of a sex act a Golden Corral 3 would be. It must be popular if they have to number them.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)
A "Golden Corral 3" is someone who is a 3/10 on a scale to the hottest patron of the budget buffet-style restaurant.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (Sy6m/)
. . . and somehow, the melty cheese fountain is involved.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Uncle Rico Dynamite at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (kAEfL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (2YhKe)
You can approximate it like this:
E= mc^2
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (/WQyy)
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Now you know how I felt to see Joe Biden take office.
I had been watching that guy on CSPAN-2 before the Clarence Thomas hearings.
What the fuck, America?!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)
I spent some time trying to figure out what kind of a sex act a Golden Corral 3 would be. It must be popular if they have to number them.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)
A "Golden Corral 3" is someone who is a 3/10 on a scale to the hottest patron of the budget buffet-style restaurant.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (Sy6m/)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESBERGER... at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (mP0Kj)
Who at the TV station decided to allow Ashley Webb onto the stage? In NYC a few years back you had "the rent is too damn high" guy , but he at least had an issue. Webb was just a freak who made the whole thing a freakshow
Posted by: Smell the Glove
She just made an existing freak show freakier.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (Cqx++)
A "Golden Corral 3" is someone who is a 3/10 on a scale to the hottest patron of the budget buffet-style restaurant.
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (Sy6m/)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESBERGER... at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (mP0Kj)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (PIaQL)
Graham Clapner took an axe
And gave his pecker forty whacks.
When he saw what he had done
He gave his pecker forty one.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 03:21 PM (s9VOe)
. . . and somehow, the melty cheese fountain is involved.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (wVcYX)
When the guy that did the Chili's 'barbeque sauce' song died, they had the bbq sauce fountain and everyone was given a rib to dip when paying their respects.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:10 PM
Are we totally ruling out despoiling the body?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)
I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (PIaQL)
Illiterate asshole.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (2YhKe)
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It's this type of question that I use AI for...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (FZ29D)
I had been watching that guy on CSPAN-2 before the Clarence Thomas hearings.
What the fuck, America?!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (Fi81e)
Well, Delaware.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:12 PM (wvc0i)
------------
I've been hitting the reset button for over thirty years and it still doesn't work
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (iVhsR)
All she has to do is say "I'm just like my brother, but less effeminate. I'll carry on all his policies. And I maintain his connection with all the major donors and Republican Senate grande&ecaute;s who keep the pork flowing to you, his voters."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)
The Milky Way is 120,000 light years large. They couldn't get out of a small quadrant of the galaxy.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (/WQyy)
It's this type of question that I use AI for...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (FZ29D)
I cannot. It goes against the fiber of my being at the moment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:23 PM (2YhKe)
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees to service you and begged you not to leave the Commie-crat Party because I'd go berserk?
Well, you left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see I've gone completely out of my mind
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-ha
To New England where life is beautiful all the time
And I'll be happy to see those nice transgender men in their clean white coats
And they're coming to take me away, ha-ha
Posted by: Chuck Schumer at July 17, 2026 03:23 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (uhVAy)
Seriously ? You didn't play ? But "we" won ?
Dude. You are stereotypical.
Posted by: Math at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (7wXA5)
i told you it is standard Midwest culture.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:23 PM (uhVAy)
He/she/it is the Dems idea of reaching out to young white men.
Posted by: Ripley at July 17, 2026 03:23 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 03:23 PM (ZxPkt)
Ashley has a very "flat affect."
His is rather so flat it is if a steam roller smushed his face into hot asphalt and he somehow lived.
He has my vote! He and Mitch could sit together crossing the aisle.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 03:23 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM"
+++
We're still gorging ourselves on ranch dressing.
Posted by: Men's Metric Kickball fans at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:16 PM (2YhKe)
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Does HTML even work on this board?
It's <sup>, btw.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (Sy6m/)
. . . and somehow, the melty cheese fountain is involved.
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 17, 2026 03:19 PM (wVcYX)
ewww
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: The Marching Band at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (/bHKT)
To display the superscript two (²
in HTML, you can use the HTML entity & # 1 7 8 ;
Eliminate the spaces.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (Sy6m/)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESBERGER... at July 17, 2026 03:20 PM (mP0Kj)
I'm glad he did, because it looked like it was not being understood by everyone in class.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (6wpGE)
Nominating Graham's sister might be the only way the DEMs stand a chance to pick up this seat.
It's a terrible idea. I keep thinking back to Jean Carnahan's short career in MO. She looked terribly out of her depth in the debate. Reminded me of Adm. Stockdale saying, "Why am I here?"
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (RCjYY)
It didn't kill me but didn't d put me in a coma.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM
Not even a Territorial Champ?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (wvc0i)
unorganized territorial champs, 1798
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (uhVAy)
I had been watching that guy on CSPAN-2 before the Clarence Thomas hearings.
What the fuck, America?!
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Well, first Obama destroyed the Democrat Party. Then, to make up for it, they opened the borders, opened the floodgates of government grant money to NGOs, and started fortifying elections like Chicago through the DNC in other Democrat strongholds in order to make up for it.
And then, weakened and without a message beyond, "Trump is bad because Russia" because Hillary Clinton was deeply unlikeable and awful, they had no candidate who could appeal to anyone other than Bernie Sanders, who could have gone off the reservation given the powers of the presidency (and isn't even a Democrat anyway).
So, they elevated the only possible anti-Bernie left late in the primary process, Biden, and shut down the planet's economy and stoked BLM riots for months in order to convince America to vote for Biden.
When that didn't work, even after months of mail in ballot fraud, they shut down ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall to barely give Biden a victory.
And, when you take a step back and look at it all, there's only one conclusion to draw:
It's because Trump said pussy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:26 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: mrp at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (rj6Yv)
ISWYDT
Got my eye on you for future clever comments.
*does the two finger eye point thing*
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 17, 2026 03:26 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:18 PM (/WQyy)
Me too.
I'd laugh til my thorax collapsed and jammed my ribs through my lungs.
My big fear is that the next Dem President won't be as funny as Biden. She'll be a riot.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 03:26 PM (BI5O2)
Eliminate the spaces.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)
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Yeah, we can do HTML entities. ™
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 03:26 PM (kAEfL)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (hftzA)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)
371 Eh, I don't see what would really stop her. SC voters knew and loved Lindsey Graham in spite (or perhaps because) of all his terrible flaws.
All she has to do is say "I'm just like my brother, but less effeminate. I'll carry on all his policies. And I maintain his connection with all the major donors and Republican Senate grande&ecaute;s who keep the pork flowing to you, his voters."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 03:22 PM (BI5O2)
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Her only hope is that her name recognition carries her over a crowded field.
Except she doesn't have name recognition.
She's not former governor Mark Sanford running in a 15 person race in SC-1.
She doesn't even share her brother's last name.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (PIaQL)
How much would it kill Hillary to see AOC win the Presidency?
Posted by: m
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I think Hillary's already been killed:
1 - Michelle Obama's popularity and wealth
2 - Sasha and Malia's slaggy bullshit and they're probably bigger "gets" than Chelsea
3 - Tim Kaine continues in the senate while she's unemployed
4 - Watching Jill Biden be such a POS fuckup
5 - She set up Kamala for years and Kamala blew it
I think she kibbitzes her t.v. all day. "I could have done it better! Shut up, you idiot! If I'd made it to the White House, NONE of these people would be losing now. I'd have built a machine that would have lasted."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (wvc0i)
Posted by: Archer at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM
Colonial Champs?
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:28 PM (4NO2D)
She's not former governor Mark Sanford running in a 15 person race in SC-1.
She doesn't even share her brother's last name.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (PIaQL)
Mark Sanford ? Seriously
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:28 PM (bBCpC)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 03:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: MkY at July 17, 2026 03:28 PM (q6tQZ)
Q: Would you approve of ending daylight savings?
Posted by: Ripley
BELLOWS: I enjoy saving daylight and I enjoy spending daylight.
I just wish that the daylight savings bank had more branches and more ATM machines in Maine's bait stores.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 03:28 PM (s9VOe)
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (RCjYY)
She's not former governor Mark Sanford running in a 15 person race in SC-1.
She doesn't even share her brother's last name.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:27 PM (PIaQL)
Mark Sanford ? Seriously
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:28 PM (bBCpC)
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Sanford probably has a better chance than Graham's sister.
But he has no chance.
Sanford will place 5th. Graham's sister will place 8th.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
......
BATHROOMS
Take a shit at home, asshole. Public restrooms are disgusting enough without you in them.
Freakin' perverts and their bathrooms.
Posted by: wth at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (4NO2D)
2₂
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 03:28 PM (XeU6L)
You found the same code I did.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
"1 - Michelle Obama's popularity and wealth
2 - Sasha and Malia's slaggy bullshit and they're probably bigger "gets" than Chelsea
3 - Tim Kaine continues in the senate while she's unemployed
4 - Watching Jill Biden be such a POS fuckup
5 - She set up Kamala for years and Kamala blew it"
Hey. I used to be the next President of the United States!
Posted by: AlGore at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (n9eFH)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (vDZgA)
Posted by: Zombie Lindsey at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (kAEfL)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Paul at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (jO13S)
But he has no chance.
Sanford will place 5th. Graham's sister will place 8th.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (PIaQL
I'm not keen on Graham's sister running but I have to think she's doing what Trump and the Governor required her to ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (bBCpC)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (wOO3z)
I think he should have a new handle on every thread. Only Two so far on two different threads seems a little lame.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (D+BhG)
They got six years in the Senate.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 03:29 PM (4NO2D)
But lost their 'swing state' status for good. Related? Maybe.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 03:31 PM (bBCpC)
Taking his unfilled term makes sense politically, no taking sides unilaterally. Having her backed for the future, nah, I don't like it per se.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:33 PM (uhVAy)
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72% of Maine Democrats voted for Platner after it was revealed he sexually abused a woman and had a Nazi tattoo.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 03:33 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:25 PM (uhVAy)
Come on ... this has to be bullshit. Surely.
Posted by: Math at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (7wXA5)
let me explain the concept of a 'joke' to ya.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:33 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:30 PM (/WQyy)
I've only seen the 17th green on film...might be a setup.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (uhVAy)
Totally. A president getting a blowjob from an intern is "JUST ABOUT SEX", you prying perverts! Like there's no power imbalance from the Most Powerful Man in the World and an unpaid wannabe.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 03:34 PM (OXYE0)
I would. Straight women are low on the victim totem pole.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 03:36 PM (/WQyy)
In 2020 we emerged into a new dynamic and did not know. Some of us survived normally but grumpier and more sarcastic yet more beautiful. Some became ugly trans at rapid speed.
We're watching an old series called The Last Ship on Netflix with Eric Dane (who died in real life recently). The bad people were the immunes for awhile and were taking over the world. Eric Dane was on a ship trying to find the cure during the apocalypse.
I love this show but mostly a hunky Australian guy. However, I do think we crossed the rubicon and were unaware in 2020 as nothing has been the same.
My life is mostly very good in the new paradigm. I was somehow immune but not wanting to take over the world as queen.
Others become trans or think homo intruder thoughts like Platner and Ashley Webb.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 03:40 PM (hzuYO)
See, I can look for a middle ground.
P.S. Commies still will be dropped from helicopters but that will be a different group, state militias.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at July 17, 2026 03:42 PM (DIS3S)
Eliminate the spaces.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 03:24 PM (XeU6L)
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Yeah, we can do HTML entities. ™
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)
Wait. Can I make an upside-down exclamation (#161)?
¡
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:44 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SciVo at July 17, 2026 03:48 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 03:32 PM (/bHKT)
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Ace level stuff there. Golf Clap.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at July 17, 2026 03:52 PM (xvV+O)
Nobody can convince me that trannys are really adored. That fat idiot *Ashley" looks like a Reddit moderator.
This isn't 2020 anymore you psycho fag
Nobody cares
Posted by: Melodicmetal at July 17, 2026 04:19 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Walter at July 17, 2026 08:26 PM (reCyw)
As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat
Trump's bombing them all the way back to modern day Europe.
Qeshm extends out into the Strait and is, presumably, a key staging area for attacks on shipping. US forces appear to be attempting to bomb all roads and bridges to the island, to cut it off completely.
Iran has told its citizens to turn off their air conditioning during peak hours as the country's power grid came under strain amid US strikes. Tehran's energy ministry said that the power restrictions were necessary 'to help ensure a stable electricity supply in the southern provinces, which are currently facing extreme heat and attacks on electricity supply facilities.' Temperatures in the capital were expected to hit triple digits Friday, with highs of 102F on Saturday and Sunday. Donald Trump ordered the US military to hit Iranian bridges throughout coastal cities along the Strait of Hormuz. A report from Iranian state media claims an American missile struck Qeshm, an island which is home to a hidden 'missile city' buried underground. The US also fired on a ship which was trying to breach the blockade.
... Just hours prior, Trump directed the US military to hit Iranian bridges throughout coastal cities along the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials reported Thursday explosions in Bandar Abbas and two blasts in Bushehr, home to Iran's largest civilian nuclear plant. The US said its forces struck Iranian command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities tied to the battle over the Strait of Hormuz.Iran hit the power infrastructure of other Gulf states in retaliation.
John Spencer
@SpencerGuard
Updates on Iran: Following the breakdown of the ceasefire/memorandum of understanding, fighting has escalated/resumed over the past 6 days (roughly July 13--17), with the US conducting multiple nights of strikes and Iran lashes out. US (according to USCENTCOM) has conducted strikes for six consecutive nights, using aircraft, drones, warships, and precision munitions. The stated goal is to degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Key targets hit (primarily southern/coastal Iran, focused on Bandar Abbas area and nearby islands): * Coastal defense systems, air defenses, radar/coastal surveillance sites, missile/drone capabilities, command centers, and maritime/small boat assets. * Locations: Bandar Abbas (port/naval hub), Qeshm Island, Kish Island, Abu Musa, Bushehr province (including Jam and Kangan), Chah Bahar (Chabahar), Jask, Konarak, Sistan-Baluchestan province (including areas near Rask and Saravan), and others. * Military Infrastructure: Bridges (at least six in Hormozgan province), a maritime control tower in Chabahar (collapsed), military logistics infrastructure, and some inland sites (e.g., airports, possible rail/power elements).
🚨Bandar Abbas is being isolated from Iran right now.
— Siaxares 🇮🇷 🇺🇸 (@siaxares) July 16, 2026
All major land routes — roads, bridges, rail — are under heavy targeting. The critical Bandar Khamir bridge was blown a while ago.
Signs point to a coordinated operation cutting off this strategic port that handles 85-90%… pic.twitter.com/uSpdr3AYhG
Iran is imploding, the regime is broke, and their war machine is running on empty.
— سيف الدرعي| Saif alderei (@saif_aldareei) July 16, 2026
Workers aren't getting paid, soldiers are deserting, and military camps are literally facing food shortages. Their entire proxy network is crumbling.
All it takes is one more month of President… pic.twitter.com/513bd9xfhq
🎯🇺🇸 The United States has reportedly carried out its largest wave of strikes in Iran during the current round of fighting, targeting major transportation and maritime infrastructure.
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) July 17, 2026
Iranian reports say five bridges in southern Iran, an airport, a railway station, and Chabahar… pic.twitter.com/XIxZSKjoT6
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:17 PM (3uBP9)
And she's buying a stairway to Heaven
When she gets there, she knows if the stores are all closed
With a word, she can get what she came for
Ooh, and she's buying a stairway to Heaven
There's a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven
There's a feeling I get when I look to the west
And my spirit is crying for leaving
In my thoughts, I have seen rings of smoke through the trees
And the voices of those who stand looking ...
AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (t7WpP)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (nYjOQ)
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AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
All that effort, for sixth.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (ExV1e)
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"WAR CRIMINAL!" charges coming in 5 .. 4 .. 3 ... AKA another day ending in "day."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (tWxgu)
I don't know if Persian has a word for "awesome", but if they did, they'd be saying it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Riz8t)
Can we all pitch in to get Elric and Sponge a motel room somewhere?
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (yz/88)
I've heard this 100x over the last few months. I hope this time it's based on real facts and not wishcasters pulling optimism out of their assholes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
See? With Trump's influence, they're becoming more westernized already!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Zombie Peter Jennings at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (3uBP9)
You just reminded me of a pet peeve of mine. The phrase, "All that glitters is not gold." I hate it so much. Gold glitters. It's false. More formally, if you take the set of all things that glitter, nothing within that set is gold. Obviously that's not true.
What you mean to say is, "Not all that glitters is gold." Meaning, of the set of all things that glitter, not everything in that set is gold. That is correct.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (t7WpP)
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They should be more worried about hell not having A.C.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (KBK+H)
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AT THE BLADE STEALING ANOTHER FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
All that effort, for sixth.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (ExV1e)
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Takes too much time to do the cut and paste and formatting, alas
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (dpXJq)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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For hosting US forces. USAF in Qatar, Navy and others in Bahrain, and I think US Army in Kuwait. UAE has some US forces there as well.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Bw1/o)
Supposedly they are going for American bases in these Countries
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
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Kommie-la has a Venn Diagram for that.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (ndZc7)
Thanks. I'm sure that will get their neighbors on the side of Iran./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (Bw1/o)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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And like the song you cite, not quite ready for greatness.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
Maybe civilizations take longer to crumble than an episode of Matlock.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (ExV1e)
What you mean to say is, "Not all that glitters is gold." Meaning, of the set of all things that glitter, not everything in that set is gold. That is correct.
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
You just gave a non-mathematical description of what mathematicians refer to as naive set theory
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: toby928(c) points at the sign at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: bonhomme
Don Lemon glitters.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (ndZc7)
Caliope (or Calliope) most famously refers to the Muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology, known for her beautiful voice. The name is also used for a loud, steam-powered keyboard instrument often heard at carnivals, a European retail fashion brand, and several technical, environmental, or media-related projects.
Glad I could help.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (uzmqU)
Exploding bridges >> explosive diarrhea.
Posted by: far cry at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (+IsEU)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (yz/8
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It's for the backwards masking...
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Like Manfred Mann’s Earth Band on Blinded by the Light…. I mean what in the world is a coliappi??
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calliope
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)
Now where is that ice pick?
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (YHaz5)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)
Archimedes, you just ruined my enjoyment of Blinded by the Light (whiny voice)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (Bw1/o)
Sunni vs. Shia is enough of an excuse.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (tWxgu)
Thanks. I'm sure that will get their neighbors on the side of Iran./s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I think the Gulf emirates, Jordan, Iraq, Oman, and Saudi Arabia have decided themselves that the mullahs and IRGC must go. But the trick is that they want us to do it for them. But the Arab street is not supporting the Persians for ethnic and religious reasons (Shi'a v Sunni).
And Iran's proxies which are Shi'a but Arabs are being neutered one by one.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
All that effort, for sixth.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM
to be a rock, and not to roll...
Posted by: toby928(c) points at the sign at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (4NO2D)
FAFO
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
If there is not a bustle in your hedge row, there are no spring cleans for the may queen.
.no.
If there is not a spring clean for the may queen you can be assured there was not a bustle in your hedge row.
...no that's not it either.
You cannot have a spring clean unless...
For every bustle there must be..
Ah to hell with it! GUITAR SOLO!!!
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)
I got $5.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (/HDaX)
Now where is that ice pick?
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (YHaz5)
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I still like early Springsteen. Born in the USA and following is what I don't care that much about. Or perhaps Nebraska on.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (GD0B3)
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calliope
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)
It helps with douches in the night.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (tWxgu)
"Sunni vs. Shia" should be the name of a film about a contest between an aging pron star and a nutcase actor.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:24 PM (ndZc7)
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Antonio Banderas, not Bandar Abbas!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (amcLV)
Mamdani - "You left me out of this conversation because you're racist?"
Posted by: Greg Alan at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (4JrN8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
When all you have is Islam, every problem looks like an infidel.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (iFTx/)
All that effort, for sixth.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM
to be a rock, and not to roll...
That's what you do when your shadow is taller than your soul.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: toby928(c) points at the sign at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (4NO2D)
Denied!
I always wondered why it never sounded like Wayne was playing Stairway. Today AI tells me:
While the original theatrical release included the recognizable opening notes, copyright restrictions forced the studio to replace the riff with generic, unrecognizable guitar strumming for all subsequent home video, television, and foreign releases.
Posted by: far cry at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (+IsEU)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (/HDaX)
And a first! To donate.
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (YHaz5)
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I don't know, haven't checked by hedge row in a while.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calliope
Posted by: Axeman
Bruce Springstain's mumbling lyrics period where he tried to emulate Bob Dylan with less clever lyrics. His original take on Blinded by the Light is much inferior to Manfred Mann's later hit version.
Same with Fire and the Pointer Sisters or Because the Night with Patti Smyth. All of these were better singers than him and all of those songs did better with those groups covering them than his original version.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew
I don’t even wanna know how one revs up a douche….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Y8DZL)
WTF did I do to deserve that?
He stole my schtick. I had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (GD0B3)
I hate to nitpick a good nitpick but I feel it's pretty clear the not is about all, not any.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 17, 2026 01:29 PM (g8Ew
Damn.. Now I have that song in my brain
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (ndZc7)
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I've heard that his fingers often glitter with some substance.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (KBK+H)
It was being used to target commercial vessels.
And a lot (more) IRGC infrastructure is now smoking ruins.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (jehhT)
Mr State Trooper is one of the worst songs ever recorded.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (uzmqU)
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Yeah. I said I wasn't crazy about Nebraska.
But the artsy people were impressed.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: I gotta ask at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (2Ez/1)
But the artsy people were impressed.
Posted by: Axeman
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Springstain was emulating Woody Guthrie who was a Commie pig that the music press adored.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
They have enough wealth and firepower to put troops on the ground inside Iran to help an insurrection...
If we tried that, we would make a whole bunch of new enemies... but if THEY do it? If THEY fix their own regional problem? It may just hold.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (mP0Kj)
But the artsy people were impressed.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)
Artsy people are never impressed by Nebraska. No 3am Thai food and hardly any gay bathouses.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)
How can you tell?
Oil futures are at $81; peak in April was $108
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: PabloD at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (QDulm)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (amcLV)
He stole my schtick. I had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)
My schtick is stealing schticks 😁
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (yz/88)
Because you don't know
Oh yeah. Ice pick, where is that thing?
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (YHaz5)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)
Farmer : si, senor , it's a 2
Zorro: no it's a Z
Farmer : no , senor, that's a 2
Zorro, shakes head "peasant" , rides away
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (OXYE0)
Mark David Chapman Saved Us, All.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM
Lie back and think of Hendrix.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (4NO2D)
They have enough wealth and firepower to put troops on the ground inside Iran to help an insurrection...
Nope. That would do nothing but provide an center of resistance for the IRGC. SA and the US do not need boots on the ground. Just keep doing what we're doing.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (2YhKe)
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Why should you have to change your schtick when he's the one who sucks!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)
Has an Arab army fought anyone in the past 1000 years or so other than getting their asses kicked by Israel?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (ExV1e)
The DNC's secrecy concerns might be in regard to their dark horse '28 Presidential Contender being the 12th Imam.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM (yz/8
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Geoff Tate has entered the chat ....
Plant probably recorded the song high as fuck.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
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I thought he was attempting to imitate Roy Orbison.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: illiniwek at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)
At one time I was responsible for easily half a dozen memes here but many have fallen by the wayside. Also I haven't done any new ones in some time which means I have gotten less funny or this place has gotten more funny. Or we have all gotten less funny.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Nebraska Board of Tourism at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (2Ez/1)
Commie Fag, yes.
But, 'Mermaid Ave' - Wilco w/Billy Bragg is a helluva album.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: I got your ear worm right here pal at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: PabloD at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (QDulm)
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Imagine is kinda tied with Watching the Wheels with me.
I mean imagine is more intrusively awful and sucks as a concept. But Watching the Wheels is pretty bad too.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah, that's what I though the lyric was until just a few years ago.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (Riz8t)
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Great...now you've done it. Bob Seger playing in my head.
'On a long and lonesome highway, east of Omaha
You can listen to the engine moanin' out his one note song...'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
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I thought he was attempting to imitate Roy Orbison.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
I thought Chairman Mao.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (ndZc7)
Its telling that shippers are more afraid of Iranian drones and speedboats than they are of the US Military.
Iran threatens to shut down the Strait? Terror on the High Seas!
US determines to blockade ships serving Iran? We can run it!
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (9s47C)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (yz/8
Shaken, not stirred.
Posted by: Nelly at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Riz8t)
SHABASH = well done, bravo or good job.
Posted by: Homer at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (nvKZ7)
My schtick is stealing schticks 😁
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM
You will forever be an Amy Schumer sock.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (OXYE0)
He stole my schtick. I had nothing to do with it.
Posted by: Sponge
My bad. I was just wondering who'd come first.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:37 PM (Y8DZL)
The IRGC brass is going to have backup generators.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (FUjuU)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:28 PM (AoR1V)
that didn't work well for us long term in Afghanistan.
Initially it worked... we armed a bunch of disparate groups, but we could not control them once armed... because the Operators on the ground were constantly overruled by folks sitting behind desks in DC.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
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There are probably escalators in Heaven. Because an escalator can never be temporarily broken, it can only be temporarily stairs. ("Pardon the convenience")
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: The wayside at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)
In the sky? turning?
Shit.
My kingdom for an ice pick!
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (YHaz5)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)
I haven't. I will continue beating that dead horse until it comes back to life, dies and the beatings continue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)
Because they'd get all tuned in ... but listen to the song. The Boss is singing about how much it sucks here.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (AoR1V)
I promise not to make any comments about honeycrisps or red delicious. That up you have teed is pure torture.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (/bHKT)
Everything.
He even ruined 'Thriller'.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)
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After Beatles, for me:
George > Paul > John
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (Fi81e)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu2z4Uf9Tgc
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (4NO2D)
Because they'd get all tuned in ... but listen to the song. The Boss is singing about how much it sucks here.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (AoR1V)
Artists don't control the interpretation once it leaves they yap. They might wish they did, but they don't.
If your parents liked it because it made them feel patriotic, well, then it is a patriotic song.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (wOO3z)
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Is this really necessary to solve the Blade/Sponge spat?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (ndZc7)
youtu.be/wNha4eMd-Sw
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (gKWVE)
But which cup has the pellet with the poison?
Posted by: bonhomme at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (ndZc7)
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Wait. Spats? With or without pants?
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)
As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat
and onto misheard song lyrics as early as comment #50?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
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There are probably escalators in Heaven. Because an escalator can never be temporarily broken, it can only be temporarily stairs. ("Pardon the convenience")
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)
Only for sufficiently minor breakdowns.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)
And if they have no gas?
Posted by: Archimedes
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I just don't see any scenario where the people in charge don't have access to what they want.
It was the same in the Soviet Union or Cuba. The Politurbo lved luxurious lives despite all the sanctions.
I'd honestly rather the US just go in there with Special Forces and start taking out their leadership.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (FUjuU)
Because they'd get all tuned in ... but listen to the song. The Boss is singing about how much it sucks here.
Posted by: Blues Junior
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New Jersey considered making Born to Run the official state song. "It's a death trap, a suicide rap."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (XvL8K)
As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat
and onto misheard song lyrics as early as comment #50?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (6wpGE)
The 100 rule is only for non ACE posts. This is known.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)
But which cup has the pellet with the poison?
You crossed the streams! Never cross the streams.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: While I kiss this guy at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Pick one. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 17, 2026 01:42 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Jimi Hendrix at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:23 PM
A coliappi gets wrapped up in a douche.
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (YSQQv)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (FtULh)
At the end, the Emperor couldn't even scrape up a car that ran on gas. Patience, grasshopper, patience.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)
I'd honestly rather the US just go in there with Special Forces and start taking out their leadership.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (FUjuU)
Sanctions by nature don't hit the elite directly.
And killing the leadership is what we have been doing all along. Even blowing up factories has been secondary.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bernie Taupin at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JuJuBee at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM
the ruler in the night
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 01:43 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: m
Attention Deficit Disorder is how the hoarde rolls.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)
There's still time to change the road you're on
Get it?
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (/bHKT)
Oil futures are at $81; peak in April was $108
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 01:33 PM (3cUTc)
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Another key tell is that this thread has quickly morphed into a music thread....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Al Gore at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (1Fh1q)
As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat
and onto misheard song lyrics as early as comment #50?
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (6wpGE)
The 100 rule is only for non ACE posts. This is known.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)
I wasn't raising rules. Just surprised we moved away so quickly from The Big News.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)
He sent me this link
https://x.com/DryMouthGroyper/status/2077645182304965040
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (4NO2D)
Thankful that Tousi and wife are moving to Florida!
I don't want anyone to mention the MOU again.
MOO aka the Massive Obliteration Oopsie is preferred after the FAFO.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (FUjuU)
You and about 12 other people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)
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There are probably escalators in Heaven. Because an escalator can never be temporarily broken, it can only be temporarily stairs. ("Pardon the convenience")
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)
Only for sufficiently minor breakdowns.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)
Nah, the escalator? be careful...
there is one there with a sign that points up, 'To Heaven'... but once you get on you realize it runs backwards, and never stops...
It's called purgatory.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (mP0Kj)
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What is know is that "the 100 rule" applies only to one thread. The art thread.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (GD0B3)
I wasn't raising rules. Just surprised we moved away so quickly from The Big News.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)
Yeah we're good at that.. Something comes in ones head and out it comes...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: F, S & HG at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (uhVAy)
And here we go ...
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up now
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:40 PM (AoR1V)
Good thing he mumbles, right?
Besides its something in every generation to bitch about the older one, and the younger one. You can read it in Babylonian clay tablets.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)
What big news?
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (YHaz5)
'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up now
Posted by: Blues Junior
Life's been almost as hard on Bruce as on Mooch.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Brodie at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (+IsEU)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:44 PM (6wpGE)
Are you suggesting that you have the naive belief that people read the actual post?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:47 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Max Power at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Big Fat Fizer at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (2Ez/1)
Indians are quite horrifying
If you've never played Pindia, you should. Go on Google Maps, grab the little streetview man and drop him randomly anywhere in India. Look around for piles of trash. Count how many times it takes before you land and there's signs of civilization and no piles of trash. Golf-style scoring where lower scores are higher.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)
I'm sure many here also got excited about it. Never listened to a single fucking word.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (AoR1V)
What's he protesting?
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Miklos revises and extends at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (bziMQ)
Few dems in power ever mention the threat of nuclear material. Of which the Iranians themselves stupidly claimed to have as part of their strong-horse dick-waving. Nor of the long-range missiles they proved to have in the early days of the war; the ones they weren't supposed to have or develop.
But they sure as hell were going to grandstand against the war. And they would whip their caucas to deny continuing authorization of the war, under that whole War Powers act.
So, Trump pushes for the MOU and a peace agreement. Open the straight. No more attacking ships. We stop bombing Iran. And with that, the 60-day window of the act gets thrown out.
Yeah, Iran's leaders are a bunch of filthy liars; taqiyya and all that.
But on the other hand, our army could taqiyya too. Restock our own bombs and missiles. Track what the hell they're doing, where all the heat signatures suddenly begin to congregate during the "peace" time. And when Iran could no longer help itself, we now have another 60 days to pound them.
Posted by: Another Anon at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4h45B)
Indians are quite horrifying
If you've never played Pindia, you should. Go on Google Maps, grab the little streetview man and drop him randomly anywhere in India. Look around for piles of trash. Count how many times it takes before you land and there's signs of civilization and no piles of trash. Golf-style scoring where lower scores are higher.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)
Asmongold was doing that
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy)
Interesting. I’ve been writing that we needed to focus a lot of attention on Qeshm for 2 or 3 months now. It is in a much more strategic position than Kharg.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (wLnmp)
I will only charge $100 USD per stick and free shipping to your nearest destroyed Post Office ........
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)
It's a good thing we have people like you to tell us what words mean.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: F, S & HG at July 17, 2026 01:46 PM (2Ez/1)
It's CLARKESVILLE!
Posted by: Mike Nesmith at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (Riz8t)
Pick one. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (v3afF)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM
Don't pay the ferryman, don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman, 'til he gets you to the other side
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (4NO2D)
Now those lyrics make some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (OXYE0)
Indians are quite horrifying
If you've never played Pindia, you should. Go on Google Maps, grab the little streetview man and drop him randomly anywhere in India. Look around for piles of trash. Count how many times it takes before you land and there's signs of civilization and no piles of trash. Golf-style scoring where lower scores are higher.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)
Asmongold was doing that
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (uhVAy)
PS this is a bit unfair because long before present I noticed that train travel takes you through the crummiest and back side of everything where messes are shoveled.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Max Power
We'll beg them from the Ukraine soon enough.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Mr. Badger at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (LnMJr)
Not sure I agree, but regardless, embrace the healing power of "and".
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (Riz8t)
I certainly do not want a reply of Iwo Jima, but I know the Marines are the best trained and equipped forces in the world. They will accomplish their mission.
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (sFNX2)
Pick one. For starters.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (v3afF)
That's quite a shot from the Persian Gulf.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)
This may help some brave citizens take advantage of
under supplied personnel.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (xHEjv)
==
What is know is that "the 100 rule" applies only to one thread. The art thread.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (GD0B3)
It's really just a suggestion. Think of CBD as a friendly Bison that eagerly wants you to walk up and give him scritches and belly rubs in the form of a non-art comment at around #20.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM
Don't pay the ferryman, don't even fix a price
Don't pay the ferryman, 'til he gets you to the other side
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (4NO2D)
______
That was my text "song-lyric first," ya bastad!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Absolute genius at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
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I thought he was attempting to imitate Roy Orbison.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
I thought Chairman Mao.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Orbison could sing, Bruce cannot. Mao could dance but not sing.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (xl8DV)
But why? Qeshm and Kharg are only important because of what moves through them. We don't need BOTG to stop that.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hunter's brain, off drugs at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (NFX2v)
Now those lyrics make some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (OXYE0)
But... but...
Bird, is the word!
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM
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But it is quasi-Biblical.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mike Hunt at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (xl8DV)
Zero. There are no homosexuals in Iran. -- Iranian government
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (ExV1e)
Whattya got?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (Riz8t)
________
Hooray for our side
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)
Jacob just dreamed about a ladder. Heaven got some new tech.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)
From his Wiki:
At age 19, Springsteen was called for his draft physical, but failed it because of a concussion he had suffered in a motorcycle accident two years earlier; the concussion, combined with his behavior at induction, reportedly made him unacceptable for military service. In failing his examination, Springsteen likely avoided service in the Vietnam War
Fucking poser.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (jehhT)
under supplied personnel.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (xHEjv)
They should take their guns. Not just "take advantage" of them.
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (YHaz5)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)
Amtrak trains through North Philly have entered the chat.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Three Gorges Dam.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (v3afF)
That's quite a shot from the Persian Gulf.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)
Not if you are flying out of Diego Garcia anyway...
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
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I thought that Chris Isaak.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)
Jacob just dreamed about a ladder. Heaven got some new tech.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (uhVAy)
Maybe Jacob was a sailor. We called stairs ladders.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (wLnmp)
My cat used to Kharg. Always on the carpet; never on a surface that was easy to clean.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: L - No nic,
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Good, we have no business in Ukraine. If Europe wants to fight Russia let them have a go at it. Merkel and her buddies will be more comfortable with Putin anyway.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (xHEjv)
Now those lyrics make some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:50 PM (OXYE0)
But... but...
Bird, is the word!
Posted by: Romeo13
I'm the eggman, I am the walrus... koo koo ka choo
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (wOO3z)
I heard that too. Been wondering which troops he had in mind. Lot of people in that neighborhood who have a serious problem with Iran and now realize who is the big dog.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: whig
Mao could swim the Yellow River.
There are pictures
Posted by: Miklos, emulating Lei Feng at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (bziMQ)
Detroit Free Press
@freep
Opinion: Sick of wildfire smoke? Bring back tax credits for EVs, solar panels
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Not now. No. There were a hundred thousand yesterday before flying lessons.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (v3afF)
Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)
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Only on Tummy Rub Tuesdays.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: rickb223
Built on gypsum. Not worth the price of the ammo.
Also unworthy targets, the massive fleet they're building, reminiscent of the massive ghost cities that threw up and abandoned 20 years ago.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (Y8DZL)
There was a lot of Eddie Rabbit in Chris Isaak's quiver. And more than a little Roy.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:56 PM (/bHKT)
And also pissed he got drafted, then can't get a job. That's kind of a thing.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:52 PM (AoR1V)
He didn't get drafted, he 'got into a jam' = broke the law and got busted and went into the army to escape prison.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OXYE0)
Who did he jerk off? Were they excused also?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (ExV1e)
Fucking poser.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Dain bamage
Posted by: Miklos, in best Eddie Murphy voice at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (bziMQ)
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (AoR1V)
Eddie Wilson:
Baby, there's nowhere else in the world like the Garden State! You got miles of swamps, and mountains of dumps... different colored rivers... automobiles graveyards... breweries, factories, ballparks, all mixed up together. It's the best place to live.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (mP0Kj)
From his Wiki:
At age 19, Springsteen was called for his draft physical, but failed it because of a concussion he had suffered in a motorcycle accident two years earlier; the concussion, combined with his behavior at induction, reportedly made him unacceptable for military service. In failing his examination, Springsteen likely avoided service in the Vietnam War
Fucking poser.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (jehhT)
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He told the story on stage. He also said that his father was relieved that his son wasn't going in to the military.
How abusive was his father and how bad could his childhood have been if his father hugs him because he's not going to be drafted?
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (xHEjv)
We call on Joe Biden to bring back Strategic Thought and Sanity !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Chuck Schumer and Hakeen Jefferies at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (xl8DV)
Posted by: Boss Moss at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (t7WpP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM
Was that wrong?
Posted by: Jeffrey Toobin at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (jehhT)
I've said it before, Mr. 'man o' the people' owns a stable of horses for dressage. Not exactly a sport Joe Sixpack can afford.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (uzmqU)
Detroit Free Press
@freep
Opinion: Sick of wildfire smoke? Bring back tax credits for EVs, solar panels
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (ndZc7)
Lol. Canada has a punitive carbon tax. Apparently the forests didn't get the memo.
Posted by: far cry at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (+IsEU)
Now those lyrics make some sense
Posted by: Smell the Glove
For the secret meaning, watch LA Story with Steve Martin. One of his better but less known films. And to watch it is to sigh as it was peak LA before the Democrats ran it into the ground.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 01:49 PM (wLnmp)
My cat used to Kharg. Always on the carpet; never on a surface that was easy to clean.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (OlzlW)
They like to grip something with the front toes when barfing.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)
Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (ndZc7)
I love Elric, but his entire schtick is that everything conservatives think is wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)
I can't see that going wrong at all.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:53 PM (FtULh)
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Maybe Israelis?
Can't think of any other country that wants to help us ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (KBK+H)
@DemzDeliver
Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 01:58 PM (ndZc7)
It's in partnership with a pedo halfway house.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (ExV1e)
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What gives Iran "control" over Hormuz? Would it be drones 'n missiles? If so, where are they stored and launched? If it's from Q island, invasion makes perfect sense and may be needed to secure strait.
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (sFNX2)
Solar panels and EVs aren't going to clean the forests of dead wood. Governor greaseball found that out the hard way.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Good luck with that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (l4RKn)
Then, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Nazis are our Friends! It’s True! It’s always been true, Comrade …
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (2/ueB)
Democrats Deliver
@DemzDeliver
Zohran Mamdani launches pilot program offering parents free babysitting during a night out.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Q: How many children will be sexually abused during that night out?
A: All of them.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (v3afF)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:55 PM (xHEjv)
The Saber rattling amongst the Defense Industry class in Europe amuses me... why do we need to spend more in the EU, to protect the EU, from a country that can't even win a war against Ukraine?
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (mP0Kj)
I can't see that going wrong at all.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (uzmqU)
Bring the children to me...
Posted by: Pedo Troon Babysitter Club at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (GTqXr)
There are pictures
Posted by: Miklos
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He spent his declining years at poolside attended by a bunch of young women while the Gang of Four ran the country into the ground. So yeah, he could swim.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (E4rtv)
We're targeting civilian infrastructure. The US Military is following orders to commit war crimes in an unconstitutional war. Laws are fake if they aren't enforced. A lot of people need to go to prison for this.
This is why Marco Rubio wants to dismantle the International Criminal Court. He’s committing war crimes right and left and doesn’t want to be prosecuted for them.
Gas prices go higher, GOP approval goes lower! 😃
if there is anything that’s going to get us to the point where Republicans propaganda starts to break down, it’s going to be a failing economy. I want Trump voters to feel actual physical pain, listening to Fox News.
I think the only way out of this (to a point of stability) is a Great Depression tier collapse. Something like energy crisis + AI bubble burst + housing crash (replace any of these with: drawn out super El Niño, invasion of Taiwan, corporate bond failure, student loan bubble) followed by a new era of reconstruction. You’re absolutely correct… it will suck balls. It’s honestly more likely that Trump just pseudo-coups the USA and the country backslides further.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (5/BQI)
I can't see that going wrong at all.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (uzmqU)
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BREAKING: Mamdani Hires 100,000 Child Molesters for New Free Babysitting Program. Film at 11:00 ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (l4RKn)
What if the belly rubber were a cute female with cartoonishly large breasts?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (ExV1e)
with taxpayer funded helicopter ride.
Attended an official black-tie alumni reception commemorating 50 years of women at the institution.
And, she has kids attending the U.S. Military Academy, too. Remember??
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (NFX2v)
I can't see that going wrong at all.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM
Call me.
Posted by: Chester the molester at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (2Ez/1)
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This is what I've been referring to as "candy coated communism". Get ready for a lot more. A LOT more.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (OXYE0)
What is know is that "the 100 rule" applies only to one thread. The art thread.
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 01:45 PM (GD0B3)
Several of the weekend threads have the same rule.
Book Thread, Gardening Thread.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
Can't think of any other country that wants to help us ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (KBK+H)
No. There aren't a lot of them and they would provoke a unifying reaction among the bitter enders.
Once it gets to the stage of slicing up areas, these dudes are gonna be a police force more than being in combat. They can hold an area while defecting Iranians train up and get equipped. Any blowback can be managed by airstrikes and the like.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)
I think they all want to after Iran has been tossing missiles at them recently. Seems like the real question is who besides Israel has the capabiility to help.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM"
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: whig
Not "declining"
Reclining
Posted by: the Chiarman will have another Mai Tai, comrade barktender at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (bziMQ)
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This is what I've been referring to as "candy coated communism". Get ready for a lot more. A LOT more.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:01 PM (/bHKT)
I always liked "Mickey Marxism"
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (uhVAy)
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AKA The Democrat Platform
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (/bHKT)
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Several months ago there was video of a Taiwanese boat (fishing or Coast Guard, I forget which) being chased by a Chinese Coast Guard vessel and a PLAN (Chinese Navy) warship. The Chinese Guard and warships collided with significant damage to both. Like torn up, with holes punched in the hull.
Naval experts were all over this. Concluding the Chinese warships are literally paper tigers... thin hulls not able to withstand much damage.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (jehhT)
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What gives Iran "control" over Hormuz? Would it be drones 'n missiles? If so, where are they stored and launched? If it's from Q island, invasion makes perfect sense and may be needed to secure strait.
What gives them the missiles? It's money from selling oil. No oil, no missiles. No Kharg or Qeshm, no oil.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (Riz8t)
Wha? My Uncle had a chainsaw.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (2/ueB)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:48 PM
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. — Matthew 7:13-14
Who knew one could find so much theology in rock ‘n roll?!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Good luck with that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (l4RKn)
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I've heard it's the only way to make you purr ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (KBK+H)
Then, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The Nazis are our Friends! It’s True! It’s always been true, Comrade …
Posted by: Common Tater
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Ole Woody didn't give a shit about all that, he made bank from the idiot Commies in the US and he sure as hell was not going to redistribute that to the masses. Same with ole Pete Seeger. Neither died poor. Springstain came from a long line of horseshit peddlers and to his credit, Bob Dylan, to the dismay of Joni Mitchell, didn't follow that tradition.
You would never see Springstain release gospel albums nor Neighborhood Bully like Dylan did.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)
Book Thread, Gardening Thread.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
WHAT??!! THIS IS SOCIALISM !!
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)
You really are a "Super-Republican". That's the kind of shit the British used. Enlist or Go to Jail.
I'm sure you're sitting around, right now, wondering why boys and girls ain't enlisting by droves.
And why we ain't doing Post High School Conscription.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (AoR1V)
Everyone uses that - even Antifa does. You need guys to live the military life, guys who aren't fitting in to civilian life are the main source.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: whig
Not "declining"
Reclining
Mao spent a lot of time at Trader Zhou's.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. — Matthew 7:13-14
Who knew one could find so much theology in rock ‘n roll?!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Fun fact, it was an actual gate to Jerusalem city at the time. It was narrow in order to be defensible.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:05 PM (E4rtv)
I guess we will see whether they are all true believers, or opportunists who will cut and run.
President Trump is inflicting maximum pain on therm with very little risk to our troops, and that is a fantastic combination.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (l4RKn)
Maybe Israelis?
Can't think of any other country that wants to help us ...
Posted by: ShainS
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Oh, No! Israelis wouldn't want to go tear ass into Iran.
down boy, down
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
More than that, great legs on a woman of a certain age - and wearing heels - were his thing, IIRC.
Posted by: Hunter's brain, off drugs at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)
To be fair, Stalin and Trotsky and Lenin all were pretty well off too.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)
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Springsteen used this patriotic imagery to contrast with his lyrics, which painted a darker picture.
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Sure he fucking did. No - he used it to sell albums because he's a corrupt asshole who knew if he stood behind his lyrics all the way it would turn people off. Far better to profit off of a lie. It's the leftist way.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (/bHKT)
Now do BLM during the height of the Mostly Peaceful Protests
Posted by: Community Notes at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (U4c/V)
291 But why? Qeshm and Kharg are only important because of what moves through them. We don't need BOTG to stop that.
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Not true for Qeshm - it’s a place of many radar and surveillance sites, docking facilities for the mosquito fleet, hidden drone bases and reportedly a buried missile base. Kharg is commercial, Qeshm is a military outpost.
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (wLnmp)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM
He's a blood thirsty devil but his chicken is so good.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: General Zhou at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (2Ez/1)
“Cadillac Communists” for a time had a certain panache, but the car make itself has lost quite a bit of its luster, hence more modern vehicles are appropriate.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (2/ueB)
Wha? My Uncle had a chainsaw.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:04 PM (2/ueB)
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Wouldn't it be cheaper, easier, and more efficient to just stop lightning strikes by building Trump's Golden Dome Missile Shield?
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Put not your faith in princes=Won't Get Fooled Again.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (OXYE0)
I love Elric, but his entire schtick is that everything conservatives think is wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)
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Not at all. I agree with 95% of conservative theory and policy. But I think too many of us believe what we want to believe -- whether it's positive or negative -- and will cling to that like Ahab.
I'm sure there are some people who still think the Iranian people are just "days away" from a massive rebellion.
And the comment above proves my point: I do think civilizations take a very long time to crumble. Hence my continued skepticism every time I hear for the 100th time that "IRAN IS ABOUT TO FALL."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (iFTx/)
That was during the time that Mao had the Great Famine while exporting produce to "prove to the world" that "socialism works".
Marcuse's fans want to sell socialism to us, today.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (Fi81e)
I think they all want to after Iran has been tossing missiles at them recently. Seems like the real question is who besides Israel has the capabiility to help.
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Saudi, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait... all of the Gulf States except Iran have been kitted out with some of the United States best military gear. F-16's, 15's and AWACS. M-1 tanks and Bradley IFV's. Patriot SAM's. Etc. Yet the manpower isn't there, or willing to fight. They will show up for a parade however.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (jehhT)
He basks in it like a Tijuana whore.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 02:08 PM (sYM3s)
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AKA The Democrat Platform
Posted by: ...
That's the "only way out of this (to a point of stability)". If all that needs to go wrong, maybe we're pretty stable and doing alright?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 17, 2026 02:08 PM (5/BQI)
Book Thread, Gardening Thread.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
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Strictly speaking the Sunday Morning Book Thread does NOT have a "100 comment rule." It's more like a guideline.
Only once in recent memory have I altered a comment and that was from Paul because he was being his retarded self.
However, pants ARE required, per AoSHQ Etiquette Rules.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 02:08 PM (FZ29D)
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Infrastructure, exostructure, we're targeting it all!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:08 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)
Also unworthy targets, the massive fleet they're building, reminiscent of the massive ghost cities that threw up and abandoned 20 years ago.
Posted by: Auspex
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I'm gonna be willowed, but what's this? I never knew their fleet was as soy as their ghost cities.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Oldcat
You left out Castro, Chavez, Mao, etc. Dictatorship of the Proletariat should have Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good to Me" as its theme song.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (E4rtv)
Then we know where they are, and that means we can destroy them from the air.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (Riz8t)
Naval experts were all over this. Concluding the Chinese warships are literally paper tigers... thin hulls not able to withstand much damage.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:03 PM (jehhT)
Light ships like destroyers are always like that. If you want to go fast, carry all the weapons too well something has to give. They were called 'tin cans' for a reason. In Mid War they found a B-25 with 50 cal guns on it could just ventilate the crap out of them.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Islam 💘 Communism
Posted by: Child Rapin' Muhammed at July 17, 2026 02:10 PM (5/BQI)
Posted by: Gotta think about that... at July 17, 2026 01:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Good luck with that!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 02:00 PM (l4RKn)
Skriiiiitch, skritch, skritch, skritch, skritch, skritch.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:10 PM (6wpGE)
Iran International is a VERY useful site for war news. Today it reported on a leaked poll, taken in May, and commissioned by the so-called Iran moderates, led by the Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf.
To cut to the chase, the poll shows the regime, its works, and its policies to be just extraoridnarily unpopular.
The people can't afford food. This was in May. I suspect it's gotten worse. They have a very bleak view of their future. They would like to see fundamental changes made in the govt.
The article points out (intuitively correct) that the terrible polling data likely understates the real extent of disapproval... because many people are afraid to answer.
I've often wondered-- if the U.S. set up a Free Iran Republic, perhaps in the Kurdish territory, if many non-Kurds might rally to it.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 02:10 PM (RCjYY)
@EndWokeness
British leftist Roger Waters calls the US "the absolute devil" on Tucker's show today
He says the Maduro raid proves it
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (uhVAy)
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Commie leaders have all sorts of mouthed good intentions about "To each according to his need", but they really believe that they should be compensated in accord to their "great contribution" to the advancement of mankind.
Berea was flat out extorting hot wives for sex with the prosecution of their husbands.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Auspex
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I'm gonna be willowed, but what's this? I never knew their fleet was as soy as their ghost cities.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)
Getting a strong navy isn't just about building boats and never has been. Germany, say, never really managed it very well despite all the wasted effort.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)
The ruling minority it Iran is not a civilization. It is a mafia organized around a tyrannical system that enslaves the overwhelming majority of Persians that actually are a civilization that goes back to ancient times.
The mullahs grip is through force not consent. Even system like that throughout history is brittle once they lose their grip on power and that can happen in a flash once desparate people see no other option.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Oldcat
You left out Castro, Chavez, Mao, etc. Dictatorship of the Proletariat should have Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good to Me" as its theme song.
Posted by: whig
I read that Hugo Chavez's daughter is holed up in the Caribbean somewhere with $4 billion.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (wOO3z)
We do not need $200K Soldiers to occupy Iran. Our history on nation building SUX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Marines Occupy Kharg Island and the other Islands and Iran is over. US Navy patrols along the coast and islands and bang we control Iran.
We can take the oil and use it for ourselves.
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (E1Bcr)
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 17, 2026 02:06 PM (wLnmp)
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Which makes it somewhat baffling that Qeshm wasn't taken out immediately during the opening salvos. I get it's a hard target, but drop enough ordinance and that buried missile base ain't launching anything.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (FZ29D)
He says the Maduro raid proves it
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
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Didn't Maduro lose his election and fail to leave office?
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (Fi81e)
By someone else. Nothing ever changes in the world until the "by someone else" part goes away.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (ExV1e)
@EndWokeness
British leftist Roger Waters calls the US "the absolute devil" on Tucker's show today
He says the Maduro raid proves it
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
He's been saying that all his life. Along with all the other Brit Leftists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig
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Also, The Seeker. Although I read somewhere that Townshend hated that song.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (XvL8K)
@EndWokeness
British leftist Roger Waters calls the US "the absolute devil" on Tucker's show today
He says the Maduro raid proves it
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
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"That dude is a fucking wanker"
-- David Gilmour
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:13 PM (iFTx/)
“Magee’s Farm” tells the tale, in this account, a mangling of the McGee farm, where he played some tunes down south during a voter registration drive or whatever. Everyone was polite as could be, but “who the hell is this guy” wasn’t too far under the surface.
I think it was Joan Baez among others who were upset Bob stood down from opining too heavily on political issues.
“I’m just a song and dance man” was how he described himself at a press conference in California in 1965. Good for him.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:13 PM (2/ueB)
I've heard this 100x over the last few months. I hope this time it's based on real facts and not wishcasters pulling optimism out of their assholes.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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It's probably true, but somehow things never implode -- except maybe the Roman Empire. I don't know how. Liberia and North Korea should have imploded.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at July 17, 2026 02:13 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ...
This sh*t is candy coated! Try it, it's delish!
Posted by: Just about every College Prof at July 17, 2026 02:13 PM (LnMJr)
British leftist Roger Waters calls the US "the absolute devil" on Tucker's show today
He says the Maduro raid proves it
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
He's been saying that all his life. Along with all the other Brit Leftists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)
In fairness, he spends a lot of time saying "Joos Bad".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: whig
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You cut the name short. It's really "Dictatorship (In The Name) of the Proletariat".
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)
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And that's different from the tsars...how?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (PIaQL)
Gulf Council led by the House of Saud.
Saudis have 225,000 in their army, with American Training and Equipment. They have stockpiles of Abrahms tanks, still being maintained from Desert Storm and such.
They would need to get Iraq's permission to get to Iran, and have supply lines... but with American Airpower... do able IMO.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (mP0Kj)
@EndWokeness
British leftist Roger Waters calls the US "the absolute devil" on Tucker's show today
He says the Maduro raid proves it
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
He's been saying that all his life. Along with all the other Brit Leftists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)
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It's almost like they don't know we fought -- and won -- a big war so we could stop giving a rat's ass what Brits think
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
-- David Gilmour
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:13 PM (iFTx/)
And then he'd play an awesome 30 minute guitar solo.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (ExV1e)
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I've been assured that all Iranian people hate Trump.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: ...
This sh*t is candy coated! Try it, it's delish!
Posted by: Just about every College Prof at July 17, 2026 02:13 PM (LnMJr)
First one's free!
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (6wpGE)
On and on. We have Aristocracy as well.
Posted by: Noise Gate
What are we, chopped liver?
Posted by: Sasha and Malia, heirs to fabled Obama Netflix fortune at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (bziMQ)
Posted by: Axeman
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I don't follow Communist style guides. To name something means that you should name it truly rather than obfuscate.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)
It takes decades to build a navy.
Posted by: Well Established Pentagon Mantra at July 17, 2026 02:15 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:15 PM (ZpG08)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (PIaQL)
He called people comrade. And he was way more willing to have people killed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:15 PM (ExV1e)
Americans have little patience for extended wars when men are being killed. That's why the Dems are trying so hard to make it sound like they are in Iran.
By contrast, we can continue to take out targets remotely forever, because there are no sad pictures of caskets coming home to DE, no matter how much the Dems want there to be.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Dan Rather at July 17, 2026 02:16 PM (2Ez/1)
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That’s how it always works. They feel guilty about not being born poor, and set about annoying the poor by trying to “help” them.
Often resulting in piles of skulls and utter ruin in their wake, but hey they mean well. Good intentions are what counts, not results.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:16 PM (2/ueB)
"W" was in the military. They don't draft people who're already in the military.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (ExV1e)
Saudis have 225,000 in their army, with American Training and Equipment. They have stockpiles of Abrahms tanks, still being maintained from Desert Storm and such.
They would need to get Iraq's permission to get to Iran, and have supply lines... but with American Airpower... do able IMO.
Posted by: Romeo13
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I don't see it happening. Saudis tried and failed to take on Houthis several years ago, Iran would be a much tougher nut to crack.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Noise Gate
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He probably had a higher chance of dying in that plane than Vietnam. What was it, the F104?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (XvL8K)
And map out the desert for some secret navigation system.
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (YHaz5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)
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And that's different from the tsars...how?
Compared to Stalin and Lenin, the tsars were libertarians who only wanted to sit in their palaces and smoke weed.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (Riz8t)
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That’s how it always works. They feel guilty about not being born poor, and set about annoying the poor by trying to “help” them.
Often resulting in piles of skulls and utter ruin in their wake, but hey they mean well. Good intentions are what counts, not results.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:16 PM (2/ueB)
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We don't know the names of the leaders of the great leftist rebellions who failed, like the Red Brigade in Italy.
It's never a fait accompli once the rich kids get some Marx in them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (viF8m)
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Things are what they are. They don't just fall to ruin when our expectations of them are changed. Power in an organization like a state remains in it.
Power, like freedom, has no necessary content. Which is why we jail and kill people who would take our freedom from us if we can. (That's because freedom is more or less power).
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (Fi81e)
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
He's been saying that all his life. Along with all the other Brit Leftists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)
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It's almost like they don't know we fought -- and won -- a big war so we could stop giving a rat's ass what Brits think
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
And when you ask him about his own government locking people into prison for telling the truth on the internet? /crickets
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (mP0Kj)
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16m
>>🚨 BREAKING — MASSIVE 2A WIN: US federal appeals court STRIKES DOWN New Jersey Democrats' law that bans Americans possessing semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15, and "large capacity magazines" with over 10 rounds...
>>...it has been declared a VIOLATION of the 2nd Amendment
>>LFG!
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (ZpG08)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:15 PM
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You have to go war with the Armageddon that you have, not the Armageddon that you want.
Posted by: The ghost of Don Rumsfeld at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 02:09 PM (4NO2D)
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And that's different from the tsars...how?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror
Alexander II ended serfdom.
The commies brought it back and made it universal.
Posted by: Miklosov, Ancient Slavonaut Theorist at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (bziMQ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (E4rtv)
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Well, Israel took care of the Houthis.
But, the larger point of the Gulf States seem unwilling to use the militaries that they do have seems like an ironclad reality of life.
The military is a plaything for the regime, and not much else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (PIaQL)
Americans have little patience for extended wars when men are being killed. That's why the Dems are trying so hard to make it sound like they are in Iran.
By contrast, we can continue to take out targets remotely forever, because there are no sad pictures of caskets coming home to DE, no matter how much the Dems want there to be.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)
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Well, yea -- but that would be a longer, drawn-out war, which is how I think this will end up. It's more likely to fade into the background while continuing -- like the war in Ukraine that 99% of people forgot about -- than end in spectacular fashion with the collapse of Iran.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)
That would be a place where non-Kurdish opponents of the regime could rally, as well as Kurds.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (RCjYY)
Gulf Council led by the House of Saud.
Saudis have 225,000 in their army, with American Training and Equipment. They have stockpiles of Abrahms tanks, still being maintained from Desert Storm and such.
They would need to get Iraq's permission to get to Iran, and have supply lines... but with American Airpower... do able IMO.
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (mP0Kj)
Might be able to grab a port city on the cheap with them and hold it using air power and naval resupply. However feeding the local populace would be a problem, even if drones/missiles are just an irritant.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (uhVAy)
British leftist Roger Waters calls the US "the absolute devil" on Tucker's show today
He says the Maduro raid proves it
He should watch all the Euro videos from the US during the World Cup.
Not much Devil coming from that stuff........
What a maroon.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (sYM3s)
>>Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (viF8m)
T'was not me.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (BI5O2)
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A lot of analysis has gone into the PLAN's new carriers. There's speculation the next one they build will be nuke powered. That'll be interesting. The CCP has a lot invested in their Navy right now, but they're still unable to fully operate a carrier strength air wing off of any of their flattops.
Although they have (somewhat) got a grip on nuke power for some of their submarines. Of course the do not advertise anything like a safety record on them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (jehhT)
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
He's been saying that all his life. Along with all the other Brit Leftists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)
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It's almost like they don't know we fought -- and won -- a big war so we could stop giving a rat's ass what Brits think
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
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It's almost like he thinks that dull, midwit rhetoric should be the ruling edifice of the planet instead of actual power.
It's a nice fantasy, I guess. Except for all the side effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (PIaQL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUQPrUUx4U
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (E1Bcr)
Often resulting in piles of skulls and utter ruin in their wake, but hey they mean well. Good intentions are what counts, not results.
Posted by: Common Tater
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I don't think Stalin or Lenin (not as familiar with Trotsky's works) gave one thin damn about the poor--to them it was these dear leaders were the instruments of history Marx style to raise up their society to utopia. If a bunch of peasants had to die in order to keep the dream alive, so what.
Individuals don't count for shit in that particular system other than NPCs that will be lead by the Guardians (Marxism is really recycled crap from Plato's Republic).
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)
So did Joey shit pants. Cause he had hairy legs.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)
Joey Bidet saw combat with Corn Pop!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (CUP/i)
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 01:38 PM (FUjuU)
What are they going to fuel them with, prayers?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (tWxgu)
Our Ruling Class calls bullshit on this.
Posted by: Noise Gate at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (cY6ao)
Both Presidents Bush served in the military. Nixon served. Reagan was 4F, I believe, as was Trump.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (ExV1e)
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Saw a trailer recently for a movie about Jimmy Stewart and the war. Might be good.
https://youtu.be/EURriesRel0
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (ZpG08)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (QaH55)
That would be a place where non-Kurdish opponents of the regime could rally, as well as Kurds.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 02:19 PM (RCjYY)
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I welcome Iran continuing to be ruled by violent, inbred retards as long as they can't project power outside their borders.
I don't care about the Iranian people if they're unwilling to rise up themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (PIaQL)
-- David Gilmour
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:13 PM (iFTx/)
And then he'd play an awesome 30 minute guitar solo.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (ExV1e)
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Or, often enough, Waters bass track for him.
Gilmour said he's never met a musician that is less interested in improving on their instrument than Waters. He's tell Waters, "Looks like I won another award for you."
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Noise Gate
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He probably had a higher chance of dying in that plane than Vietnam. What was it, the F104?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (XvL8K)
yeah, that plane had a bad rep.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (uhVAy)
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Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Gerald Ford at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Jim Morrison has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 02:07 PM (jehhT)
Back in the day, the Qataris showed up in alongside the Marines Kafji and had an exchange with the Iraqis. The Saudis showed up too...just not as much.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (3Ope8)
Well, yea -- but that would be a longer, drawn-out war, which is how I think this will end up. It's more likely to fade into the background while continuing -- like the war in Ukraine that 99% of people forgot about -- than end in spectacular fashion with the collapse of Iran.
Could be, or maybe not. An intelligence agency that can't forecast the collapse off the USSR is probably not going to get it right. However, in the meantime, we can just wait until the IRGC holdouts have had enough bombing. It sucks for the people of Iran, but it gives our fifth column leftists nothing to work with.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)
Afaik, he was a standup guy and didn’t want special treatment. The Army obliged and sent him to an armor unit in West Germany.
Dylan in the Army would have been pretty whack. Or, “out of whackl maybe. I would have paid good money to hear Jonathon Winters in the Marine Corps. You know that guy was a comedian then too, most people don’t know the military is a laugh a minute at times, just because.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (2/ueB)
https://tinyurl.com/7txyuaba
Posted by: redridinghood at July 17, 2026 02:11 PM (NpAcC)
He's been saying that all his life. Along with all the other Brit Leftists.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)
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It's almost like they don't know we fought -- and won -- a big war so we could stop giving a rat's ass what Brits think
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
And when you ask him about his own government locking people into prison for telling the truth on the internet? /crickets
Posted by: Romeo13 at July 17, 2026 02:18 PM (mP0Kj)
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Waters is a bitter, miserable old prick. It seems that anyone who has ever worked with him hates his guts. He makes Glen Frey and Don Henley seem like nice guys.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)
Jim Morrison has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (wOO3z)
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"Can't we get our own music!"
-Jarhead
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: banana Dream - You picked a bad time to leave me lucile. at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 02:23 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: banana Dream - You picked a bad time to leave me lucile. at July 17, 2026 02:23 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (XvL8K)
yeah, that plane had a bad rep.
Posted by: Oldcat
Aka, Widowmaker or Missile with a Man In It.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 17, 2026 02:23 PM (v3afF)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 02:23 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Noise Gate at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (cY6ao)
In which branch did you serve?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:23 PM (ExV1e)
Hey, I got a bunch of ads during your video today. Did you get monetized?
Congrats, if so.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at July 17, 2026 02:24 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (ExV1e)
I will bust this all day. He got an Air Guard position ... same way as my dad dodged by getting into the Kentucky National Guard. Because the idea was that a State had to send a National Guard Unit.
Posted by: Noise Gate at July 17, 2026 02:21 PM (cY6ao)
All drafts at all times are mostly a stimulus for people to enlist on their own to get a spot they like better (and not always be safe from deployment - Nat Guard units went into the Pacific from the start.)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:24 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:24 PM (ZpG08)
.. simple fix .. use celsius instead of fahrenheit
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 02:24 PM (RHGPo)
NOT SATIRE: United Airlines Lets Libs Switch Flights If They Don’t Want To Land At New Donald J. Trump Airport
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (OXYE0)
I believe it is absolutely certain that it will be nuke-powered. Say what you will about its predecessors, the PRC has made incredible progress in a very short time.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Question becomes; Who will they pay to do their work?
India?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (xHEjv)
/// This just in.. Iran has better air conditioning that all of Europe..
Posted by: Blanco at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (rnXoa)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (ZpG08)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)
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Lenin even wrote that he liked putting the scare into Russian civilians. He liked that when the NKVD visited an apartment complex late at night people trembled behind their doors that they might be the target.
Total fucking liar, that guy. Remember, he was one of the noble born in the "Bolshevik" leadership who chose Marxism as the new pattern.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)
He played a big part in getting rid of Mossedega and installing Shah
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:26 PM (2/ueB)
It's a nice fantasy, I guess. Except for all the side effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Guy was traumatized by his father's death in Anzio. So after he tackled mental illness in Dark Side of the Moon (Syd Barrett), the music business (Wish you were Here), he started in on Orwell (Animals) and then the Wall where he had his own reckoning with the alienating effects of musical stardom, his father's death at Anzio and a fear of an Orwellian government. Final Cut dealt with Maggie's England and nuclear war.
Then he went totally anti-Semite. From what I recall, part of the Wall's bitter ashes of stardom was from the Animal's tour where Roger got annoyed at a fan yelling and screaming on the front row for every song--loud or soft. So he beckoned the fan closer and then spit on him from the stage.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:17 PM (OXYE0)
That's not allowed.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 02:26 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (OXYE0)
Thank you for the correction.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:26 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: banana Dream - This one's for Becky at July 17, 2026 02:26 PM (3uBP9)
https://tinyurl.com/33v5wekb
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Jimmah at July 17, 2026 02:27 PM (2Ez/1)
Jim Morrison has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (wOO3z)
Zepplin's second worst song.
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 02:27 PM (kAEfL)
Good grief. What a bunch of weenies!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 02:27 PM (D+BhG)
He played a big part in getting rid of Mossedega and installing Shah
Posted by: Common Tater
He got Miss Piggy to ditch the burqa.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 02:27 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 02:23 PM (+gA9j)
it is never clear until the collapse happens. That's why it is called a collapse.
I agree that there is "a lot of ruin in a nation" so people who think if it doesn't go down in a week everything has failed are being silly.
What I don't see yet is any sign that the country is rallying and getting stronger. Factions fight factions, leaders get killed, the 'reprisals' become weaker and nations join our alliance and join in.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:28 PM (uhVAy)
Did command an artillery battle during the War of 1812, though, while he was president.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:28 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)
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LOL. No disagreement.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (ExV1e)
https://tinyurl.com/33v5wekb
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 02:26 PM (viF8m)
If the mission is 'free up regular troops for real missions' the answer is almost at once.
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Nazdar at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (ZpG08)
Posted by: banana Dream - This one's for Becky at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Noise Gate
"Era" designation, could be likely they were not in country.
HOWEVER, Millions of Baby Boomers served as soldiers during the Vietnam Era. Born between 1946 and 1964, they comprised the primary generation that fought in the conflict. While roughly half of the draft-eligible men in that generation received deferments (often for college), millions of others volunteered or were drafted.
Older Boomers (born 1946–1952) were the demographic most heavily impacted by the draft and were the soldiers who fought on the ground during the height of the Vietnam War in the 1960s.
Younger Boomers (born 1953–1964) were teenagers or younger during the majority of the conflict. By the time the draft lottery was introduced in 1969 and the draft ended in 1973, many were still too young to serve.
Overall, roughly 10 percent of all Baby Boomer men served in the U.S. armed forces, with millions actively deployed to Southeast Asia.
God bless them.
Posted by: Hunter's brain, off drugs at July 17, 2026 02:29 PM (NFX2v)
Did command an artillery battle during the War of 1812, though, while he was president.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:28 PM
******
Young Washington is a good movie, by the way. Recommend.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (OXYE0)
https://youtu.be/EURriesRel0
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (2Ez/1)
WOW
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (6wpGE)
Fine.
But I want an option on all my frequent Florida flights on United, even direct ones, to change to or add a stop at Trump International.
Fair is fair.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Oldcat at July 17, 2026 02:24 PM (uhVAy)
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My dad is his next younger brother were drafted. The 3rd brother (and youngest) enlisted and became a Ranger. He got artillery because he was good with math. At least that's what my brother told me.
Posted by: Turn 2 at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 17, 2026 02:30 PM (2Ez/1)
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And yet, it doesn't contain the true story of what happened when he went to Fort Laboeuf.
See the real story here!
https://amzn.to/4vxynjt
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (PIaQL)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 02:31 PM (Fi81e)
They already DID rise up. 30,000 or so dead.
That anti-regime hatred is still there. Iran hanged a woman today-- one of the protest leaders. This is a first.
I wouldn't encourage my own kids to protest against Iran's regime if they were Iranian, bc they hang people. We know that.
If there was a safe area in Iranian Kurdish territory, that might change the risk calculus.
Posted by: mnw at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 17, 2026 02:32 PM (ndZc7)
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L.S.D., not mental illness. Huge bodycount, actually. One of the original Fleetwood Mac members never came down after getting dosed in Germany. Lennon’s cheese slipped off his cracker, Brian Jones, and Brian Wilson was reduced to wandering around in his bathrobe everywhere
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:34 PM (2/ueB)
Posted by: Math at July 17, 2026 02:36 PM (7wXA5)
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L.S.D., not mental illness. Huge bodycount, actually. One of the original Fleetwood Mac members never came down after getting dosed in Germany. Lennon’s cheese slipped off his cracker, Brian Jones, and Brian Wilson was reduced to wandering around in his bathrobe everywhere
Posted by: Common Tater
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Actually it was mental illness. Syd Barrett whether he fried his brain on LSD. other drugs, or whether he used it to treat whatever mental problems he had actually showed up at the lengthy recording sessions for Dark Side.
He was unrecognizable to the rest of the band from the Syd they all knew. The link between mental illness and drug usage is slippery and depends on just what drug and what their preexisting,usually unknown, mental issues were.
Add in the pressure of public performing, constant requirements of the biz to do promos, record more songs, make hits, ego development from being worshipped, etc., is not the best environment for healthy living. Bad Finger had two suicides in part based on such stress and a real villain as manager.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)
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False. Carter was not a nuke or a boomer or anything like that. He did some radiation contamination cleanup. He was a fucking dunce as president.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:39 PM (2/ueB)
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Don’t take my word for it. But, yeah. It was the Acid
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (2/ueB)
Posted by: Axeman
Probably so. It led Pete Townshend to several nervous breakdowns and his Punk and Godfather song on Quadrophenia directly addresses it.
Stones did It's Only Rock and Roll for similar reasons after Brian Jones and then Mick Taylor imploded.
A birdseye view, that sometimes lacks the details that we crave, is Soundman by legendary sound engineer and producer Glyn Johns. He notes the issues carefully with working with so many bands and keeps it ground to avoid making broader assertions about the stars he worked with. By doing so, he avoided any legal hassles from those still living.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Have you ever listened to Pink Floyd's first album? Piper's at the Gates of Dawn, Syd's girlfriend on the minor hit of See Emily Play notes that it was about the name of a future hoped for child of the two, not from drugs. Brian Jones dabbled in psychedelics but combined them with uppers and downers and alcohol. Like Keith Moon, Brian took everything and anything.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)
I was a Soldier in the War on Global Warming with Sir Albert Gore of Globalwarmington..
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at July 17, 2026 03:01 PM (J1l9E)
Trump: There Is Evidence of a Massive Chinese Effort to Compromise America's Voting Rolls -- But the Deep State Covered It Up
And the death penalty should be on the table. There was a lot in last night's speech. I'm going to break it up into two posts. First -- this post -- about what China did. Second -- in another post -- about treasonous US "intelligence" operatives covering it up to protect their Chinese pals -- and aid and abet China's efforts to influence our elections in the Democrats' favor -- and thus to interfere in the election themselves.The president said the People's Republic of China (PRC) illicitly acquired a whopping 220 million U.S. voter files through "what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history." "That information includes names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive data that would be needed to register to vote and engage in other nefarious activities, which is exactly what was happening," Trump said. "This data loss presents an unprecedented election security nightmare. The intelligence even shows that China assigned a data exploitation unit specifically to this new project," he added. Trump said another key area of concern is a "deep state" cover-up of the extent of China's meddling. The third set of documents "proves that for many years Americans were blatantly lied to about the security of our election infrastructure, including electronic voting machines and ballot counting systems, dishonest almost all," the president said, adding: They're vulnerable and they're easily compromised, and people within our government knew that. Tonight, we're publishing a series of previously classified U.S. intelligence community assessments and other reports proving that our government has long known these machines are extremely exposed to attack. As one assessment states, we judge that the United States adversaries, including at a minimum Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, as well as non-state groups, have the capability to compromise U.S. election infrastructure. Trump said documents "show the CIA obtained reporting of a specific plot to do a big number in favor of the corrupt Maduro regime in Venezuela, and that's exactly what happened, conspiring to digitally rig their own country's elections in 2020, and that's what they did." The fourth set shows "significant evidence of fraud" was "buried and covered up," Trump said, pointing to "FBI files detailing evidence of alleged fraud by a large-scale voter registration operation in Michigan." He added:He also said, accurately, that you would only defend this broken system if you had the intention of cheating in elections. There was election interference by a hostile foreign power. But that power was not Russia, as the Democrat cover story had it. That power was China, interfering in our elections in favor of Joe Biden, just as they interfered in the 1992 and 1996 elections in favor of Bill Clinton.In 2020, Michigan State Police raided a Democrat Get Out the Vote organization, corrupt group, in Muskegon, and were so concerned by what they found ... that they contacted the FBI in Detroit. The documents state that some canvassers admitted to FBI agents that they signed voter registration forms in other people's names, submitted fraudulent registration for people who did not exist, and received gift cards tied to their number of applications that they produced. In other words, it was pay, play, and cheat.The final area of documents is a release of a Department of Homeland Security investigation, which uncovered hundreds of thousands of noncitizens registered to vote in federal elections, he said:According to the DHS review, state voter rolls, and public records, they identified approximately 278,000 non-citizens who are registered to vote in federal elections. Since Democrat states refuse to share their voter files, the real number is actually much higher than that. Yet, even this limited analysis found more than a quarter of a million foreigners illegally registered to vote.The president added that the information he detailed throughout the address shows "an election system so broken and so vulnerable that no one can possibly defend it"
"As the documents we are releasing show, CIA reporting explicitly stated, 'in mid-2018, the Chinese communist party's policy was to leverage all domestic and foreign elements that were opposed to the U.S. president in an effort to reduce the U.S. president's votes, and make him resign or prevent his reelection," he said. The president further alleged that China meddled in the 2018 mid-term elections and the 2020 elections, adding that China sought to undermine domestic confidence in the U.S. president during the year 2019. At least one "CIA Note" posted to the White House website said that China had accessed data from the 2015 presidential elections. "China was working to influence the results of the U.S. mid-term elections, and later the resuits of the 2020 U.S. Presidential elections," it said. "As part of this campaign, China was analyzing the 2015 U.S. Presidential elections and identifying U.S. states who voted for the U.S. President." "The Chinese would then identify sectors within these states that voted to support the U.S. President's political party, and would attempt to make these sectors experience negative financial consequences by levying tariffs on exports to China from those sectors," it added. "The Chinese hoped that these measures would induce representatives from these sectors to lobby the U.S. President."
Steve Robinson
@SteveRob My top lines from President Trump's election document release so far: Homeland Security says more than 250,000 noncitizens were illegally registered to vote in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Nevada alone. In Michigan, FBI database checks on 107 voter registration applications found 91 with no matching person in government records. An unevaluated FBI report from Albany claimed China made fake U.S. driver's licenses to enable mail-in votes for Biden. A CIA note on 2018--2020 reporting says China's goal was to stop President Trump from winning reelection. Other documents show this reporting was "massaged" in order to mislead POTUS. Declassified tables describe roughly 204 million U.S. voter records among datasets held or possessed by Chinese actors. Documents note these records could be used to request absentee ballots in the names of low propensity voters. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) found many state and local election office networks so poorly secured that its testers could take full control in hours or days. A Michigan witness told the FBI canvassers were paid with debit cards to register phony voters and said the operation seemed aimed at suppressing votes for President Trump. The Michigan FBI registration-fraud case ran about four years before prosecutors declined charges, with long delays at the Justice Department. The case suggests the Biden Admin was deliberating thwarting investigations into pro-Biden election fraud, much as investigations into Hillary Clinton were slow-walked or killed prior to 2016. A federal threat paper says China breached state voter registration systems and that stolen data can be used later to request absentee ballots or change voter rolls. TL;DR - Foreign regimes targeted American elections to stop President Trump, and the Biden Admin greatly strengthened those efforts.
MAJOR BREAKING: President Trump says 220 million U.S. voter files were stolen by the People’s Republic of China and says the intelligence was deliberately covered up by deep state actors within the U.S. government. pic.twitter.com/nUGGnVoNeJ
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 17, 2026
TRUMP: "Starting during the 2020 election cycle, China carried out what is believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history."pic.twitter.com/9JC9hlNBiz
— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) July 17, 2026
When we were investigating Chinese cannabis cartels, a source told me that he witnessed one of the higher level operatives flipping through a binder full of New York drivers licenses.
— Steve Robinson (@SteveRob) July 17, 2026
When they needed a new identity for a cartel member, they’d just search the binder. pic.twitter.com/A0wpkl9Lk6
Ah well if the Chinese Communist party says they'd never interfere I guess we better take their word for it.
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) July 17, 2026
Thank goodness for Margaret Brennan to give voice and credence to our adversaries.
China usually has to pay a lot for this type of propaganda amplification https://t.co/Tm0B6Rf5Kl
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: the lower depths at July 17, 2026 12:10 PM (Yh7zv)
Posted by: doug at July 17, 2026 12:11 PM (B1+sW)
Except now, there are so many facts being laid out, it is the only logical conclusion. (and/or "Insurrection")
Posted by: illiniwek at July 17, 2026 12:11 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: the lower depths at July 17, 2026 12:11 PM (Yh7zv)
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 12:12 PM (0CVPB)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:12 PM (3iJWA)
I'm leery about too much FCC pressure, but that sounds like a case for it.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:12 PM (Fi81e)
As a start.
And cut off all Federal funding.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 12:13 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 12:13 PM (Cqx++)
Boxes of fake ballots were processed in many states
Posted by: Skip at July 17, 2026 12:13 PM (0CVPB)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:12 PM (3iJWA)
I actually like the "stolen election" narrative on their side. A lot of us have been complaining about blackpillers on our side for years. If the left is convinced they are going to lose because they get "cheated", they will work less and whine more. I am fine with that.
Posted by: the lower depths at July 17, 2026 12:14 PM (Yh7zv)
Simply for not believing that the "Russians INVADED our elections" (that were completely unriggable in June when Trump mentioned that idea!!)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:14 PM (Fi81e)
When they needed a new identity for a cartel member, they�d just search the binder. pic.twitter.com/A0wpkl9Lk6
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there is so much there
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:14 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 12:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 12:15 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: far cry at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (fmbc9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (GD0B3)
Incidentally, so is importing illegal aliens by the millions in a “democracy”. Weird, huh?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (8fTKG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (n5tGW)
I'll bring my own axe. It's old and not that sharp.
But that's alright.
MS Now and CBS BOTH cut into the middle of the President's speech last night to tell their retarded viewers what they should be thinking.
Seriously,
THAT WAS INSANE!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (Sco7b)
That's way more important than China compromising our entire democracy.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (Bjzmv)
This was continually reported prior and after that time by the CIA that there were severe issues and shortcomings by the government of Venezuela in ensuring honest elections.
The procedures "speculated" on by the CIA seem to have bearing on the recent oddities in US elections.
I do not wish ill on people, and painful death is not something I hope for anyone, but I do not regret Jimmah's death nor his indignity in being wheeled around like a trophy by the Dems.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (3iJWA)
Posted by: It's me donna
I could have written this verbatim in 2025.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)
Show me something tangible, not just another document dump.
Hell, throw out the Chinese ambassador as persona non grata and tell the Chinese in very clear terms using little words to stop giving us causus belli.
DO SOMETHING. Doc dumps don't move the meter. At all.
*signed*
fed-up filbert
Posted by: filbert at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (p9Pe7)
Posted by: Ben Had at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (afJtY)
Posted by: Weasel at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (8jVAy)
Good enough for me. They'd never lie. -- GOPe
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 12:19 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 12:19 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 17, 2026 12:19 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 12:19 PM (2GVsD)
Let's be clear, I'm not saying "We should be buddies with the Rooskies". They aren't are friends, and even if they were they really wouldn't be that helpful in most respects right now, all things considered. But it's like the stage magician keeping you from watching what he's doing with endless distractions.
Not that it may do China that much good in the long term, but it may buy them some breathing space.
Anyway, we're officially out of "we can politics our way out of this" excuses at this stage. Not that some won't try.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 17, 2026 12:19 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: brak at July 17, 2026 12:19 PM (sCxmP)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 17, 2026 12:20 PM (OUMaO)
*signed*
fed-up filbert
Posted by: filbert at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (p9Pe7)
What you said....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:20 PM (3iJWA)
Posted by: Weasel at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (8jVAy)
Don't forget the fun part in the middle!
Posted by: tarring and feathering at July 17, 2026 12:20 PM (3uBP9)
We have George W. Bush to thank for this.
After the worst intelligence failure in American history on 9/11, the "intelligence community" steeled itself for the mass firings that obviously were going to take place, along with the root-and-branch restructuring of the "agencies" that was obviously needed.
And what happened?
Nothing. Nobody lost their job over this. The intelligence bureaucracies continued as before.
This convinced the "intelligence community" that they were bulletproof- that they could do anything they wanted to do without consequence.
All our problems with the "intelligence community" over the last twenty-five years are downstream from this.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 17, 2026 12:20 PM (u6/wt)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (Dd38x)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (DbmIv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (n5tGW)
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I'm on my 6th year of not rejecting conspiracy theories outright.
That said: they cheated Nixon the first go round, and then they took him out after a 49-state landslide.
And I don't love Nixon. But it's almost certain the Deep State took him out. Created Watergate, because Republicans wanted to be more responsible to the voters than the DC machine (I'd guess).
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (Fi81e)
Best we can do is hearings and a strongly-worded letter
Posted by: GOP Senate at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (sCxmP)
*blah, blah*
... An increasing unhinged President Trump unleashed another volley of baseless charges...
*blah, blah*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (flEsB)
Single day in person voting with ID is the only way to impact this.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (n5tGW)
For the record Russia repeatedly said they don't interfere in American elections as well...the FNM just covered it as "of course election interfering foreigners would say that...their denial is almost proof itself!"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)
And the press hated Nixon's guts.
So the perfect narrative for a lynching.
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD)
More severe methods are going to be needed here.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (CWTWj)
Nothing. Nobody lost their job over this. The intelligence bureaucracies continued as before.
The biggest fallout from 9/11 was Muslim immigration +100000% for some reason
Posted by: brak at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (sCxmP)
The Democrats now claim the 2024, 2016, 2004, 2000, and 1980 elections were all stolen with no evidence whatsoever to back them up
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:24 PM (3iJWA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 12:24 PM (2GVsD)
If I'm going to be lied to, there may as well be something in it for me.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)
Incidentally, so is importing illegal aliens by the millions in a “democracy”. Weird, huh?
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (8fTKG)
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Sedition.
Treason is defined in the Constitution and limited.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:24 PM (Fi81e)
Also the left: Of course we have to give undocumented immigrants drivers licenses...and...send voter registration forms to everyone with a drivers license
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 17, 2026 12:25 PM (tgl2u)
Single day in person voting with ID is the only way to impact this.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (n5tGW)
Yeah man, somebody should do something!
Posted by: your feckless gop blocking SAVE at July 17, 2026 12:25 PM (3uBP9)
Wow. Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM
We talked about this before the speech. It wouldn’t matter what was said, they cannot come off this narrative. This wasn’t going to open anyone’s eyes. We are so balkanized, and the media is living on the other Balkan with the left, so there will be no minds changed. This is a scary time and I wish Trump was just a smidge of the dictator they all claim him to be.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:26 PM (Dd38x)
Looks like somehow their is a bug causing the blog to eat comments. Garret's comment appears in Donna's sig. Not saying she's at fault; simply point out the locality of the weirdness.
Garrett had some earlier comments eaten. Maybe it's a feature not a bug.
Posted by: meh at July 17, 2026 12:27 PM (zZxsY)
Single day in person voting with ID is the only way to impact this.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (n5tGW)
Yeah man, somebody should do something!
Posted by: your feckless gop blocking SAVE at July 17, 2026 12:25 PM (3uBP9)
And it looks like today they are digging there heels in deeper to stop it's passage...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:27 PM (3iJWA)
In an attack in Nuseirat, "The Commanding Mujahed" Taher Abd al-Wahid was eliminated today. He joins his 3 brothers who were eliminated in the past.
...and the plot twist:
Unusual incident:
IDF attacked now a group of terrorists at his funeral. 6 dead so far.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 17, 2026 12:27 PM (u6/wt)
Posted by: Weasel at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (8jVAy)
With an intermission of shotgun pinata and Pinochet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Weasel at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (Dd38x)
That's so hot.
Posted by: Brian Stelter at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: your feckless gop blocking SAVE at July 17, 2026 12:25 PM (3uBP9)
And it looks like today they are digging there heels in deeper to stop it's passage...
This could be a career killer for Thune if he STILL refuses to engage with the SAVE Act.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 12:24 PM (AoR1V)
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That's not the way things have been working for Trump.
Trump states his claim, the media call him all sorts of name, but the Lord orchestrates the events, and the truth about who is lying to them gradually seeps down to people who are willing to question what they thought they knew.
In the past, Trump would make a bombastic statement just so the media would highlight what he said, any number of times when the attention of the people was turned to it by the apoplexy of the media, more and more people would conclude that Trump was closer to the truth than the media.
I fully believe that Trump was directing the media's attention by their inability to control their outrage.
Now, the spotlight is on China. We can wait and see what the Lord will do with that.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Weasel at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (8jVAy)
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You left out Waterboardings.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:29 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 17, 2026 12:29 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM
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Just like Trump's obituary on July 9th, it seems.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)
I'm feeling better, and I don't want to go on the cart!
Just because I'm incapable of releasing a thirty-second video talking about current events doesn't mean that I'm dead!
Posted by: Mitch, Pining For The Fijords! at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (u6/wt)
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (KBK+H)
That's why I favor the field of the impaled. We got the space, and wood poles are cheap.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (S41Gd)
This is largely true. If it ends with a speech and some document dumps.
Nothing will change until people go to jail.
But I hope, and honestly do expect, that Trump has that underway as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Yep. But states could still do cheating even without the motor voter aka NVRA and did.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I like the term Screaming Lawn Darts myself.
(Now waiting for the inevitable I saw Screaming Lawn Darts open for- remark.)
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 12:30 PM (99eI0)
Posted by: Weasel at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (8jVAy)
Swift justice and slow executions!
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (GD0B3)
I won't say "don't know why he bothered" because I know EXACTLY why he bothered. The Old Man doesn't understand how things work now. He doesn't understand that things have changed. Have been changed for decades.
Your concern is:
[X] Noted
[ ] Not noted
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (lFFaq)
1. illary's financial deals w China were exposed on 2015. No one cared.
2. Joey B (thru son Cunter) was exposed with the Seneca Rosemont stuff. No one cared.
Posted by: free at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (yPEqT)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (guLpK)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)
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Yeah, it might limit his career to the length of Cocaine Glitch McConnell's.
/sorry Archimedes, couldn't resist ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Because I've often heard Nothing Will at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Jonah at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (gwrBY)
pay a lot for this type of propaganda amplification
this type of propaganda amplification
type of propaganda amplification
propaganda amplification
propaganda amplification
propaganda amplification
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (xHEjv)
But hopefully they are wrong.
Posted by: brak at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (sCxmP)
But maybe Trump will manage to get the dems to cool it for a bit. Maybe clean elections for 2028.
Posted by: you're in hell, the world ended at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (Lqp/b)
All I heard about last night was that there's a big turd on the table; several turds actually. No mention of the names of the persons who ran the agencies who were derelict or seditious, and certainly no proposals to clean the turds off the table.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Weasel at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (8jVAy)
Everytime he comes on here he uses "old man" to refer to Trump.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (guLpK)
After the worst intelligence failure in American history on 9/11, the "intelligence community" steeled itself for the mass firings that obviously were going to take place, along with the root-and-branch restructuring of the "agencies" that was obviously needed.
And what happened?
Nothing. Nobody lost their job over this. The intelligence bureaucracies continued as before.
The elder George Bush had been CIA Director before becoming Reagan's VP.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (W2Pud)
It’s taken you this long to fit the puzzle pieces together? Well, welcome to the party!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (tWxgu)
This demonstrates an intense and long-term operation to essentially seize control of the US. Deep staters and foreign governments working together. They would keep us ignorant and continue to feed us "bread and circus" (keep us ignorant) until such time as they had control of all the organs of government. Then, they take control, eliminating any opposition.
But! But! Diogenes, it can't happen here!!!
Bull. It absolutely can and thanks to President Trump, it has been stopped, for now. (I hope)
It's no wonder they have tried to kill him.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (2WIwB)
Hangings and more hangings
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (s9VOe)
Wow. Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)
I really should get paid more for my advice. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (Dd38x)
Now, the spotlight is on China. We can wait and see what the Lord will do with that.
Posted by: Axeman
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I would surmise you are correct and a lot of what can be done can be done by CISA for example decertifying voting machines that have outside modems, etc. That means they cannot be used in elections so another means has to be used.
Iran is a counter example where the stupid TACO crap came back to bite a lot of people including some here on the ass. Tariffs too.
Watch what Trump does as much as what he says.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)
/sorry Archimedes, couldn't resist ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels!
No worries. I can take criticism.
*makes note of ShainS in "the list"*
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (XjfpJ)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (GD0B3)
Of course not one such person has ever been identified.
And even with the media/Democrats covering for any and all voter fraud we have thousands of cases in recent years.
Yes they do the Motte and Bailey thing and switch from arguing "there is no election fraud" to "there isn't enough election fraud to change election results" when pressed but...there should be ANY voter fraud allowed to occur
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 17, 2026 12:34 PM (tgl2u)
Correct, it's obvious. "Trillions at stake", is not just a catchy line.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 17, 2026 12:34 PM (cS1cw)
Kristen Walker and Margaret Brennan hosting a debate between Elissa Slotkin and Haley Stevens might.be the safest alternative to chemical castration.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 12:34 PM (Y8DZL)
The need to (illegally, according to many of the state constitutions) use ballot harvesting due to “social distancing” was the biggest cheat in that election. Nancy’s nephew Gavin did a trial run for her in California during the 2018 mid-terms, to flip Orange County from red to blue. Recall that she also demanded that Trump’s impeachment in 2019 had to happen before Christmas, in order to get the trial in the Senate done as soon as possible, yet then once the House impeached, she slow-walked it to the Senate, taking 31 days to deliver the Articles there…
The Chinese certainly knew that the Wuhan was spreading, and certainly knew that they had exported it to the US, with hundreds of thousands of Chinese already in the US (especially the West Coast) via direct flights out of Wuhan…
It is possible (if not probable) that she plotted to allow the Wuhan to take root in order to “necessitate” an “emergency” for the November election…
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at July 17, 2026 12:34 PM (DzC+b)
Posted by: WisRich at July 17, 2026 12:34 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: garrett
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They've got to nail the judges first.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:35 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (lFFaq)
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I said the same thing to The Wifey last night while we watched.
* searches interwebz *
"In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, there were approximately 174 million registered voters, while 154 million people actually cast ballots."
Of course, in 2020 we jokingly claim -- despite it being true in many areas -- that there were actually more "voters" than registered voters ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:35 PM (KBK+H)
I'll give you an example of the devil-may-care attitude the government has with your information.
While I was still working for Xerox, we had the county of Miami-Dade DMV submit a bug report for our software they were using. Included with the report was a PDF file that contained the complete, unredacted information of every licensed driver in the county. I was utterly shocked by this. We had an overall mandate to safeguard this kind of info, but there was no formal process in place for doing so.
Posted by: Halfhand at July 17, 2026 12:35 PM (cA62d)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (lFFaq)
If you can control the rolls, you can invent people, if only for the duration of the election.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 12:35 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:36 PM (3iJWA)
Slick - are you really down with Angels Will Save Us ? Really ?
That's rhetorical. Of course you are. Other people might want to rethink Angels Will Save Us.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (AoR1V)
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Gee, I'll stop stopping them from coming to their own opinion then!!
Immediately, I'll cease my mind control ray.
There, it's off.
Actually, I don't know if "Angels will save us" or not. I'm only talking about the observed pattern of events that have lead us to the possibility to the Dems not taking a midterm election, when the Pubs seem to be trying their best to throw it to them.
Imagine the egg on my face when rampant godlessness leads to near complete secular betrayal of fundamental concepts of our republic!!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:36 PM (Fi81e)
Guys, if the Chicoms said they didn't interfere why that's good enough for me.
In other news I'm being told there's hot single milfs in my area looking for love. Hit damn, it's my lucky day!
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2026 12:36 PM (dpXJq)
Posted by: Jonah at July 17, 2026 12:36 PM (gwrBY)
J6 scared the congressional weasels so bad that it'd be difficult for the public to assemble and demand redress for this sort of shit. But they've been conditioned not to.
Even a singular reporter inside the Capitol asking hard questions is shoved away so as to not agitate someone in Congress. Even the entire region around the capitol city is infested with leftists... as protection from anyone examining the actual goings on there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 12:36 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:35 PM (xHEjv)
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"Nail, you mean, like, with a hammer?"
/obligatory Hillary and Paul Pelosi
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:37 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)
Yep. But states could still do cheating even without the motor voter aka NVRA and did.
Posted by: whig
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It's like defense of property. Every little thing to deter the criminal helps.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:37 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Jonah at July 17, 2026 12:37 PM (gwrBY)
All I heard about last night was that there's a big turd on the table; several turds actually. No mention of the names of the persons who ran the agencies who were derelict or seditious, and certainly no proposals to clean the turds off the table.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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Politics does not work that way--you have to prep people for what you do--basically tell them, tell them so more, and tell them again. Politics on important matters where sides are dug in is more like using speeches combined with action for a Time on Target approach of a rolling artillery barrage. It is not a one and done matter.
And that is because people, especially older people, get stuck in what they claim to know because acknowledging otherwise is to mean that they were stupid, manipulated, and cheated.
Ego doesn't allow a lot of people to do that absent an assault on what they believe to be true that is so massive it overcomes the defenses that what these people know to be true is actually false.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)
All I heard about last night was that there's a big turd on the table; several turds actually. No mention of the names of the persons who ran the agencies who were derelict or seditious, and certainly no proposals to clean the turds off the table.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (3Ope
Tragically, you are correct.
In some respects it almost makes you want Trump to move on because we are light years beyond complaining and expecting anybody to do anything. Trump either directs HIS people to take specific actions or just drop it. He( we) cannot win going forward unless Trump becomes FAR more involved and directive. Jawboning sounds good and is essentially worthless in the current situation. TELL people to do things and tell us that you told them to do. Name and take action on those who don't follow direct orders. Quit f'in whining.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at July 17, 2026 12:38 PM (5A5PV)
... and the DOJ has been in court trying to get voter records of some "blue states".
Perhaps President Xi can help.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:38 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 17, 2026 12:33 PM (XjfpJ)
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Nor with "Our Democracy", so what's the point? (Not to you, to the cray-cray people who would say that shit.)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)
Would you, then, describe Trump as a big poopyhead?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 12:39 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at July 17, 2026 12:39 PM (UZCuZ)
Trump may indeed ask for the data from China. It might cause the media to stroke out. Dare to dream.
Posted by: connected and litigious at July 17, 2026 12:40 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 12:40 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 12:40 PM (3iJWA)
Coincidence ?
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:40 PM (RHGPo)
There was a time when we could disagree on the basis of facts and demonstrable outcomes. It was easy in that environment to identify the truth because it was unavoidable and unmistakable.
Now we have the media, Democrat Cult acolytes, and every enemy force aligned against our republic telling you the truth isn’t what is demonstrable, but rather what they say it is.
You had major broadcast media stations and formerly respectable publications like the WSJ peddling narratives before the factual evidence was even available to them last night. They could not possibly have gone through all that information, digested it, examined its veracity and made truthful, intellectually derived, logical conclusions in that timeframe. That’s not just bias, it’s a subversive op against our country.
Reasonable people want election security. That integrity is fundamental to the legitimacy of our government. The only people who don’t want or seek an end to our country. It’s time to crush them once and for all of eternity.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 17, 2026 12:40 PM (6GFFE)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
We need someone who can do that effectively. I bet that guy would be able to actually win.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:41 PM (/bHKT)
All I heard about last night was that there's a big turd on the table; several turds actually. No mention of the names of the persons who ran the agencies who were derelict or seditious, and certainly no proposals to clean the turds off the table.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead
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The SAVE Act has been on the table for months.
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 12:41 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: Cray Cray at July 17, 2026 12:41 PM (XjfpJ)
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or, OR..we can cut China off from our financial markets
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:41 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 17, 2026 12:41 PM (rJ48h)
District I lived in had approx 120 percent turnout.
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (GD0B3)
And some shitmaggots need to simply "flee the country to avoid prosecution". And never be seen again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)
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It's even harder for those on the Left to acknowledge error of any kind.
What they "know" is bound up in their identity as a Leftist.
For them, "I'm on the Left, therefore by definition I am good and noble and pure."
They will let NOTHING spoil that delusion.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (FZ29D)
BUT, we are still on a "War Footing against Terrorism" as I understand it, so some acts could be tried in a military tribunal, afaik. And the biggest terrorist attack in decades may be the Covid Crimes, and the forced jabs and insane shutdowns that harmed a nation of kids, and harmed and killed millions of others.
Posted by: illiniwek at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (vbXSk)
I say that as a staunch Constitutionalist, who questions where Congress gets the grant to regulate time zones--unless of course it is the now ever-growing catchall "interstate commerce".
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 12:35 PM (2WIwB)
This is just one of the many manipulations commonly done to cheat a win.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (tWxgu)
Hell, DHS is arresting over a thousand every day. did anyone hear about that, except here? And knowing the IC, I have no doubt there are a lot of GS12-15's making deals to avoid prosecution.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: garrett
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They've got to nail the judges first.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:35 PM (xHEjv)
1000X This.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 12:43 PM (S41Gd)
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Absolutely. Agree that something good is coming. Hope it works.
Meanwhile not the Babylon Bee: a man pretending to bej a woman, running for office in Maine has said "I won't lie and I won't deceive you".
Posted by: Smellslikevictory at July 17, 2026 12:43 PM (jPdyB)
“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators” (U.S. Const. art. I, §4, cl. 1)
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:43 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 12:43 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:43 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Schumer turned...for much less at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (TbWk/)
So. It sounds like the solution is a new, unique Voter ID for all eligible Voters, paid for by the Government?
That would make the SAVE Act a Budgetary Act and allow passage with 50 Votes?
Sure. They are gonna take it to Court. But maybe it sneaks by the Senate that way?
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)
Maga in shambles.
Posted by: lol at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (gSIIK)
I started to watch some videos from a new conservative pundit (who looks surprisingly like Abe Lincoln) and he told the story of a friend of his, who he claimed was smart who voted for the local Dem candidate for governor.
He pointed out that on actual policy questions the friend mostly aligned with the Republican challenger. So why did the friend vote D? Well because the FNM told him the D candidate was a nice woman that would do good things and that the Republican was a bad bad person and the friend didn't bother to even listen to the two candidates or read their platforms.
And yes the friend now bitches about what the Dem governor is doing...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)
Would love to see a fashion guest spot some weekend, where you as surgically take apart more of our esteemed female betters in media.
Posted by: barbarausa at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (VJX5o)
And yes, people do care. That's why nearly every media organization refused to cover it. They are part of the treason.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard
The issue is primarily of states that allow widespread cheating which is any state that uses cheat by mail as a voting system and states that purposefully refuse to clean voting rolls of illegals, dead, moved, and ineligible voters (felons, etc.).
Motor voter makes it marginally worse but NVRA simply sets the basic floor for states--not how easy they can make voter registration as some have same day voting and registration which is also a big cheat factor and this preceded NVRA by years.
This is one of those issues of federalism--it incentivizes D dominated states to cheat on voting, allowing illegals in, and making voting registration unlimited to hide fraud. These blue states benefit from the government spending formulas, greater representation due to the presence of illegals, and political power to keep themselves in office. They have no reason to run free and fair elections and they don't because the incentives run all toward fake, fraudulent, and illegal actions.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (/WQyy)
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 17, 2026
My kingdom for a Queensrÿche lyric........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)
They will if the FBI breaks into the studio during the nightly "news" cast, and frogmarches the anchor away.
*stares dreamily into the distance*
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)
This information from last night puts a whole knew spin on that. It tells me the intrlligence knew the Chinese were doing some serious shit, some might say "act of war" type stuff.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 17, 2026 12:45 PM (trfdu)
Someone who can talk to people and make them care about issues that affect them. Someone who unabashedly loves America and has a positive message that isn't leftarded.
I wish we could find one. Trump's simply out of touch.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:45 PM (/bHKT)
Second -- in another post -- about treasonous US "intelligence" operatives covering it up to protect their Chinese pals
Cocksuckers like General Thoroughly Modern Milley should be shitting their dainty lace panties right now.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 12:46 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 17, 2026 12:46 PM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Jonah at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (gwrBY
It is not news a skeezy guy is skeezy. The 2 brought up did not work for him, he wasn’t married. I can’t get excited about an adult having sex with another adult. The scandal is what he did to his wife, but apparently this is no big deal to the left, being the party of moral relativity. Now if something comes up more untoward than a single guy had sex with 2 people on 2 different occasions, maybe it becomes a thing.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:46 PM (Dd38x)
China would never interfere with our elections.
They're so good and pure they don't even have them there anymore.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 12:46 PM (Y8DZL)
Because the Left won't slander that guy?
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 12:46 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (4NO2D)
Also 10K voters aged 120 or older...
Posted by: 18-1 at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 12:41 PM (/WQyy)
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I suspect that there are actually Pubs in the "53 Yeses" that are glad for the lack of the cloture votes and are thanking Thune behind the scenes so they get to pose to their conservative base back home that they "wanted the SAVE act!"
The cloture vote has become it's own monster. The talking filibuster was actually STILL about "conversation" in that words were STILL being used.
The tea & crumpet filibuster TOTALLY denies that the filibuster is about "further discussion" and instead means that cloture has gone rogue.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (Fi81e)
I'm leery about too much FCC pressure, but that sounds like a case for it.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:12 PM (Fi81e)
That's Ok. Brian 'Sex Machine' Stelter says that they did a pre-debunk on anything Trump might've said in his upcoming speech.
All is well......all is well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (2YhKe)
I'm thinking now about a Tulsi v. Sophie Cunningham jello-wrestling match.
*stares dreamily into the distance*
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (W2Pud)
It was an excuse to lock down the financial markets to avoid another crash. We got the inflation instead.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:46 PM
Lefty women expect the worst of men because Lefty men are the worst of men.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (4NO2D)
Just ask him and Kami about there election being the most SECURE in Universal History ......
Posted by: Jackson K. at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (1Fh1q)
House and Senate members get a Federal Check. They work for the Fed. Sure - they nominally get votes from their own State ... although anyone not a Howdy-Dudy sees those contests are rigged.
But they get a Federal Check. That's Problem Number One.
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 12:41 PM (AoR1V)
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Been saying for years their pay should come from state legislatures.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (trfdu)
I asked Senator Thom Tillis about his vote against the Save America act and whether it has anything to do with the money he’s receiving from industries who profit off of cheap illegal labor.
He was VERY mad about the question.
https://tinyurl.com/r5wu5jj8
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (xHEjv)
And yes, people do care. That's why nearly every media organization refused to cover it. They are part of the treason.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I would agree. You have to prepare the public before you take actions and take the temperature of the public by tweaking actions as needed.
This speech was the why that something needs to be done and a political club to push the Senate to adopt the SAVE act via reconciliation. Adding in China means that GOP senators opposing it plus the fact that the House embedded it into the National Defense Authorization Act (defense spending bill) means that people like Murcow and Thune have to address the fact that China is interfering with our elections. A few fools, like Tillis or the semi dead Turtle if he could even make it to the Capitol to vote, are against it but this is a wedge against others that might oppose it.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (viF8m)
When. Will. Heads. Roll.
It all means jack shit until someone is punished severely for actions detrimental to The United States.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at July 17, 2026 12:49 PM (RlgNa)
Posted by: Rob Zombie at July 17, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 12:47 PM (4NO2D)
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Yes, I recall him either stating or implying it.
He could have also gone with Senate & House Members of Congress ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:49 PM (KBK+H)
Maybe so, but if the fraud and its cover-up constitute an existential threat to the nation as it was presented, it seems like it's time to put politics aside and use the executive power to act expediently. I think EOs would be appropriate mechanism to get the ball rolling.
For example, each person who was in charge of the agencies involved in covering up the fraud has their security clearance revoked immediately. Each news agency who engaged in covering this up has their broadcast license suspended immediately. All Chinese nationals who are not here on a valid visa are repatriated immediately. No new visa for any Chinese person will be issued and expiring visa will not be renewed. No federal funds will be provided to any state until such time as their voter rolls are audited, purged and certified.
Just for starters.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 12:49 PM (3Ope8)
The releases about Democrats including the takedowns are intentionally masculine. I've been pointing it out for more than a year. It's a rebrand.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:50 PM (/bHKT)
yep! they were faked out by the Admin hinting at Fulton County fraud (which is massive).
INSTEAD we got a start, a taste, a calm conversation (for PDJT), I was very impressed.
The ball, she is rolling.
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 12:50 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 12:46 PM (y9nCu)
That rotund motherfucker should have been tossed out of a helicopter and machine gunned on the way down.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 12:50 PM (S41Gd)
The DoJ needs to make arrests. Arrests will force their focus. Trade with China needs to end--no, belay that: All ties need to be cut. What they've done constitutes an attack.
Posted by: troyriser at July 17, 2026 12:51 PM (v1M8F)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
They tried that in the Articles of Confederation along with recalls,etc. Did not work well so the Founders dropped that--the federal government should not be beholden to the states and in fact was set up to be Supreme in its areas of nat defense, etc.
I see the problem is more that the Fed govt decided to get into social policies and this accelerated from ending segregation to meddling in a lot of other 'rights' that suddenly were discovered.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: WisRich at July 17, 2026 12:34 PM (G0vdT)
You can be certain that Democrat ballots were cast in their names. Whether they "voted" or not.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 12:51 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 12:32 PM (3Ope
There is a difference between throwing a turd on the table and pointing out to the people around the table that they are ignoring that there are already turds on the table that need to be cleaned up.
I have noticed that Trump seems to have a rumor appear, then a statement of the problem, then release of documents officially, and then the hammers show up. It seems to work so far. It just drives everyone nuts since it is so backwards to what is demanded.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)
Margaret Brennan actually is worse than the Dan Rather types. Her stupidity overwhelms everything.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 12:51 PM (OXYE0)
It all means jack shit until someone is punished severely for actions detrimental to The United States.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)
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And start with The Clintons before those treasonous f*cks finally get their "Just Rewards" via the Express Stairway To Hell.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:52 PM (KBK+H)
Apparently, the orange menace did not overlook it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 12:52 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: mr tmz at July 17, 2026 12:52 PM (rJ48h)
They were going to do the cheat thing in Texas in 2020 too.
That fire was ballots is my theory.
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 12:52 PM (YHaz5)
Posted by: SMOD
Fulton County was the dog that didn't bark last night.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 12:53 PM (Y8DZL)
yep! they were faked out by the Admin hinting at Fulton County fraud (which is massive).
INSTEAD we got a start, a taste, a calm conversation (for PDJT), I was very impressed.
The ball, she is rolling.
Posted by: Black Orchid
I don't think Trump wanted to jeopardize possible criminal indictments from the Northern District of Georgia grand jury. He mentioned more dead case of Michigan which obviously has traction in the Michigan gubernatorial race as the Sec. of State that allowed the fraud is running for governor.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)
https://youtu.be/l5SVkjJYMOw
Posted by: Robert at July 17, 2026 12:53 PM (dpXJq)
Covid was a huge historical pivot; whether planned or opportunistically taken advantage of the bastard lefties grabbed as much control and power to make the changes they wanted during that period
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 12:53 PM (yz/88)
I asked Senator Thom Tillis about his vote against the Save America act and whether it has anything to do with the money he’s receiving from industries who profit off of cheap illegal labor.
He was VERY mad about the question.
https://tinyurl.com/r5wu5jj8
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (xHEjv)
He's been crap since before he was a senator. I based that completely off the loser who's name I forget here that was constantly deepthroating him. That loser also loved him some illegals.
Posted by: buzzion at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (3tZV2)
Dems are the first one to hang you out to dry, even if your romantic relationship did not affect your job behavior. It's considered a CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
It's bad in itself.
Which is why it was bad when Monica was blowing Willie in the Oral Office.
Because at the same time as that was going on, the Clintons were forcing federal employees to attend all-day seminars about NO SEX at work--it was ALL bad.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM
Who is that person? And do you honestly think that it would make a difference to anyone in that part of the forest? Because I think we could have the most charismatic person drop from heaven and deliver the message flawlessly, and the result would be the left calling that person Hitler adjacent while simultaneously being a dreaded Zionist, and probably a grifter of the most epic proportions. And Miss CNN would note this person is an election denier *gasp* who doesn’t grasp the magnitude of January 6th. Probably also sleeps on a MyPillow. The.worst.ever.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (p4NUW)
More voters than voters!
In Pennsylvania, there were 200,000+ more votes than voters.
The AP claimed this was incomplete data at the time it was first reported, but 5 years later, there still are more votes than voters tallied in the 2020 election.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (RHGPo)
RINO Thom Tillis is so MAD about me calling him out for voting AGAINST the Save America Act that he’s talking about me on the Senate floor!
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She upset Tillis so much he attacked her from the Senate floor.
Precious, Tom.
https://tinyurl.com/2cwvhh7x
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (xHEjv)
Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as source of a diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (1GajY)
They were going to do the cheat thing in Texas in 2020 too.
That fire was ballots is my theory.
You mean the Chinese consulate that was funding BLM/antifa riots? That Chinese consulate?
I seem to recall it.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (viF8m)
enshitification.com they should be called
Hey I have a great new security idea! It's called syphilitic-midget- who-punches-your -customers-in-the-nuts -flare.
How does it work? Well it's a syphilitic midget who punches your customers in the nuts.
Over time you will notice fewer and fewer attempts at security breaches until eventually there will be no attempts of anything at all! 100% guaranteed.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (3uBP9)
He's been crap since before he was a senator. I based that completely off the loser who's name I forget here that was constantly deepthroating him. That loser also loved him some illegals.
Posted by: buzzion at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (3tZV2)
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Nip sip
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (trfdu)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (bNf8H)
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The entire editorial board of the NYT, see this is very easy!
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: troyriser at July 17, 2026 12:51 PM (v1M8F)
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Said the same thing last night: that this was an Act Of War on the U.S. by Chy-na.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)
JET.
CITY.
WOOOOO-MAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (0bjKf)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2026 12:56 PM (g/cZn)
yep agree whig
that said the MI stuff was really the start of I think Trump's people sniffing around this and truly believing we have a huge problem
JILL STEIN. she started it ironically, when she insisted on looking in MI and the actual number of votes in the sealed boxes. and how they bore no resemblance to the number claimed.
from there it just continued and continued. once you see something like that for certain, you change your mindset.
like when I saw station wagons drive up to west philly voting "centers" (literally corner stores and homes it's so crazy here) and start shoving those boxes pre-filled into the place.
or my friend from LA who thought Lousiana was the most corrupt city in the nation told me what she was seeing working for the Ds in Philly. it dwarfed New Orleans!
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 12:56 PM (j+aD2)
It all means jack shit until someone is punished severely for actions detrimental to The United States.
Posted by: Sponge
If we were a dictatorship, such things would be easy but elections wouldn't matter anyway. Chavez laughed when he won by cheating as did Maduro because those being cheated could not do a damn thing against them.
Criminal charges, especially in a polarized electorate, are hard to make on complicated cases and these are very complicated cases involving the actions of hundreds if not thousands of individuals that created teh Democrat cheat machine. So it is more like a Mafia and corruption investigation than arrest the bad guys with the illegal drugs, cash, and money.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:56 PM (Riz8t)
That rotund motherfucker should have been tossed out of a helicopter and machine gunned on the way down.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 12:50 PM (S41Gd)
I AM INTRIGUED BY YOUR IDEAS AND WOULD LIKE TO SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR NEWSLETTER
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 12:57 PM (y9nCu)
Never. This isn't about China - if voting and counting those votes were critical, interference wouldn't be a factor.
Instead, it's just a big show for the two political parties...
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 12:57 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (p4NUW)
Too many people forget that what they did to Trump to try and beat him they did to ROMNEY and MCCAIN. Two of the biggest fucking worthless cuck RINOs that would side with Dems to screw over conservative goals at any opportunity.
Posted by: buzzion at July 17, 2026 12:57 PM (3tZV2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:57 PM (XeU6L)
Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as source of a diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak
Posted by: Yer Sistahs Tomato at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (1GajY)
Don't look at us, we had nothing to do with it. This time.
Posted by: Chipotle at July 17, 2026 12:58 PM (dpXJq)
In a bizarre move, the Democratic National Committee required its senior leadership to sign non-disclosure agreements before a private meeting on the party's finances, according to two people familiar with the conversations who spoke to Axios. That alone is a break from past practice. DNC officers are high-ranking members of chair Ken Martin's team, not entry-level staffers. Officers at that level don't typically get handed a confidentiality agreement before they can hear how much money they have in their piggy bank and what they plan to do about it.
Make no mistake about it, you don't slap NDAs on your own leadership team unless you're worried about what might leak. And boy, it’s gotta be something really juicy.
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:58 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XeU6L)
Lots of things aren't going to happen. That is because other things will.
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)
In other news I'm being told there's hot single milfs in my area looking for love. Hit damn, it's my lucky day!
Send $14.99 for my special book "Secrets To Winning Powerball."
Posted by: Oddbob at July 17, 2026 12:58 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Blues Junior at July 17, 2026 12:49 PM (AoR1V)
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Nah. I've been saying for *years* that I didn't know whether McCain drew the short or the long straw.
Did he *have* to? Or did he *get* to?
So, that wouldn't be a new understanding for me.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:58 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 12:59 PM (xComp)
lol they covered that up for a looooooong time didn't they
meanwhile my Aldi produce section has been untouched
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 12:59 PM (j+aD2)
This word gets a play around here. If this is really treason then it should be treated as such. If it's something else, treat it as that.
I would hope that the administration is finally waking up to the fact that simply pointing out treason, or whatever they think this is, and then walking away, expecting it to somehow be taken care of isn't working.
They have to actively direct the actions they want, or surely nothing will happen. And they better be ready to deal with the judicial insurrection that'll make every attempt to derail it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 12:59 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Black Orchid
I was semi amused that Michael Myers, the PA US House representative that got expelled over Abscam turned up in another case just the last couple of years and got sentenced to prison again for election scumbuggery in PA. From wiki
"After release (for accepting bribes as a Congressman), Myers started his own political consulting firm.
Myers was accused of conspiring to violate voting rights by fraudulently stuffing the ballot boxes for Democratic candidates in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 elections. He was charged on July 21, 2020, with bribery of an election official, falsification of records, voting more than once in federal elections, and obstruction of justice."
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM
Defensive prebuttals are tight.
Posted by: huerfano at July 17, 2026 12:59 PM (VJX5o)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (/bHKT)
Dems are the first one to hang you out to dry, even if your romantic relationship did not affect your job behavior. It's considered a CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
It's bad in itself.
Which is why it was bad when Monica was blowing Willie in the Oral Office.
Because at the same time as that was going on, the Clintons were forcing federal employees to attend all-day seminars about NO SEX at work--it was ALL bad.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17
Zero disagreements. But the 2 women who were staffers were not his staffers. They were someone else’s. Is there more out there? Probably, he is skeezy. But so far, this isn’t that exciting.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (p4NUW)
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Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 12:59 PM (xC
I noticed that too...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (3iJWA)
That sounds like normal Taco Bell.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (xComp)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (p4NUW)
You know, that another thing that chaps my ass. NOBODY in the conservative sphere ever seems to push back, let alone vigorously on that whole 'J6 was an insurrection' bullshit.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 01:01 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:42 PM
Who is that person? And do you honestly think that it would make a difference to anyone in that part of the forest?
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Somewhere in the AoSHQ Style Guide is the recommendation to not fall for ellipsis' sarcasm!
/I once considered putting a permanent /sarc tag in my nic here as well ...
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 01:01 PM (KBK+H)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (p4NUW)
I love that I can give a big fuck you to the dems while I sleep.
Giza Cotton Sheets and a My Pillow for the win.
Posted by: Reforger at July 17, 2026 01:01 PM (YHaz5)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:01 PM (4NO2D)
Hand in hand with that cynicism is the complete faith that absolutely nothing will be done to fix any of this - because it was Trump that was the messenger.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 17, 2026 01:01 PM (WYStd)
Well, they can't hang out at taco bell...
Posted by: man at July 17, 2026 01:01 PM (XuXeR)
Just do it. . Quit fuckin talking and DO something.
Order someone(s) to take action by a date and time.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (5A5PV)
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:12 PM (Fi81e)
I'm not leery about it. The problem is, we're not sufficiently making the case to the people. We need to be much more aggressive, proactive, with specifics. The idea that the same media that screamed "Russia, Russia!" and unquestioningly endorsed the 51 signatories to the Biden laptop lie are refusing to even cover this evidence is insane. Who is saying this?
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (OXYE0)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 12:55 PM (3uBP9)
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But they're only doing the flare minimum.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (Fi81e)
CNN - Canadian wildfires - sorry about that...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (Sco7b)
As I've been saying for months, the DNC is dead ass broke because their money machines at USAID and ActBlue among others are no more.
How does the DNC, a party that constantly brags about their money raising prowess, go literally broke? That's the scandal.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (viF8m)
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Ha! I used to be incensed the way the military seemed to treat everyone like idiots at times. “One size fits all” is maddening. One person shits their pants, well, we all gotta wear diapers.
Later, when I was a supervisor, it started to make sense. I’m not sure how simple basic instructions get mangled, but they will. Some guys can break an Anvil with a rubber hammer.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (2/ueB)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (xcxpd)
I think it was Thaddeus Stevens, GOP House rep that said of Cameron, " He would steal a red hot stove if he could get away with it." Stevens got blowback from Cameron's supporters so Stevens then amended his statement, "I said that Cameron would steal a red hot stove if he could get away with it, I withdraw that, he would steal the red hot stove only if he had gloves on." Paraphrased, too lazy to pull up original quote.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)
157 Don't tell Ace, but I just finished up a 36 hour fast.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:35 AM (uzmqU)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:03 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)
Be nice about it, that is all
https://9gag.com/gag/ayNb9mb
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 01:03 PM (rbvCR)
Forget it, I'm rolling.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (/bHKT)
I don’t think you are wrong. I do not like how Trump communicates. It’s why when he gives a good speech, we are blown away. And he has given a few, but they aren’t the norm.
I believe the only person who could tell the mind hive they have new thoughts is Obama. But I think even IF we mind controlled him into saying something useful, they very well could turn on him, too.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:03 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:03 PM (3uBP9)
Yes, it's the DNC. Velly, velly bad.
Posted by: Xi Jinping at July 17, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)
With an intermission of shotgun pinata and Pinochet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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La cucaracha, la cucaracha, bam, bam
Show me the money por favor
La cucaracha, la cucaracha, bam, bam
La cucaracha, bam, bam
We are being raided or something
Call up Pixy on the telephone
tell him to get us out of this jail
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:03 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: banana Dream
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I think they rely on fingerprinting your system by cookies, and other such crap. If your browser settings kill those tracking devices, Cloudflare has a fit because your computer appears different to the system each time. So you get endless boxes to verify you are not a bot crap.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:04 PM (3iJWA)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 01:04 PM (sYM3s)
My guess is that the networks thought that President Trump would be speaking about Fulton County last night. They likely had all of their talking points set.
Instead he threw them a curveball, and spoke about the fact that our media had been compromised by foreign entities.
While he was revealing they were compromised, they were kind enough to suppress his address....and prove his point!
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (p4NUW)
My sister was a Republican Senate fundraiser back in the 2010's.
Senators sleeping with staffers is about the most mild form of drama you can imagine goes on.
She said that the "Family Values Holy Roller" senators were amongst the worst sex-addicted whores in DC and that the entire thing is held together mutually assured destruction. It's why the sexual discrimination payout list isn't public.
These types of stories are used to push someone out instead of releasing much more party-damaging types of drama.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (WYStd)
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Why do we allow the glvernment(s) to redact...anything? Sources and methods, my ass...no need to protect sources and methods if they are never used to OUR benefit.
By the way, Mike Hammer, etc. etc. had a great take in that last thread about AI being a parasite. Good words, Mike:
"...we are the fodder that AI feeds upon. I imagine it to be a parasite (or worse) that feeds on the host, until the host is bled dry."
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (JWDez)
/I once considered putting a permanent /sarc tag in my nic here as well ...
Posted by: ShainS
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Conveying sarcasm/satire in text is sometimes difficult.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 17, 2026 01:02 PM (t+TFX)
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That's exactly why I am leery about it.
Our best case is that we are still in a representative republic where votes matter some. And you don't want to scare the herd.
I wish I lived in a world where I could refuse to believe that last sentence, but I don't think I do.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (Fi81e)
Slowly, then all at once?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)
You mean the Chinese consulate that was funding BLM/antifa riots? That Chinese consulate?
I seem to recall it.
Posted by: JackStraw
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They had a shit ton of employees at the Texas Medical Center.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (xHEjv)
Because at the same time as that was going on, the Clintons were forcing federal employees to attend all-day seminars about NO SEX at work--it was ALL bad.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:54 PM (Fi81e)
Never dip your pen in company ink.
Don't punch in with the timecard in your pants.
You do it like I did with two ex-girlfriends... wait until they quit the company, THEN shamelessly hit on them.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 01:06 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 01:04 PM
Trouser chili.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:06 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Piper
HE WAS IN THE POWER POSITION SO IT WAS RAPE!
Also, Monica Lewinsky wasn't, 'cause she blamed Republicans.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:06 PM (Y8DZL)
I would hope people start realizing there really is a grand jury in Florida that has been hearing evidence of a grand conspiracy for months and just because the garbage and likely treasonous media doesn't breathlessly report on it daily like Russia collusion doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 01:06 PM (viF8m)
But they did have positions on his staff.
(*rimshot*)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2026 01:06 PM (g/cZn)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:06 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 17, 2026 01:07 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (p4NUW)
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Ah, didn't know that. Thanks, Piper.
I guess I assumed too much and read too little.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:07 PM (Fi81e)
No honor among thieves?
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:08 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 01:08 PM (2ap+5)
Just do it. . Quit fuckin talking and DO something.
Order someone(s) to take action by a date and time.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters
He can't--it is a process where the FCC has to investigate, provide notice and comment, and then adjudicate as there will be lawsuits, injunctions, etc. Broadcast licenses are treated as a limited property right and like eminent domain, Scotus requires due process for revocation.
Trump's talk was aimed at something as a direct effect though while the machinery goes on--stock prices of Comcast and Disney which if their broadcast rights to stations are threatened, it reduces their stock price.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:08 PM (6wpGE)
Diarrhea-poisoned?
Posted by: The Janitor Always Mops Twice at July 17, 2026 01:08 PM (+IsEU)
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)
Were I Trump, I would be keeping them on a very short leash. The alternative is chaos that starts with the indictments and Trump seems to avoid chaos
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 01:08 PM (rbvCR)
But they did have positions on his staff.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at July 17, 2026 01:06 PM (g/cZn)
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They were temporarily working on his staff.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:08 PM (Fi81e)
“Automatic recount” is worse than useless, naturally it will spit out the same result. Democrats aren’t necessarily stupid, but they think you are.
The tell is they start screeching like wounded eagles at the suggestion of cleaning up voter rolls, signature verification, “mail in” ballots, ID to vote, etc etc.
Even the perception that elections are rigged is a very serious national security issue. Confidence and Trust is everything. They are willing to go “scorched earth” rather than give up their fraudulent sinecures, but that’s not news.
If they had a shred of integrity they would be more than cooperative - “Oh, you want to look under the hood on this process? By all means”. Instead, they want to throw you in jail.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 01:09 PM (2/ueB)
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:09 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 17, 2026 01:09 PM (kgE5c)
How does the DNC, a party that constantly brags about their money raising prowess, go literally broke?
Word
Posted by: USAID at July 17, 2026 01:10 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 01:10 PM (dIske)
It stunk to high heaven and I’m not talking about the toilet
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:10 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: JackStraw
There are at least two grand juries--one in Atlanta in the Northern District of GA investigating Fulton County and probably the link between Fulton and Maricopa County via Runbeck providing ballots, etc. to both. The second is in SD of Florida looking at the Russia Russia hoax and probably involving illegal surveillance and FISA misconduct as well. Possibly more but these have verified court actions regarding subpoenas, witnesses, etc.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: It's me donna at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM (3iJWA)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
I think they rely on fingerprinting your system by cookies, and other such crap. If your browser settings kill those tracking devices, Cloudflare has a fit because your computer appears different to the system each time. So you get endless boxes to verify you are not a bot crap.
Posted by: whig
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The best way to circumvent that - Just Say No.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM (xHEjv)
I love that I can give a big fuck you to the dems while I sleep.
Giza Cotton Sheets and a My Pillow for the win.
Posted by: Reforger
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You're not David Hogg.
Posted by: David Hogg at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM (qFwJc)
I didn't know they offered anything but explosive diarrhea on their Menu.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 01:11 PM
Projectile vomiting is a side order.
Posted by: toby928(c) at July 17, 2026 01:12 PM (4NO2D)
Trump is a weird guy but it worked.
Republicans haven't had someone who can actually talk to people about how dangerous our enemies within are since Reagan. Plus he masterful at branding. Have the Republicans even cooperated by 25% they would have had a revolution that would last 20 years. Easy. Still could. But doubtful.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 01:12 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)
It will tag every computer on my home ethernet. The only way I've found a way out is to open up cloudflare's trouble shooting website. Hit a test page, fail out once, hit the retry button, pass, then bam I'm good for the rest of the day. No vpn. But every computer on my home subnet.
One company. They are close to controlling everything now. Like ICANN. I wonder if people realize how much cloudflare controls. Did that one day a year ago where computers all across the world fail to start up, just get memory holed? That was a cloudflare oopsie. Sorry for bringing the earth to a standstill, our bad.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 01:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (p4NUW)
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Ah, didn't know that. Thanks, Piper.
I guess I assumed too much and read too little.
Posted by: Axeman
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Keyword is yet. Someone that cavorts with another Congress critter that hires whores and also does the same DC dogging crap is likely to have a long pattern of behavior and pulling a string simply unravels and exposes the real truth.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 17, 2026 01:13 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:13 PM (p4NUW)
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tough hill to climb to make any of this stick
Posted by: Don Black at July 17, 2026 01:14 PM (ZxPkt)
I'm sure the income statement of the DNC is scandalous, but the expenses is probably where all the laughs are.
Posted by: Auspex at July 17, 2026 01:14 PM (Y8DZL)
One company. They are close to controlling everything now. Like ICANN. I wonder if people realize how much cloudflare controls. Did that one day a year ago where computers all across the world fail to start up, just get memory holed? That was a cloudflare oopsie. Sorry for bringing the earth to a standstill, our bad.
Posted by: banana Dream
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You can use them as your DNS servers and fwiw, and queries back and forth with the name server are encrypted to and from the server. Might help. I've used Google DNS servers as well in the past.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:14 PM (E4rtv)
It stunk to high heaven and I’m not talking about the toilet
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 01:10 PM (yz/8
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Well, not without a metaphor.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)
Instead he threw them a curveball, and spoke about the fact that our media had been compromised by foreign entities.
While he was revealing they were compromised, they were kind enough to suppress his address....and prove his point!
Posted by: SMOD at July 17, 2026 01:05 PM (RHGPo)
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Mrs D worked for years at a major NW-based Airplane company (that will remain nameless) and she was in their communication division where they had to deal with the media every day. She came away convinced the media, almost without exception, are the laziest, most egotistical, and corrupt group of people next to politicians.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 01:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 17, 2026 01:15 PM (FIXtj)
I'm not arguing with you dumbass new nic who has never posted here before. There has been a grand jury in the southern district of Florida hearing evidence of a conspiracy to deprive Trump of his rights since January.
Joe DiGenova was recently hired to help organize the vast amount of evidence, likely including this, because of the sheer scope of the conspiracy.
Are you really stupid enough to believe virtually every traditional media source decided to boycott a national speech by the President of the United States because they are offended by his orange hue?
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 01:15 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: nurse ratched.
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Of course it was. Of course the deep state has been working with the chi coms for a long time. FFS the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs in Trumps first term called them and told them not to worry about Trump. . .
Biden and chinese money - Hunter and the laptop Rosemont . . .
Didn't clinton manage to give the chinks nuclear sub techology if I recall?
Its traitors all the way down.
Posted by: Connect the dots at July 17, 2026 01:15 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (tWxgu)
Yup. There are roughly 140 lawsuits from the RNC alone ongoing towards that end and several more from Harmeet Dhillon at DOJ. Getting elections into a less-cheatable state is the important part. Punishing the perps is satisfying, but they're out of power now so fixing elections as best as can be done prior to November is the 5-alarm emergency.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Braenyard
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You can, but you got through the process of verifying you are not a bot and bad gateway crap.
Due to bot army DDOS attacks and other such behavior from internet worms, Cloudfare has become standard for a lot of commercial websites.
Not something you can really avoid as it is on the server end, not yours.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 01:17 PM (E4rtv)
Probably that Scogg Dogg asshat. Just ignore him.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 17, 2026 01:17 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:00 PM (p4NUW)
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Ah, didn't know that. Thanks, Piper.
I guess I assumed too much and read too little.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:07 PM (Fi81e)
______
I believe both ladies were on his staff at the time, perhaps temporarily.
I don't care what adults do in private. But I think preying on subordinates -- even if technically not under your direct control -- is total sleaze and marks a man as a beta loser.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 01:17 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 01:13 PM (p4NUW)
Maybe the Taco Bell parasites and the bagged salad parasites are different enough that consuming both causes the parasites to fight and kill each other.
Could work.
Posted by: Chipotle at July 17, 2026 01:18 PM (dpXJq)
It's the onanist. The writing style is pretty distinctive.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (FIXtj)
So even if Gallego was banging other congresscritters staffers, it would still run against the zero-tolerance for "sex in the workplace".
You don't think a congressman can get staffers on other staff fired? Don't you know who they are?!
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (Fi81e)
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Posted by: Ian S. at July 17, 2026 12:59 PM (xC
her a bot, there a bot, everywhere a bot-bot
Commissioner General Chen Yixin, Minister of State Security had a farm,
E-I-E-I-Oh!
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (rbvCR)
It's worth tuning in to MS whatever they are calling themselves these days when Brennan is on. He is shitting himself because he is a target. He's already admitted as much.
Targeting the former head of the CIA for felonies is kind of big deal.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Azjaeger at July 17, 2026 01:19 PM (mMytc)
Posted by: toby928(c)
>That's the kind of stealth shart that really brings home the seriousness of the situation.
That's just not leakage do to old age.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (sYM3s)
Who is president, dumbass.
Play nice or I'll come let the air out of the tires under your house.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 17, 2026 01:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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This. It boils down to the fact that their own political well-being/stature/status is more important than the well-being of the country.
One of the great appeals re Trump is that he is decidedly not a politician, in the conventional sense.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 01:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Blues Junior
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Better to spill thy seed onto a keyboard than in the belly of a whore?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 01:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JackStraw
****
I'ma stealing dat.
Posted by: clarence at July 17, 2026 01:26 PM (1QT7n)
Big shrug from the press, the public, even many feds. On average, two years of paid identify theft monitoring awarded.
Early 2014, it was revealed that the CIA secretly penetrated & searched computers used by Senate Intelligence Committee staffers. Staffers were reviewing the CIA's controversial detention & interrogation program. CIA Director Brennan initially denied the intrusion but was forced to formally apologize to lawmakers in July 2014 after an Inspector General's report confirmed the agency's actions.
Another big shrug, including from the then Pres and VP.
It's any f**king wonder years later 'they' were going to recycle those 'stunts,' bigger & better, especially with a rapidly rising immigrant population from 2000 through 2025?
Who's the 'they'?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 01:27 PM (NFX2v)
As US Forces Knock Out Iranian Power Plants, the IRGC Tells Iranians to be Like the UK and France and Turn Off the AC and Die In the Summer Heat
—Disinformation Expert Ace
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026 01:30 PM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:31 PM (xHEjv)
You can, but you got through the process of verifying you are not a bot and bad gateway crap.
Due to bot army DDOS attacks and other such behavior from internet worms, Cloudfare has become standard for a lot of commercial websites.
Not something you can really avoid as it is on the server end, not yours.
Posted by: whig
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Is this a business necessity? If so why not have a separate computer with appropriate setting for that and a personal computer without the crap.
If it's personal why have anything to do with it at all?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 01:34 PM (xHEjv)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 17, 2026 12:23 PM (W2Pud)
Consider the difference in response to the coronavirus epidemic in 2020 compared to the coronavirus epidemic in 2003. The timing with regard to a Republican president's reelection was similar. The difference may very well be that Bush went ahead and fed the military-industrial complex beast but Trump did not. Therefore the shutdown did not happen in 2003-2004 but did happen in 2020.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (OlzlW)
Because NPD is a data broker that collects and aggregates public records and personal information (often without direct consumer interaction), anyone with a footprint in U.S., U.K., or Canada public records could be affected.
NPD's business model relied on extracting voter registration lists, court filings, property deeds, and arrest logs from municipal, state, and federal data bases.
Once aggregated, NPD sold access to this compiled information strictly to private commercial clients, such as background check services, human resource firms, insurance companies, and investigators.
In late 2024, NPD's parent company (Jerico Pictures, Inc.) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and ceased operations.
No active settlements, and victims are unlikely to receive direct financial compensation from the company.
Oh, golly! Oh, gee!
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 01:35 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: nurse ratched.
👍
Also, shut up &/or take out supporters, and move politicians around the nation to run for local, political offices, etc.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 01:39 PM (NFX2v)
CNN is outraged and having explosive diarrhea.
I hope for arrests and wailing.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at July 17, 2026 01:41 PM (hzuYO)
OK, I'm calling bulls**t. They stole voter information. The stuff that would allow them to register to vote? Those people are ALREADY REGISTERED. Registering again won't accomplish much of anything. Maybe it allows them to try and vote a second time... but that's already a problem, without China's help.
Posted by: GWB at July 17, 2026 02:20 PM (kU0PQ)
So fight me.
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (sFNX2)
Plays "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" loudly.
Posted by: GWB at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Martin Tell at July 17, 2026 02:25 PM (sFNX2)
Plays "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" loudly.
Posted by: GWB at July 17, 2026 02:41 PM (kU0PQ)
Ummagumma live disk is very good. The studio disk can be … challenging to listen to.
Posted by: Advo at July 18, 2026 10:43 AM (jO4mz)
Patient: I got explosive diarrhea after eating at Taco Bell.
Doctor: well…
Posted by: Advo at July 18, 2026 10:46 AM (jO4mz)
THE MORNING RANT: Brown University Professor Sets Trap for Students to Reveal they Cheated Using AI
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 10:55 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 10:56 AM (XHO5P)
But what can we expect when we make men without chests?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 10:58 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 10:58 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 10:59 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 10:59 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:00 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:00 AM (8fTKG)
Oh, wait...
Never mind.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at July 17, 2026 11:00 AM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 17, 2026 11:01 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 10:52 AM
It's hard to find that guy because that doesn't show up on a resume.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:01 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 11:01 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 10:52 AM
I've decided I need to be racist when I'm picking a new doctor.
If it's a young doctor, I will only accept a white male. Because I know he didn't skate by with shoddy work.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:02 AM (XHO5P)
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2026 11:02 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 10:52 AM
It's hard to find that guy because that doesn't show up on a resume.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:01 AM (XHO5P)
And he probably doesn’t “know people”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at July 17, 2026 11:02 AM (4g5V+)
I've mentioned before that at the Catholic school in Oak Ridge, the good Sisters require all assignments to be done in class, with no electronics, and to be written in cursive to help keep the cheating down. The parents of the students love it.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 17, 2026 11:02 AM (pyNYl)
I almost feel sorry for the kids graduating college now, because there is an assumption that their degree is fraudulent due to AI.
Time to switch to trade school, kiddos. You can't fake a weld, a plumbing repair, wiring a structure, and so forth.
Unless faking it is your modus operandi. Your barista career awaits you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 11:03 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 17, 2026 11:03 AM (Kt19C)
Because AI has been programmed to refuse these topics, students would not be able to use it to write their papers.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 17, 2026 11:03 AM (uSpHL)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 10:52 AM
I've decided I need to be racist when I'm picking a new doctor.
If it's a young doctor, I will only accept a white male. Because I know he didn't skate by with shoddy work.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:02 AM (XHO5P)
I say this because it's a similar dilemma: we know the universities are not a useful tool for determining competence.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:03 AM (XHO5P)
Community note
Broadcast networks have declined primetime addresses from Democratic presidents before. In 2022, ABC, CBS and NBC skipped Biden’s speech on threats to democracy for reruns. In 2014, they declined Obama’s immigration address as too political.
Damin Toell
@damintoell
16h
When Biden gave his primetime Independence Hall address in 2022 (the one with the scary red background that people still post images of), ABC ran Press Your Luck, NBC ran a Law & Order rerun, and CBS ran a Young Sheldon rerun.
Posted by: m at July 17, 2026
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I give.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:04 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 17, 2026 11:04 AM (S+j2h)
Posted by: purely an academic question at July 17, 2026 11:05 AM (F/35S)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)
I'm guessing s/he studied before the midterm but spent the night before finals chugging white claw and dick.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 17, 2026 11:05 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 11:05 AM (sYM3s)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:00 AM (8fTKG)
This happens to me, I dream that I am not gonna graduate
Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 17, 2026 11:06 AM (S+j2h)
Posted by: The Ballots at July 17, 2026 11:06 AM (LOZbR)
Posted by: Common Tater
Me too.
Posted by: Tuna at July 17, 2026 11:06 AM (lJ0H4)
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I'm annoyed at how this sentence has to be interpreted in "modern"" times. I can't keep up with their bullshit. Meanwhile the sentence is actually totally innocuous.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:06 AM (/bHKT)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 11:07 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Rick Tq at July 17, 2026 11:07 AM (xeXUW)
Posted by: RS at July 17, 2026 11:08 AM (GYx3d)
Depends on the subject. Some subjects are merely regurgitation of random facts. Those are the ones most susceptible to cheating. However, when I was in STEM grad school, almost all tests were open book and take home. If you didn't understand the material, you really couldn't cheat, because it was immediately obvious you didn't understand the material. The only way to cheat would have been for someone else to take the test for you.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!
I'd love to see Griggs v. Duke Power Co. overturned. You know to level the playing field for ALL!
Posted by: Tonypete at July 17, 2026 11:08 AM (pyNYl)
Posted by: Rick Tq at July 17, 2026 11:07 AM (xeXUW)
Rectal Procter, school doctor
Posted by: Ventura Highway at July 17, 2026 11:08 AM (S+j2h)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:08 AM (2YhKe)
Now certifications are a 'subscribe to win' treadmill and college teaches nothing except how to cheat and party and be a commie.
The credentialism establishment can't die fast enough.
Posted by: RandomDave at July 17, 2026 11:09 AM (aJQbY)
Open books and closed minds -- the contributions of higher education could not be more worthless.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 11:09 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Art Deco at July 17, 2026 11:09 AM (pawNB)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 10:58 AM (XHO5P)
...and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.
Posted by: The feminist and tradcon agenda at July 17, 2026 11:09 AM (TbWk/)
It's made a lot of things that used to require actual analysis and thought, effortless.
It shows in the online and in person discourse on most anything.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 11:09 AM (jehhT)
Historical note. Once employers were barred from giving aptitude tests (because... "racism"), they fell back on using degrees as a proxy like this. Total fucking retarded waste of societal time and money, especially since the military was exempt and has used the ASVAB for decades.
Some people are only good for digging holes or bagging groceries and pretending they can be astronauts or doctors or skilled office workers is delusional. Of course, the progs didn't wreck 3 generations with student debt exactly by accident, either. Give credit where it is due, when they start wrecking things, they realize quickly and iterate on it to wreck even more.
Posted by: heya at July 17, 2026 11:09 AM (ND37T)
It's also removed the requirement for me to take notes, remember and store a knowledge base.
We're getting dumber because of technology.
YMMV
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:10 AM (2YhKe)
If it's a young doctor, I will only accept a white male. Because I know he didn't skate by with shoddy work.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:02 AM (XHO5P)
That's not racist...that's understanding the medical education system.
Personally, I add Jewish or Italian or WASP to the mix, because they are underrepresented with the double whammy of White and the wrong ethnic group.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 11:10 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Archimedes
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And 50 a passing grade?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:10 AM (xHEjv)
My daughter is a CS person, and the interview process for jobs in CS has become almost like taking a CS course in length and rigor. I guess the companies have figured out that credentials no longer mean much.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
In interviews a candidate using AI is verboten. But if hired, the same candidate who can’t use AI during an interview is expected to do all their work with AI. To the point where some employees are reprimanded if they use too little AI.
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:11 AM (2hwDr)
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2026 11:11 AM (Q+gd/)
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They’ve been cultivating racial hatreds for decades now, it is absolutely vile. It sucks but they are very insistent about this.
Posted by: Getting There at July 17, 2026 11:11 AM (8fTKG)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Based upon what I saw the last time I took classes 20 years ago, that may not be an entirely justified conclusion...
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 17, 2026 11:12 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 11:12 AM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: Rick Tq
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Seconded.
Any school that made this a policy would probably get noticed both by students and hiring managers.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 17, 2026 11:12 AM (4HoLg)
Or at least they used to be. Now the book is on students' laptops, and I am confident that they cheat even on a proctored test.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 11:13 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: RS at July 17, 2026 11:08 AM (GYx3d)
What would you say...you do here?
Posted by: The Bobs at July 17, 2026 11:13 AM (TbWk/)
The ME foreigners were too busy trying to get their hands on white girls to take part in any cheating at all. And their goal was to stay in college with bad grades until their rich family dragged them back.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 11:13 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 17, 2026 11:13 AM (GC/eJ)
IIRC, there is an expectation that this is coming soon.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2ap+5)
That's not racist...that's understanding the medical education system.
Personally, I add Jewish or Italian or WASP to the mix, because they are underrepresented with the double whammy of White and the wrong ethnic group.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 11:10 AM (l4RKn)
Hello for you. My name is Doctor Manish. Please to be telling me how I can diagnose you today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2GVsD)
Dropped the class during finals? In my day I had something like 3 weeks to drop classes. Past that point it was locked in and it was an F if you decided not to show up.
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2hwDr)
Regurgitating only Approved Narratives, same as it ever was.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (8fTKG)
A college that brings to mind a sh*tpile.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 17, 2026 11:13 AM (GC/eJ)
You're in San Fran. I bet you see a lot of brown every day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2YhKe)
But can they still shop, drink and fuck?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
And choose copiously among the many varieties of self disfigurement provided in today's vibrant market places?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Rick Tq at July 17, 2026 11:07 AM (xeXUW)
Any good teacher can find a way to test knowledge, skills, and effort. College professors have just learned that their own laziness doesn't work anymore.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (tOcjL)
I want to know what the respective exams were asking, and expecting for answers. Numbers don't tell me anything.
I'm not saying students didn't use AI. I'm saying a chart of numbers might as well as be a professor's piss stain. Show me what the exams each asked and how they were graded.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (/bHKT)
Posted by: WisRich at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (G0vdT)
Because AI has been programmed to refuse these topics, students would not be able to use it to write their papers.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 17, 2026 11:03 AM (uSpHL)
You'd need to be plausibly deniable here.
Maybe something on the Bantu Expansions or intra-African slavery, better yet a defense of certain colonial projects or even a comparison between Portugal's adventures and Oman's. In the US: an indepth look at Reconstruction perhaps?
As for antisemitism, that's gay, but assigning David "Stein" Cole on proper Holocaust critique would be an epic troll.
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:10 AM"
Elder Son, M.S. Comp Sci & Math, pre AI does interviews for his company. He can spot AI phonies a mile off. Most are from the so-called blue chip STEM schools.
Posted by: RS at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (GYx3d)
I think it means the company expects that someone will have a sufficient knowledge and skills base to know when AI gets it wrong, which it often does.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
This is absolutely necessary, in college and before.
We risk having our next generation learning nothing except how to query the information needed at the moment, worthless without phone/laptop/internet/AI.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2hwDr)
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My worst nightmare in college was that I had signed up for a class that I'd forgotten to attend and now it was past the date where I could drop it.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Common Tater
Me too.
Posted by: Tuna at July 17, 2026 11:06 AM (lJ0H4)
Occasionally I have a dream where I'm back in high school. I'm wandering around, don't know where my classes are, don't know the combination for my locker, etc. Then it becomes fun since I can eventually tell if I'm dreaming. A teacher tries to give me shit for wandering around, and I'll say something like "yeah, blow it out your ass, I already graduated years ago, my diploma is old enough to vote, me go now". lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:16 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2hwDr)
There's also an (I) incomplete. Which just means the same thing and has an effect on your GPA.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 11:16 AM (3uBP9)
By allowing you to Drop the course at any time, I am sure they have a higher rate of people paying to re-take the course than those that they Fail outright.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:16 AM (uzmqU)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:16 AM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at July 17, 2026 11:16 AM (wGerL)
Right there in the meaty part of the curve!
https://youtu.be/M0AuU7maBMU
Posted by: George Costanza at July 17, 2026 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)
The ME foreigners were too busy trying to get their hands on white girls to take part in any cheating at all. And their goal was to stay in college with bad grades until their rich family dragged them back.
Posted by: banana Dream
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My experience was different. Engineering school and the ME students all but moved their desks into a circle around the person they'd be copying from.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at July 17, 2026 11:17 AM (4HoLg)
There's also an (I) incomplete. Which just means the same thing and has an effect on your GPA.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 11:16 AM (3uBP9)
The I, I believe, gives you a chance to retake and replace that grade. I think you can replace an F once by retaking that class as well.
Still costs you $$$$ tho.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:17 AM (2YhKe)
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When I entered a small private liberal arts college in 1979 -- whose economics department was considered elite and almost all believed in and taught the "Austrian School" of Economics -- the motto of the school, displayed proudly on t-shirts given to the entering freshmen each year was:
"Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and The Wall Street Journal."
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 11:17 AM (9EFgU)
I don't call it racist. I call it "looking out for my own self interest."
Posted by: NR Pax at July 17, 2026 11:17 AM (99eI0)
They want it both ways.
Similar to expecting candidates to be 10% qualified/experienced for a job, and when they can't find one, they hire an H1B* who learns on the job.
*We are long past the point of H1Bs being used for specialized knowledge jobs. They are now used for 7-11, entry-level university admin, resort golf course jobs, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 11:17 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Roy at July 17, 2026 11:17 AM (qwype)
Posted by: Let the name of ChatGPT be stricken from every book and tablet at July 17, 2026 11:18 AM (TbWk/)
>This was the only thing I remember. The digital age was still running on punch cards.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 11:18 AM (sYM3s)
That is the stupidist test condition I have ever heard. That would be impossible to police 40 years ago, let alone today.
Posted by: Chuck C at July 17, 2026 11:18 AM (0GLZr)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
Yeah that’s fine. But why not interview that way? Give the candidate a problem and have them solve it using AI. Then walk through the steps taken to make sure the candidate understands what the AI created.
Instead the interview questions are memorization questions.
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:18 AM (2hwDr)
This is absolutely necessary, in college and before.
We risk having our next generation learning nothing except how to query the information needed at the moment, worthless without phone/laptop/internet/AI.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Job applicants will be given pre-interview tests in a clean room.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:18 AM (xHEjv)
We risk having our next generation learning nothing except how to query the information needed at the moment, worthless without phone/laptop/internet/AI.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (X8xt3)
I think we are better off with a generation of people who haven't bothered to learn leftist indoctrination and just queue it up from AI when they need it.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:18 AM (/bHKT)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 11:19 AM (gKWVE)
Posted by: fozzy at July 17, 2026 11:19 AM (zH2yS)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:00 AM (XHO5P)"
The majority of civilizations to have ever existed said this and then proceeded to implode.
What we are doing is not working on a lot of levels, and we are headed the same way. Performative bullshit "education". Tolerating groups dedicated to our destruction. Importing hordes of cousin-fucking/street-shitting barbarians. Etc. Our nation is glaringly, blatantly more dysfunctional, poor, and violent than a mere 30 years ago.
The most I have personally managed to get out of anyone over 55 or so on these problems is "well I'll be dead so haha whatever"
It will take a lot more than just "figuring it out" for our culture and nation to exist in 2100.
Posted by: heya at July 17, 2026 11:19 AM (ND37T)
Lots of students are using AI. It's an online class so it's vey easy for them to cheat, even when the instructor uses an online proctoring tool. Students are clever about getting around them.
The reality is that graduating students WILL use AI in their jobs because that is the expectation. Companies will use AI for lower-level tasks. It's up to students who want a job to demonstrate they know how to leverage AI to do the hard stuff (like geospatial engineering). And can do it better than AI by itself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 11:19 AM (FZ29D)
Probably a lot going on in my noggin I don't want to know about.
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Lizzy at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (X8xt3)
Remember, millennials think they're the smartest generation ever because they grew up with a computer in their hand.
Then they turn around and say things like "we need a hard wired phone for times when cell phones don't work" as if they've just cured cancer.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (xHEjv)
Between the PhDs I worked with, often worthless in the agency in their own right, who also worked as adjunct professors and then, when back in the office, constantly whined over grad students trying so very hard - just not cutting it - and then threatening to have their important family members speak with the Dean to have grades changed. In the end, they always changed those grades higher.
AND
Hunter Biden attending Yale Law School, transferring there after completing his first year at the Georgetown University Law Center, and graduating with his Juris Doctor (JD) degree in 1996. Working for the US Commerce Department, going into the U.S. Navy as an Officer.
Much of it was BS for years.
Class structure, family networking, DEI, weird new educational programs still holds the norms mostly in the middle.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Student #22 at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (Cqx++)
. you could drop it at ANYTIME throughout the term; including
. if you took the final exam and decided NOT to turn it in, you were considered to have dropped the class.
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (9EFgU)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
Yeah that’s fine. But why not interview that way? Give the candidate a problem and have them solve it using AI. Then walk through the steps taken to make sure the candidate understands what the AI created.
I don't disagree. That's an argument for better testing methods, which I think we all want.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:21 AM (Riz8t)
Student can leave the oral exam and write a response back to the professor fixing anything he knew he didn't know or got wrong to earn half points back (testing effort and care, even if AI is included)...
Posted by: Nova Local at July 17, 2026 11:21 AM (tOcjL)
Especially the part when she points and laughs.
Posted by: davidt at July 17, 2026 11:21 AM (Q+gd/)
*I wear "barefoot" style kicks during the summer because I hate wearing regular shoes. So it opens up a conversation with them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 11:21 AM (jehhT)
The first rule of Cheat Club is not to get 100% of the answers correct. You have to build in a few wrong answers so it looks like you did the work yourself.
Amateurs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 11:21 AM (iFTx/)
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* Affirmative Action and DEI hires have entered the post *
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 11:21 AM (9EFgU)
The reality is that graduating students WILL use AI in their jobs because that is the expectation. Companies will use AI for lower-level tasks. It's up to students who want a job to demonstrate they know how to leverage AI to do the hard stuff (like geospatial engineering). And can do it better than AI by itself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 11:19 AM (FZ29D)
I have yet to use AI for anything. I even close the CoPilot app when it autoloads on my computers.
I guess you can say I'm fighting it tooth and nail.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)
"Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and The Wall Street Journal."
Broads, Buicks and Buckley!
Posted by: Steve Dallas at July 17, 2026 11:22 AM (wBRco)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
Computer majors walking around campus with their rubber banded stacks of punch cards.
Posted by: Tuna at July 17, 2026 11:23 AM (lJ0H4)
That's only was when she wrestles BananaDream.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:23 AM (uzmqU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 17, 2026 11:13 AM (l4RKn)
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Yep. Proctoring software just keeps the honest students honest. Like the lock on your front door.
Determined students are VERY clever about circumventing the proctoring software. They see it as a personal challenge.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 11:23 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 17, 2026 11:20 AM (wOO3z)
I watched that movie the night my mom cut her fingers off with a table saw.
"Every minute you don't tell us why you're here, we cut off a finger......"
I was a mess at that point........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
In my region, they're the biggest bangers of the DEI drums and the need to attend annual "Medicare" physicals.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 11:24 AM (NFX2v)
I guess you can say I'm fighting it tooth and nail.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)
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I use it on a semi-regular basis. For instance, when troubleshooting HTML code that's broken or when I want to do something with HTML and it walks me through the thing I want to do.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 11:24 AM (FZ29D)
The AI model correctly informed me about his being the head of the Bonneville Power Administration, and then went on to inform me that he had played baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1969 (I believe that was his father).
Yeah, I'm going to trust AI.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 17, 2026 11:25 AM (u6/wt)
Especially the part when she points and laughs.
A man's got to know his limitations.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 11:24 AM (FZ29D)
I can see that. I don't do programming or code anymore, so it's easier to avoid.
I'm more of a grunt these days.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:25 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2YhKe)
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Which is why Imma expert!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 17, 2026 11:25 AM (GC/eJ)
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This is true. But it’s not because people who run the world are dumb. The C students who run things spent their time networking and building relationships instead of spending their nights in the library getting As.
That network and a 3.0 GPA is far more valuable than the 4.0 GPA.
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:25 AM (2hwDr)
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My understanding from some time ago (assume it hasn't changed unless it's gotten worse) is that owing to "grade inflation," virtually nobody at an "elite" university gets a grade below a "B" [using Grok to confirm: "Grades below B do exist but are uncommon overall, and the distribution is heavily compressed at the top"].
Posted by: ShainS -- He of The Unnecessary Vowels! at July 17, 2026 11:26 AM (9EFgU)
I guess you can say I'm fighting it tooth and nail.
Same, but then, my job doesn't depend on my ability to use AI. Retirement is bliss.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:26 AM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 17, 2026 11:26 AM (DZ9Lv)
My (now long over) education nightmare was being told that I could not finish working on my Chemistry Ph.D. because the school learned that I had not taken an English class to satisfy that requirement for my Batchelor if Science degree. (I had done so, but for only one academic quarter because I had been well schooled in writing in high school.)
That foolishness plagued me over the course of about six months before my sleeping self gave it the boot. All this occurred decades after I had left higher education behind.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 11:27 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Common Tater
Me too.
Posted by: Tuna at July 17, 2026 11:06 AM (lJ0H4)
I had this same recurrent nightmare for more than a decade after finishing school (much prolonged by law school afterward) plus variants, like: an hour late to the final due to sleeping through alarm; stopped reading books for a course in the English department early in the semester and now had to read a half dozen or so novels while cramming for other courses. On and on. I sometimes wonder about my sanity. Doesn't seem like something that should haunt you for that long.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at July 17, 2026 11:27 AM (tgl2u)
Posted by: Ms. Fluke at July 17, 2026 11:27 AM (2hwDr)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:16 AM (uzmqU)
Colleges largely aren't in the education business they're in the tuition collecting business. It's the enshittification model yet again.
Posted by: Fleece fleece fleece some more at July 17, 2026 11:27 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 11:27 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at July 17, 2026 11:28 AM (YlWIZ)
Which is why Imma expert!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 17, 2026 11:25 AM (GC/eJ)
What can brown do for you.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:28 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: gKWVE at July 17, 2026 11:15 AM (gKWVE)
Oh, it couldn't be done in actuality. You'd be fired within 8 minutes of handing out the assignment.
But in debate classes/competitions, you are often given a topic you do not necessarily believe and asked to defend it.
And you are often asked to write in creative writing classes from a third person perspective, imagining yourself as a person you aren't.
It wouldn't require that you actually be racist or anti-Semitic, merely that you write papers defending those positions or write papers from the "perspective of a racist".
These would both be things that AI refuses to do, and you would actually be able to gauge the students ability to write a persuasive paper, a defense of a thesis, or a 3rd person fiction narrative.
Posted by: Based Conservative at July 17, 2026 11:28 AM (uSpHL)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 17, 2026 11:19 AM (FZ29D)
I don't trust other engineers, I also don't trust myself. I require easy to follow exposition on anything anyone is doing every time. I even have to convince myself of what I'm doing constantly. I will poke and pry to break anything to see if it still holds up. I do this while sleeping at night over the analysis I did the day before. Why would I ever trust some linear system goal seeking to make me happy using statistically derived montecarlo models of trust systems?
And maybe that's a real big problem. People will lose the ability to convince. As an engineer that is your biggest challenge. Convince others you know what you are doing and aren't a dummy. If you are not "doing" anymore how well do you think you'll be at "convincing"?
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 11:29 AM (3uBP9)
Heh. Mine was that they were "taking back" my PhD for unspecified reasons. I suspect it's a symptom of Imposter Syndrome.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
I still think that the Trump Administration should do a simultaneous SWAT raid at 2 AM of the admissions departments of all prestigious universities to seize the records.
I'm sure that the notes to Chelsea Clinton's admission to Stanford, for example, are just hilarious.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 17, 2026 11:30 AM (u6/wt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:30 AM (xHEjv)
I guess you can say I'm fighting it tooth and nail.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)
You and me both.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:31 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:30 AM (xHEjv)
F*ck you.
Posted by: Doogie Howser at July 17, 2026 11:31 AM (2YhKe)
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Some silly broad on X was talking about the absolute necessity for a similar wireless device for authorities to get important information out to the public during emergencies or natural disasters.
“Radio. You’re talking about radios”. It was hilarious.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:31 AM (8fTKG)
Did you realize it was wrong when it told you to strip and sit on the compressor to hatch an egg?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)
You and me both.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:31 AM (S41Gd)
I'm trying to bide my time until I either retire or don't have to work in the IT world anymore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:32 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:32 AM (uzmqU)
That stuff is usually a throwback to something quite traumatic that happened to you. But it's very likely NOT that similar or only a little similar. So it didn't have to have happened in school (although it might have if for example you got a call with bad news while you were in school or moving or preparing for something important).
So if you think about a time when you were unprepared or realized there was too much to do to solve something (usually something kind of very awful that got sprung on you) - you might be able to consciously put it to bed and never have that dream again.
Basically - point your brain to a rather traumatic episode that you can say roughly matches the feeling the dream gives you. Connect them consciously. The dream keeps wanting to tell you it doesn't know what to do with that thing. Once you see it, if you in fact have the right event (you'll know), the dreams will stop.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:32 AM (/bHKT)
Was thinking, why so many accepted the loss of manufacturing jobs:
"MY child is going to college and is NOT going to work in a factory."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 11:32 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:31 AM (Riz8t)
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Are you saying I've been wasting my time here?
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 11:33 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:25 AM (2hwDr)
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Where were you when I was a drunken freshman.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 17, 2026 11:33 AM (GC/eJ)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:23 AM (uzmqU)
no no, not that dream again...
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 11:33 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 11:33 AM (ExV1e)
At work what used to take an hour can now be done in minutes. Not everything, but a lot.
Which is good and bad of course. It’s good for me now because I can do a lot of fucking off. But it’s bad long term since eventually employers will realize they no longer need me. But I’ll be retired by then hopefully. 😀
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:33 AM (2hwDr)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 17, 2026 11:34 AM (KlUCT)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 17, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 11:33 AM (ExV1e)
At least you've got something to look forward to next week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)
Although you graduated with a perfect GPA, during a random audit we discovered that you took a class without having taken the required prerequisite for that class. That invalidates your Bachelor's degree which then invalidates your Master's degree and that invalidates your PhD
Posted by: Chuck C at July 17, 2026 11:34 AM (0GLZr)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:35 AM (uzmqU)
I found the whole exercise insightful.
Posted by: Diogenes at July 17, 2026 11:35 AM (2WIwB)
LOL - that's where the counterintuitive position comes in. Academic debate competitions these days aren't close to what they were before the internet.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 17, 2026 11:37 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: purely an academic question at July 17, 2026 11:05 AM (F/35S)
You have it backward. The orange dot is the midterm score so their grade decreased by 17 points.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 11:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:38 AM (8fTKG)
On the other side, teachers and professors are now using AI to grade tests.
And there is the issue of AI, each iteration getting worse than the one before. Something like it's cutting the tails off so all that's left is the most common.
And then next generation trains on that and cuts more off the ends.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 17, 2026 11:39 AM (3cUTc)
I found the best path was to always take advantage of Office Hours and spend some time with the Profs.
Take the opportunity to discuss the materials and test your knowledge while establishing a decent relationship with the Professor.
Worked like a charm.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:40 AM (uzmqU)
And then next generation trains on that and cuts more off the ends.
Some clever soul called this the AI ouroboros.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)
The hell you say.
You people must live in a bubble. Jesus Christ Almighty.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 17, 2026 11:40 AM (zdLoL)
You can. But, if you aren't in a Union you risk losing your job.
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:41 AM (uzmqU)
Then there's also going back to college decades later and finding that I still have a key to my room there and a boatload of stuff in it that I need to remove. The remainder of the dream is an exercise in futility and I can never successfully get my stuff.
Posted by: Unresolved baggage and unfinished business at July 17, 2026 11:41 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)
A lot of places have gone to requiring a (paid) internship prior to getting hired. For this very reason.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 11:41 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Chuck C at July 17, 2026 11:42 AM (0GLZr)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:40 AM (2YhKe)
As we learned this summer, she's the Ben Franklin spitting image.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 17, 2026 11:42 AM (tOcjL)
As we learned this summer, she's the Ben Franklin spitting image.
Posted by: Nova Local at July 17, 2026 11:42 AM (tOcjL)
See? Even AI gets it wrong. Ben was a black woman. NOT George Washington.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: garrett at July 17, 2026 11:40 AM (uzmqU)
The key is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:43 AM (/bHKT)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 17, 2026 11:12 AM (OUMaO)
I was teaching 20 years ago. It's very different now.
Also, if they were taking classes 20 years ago, they don't qualify as "young doctor".
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 17, 2026 11:43 AM (XHO5P)
Specifically, Chinese and Indian. Saw them blatantly cheat during in-class exams. The Japanese and Korean seemed to do things the right way.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (ExV1e)
My house says otherwise lol.
I bought an old house that needed mucho renovations. My contractor used the phrase”what the fuck were they thinking” many man maaaaany times throughout the project.
Posted by: Clown World at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (2hwDr)
Years ago before he started huffing his own farts, George will write a column about a history professor who did something similar but with ideology ( don't recall if it was U of Mich or Wis)
The professor showed an old black and white vid of combat with a narrator say " here are the rebels going over the top and charging enemy lines"
The students cheered the rebels. The professor stopped the vid and said "so you support the rebels". They cheered. Then he said "the rebels are Franco's Fascists." "Learn context"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (OXYE0)
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You can disable that, you know. Assuming it's on your home or non-managed PC.
Open up Settings and go to Apps. Then click on Installed Apps and find CoPilot in the list. Click on the 3 dots to the right, select "uninstall."
It will likely reinstall itself after every Windows Update, but for the duration it'll be disabled.
You can also edit the registry and kill it there. Again, assuming it's a home PC and not part of a corporate network.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (jehhT)
The key is sincerity. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:43 AM (/bHKT)
Either that, or have tits and give good blow jobs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 11:46 AM (hftzA)
It will likely reinstall itself after every Windows Update, but for the duration it'll be disabled.
You can also edit the registry and kill it there. Again, assuming it's a home PC and not part of a corporate network.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (jehhT)
I'm aware how to, but it's mostly work stuff and I can't modify that, so I just exit it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)
Once in a while, I’ll still have a dream (nightmare?) where I have a Final Exam and I’d completely forgotten to go to that class all semester. Oops!
Posted by: Common Tater
40 years after leaving Ft Benning, I STILL suffer from the Basic Training Trying To Find A Clean Uniform nightmare from time to time.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 17, 2026 11:46 AM (iqcvy)
Speaking of which:
Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory
Thousands of unionized Hyundai auto workers began walking off the job early after negotiations with the South Korean automaker broke down over plans to deploy humanoid robots—the most significant pushback from organized labor so far over the latest wave of robotic automation.
https://tinyurl.com/y93kkve4
These are hardworking Koreans, so if they're worried, the UAW should be terrified. Thus far, their response is to call automation a witch.
But labor unions in both South Korea and the United States clearly want to see stronger commitments from automakers in the face of such automation efforts. The UAW recently criticized GM for installing about 50 new robot arms at the automaker’s flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit after laying off more than 1,300 workers as a supposedly temporary measure.
During the UAW Convention held in Detroit in June 2026, UAW President Shawn Fain also warned against “the threat of humanoid robotics and mass automation” undermining worker employment and compensation.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Common Tater
I occasionally have one where I know I have a specific class, but I haven't been to it in a while and don't remember where it is.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:47 AM (2YhKe)
The students cheered the rebels. The professor stopped the vid and said "so you support the rebels". They cheered. Then he said "the rebels are Franco's Fascists." "Learn context"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (OXYE0)
[raises hand] . . . Um . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 11:48 AM (rbvCR)
tl;dr: Job title is 'Carnival Bearded Lady.'
Posted by: gp at July 17, 2026 11:48 AM (Jr5Lq)
[raises hand] . . . Um . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 11:48 AM (rbvCR)
Yeah, he spelled Democrats wrong.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 17, 2026 11:48 AM (2YhKe)
But what can we expect when we make men without chests?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
No, just the two. It also shows even the smarter ones will cheat, just to keep up if for no other reason.
Posted by: From about That Time at July 17, 2026 11:49 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Got it.
I worked for DoD (DoW) and the workstation I used was locked down tight. Sucked. Couldn't use home PC for anything other than WebMail through Outlook. And that only worked when it felt like it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 17, 2026 11:49 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Tuna
>Ha. Actually I got in and had one of the original Macs, no hard drive. But I like to bust their balls. Still, back the then the original data centers were rooms filled with reel-to-reel tape readers. We'd bring them in on pallets and have a dedicated staff of women loading tapes.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 17, 2026 11:49 AM (sYM3s)
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 11:50 AM (/bHKT)
The previous owners of our home -- the male, actually -- was a firm believer that cove molding paired with an adhesive was the preferred method to repair just about anything. Wrapping leaky duct joints with carpet padding and tying it off with clothesline earned high honors, too.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 11:51 AM (s9VOe)
A take home exam is a good example. Of course people are going to cheat on that. Even before AI.
I had a teacher in HS that constantly warned and complained about students cheating in her class. The reasoning? She had the same tests for like 25+ years straight. Like word for word. Everybody had an old copy of one. She knew this, but still wouldn't at least change them around a little bit. Just warned everybody about not cheating.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 11:51 AM (Bjzmv)
Posted by: Kindltot at July 17, 2026 11:51 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 11:27 AM (2ap+5)
It can be catastrophically wrong sometimes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 17, 2026 11:52 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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That may have been the case for a long time. When I was at school, the Gentleman's 'C' was regarded as nominal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 11:52 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:00 AM (8fTKG)
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Oh I have had that dream many times. I learned early, some classes made sense to attend and some were better just working in the text book and showing up for exams and quizzes. Of course, you still needed to know the material, no internet back in the stone age when I went to school.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 17, 2026 11:52 AM (GZYu7)
I...have no response to that.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at July 17, 2026 11:30 AM (xHEjv)
My radiotherapist looks like he's late 20s but he looked that way 7 years ago when he was my wife's radiotherapist.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 11:52 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 11:53 AM (/WQyy)
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In grad school, one of my classmates close to finishing his PhD program was notified that his undergrad university has rescinded his BS because he didn't meet the freshman English requirement and slipped through the cracks when given approval to graduate. Because everyone refused to bend the rules, he had to take leave for a semester, return back to his old uni and take the required class. We joked that he should double check with his high school too.
Posted by: justALurker at July 17, 2026 11:53 AM (4jnbQ)
He was a very sharp guy. Oh how Brown has fallen.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 17, 2026 11:54 AM (qFwJc)
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I recall that fraternities had years of exams/quizes on file, for use by the brothers as references.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 11:54 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at July 17, 2026 11:55 AM (aTl7+)
Posted by: Tonypete at July 17, 2026 11:08 AM (pyNYl)
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It's time is coming.
Posted by: Black JEM at July 17, 2026 11:55 AM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)
Yeah what was he thinking when there's Flex Tape!
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 11:56 AM (/WQyy)
_-_
Manager: Nope. You know those four projects that were due next week? You now have eight of them that are due by"Tuesday week or you don't get paid!"
Posted by: Don in SoCo at July 17, 2026 11:56 AM (JWDez)
"No sweat," I thought. "I can bag this entire thing and just ace the test."
So I never went to class. A few days before the exam, I get called to the professor's office. He informs me that the grade is not based only on the final, but also on a midterm and class participation. Oh, and the final is not take-home. It's in-class.
I shit a brick. I didn't take the midterm, because I didn't know about it, and I failed class participation because I was never there.
Professor says I need to ace the final or I fail the class. If I fail the class, I won't get credit for the course, and I won't graduate because I need those credits.
I was shitting bricks like howitzer rounds.
I had to learn the entire course in about 72 hours. I crammed for the exam in the most grueling, most gruesome 72 hours in the history of education. Pretty much no sleep.
I apparently aced the test because the professor gave me a B- for a final grade.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at July 17, 2026 11:56 AM (iFTx/)
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That’s where all those millions and millions of unskilled, illiterate illegal aliens pouring across the open borders makes a lot of sense.
Posted by: Common Tater at July 17, 2026 11:57 AM (8fTKG)
a real life Jeff Winger!
Posted by: Black Orchid at July 17, 2026 11:57 AM (j+aD2)
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I recall that fraternities had years of exams/quizes on file, for use by the brothers as references.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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And some student in every class would always have an older sibling that had saved the old tests because she handed them back with the grade.
This teacher wouldn't even change up the order of the questions.
Some would literally memorize "a,c,c,d,a,c..." etc and then ace the test.
If anything it was more of an indictment of the teacher.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 11:58 AM (Bjzmv)
If anything it was more of an indictment of the teacher.
It absolutely was an indictment of the teacher. Did she not think anything was amiss when students finished the test in 30 seconds?
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 12:00 PM (Riz8t)
I...have no response to that.
Posted by: Archimedes
As the home inspector and I went through the premises, Stan (the owner) was bird dogging us and getting more and more pissed off as the inspector racked up the many deficiencies. He wanted the inspector to be fired and expelled from the property. Our realtor had to corral him and remove him from our presence while telling him, "The inspector doesn't work for you, he works for the buyer."
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 12:00 PM (s9VOe)
Take home vs in class, the mid term could likely have been an easier environment (I don't know the wholes story)
There are a few in there where yes the mid term they performed better, but didn't tank the final either.
However, the point of the story is still valid... so I suppose I'm just listening to myself pontificate.
Most of the class cheated, obviously.
Posted by: Inogame at July 17, 2026 12:01 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 11:53 AM (/WQyy)
Sales guy to hardware engineers: So yeah, she was really hot so I said we'd provide one of our new 80 doggobyte racks and...
(engineer raises hand) What's a doggobyte?
Pshah! Like I know bro, you just stuff 80 of them in a box by close of business Friday because me and CIO babe have a date. Alright bros, later...
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 12:01 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 17, 2026 12:01 PM (qFwJc)
Sounds like you're bad mouthing the United States of America! -- Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman, Damn glad to meet you.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 12:01 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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My primary care guy of 20 years took early retirement after Obamacare became a reality. The practice plugged in a young guy who we came to call Doogie Houser. Nice guy, probably qualified and competent, but simply lacked confidence-inspiring experience in contact with the patients.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:01 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 17, 2026 12:01 PM (t+TFX)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 17, 2026 12:02 PM (qFwJc)
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It was when they banned IQ tests for employment, that employers started wanting to see a college track record.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:03 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:01 PM (XeU6L)
My guy was the one who, when told that the other radiotherapist had indicated a need for hormone treatment when he hadn't, responded with, "Well, I'm looking at the biopsy report and you don't need them." No lack of confidence at all.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 17, 2026 12:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ordinary American at July 17, 2026 12:04 PM (t+TFX)
It absolutely was an indictment of the teacher. Did she not think anything was amiss when students finished the test in 30 seconds?
Posted by: Archimedes
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People were more savvy than that, they'd take your time, miss a few, etc.
The reality is, they weren't all that hard anyway, but if the entire class has a copy of every test, you're going to "study" off that.
Posted by: Sharpie at July 17, 2026 12:05 PM (Bjzmv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at July 17, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 17, 2026 12:02 PM (qFwJc)
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You could take it home after it was graded, but that was about it.
The most we ever had was open-book or even "allowed notes" exams.
One of our instructors allowed a 3x5 note card at every exam he gave, because he read that the process of compiling, compressing and prioritizing the notes would actually cement the knowledge better than studying by reading.
Posted by: Axeman at July 17, 2026 12:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Archimedes at July 17, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
This should be something they worry about. Especially because bringing them in isn’t something necessarily negotiable- potentially there could be effects bargaining. The UAW is very reluctant to cross train, and they are completely spoiled by negotiations with auto manufacturers. For those they represent outside of this sphere, they get a bit flummoxed when faced with needing to make concessions and be more flexible. They also get flummoxed by real contingency planning. I locked the UAW out once. They at least got themselves together more quickly than when I did it to the USW. Twice. Good times, good times.
Posted by: Piper at July 17, 2026 12:06 PM (hftzA)
AI: Excellent work. Do not reinsert the fuel rods until XYZ is complete.
Me: Reinsert the fuel rods???
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 12:06 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
I went to UCSD from '85-'87. Loved working at the radio station.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at July 17, 2026 12:06 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:06 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 17, 2026 12:06 PM (YZkcf)
The dentist who took over the practice from my longstanding and now retired previous dentist is young. And spent all of ninety seconds examining me during my visit this past week.
The missus and I will be shopping for a replacement once her dentist retires later this year.
Were it not for the thorough job my hygienist does, I'd bail on him right now.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 17, 2026 12:07 PM (s9VOe)
You could take it home after it was graded, but that was about it.
The most we ever had was open-book or even "allowed notes" exams.
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Same for me.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:08 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 12:08 PM (/WQyy)
Posted by: runner at July 17, 2026 12:08 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Oglebay at July 17, 2026 12:09 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: sidney at July 17, 2026 12:09 PM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: banana Dream at July 17, 2026 12:10 PM (3uBP9)
It was 90% multiple choice but the available answers were all similar to:
A
B
C
A and B
A and C
B and C
Posted by: polynikes at July 17, 2026 12:14 PM (/WQyy)
I found the best path was to always take advantage of Office Hours and spend some time with the Profs.
Take the opportunity to discuss the materials and test your knowledge while establishing a decent relationship with the Professor.
Worked like a charm.
Posted by: garrett
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Words of wisdom here. Speaking as a retired tenured prof. We have office hours for a reason.
And as a professor, I tried and used multiple different ways to assess students which is at the heart of education--not tests per se.
Recitation and vomiting of assorted miscellaneous trivia memorized is about the lowest form of education there is. In a social science, the key is being able to form analogies and apply those miscellaneous trivia to new conditions whether by simulations, exam questions, or writing assignments.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 12:16 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: runner
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Pretty much. I didn't give a choice in most instances. Did for basic foundational class.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)
I'm sure that the notes to Chelsea Clinton's admission to Stanford, for example, are just hilarious.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 17, 2026 11:30 AM (u6/wt)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (tWxgu)
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You never would have caught me cheating on that test, becaused I wouldn't have taken that nonsense class in the first place. Really? "Welfare Economics?" Is that the "throw taxpayer money at it to make it go away after creating the problem in the first place, only to make it worse?" And, "Social Choice Theory". Oh, I'm sure the "theory" part is just some leftist's opinion, and if you come up with a theory of your own that contradicts the "Social Choice" theory, you're just WRONG. Classes like this with an over-emphasis in justifying stupidity and making excuses wastes everyone's time, money, and patience.
Posted by: Orson at July 17, 2026 12:17 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 17, 2026 11:44 AM (OXYE0)
They were killing Commies. Why would you not support them?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Curving grades is a lazy STEM practice to rank students. There are better ways to drive student learning and performance.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (E4rtv)
I'm sure that the notes to Chelsea Clinton's admission to Stanford, for example, are just hilarious.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at July 17, 2026 11:30 AM (u6/wt)
I would like to see Obama’s transcript.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 12:19 PM (tWxgu)
And as a professor, I tried and used multiple different ways to assess students which is at the heart of education--not tests per se.
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A cousin, well-respected math professor at well-known university, held his office hours at the student union. Apparently it worked out well, the informality of the setting having some appeal.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 17, 2026 12:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Orson
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Actually as a former econ undergraduate, welfare economic is a pretty important field as that is a massive expenditure for governments and Social Choice Theory, is actually rational choice theory which applies how individuals and institutions make rational decisions in light of available information, human behavior patterns, etc.
Really more a conservative class archetype than a liberal one.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at July 17, 2026 12:22 PM (tWxgu)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I ditched students doing in class presentations for a one on one with me over required research papers. It does work better. I always picked a public place for such though as I avoided private meetings one on one with students for classes-if I had to use my office, I kept the door open.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Ha! I knew someone would call me on this, why did it have to be you
Posted by: ... at July 17, 2026 12:26 PM (/bHKT)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Curving grades is a lazy STEM practice to rank students. There are better ways to drive student learning and performance.
Posted by: whig at July 17, 2026 12:18 PM (E4rtv)
There were occasions when I set the curve… I almost felt guilty when it happened. Almost!
As you probably know, there are a lot of graduate level classes in STEM where the prof could create an exam that was undoable for the students. I took graduate level classes in mathematics where a prof could’ve asked for proof of a single theorem on the exam and not one student could’ve produced the proof. It is a quandary to produce “fair” tests with that kind of advanced material
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 17, 2026 12:31 PM (+gA9j)
Administration would only let him fail them an that exam. No punishments. They were paying way too much, and admin didn't want foreign students avoiding that college.
Posted by: you're in hell, the world ended at July 17, 2026 12:36 PM (Lqp/b)
Of course, the results will be exactly as good as everyone else's AI-based writing -- so a Brown University education is essentially worthless. They may as well start getting used to that now, too.
Posted by: TR at July 17, 2026 01:16 PM (hazdd)
Giving students 11 hours for an open-book exam shouldn't be surprising that they had significantly better scores than a restricted in-person exam with a much stricter time limit, unless both exams were open book.
Obviously some of them cheated, but you have to be cautious about reading ALL of them cheated.
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