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Daily Tech News 19 June 2026
Top Story
- Apple CEO Tim Cook says prices are going to increase so that the company can maintain its 1000% markup on commodity components. (Tom's Hardware)
Apple is, right now, only achieving a 500% markup on memory.
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Tech News
- Microsoft's latest version of Outlook takes just 10 seconds to take you from a notification to reading the corresponding email. (Windows Latest)
One small problem: It used to be instantaneous.
- Valve's new Steam Controller is a runaway success. (The Verge)
This being The Verge, that's not how they frame the story.
- Amazon employees are facing extermination for fighting against datacenter construction. (The Verge)
If I were a doctor and fighting to abolish medicine, I wouldn't expect to retain my board certification for long.
- Nope, too stupid. (WCCFTech)
Disclaimer: Nothing! Absolutely nothing!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (quqLE)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (y1wyK)
What's the under/over on that?
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 19, 2026 04:46 AM (ZVw6f)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (quqLE)
headline:
LOL extermination
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:51 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:53 AM (Ia/+0)
After speaking up for regulation on data centers, Seattle activists say they were called into meetings with HR.
whodathunkit
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Speaking of the Sun, today, June 19th, is the shortest of two local maxima of the apparent solar day. These occur close to the solstices, with the Dec. one being the longest.
Anyway, the apparent solar day, the time between successive high noons, will be about 13.1 seconds longer than 24 hours. The apparent solar day will then continue to decrease reaching the yearly minimum around the Autumn equinox.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 04:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)
Vibe coding, across the universe
We keep slowing workflows
Because we're so diverse!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)
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Assuming you're referring to thermometer prob temps, chicken thighs 79C/174F, meat till 48C/188F on low heat, rest for 30-45 minutes and then sear.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:07 AM (y1wyK)
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)
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Assuming you're referring to thermometer prob temps, chicken thighs 79C/174F, meat till 48C/188F on low heat, rest for 30-45 minutes and then sear.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:07 AM (y1wyK)
I was making a joke about your typo:
... gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over ...
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - June 18, 2026 [Doof]
More stuff the left hates Yes, That’s An American Flag Made from 295 Corvettes
Over 250 Corvettes descended upon Detroit’s Belle Isle on Flag Day last Sunday to form a giant American flag and raise money for four veterans’ charities. Obviously, there was a need for Corvettes in red, white, and blue, and those made up the majority of the flag, but some other colors formed the flag pole on which Old Glory flew. While as many as 450 Vettes were hoped for, a count of the flag showed 295, which is still impressive. The event was known as—and T-shirts proclaimed it—“Corvettes on the Island.” It was organized by Larry and Verna Courtney of Michigan Corvette Events, a Michigan-based nonprofit that supports food pantries and veterans groups. The Courtneys are well known in Corvette circles for enthusiast-driven events including Corvettes on Woodward, Corvettes on the Island at Belle Isle, and leadership roles in the National Corvette Caravan. “This homegrown Michigan effort is built by the Corvette community itself with owners expected from across the country for an ambitious Flag Day tribute celebrating America 250, and honoring veterans,” read a release on the event.Very cool.
----- When ya gotta go $13,000 Autonomous Robot Toilet Comes to the Side of Your Bed
For decades, maybe centuries, the phrase “going to the toilet” has been a part of our everyday lingo, regardless of language or culture, but, like many other things, AI may just make it obsolete. Because, with the help of advanced technology, the toilet can now come to you, wherever you are. At this year’s Shanghai International Aged Care, Assistive Devices, and Rehabilitation Medical Expo, Chinese accessibility technology brand Yueban unveiled its revolutionary Xiaoban smart toilet, which can essentially be described as an AI-powered autonomous robot toilet designed primarily for individuals with disabilities, semi-disabilities, or mobility impairments.Read the whole thing. It's kind of a cool idea. ----- I don't see much diference - do you?
Both buildings cost
— Fletch17 (@RealFletch17) June 18, 2026
$847,000,000
Both are in Chicago
Trump built one
Obama built the other pic.twitter.com/LK2GzfQTwl
Cringe alert
NEW: Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/x8Dp541DGp
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2026
DJ Doof - Easy Theme Edition
Tonight's ONT brought to you by humidity
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (g4Qpi)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: mindful webworker - mostly at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (qFwJc)
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I'm not spending $13K so that the robot can report my bowel movements to the Chinese.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gnNyN)
Read the whole thing. It's kind of a cool idea.
Maybe for people with mobility disabilities. I do not want/need to take a dump in the kitchen.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
People pretending to vibe to that undanceable music.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (ZVgZ4)
Tim Roth in Rob Roy might like this handy device.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (1z8ji)
Thanks for all you do Doof
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (bWjRF)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
I was so excited I forgot it was coming out!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gnNyN)
Yeah... bowel movements.
Posted by: oyster farmer at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (sAmhv)
A-list actor Tom Hanks took a surprise shot at MS NOW while attending the ceremonial opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Thursday.
Hanks, 69, found himself face to face with a reporter from the network shortly after arriving.
MS NOW Senior National and Political Correspondent Jacob Soboroff was streaming live and approached Hanks.
‘Great to see you,’ Soboroff said, eagerly attempting to get Hanks’ attention.
The actor appeared busy, but eventually acknowledged Soboroff after some light pestering.
He broke the silence with a quip: ‘What can I do for the 800 people watching MS NOW?’ – a nod to the network’s waning viewership.
‘Oh, come on. We’re live on MS NOW,’ Soboroff said, putting his hand on Hanks’ shoulder before offering a smile.
‘All right – add a zero to it,’ Hanks said in a dead-pan tone.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (O7XEN)
I really don't see the need.
Posted by: Amber Heard at June 18, 2026 10:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:06 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)
---
I've been reading Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile." 140 pages into it and no one is dead yet. She's spending her sweet time setting up all the possible murderers, each of whom has a motivation to kill the victim.
The victim is sort of clueless. Not someone who deserves to die, but rather self-absorbed and doesn't see how her behavior affects those around her.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)
You post whatever content you like, and we will be happy with it. Promise!
That Obama library opening looks like a Charlie Foxtrot. And I didn't even watch the video!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 18, 2026 10:07 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)
Like one of those giant termite mounds in Africa. And both filled with parasites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:07 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)
Obama monolith, a proper christening
https://bit.ly/appropriate-use
© Mindful Webworks, sorta
Posted by: mindful webworker - predictably surprising at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (Jr+re)
https://is.gd/U3hf9f
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (gKWVE)
I never say that. Sounds kind of British TBH
--
Hittin' the head
Seeing a man about a horse
Visiting the field office
Gotta piss
Micturating on the Dude's rug
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (oq9dX)
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*touches nose*
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (hkB4p)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)
Like one of those giant termite mounds in Africa. And both filled with parasites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Someone said it earlier. German flak tower.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (HErCE)
Posted by: mindful webworker - added value at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Eric Cartman at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)
https://bit.ly/appropriate-use
© Mindful Webworks, sorta
Posted by: mindful webworker - predictably surprising at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (9bb3y)
Aw, I was hoping to see someone peeing on it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)
That's an absolutely amazing meme picture.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (HErCE)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gnNyN)
Yeah... bowel movements.
Posted by: oyster farmer at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM
***
My dog ate a bunch of Scrabble tiles.
He had horrible vowel movements.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)
----
Was the garden hose coiled provocatively?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (gnNyN)
Like one of those giant termite mounds in Africa. And both filled with parasites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I wonder how filled the library will be in a couple months?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Is that the road CBD lives on? 🤣😂
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (VCgbV)
As a matter of fact it was way better looking than that.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 10:15 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)
https://youtu.be/Hfne8fq38G8
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:15 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:15 PM (Rln0i)
I'm not lying.
It's a cultural phenomenon! So much so that TSA is putting out ubiquitous special warnings, inspired by the ranch dressing craze. "Pack it in your checked luggage. Don't carry aboard a plain unless there is 3 & 1/2 oz or less."
These soccer fans are making me take a new look at things I was barely aware of. Buc-ee's!; ranch dressing!; Outdoor World stores... with in-door rifle ranges!
Too funny!
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)
For some reason, I want to say it looks like one of those large Kiln buildings that you find at some of the larger Cement works.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (Rln0i)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:18 PM (RCjYY)
The Bishop will be here along with 500 guests and their assorted sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads and camp-followers.
I'm tempted to simply open up a couple cases of wine and kegs of beer and some chips and tell them 'go for it'.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 10:18 PM (ItpVy)
I'm sure he was amazed at the idea of black people and libraries being in the same vicinity.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:18 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:19 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (R+iUD)
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A rogue commode passing the Turing Test and seeking revenge on the humans who dumped on it is the kind of retro 80's Dickian horror I'm up for. Would not buy the popcorn bucket tho.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:20 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)
A bunch of people sat in a conference room, looked at the architect's renderings of the proposed structure, and decided 'That looks great! Let's build it!'
Inexplicable.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (FJ/Rv)
The stage is now set for a murder to take place.
Chekov's gun has fired once and has now been reset to go off again later.
On that note, it's time to go to bed.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (gnNyN)
For some reason, I want to say it looks like one of those large Kiln buildings that you find at some of the larger Cement works.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)
It looks like the top of those Star Wars walking machines.
I love that building so much.
It's unintentionally perfect.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (Rln0i)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: All Hail Eris
But if you push this switch it dispenses melted butter!
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: The Grateful at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
I'm sure it is much more than that.
For a library for a man who couldn't be bothered to read the daily briefings. Let alone, a book.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Bulg
___
Sounds like someone needs a hug.
{{{Bulg}}}
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (Rln0i)
"Gillibrand's son graduated from undergrad on Sunday. Today it's reported that he's received $30 million in venture capital funding to launch a derivatives exchange. His mom sat on the Senate Agriculture committee—which has jurisdiction over derivates—until this past year"
https://tinyurl.com/ye8uwcca
Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)
I gave up booze.
Now on days like that, I just go to bed early. Don't know if that'll work for you.
But I hope you'll feel better Bulg.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: She Hobbit at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)
Dammit, I am just typing and deleting all over the place tonight.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)
https://youtu.be/aFTTB6gOAJA
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)
https://bit.ly/appropriate-use
Aw, I was hoping to see someone peeing on it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt
Just the post-peeing wasn't good enough for you?
You know Who to blame.
[[For the naive, the uninitiated, and post-LP generation, it's a riff on the Who's Next album cover.]]
Posted by: mindful webworker - explaining the joke always adds to the humor... right? at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (9bb3y)
youtu.be/sZ3BKCe27WM
From one of my favorite 'he should have been bigger' rock acts.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (sAmhv)
https://tinyurl.com/ye8uwcca
Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (SHHm+)
One hopes it will be an integrated derivatives exchange, with DEI hiring in full effect.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (1z8ji)
......
Where's the lightning strike when you need it?
Or at least a drive-by.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (SHHm+)
"Gillibrand's son graduated from undergrad on Sunday. Today it's reported that he's received $30 million in venture capital funding to launch a derivatives exchange. His mom sat on the Senate Agriculture committee—which has jurisdiction over derivates—until this past year"
https://tinyurl.com/ye8uwcca
Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (SHHm+)
It's a Festivus Miracle!!!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)
A shame you're not here. You'd love my 7 iron. Put one 3 feet from the pen from 140 yards out.
Of course I two putted but let's not think on that.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)
Micturating on the Dude's rug
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
??!!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
.......
The Soetoro Center
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (kU0PQ)
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2026"
Talk about people with one foot on a banana peel, old Bill, Joe and GW don't look to hale and hearty.
Don't go buing any green bananas guys ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (3sXRv)
https://www.trlibrary.com/
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:29 PM (kpS4V)
===
88 degrees and 73% humidity right now.
In the shade.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Let me just have my good walk, unspoiled.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)
??!!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (0CU3H)
IYKYK
It tied the room together, man.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)
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That is a lot of depends.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Not sleeping in your own shit? Priceless.
Posted by: for everything else, there's CrapperCard at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (gnNyN)
Considering I have never been interested in PVC tubing, I don’thave the requisite life experience to judge the allure of its coils.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)
Let me just have my good walk, unspoiled.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)
No problems, buddy.
You can drive the cart.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)
--------
I'd forgotten this meme earlier today about the Obama Flak Tower.
https://is.gd/7VRrd4
Moving to Tokyo?
https://is.gd/CjBTkH
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (qx7Zg)
"Check the balls out on that collie,
Falalalala.
Now we know why he's so jolly,
Falalalalalalalala."
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Or at least a drive-by.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (oq9dX)
Find a lightning rod salesman. They are around, I bought them from one. Get him to sell Barky on the crying need for lightning rods to protect his legacy monument. Install four of them, with beautiful big braided copper ground straps going to copper-clad steel ground stakes. Soon, the local hood rats steal as much of the copper as they can manage to drag down; leaving ungrounded lightning rods securely bolted to the roof. Buy popcorn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)
Fun memory of cartoon afternoons!
I decided on "Overture, Curtain, Lights!" as the title for
granddaughter's theater Tee quilt I'm entering in the Quilt Show.
Posted by: sal at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (f+FmA)
Elsa, the Swedish bikini team member touring the US for the World Cup is now in Arizona following the old Route 66. She had a flat tire, and was amazed at how nice they were and how fast they fixed it.
It's "@elsathora" at X
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)
I'm ashamed that I ever defended that miserable avatar of the Deep State.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)
We could have told you we'd be whelmed.
Posted by: Fortunetellers' Local #632 at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)
Looks like someone tossed an old tower PC off their 3rd floor deck and then went out and stood it up at the curb for trash pickup.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (/lPRQ)
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I was feeling mighty gruntled until I read this.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)
We could have told you we'd be whelmed.
Posted by: Fortunetellers' Local #632 at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)
Dwarf fortune tellers local #7 rates the content as large whelming.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (qx7Zg)
Waited in an hours long line in Illinois to see that piece of shit.
Should've stayed home and took a nap.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:35 PM (/QHx4)
Schwerbelastungskörper. ""heavy load-exerting body." Let it trip over your tongue, and conjure up images of squat concrete construction, stories high, the very basis that Speer proposed to be the foundation of the remaking of Berlin as a truly international city.
Eighty years later, we see again this urge to reach to the skies via poorly dimensioned concrete blocks.
Schwerbelastungskörper. A poetry of concept encompassed by a single word, an Alexandrian verse in prestressed cement, a cyclopean exclamation point, a brutal modernist menhir erected and aimed at eternity.
Schwerbelastungskörper.
So, anyways . . .
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 10:35 PM (rbvCR)
It's "@elsathora" at X
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)
And Miguel said to Juan, "Caramba! They did all thees for you?"
And Juan said, "Not for me, but for my seester, si!"
Posted by: just the punchline at June 18, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)
I don't walk anymore. Not because I can't. But all that stinking exercise wears off the liquor too quickly.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:37 PM (FJ/Rv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Happened to RockAuto open browsing for 2001 S-10 Blazer so checked out what they had for Falcon. Not sure if I got the right data, but they got a lot of stuff. Even drums with four holes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:37 PM (FJ/Rv)
Obamalith.
I like this one. *yoink*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Disgruntled is one's state of being once the gruntlement wears off.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:39 PM (41CYW)
--
Is that a circle of jerks or a circle jerk?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:41 PM (51ygH)
.......
"First guy to fix my tire gets a signed 8x10 glossy." - Elsa
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:41 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (FJ/Rv)
Posted by: davidt
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You missed the statue that neighbors built for it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (51ygH)
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In Germany it would say TODT
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (/QHx4)
--
Is that a circle of jerks or a circle jerk?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:41 PM (51ygH)
The Four Sta-Puft Marshmallow Men.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Thinking it should be called the Ministry of....?
Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:44 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:44 PM (ZVgZ4)
It's "@elsathora" at X
Posted by: publius
@elsathora
Finally made it to Walmart
CHEESE IN A CAN?
And yes that’s an American flag bikini and cowboy hat for 4th of July weekend
I guess we'll all* have to check for pictures in a couple weeks.
* - maybe not the 'ettes, but definitely Bulg.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:45 PM (FJ/Rv)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:45 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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No. Just "Let me be clear" playing continously on audio loop.
Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)
It fits. Classless, ugly, and of no value. Fits Ozero to a T.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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No. Just "Let me be clear" playing continously on audio loop.
Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (41CYW)
It's the iPod gift to Queen Elizabeth, Mark II. Audio and Video.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
City of Chicago should be insulted that he dumped such an ugly turd on them. But they are too stupid to be insulted.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Thinking it should be called the Ministry of....?
Posted by: scampydog
.....of Despond, if naming it for the look of the building.
.....of Smarm, if naming it for Obama.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)
Inspired by great love, like the Taj Mahal.
Except inspired by Mooch.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:49 PM (IY9No)
Except inspired by Mooch.
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Where's the penis?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:49 PM (u/oMr)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTZ6fWKLgtM
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (41CYW)
Husband: Of course not, Darling! Clearly, the room has gotten smaller, that's all.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Just finished watching a Bette Davis noir-type thriller from 1951, Another Man's Poison, in which she stars with her then-husband Gary Merrill. Nice twisty murder flick based on a stage play. Never a dull moment.
Tomorrow I'm taking vid tours of two more houses. One is a two-story place with hardwood floors, 3 BR/1.5 BA, a big living room and big dining room, basement, and garage, bedrooms upstairs. Unfortunately it's right up at the ceiling of my price range; I don't know if I can spring for it.
The other is a small 2 BR /1 BA with a rear patio and deck, all the floors done, a basement and a 2-car garage. Much better price than the other. But I hate the big glass patio door/window at the back, which will get sunlight a good part of the day in summer and leak heat in the winter. Every apartment or condo or house I've seen in the South has one, and I hate them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)
A German guy, "Freddy" and friends are also amazed at the US:
"x.com/FreddyLA7"
They stopped at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and got some kind of VIP tour indeed. Their tour guide was an astronaut, Anne McClain. They let Freddy and his pals go inside the Orion capsule from Artemis II, and also a video call to the ISS.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (ZVgZ4)
Jeebus. Ugh. Gross.
Go to the bathroom to evacuate.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (A5RD0)
I'm sure they'd let Elsa climb in and on and ride anything she wanted to.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:53 PM (Rln0i)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
It's hard to believe that OBummer's people okayed that thing. It's butt ugly. Maybe they hate Chicago.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Case
Ahem.
ClF3. That is all.
.....that's not all? Okay.
https://is.gd/JhATuK
"There’s a report from the early 1950s (in this PDF) of a one-ton spill of the stuff. It burned its way through a foot of concrete floor and chewed up another meter of sand and gravel beneath, completing a day that I'm sure no one involved ever forgot."
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)
As a matter of fact it was way better looking than that.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026
***
Hill House is better looking than that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Remind me never to piss you off.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)
Hope you find something, Wolfus. When is your apartment lease up in NO?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: steevy
I voted for McCain, and Romney. How do you think I feel?
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)
It's probably plywood with a thin coating of concrete.
Posted by: four seasons
Heh. In a few years, it will need lots of rolls of duct tape to keep from falling apart.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)
I wonder how long it will be before the unpaid contractors try to burn it down.
Posted by: four seasons
Ooooo. I’ll bring lawn chairs and marshmallows.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)
The choices weren't exactly overflowing.
Technically, you voted for Palin. McCain was just there.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (Sco7b)
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Word is that if you touch it, you get a sudden urge to clobber a tapir with a femur.
Posted by: Arthur C. Clarke at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (/QHx4)
Treasure box...
Something, something, something...
...your mom!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (g5Xj2)
Posted by: four seasons
Like that 'stucco' sleezy developers screwed home buyers with.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
Garlic.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)
Just wanted to make sure. That was NOT the actual capsule used by Artemis II (Integrity), but a training/testing mockup. Still not something the general public gets to crawl around much.
The real capsule is down at KSC, in the MPPF facility undergoing post flight analysis and all that stuff. No, they wouldn't let the public near the real thing, might mess something up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)
Isn't that how Dracula was killed in a movie, being struck by lightning? Was it Frank Langella?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)
Would a young Jesse Jackson feel comfortable?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)
Bradbury: “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (ZVgZ4)
I wonder how long it will be before the unpaid contractors try to burn it down.
Posted by: four seasons
Fountainhead
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4)
I hate politicians.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (0Htd1)
"…wretched hive of scum and villainy…"
Posted by: mindful webworker - target-rich opportunity missed at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: George "Ivan" Bush at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
*snort*
Ewwwww
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 11:02 PM (w6EFb)
Is Jesse Jackson still alive?
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4)
Apparently not. He died in February.
But still looks better than Al Sharpton.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (/QHx4)
A.word of warning. After you turn 29, stairs are no longer your friends.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (g5Xj2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)
This is spot on and deliciously wicked!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 11:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:07 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: steevy
I voted for McCain, and Romney. How do you think I feel?
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Pfft. LBJ was my CiC, for a while.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (XeU6L)
One interview today went badly (not discourteously, just a bad fit for reasons that weren't obvious prior), one went great ("You're the only one to cover all the points I wanted in the answer"). So long as this one or the good one last week don't disappear into the aether....
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: nerdygirl
As Twain put it, "Congress is our native criminal class".
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Otto Penn at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (TWeMF)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)
I thought Twain had a story where the lightning rod salesman convinced him to buy so many lightning rods that he first despaired, and then mounted them all over his roof. Then a thunderhead came by and took up the challenge and invited all its friends and they spent the afternoon taking shots at the house until dispirited and exhausted the had to move on, leaving the house, and its now twisted and blackened lightning rods in place, with the added benefit that there hadn't been a single rumble of thunder heard in the county for 20 years since.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 11:09 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)
The technical term is "tofu dregs." The Brave Search AI summary from this afternoon:
"The term is Tofu-dreg construction (or Tofu-dreg project), derived from the Chinese phrase dòufuzhā gōngchéng ( 豆腐渣工程 ), which translates to "tofu dregs project." This slang describes poorly constructed buildings that are prone to structural failure due to substandard materials, such as concrete mixed with insufficient cement or excessive water to cut costs.
"The term was coined by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in the late 1990s to criticize corruption and corner-cutting in China’s rapid infrastructure boom. While historically associated with a lack of regulation and bribery, recent standards (such as GB/T 51408-2021 for earthquake-prone areas) have significantly improved construction quality in response to public outcry and past collapses."
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 11:10 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: P.J. O'Rourke at June 18, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026
***
Not until next May. I'll break it if I need to; two months' rent as a fee and I'm done.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (A5RD0)
And more than 100k people die from the heat each year in Europe because they are too poor to afford A/C.
I'll take salad dressing made from hydrocarbons any day!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 11:12 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:13 PM (9SpJJ)
Cynical Publius
@CynicalPublius
·
7h
The reason the legacy media is desperately fawning over the opening of the Obama Jawas Sandcrawler and the cavalcade of Deep State former President/former First Lady villains is because they think they can turn around the fact that America completely rejected everything these evil hooligans stand for.
They don't realize it's too late.
America's eyes are open and they are not going to close.
Amen, and thank you Lord.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 11:13 PM (Rln0i)
Posted by: Diogenes
I love my 7 iron. Sank my only albatross & ace with it!
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at June 18, 2026 11:13 PM (y7zkd)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 11:14 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: SciVo
Even the purveyors of Yang Poon have to deal with Yang Poon? Is it Yang Poon all the way down?
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)
Searching around, moving things to try to flush it out didn't work. Reluctantly, we opened the doors, turned out the lights, and went to sleep, trusting our angels to protect us.
In the morning, I heard it buzzing behind the curtains at the window. MiladyJo, mighty hunter, gooshed it. (Her track record of successful kills has her invited on many a safari. Like that karate guy catching a fly with chopsticks.)
A stain on the curtain was a small price to pay for genetic management victory.
I hate horseflies. I'll always remember one buzzing me in the shallow end of the swimming pool, and I ducked under the water and swam all the way to the far end, popped my head out, and there it was, still buzzing me. Nasty things. Glad they don't seem to be as prominent hereabouts as they were in my yout'.
Gonna wander away now. Back later with more exciting tales.
Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (9bb3y)
A.word of warning. After you turn 29, stairs are no longer your friends.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2026
***
I'm in good condition, and don't plan to be hauling any furniture up or down stairs on my own. I'm more concerned with cooling the upper rooms in summer. Window units would be my friends there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
So, an homage to Michelle.
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 11:16 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: davidt
--
Chicago is a good place for it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:16 PM (51ygH)
The Obama shit tower is indicative of his presidency.
Another example of something he *ucked up.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)
Soviet Russia called, they said, You're trying too hard!
Posted by: RandomDave
......
The concrete cap on Chernobyl looks better.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 11:17 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)
Oh, they have it even worse. We get the good stuff, the Export-Quality yang poon.
It sounds like a joke. They're not laughing.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 11:18 PM (Sy6m/)
Good luck. I hope the search goes well.
My projects are done for the night. Snowflake is in. She sleeps with Ralphy and I in my room and I put her out about 4am.
I'm becoming well trained.
Good night all.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 11:18 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:18 PM (wzUl9)
Stairlift, I has one... main bath is upstairs and hubby couldn't manage it any more. Money well spent-- he used it for 4 years. It's there if I ever need it. Weight limit on ours is 300#, cost in 2021 was $4k installed. (Had to have a dedicated 15A circuit which was not a problem) Has its own battery backup, supposedly good for ~20 trips if power goes out but we never needed it that much.
Very handy for taking heavy things up/down too! LOL. Installer said one of his customers used theirs to haul bags of mortar mix & boxes of tile when they did some bathroom work.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)
I wonder if the Chicago Butt Plug is something similar. Our former president might be convinced that now that he built it, everyone else will emulate it, 'proving' that he is still leading, or something.
Posted by: JB1000 at June 18, 2026 11:21 PM (ldXrC)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:21 PM (/QHx4)
"…wretched hive of scum and villainy…"
Posted by: mindful webworker -
You're bad mouthing hives of scum!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 11:23 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 11:25 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: JQ
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Main bath up.
If I'm stuck here much longer I'm getting a winch from Harbor Freight, installing runners and hooking a leveled pallet to it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:25 PM (51ygH)
Read today on Cowboy State Daily that a truck hauling bee hives crashed in Yellowstone.
We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:25 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons
Definitely a life-changer! Hubby actually cried happy tears-- it had been months since he'd had a real shower-- just sponge baths by the heater and washing his hair in the sink!
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)
really, you'd be surprised at all the muscles used to get up off the floor. owe.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:27 PM (51ygH)
If I'm stuck here much longer I'm getting a winch from Harbor Freight, installing runners and hooking a leveled pallet to it.
Posted by: Braenyard
Heh. We considered same. But had some $ in the bank and decided to go for the 'non-redneck' setup. Still cheaper than adding a bath!
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Now what else can I buy?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)
JQ,
We lived two miles from the in-laws. We had the stair issue at our house also.
They wanted to stay in their house so it was a win-win situation for all of us.
They were so happy to continue to live in their house.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (/QHx4)
We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.
Posted by: four seasons
After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf."
Was the truck driver at least stung hundreds of times?
Posted by: mikeski's an optimist at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: George Bush at June 18, 2026 11:34 PM (ceJ0R)
64 Isn't 'negress' spelled 'nigress'?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM
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No, the word has no "i" in it.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 11:36 PM (mS8PE)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:37 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Mini-splits.
So easy a caveman could do it.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 11:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 11:38 PM (RIvkX)
We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.
Posted by: four seasons
After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf."
Was the truck driver at least stung hundreds of times?
Posted by: mikeski's an optimist at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)
Okay.
"Read today on Cowboy State Daily that a truck hauling bee hives crashed in Yellowstone. ICE said, 'We didn't set that sting up, but we'll take it.'"
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 11:39 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:37 PM (/QHx4)
I'll bet the seller and the buyer of the bees are pissed, too.
The plight of the fumbled bees!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)
We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.
Posted by: four seasons
After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf."
Was the truck driver at least stung hundreds of times?
Posted by: mikeski's an optimist at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)
Probably not. They were too busy with lifeboats to hex the driver.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)
76 I like ranch dressing, but still do not understand why some folks go crazy over it.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM
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Europeans supposedly go crazy over it. They go crazy over Walmart too.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (mS8PE)
Posted by: steevy
I voted for McCain, and Romney. How do you think I feel?
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Pfft. LBJ was my CiC, for a while.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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What are you doing up this late?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)
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I'll remember for morning prayer and for Rodrigo too
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 11:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)
No honey, no money. Or something like that.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 11:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
If anyone is interested in what goes on in Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily is a great site.
Lots of discussions about data centers.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:46 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)
The lawsuit will be a hummer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 11:47 PM (1z8ji)
Look out! MegaMichelle has gone from suck to blow.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 11:47 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
Wouldn't that be MegaMike? And would add new meaning to Windy City.
Unlike 2001, everyone who encounters the Obamalith becomes dumber, more primitive.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:49 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:50 PM (ZVgZ4)
.Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 11:51 PM (aJQbY)
64 Isn't 'negress' spelled 'nigress'?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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Thinking about those Richard Pryor clips the other night, and him getting darker and more angry over time and how stuff takes its toll on a human and how external evil influences corrupt natural love and interaction. I remembered conversation about your squad that had a nic for you, it was cool, and you liked it but later on, in retrospect you didn't like it anymore.
That's what propagandists do. They take things that bring people together and tear it, distort it and use it as a wedge to corrupt relationships which rips on the fabric of society and bring joy to their dark hearts.
Dad worked with a fellow whose nic name was Bo. Dad, why do yall call him Bo. _ Because he's a Bohunk. He'd had that nic since he was 10 and wore it happy. But today they'd rip it up.
It's a sad thing what we've allowed them to do to us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:52 PM (51ygH)
It may have Gaylord's name on it, but Manny&Moe Heating&Air has ownership until he pays up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)
Me too. I was expecting something about a buzzkill. Didn't get it.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at June 18, 2026 11:54 PM (JH34D)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)
They should put Trump's name on it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
In ten years, it will be a looted and fire gutted shell.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (ebJJx)
Posted by: JQ
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It's outrageous.
People, you want your children/grandchildren to be rich? Tell them to be plumbers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (51ygH)
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So, Manny&Moe slap a lien on it, and then... suck it up until the place is sold? Don't see how that helps them *now*
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)
144
I wonder how long it will be before the unpaid contractors try to burn it down.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM
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Maybe all they have to do is wait. I'm wondering what happens to the concrete this winter, on days when rain is followed by freezing temperatures.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 11:57 PM (mS8PE)
It will be the projects that George and Weezie Jefferson escaped from.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:58 PM (aWft4)
Husband and I are old.
About everyday we decide we aren't going to read the news anymore.
But we keep reading the news.
It's like reading about a train wreck, you can't look away, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:58 PM (/QHx4)
All they can hope at this point is slap the lien on and then reach a negotiated settlement with Gaylord's handlers to make them go away and release the lien.
A lien is legal leverage.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:58 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: W. Jennings at June 18, 2026 11:59 PM (aWft4)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)
They could seize any revenue it generates. That buck and a half could come in handy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:00 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: We're No. 1 at June 19, 2026 12:00 AM (9CpDM)
Me too. I was expecting something about a buzzkill. Didn't get it.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at June 18, 2026 11:54 PM (JH34D)
Well, they say most accidents occur close to home. I expect those hives have moved on. Winnie the Pooh and Yogi Bear are hoping for locally sourced honey.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (/QHx4)
_Andy Rooney
Andy, you should have lived longer, you'd be aghast.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (51ygH)
What is it about paying with the big Leftards anyway?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (aWft4)
Speaking of presidential structures falling to shyte, it seems the Flag Blue finish is peeling off the bottom of the new reflecting pool in DC. Yeesh.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (XJ22o)
It may have Gaylord's name on it, but Manny&Moe Heating&Air has ownership until he pays up.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Federal contracts have the Miller Act which prohibits mechanics liens of federal property by contractors. It also requires the BC get a payment and performance bond. The subs who aren't paid have to duke it out with the bond company.
States usually have a "Mini" Miller Act.
Any private interest can require this too.
A MINIMAL contractor would advertise such as well.
The Obamalisk ? One would think they had enough sense to require a payment bond. A money pit that deep there are probably lot of disputes.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)
If you believe the media.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:02 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:03 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
A whole lot of spalling and a popping going on.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:04 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: zombie andy rooney at June 19, 2026 12:04 AM (9CpDM)
Maybe all they have to do is wait. I'm wondering what happens to the concrete this winter, on days when rain is followed by freezing temperatures.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Spalling
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:04 AM (51ygH)
_Andy Rooney
Andy, you should have lived longer, you'd be aghast.
Posted by: Braenyard
Did you ever wonder why some women have testicles?
Posted by: zombie Andy Rooney in 2026 at June 19, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:05 AM (/QHx4)
You saying there are already five coats of paint and two layers of sheetrock covering the interior walls?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:05 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)
No, obama is just a tasteless asshole. He probably loves that design. He probably gets as exited over it as he does when he rubs big mike's dick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:06 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (qx7Zg)
The Brutalism School just called, "Bro, that's just too brutal."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (2GVsD)
If you believe the media.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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It looked like a dicey story to me, but it seems to check out. There's video.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (XJ22o)
No, obama is just a tasteless asshole. He probably loves that design. He probably gets as exited over it as he does when he rubs big mike's dick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Yup, check out the interior decor.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Was going to bid on this house but the brick was unusual. Checked it out, it was spalling. Never seen it or knew the word. No cheap fix. It's a brick by brick deal. I'm utilitarian, if it could be sprayed with stucco or concrete I'd take it.
It's in a primo neighborhood and the price is less than the land value. sad trombone
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:03 AM (2GVsD)
It's a slur on Nazi flak towers to compare Obama's Maosoleum to them. The flak towers are kind of elegant, considering their purpose, and alt least possess symmetry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (2GVsD)
https://youtu.be/MKLVmBOOqVU?
Posted by: Rex B at June 19, 2026 12:10 AM (rgnea)
Posted by: zombie andy rooney
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You need more fabric softener in your diet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 12:10 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:11 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (HZniy)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)
Filled with Herms?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (1Ff7Z)
Since I can make Deep Fake videos, even in real time. Still don't buy it.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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We shall see.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:13 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:13 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:13 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (/QHx4)
Why am I thinking of Russian nesting dolls, by the time you get to the center there is nothing there.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (/QHx4)
There is, it starts at the front door.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (HZniy)
Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind? Have some mashed potatoes and singing mailboxes.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (XJ22o)
I am going to guess that Trump got the warrantee written into the original contract, though.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:18 AM (2GVsD)
And I have muffler and tailpipes to do while it is on the hoist, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:20 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (HZniy)
I doubt the Maosoleum would be prime hunting ground for those.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)
274 Apparently Melville did do a story titled “The Lightning-Rod Man” which I was unaware of. But Bradbury has a similar character at the beginning of “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. He doesn’t make it to the end (he is killed by the Dark Carnival) but he does warn the two boys, the main characters, that a storm is coming into their lives.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
In the film he wakes up from his electric chair and electrocute the Dust Witch as it all falls apart. Tom Fury, played by character actor Royal Dano. Not many know his name, but you’ll know his face.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: I wonder where he got the idea at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (hD90I)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Berserker
A sewage treatment plant at least has a useful purpose, and is a cornerstone of civilized society. That peckerwood's pillbox is a waste of good concrete.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (HZniy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Berserker
Fitting for Shit Midas.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 12:23 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (0nHVk)
Yeah but I don't think it worked as planned. We get to laugh at it and call him an asshole.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:24 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Presidential libraries are usually privately funded.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:24 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)
Yeah, they actually do.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: MAKE.IT.GO. at June 19, 2026 12:25 AM (9CpDM)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:27 AM (/QHx4)
Ahhhhh... sundown. Finally! It was only 85 today, but supposed to be 95 tomorrow-- need to cool the house overnight. Got windows open and fans running. Feels better already.
Got the yard mowed & watered, and pulled a few weeds today. Trimmed one rose bush (it's a start!) and cleaned out the 'bulb bed' of dried foliage.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker
A sewage treatment plant at least has a useful purpose, and is a cornerstone of civilized society. That peckerwood's pillbox is a waste of good concrete.
Not to be redundant, but stating the obvious about what it purpose for which they were very clear:
“It is designed to tell the story of our collective power" OBAMA/Library'26
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg&t=118s
The OBAMA Library is a BORG Collective which even sports a BORG cube and tentacle like walkways which will assimilate all who dare trespass near it.
The very EPITOME of DEEP STATE double think on full display LUSTING for the day when SUSAN RICE (Benghazi was a youtube video) can lead the final purge upon the those who would think different -- Normal People.
She will be defeated as before because:
Resistance is NOT FUTILE
Impedance is REAL.
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (wJXon)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (HZniy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)
Are you thinking that King Kong assembled it from Legos, while yelling Leggo My Eggo?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (qx7Zg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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The Meidum pyramid is symmetrical.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:30 AM (0nHVk)
313 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.
The Brutalism School just called, "Bro, that's just too brutal."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (2GVsD)
There’s a certain variety of “intellectual” who thinks “good” is anything different from what’s been done before - even if it’s the most gawdawful monstrosity ever seen.
It’s never occurs to them that it’s pretty damned easy to make a gawdawful monstrosity.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:30 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
If it's a nice day tomorrow, I will get on the riding mower, and do that part of the yard closest to the house and the outbuildings. It's grown enough since the last mow that it's looking shaggy again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:30 AM (1z8ji)
Seven year old grandson spent the day with us.
He wanted to make money so we had him clean up the dogshit in the yard.
He was so happy, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:31 AM (/QHx4)
I am going to guess that Trump got the warrantee written into the original contract, though.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Good lord, I was looking around for info and now Nick Sortor says someone's etched 8647 onto the bottom of the pool! Has video! There could be some destruction going on. Gee, would anyone do that?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:31 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:31 AM (XJ22o)
Faithless employees of the contractor? Repaint the pond liner with their blood.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:33 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Riding mowers FTW!
Grass isn't really a problem, now that it's hot & dry.. the damned chicory sends up tall, ugly spikes that make my yard look ratty within a few days of watering. At least there's not much to sweep up after a mow these days. LOL
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:37 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Riding mowers FTW!
Grass isn't really a problem, now that it's hot & dry.. the damned chicory sends up tall, ugly spikes that make my yard look ratty within a few days of watering. At least there's not much to sweep up after a mow these days. LOL
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
If your lawn looks Shaggy, perhaps you should hire Scooby Goat to clean it up.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:38 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)
I don't rake or bag the clippings, just mow over the most conspicuous windrows to scatter them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:38 AM (1z8ji)
None of the "Trump Towers" are suitable for flak guns, or could withstand heavy bombardment.
Posted by: Obama and Luftwaffe Flakabteilung fan voting Platner at June 19, 2026 12:41 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:37 AM (51ygH)
It's a pretty car. Big, red 2-door hardtop fastback with a white interior. 430 V8. I would call it a "dude muscle car". Not really very sporty or competition oriented.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)
They grow like weeds but very good at hiding the window rattler.
This summer's going to be a killer.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:42 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Then, they killed Olds altogether.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 12:42 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 12:42 AM (XeU6L)
And Pontiac. But well after the muscle car era had run its course.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)
https://youtu.be/23kUulN2sYQ
She failed to destroy the bridges and rail lines. That would have seriously screwed up the Russian timetables for war.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I can sometimes get away with that, but not *usually*.
The tow-behind sweeper is a honey, (especially in autumn!) and gets the clippings up easily. We have weekly yard waste pickup 10 months of the year, and I have 4 large containers... I make good use of them!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It looked like women would love to ride in it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:45 AM (51ygH)
When I finally move from here remind me to bring the craw, it is a lobster claw crusher that may be the original Swiss army knife. It is very helpful for arthritic hands opening any type of booze bottle, I'd be lost without it. My hubs always called it the craw and so it shall be.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:45 AM (0nHVk)
Anyway, I'm happy to jump in on the Ob-scenity. I can just imagine an architect right now saying to a client, "We're thinking of a Bruta--"
Yeah, no.
And Michelle using the occasion to continue scolding us for not accepting people just because "they're not exactly like us." I don't know how she worked it into the occasion of a library opening. But doesn't that idiot know that the story of the hour is foreigners delighted to discover that that's a big lie?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:46 AM (XJ22o)
Of late, I've gotten quite fascinated with the Younger Dryas, the Impact Hypothesis, which is quite controversial, more so than you'd expect. And I learn stuff I didn't know that I'm ashamed I didn't know.
SC here has very few natural lakes. The big ones are all man-made. But it has a few natural and shallow ones. One is White Pond, a shallow (2m) body of water of about 66 acres. It's a little over 30K years old, and contains a fantastic record in the form of sediments.
And it has a big flashing red Younger Dryas story to tell. Christopher Moore, University of SC, studies that, and found a big platinum spike in that sediment which has been dated right at the start of the Younger Dryas.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
LOL! Not the Craw... The Craw!!!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: He Has Failed Trump For The Last Time at June 19, 2026 12:48 AM (lZt8q)
Posted by: Braenyard
Brakes?
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rex B at June 19, 2026 12:50 AM (rgnea)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (51ygH)
Does this manifest as a noise, or as a vibration you feel. Two wheel drive, or 4X4? If you have a limited-slip rear axle that is locking up prematurely, you might feel/hear a rear end shudder from that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)
If the blue in the reflecting pool is already flaking off, the contractor should be drowned in it.
Posted by: He Has Failed Trump For The Last Time
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Trump has shown his ability to build. He can show his ability to raise hell and sue.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (XJ22o)
I think you could sub out water for Ranch when waterboarding. My wife says no, it'd just be fatal. But I think she's just not taking into account technique, skill, execution.
Posted by: Hidden Valley Interrogation at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (lZt8q)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)
You can also look at the "south carolina bays" which are argued to be wind erosion sites that left elliptical basins that all point towards Michigan. Or they could be secondary impact sites from a bolide that hit around Michigan
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 12:53 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:56 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:56 AM (51ygH)
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As the kids these days say.... "you just played yo self"
Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 12:57 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)
Have they been accurately age-dated, too?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)
Another site of recent interest is the "Perkins site" in Louisiana. Look that up if interested.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: ...
What's with the writing on it? "...Look upon my works, ye mighty, and weep..." or what?
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)
There are wide dating ranges for the things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
There are wide dating ranges for the things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
Half your age plus seven.
Posted by: Or, $20, same as in town at June 19, 2026 01:04 AM (lZt8q)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (51ygH)
Is i felt equally with right turns and left? A wheel bearing, or tire with a belt separation should be more noticeable when on the outside of a turn, and that wheel is loaded more. Don't overlook something simple, like loose lug nuts!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:05 AM (1z8ji)
They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us.
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As the kids these days say.... "you just played yo self"
Posted by: ...
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Heh, kind of in Joe Biden's face. Everyone knows his "library" will be a small gallery at U Delaware at best.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:07 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:08 AM (51ygH)
What's with the writing on it? "...Look upon my works, ye mighty, and weep..." or what?
Posted by: JQ
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Good evening, my dear! As with the rest of the building, you have to WORK to discern its message. That's the magic of O!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:09 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:07 AM (XJ22o)
It'll be stocked exclusively with pop-up books, and all the pop-ups will be penises.
Posted by: President Joe at June 19, 2026 01:10 AM (lZt8q)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:11 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Braenyard
Leaky windshield seal?
Hubby's old (but not collectible) T-Bird leaked at top of windshield and he didn't want to take it to glass shop.. we used clear silicone across the top rubber and weighted it with patio blocks. No more leak! Redneck fix, we knew the car wouldn't last much longer...
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (1z8ji)
Those bearing have to be pressed don't they?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:14 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
There is a lot of modelling, and discussion on ballistic arcs and discussion of impacts. They also pull together information on the ages shown on the basins
https://cintos.org/SaginawManifold/Timing/index.html
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 01:16 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:17 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:17 AM (pKv0r)
Don't hold me to this exactly, but I think the best dating for the Younger Drays onset is 12,900 ya. Some dating of the Carolina Bays puts right at that. But that is disputed.
There's also a "radiant" of these things. The long axis of the ellipses seems to all point at a spot near Saginaw Bay.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:07 AM (XJ22o)
It'll be stocked exclusively with pop-up books, and all the pop-ups will be penises.
Posted by: President Joe at June 19, 2026 01:10 AM (lZt8q)
Such disgusting insolence.
Posted by: The Left at June 19, 2026 01:19 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:20 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm
Looks hypnotic to me.
There is so much I could say or analyze but I think for the most part the whole thing is meant to both invite and defy analysis, and to pale any critic. The structure is criticism itself.
In other words, so far up its own ass it is essentially a mold of the inside of his asshole, on full display.
It is what a woman thinks a man would build, through the eyes of an alien who wanted to say something about humanity without committing to saying anything at all because nothing matters.
I could go on and on (as I do) but like I said, it is clearly designed to dwarf critique. As if that was the chief goal beyond the projection of some kind of gay male fantasy of how normal masculine power should appear. And entirely... entirely godless.
But not even demonic either. It is a rejection of creation. A design without form, meant to project nothing... but in its nothingness you are to absorb the massive overinflated ego begging you to worship it and only it.
That's my take.
Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 01:20 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:20 AM (TcJWQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (2GVsD)
We know how to do that.
Posted by: Col Ellington, Maj Eisley in the Frisbees at June 19, 2026 01:22 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:22 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Or, $20, same as in town at
Seven come eleven
Baby need a new pair of shoes
Posted by: Hunter B. at June 19, 2026 01:23 AM (6VErX)
Those bearing have to be pressed don't they?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (51ygH)
Classic test for wheel bearing: jack up the wheel in question, place a hand on the bumper or some part of the frame, and give the wheel a good spin. If the bearing is bad, your hand will feel a rumble being telegraphed through the frame. It is a surprisingly sensitive test.
Assuming NOT a 4X4, the bearing cups are pressed into the hub of the brake drum or rotor, and the cones with rollers set in the cups; inner cone backed up by the spindle should that the grease seal rides on, and the outer cone by the spindle nut and washer. A wheel bearing change is pretty easy. You need no special tools; a hammer and small brass drift will knock the cups out of the hub. Look for a Youtube video.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:23 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: It is patriotic for America to suck at soccer at June 19, 2026 01:24 AM (pKv0r)
Assuming NOT a 4X4, the bearing cups are pressed into the hub of the brake drum or rotor, and the cones with rollers set in the cups; inner cone backed up by the spindle should that the grease seal rides on, and the outer cone by the spindle nut and washer. A wheel bearing change is pretty easy. You need no special tools; a hammer and small brass drift will knock the cups out of the hub. Look for a Youtube video.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:23 AM (1z8ji)
Wish I would have known this for my truck.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:25 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: raimondo on tap at June 19, 2026 01:25 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:26 AM (51ygH)
Hiya, Blondie! How are you? How goes the garden?
Posted by: JQ
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Grooaannnn. Someone brought my mother a Peace Lily at Easter. I was staying at her place at the time, so I kept it watered -- not overwatered, just watered. I left for a while, with my sister and niece in charge. THEY LET IT WILT LIKE BOILED SPINACH. I felt awful for the plant, cut away all the sticks and stalks, and got this superstitious idea that all plants are happier in the ground.
Knowing my red thumb, I asked the gardener to plant it. He did. It withered down to nubs. I asked him to dig it up and put it back in a pot. He did -- I think. I don't think that's the lily that's in the pot but I can't tell because it's just nubs.
That poor friend who gave it to my mother. If he comes to visit again, I'm going to buy another lily and pretend it's his.
So, not exactly blue bells and cockleshells all in a pretty row.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:26 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:09 AM (XJ22o)
Where is the 1961 foot gold statue of Him with His HOT, BEAUTIFUL SMILE that turns to face the sun as it rises, moves along the ecliptic, and sets?
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:27 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
You have learned much, Grasshopper
Posted by: Blind Mechanic Miklos of Shaolin at June 19, 2026 01:27 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:28 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:28 AM (51ygH)
Obama's gravestone has had much more attention tonight than it deserves. Let it be forgotten from tomorrow.
Alternative viewing, when the comments slow down:
The perky and amusing blue-eyed Dr. Becky: Something stole this galaxy's spin 12 billion years ago (19:20)
https://youtu.be/ofv50rnh-oo
7 Days of Science: Deep-Sea Explorers Found Something We’ve Never Seen Before (11:46) —spoiler: it's a whale graveyard, but has bones going back millions of years!
https://youtu.be/55suVAg204o
Speaking of whales, the bow-tie History Guy tells a tale of survival of some whalers Marooned in the Arctic (15:07)
https://youtu.be/rSfUSh99p6w
KeroNgb once again finds the DUMBEST Students In The USA! UNREAL! (10:5
Can't do 18/3.
https://youtu.be/pDEm4DmcTiY
Cowboy Kent Rollins is doing recipes and historic stories for USA250: The Best Mac & Cheese You've Never Made
~(And the Surprising Story Behind It) (14:25) —spoiler, the story is Tom Jefferson's slave cook, a great bio.
https://youtu.be/aUCN6ifOUyM
But, your best time-per-entertainment value is this funny one from Heaven's IT Guy: The Correct Religion? (1:33)
https://youtu.be/sxeJMJlStqE
Posted by: mindful webworker - youtube or not youtube, what was the question? at June 19, 2026 01:30 AM (9bb3y)
Time to get back at it in the land of sucky music…
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:31 AM (pKv0r)
Obama's gravestone has had much more attention tonight than it deserves. Let it be forgotten from tomorrow.
Such disgusting insolence.
Posted by: The Left at June 19, 2026 01:32 AM (pKv0r)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:32 AM (XJ22o)
Those guys favor a much older dating of the impact that produced those, I see.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Aww, sorry the gift-plant is doing so poorly! Peace Lily? (Spathyphyllum I assume) generally does well indoors & doesn't like direct sun... Yeah, does need water from time to time, LOL.
I like your idea of secretly replacing it. They're easy to find. Even HDepot carries those here.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Fascinating. They found an elliptical impact crater on Mars that informs them of what to expect and look for.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 01:40 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:42 AM (TcJWQ)
@DNIGabbard
3h
Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:42 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:44 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:45 AM (TcJWQ)
Oboy, can't wait to sample that great hospital coffee again.😒
A dollop of Quicksilver to say sayonara
https://youtu.be/bmhT_KUAR6g
G'nite, amigos.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - hooray for modern medicine, I guess, at June 19, 2026 01:46 AM (9bb3y)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:47 AM (/QHx4)
USPACOM area of responsibility is from the western shore of the US to the eastern shore of India.
The Pentagon said the decision was intended to restore the command’s historical identity and military heritage rather than to signal any change in mission, geographic scope, or strategic priorities.
Just a little nick to let Xi know, it's ours.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:51 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:51 AM (TcJWQ)
I like your idea of secretly replacing it. They're easy to find. Even HDepot carries those here.
Posted by: JQ
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My plan: secretly replace it, and meanwhile see if I can coax those nubs to grow.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:56 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I like your plan!
The "nubs" are now potted, yes? My advice (take it or leave it, as always...) submerge the pot/nubs in water until it stops floating. Remove from water & let drain. Place by north-facing window and observe for several days, watching for new growth. Only water again if soil is "bone dry."
Good luck!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)
Gee, rainman... thought your side was totally OK with teh ghey? Why would you use it as an insult?
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Reforger at June 19, 2026 02:08 AM (wjnjX)
Brati, a supporter of Saeed Jalili the only member of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) who voted against the agreement has called for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump inside the United States.
In his remarks, Brati described the second point of the MOU, which emphasizes mutual respect for national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, as treason.
He added: We do not respect America’s sovereignty. We must kill Trump on American soil.
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Doesn't sound like the Mutual Understanding is all that mutual.
That's OK. the longer this goes the more brain dead Americans will hear or see these idiots and be moved to side with Trump.
Then one day,when the time is right, we'll bash the crap out of them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:09 AM (51ygH)
It's also close to another curious shift in the ice-age cycle timings. Before about 1 Mya, that cycle was dominated by the 41K yr obliquity cycle. After that, it shifted to the 100K yr eccentricity cycle. This is a mystery still, as the obliquity cycle should have much stronger effects.
There are various proposed mechanisms.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:44 AM (/QHx4)
And hanged, too.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 19, 2026 02:11 AM (g5Xj2)
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@Osint613
4h
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Switzerland, according to a spokesman.
"As the Vice President said at his press conference, the plans for the upcoming technical talks have not been finalized, and the U.S. delegation has been prepared to depart at the first available opportunity.
But the logistics of these negotiations have never been simple or predictable. As of now the Vice President is not departing tonight. We will let you know as soon as we have a concrete update about next steps.”
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Iran's going to make a bo bo sooner than I thought.
They just can't hold their water.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:15 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)
The straight on lines seem to go to different areas, like Indiana or michigan, but the Cintos site argues that if you take ballistics into consideration, with the Earth turning under the secondary projectiles in flight, it seems to focus back on Saginaw bay
Fun stuff.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 02:16 AM (rbvCR)
The "nubs" are now potted, yes? My advice (take it or leave it, as always...) submerge the pot/nubs in water until it stops floating. Remove from water & let drain. Place by north-facing window and observe for several days, watching for new growth. Only water again if soil is "bone dry."
Good luck!
Posted by: JQ
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None other than my dastardly niece and sister are at my mother's place once again, responsible for the plant! I'm going to email this to them and demand that they do it, and send me photographic evidence.
Thanks!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 02:17 AM (XJ22o)
Iran's going to make a bo bo sooner than I thought.
They just can't hold their water.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Heeere, leopard! Come here, boy. Now, change your spots.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 02:19 AM (XJ22o)
Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 02:22 AM (/QHx4)
Thanks!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
You're welcome!
But, if they are responsible for the plant's demise... why would you expect them to be able to handle its possible revival?
Sorry. *shrugs* Again, I wish you good luck!
(buy another one, just in case! LOL)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons
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Patience, let them run their play. Run it straight into the trap.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:30 AM (51ygH)
Sorry. *shrugs* Again, I wish you good luck!
(buy another one, just in case! LOL)
Posted by: JQ
--Your talking 'bout my cousins.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:31 AM (51ygH)
What year was Trump's built? Between 2005 and 2009...so almost 20 years ago. Not that you couldn't do many times better with the same money that the Obama monstrosity...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 02:31 AM (l3cgK)
But, if they are responsible for the plant's demise... why would you expect them to be able to handle its possible revival?
Posted by: JQ
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Because I gave them a good thrashing. And now that I know they can be lazy, I'm going to insist on daily updates with photographic evidence.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 02:41 AM (XJ22o)
The insects destroy and the soil fails us... We are utterly insane to attempt to defy nature, in our quest to grow either beauty or sustenance.
And, yet? We persist. Sometimes, we achieve. *That* is what makes the fight so rewarding!
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Don't go giving Darleen no ideas
Posted by: Miklos is bruised in several places already at June 19, 2026 02:49 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)
almanac.com/plant/peace-lilies
Yes, I said wait until soil was bone-dry, but that's just for right after the 'deep soak'. To avoid root-rot.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
They shall pay for their violation of my sovereign territory.
Carbon monoxide has its uses.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 19, 2026 02:56 AM (RW118)
Posted by: Hidden Valley Interrogation at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (lZt8q
If you include execution, I think it would have be fatal.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 02:59 AM (ZVgZ4)
Finally made it here tonight - started work on yet another stocking, this time for an as-yet-unborn grandson. Right now, he is in a test tube; DD#3 and hubby are doing IVF, and they are getting close to having their first embryo implanted. Prayers for a successful procedure and pregnancy would be greatly appreciated!
Hopefully I will get to meet this one; they have to wait a year between pregnancies, so I might never get to meet the granddaughter that they will be trying for after that. However, she already has a stocking; I just have to add her name and make a label to go inside of it.
Hope everyone had a blessed day; I may be a bit scarce while I try to get this stocking finished!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 03:00 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Miklos eyelids become heavy at June 19, 2026 03:01 AM (6VErX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:04 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 03:08 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 03:09 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 03:09 AM (ZVgZ4)
****
That was one of the first memes.
Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 03:11 AM (quqLE)
Carbon monoxide has its uses.
Posted by: buddhaha
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Excuses: 17 hornet, .22, .22 mag, .30-30, .223, .30-06, .303; just all kinds of excuses.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:17 AM (51ygH)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 03:08 AM (SRRAx)
He's not the bot you're looking for...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:20 AM (l3cgK)
Grab a chair and go sit on the lawn
Remember the cooler for the beer
And always know what should be clear
Celebrate the best place on this earth
And the price paid for what it is worth
fin
Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 03:22 AM (quqLE)
Posted by: Le Mikleuse at June 19, 2026 03:26 AM (6VErX)
J.D. Rubio: "I am both appalled and relieved that your ambition is so.. third world. If Chicago PD SWAT can't handle you, the Illinois NG can. I'm out of here."
Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 03:28 AM (Sy6m/)
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Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)
Thursday Night Cafe
The cliffs of Na Pali coast, Hawaii
Ben Milbrath
Bullet fired into snow keeps on spinning like a top.
German photographer Christian Vieler captures the hilarious moments when dogs try to catch treats mid-air.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 17, 2026
[📹 vieler. photography]pic.twitter.com/AIu0hYtcti
An old man has spent years caring for this ray ever since she was little.
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 18, 2026
He feeds and nurtures her, and she treats him like her human grandpa, approaching him affectionately like a massive ocean companion. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Gg1sVkH0ke
This is one of the most beautiful sights a cat can see in its life. 😂 pic.twitter.com/434zp6dpii
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 17, 2026
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Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:55 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (M6PPV)
Posted by: gKWVE knows where Muslim hands have been at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:58 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:58 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (fEeZA)
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OUCH!
Is the dog OK?
I'm sure it was not fun for the poor pooch...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (GD0B3)
Good news or bad news depending on your POV. The universe is back to accelerating expansion again. There was a big paper that came out a while back questioning some of the results of those supernovae used as standard candles, which concluded the expansion was not accelerating.
Well, that has been refuted, with flaws found in their flaw-finding.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (fEeZA)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (NFX2v)
Good news or bad news depending on your POV. The universe is back to accelerating expansion again. There was a big paper that came out a while back questioning some of the results of those supernovae used as standard candles, which concluded the expansion was not accelerating.
Well, that has been refuted, with flaws found in their flaw-finding.
Posted by: publius
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Put under the Universe is still inscrutable. Man theorizes, the Universe laughs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:02 PM (GD0B3)
*Some of those videos* are real. I remember a previous one in ice. Mythbusters managed to recreate it. The bullet has to hit hard ice at just the right angle.
Forward momentum can be stopped but the angular momentum remains. It depends on low friction due to the high impact pressure melting the ice, and then vaporizing giving it a nice little low friction bearing effect.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM
It the same link as the one above.
Is there NO limit to the perfidiousness of Big Penguin?
(Rhetorical question; the answer is a resounding NO!)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (E4rtv)
It is an overly broad subset, but it covers all the bases. Some dolphins get caught in the net, sure.
Rapey bastards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (fEeZA)
Posted by: publius
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Put under the Universe is still inscrutable. Man theorizes, the Universe laughs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (E4rtv)
We had this discussion previously. The answer Astrophysicists should always end with is .....'but we really don't know for sure'.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (GseMx)
Rapey bastards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Dammit, I was looking for a gubmint crazy check out of it. Hmph.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (E4rtv)
You could do a year of empty open cafes for me. Or just rerun the old ones. But then I have an idea how thankless a task link assembly is.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (2GVsD)
Are they auditioning for the next supertroopers movie?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (GseMx)
Storm wall like that makes me feel very small.
That one is terrifically beautiful.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (Cqx++)
Forward momentum can be stopped but the angular momentum remains. It depends on low friction due to the high impact pressure melting the ice, and then vaporizing giving it a nice little low friction bearing effect.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)
____________
*stops listening*
*watches bodycam videos*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (O0L8i)
*notes Café table is uneven*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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STick a matchbook under the corner leg.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: polynikes
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Would be a tragedy if they actually had a brain instead of sharing it with the borg.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:06 PM (2GVsD)
When the Nancy Grace Roman telescope gets up there at starts observations, I'm sure it will find all sorts of unexpected, mind-blowing twists on everything.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)
Eh, the pigs were probably invasive.
It used to be common for ships on their way to Malabar or wherever to stop on an empty island, drop off a herd of goats or chickens or whatever to graze around, and pick up the extra protein when the ships returned.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE)
Things are awesome here. I've had to dump a couple ancestral family members for finally just going too fucking far after dancing on the line for years and years but honestly it's been a looong time coming and is just a relief.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (vE0+H)
https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (3ImbR)
I can report that today's excursion to the local library book sale was successful.
So much so that my boss said if she'd been there (she was mad I didn't tell her about it, but I thought she knew), she would have fought me 100% for a few of my selections.
I figure I'll read them and give them to her. She can probably get more use of them than I can.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I can see you like cruelty canned tuna.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (vE0+H)
I just thanked the guy!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (G3T/K)
Bob just yelled "DUKE!!!" He's alive and well, lurking and swearing at trolls. He sends a manly hug to you.
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (fEeZA)
Man it's hard to read the news lately. The Left have literally lost their minds.
Posted by: polynikes
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What! Calling for Musk to be guillotined is the very height of civility.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (0beLq)
You could do a year of empty open cafes for me. Or just rerun the old ones. But then I have an idea how thankless a task link assembly is.
Posted by: ...
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Ai to the rescue. Can you imagine vibe coding Minxy? What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM
We could certainly revisit the greatest Café of all time periodically:
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=400207
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)
He's alive and well, lurking and swearing at trolls. He sends a manly hug to you.
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (fEeZA)
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Tell him to get his ass back here.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (GseMx)
I know that only because I googled "BIH."
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (E4rtv)
To be honest I tried a new canned tuna to make tuna fish Tuesday. Like safe catch wild elite crazy gold star tuna and it was delicious.
Onions, mustard, mayo, dill relish. It was really good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)
Yeah but you're a good dude so it doesn't count
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ...
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Sorry to hear that.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:11 PM (GD0B3)
Onions, mustard, mayo, dill relish. It was really good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
I generally put the 'canned' stuff on salads or do ahi tuna steaks on the indoor grill.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (vE0+H)
Fuck, I knew i should have typed 'I just thanked the little gay furry jackass!'
Thought it was too much.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (G3T/K)
The "Nancy Grace" space telescope is just unfortunate, but funny.
Nancy Grace Roman went by "Nancy Grace", using both names, and so here we are. The "Roman telescope" may be better.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (0beLq)
Yeah but you're a good dude so it doesn't count
Posted by: ...
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That is only when he is on his work phone. At home I hear he is a right bastard when posting.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:11 PM (E4rtv)
This was sandwich vector. Delicious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (G3T/K)
Tell him to get his ass back here.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)
Another yell, "HADRIAN!" Good thing we have plenty of land between us and the neighbors! A manly hug to you as well!
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (fEeZA)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=400207
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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That idea seems a little batty to me.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (0beLq)
lol, Ben Had. Iced tea ? Got any ?
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)
Looking at the radar, it's about to get windy and rainy.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (GseMx)
How my mom taught me to make tuna fish. I like tang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Just kidding but it sounds like it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)
The one and only. He's reading a book as I type.
Posted by: Heidi
"To Serve Man," presumably.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 08:15 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:15 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (G3T/K)
Damn mom defense is bullet proof. I can't rag on you now.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: Tarlson at June 18, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)
Smoke alarms all went off last night. They stayed on for about 5 minutes while we ran around looking around and turning things off. Tonight they went off again, though not all of them and for less than a minute.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:17 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)
The one and only. He's reading a book as I type.
Posted by: Heidi
"To Serve Man," presumably.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 08:15 PM (VHUov)
A favorite to be sure! Right now it's something about first aid and the benefits of putting a hot iron on flesh wounds.
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (fEeZA)
Just asking.
For a friend.
Posted by: Diogenes
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You otter do something about that.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)
The rise and fall of Anita Sarkeesian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtX20UarGig
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (E4rtv)
To be honest I tried a new canned tuna to make tuna fish Tuesday. Like safe catch wild elite crazy gold star tuna and it was delicious.
Onions, mustard, mayo, dill relish. It was really good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (G3T/K)
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Did you find that canned tuna at CostCo? Sounds like the 6 pack I recently bought from there. It too was quite good as tuna salad.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Ben Had
One of my sons attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. There's a restaurant there that serves yak.
Best yak I've ever had. Only yak I've ever had.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)
Nah, man, let it go for a bit, will ya?
Have a drink and look at some puppies with the rest of us.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (GseMx)
Now I have an audio drama of Record of Lodoss War playing.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Considering the source of that show, that means you're literally listening to a bunch of nerds playing D&D?
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (GseMx)
In your defense, mom usually used sweet relish. One, I am trying to lock down sugar. Two, I always found it cut the hangings too much (depending on the relish.) I figured i would try the dill relish, see how it turned out.
By itself, it probably makes the tuna too tangy, but on a sweetish/white bread? Just right.
I am also using this sweet Vidalia onion spread, so I did not want things to be too sweet.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: whig
Stoatally.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (gKWVE)
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Beset by a sort of weasel.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Ben Had"
Safe enough, I hope. I think it's just going to be straight line wind.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:22 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 08:23 PM (qx7Zg)
How my mom taught me to make tuna fish. I like tang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Astronaut tuna.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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Tang is so vile that dying of thirst becomes attractive in comparison.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:23 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 08:23 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: gKWVE
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Diogenes has come too far to weasel out now.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)
The only weaseling I am aware of is on the golf course with some of the Geezers who's most effective club is a pencil with an eraser.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 08:24 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (cWLG3)
This was from Publix.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:25 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 18, 2026 08:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
Sadly, most MSM consumers will never see it...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:25 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:26 PM (O7XEN)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:27 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (Nu1m3)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:26 PM (O7XEN)
A lot of people online (including his fan club) were going nuts over it. Maybe his stream of conjugal visits was being threatened?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (G3T/K)
I get up around 0600. First nap in the AM...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (XuXeR)
Luigi Mangione bizarrely withdraws ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense claim 1 day after filing it
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:26 PM (O7XEN)
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Nuts claim nuts, says Mangione.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i)
{{{hugs}}}
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (FMtrg)
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (vFG9F)
Sounds difficult. How do you get the tuna to swallow it?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)
Once you have it in the boat, it's at your mercy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:30 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:27 PM (G3T/K)
Yes; I think it's good.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:30 PM (FMtrg)
Not Gaetti
@notgaetti
I can't believe I actually need to explain this to another grownup, but for starters, crosses and bible verses are overt religious symbols while pride hats aren't.
Honestly, I think a lot of people fundamentally misunderstand the point of pride night: by wearing the hat, you're not abandoning your own religious convictions and you're not trying to convert anyone to a particular lifestyle or belief system; you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks by saying that it's okay to be yourself and that a person isn't inherently worthless just because of who they are. It's really not asking a lot, is it?
And if you aren't lucky enough to have gay friends in your life, you should get some because (a) you'll have more visibility into the shit they deal with on the regular and (b) their weddings are always 10x more fun.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)
Dear Lord.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0beLq)
I have before when I make cold tuna and elbow Mac salad.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:27 PM (G3T/K)
Yes; I think it's good.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:30 PM (FMtrg)
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Yep. That's how my mom made tuna salad. It's delicious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:32 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0beLq
My mom tried that once for me in the tuna Mac salad . Me no likey.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:32 PM (GseMx)
And who would that be, dearie?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)
No, the players are being forced to wear this shit. This isn't a nice voluntary display you commie bitch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (G3T/K)
@ABC7 45m
We are hearing from the Lineage company for the first time since a massive fire involving solar panels broke out at their cold storage facility in Boyle Heights.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0beLq)
Hmm, in place of relish?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"
This obvious murderer is getting FAR too consideration. Like that Gigolo Beach dude. They should be immediately non-existed.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (vFG9F)
All the gay friends we have don't make a point of telling us they're gay. Let alone making us celebrate it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (O0L8i)
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)
Whoops! Whoopsie!
Posted by: Noem's Willie Horton moment at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (0beLq)
And who would that be, dearie?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)
ace. And like minded ewoks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (G3T/K)
Not until it's bled and dead. I've seen boated fish cause...problems.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Yes, of course. Do need to add a tiny bit of olive oil, SnP, garlic powder, green onion, and some hot pickled peppers on the side, but yeah.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (diia5)
I am a big fan of the Knicks especially Giancarlo Stanton and Aron Judge.
Posted by: Kathey Hochol, NY Governor at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (KmLJe)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (diia5)
More like Charbroyle Heights now.
Posted by: gKWVE, here all night at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (diia5)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (diia5)
That's some renewable irony right there.
Posted by: Sustainable and highly carboniferous at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (0beLq)
I'd like to hear Not Gaetti's explanation for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence being featured by sports teams.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (XuXeR)
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)
He was 19 when he stabbed and killed a guy. I can't imagine he was a model prisoner for 30 years. The commutation records are sealed so no one knows why she did it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (G3T/K
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A guy I work with puts grape jelly on his tuna sandwiches. Absolutely disgusting
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (diia5)
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To kick it up a notch!
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (diia5)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (G3T/K
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A guy I work with puts grape jelly on his tuna sandwiches. Absolutely disgusting
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)
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Did he chew tobacco? That kills your taste buds.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)
Thats a foul!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:40 PM (G3T/K)
In the 1965 World Series, Sandy Koufax declined to pitch Game 1 because it was Yom Kippur.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:41 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)
There's more in the sandwich than glass and aluminum, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:41 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: fd
The dry brush underneath cooked them hot enough to get the wiring going, I assume.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:42 PM (diia5)
And who would that be, dearie?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)
ace. And like minded ewoks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (G3T/K)
Can we watch this person force Chewbacca into Pride Uniform?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone"
Nothing that would burn. Maybe the wiring.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)
Thats a foul!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:40 PM (G3T/K)
I do add thousand islands dressing to my tuna sub from Jersey Mikes.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (GseMx)
Andrew McCarthy tried to get some shots of the yesterday's daylight lunar occultation of Venus, but seeing conditions were terrible there in AZ at the time. Eastern Brazil was also in the path, and could see it near sunset and somebody down there posted some images in reply here:
https://t.ly/F90KL
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (XuXeR)
The family are Lakota but I find hard to believe the family wanted this absolute asshole back in their lives.
Guessing some other Lakota influencers and AWFLs got into Noem's ear and claimed that the original sentence was rayciss, and not because Milk was just an asshole.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (gKWVE)
Sol Pahls
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (G3T/K)
I am not obligated to accept your reality.
Posted by: fd
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It's more that we don't need to accept their fantasy as being real.
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 08:45 PM (RtPE1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:45 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: man"
I've broken old panels up and it seems like it would take some doing to get one to burn.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:46 PM (vFG9F)
Have a drink and look at some puppies with the rest of us.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)
Ok, just because I like you, I will explain where this is at. The beauty of this site is that it is open, and people constantly, for as long as I've been here (a very long time) veer off to whatever topic in the comments, from serious to silly, to rambunctious, to downright xrated, without an old hag, in the visage of a moderator standing over them dictating the rules on what to opine. General rules are kinda simple, as I understand them, don't be an asshoe to others, as much as you can. Some silly fisticuffs are ok, but stay within the lines. Lately, either because they are new, drunk, bored, high, ill manner, or stupid, some commenters got into a nasty habit of humping my leg, or other peoples' leg, in the form of a complaint about a topic one choses to drop. They don't fucking own the threads, and if you don't like the topic or commentary, skip the fucking post. As I do. Easy peasy. But no, they just have to harp, and harp and harp. What can I say, their parents did not teach them how to behave in public.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:46 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (gKWVE)
Not Gaetti
@notgaetti
Honestly, I think a lot of people fundamentally misunderstand the point of pride night: by wearing the hat, you're not abandoning your own religious convictions and you're not trying to convert anyone to a particular lifestyle or belief system; you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks by saying that it's okay to be yourself and that a person isn't inherently worthless just because of who they are. It's really not asking a lot, is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)
_______________________________
The perfect rebuttal:
Hi there. Am I straight or gay? You don't know? You want to know why you don't know? Because I don't feel the need to announce to the rest of the world what my sexual preferences happen to be. I don't have parades exclaiming it from the rooftops. My business. Not yours, unless I feel like sharing.
Oh, and watch your stereotyping. I've been to a gay wedding, and they bitched about everything right down to Minister's hairstyle.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: JackStraw
I was hiking it with the wife and 2 daughters. We were up very high and very near a sheer cliff to the sea. We came around a bend, and there was a woman looking very upset and saying "My husband is an idiot". She asked me to talk with him. He was hanging onto some vines, and making motions like he was going to go near the edge. I asked him what was going on, and he pointed to his hat, RIGHT at the edge of the cliff. It was his lucky hat and had been blown off his head.
I persuaded him that maybe a hat was a stupid reason to lose your life.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Easy answer, Chinesium.
Ancient Chinese secret.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (E4rtv)
The dry brush underneath cooked them hot enough to get the wiring going, I assume.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
They were in a storage facility.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (G3T/K)
https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (3ImbR)
Wow.
Posted by: javems at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (zFsEm)
The interwebz is advertising.
I've broken old panels up and it seems like it would take some doing to get one to burn."
Sure, the actual semiconductor sheet won't, but most today are encased in some plastic compounds with opaque backing material, plus wiring. That material and insulation will burn quite nicely
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (XuXeR)
And none of them will ever pay a price for what they did.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Aetius451AD w
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Search engines are corrupted. Try using one of the offered AI's. They are crappy but will get you closer. If you're not adverse join Grok, it's the best.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."
Now that makes sense because they are probably packed in cardboard and crates on pallets.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd
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Electrical fire usually starts it by arcing and there are a lot of semi nasty trace elements added to the special doping sauce to maximize solar output.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:52 PM (G3T/K)
And Griffith Observatory got a video of it here:
https://t.ly/LncG3
And looking around, some one got a shot of Venus about to disappear behind the darkened disc of the Moon with a cell phone camera. In broad daylight, which impressed me. But camera tech is getting way beyond my knowledge.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:52 PM (w6EFb)
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)
The should strap his dairy-air to the electric chair.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2026 08:52 PM (4ZxBh)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."
Now that makes sense because they are probably packed in cardboard and crates on pallets.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (vFG9F)
__________________________
Whenever I see a fire at one of those "alternative energy" facilities (like this one, or GM's EV plant) the first thing into my head is, I hope the fire marshal looks closely for accellerants. The markets for AE are tanking, and the insurance payoff is the usual way to cut costs. If you can take down the assembly plant (like GM) at the same time, all the better. It kicks in the downtime payouts to cover salaries.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Indiana Jones would have got that hat!
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (RtPE1)
Clinton was sleeping while "Chocolate Jesus" was telling everyone how great he is....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (jzqpX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."
Now that makes sense because they are probably packed in cardboard and crates on pallets.
Posted by: fd
They were on top of a cold storage facility (refrigeration units) not in them. Solar arrays are prone to fires coming from either overheating/shorting inverters or in some cases, the panels themselves shorting out.
Not ideal to put on your roof for those reasons.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (E4rtv)
https://tinyurl.com/328juxfy
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:56 PM (Riz8t)
I saw it from a boat. I'm more of a sea level guy than a heights guy.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Indiana Jones would have got that hat!
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (RtPE1)
Why not get down on hands and knees to get it? Or just go full prone?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:57 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Orson
Lithium ion tech right now provides enough electrical fires from malfunctioning cells to account for it. Lithium battery fires are generally just left to burn themselves out if big enough and some really toxic shit comes off from such fires.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)
Why did NYC name a basketball team after a shave cut ???
I mean come on the Nicks ???
Should be something more known for NYC !!!
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 18, 2026 08:58 PM (T6FAi)
It was at the bottom of an inclined area, at the edge of which was the cliff. I've done some climbing in my day, and that was NOT a wise place to be, particularly if your safety rope is a handful of vines.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (GD0B3)
I get it. It was just a light-hearted suggestion on my part. I like you, too, runner.
*fistbump
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (zYpTz)
The other issue is the how the panel is designed - manufacturers do some interesting things to maximize cell surface area in a given panel...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (XuXeR)
General rules are kinda simple, as I understand them, don't be an asshoe to others, as much as you can. Some silly fisticuffs are ok, but stay within the lines. Lately, either because they are new, drunk, bored, high, ill manner, or stupid, some commenters got into a nasty habit of humping my leg, or other peoples' leg, in the form of a complaint about a topic one choses to drop.
...
Posted by: runner
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ace said, innumerable times; all threads, including his own, are open threads unless dedicated, such as the Saturday's Dog or Flower threads.
PERIOD
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2026 09:01 PM (4ZxBh)
Solar cell array fires are extremely rare, with studies indicating an incidence rate of less than 1 in 10,000 installations (or 0.01%). The solar panels themselves are rarely the source of ignition, as their primary materials (glass, aluminum, silicon) are non-flammable; instead, fires are typically caused by electrical faults in the system's balance of components.
Primary Causes
Improper Installation: This is the leading cause, often involving loose connections, poorly crimped connectors, or damaged wire insulation that creates high-resistance "hot joints" or electrical arcs.
DC Arc Faults: Electrical arcing in high-voltage direct current (DC) lines can generate intense heat sufficient to ignite nearby combustible materials, such as roof insulation or accumulated debris.
Equipment Failure: Faults frequently originate in DC isolators (especially older rooftop units prone to water ingress and corrosion), inverters, or junction boxes rather than the modules themselves.
External Factors: In commercial settings, fires may be fueled by other hazards, such as leaking ammonia in cold storage facilities, which can ignite upon contact with electrical faults.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:01 PM (E4rtv)
What did intrigue me is the offhand claim that the region was Nahua at, what, AD 900. So they're saying it got ... what. Abandoned? - before the Purepecha moved in, and built their capital in the area (Tzintzuntzan).
There was a lot of population movement we just don't know about from the place and time.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 09:01 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: man
Don't doubt it. And the flexible types of portable solar arrays are more flammable than the stationary design types. Because, well, plastic and vinyls are used to make them flexible.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:04 PM (77rzZ)
There are some manufacturers using a powdered aluminum structure encased in clear plastics to connect the cells. Yeah, it's cheap. And that'll burn. (Not saying that's this case, tho)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:04 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (dIske)
Well, for a bunch of queens, that IS a good time.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 09:05 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (0beLq)
I saw a Jackery (sp?) setup burn at a campsite a couple of years ago. A lot of plastic...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (XuXeR)
What a day of stupid news. I skimmed the ones ace covered, nearly lost my mind, and stumbled into X, where I found out that
1 - the LA City Council has voted to allow non-citizens to vote in muni elections. And they didn't specify LEGAL non-citizens because this being the DSA, there is no difference. Nithya Raman being on the City Council she voted... in favor.
2 - Cali's billionaire tax initiative got enough signatures to go on the November ballot
3- (California, strike 3) The California Public Utilities Commission is forcing providers into its unconstitutional Supplier Diversity Program. Harmeet Dhillon seems to be writing sternly-worded letters.
And I didn't get to the latest frauds. The DOJ can't even keep up with this shyte. Are we going to have a Civil War?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (XJ22o)
https://tinyurl.com/328juxfy
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:56 PM (Riz8t)
They figure that drought (and the Aztecs and the Spanish at the end) caused the collapse of the Mayan civilization.
Drought is always a problem in Central America, there is little surface water and the cenotes will go dry in a drought.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:07 PM (gm9Sb)
If only there was a way to record things. Maybe by making repeatable marks on some surface?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:08 PM (XuXeR)
All I know is I ain't goin' near that "man". He probably got the AIDS.
Posted by: Aunt Jemima at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (Riz8t)
https://is.gd/7VRrd4
Moving to Tokyo?
https://is.gd/CjBTkH
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:10 PM (vFG9F)
"Extreme weather events due to climate change". God, this stuff makes me sick.
Go back to the Younger-Dryas, and a little before if you want to talk about extreme weather events. The Lake Bonneville Flood and the others. Now those were extreme events.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 09:10 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:07 PM (gm9Sb)
Uncle Obama's Rice?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:10 PM (qx7Zg)
Does it work?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:12 PM (qJaUg)
Posted by: bill in arkansas,
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Don't put that guy near my food.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:12 PM (51ygH)
PERIOD
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (51ygH)
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I've always seen the Cafe and ONT as wide open threads. More than once, we've seen spillover from an earlier thread show up here because people still wanted to talk about it.
I've never had a problem with that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:13 PM (gnNyN)
Does it work?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"
Yes. It's amazingly easy to setup, isn't it?
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:13 PM (vFG9F)
Does it work?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"
Yes. It's amazingly easy to setup, isn't it?
+++
Indeed.
I think this Elon Musk guy might just be going places.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (qJaUg)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:13 PM (gnNyN)
On this- or any thread- you can always just scroll right by people. See the name, move along.
You know, unless they piss you off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (XJ22o)
I don't expect we'll ever recoup any of that, and we'll never see as many arrests and convictions as we'd like. Our best case scenario is to stop it before it ever gets funded. I would start with eliminating federal grants entirely, then moving to add staff to verify and monitor every Mohammed and Maria claiming to be providing any Medicare/Medicaid service whatsoever.
The pumped-up staff would be less expensive than the robbery going on right now.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 09:15 PM (zYpTz)
I think this Elon Musk guy might just be going places.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (qJaUg)
He's going to have to bear down if he wants to make something of himself. Too unfocused.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:15 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)
Are your fingers broken? The internet is right there!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (G3T/K)
Does it work?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:12 PM (qJaUg)
The signal got through.
You can't stop the signal, Mal.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:17 PM (qx7Zg)
And how old does something have to be to be "ancient". That seems to be subjective, but for monuments and megaliths, the date needs to be in the BC range for me to think of it as "ancient".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 09:17 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (qJaUg)
He's going to have to bear down if he wants to make something of himself. Too unfocused.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:15 PM
+++
Cut him some slack.
(whispers) He's an African American, ya know.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (qJaUg)
Posted by: man
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And that is where the move to newer sodium ion batteries will be good. They are a bit heavier but less dangerous in runaway reactions. We get enough wildfires started the normal way.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (E4rtv)
https://is.gd/7VRrd4
Moving to Tokyo?
https://is.gd/CjBTkH
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (qx7Zg)
"Check the balls out on that collie,
Falalalala.
Now we know why he's so jolly,
Falalalalalalalala."
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (bl07w)
You know, unless they piss you off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (G3T/K)
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Yeah, I'm not proud of what I said. He just got on my last nerve for some reason.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (gnNyN)
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)
I suppose you otter search. Hopefully the otters haven't decided to go surfing.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (qx7Zg)
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)
Are your fingers broken? The internet is right there!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (G3T/K)
I'm low.on internet fluid.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: runner
Feral pigs, goats, and rats took care of most of the native wildlife. All brought in by Hawaiians but most people blame Haole.
Those little Hawaiian roaster dogs?
Those they fess up to.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (gnNyN)
He works at it. Or maybe it's talent. Some people are like that.
Regardless, he means to get people's goat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB)
There's a refill bottle on the shelf next to the blinker fluid.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (bl07w)
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)
I suppose you otter search. Hopefully the otters haven't decided to go surfing.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (qx7Zg)
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Two of my coworkers posted otter pics on Microsoft Teams today. I immediately thought of this place.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Wild chickens in Hawaii at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (qJaUg)
Falalalala.
Now we know why he's so jolly,
Falalalalalalalala."
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (bl07w)
Doof. Trex. Make this a comment of the week so tcn has to explain context.
Please.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (G3T/K)
The only reason he would want that goat is to fuck it. I'd be wary.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (vFG9F)
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The Boring Company
@boringcompany
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2h
TBC is hiring exceptional mechanical, electrical, civil, software, and field engineers in Bastrop, Las Vegas and Nashville.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)
Please.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (G3T/K)
Did you look at the meme? That's one big, intact, male dog peeing on Obama's disaster.
And every kid I know sings that song like that when mom's out of the room....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (G3T/K)
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Honestly, I pity him.
He is so empty and dead inside that the only way he can feel emotion is to bring people down to his level, instead of allowing people (or God) to raise him up.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)
@boringcompany
·
2h
TBC is hiring exceptional mechanical, electrical, civil, software, and field engineers in Bastrop, Las Vegas and Nashville.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)
Considering how well the janitor at SpaceX made out this past week, any job with Musk is a possible windfall.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (vFG9F)
Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial
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35m
🇮🇱 BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah
The IRGC are no longer travelling to Switzerland tomorrow for the MOU meeting and instead are threatening to attack Israel.
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And apparently neither is Vance.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (bl07w)
Lol. Hordemind. I was going to add 'what he wants to do eith that goat, I'll leave to your imagination...'
Honestly, I am usually fine with most of the commenters that seem to drive people crazy. Y5, Burt, Harry. Moomoo.
Now BSG annoyed the fuck out of me with that 'and god bless poor bingo' for a full fucking month.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (G3T/K)
He is so empty and dead inside that the only way he can feel emotion is to bring people down to his level, instead of allowing people (or God) to raise him up.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)
Some people were dropped on their heads as babies.... Some were obnoxious naturally.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:25 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (bl07w)
Ahhh.
Right!
There it is, near the compass points.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:26 PM (2WIwB)
Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial
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35m
🇮🇱 BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah
The IRGC are no longer travelling to Switzerland tomorrow for the MOU meeting and instead are threatening to attack Israel.
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And apparently neither is Vance.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (E4rtv)
That didn't take long.
Fuckin' middle east.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:26 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (qFwJc)
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That didn't take long.
Fuckin' middle east.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:26 PM (bl07w)
They're mad about OMG RUSSIA and KEEEV trying to steal their spotlight.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (R+iUD)
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Who shot first?
Oh, they never stopped.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (gnNyN)
Shucks. It lasted longer than the 4 hours I guessed.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (qFwJc)
https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
Truly gorgeous !!! but also, hopefully, delicious ...
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence
East Rome until about 1400.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)
Respectfully disagree. I think people work out frustrations on the interwebs. Or they get to drinking. We've seen it dozens of times over the years.
And online is not all there is. Was it Y5 or burt who hosted a mome out in Vegas and people said he was charming and personable?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Yep. Boring cheaper subterranean tunnels are useful for all sorts of civil engineering projects from sewers to subways.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Y5,
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (E4rtv)
She's kinda a hot mess, but at least now she runs well enough to drive home on the highway.
Needs work on the steering column, the brakes, exhaust system is kinda loud, she needs interior door panels and armrests, and she currently has no way to work the windshield wipers. I think she has reduced compression somewhere but we haven't found it yet.
I would say she's aged about as well as I have.
But damn, she's a beauty. Turns heads. And all that chrome makes me look good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (HErCE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Didn't he have a thing for Winona Ryder or some other starlet.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (/lPRQ)
Because Constantine decided: what if I built a Capitol city on the most defensible spot on earth?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (G3T/K)
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Who shot first?
Oh, they never stopped.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Han shot first. Everybody knows that - except George Lucas.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (qx7Zg)
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Most of them are fine. Except moomoo. He sucks. Also, he's back under a new nic, of course. Right on his biennial schedule... we'll be stuck with him for 5-6 months before he goes for a deliberate banning after the November election.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (XJ22o)
https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
Truly gorgeous !!! but also, hopefully, delicious ...
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (3ZUWJ)
***
Lafayette would approve.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (2WIwB)
She's kinda a hot mess, but at least now she runs well enough to drive home on the highway.
Needs work on the steering column, the brakes, exhaust system is kinda loud, she needs interior door panels and armrests, and she currently has no way to work the windshield wipers. I think she has reduced compression somewhere but we haven't found it yet.
I would say she's aged about as well as I have.
But damn, she's a beauty. Turns heads. And all that chrome makes me look good.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Cool, pix or it didn't happen, lol.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)
Yeah, big time for Winonna. When we had the discussion about the gay dude who broke up with her because of her gigantic jugs, I figured he'd come out of the woodwork.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (G3T/K)
Oh, they never stopped.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)
Han Solo. Of course.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (bl07w)
BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah
The IRGC are no longer travelling to Switzerland tomorrow for the MOU meeting and instead are threatening to attack Israel.
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And apparently neither is Vance.
Posted by: whig
Is the ink dry?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (Cqx++)
We had college interns in at work this week. I'm wearing underwear older than they are.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:34 PM (HErCE)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 09:34 PM (0beLq)
Then there's "Antiquity". Classical Antiquity. Late Antiquity and all that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (gm9Sb)
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/Gik-k05q.jpg
Not sure if this works, but these are Elinor.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
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That is the problem with that damn online docusign, the ink is never even there.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 09:38 PM (XsRjm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)
Beautiful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:38 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (bl07w)
***
My church is having a Father's Day car show on Sunday. I'm entering my 2005 BMW 330ci. Only has 50k miles on it. I've been detailing since Monday. Dang! It's looking pretty good!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:38 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:39 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:39 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)
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Neat! I can see how that would be a fun car to tool around in.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:39 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM
More capriney, as it is the GOAT of Café Threads to date?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 09:40 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 09:34 PM (0beLq
*pulls up pants*
Somebody called me???
Posted by: Rick at June 18, 2026 09:40 PM (2WIwB)
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/qHROPwaO.jpg
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/k0vvMh-w.jpg
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/aTSW-_t7.jpg
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/G7DMY1bg.jpg
Try those?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:41 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:41 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Now you are just trying to get my goat.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:42 PM (E4rtv)
Works if you know the secret handshake. Or follow Bertram's example at #214.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 09:42 PM (vTZFs)
TBC is hiring exceptional mechanical, electrical, civil, software, and field engineers in Bastrop, Las Vegas and Nashville.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)
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One of the largest companies in the world and when you apply for a job you talk to the owner. Try that GM.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:42 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I don't see Musk hiring the Two Bobs to come and ask his employees, "Just what do you do here?"
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:44 PM (G3T/K)
This tripartite division of history into “Ancient,” “Medieval,” and “Modern,” is far too simplistic, in my reckoning. New terms are needed.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:44 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:45 PM (G3T/K)
I think I have a serious project with her. If any of you know about any old Falcon in any junkyard anywhere, do let me know. I can send you a list of needed parts.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:45 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (Cqx++)
Hmmm, some dark sorcery at work here.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:46 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:46 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: tcn in AK
AOP is the obvious starting place. You may get a visitor soon from Alberta.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:46 PM (E4rtv)
https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/k0vvMh-w.jpg
https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/aTSW-_t7.jpg
https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/G7DMY1bg.jpg
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:47 PM (bl07w)
And I will ask around from my neighbor and a guy down the street (he restores motocycles but has done a car or two) about any sources for Ford Falcon parts.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Talk to AOP, he's almost in your neighborhood.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:48 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:50 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:51 PM (vE0+H)
I don't see Musk hiring the Two Bobs to come and ask his employees, "Just what do you do here?"
Posted by: whig
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I like his inquiry. What was your most difficult achievement and how did you accomplish it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:51 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:48 PM (51ygH)
My thought is that there are probably more extant Falcons in the south than the north. Things do tend to return to nature up here a little faster. I did find one here, it is a station wagon, and it's missing the engine, but some parts were worth scavenging. I may have to just upgrade some systems, like instead of the vacuum driven wipers, put in electric driven ones. That wouldn't break my heart.
And I suspect that the drum brakes may be irreplaceable at this point. I guess I would prefer to use rotors, since the parts are more readily available.
For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:52 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I think Musk would ask something pertinent and technical to the job and not hire consultants.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 09:57 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:57 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I think Musk would ask something pertinent and technical to the job and not hire consultants.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv)
Before I took Elon's buyout from federal service, he required all employees to list 5 things they accomplished every week. This was a no brainer for most of us, since at USACE, we work for a living, but I suspect it may have been difficult for some other federal employees.
WTF are you doing for work if you are not accomplishing 5 things in a week?
Who knows.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (bl07w)
A few weeks later he had been hired by Tesla, and Elon even read this guy's resume and initialed it.
It was a stupid move by my previous company, and I was out the door myself less than a year later.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (0aYVJ)
https://tinyurl.com/bddxcp4b
https://tinyurl.com/v97bxjde
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (3ImbR)
They have a search warrant for his cache of stolen jokes.
There are mansions in Encino?
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:55 PM (rbvCR)
Cop cars and taxicabs. Kept building those things til the 90s down there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:59 PM (BI5O2)
https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/partes-para-ford-falcon
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:57 PM (rbvCR)
Holy frijoles!
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:59 PM (bl07w)
For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Just checked ebay, quite a few original parts on there from various years.
And very important, vintage and new reprint Ford service manuals for the Falcon.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:59 PM (E4rtv)
And I suspect that the drum brakes may be irreplaceable at this point. I guess I would prefer to use rotors, since the parts are more readily available.
For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Unless your a purist and it's not too expensive go for the up grades. I remember Falcon windshield wipers, washer squirters were extra. Buddy bought a foot pump from JC Whitney to wash his windshield.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:00 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:00 PM (oq9dX)
For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:52 PM (bl07w)
Does your Falcon have 4-lug or 5-lug wheels? Many of the early ones were 4-lugs, as were a few 6 cylinder Mustangs. I am spitballing here, but I think 5-lug wheels and better drum brakes from an early 5-lug Mustang should be a bolt-in swap. Change out the entire rear axle for the one out of the Mustang, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:00 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (G3T/K)
Russia Sets Blaze to a 1000-Year-Old Ukrainian Monestary with a Missile, So Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Attack at... Moscow
That escalated quickly. That really took a jump.
CBS:Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia's all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks retaliation for a strike that damaged a historic monastery in Kyiv this week, and he said "Moscow will burn" if the Russian attacks continue.I was wondering why Ukraine would launch such a provocative attack at Moscow, especially since they seem to actually be winning this war now. Russia's spring offensive resulted in a net loss of territory and a lot of loss of men and materiel. Ukraine is now pummeling Russian trucks and bridges with drone attacks. Attacking logistics seems to me -- and unlike a woke white woman, I'm not an expert -- a second-order priority in war, so the fact that Ukraine is now devoting so many drones and artillery to blowing up Russia's capacity to move food, fuel, and ammunition suggests to me they have their first-order priorities reasonably secured. (I don't mean to say logistics aren't important. I've heard the adage "Amateurs think about strategy, professionals think about logistics." I just mean that if Russia were pinning down and killing Ukrainian soldiers and tanks, the first order priority would be attacking those enemy forces to spare the men. If Ukraine can spare so many drones to blow up locomotives and trucks, I assume they are not being killed by the hundreds at the moment.) Putin will use -- or will try to use -- a nuke rather than lose. Why give him a justification for using one? But I guess they felt they had to respond in kind to the frequent missile and drone attacks on Kyiv.
"We don't want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it, and our partners know it," Zelenskiy said in a voice message sent to reporters on a WhatsApp group. "But if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn."
Some video of the dueling strikes:
"The main thing is that the people of Russia begin to feel that it is one man, Putin, who is waging this war, while ordinary people pay the price for everything," he said.
The attack came hours after Zelenskyy said he had held "an important coordination call" with President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron that may "bring about significant change."
How Ukrainian priests and firefighters raced to save sacred relics after a Russian drone strike set Kyiv’s historic Dormition Cathedral ablaze. 🔗 https://t.co/zSyV9jNJ4Y pic.twitter.com/QyAKjnPQMf
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 18, 2026
Smoke and flames rise from the Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital pic.twitter.com/wvRvRpOzI2
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 15, 2026
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Ukraine sets Moscow refinery ablaze in biggest attack in years
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 18, 2026
Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires in and around the capital, hitting a major oil refinery and forcing evacuations at the country's largest airport, according to… pic.twitter.com/BiOS5bKUgQ
The moment a storage tank at the Moscow oil refinery was hit: the blast blew the tank's lid off. https://t.co/ibupq8ofJc pic.twitter.com/cptsVVywYP
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 18, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (FtULh)
Don't fly drones around the house
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (l3cgK)
I think he's actually going to lose but he can't lose because if he loses he'll be purged. So what is he going to do? I think he'll fire a nuke before he accepts that he's lost.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (geT9b)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Doubt it.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)
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If you cut off their fuel supplies, their whole army grinds to a halt. No ammo, no reinforcement, not operational mobility.
I'm guessing they are getting better targeting and advice from DoW than the blue-hairs who led Biden's military.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (1wjle)
Can confirm. We were hoping to skip the whole "war" scenario.
Posted by: NATO Bioweapons Labs at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (wn0/z)
Doubt it.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)
I do to. That was more of a rhetorical question. Putin is a Godless Commie Dictator, so bombing monasteries and churches wouldn't bother him.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (l3cgK)
i know. They're cutting the front off from the near-rear and cutting Crimea off from resupply.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (znREB)
They're all just drunken Slavs, but Pooty-Poot started it, and did so stupidly. I have no sympathy for the fucker.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (KlGB0)
Posted by: logorof at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (jo6FO)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (PZDXa)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (FJ/Rv)
I'm curious, however. Did any of the Ukrainian Monks have a Totenkopf tattoo...because, you know ....Ukrainians.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (NpJ0Q)
Maybe President DeSantis decides he doesn't like Denver. Boom. The mullahs have a problem with the libs in Tehran and Tabriz? Boom, boom. Hanoi got a beef with Saigon. Boom!
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (gKWVE)
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If you cut off their fuel supplies, their whole army grinds to a halt. No ammo, no reinforcement, not operational mobility.
I'm guessing they are getting better targeting and advice from DoW than the blue-hairs who led Biden's military.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Is this about me?
Posted by: Admiral Levine at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar8)
I do, I mentioned the famous quote. I just mean they're on the offensive, not the defensive. They're hollowing out the front and Crimea. They couldn't do this if they were being pressed at the front.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Last I heard we had pulled back and it was the British that were giving Ukrainians targeting info.
But refineries are pretty big targets to hit and the Ukrainians could have used Google Earth to find them.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)
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I stopped paying attention more than a year ago when it became clear that both sides have their paid shills chirping away and all the tanks in all the armies have all be destroyed twice. Back then Ukraine was on the ropes, but the DoW guys may have done deeper level analysis and told the Ukes to stop fighting over territory and focus on logistical hubs.
Neither side can win and ultimately neither side will win, so now it's just about forcing a cease-fire.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Talk about flipping your lid.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar
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Nope.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Pootin is ahole
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (znREB)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (w3u3d)
Could you imagine things with Iran going on 4 years? I'd just want every American journalist dead at that point.
Well, more than now.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (NpJ0Q)
Чувак!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ace
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The post was fine. The whole war is complex as it is the biggest and longest war in Euroland since WWI and II. Think it has already lasted longer than WWI.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (E4rtv)
Which led some on the Right, not just Loomer, to ponder if Putin might have a point.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (A8nNw)
Pootin is ahole
by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (znREB)
vmom deport deport deport Johnson is right!
Also a trendsetter, the Euros are *finally* catching up to her.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat
UK might be stupid enough to do it. Starmer would rather see UK nuked than loses his PM ship.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Oh, I suppose so. We do love to see ‘splodey stuff. Internet is Great for that.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
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When I last followed event, Russia had air supremecy and Uke drone operators were being sent up the front.
My completely ignorant speculation was that Trump thought Putin would do a deal with him. Remember that big show where all the leaders gathered in Washington to broker peace and it fell through?
I can see Trump telling Hegseth to send his meanest bastards over to Kiev and make Putin suffer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)
People should be reminded that the US installed the current Ukrainian regime. The regime which spent what, a decade, shelling the ethnic Russians in the SE who weren't onboard with the coup? The US that turned down Putin's repeated overtures of friendship for decades.
The US isn't the good guys in this story.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: bob
Guided versus unguided weapons of mass destruction. Overall, I think the Muzzies have the Russian beat in destroying a civilization.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (E4rtv)
I guess I am, to some extent. I don't want Russia to expand into what used to be called "the captive nations" again.
You do know Russia is looking at the Baltic states too, right? This should be discouraged!
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RCjYY)
I don't think it will go that far, or hope not.
Putin is going to have to dig in where the front is and give up on certain objectives, certainly.
Zelensky and the Ukes have really gotten their crap together after Trump put the fear of God in them last year. Their drone production and deployment have only gotten better and better.
But, in the end, Russia still has them outnumbered and has much more productive capacity to win a war of attrition.
It's going to end.
The only question seems to be where on the map will Putin be satisfied enough to call it quits and sue for peace?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)
I always viewed at as Russia with its hand on Ukraine's head as Ukraine punched and flailed about, perhaps I got the order mixed up or perhaps they take turns.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (fK2qh)
I'm told ball bearing factories make excellent targets.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (w/O5Q)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)
Hey, that's what *I* said!
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (w3u3d)
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There was a reason we got those nukes away from Ukraine back in the day, because those guys WILL use them on each other. Never break up a fight between Slavs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (ZOv7s)
I have my doubts about Pooty going nuke. After the shit performance of their weapons, and the ChiCom shit they bought, the last thing he needs is to try nuking Kiev only to end up with a dud warhead.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (KlGB0)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)
People should be reminded that the US installed the current Ukrainian regime. The regime which spent what, a decade, shelling the ethnic Russians in the SE who weren't onboard with the coup? The US that turned down Putin's repeated overtures of friendship for decades.
The US isn't the good guys in this story.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)
The Russians were supplying arms to separatists. The Crimean plebiscite was the excuse for Russia to illegally annex Crimea and its Black Sea ports. That doesn't excuse our involvement and false promises to Ukraine.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bert G at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (VARTN)
His position, and his global allies postions, has only steadily deteriorated since then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (Gqar
A solid, you say?
Posted by: Amber Heard at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)
Not saying "we" were. I remember the bad woke days.
I am however saying that Putin has been meddling in other places other than the Donbass (where I agree, an argument exists).
So if he had any moral high ground, and again I am agreeing it was a level ground between him and the Ukraine like eight years ago, he has lost it in the past year. Fuck him in particular.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Mebbe on EW tips but I think the Ukrainians actually, like the Israelis, are doing more themselves because the US has departed. We always had more stupid ideas about calibrating responses since Vietnam. Both Israel and Ukraine fight better unleashed.
Russian oil and industrial plants should have been targets all along with fixed military assets like bases with planes or boats.
Our biggest strike on Russia is dropping the oil prices--the Ruskis were having liquidity issues last time oil was in the 60's and 70's.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)
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The core problem is that there are no fixed boundaries in Eastern Europe. They're lines on a map written in pencil.
Not a vital American interest.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
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When I last followed event, Russia had air supremecy and Uke drone operators were being sent up the front.
My completely ignorant speculation was that Trump thought Putin would do a deal with him. Remember that big show where all the leaders gathered in Washington to broker peace and it fell through?
I can see Trump telling Hegseth to send his meanest bastards over to Kiev and make Putin suffer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)
>>> 57 ..and I still believe, after everything that's happened over the past year, that Putin wishes he'd taken the deal in Alaska.
His position, and his global allies postions, has only steadily deteriorated since then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (6ydKt)
Why, I'm beginning to think this Trump fellow might have some idea what he's doing.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:07 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)
LOL. UK ain't got the guts. Besides, if Russia attacked the UK in this case, NATO would kick in and the US would be happy to turn most of Russia into a sheet of glass. Even the US lefties say Putin is evil.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:07 PM (w3u3d)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
By now, we (the public) don't know if the Ukes could have made a crude one by now. They have nuclear power plants after all and the older graphite type IRRC that can be used as enriching. Delivery system would be their weakness.
Ukraine is fighting an existential war, Russia, a war of choice.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (l3cgK)
The Ukes should have had some drones deploy their flag over Moskva. Really rub it in Putin's face.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)
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Ukraine has been carrying out these drone attacks against vital Russian infrastructure for years now, though they've become more frequent recently. The rate of change in territorial control has been extremely slow for the past three-and-a-half years, though the Russians have usually had the better of it.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (PZDXa)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (qx7Zg)
Doubt it.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)
Why? Because they're such good guys? The same ones who have suspended all elections? The same coke riddled track suited che Guevara who, with his wife, has suspiciously been living large on our tax dollars? All while feeding his people into a meat grinder? Those guys?
Do not get me wrong, Russian side is no better but it was always Soviets vs the Ukazis here.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (G3T/K)
Over a decade ago someone tried to land a drone with some radioactive material on the Japanese Prime Minister's residence.
Oh if the Ukes got some glowing clicking powder, yeah they would use it to dose something besides Putin's tea.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)
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Ukraine has been carrying out these drone attacks against vital Russian infrastructure for years now, though they've become more frequent recently. The rate of change in territorial control has been extremely slow for the past three-and-a-half years, though the Russians have usually had the better of it.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (PZDXa)
This should have been easy for the Ruskies, but now, more then 4 years later, it quite the continuing embarrassment. How many ships and generals have the Ruskies lost the last four years?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
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They've sold it that way, but it's not. Russia knows it cannot hold ethnically hostile terrain. It's a retarded border dispute between two irate drunken cousins.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)
Heh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:07 PM (R+iUD)
He's a risk-taker.
Problem is, it takes months & years to see whether his risks pay off.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (ZOv7s)
Ukraine gave up their nukes because Clinton promised the US would protect them from the Russians. So Obama sat back while Russia overran Crimea in 2014.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (w3u3d)
Over a decade ago someone tried to land a drone with some radioactive material on the Japanese Prime Minister's residence.
Oh if the Ukes got some glowing clicking powder, yeah they would use it to dose something besides Putin's tea.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (2GVsD)
So much droning...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)
Yes Boomer Cold Warriors ... maybe we just don't send our kids there. Its just so nutty it might work.
Of course, you can volunteer.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (ANWza)
Did we start drafting 12 year olds when I wasn't looking?
Don't insult our troops by calling them children, they are warriors. Adults. Volunteers.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)
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I think Russia's shipyards and maintainers are about as dangerous to the Russian Navy as Ukrainian munitions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
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They've sold it that way, but it's not. Russia knows it cannot hold ethnically hostile terrain. It's a retarded border dispute between two irate drunken cousins.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Are they inbred cousins?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)
The Ukes should have had some drones deploy their flag over Moskva. Really rub it in Putin's face.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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If it burns or bleeds, it leads (traditional media quote). Ukraine is using asymmetric tactics to hurt Russian logistics and longer and longer range drones are part of that. Cheaper than missiles and every missile that Putin fires, he is in the same shape the US is--they are more expensive than what Ukraine will use to retaliate. And the joy is gone from the Soviet periphery about sending their boys into the meat grinder for money.
Territorial gains by the Russians in Donestk primarily have been less at times than the Battle of the Somme for the Allies.
Both Zelensky and Putin should have a cease fire but it may be that both are riding the tiger internally that will eat them if they stop.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (E4rtv)
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Longer than the entirety of WWI and also longer than the period from the onset of Operation Barbarossa to Victory over Japan. We'll see if Russia can keep going for another two years, to make it longer than the entirety of WWII.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:14 PM (PZDXa)
Just a thought.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (iZIzw)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)
Odd fantasy you have there...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (G3T/K)
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Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (xvV+O)
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Lefties change sides in an instant. Clinton and the "reset" button, Uranium One sales to RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA.
Then the heel turn and lying about Trump. It's just so tiresome.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)
They were fighting a 2020s war with 1980s equipment and tactics.
It bit them in the ass .
They're getting it together with drones, etc., now, but it really has cost them not realizing what time it is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (6ydKt)
Was watching a documentary about Eisenhower once, and after he graduated West Point during WWI his commanders refused to send him into combat because they thought he was brilliant and didn't want to risk losing him. Turns out they were right because we won WWII with logistics, and a side of nukes. Another tidbit was that at the time he became the first four-star general who'd never been in combat, but I'm sure that's changed by now with gay trannies getting a star for cross dressing.
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 07:16 PM (8l8nW)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:16 PM (KJYe0)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)
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Putin is the moderate alternative in Russia. If he goes down, it's carpet bombing and tactical nukes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:17 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)
Odd fantasy you have there...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (G3T/K)
That mirrors a quote from "All Quiet on the Western Front", where the protagonist fantasized/wished the Kaiser and the leader of the Allies would duke it out in a coliseum and club each other to determine the winner...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tubal
>It wasn't so long ago that all of the bandwagon yipsters were waving the Ukraine flag in support of this farce. Meanwhile, NATO is still shitting the bed.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 07:17 PM (9SpJJ)
Ukraine - Well, we egged them on to act. Their boss is a bastard. A penis piano playing comic.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:18 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Not sure the Ukrainians see it your way--at a certain point, it becomes like France and Germany in 1916-17--both have lost so much and hurt their populace that neither have the will to stop the war. Sunk cost avoidance. Ukraine refuses to recognize Russian control of its occupied regions and Russia refuses to not try at least to conquer every last bit of the two oblasts it claimed at the get go.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:18 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 07:19 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:19 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
So, supposedly Ukraines drone tech is so cutting edge and so dominant that they are selling it to all sorts of countries. So where is that money going? How much of the capacity and tech was given to them by us?
This has always felt like a proxy war (except with us in the seat of Societs/china in vietnam.)
But the whole thing, all of it, just reeks of deception to me. Hard to articulate why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (l26NL)
It bit them in the ass .
They're getting it together with drones, etc., now, but it really has cost them not realizing what time it is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (6ydKt)
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No, it's nothing like that. Russia has constraints on its force generation that most people don't know about. Absent a state of war, conscripts cannot be used in combat, and so Russia was using "contract" (volunteers) instead. When the initial invasion took place, Russia actually was outnumbered overall, but had surprise and momentum, so they made huge gains.
Ukraine mobilized its reserves, and was able to overwhelm the quick-moving tank-heavy Russian columns. The Russians fell back, trading ground for high Ukrainian losses. Attrition followed, and then Ukraine launched a summer offensive that failed utterly. Then Ukraine attacked into Russia.
So a mini-mobilization happened, and that's when Russia began a strong press. And that's when I stopped caring.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)
18. 17 if Mom and Dad sign the papers.
We can argue about this. Combat is not a football game. Not the Modern American Way. Its mostly teens with an NCO trying to direct the circus.
Insult my ass. Its what it is.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (iZIzw)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)
Odd fantasy you have there...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (G3T/K)
I want the victor to bleed for his country. No armor protection, but not naked. None of the 'ettes deserve that punishment.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
The location of the Stonewall Riots for the gays?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (l3cgK)
Russia has been wise enough not to send Great Rus draftees into the meat grinder. Not too many Muscovites and Saint Petersburg boys in harm's way, from what I've read.
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (l26NL)
Just imagine how the camels feel...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Predicting succession in authoritarian regimes is a mugs game, we don't know the players and we don't know the rules. Same as what comes after Xi.
One of my old profs in grad school was a top Kremlinologist at the time and I talked to him after the Sov Union disintegrated. He mentioned that all of his study on the regime top men left him adrift in the new Commonwealth era. Incremental and piecemeal changes became wholesale regime replacement.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (E4rtv)
Don't insult our troops by calling them children, they are warriors. Adults. Volunteers.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)
Agreed. Adam Baldwin had a great line in Leverage that mentioned him happily dropping a helicopter full of pissed-off 19-year-olds to open a can of whoop-ass.
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (G3T/K)
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That's why I'm not interested in it. Accurate info is impossible to find, everyone commenting on it is on the take, and it's really just a horrible situation with no upsides for anyone. These are two Eastern Orthodox nations massacring each other for clods of dirt.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar
No, because the comic actor has no sense of realpolitik, so a diplomatic solution is impossible. Might as well just ignore it and wait and see who wins the attrition warfare and forces an unconditional surrender, then.
When the other country is bigger, you can't just ignore their express interests in their co-ethnics and harrumph over yesterday's borders. There's a certain kind of brittle ego that would rather see the entire country burn around him than take the 'L' and accept that history books will write his name with the loss of territory, and Zelensky seems to be one.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)
That is a fact. Kiev was the new Berlin.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)
So now it has...oh! Oh, I get it!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (zYpTz)
Reconstruction of the monastery was completed in 2000.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (aD4fx)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
"Result Iranian victory"
Not only are the mullahs crowing about their "victory," Wikipedia is too.
Posted by: Richmeister, the Office Scribe at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (gEnkT)
Reconstruction of the monastery was completed in 2000.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (aD4fx)
Ship of Theseus meets Monastary of Kiev...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (E4rtv)
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This isn't neo-Kremlinology, it's a historical fact. In Russia, nice guys finish last. Anyone strong enough to take down Putin is not going to be an enlightened fan of democracy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Another tidbit was that at the time he became the first four-star general who'd never been in combat, but I'm sure that's changed by now with gay trannies getting a star for cross dressing.
Posted by: the dandy
Every police chief in America has four stars.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (Cqx++)
https://youtu.be/uKB-xFRkYQY
If Z gets any ideas, not my problem
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
The Alamo.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)
Arlington National Cemetery.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:25 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Blutarski
What I saw of that tackle injury looked like a broken lower leg. Could've been the shin guard, but the player looked pretty shocked.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham as Luanne Platter at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (yFLFB)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
"Result Iranian victory"
Not only are the mullahs crowing about their "victory," Wikipedia is too.
Posted by: Richmeister, the Office Scribe at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (cWLG3)
Like that boxer that got into a scuffle with Mike Tyson doing an interview, with bruises and a black eye, saying he hit Mike Tyson and Tyson ran off like a pussy...Mike showed no damage...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)
he's a great guy and respected successful executive nearing retirement. He just won our annual clay pigeon shoot and picked up a nice new double barrel.... that sob. I catch a whiff of it second hand and I'm heading for Taco Bell and the couch. Amazing. Imagine what that dude would have done staying sober.
Posted by: Checkdown
Why do you assume sober he would have done any better? While you get munchie-couchlock, maybe he loves what he's doing even more. Maybe sober he would've just sat around commenting on AoS all day....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (DZ9Lv)
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Liar, your masters in USA did everything possible to provoke Russia and you jumped on it thinking it would be quick and you would be a star. Instead you are buttfucked asshole.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:19 PM (GD0B3)
People seem to miss the point. Russia cannot nuke the UK. Invokes Nato obligations. The US will defend the UK, despite some of its current leanings politically.
Russia knows it can't survive a nuke war with the US. There are people in control in Russia who want to survive.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (w3u3d)
Don't insult our troops by calling them children, they are warriors. Adults. Volunteers.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)
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He said "kids." One of my kids just mustered out.
And no, I didn't want her going to Ukraine.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)
https://youtu.be/uKB-xFRkYQY
If Z gets any ideas, not my problem
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)
I've read it. Pretty good.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (gEnkT)
Not by a long shot. The Ohio Valley. Southern Indiana / Kentucky / Tennessee.
Which is odd. Because there are no pro sports here. So some people get really pissy about IU / UK / UL / WV.
Its odd what people fixate on. Some fixate on the GOP. Some on Church. All looks about the same to me.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (iZIzw)
But the whole thing, all of it, just reeks of deception to me. Hard to articulate why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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Possibly. We provide arms quite openly and advisors too before allegedly Trump pulled them back in exasperation due to Zelinksy refusing to accept status quo in Crimea and where Russia has currently occupied in the Donetsk.
But you had British, French, Canadians, and others less willing to be spotlighted as advisors and the Brits gave Ukraine its longer range tactical missiles (Storm something) among other things.
Euroland is all in on Ukraine, since Trump II, we have been a lot less publicly involved. Behind the scenes, who knows.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
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Lots of them, if you are Catholic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham as Luanne Platter
They'd gone to a hydration break and I switched over to Beat Bobby Flay. When I came back the poor guy was already on the stretcher. That's soccer.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (l26NL)
And like I said ... for some ? War is just Football on a bigger scale.
If there are bullets flying ? By God they want to see their team on the field.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (iZIzw)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)
I beg to differ. Edward VII, George V and George VI held the title Emperor of India.
George VI gave it up.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (w3u3d)
Russia knows it can't survive a nuke war with the US. There are people in control in Russia who want to survive.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (w3u3d)
..which shows how improbable it would be for Russia to let go of Crimea, see ?
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (Wt5PA)
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Thanks. I knew a guy in VT who went by Howdy. Went to west point, retired military now. That's all
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (aJ8q5)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Usually it is a committee until they sort out who is who after the body is cold. But a hot war requires a decisionmaker right off. And there we would be guessing as to what they plan and how they plan to do it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)
From this viewpoint, his leadership prolongs a conflict that serves Western defense contractors while shielding his own administration from domestic political accountability and economic collapse.
And, he was a rat bastard for O&Joe.
Can you tell how I feel about him? 🤷♀️
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
Grand Old Opry?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (KlGB0)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (w3u3d)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
"Result Iranian victory"
Not only are the mullahs crowing about their "victory," Wikipedia is too.
Posted by: Richmeister, the Office Scribe at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (cWLG3)
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Those goal posts have moved into an entirely different continent.
What has Iran gained? Nothing. It's going to get to trade oil again. Without an air force. Or a Navy. Most of its leaders are dead and the Supreme Gay Leader is in a coma.
Their missiles are gone, their radars are gone, and their nuclear materials are in a deep hole, impossible to extract without drawing Arc Light strikes. Such winning!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:32 PM (n96oa)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (GD0B3)
Well rejoice, there is going to be a season two of The Saga of Tanya the Evil anime.
Lt Col. Tanya in charge of Kampfgruppe Salamander.
And she is still too young to drink.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)
Chuckie may play Empress with Camila...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (l3cgK)
Which is odd. Because there are no pro sports here.
Say what?
Posted by: The Colts and The Titans at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: runner
Ukraine or more to the point Zelinsky is probably figuring he will be shot while escaping if he gives Crimea and the rest of the occupied Russian areas in order for peace. Russia too wants what it can't have--control again over Ukrainian politics--they pissed in their cornflakes too much for that to happen in the remainder. So here we are, both sides killing each other, slaughtering their young males, and wasting their treasuries.
Iran-Iraq war all over again except Russia won what it sought in territory but demands Ukraine accept it. Don't think that is in the cards so the war goes on.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (51ygH)
This is false. Iran lost a generation's worth of military equipment. It will not come back easily. If you think we have supply constraints, imagine being a country with no intact production facilities and no foreign countries willing or able to meet your needs. Russia is kind of busy. So is China.
So the first trivial obstacle is finding a country willing to run its factories at full tilt just to serve Iran's needs.
The second is getting it there.
The third is keeping us from blowing it up the instant it arrives.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)
You have no message, just trash, and no one likes trash. It stinks.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (Gqar8)
Based on your awesome performance in the "best lines from movies" thread, I'd be curious to know what your own favorite films are.
If not here, then another movie-related thread.
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (RCjYY)
But the mullahs _______ ________ and ____ _______ _______ like the rest of us.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (AVBLL)
Well rejoice, there is going to be a season two of The Saga of Tanya the Evil anime.
Lt Col. Tanya in charge of Kampfgruppe Salamander.
And she is still too young to drink.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)
I'm interested in finding out why and how she was written out of history...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tubal
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Little bit of both over the years.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)
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But is it true?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)
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We shoot the messenger because you're a cynical, condescending asshole.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (gnNyN)
Great oats. The cardboard container was pretty fly. Personally, I liked sneaking a bit of apple into the pan.
But other than that ? The dirt does not seem magic.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (iZIzw)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (l26NL)
But the mullahs _______ ________ and ____ _______ _______ like the rest of us.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (AVBLL)
Ooh, ooh, I know this one!
molest boys and rape cute sheep...
Posted by: Ahmed at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Bingo. BBC and about a thousand more: 'Zelensky fears Trump's Iran war could hurt Ukraine'
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
Sandy Fluke.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (yFfLy)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (w3u3d)
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The title Empress of India was created for Queen Victoria in 1876, at the behest of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, with an Imperial Durbar held in Delhi on January 1 1877.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (PZDXa)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (l26NL)
Canada was heavily favored to win.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:39 PM (l3cgK)
I didn't think so and looked it up: William IV never held the title. He was King of Hanover during his reign, but never Emperor of India.
That was first granted to Victoria in 1876, thanks to the efforts of Disraeli. I think there was some controversy in that, but it was big time strategery in addition to cheering up Victoria.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (m4E4U)
I want them borh to lose, but I also don't want a nuke creating a migration of millions of other assholes fleeing imaginary fallout straight to the welfare offices of the West.
And bombing thousand year olf Christian relics is just tacky.
Posted by: Sifty at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (k6go2)
The oil must flow !
😀
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (51ygH)
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Dude, they were the third guys to get here. A bunch of Calvinist fanatics so obnoxious that even *the Dutch* could stand them and kicked them out.
The dudes banned Christmas.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sifty at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (k6go2)
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No one is. Putin won't mobilize enough forces to defeat Ukraine because he doesn't want to irritate his people into some kind of color revolution. The Ukrainians don't have the manpower to retake what they lost.
So everything is just dumb shit for show - the equivalent of German 'V-Weapons' in 1944.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)
At the opening of the movie in 1966 when the Doktor is interviewed. Look at the center piece of the stained glass. That looks like Tanya.
I don't think she was written out, just not mentioned yet. Perhaps a second movie?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)
The dudes banned Christmas.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Only the fun aspect.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (Gqar8)
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No one is. Putin won't mobilize enough forces to defeat Ukraine because he doesn't want to irritate his people into some kind of color revolution. The Ukrainians don't have the manpower to retake what they lost.
So everything is just dumb shit for show - the equivalent of German 'V-Weapons' in 1944.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (yZOfl)
Drones are a hell lot more accurate that V1s and V2s were...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)
You like to look at things. When you see it, you won't unsee it.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 07:42 PM (vE0+H)
Sometimes the cynical, condescending asshole is right. Well - most times he's proven right. Especially if he's not trying to sell you anything and just keeps being right.
Human History proves that guy right time and time again.
I am cynical. And thus an asshole. Most people in real life find me far from condescending. They find me real.
I find that "troll" and "condescending" all mean the same here. Its just "shut up".
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:42 PM (iZIzw)
If you'd said "troops" instead of "kids" i wouldn't have had a problem with that. I'd even agree with most of the message. Using "kids" was an attempt to pull at heartstrings like a filthy 60s hippie.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:43 PM (KlGB0)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:43 PM (yZOfl)
At the opening of the movie in 1966 when the Doktor is interviewed. Look at the center piece of the stained glass. That looks like Tanya.
I don't think she was written out, just not mentioned yet. Perhaps a second movie?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)
In the Manga, taking place after the war, she isn't mentioned in any of the history books, despite her major influences in Europe, Africa, and Russia. I mean, for Pete's sake, what did she do in Moscow! Yet, in the snipped from a post-war future, she's not there, and her British rival is much older and, as I recall, somewhat of a keeper of the history (with Tanya absent).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (l3cgK)
No, they are not. That's why you need drone swarms. I imagine the number changes over time, but it was something like 2-5 drones to hit a target a few months ago.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (GD0B3)
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Indeed, and now it is, prices are falling and Iran is going to...do what? They're getting some money, but all their shit is broken. Israel is going to continue to hunt down their leadership for fun and profit. Their proxy in Lebanon is SOL in terms of resupply.
By the way, that's the part that confuses people. Israel repeatedly hammered Iran's proxies, only to see them pop up a few years later with even more toys. But those toys came from Iran, which was able to crank them out at will. Those factors are now rubble. The pipeline of precursor/dual use parts has also dried up. The US has shown it can and will search ships on the high seas. The Shadow Fleet is terrified.
Put simply: there is nothing left worth bombing, so let the oil flow.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner
I find it easy to believe. Putin is using up young men (usually not ethnic Russians) from the periphery of the empire as cannon fodder for money as he ran out of prisoners long ago. And now apparently is bringing in Norks to fight for him which has been officially confirmed now for the last year or so.
Ukraine, supposedly around 6-10 percent of its male population are dead or no longer able to fight with another 15 percent of males who have went awol or abroad to escape.
Putin doesn't really care that he is depleting his ethnics and the Ukrainians are apparently doing drones, mines, and other defenses along with importing people from the Third World. Neither side cares much about civilian deaths of their opponents. So the slaughter goes on.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:45 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:43 PM (yZOfl)
Kindly fuck off, this is an open thread and you are not a denmother, and no one asked your opinion, go back to your computer games, easier on your low IQ gray matter than serious conversation.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:45 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:46 PM (R+iUD)
Or maybe since the Empire lost they had to go through De-Tanyazation?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:46 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)
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Nope, I'm fine with it. It's a starting point, nothing more and Iran has to comply with it or we keep slapping them in the nuts.
I'm loving this. No boots on the ground, no stupid, unrealistic strategic goals, just pragmatic bitch-slapping.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (gKWVE)
I thought Ukraine was slowly losing the war. I discounted statements and videos to the contrary as Ukrainian and Ukrainian-aligned propaganda. Looks like the Ukrainians are hitting Moscow because they want to knock Putin's dick down, make him look useless and illegitimate. I guess he has to do something.
What a stinking mess. What a waste It didn't have to be this way. The Western deep state provoked it and made it happen. Putin was not going to be our friend, but we had the option of not making him into an enemy.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (AnW6a)
No, they are not. That's why you need drone swarms. I imagine the number changes over time, but it was something like 2-5 drones to hit a target a few months ago.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)
So drones will be off by tens of miles from their targets?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha
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There are only lesser degrees of losing in this case.
Sort of like World War I.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (E4rtv)
Mount Rushmore,
Gettysburg,
Independence Hall ...
Golden Gate, Hoover Damn
St. John's Church of the Divine & Lady of Angels Cathedral ...
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (3ZUWJ)
In the 60s ... we had a draft. Amazing how American Attitudes changed. Imagine that. Kids - yeah, just out of high school - shipped off because they got a letter in the mail.
Nobody got drafted when I joined. As they constantly reminded us. We all joined of free will.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (iZIzw)
No, they are not. That's why you need drone swarms. I imagine the number changes over time, but it was something like 2-5 drones to hit a target a few months ago.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)
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How are they not more accurate? Even the cheapo DJI-class drones are piloted by remote operators into their targets, like driving a webcam into a doorway.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (cWLG3)
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Thanks. I knew a guy in VT who went by Howdy. Went to west point, retired military now. That's all
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (aJ8q5)
Achieved the rank of Captain, then went on to demonic possession?
Posted by: The spirit of Howdy will leave you! at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (yZOfl)
I'm loving this. No boots on the ground, no stupid, unrealistic strategic goals, just pragmatic bitch-slapping.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)
I figure it won't go far , Trump signed it in the middle of dinner between dirty plates, so just a way to get out of kind of a flat line.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha
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There are only lesser degrees of losing in this case.
Sort of like World War I.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (E4rtv)
Pyrrhic victory...
Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: the lower depths
I'll take your word for it. For awhile, some were saying it was a myth that Norks were fighting with the Russians but when you see decorations etc. of Norks soldiers on official media, that kinda blows that story out of the water. I can see Norks being used in the factories,etc. as well.
I read sit reps about once a month or so from trusted sources and you get a bit of a picture, then the war morphs again usually via some new tactic. Frankly it is boring and stupid as reading World War I month by month situation reports.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (E4rtv)
The Ukrainians "importing people from the Third World" is news to me. I don't say it's not true.
As for Putin, I imagine he's concerned that Russia is being ostracized. The folks who can't go to Western unis any more are a population subset I'm sure he'd rather not alienate.
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)
Drones are very accurate. Remotely driven, even the larger winged units.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)
The problem is twofold:
1. Drones have to get to the right target. This is not as easy as armchair generals think. Look up "Latvian Defense Minister resigns" and you'll find stories from last month about Ukranian drones hitting some fuel facility in Latvia. Clearly that was not their intended target, but they were horribly off course and probably saw what they thought was a Russian facility.
2. If a drone even slightly misses a target, it's the equivalent of a V-1 or V-2 being miles off target. The payload is simply that much lower.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: Sifty
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It was a warning, letting Zelly know that he's ready to kick it up a serious notch. (A pissed of Rooskie)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (E4rtv)
There was some article complaining that the Norks were clogging up the wireless bandwidth downloading pron vids...
Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed
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Why do they keep landing in the Balkans?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed
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Why do they keep landing in the Balkans?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (51ygH)
They're homesick?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
I think jamming and other EW tactics are the unseen variable. I could see Russian EW operators causing the drones to hit Latvian targets while chortling about it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus
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LOL, second world problems (Russia is not a first world country).
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed
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Why do they keep landing in the Balkans?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (51ygH)
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Jamming is still a thing. Also if using Starlink, jamming and dropped signals are a thing. There are a lot of fly-by-wire drones in the field too (the wires being fibre optic strands).
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (cWLG3)
There was some article complaining that the Norks were clogging up the wireless bandwidth downloading pron vids...
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And this is the problem with a lot of "news" reporting on the war. We thankfully are spared most of the pro-Russian crap unless you go looking for it on RT or X, but there's a lot of stuff clearly written for the NAFO crowd here in the West.
"Russian soldiers are all convicts"
"They have to use computer chips from washing machines in their missiles"
"Norks are all shocked at life outside their country and just download porn all day"
I don't have any great insider sources, but my general rule is that if it sounds like Victoria Nuland wrote it for Bill Kristol to jerk off to, then I just discard it as pro-Ukrainian fan fic.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (yZOfl)
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (yZOfl)
Solid
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (vE0+H)
The Dormition was obviously struck by an end of flight Patriot, which has a warhead weight of about 10 kg. The Dormition is a flimsy wood construction building, as is much of the rest of the Pechersk Lavra. Had it suffered the explosion of a 400 kg warhead, the whole area would have been leveled.
The Sevastopol Dome, a large stone structure (about the size of the Jefferson Memorial) housing the 19 Century 'Defense of Sevastopol' panorama, was obliterated by a Ukrainian drone with only a 70 kg warhead on June 10, 2026. Compare the damage of the two strikes and you will realize that the Russian missiles were not involve
You should also know that the Ukrainian government seized the Pechersk Lavra from the UOC-MP in 2023, giving it to Zelenskiy's new, state sponsored Ukrainian church. The Russians are furious about this theft of Moscow Patriarchy property.
Posted by: 10x25mm at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (szIrk)
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (R86kT)
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 18, 2026 08:54 PM (vU0j9)
CNN: There's a Big Patriotism Gap Between the Normies and the Mentally Ill Communists
Really?
Townhall.comMore quotes from the report from Overton:
@townhallcom 🚨CNN STUNNED as bombshell poll reveals that Democrats HATE America! - Only 27% of Democrats will fly the American flag on July 4th, compared to 64% of Republicans - Only 29% of Democrats are extremely proud to be an American, compared to 90% of Republicans - Only 24% of Democrats want to celebrate America as a priority on July 4th, compared to 65% of Republicans
OvertonHe uses "whoa" in the same nontraditional way the last reporters used "shockingly."
@overton_news 23h WHOA: CNN's own data analyst proves how Democrats have become the party of the unpatriotic.
Meanwhile, Republican admiration for America has stayed exactly the same for 25 years. CNN: "Look at how we have an increasing polarization on this issue." "Will display the flag on July 4th, the American flag." "Back in July 2001, look at this. You had 68% of Republicans, 65% of Democrats saying that they would in fact display the flag on July 4th." "You come over to this side of the screen, Republicans are basically where they were 25 years ago..." "But look at that Democratic percentage. Absolutely PLUMMETING!" "Just 27% of Democrats say they will in fact display the flag on July 4th." "What about this idea, are you proud to be an American?" "Extremely or very proud to be an American." "Again, look at this divide, a growing divide on this question." "Back in January of 2001, 90% of Republicans, 85% of Democrats." "You come over to this side of the screen in 2026, look at this!" "Again, the Democrat percentage absolutely plummets to just 29% of Democrats say they're extremely or very proud to be an American." "That Republican percentage, the EXACT same. 90 and 90."
🚨CNN STUNNED as bombshell poll reveals that Democrats HATE America!
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 17, 2026
- Only 27% of Democrats will fly the American flag on July 4th, compared to 64% of Republicans
- Only 29% of Democrats are extremely proud to be an American, compared to 90% of Republicans
- Only 24% of… pic.twitter.com/mQSLNBUKNl
Remember when the media assured us that Democrats had “reclaimed patriotism” because they waved some American flags at the 2024 DNC https://t.co/mpLh12MsQF pic.twitter.com/C8iFDy0CcK
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 18, 2026
New poll reveals just 29% of Democrats are proud to be American vs 90% of Republicans
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 17, 2026
This should tell you everything you need to know. pic.twitter.com/47Xj0hAuHM
Michelle Obama: "Dreamers aren't Americans too. They are America. They are the beating heart of this country. They are us and we are them..."
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 18, 2026
A "dreamer" was just arrested for plotting a terrorist attack at the White House UFC fight. pic.twitter.com/xBNxvtrObk
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)
I miss Vaginal Biomes.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (9uxYx)
Just unreal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:06 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (s6tef)
Immigrants, even legal ones, don't look at our country anymore than a parasite would.
There was an era where immiigrants really did embrace America but that's long gone.
99% of the time when someone comes over here, it's about money and nothing else.
I'm actually optimistic AI sidelines a lot of immigrants from coming over here.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Exception for old baby boomers and vets.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)
I miss Vaginal Biomes.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (Gqar
That was the original name of the Lilith Fair concert tours.
Posted by: Lilith Fair Facts at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (n9eFH)
Bessent is a genius. The US will unfreeze 6 billion of IRGC funds. The money can only be spent on American made products of which Bessent will approve. No monies will go directly to the IRGC.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (0beLq)
Tell me that's really true. Lie if you must.
If it is, it means Iran can only spend its dollars at the Great Satan Company Store.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (9uxYx)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Most people at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (lJDV9)
They mock Republicans who wear one.
They have identified that the biggest terror threat is from (Christian) NATIONALISTS.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 06:10 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:10 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Giz+5)
I didn't hate the USA, just missed what it once was.
We're a vastly different country than we were even 20 years ago.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (/QHx4)
Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Sco7b)
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It’s not THAT bad. I think a majority do. But I know a few immigrants who are cool and are very appreciative of America. Oddly none of them are Europeans. The Euro immigrants I know all loathe everything about their adopted country.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (X+Nnd)
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To be fair, I didn't either.
And I do not watch CNN.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Keanu Reeves at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (X+Nnd)
Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
Heh. They'd better bring a shovel.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (9uxYx)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (/QHx4)
I think them and ass-play are well acquainted.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)
Hell, I recall seeing little segments on one of the major networks leading up to Independence Day, "200 years ago today, such and such happened." It was really cool, even for a 10 year old kid.
Now? I am seeing very little.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 06:13 PM (n5tGW)
Berkeley, CA has alway hated America. (Well, at least since the mid-'60s --before that it was a normal town.) So if you lve around that area, you're used to that attitude -- the absololte loathing of the United states, and the longing for a non-existent and impsssible communist Noble Savage utopia-land where everybody's vegan and Native Americans make free love with Muslim transsexuals.
his attitude is thus northing new -- it just metasticized from Berkeley out to rest of the national body.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:13 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (s6tef)
Truly. First black president, had so much potential to do great things, and chose to be a deep state commie tyrant and re-invigorate hatreds that had nearly disappeared.
He did this.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 06:14 PM (zYpTz)
Huh. Like, they didn’t choose to be here, they are stranded here because they came here when they were so young they don’t remember their homeland.
Could there be a person who has less agency over their homeland?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:14 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (9uxYx)
This should be on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (TUwfQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (4T3aT)
DUDE!!!!
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (Sco7b)
IOW: "See what you made me do? (smashes dish over head of frightened spouse). Now clean it up!"
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 06:16 PM (5FPX4)
Bessent is a genius. The US will unfreeze 6 billion of IRGC funds. The money can only be spent on American made products of which Bessent will approve. No monies will go directly to the IRGC.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (0beLq)
Tell me that's really true. Lie if you must.
If it is, it means Iran can only spend its dollars at the Great Satan Company Store.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (9uxYx)
Time to sell Iran John Deere tractors with the Right-to-Repair turned off.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 06:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:17 PM (9zFad)
Posted by: tubal
They were great. I saw them open for Caravan on the "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" tour.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 06:17 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 06:17 PM (FJ/Rv)
He did this.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 06:14 PM (zYpTz)
Well, he is a fag and his shit is all retarded.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (9zFad)
But, every 4th of July they have a big bbq at their house, one of those everyone on the block is invited type of thing. The yard house is decorated red and white and blue. It’s a lot of fun.
Granted they are boomers so that’s part of it I suppose. They’re from an era where you could be left wing and still appreciate America for what it is.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: tcn in AK
But you're in AK, you only need a spotlight on it half the year!
Granted, 24/7 in the other half.....
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (9kF3q)
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 06:19 PM (wn0/z)
Secondly, you can apply this logic to a bunch of diferent things. Masculinity for one; which plays voluminously into how Democrats cannot relate to the Masculine voter. They hold the same polarized opinion on Religion, unless it is the "protected religion". They have a similar polarization on generic "competition" (sporting events, capitalism, school grades).
In short, the patriotism of the Right versus the void on the Left is but a microcosm of society as a whole.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (R+iUD)
It’s not THAT bad. I think a majority do. But I know a few immigrants who are cool and are very appreciative of America. Oddly none of them are Europeans. The Euro immigrants I know all loathe everything about their adopted country.
Posted by: Heroq
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I dont really see it.
Do I think they like it here? Absolutely?
Do they revere our Constitution, our history, the Founding Fathers, etc? Nope.
Would they send their young to die for it? Definitely not.
It's looked at more like a fun place to vacation that's safe and better where they came from. Transactional.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (s6tef)
January 6th! INSURRECTION!! REEEEE!!!
Posted by: This... is XiNN at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:22 PM (9zFad)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)
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In which case let me be the first to say.....
Kali Ma!! Kali Ma!!
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:23 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (0beLq)
Hard to keep track while counting all 57 states.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:23 PM (9zFad)
Overall, I don't see how the war can be viewed as a loss. Even if the MOU is bad (which I do not think it is.)
1. They shot their wad. They can threaten to close the strait, or send missiles, but that no longer holds much threat.
2. The bomb program is off the table and not "under the table" as it was. They planned on using the Nork strategy of "pay us not to build one," cheat, "pay us more now that we have one." We never bombed Nork, but we have made it clear we will bomb Iran again if need be.
3. The world now knows that Iran is not "just like us, reasonable." but they are a thugee state willing to blow up their neighbors, threaten the world, and not people anyone can work with. EVERYONE was in denial about that, but mostly Europe.
4. The world now knows that they need oil and gas, and reserves, and back up plans.
5. SA and Oman will build pipelines around the SoH.
6. China lost its pocket Ace. They were counting on US having to send 2 or 3 carriers to the gulf during any attempt they would make on Taiwan.
7. The Lebanon mess, and all their other proxies are out in the open. For years it was understood but not treated as reality ... (pixy limit)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:23 PM (A8nNw)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had
You're not counting John Hanson, the actual first President.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Av6i5)
The border's right over there...
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (wn0/z)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (TUwfQ)
Yup. Great place to be a kid. And the Stampede is always a huge event. Parades, rodeos, cute tourist girls.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:25 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Av6i5)
Some people would include Lady Jane Grey.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:25 PM (9uxYx)
Before I moved into Old People Warehouse, I flew the flag every day, 24/7. I always had an all-weather flag, so rainy or snowy days didn't matter. Also, it was a porch railing type flag,and my porch light was always on, so I didn't have to worry about a separate flag light, even in the Alaskan winter.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (0beLq)
He was a .44 Russian.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (qx7Zg)
That's welcome news, but those will be as easily targeted as ships in the Strait were, in the event of resumption of hostilities.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (5KnEO)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (5KnEO)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (wGerL)
Now that is unAmerican.
Holy sh#t, doing this as they are walking out the door.
*my son and his friends did the cigar thing after the graduation ceremony, it’s no biggie (not like they can chug champagne).
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (4KUe5)
"Again, look at this divide, a growing divide on this question."
"Back in January of 2001, 90% of Republicans, 85% of Democrats."
So what happened between January and July of 2001 that made both Republicans and Dems drop ~20%?
The 2000 election was pretty divisive, and everybody, including the losing Dems loved the country 20% more in January, until 5 months later?
I wonder what the numbers were in October of 2001?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (6ydKt)
Surgery tomorrow... should be the last one for a while (knock wood). I'll be staying with fam for a while afterward, so I may not be around here much for a few days. It depends on whether I can get it to work on my phone.
Keep the faith!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Checkdown at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Av6i5)
______________________
I remember a Paul Harvey offering that just about had me pull the car over. He was talking about George Washington, and providing all kinds of details on the man that are not common knowledge....and then went to "the rest of the story"....where he proceeded to tell you that the first actual acting president of the United States of America was John Adams, who was sworn in as Vice President, and therefore, by default, acting President for a handful of minutes before the 6'2" Redheaded legend was sworn in.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (dIske)
Surgery tomorrow... should be the last one for a while (knock wood). I'll be staying with fam for a while afterward, so I may not be around here much for a few days. It depends on whether I can get it to work on my phone.
Keep the faith!
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/
Prayers for a successful surgery
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (RCjYY)
Do I think they like it here? Absolutely?
Do they revere our Constitution, our history, the Founding Fathers, etc? Nope.
Would they send their young to die for it? Definitely not.
It's looked at more like a fun place to vacation that's safe and better where they came from. Transactional.
Posted by: Sharpie
Yeah there’s definitely an element of that. I’m saying it’s not 99% like you initially said. Not even close to that.
It may sound like a silly example but last Friday I was at a bar watching the US soccer game. It was packed full of people. Sitting right in front of me were two Indians, maybe late 20s early 30s, decked out in American flag gear (shirt, hat, etc) and were wildly cheering for team USA, high fiving everyone and shit.
Did they embrace the constitution and founding fathers? No idea. But they certainly embraced being American. It’s not all negative is what I’m saying.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/x)
Sending thoughts and prayers. And that was kind of a funny sock fail.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (YwEeS)
Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Can't be more American than a HOA.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (9SpJJ)
It really is one massive pity&hate party.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: gp
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very different economics. Ships are very vulnerable unless escorted, and that is very expensive. If one gets through, you lose a ship and also insurance skyrockets so you lose the whole shipping lane.
pipes are easier to protect, and if one gets through you spill some oil back into the sand, fix it, and keep pumping. They are like train tracks - bombing them is only a very temporary problem
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (A8nNw)
Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Can't be more American than a HOA.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)
Oh, even the *suggestion* that the IAEA will be in Iran will set some people off. Heh.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (RIvkX)
"Dreamers"- Do progressives even bother calling them that anymore?
Posted by: Ktgreat at June 18, 2026 06:34 PM (33LJY)
No? The f*ck off, Big Mike.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 06:34 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (9SpJJ)
Presumably, this means something.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (X+Nnd)
Unless Trump says it, then its clearly UNTRUE and a Right Wing Fascist Plot!
Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 06:35 PM (mP0Kj)
No? The f*ck off, Big Mike.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 06:34 PM (5yDGQ)
Especially when several dozen "newcomers" were wandering about Martha's Vineyard looking for a place to go...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (R+iUD)
How’d that work out?
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 06:37 PM (gnNyN)
How’d that work out?
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (X+Nnd)
Well...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:37 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 06:37 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (0beLq)
Story after story says he did.....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (0beLq)
But Bloomberg said...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (ExV1e)
That's welcome news, but those will be as easily targeted as ships in the Strait were, in the event of resumption of hostilities.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (Jr5Lq)
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"Targeting"? Big deal. A rooftop and front porch are "targetable". Hittable is a whole different thing.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 06:39 PM (rj6Yv)
I don’t mean the professional left like mnsbc. I mean the Breaking Points type leftists. The real left. They’re over the moon.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:39 PM (X+Nnd)
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Story after story says he did.....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)
"sources say" OrangeManBad [insert Bad thing here]
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (R+iUD)
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Story after story says he did.....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)
"sources say" OrangeManBad [insert Bad thing here]
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (R+iUD)
Exactly
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (FtULh)
I wonder if we could start a GoFundMe for obama's slave labor? I think that'd be funny.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:41 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)
Not to mention Trumps own words saying Israel needs to take it easy on Lebanon.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (5KnEO)
Commies hate everyone. Look what they always end up doing to each other. For real.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (R+iUD)
Maybe I'll be able to hang out on the MR again. I'm trying to keep my spirits up and the constant black pill stuff is just so wearing.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:41 PM (0beLq)
My stupid lap top puts up all the crap stories from yahoo.. Haven't figured how to remove them.. I don't read them but they are blaring headlines at me before I can move on ...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (FtULh)
You omitted that IAEA complained loudly & often that Iran wasn't allowing IAEA access to the sites and facilities they wanted to inspect!
I hope, and believe, that Trump wouldn't allow that to happen this time, as Obama did.
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (5KnEO)
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I disagree. They hate the America that has been descibed to them, even if that description is not objectionable because they have been coached how to feel. Lemmings.
Men can get pregnant
There are infinite genders
Hamas is the victim
Republicans are Nazis
Fat people are brave
It's easy to hate something if you skip the part where you evaluate the issue and make an informed decision using critical thought. Or you can be a vast majority of leftists and regurgitate what your public school teachers told you, college professors told you, democrat politicians with ulterior motives told you, etc.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (dIske)
We be was so exercised!!!
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (xNKY/)
Posted by: alanon at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (jHMkm)
When your party says America is evil and built on slavery and theft,
What do you expect? I'm surprised the Dem numbers are as high as they are when it comes to flag and country.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: alanon at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (jHMkm)
small, bitter, poisonous fruit.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (vE0+H)
They are selling it way too hard. So at the least even he acknowledges it needs to be sold.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
>Team Canada is winning their FIFA World Cup match against Team Qatar. The game is soccer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: alanon at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (jHMkm)
Heh.
"It's inevitable, Mister alanon!" -- Agent Smith
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (R+iUD)
Yes, and the state can require the dopers to show basic gun knowledge and abilities that they don't otherwise require in non-dopers. As long as it's tailored to achieve a legitimate state purpose and not overly burdensome on the pothead. I understand both ends of it - one of my lifelong friends has rolled one practically every morning since I met him in '89. Unbelievably he's a great guy and respected successful executive nearing retirement. He just won our annual clay pigeon shoot and picked up a nice new double barrel.... that sob. I catch a whiff of it second hand and I'm heading for Taco Bell and the couch. Amazing. Imagine what that dude would have done staying sober. But an outright loss of 2A right, not necessary. N
Posted by: Checkdown at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
>Team Canada is winning their FIFA World Cup match against Team Qatar. The game is soccer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJJ)
Canada is kicking Qatar in the gutter?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJ
This is the one time I would be rooting for Qatar if I followed soccer....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJJ)
Thank you for the translation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (FtULh)
You can use ChatGPT or Gemini to help you clean things up. Just tell them to go step by step. They help me a lot.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (Sco7b)
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This is the one time I would be rooting for Qatar if I followed soccer....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (FtULh)
LOL
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (R+iUD)
I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. At some point I said 'Bibi, we gotta stop this. We gotta stop. Too many people have been killed. You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah. You have people living there, buildings are being dropped on top of them or right alongside of them... How would you like to live there? It's so unfair, especially Beirut.
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If that not throwing under the bus not sure what is.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (YwEeS)
My husband tried.. he was able to do it on the main computer but not this one...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (FtULh)
They are selling it way too hard. So at the least even he acknowledges it needs to be sold.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)
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Of course he has to sell it! The same media who covered up literal pallets of cash are screaming that Trump chickened out (TACO returns!) but of course they don't want war.
And if Iran nuked us with ore Hilary sold them, it would still be Trump's fault.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (vE0+H)
Then have Tom Homan put them on a No Return List...
Seems like all those bitching about America are the ones that made lots of money with no brains or skills...
(Senators, Governors, House Members, Hollywood, Environmentalists, etc)
Money for Nothing and Chicks for free crowd ....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 06:48 PM (geT9b)
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To quote an Ewok: "I shan't believe it!"
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 18, 2026 06:48 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (9uxYx)
My commie neighbor flys the American flag upside down on flag days. It should be burned. The flag that is. Its falling apart and badly faded which could also describe the old commie.
Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (NpJ0Q)
Posted by: Minuteman at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (47/pr)
Jesus yahoo is like Iran State Media
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (vE0+H)
Who is this Jesús Yahoo? I went to school with quite a few guys named Jesús, but then again 80% of the population was Hispanic or Hispanic adjacent...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)
There's a lot of people suggesting a one-for-one trade of our asshats for WC tourists who're in love with America.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0beLq)
Makes sense, the IRGC has been screaming that Hezbollah is their guys and Israel had to keep their hands off, so now that Iran has signed the agreement, they get to reign in Hezbollah or get clocked.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (rbvCR)
You'd never know it. Our history is not their history, now or ever. Look at the 'agenda' from now through July 4th in Philly and near suburbs. Such a disappointment - no doubt intentional - and its been going on for weeks.
Nearby - Morton Homestead. It was founded in 1654 by Morton Mortenson, a Finnish immigrant, while the area was still part of the New Sweden colony. Mortenson's great-grandson, John Morton, signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Parts of the current house date back to the 1698 with a large addition constructed during the eighteenth century. And it's sitting between an apartment building and roadway construction with not even a sign for America 250.
Began hoping something will take & resettle Independence and Carpenters Halls, Betsy Ross House, the Liberty Bell, and more somewhere they can be properly appreciated, and Independence Day celebrations be built around them.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (NFX2v)
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There's a lot of people suggesting a one-for-one trade of our asshats for WC tourists who're in love with America.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (ExV1e)
How many for someone to take Mandami and Occasional-Cortex?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (R+iUD)
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To quote an Ewok: "I shan't believe it!"
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 18, 2026 06:48 PM (Y2/Vj)
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I bet those willing to fly the Palestinian flag is higher than 27%.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (dIske)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0beLq)
So glad to hear that
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (9uxYx)
My commie neighbor flys the American flag upside down on flag days. It should be burned. The flag that is. Its falling apart and badly faded which could also describe the old commie.
Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (NpJ0Q)
An upside down hanging flag is valid; it means distress or danger. During certain (P)residents' regimes, I would occasionally hang it upside down for that very reason.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (l3cgK)
I just don't. MJ is legal most places. Is anybody here really upset about this?
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (R+iUD)
We might have to take several hot Scandi chicks on that trade.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)
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Began hoping something will take & resettle Independence and Carpenters Halls, Betsy Ross House, the Liberty Bell, and more somewhere they can be properly appreciated, and Independence Day celebrations be built around them.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (NFX2v)
Trump should claim sites like that all around the original 13 as National Monuments if they aren't already.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (YwEeS)
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Someone tried to hand me one of those tiny little Rainbow flags at a Walmart entrance a while back. I asked if there was a sale on Skittles.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: tcn in AK
I started a historical flag collection when my kids were young to teach them history. Everyday I'm flying a different historical flag. I think today is Fort Moultrie. Yesterday was Guilford Courthouse. I really haven't flown flags in years. This is fun.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Kindltot a
If they do rein them in would be great.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (X+Nnd)
That's telling Bibi that Israel's PR is taking hit after hit, and to chill out with bombing apartments in Beirut. Just show some restraint with targeting in Lebanon. He prefers pagers going off, not collapsing entire city blocks.
That's not throwing him under the bus, it's more like a friendly reality check.
Throwing him under the bus would be:
"I'm with you guys, it's a genocide. It's all Bibi and the Jews' fault!"
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
It's Independence National Historical Center, under the US Park Service
It's not the feds, it's Philly letting the thug reputation & music revues party on and shutout what would be normal American 250 celebrations.
I know '76 was a quarter century ago, but what a huge difference it was all around the region. So sad.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (NFX2v)
I’m truly confuzzled.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (+10YP)
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Don't come to our little plot of land. Between our place and our retired Air Force couple next door, we're bordering on the ridiculous. Lots of red, white and blue on our corner.
Posted by: Megthered at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (jHnR/)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (OgaPP)
Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Giz+5)
Get out of the house more. Necrophilia isn't nice.
Posted by: Nelly at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (6+ehB)
Posted by: UGAdawg at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (BZjDq)
Democrats, Migrants and Other Criminals Continue Looting America Blind
But fortunately, the Trump Administration is busting them.
A Pakistani "community leader" feted by communist jihadi Theater Kid Zohran Mamdani stole $38 million of our money in an "adult day care" scam. The first hint it was a scam should have been that it was an "adult day care." This was another Democrat agenda item, and of course they insisted there be practically no verification whatsoever for billing American taxpayers for services not rendered.Alleged $38M adult day care scam busted in Brooklyn -- snaring Pakistani community leaders who cozied up to DemsThe other defendants are Who's Who of Pakistani Dick Tracy villains.
A prominent Pakistani-American businessman who spent years cozying up to powerful Democrats stands accused of being part of a $38 million Medicaid scam. Civic leader and well-known Brooklyn Community Board 13 member Pervez Siddiqui, 78, was arrested Monday along with seven co-conspirators. They are alleged to have run a large-scale Medicaid kickback and false-billing scheme through two social adult day care (SADC) centers in Brooklyn: APNA Adult Daycare and Ashiana Social Adult Daycare. The scam ran from 2019 through December 2025, feds allege, with seniors being signed up for day cares that they rarely or never attended, then getting a cut of the Medicaid payment. "Marketers are going around looking for the Medicaid card. They stop people on the street, at bus stops. They go into doctors' offices. They go into NYCHA [government housing] where they know people are low-income. They ask, 'Do you have a Medicaid card?'" a source with knowledge of the investigation told The Post. Siddiqui, who owns around 15 pharmacies in New Jersey, is prolific in local political circles and a regular donor to Democratic campaigns, sometimes shelling out over $10,000 a pop to local candidates, records show. And through his ties to another group, he scored an intimate sit-down with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in December 2025, pictures obtained by The Post show.
Remember when the left was so upset in the 80s and 90s at the fable that Wall Street traders were stealing millions with just a pen? They're not upset at all by this brazen theft by paperwork.
Shazia Bibi (a.k.a. Shazia Wattoo), Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, and their recruiter co-defendants Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz were also involved, according to the unsealed indictment against them. The gang paid cash bribes directly to New York Medicaid recipients to enroll at APNA or Ashiana -- even though most never attended their facilities -- and paid the recruiters kickbacks to refer patients, while submitting $38 million in fraudulent claims to New York Medicaid for services that were never provided, according to the indictment.
Below: The reporters here have completely different sense of the word "shockingly" than I do, or than you do.
For handing over their Medicaid card, seniors at APNA or their family members were getting $500 a month in kickbacks for day care services that were never provided, according to the source.
Shockingly, the indictment says the payments were made even when enrollees were not in the US. The sources claimed many had even gone to live in other countries while they or their family members collected Medicaid kickback money. "The patient is in Pakistan, they're in Morocco. They're not even in this country," the source claimed.I don't think I've ever been less shocked. I'll tell you what's shocking: The main man crow came to the window and looked at me, to let me know I could put out food. I had saved a steakbone just to cut off the bits of meat (orts, in crossword clue vocabulary) and give it to him. I did, but he flew off and did not return. It's actual steak, for crying out loud! Now that is shocking. Here's what's not shocking: more illegal immigrants are stealing American taxpayer money in another blue sanctuary jurisdiction controlled by Democrats. This one, Massachusetts.
11 suspected illegal immigrants among 15 arrested in $1.4M benefits fraud crackdown in Massachusetts, DOJ says
One defendant allegedly carried out more than $546,000 in fraud involving MassHealth, Social Security and housing assistance
A nationwide welfare fraud crackdown reached Massachusetts this week as federal authorities announced the arrests of 15 people -- 11 of them illegal immigrants -- accused of stealing more than $1.4 million in American taxpayer-funded benefits. ...
"Alarmingly, 11 of the 15 charged defendants are suspected illegal aliens, some of whom assumed stolen identities to steal these taxpayer-funded benefits and avoid detection," Acting Assistant Attorney General Colin MacDonald said during a Thursday press conference in Boston. ... MacDonald argued the alleged crimes did more than drain public coffers, saying some Americans were effectively locked out of programs intended to help them because their identities had already been used by fraudsters. "In some cases, the victims of these crimes, the rightful beneficiaries of these funds, could not access benefits they needed," MacDonald said. "American citizens were boxed out of these programs because illegal aliens took their names to then take their money." ... Federal officials said the investigation was conducted with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and multiple inspector general offices. They vowed additional arrests and charges are forthcoming as investigators continue examining benefit programs for fraud. "The further we look, the more fraud we find," MacDonald said. "And this is just the beginning of our work."
Here’s Pakistani Pervez Siddiqui with Mamdani right after he was elected.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026
Siddiqui was just arrested for a $38 Million Medicaid fraud scheme.
Siddiqui reportedly has multiple connections to NYC Democrats, per NYP
The fraud runs deep... https://t.co/WNrUVf7jE7 pic.twitter.com/kBK1c9M9em
BREAKING: The DOJ just announced charges against 15 fraudsters in Massachusetts, 11 of whom are ILLEGAL ALIENS.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026
These fraudsters stole more than $1.4 MILLION in taxpayer-funded Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP benefits
But Democrats said this never happens?!…
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 05:05 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 18, 2026 05:07 PM (CWTWj)
Hmmmm?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)
Find a different bird.
Maybe ask garrett out as a slumpbuster.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:10 PM (gEnkT)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 05:10 PM (dK+Kv)
I did, but he flew off and did not return.
It's actual steak, for crying out loud!
Now that is shocking
For those of you playing at home, this interlude in the content is what is known in Italian as the "Intermezzo".
Ace doesn't just learn pick-up lines in Italian, you know.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)
You want to come to our country?
You must prove you can support yourself without our tax money.
Yea, it's a pipe dream.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (/QHx4)
Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
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2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (kX27y)
To THEM!!!
It's never THEIR $$$ getting stolen, it's OURS, the taxpayers.
Those fucking grifters could care less, as long as it hurts US.
Posted by: UncleJefe at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (gAuAm)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (B0dAE)
Ace doesn't just learn pick-up lines in Italian, you know.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)
Its a small oasis, slice of life bit to allow people to come down from the high blood pressure story before it, so the high blood pressure bit after it still packs punch.
A good performance trick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (UjdFS)
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Does it rhyme with herpes?
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (gEnkT)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (A0HNO)
And several other hard to fake tests to prove they are there.
If you're not getting government money, you don't have to participate.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Zorro Mozzoli at June 18, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:15 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (3ZUWJ)
Hmm. Not a single Bob or Roger in the bunch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (9uxYx)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:18 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Zorro Mozzoli at June 18, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)
It's a cost of doing business!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (9uxYx)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)
We Are Leeks
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Kramer at June 18, 2026 05:20 PM (lJDV9)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:20 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 05:21 PM (wtRjh)
When Biden used and executive order fiat to shell out $47 Billion to these type "public benefit" operations and simultaneously removed some of the most applicable oversight protections, it became obvious.
THIS IS A MAJOR FUNDRAISING OPERATION FOR THE DNC, and various other political organization world wide.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 05:21 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 05:21 PM (IYeV+)
At this point a reasonable man would be forced to come to the conclusion that medicaid and medicare were both set up to allow rampant fraud.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (rbvCR)
I'd go with 25 percent. On a good day
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (9uxYx)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)
That annoying alien dude from The Flinstones, after the show jumped the shark?
Huh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:23 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)
Maybe I've gotten too cynical in my old age. I fully believe that a quarter or more of the federal budget is fraud and waste. There should be a department that does nothing but rigorous audits of all significant federal expenditures, with referrals to the DOJ for any significant fraud that is found. By the way, auditing would not be limited to just social services - I want everything covered, including the military.
This goes along with my desire for a clean, audited election process, term limits, housecleaning in the IRS and FBI, ...........
It will never happen, of course.
Posted by: The Neon Madman at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (yNfcm)
agreed but it makes me happy and hopeful now that they're arresting those who "only" stole a million and a half.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (1wjle)
Adult day care or adult day health, is a community-based program that serves to provide a least-restrictive environment and alternative to residential care for elders and people with disabilities who cannot care for themselves at home.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (9uxYx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (9uxYx)
Classic Amish names.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)
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I'm in post-op pain today and I keep thinking of:
"Jimmy's down! Jimmy might have a compound fracture!"
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (F9bBk)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (0sNs1)
For straight white men, who have been essentially boxed out of do-little Corporate Adult Daycare jobs, it is some consolation that those are precisely the jobs that are easiest for AI to automate away. I picture one smug dawdler's entire 8-hour shift becoming another existing employee's brief Review & Approval task, just to put an accountable human link in the chain for the AI agent's work product.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (lJDV9)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (XuXeR)
It's actual steak, for crying out loud!
Now that is shocking.
Could be he likes worm over cow?
It's a bird after all.
They they tend to like to eat things that are still moving when they're swallow it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 05:26 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)
Which is a horrifying and demeaning way to put it. Say 'Communal Nursing Care' or some other euphemism. There are a lot of childless or orphaned seniors out there who COULD benefit from such programs- you don't have to make them feel useless you commie fucks, their labor provided you the wonderful opportunity to steal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)
There's an Ace/Garrett joke in there somewhere.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (ApGt3)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)
Steal a few hundred million and get a few years in prison to get out and start spending the money again
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 05:28 PM (lJDV9)
They they tend to like to eat things that are still moving when they're swallow it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)
*watches pitch sail by*
Like ace's boyfriends.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)
There is no gummint program whose goal is so laudable that it won't attract these criminals.
In fact they seem to gravitate to programs that purport to help children and the elderly. One, because they're fucking evil, and therefore enjoy victimizing the helpless, and two, because it gives them a defense against criticism. "You want kids to go hungry!" No, I want you to stop stealing the money. "You want elders to sit in their own shit because you've cut the funding for their helpers!". No, I want you to stop stealing the money.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:29 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (9uxYx)
Not even a Juan or Tyronne, either.
If I didn't know any better from MS Now and NY Times I'd start to think that about 50% of the Muslims who have immigrated here are stealing their way to the American Dream.
It's almost like they like to lie, cheat, and steal from the infidels.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (lJDV9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:29 PM (IG3/x)
This.
Comies man. I don't like em.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (9uxYx)
This is like when the DEA makes a big bust and shows off the 100 kilograms of meth or whatever. Great. Meanwhile in the time it took to do the press conference 1000 kilograms came across the border.
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (X+Nnd)
I read that as "vaginal microphone" at first.
If it's big enough to have acoustical properties, you may have a problem.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: National Review at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt
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"If it's not fun, why doing it?"
- Ben & Jerry's motto
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (aK3Fj)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (9SpJJ)
If it's big enough to have acoustical properties, you may have a problem.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (IG3/x)
Dont I remember something where they used sound echoes to map caves?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)
Utilizing the Dongler Effect, no doubt.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)
There is a Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) that is actually a health clinic and day program combined for people who need daily medical supervision or care.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Just the punchline at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (lJDV9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)
Sounds decent.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)
+++
Wait, wut?
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (lJDV9)
I forgot a -ing somewhere.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)
I could maybe be persuaded to favor those euthanasia programs (like MAID) IF they would be used on these thieves of our Free Benefits (because we are such a good people). Especially the foreigners that already hate us, and come just to steal from our (overly kind) government.
OR we could just arrest them and give them the death sentence for their Terrorist Invasion. works for me.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)
I was one of the volunteer test subjects.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 05:34 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: SpeakingOf"
To be fair, we do it to each other too.
Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:34 PM (vFG9F)
Pre 3rd world invasion it was a relatively clean society. People follows the rules more or less. Of course there were exceptions but criminality was the exception, not the rule. Very rare thing.
That’s no longer the case. 1/3 of the population is now 3rd world. And soon to be over 50%. Mexico/Pakistan corruption is the norm.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:34 PM (X+Nnd)
How do we fight this?
We vote but unfortunately a lot of "Republicans " are making bank from the programs.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (/QHx4)
We place it inside one of those wooden play structures with the tube slide and tower and such.
The other day after they cleaned the plate they left a brand new shiny 2026 dime sitting there. I don't know if it was a gift, payment for the food, or a tip for good service.
Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (IYeV+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (9SpJJ)
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Things I never knew I needed to know. ;-)
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)
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People's Day Program
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (RIvkX)
Did the thieves bribe the program managers, or was it one of those deals where the managers considered the fraud to be the intended purpose of the program?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (FaGPp)
That just makes the fraud even more infuriating.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Beartooth"
How do you know a cat didn't bring it?
Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (9SpJJ
I thought you were writing about government funding up until you mentioned crows.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)
More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM
As has been noted extensively on this blog, catapults have a faster rate of fire.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)
agreed but it makes me happy and hopeful now that they're arresting those who "only" stole a million and a half.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (1wjle)
Ditto, and what's more, that appears to be $1.4M spread over 15 perps and who knows how many years. So now they appear to be down to busting fraudsters that stole less than $100k total, maybe even less than $10k per year.
Which is what I want, what I've been praying for in the Saturday Prayer Thread. It is wrong to dangle temptation to sin in front of people who have worked hard for modest amounts their whole lives.
We literally pray for God to lead us not into temptation, and we shouldn't do it to each other either. I frankly think most all of those programs should be shut down at the Federal level, including the block grants to the states, and just let each state fund its own programs. The only real way to end the theft is by ending the disbursements.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (Sy6m/)
I read that as "vaginal microphone" at first.
If it's big enough to have acoustical properties, you may have a problem.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (IG3/x)
I did the same and was thinking Get Smart and having a cooter phone instead of a shoe.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:39 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (FaGPp)
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All you need to do is file the right paperwork and the dollars begin to flow.
Any actual inspections are easily faked or fixed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)
All those Minnesota daycare scammers weren’t working alone. They had help from Americans who were cut in on the action.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
I wish I woulda thought of a covid scam to rake in free money. Id have a Bugatti. If you can’t beat em, join em.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (5KnEO)
That just makes the fraud even more infuriating.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (IG3/x)
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I can tell you for a fact that legitimate beneficiaries get less than they should as a result.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 05:41 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:42 PM (ouUlY)
i heard they opened for cream at the inaugural ceremony of biosphere 2.
Posted by: anachronda at June 18, 2026 05:42 PM (qdr3M)
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Yet another list of criminals that should have never been in this country.
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)
Questions were asked and unanswered...
How many will this serve?
Where will service be delivered?
Questions unasked...
What are their qualifications?
What is their track record?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar
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Estes Kefauver?
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (OgaPP)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:44 PM (GD0B3)
It means a group of people associated by geographical proximity and common interest - "and," not "or."
A usage example would be "My community includes my friends, family, neighbors and fellow synagogue congregants, and also my wife's church congregants; the rest of the world can kiss my hairy ass."
The actual usage is in the first clause, the last part is just for emphasis... and flavor.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:44 PM (BI5O2)
The morning after Thanksgiving one year, she told us at breakfast that she had put the picked turkey carcass over a small branch that morning, and one of the crows came and looked, and flew away.
While she was working on breakfast, she heard a racket out back, and went to look.
The whole flock had come, and were cawing at each other, then several of them, working together, lifted it off the branch it was threaded over, and flew off into the woods with it.
She swore they were kibbitzing on how best to get it done, then doing it.
Posted by: barbarausa at June 18, 2026 05:45 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 05:45 PM (A8nNw)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar
Georgia O'Keefe
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 05:46 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 05:46 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (OgaPP)
Posted by: Big Fat Fiser at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (lJDV9)
Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (vFG9F)
Cats are well known to stiff the wait staff on the tip.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (yFfLy)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)
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Yes, because spending other people's money is so fun.
Also, I disagree about helping the granny with bathing and a trip to the clinic. The government has no business doing any of that. Granny should have saved some money or had family or a friend help them out. All these people who don't think it is worth having a family better have a bunch of cash laying around to pay for help - because they have no business taxing me for that sort of support. We already pay a shit ton for their health care, and that pisses me off enough as it is.
Posted by: Black JEM at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)
I would say no, and that's the question that has prompted the greater scrutiny: What was all that debt for? Where's the assets it bought?
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (OgaPP)
Don't they have CPAs who do their reporting?
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (vE0+H)
I had no intention of finding anything it was a nice paid vacation. Wasn’t much about $400/week but it was enough of an incentive for me to take a couple of months and just chill before looking for work. I had gotten a nice severance, no rush. iNothing about it was illegal either. I was following the rules.
All govt programs are this way. They’re just screaming for people to come and take advantage of them.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:49 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 05:49 PM (4A5dK)
i *told* you we'd be underwater by 2015, but did you listen? noooooo!
Posted by: algore at June 18, 2026 05:50 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM
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I'm sure some do, but I bet many of them want an external set of eyes to look at them. Plus a standard financial audit is not designed to find fraud... it says so right in the engagement letter
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:50 PM (OgaPP)
Really all of it is fraud imo. I dont feel any better that an adult daycare is totally on the up and up. None of it deserves taxpayer dollars.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Sharpi
Well he threw Israel under the bus, there will be no regime change, Iran gets to put a toll on Hormuz ship traffic and they get $300B.
Pretty pretty…prettty bad.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (X+Nnd)
Kolleges will shut down for lack of fake students.
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (4A5dK)
She swore they were kibbitzing on how best to get it done, then doing it.
Posted by: barbarausa at June 18, 2026 05:45 PM (enw9G)
I can believe it. When I put out an egg for my crows they stand around pecking it to pieces. Each one grabs a piece and flys off. Nothing left of shell .
Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (IYeV+)
Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (vE0+H)
Yes. I would definitely worry. The presidency is effectively over and Kamala has taken over now. Trump Impeachments here we come!
Posted by: Frank at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)
someone could write a book!
Posted by: loud guy in a suit covered with question marks at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (qdr3M)
I had no intention of finding anything it was a nice paid vacation. Wasn’t much about $400/week but it was enough of an incentive for me to take a couple of months and just chill before looking for work. I had gotten a nice severance, no rush. iNothing about it was illegal either. I was following the rules.
All govt programs are this way. They’re just screaming for people to come and take advantage of them.
Posted by: Heroq
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It's amazing how quickly someone is able to find a job once unemployment benefits run out.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: La'Shondra at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (lJDV9)
I sort of miss those days.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Frank at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)
Well I wasn't worried until I read this but now I am.
It's bad, people! Very very bad!!
Posted by: Larry at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (vE0+H)
She said she'd never seen anything like it.
Posted by: barbarausa at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (enw9G)
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (j7INY)
That kind of anger isn’t healing. It’s like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
Unless you’ve spent years developing a tolerance to iocane powder.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (buvgH)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (Gqar8)
PDT 1 hour ago. " if Israel attacks the IRGC over repeated attacks by hezbollah we will join them:"
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 05:55 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:56 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (BI5O2)
Wait until the student loan program unravels.
Kolleges will shut down for lack of fake students.
Posted by: torabora
Don't threaten me with a good time!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (Cqx++)
But I'm not really seeing anything good from this Iran deal except we get out.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (OgaPP)
Except my wife hasn't had the balls to try to kill me in my sleep with a pillow.
she's still working on the long-term poisoning. once she gives up on that, look out.
Posted by: anachronda at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)
Never trust a CPA! One told me I had $30 million and then I found out I was actually poor.
Posted by: Ilhan Omar at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (9uxYx)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (X+Nnd)
https://archive.is/4jCsu
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (vFG9F)
aiui, it's not *us* that will be handing over the $300 billion. it'll be qatar. they don't have to go through congress.
Posted by: anachronda at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Ilhan Omar at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (9uxYx)
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Heh. I literally laughed out loud
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (OgaPP)
There is no deal, only a continuation of the ceasefire and an agreement to talk.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:00 PM (0beLq)
Pretty pretty…prettty bad.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (X+Nnd)
I have good news for you. The paper they signed is BS, Israel will continue doing what it is doing, the MOU won't move past "phase I" - the opening of the Strait. There is talk about inspections, and talk about Iran allowing people in. Which tells me that the stuff they will show is irrelevant. They hid a massive program for years and years. So showing a bombed out site will not be a problem for them. Israel will continue thrashing the Hezbos, oil will flow, and we win Congress in '26.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 06:00 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:00 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 18, 2026 06:01 PM (ffi9I)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:01 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 06:01 PM (GD0B3)
But I'm not really seeing anything good from this Iran deal except we get out.
Posted by: Sharpie
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The way it has always been described is a "rebuilding fund" but not a gift, an investment. Money invested by other gulf states to rebuild infrastructure (and then the fund owns that infrastructure) in Iran, as it is in dire need of facilities -- ports, pipes, refineries, etc.
So not USA money. Not taxpayer money. Not a gift. Iran thinks they will just steal it, but I do not care if they steal UAE money. It will probably turn into a protection racket - give us money or we don't allow your ships to pass. This is bad, but not what everyone is saying.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:02 PM (A8nNw)
Posted by: ...
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yet you accuse me of me being a fake conservative for basically expressing the same sentiment.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (X+Nnd)
There is no deal, only a continuation of the ceasefire and an agreement to talk.
Posted by: Ben Had
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When it comes to Iran, do not trust.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)
Can you believe that George Bush actually showed up for the opening of that hideous monstrosity?
George F**king Bush
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (9uxYx)
If anyone needs a new tank top for summer/Independence Day, NY Times Wirecutter has you covered
https://archive.is/4jCsu
Posted by: Oglebay
Tank tops for men:
https://youtu.be/B7w993ocbtM
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (X+Nnd)
If they want to pirate the Straits of Hormuz, let their rich Arab neighbors figure out what to do about it.
Just pump our own oil and let it be Europe's problem.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:06 PM (ouUlY)
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (ouUlY)
All that matters.
The pain and humiliation only gets worse.
It had to end quickly no matter what, before another Presidency, or become a bloodsoaked albatross of a generational war that penuries the taxpayer, enriches their domestic enemies, and emboldens their foreign ones when the US gets spanked and sent home with its materiele left on the field.
That was the only alternative.
Just "deal" with it, and breathe a sigh of relief that it was only this bad, which isn't that bad.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (ouUlY)
Am perfectly happy to agree with you or anyone on made points but the just asking questions shit doesn't fly.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (vE0+H)
Kolleges will shut down for lack of fake students.
Posted by: torabora
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I try really hard to sympathize with these people who pay tens or hundreds of thousands over many years and now owe more than they borrowed.
Good grief they are college educated and do not understand how loans work? This is all a stupid tax, and the stupid now want relief. Sure, they were played, but that's on them -- are we to pay off people who got scammed in 3 card monte in Washington Square Park now as well?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (A8nNw)
....
This goes along with my desire for a clean, audited election process, term limits, housecleaning in the IRS and FBI, ...........
It will never happen, of course.
Posted by: The Neon Madman at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (yNfcm)
Well the apparent lethargy of the Dems since the foreign aid cuts indicates we are over the target to some extent.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)
Think "I wonder what happened to SWIFT when Russia was excluded from the system" and unfortunately the answer is "everyone started talking about BRICS"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (rbvCR)
Think "I wonder what happened to SWIFT when Russia was excluded from the system" and unfortunately the answer is "everyone started talking about BRICS"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (rbvCR)
even the 300 billion the Euros are trying to steal is having considerable impact on their economy.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)
Obama Officially Opens the Ozymandias Presidential Center As Subcontractors Complain That He Didn't Pay Them and Left Them With Millions in Worthless IOUs
Fox NewsMore:
@FoxNews 4h
"They are scared to death about talking about it." The Obama Presidential Center was pitched as a legacy project that would help lift minority-owned and local businesses. Now, several subcontractors say the project has left them saddled with massive unpaid costs. One plumbing contractor says he's nearly $4 million in the red: "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive." A Fox News Digital investigation found multiple construction firms reporting losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions, with many of the complaints coming from the very firms the Center claims it wanted to support.
Subcontractors say they're owed millions, face financial ruin, after helping build Obama Presidential CenterA project overseen by communist Theater Kids was chaotic and subject to constantly-shifting plans? I don't believe it. BTW, totally unrelated: LucasFilm fired more directors than actually oversaw completed projects and "announced" more than a dozen movies that never filmed.
Adamson Plumbing owner Mike Owen says his company is owed nearly $4M on the Chicago project CHICAGO -- The Obama Presidential Center was billed as a lasting legacy to former President Barack Obama, and its construction was touted as an ambitious model built with aggressive goals for minority-owned and local businesses. But now, some of the very subcontractors who helped build the 19.3-acre campus on Chicago's South Side say they are facing financial ruin as they race to recover millions of dollars they claim remain unpaid ahead of the center's grand opening Friday. Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021, and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark. A Fox News Digital investigation identified multiple construction firms claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions. The allegations cut against one of the Center's defining goals: helping minority-owned businesses and local contractors grow through one of Chicago's highest-profile construction projects. Several of the complaints reviewed by Fox News Digital come from firms that were supposed to benefit from that mission. Among them is Adamson Plumbing, whose owner Mike Owen says is nearly $4 million in the red after years of work on the project. "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive," Owen said.
Subcontractor owners interviewed by Fox News Digital described what they characterized as a chaotic work environment marked by repeated design changes, rework, scheduling disruptions, extensive oversight and years-long compensation disputes that still remain unresolved.
Several also described what they viewed as a wall of silence surrounding the project, with some declining to speak publicly or requesting anonymity because of confidentiality agreements or fears of professional retaliation.Are you telling me that communists overpromise and underdeliver, are shit with accounting, and promise "the workers" that they'll be millionaires in the New Soviet Era but then confiscate the workers' wealth to build themselves villas and monuments that would make Cresus blush? I shan't believe it. I simply shannot. Speaking of communist lies: One of Ozymandias's floozies announced that his presidential center was built on stolen land but, get this, did not go on to say they were returning it.
The allegations emerge days after a Fox News Digital investigation reported that the Obama Foundation's reserve fund -- originally promoted as a $470 million financial safeguard intended to help protect taxpayers if the project encountered financial trouble -- remains funded at roughly $1 million.
The Obama Center ceremony begins with a "stolen land acknowledgment" pic.twitter.com/msQdnfCbmI
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 18, 2026
Barack Obama, whose administration spied on Trump's campaign in 2016 and fabricated a conspiracy about him colluding with Russia, says it's incredibly important to have a "peaceful transfer of power after the people of spoken." pic.twitter.com/oOzc1rOf1d
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 18, 2026
And then Mamala or whatever she's calling herself "danced" in the typical white woke woman way.Obama: People aren’t looking for perpetual anger.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 18, 2026
Also Obama: I want you to stay angry. pic.twitter.com/M9ZteYsDgf
Checking in on the opening ceremony of the Obama Center… pic.twitter.com/laV4S85bTN
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 18, 2026
Victor Davis Hanson
@VDHanson 5h As a general rule, anytime Barack Obama lectures the country or its people on their purported sins--with Khalil Gibran pop platitudes--he is seeking absolution for his own obsessions by projecting his own guilty desires onto others. The latest? At the dedication of his narcissistic Obama Presidential Center in Chicago--a $850 million flak-tower, monolithic boondoggle mired in debt--Obama lectured us on the need to resist the allure off "money, attention, [and] fame." Thus spoke the owner of four homes, three of them multimillion-dollar mansions, whose last inert year in office was spent closing book and Netflix deals that ensured he would become a multimillionaire the moment he left office, and on spec, jets private to sermonize to various audiences--often at $400,000 a shot--on their own false-consciousness shortcomings. Plain-speaking, frugal Harry Truman in obscure retirement in Independence, Missouri Obama certainly is not.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Mx+TJ)
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Barack Obama, whose administration spied on Trump's campaign in 2016 and fabricated a conspiracy about him colluding with Russia, says it's incredibly important to have a "peaceful transfer of power after the people of spoken."
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"If it was proven that you were the key decision maker in a conspiracy to impede the transfer of power to your successor, would you call that treason?"
"Well, what I did was legal and right because Trump is Putin's puppet."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (xvV+O)
-Barack Obama
'Suck it, bitches.'
-shorter Barack Obama
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
In Obama's case, its not so much disagreement over work (although I'd be pretty unhappy with how it turned out) but rather they blew the money on other things and have to do more fund raisers to replace it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (UZCuZ)
-Barack Obama
'Suck it, bitches.'
-shorter Barack Obama
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)
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He's like the best of communists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Zn6QU)
Juneteenth? Any of you all grow up close to northern Indiana and had to hear about "Dyngus Day" every year?
Jeesh, those freaking Poles...
Posted by: Bulg
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: do the hustle! at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (3d9VR)
No shiite. I thought it was for Barack Obama.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (Mx+TJ)
You'll get paid in exposure and likes!
Lemme take that down to the bank and pay my mortgage with "Brand Awareness."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
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PDQ Bach was fun (and talented)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (UZCuZ)
They were as meaningless as anything Kamala says, but at least he'd learned the trick of making them sound good superficially. (she can't even manage that)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (edUvp)
clearly the solution for our failed 5 year plan, is a new 5 year plan!
Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (mP0Kj)
The Brutalism School just called to say, "Bro, that's just too brutal."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (4T3aT)
I like that. Our leader is quite the learned Ewok.
And at least they're not calling it a "library," since it contains no documents.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Barky at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (wGerL)
I like that. Our leader is quite the learned Ewok.
And at least they're not calling it a "library," since it contains no documents.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)
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Because he's seen Watchmen?!
/s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (IY9No)
The Five Year Plan says you should now be wealthy and uplifted, comrade. Are you not happy?
(Also, on the flip side, I wouldn't pay anyone for that monstrosity, either. And I would have death squads hunting for the jackwad that sent some torqued up blueprint of a recycling bin to the original contractor.)
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (fgSb9)
And its Chicago. So fuck 'em in general.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IdfaO)
"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you. Go get your fucking shine box!"
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.
I don't get it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: A dogshit end to a dogshit monument to a dogshit Pres at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)
All those minority contractors can eat a big bag of Obama dick and die.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (X+Nnd)
I don't get it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
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"We're morally good people because we acknowledge that America is bad."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (Zn6QU)
You signed a contract with a politician. These people are parasitic liars who love to steal because they're above the law.
If you do business with someone like Barack Obama, you deserve whatever you get, retard.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Barky at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (wGerL)
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Hahahahaha
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: A dogshit end to a dogshit monument to a dogshit Pres at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)
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Beauty in art (including architecture) is to be avoided at all costs because it reminds people that things can be good and not miserable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UZCuZ)
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The Barry Library has indoor plumbing? Doubtful.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)
Is that wrong?
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (n5tGW)
Just think. With the proposed wealth tax on trillionaire
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (kU0PQ)
As we are seeing in Canada, it is a campaign to destroy private property rights.
You don't actually own your land, you see.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (aD4fx)
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.
I don't get it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)
Virtue signaling for the retarded theater kids.
Posted by: Redundant? Perhaps. at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)
Yeah they literally had a chance to take that land and give it to these groups of alleged owners (who never would have said they owned any of it). But instead they built a monstrosity and a park with ugly stupid sculpture on it, and then made a little speech about it belonging to someone else.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (UZCuZ)
It's a lair. The kind of place you run a shadow government out of. Bet it's chock full of comms gear, a server farm, weapons...
Antifa HQ
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (jehhT)
I'll guess zero. Wish Jack was here. He did.
Barry pretty much fucked his own ... and he didn't care. I promise you, on a job this size ? Any reputable firm either bonds or insures against the risk.
Fuck 'em. Yet I hope they sue until the sun don't shine. Republicans ... you WANT these contractors to raise Hell.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (2ocoG)
Several also described what they viewed as a wall of silence surrounding the project, with some declining to speak publicly or requesting anonymity because of confidentiality agreements or fears of professional retaliation.
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Being driven out of business sounds a lot like professional retaliation. The retaliation has already occurred.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (kX27y)
I’m expecting to hear one day about a tourist being injured when one of the letters rusts through and falls off the building.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)
Probably all the concerts will be held then, with U2 and Springsteen and all the washed up acts your grandpa liked in the 80s
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (UZCuZ)
Aren't they supposed to reflect who they were built for? Dood could be Whoopie's brother. Never know which end you're looking at.
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (Mx+TJ)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (IdfaO)
Michelle is the focus of the portrait (centered and middle). Barrack is in the background to the side leaning on a table as an afterthought. It's almost like he had to photobomb the portrait for his own library.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (dIske)
It looks like real crap now, but I get your point.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (X+Nnd)
And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.
So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (vFG9F)
I think they're concrete.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (/QHx4)
On multiple occasions Obama used the phrase "peaceful transition of power" and it struck me as odd and why say such a thing. Of course later it made sense - preparing the field of battle.
Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)
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Obama is supposed to be better, though.
All his supporters say so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (w1twS)
Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (mP0Kj)
And to send all the kulaks and wreckers to the gulag!
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (QaH55)
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Not everything is Clerks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor "
Linda Ronstadt is going to be there??
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (vFG9F)
The portrait is a "stealth" announcement of Big Mike 2028. Guarantee it.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: President Obama to black entrepreneurs he is trying to lift up at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (RIvkX)
I guarantee you that President Trump will have the most luxurious Presidential Library, Resort, Golf Course, and Casino built in a fraction of the time at a fraction of the cost of this monstrosity.
And it will be self-sustaining indefinitely without requiring any taxpayer money for continued maintenance and upgrades.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Bono at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (3d9VR)
Bullshit. Just the opposite. That sounds like contractors that were told to just get in a number and they would get taken care of on the back end.
But then the rug got pulled out from under them. I'll bet my tender parts that's what happened.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (IdfaO)
The portrait is a "stealth" announcement of Big Mike 2028. Guarantee it.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
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People have been predicting that she'd run since 2016.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)
On multiple occasions Obama used the phrase "peaceful transition of power" and it struck me as odd and why say such a thing. Of course later it made sense - preparing the field of battle.
He was "pre-bunking" January 6th. He knew.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)
I have it from multiple reliable sources that the absolute worst food service patrons are 1) blacks and 2) churchgoers, sad as that is. Entitled, demanding, obnoxious, and don't tip worth a damn.
Posted by: God bless our waiters at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (kJmSS)
A library? For what? To house the documents that would send him to prison for life for all of the crimes he committed in his illegal opposition to Donald Trump?
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)
Sort of his trademark.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (2ocoG)
I just said that! Lmfao!
Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Zn6QU)
West Baden is an og resort from the 1920s. Hot springs iirc. In French Lick, IN which at the time was as far from anywhere as possible east of the Mississippi. The dome is beautiful. A glass and steel cathedral over the dining/dancing area (which is gigantic.)
Sure, it was a haven for the rich, but at least their patronage helped create beauty, then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (YwEeS)
Sure, it was a haven for the rich, but at least their patronage helped create beauty, then.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)
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And communists decided that it had to end. So, they set to work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (kJmSS)
No one wanted to be the first to stop clapping. Took a while for one to drop from heat exhaustion.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)
A library? For what? To house the documents that would send him to prison for life for all of the crimes he committed in his illegal opposition to Donald Trump?
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)
I believe Obama still has tons of documents that belong to the National Archives...what Mar-a-Lago was supposedly raided by the FIB for...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (l3cgK)
Now lets do 300 page "Spec Books" - like most mid to large American Manufacturing.
You don't write a book that large to make things simple. You write it to get out of paying. General Electric is one of the worst.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (n5tGW)
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If the sacred dance requires appropriation of copper wire and plumbing fixtures and pipes, then I hope they will do the sacred dance.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (2IqMx)
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The Barry Library has indoor plumbing? Doubtful.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
That's for the showers.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (diia5)
I wasn't even supposed to be here, today!
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)
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People have been predicting that she'd run since 2016.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)
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There's the Ozempic thing too with her. But, I think she wants nothing to do with actual responsibility. She has her riches, and is content. When they were talking about her running in 2024 she immediately ran to a talk show and announced that she suffered from depression. Sounds to me like certain people were trying to talk her into it, and she made sure it wouldn't happen.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (dIske)
1) 'Use more concrete.'
2) 'Make it uglier.'
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50) 'Oh yeah, forgot about plumbing. Do that too.'
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100) 'No. Uglier than that! Don't you know how to build ugly?'
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (5yDGQ)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Vice President JD Vance have all embraced the diet, drawn by the promise of slimmer waistlines and glowing skin.
They all apparently have determined the health benefits outweigh the slightly sulfurous odors that have been the cause of some domestic friction.
“Within 30 days I lost 20 pounds,” Kennedy said at an event in Michigan this week. “JD Vance is also on the diet and you can see how different he looks.”
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (ixZ1o)
64 If you want to know how that Obama marriage is going, take a look at the portrait they hung for the library.
Michelle is the focus of the portrait (centered and middle). Barrack is in the background to the side leaning on a table as an afterthought. It's almost like he had to photobomb the portrait for his own library.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM
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I don't think Michelle is going to outright divorce him, despite her tendency to blame others for her problems. The separation will be virtual, and in fact, is already in progress I suppose.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (IY9No)
True. Attorneys in the construction law field are essentially collections lawyers. It's a whole specialty unto itself as I'm sure you're aware.
Posted by: Contract shmontract! at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (An6iH)
And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.
So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You left out feral lawyers that both sides use to try to screw the other. A full employment economy.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (YwEeS)
The Os retain ownership of the home on South Greenwood Avenue but are rarely there. It is kept largely for its "personal historical value and proximity to the Obama Presidential Center" in historic Jackson Park on South Stony Island Avenue. A brisk walk at best.
Unless a GSA contractor, they'll probably never get paid.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (NFX2v)
https://tinyurl.com/arjvuvnk
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (dIske)
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She's a dull, uninteresting woman who wants to spend her time complaining about her husband and children to podcasters who worship her.
I mean, I assume Obama didn't do much as president, but it's still more than what Michelle wants to do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)
Well, we're waaaay ahead of ya.
Posted by: 0bama's Architects at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (kU0PQ)
Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"
Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)
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State real estate taxes waved and said "Howdy".
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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They no longer have a chef to bring them together.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (kX27y)
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The internet seems to think that 100 change orders for a project of that size is a lot. Not in my experience. You could have 100 change orders even in much smaller developments. I would have thought that this Gay Lightbringer Monstrosity would have had 100s of CO.
But ... it all depends on what you consider a "change order." Any tiny change to anything is technically a CO. A massive construction project could have 100s if not 1000s of changes to minor bullshit like what color the toilet paper rollers should be.
But if the GLM had 100 change orders to major design specs, then that might be a red flag.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (iFTx/)
There was a similar Diet craze back in the 90s that did the same thing but with Cabbage Soup.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (HLgI3)
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I think she understands that her wealth and status is tied to the fact that she's his wife.
That if they divorced, her ability to command attention would diminish (not go away, just diminish).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (Zn6QU)
Fu*king
Time
he opens his mouth, you want to scream at him to STFU.
What a despicable person.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (2WIwB)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
https://tinyurl.com/arjvuvnk
Posted by: beckster
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They liked his cucumber..... salad.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (X+Nnd)
I doubt she has ever known, or will ever know, contentment. She is the personification of bile and resentment.
Posted by: Dean Wormer at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)
True. Some things are Simpsons and Seinfeld.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (X+Nnd)
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All under the umbrella that is My Dinner with Andre.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (2UnvF)
The University of Illinois at Chicago was brutalist concrete crap like that. Stained all over with rust in a few years. Don't know what it looks like now.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (YwEeS)
Goes great while suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze
Posted by: John Cougar Melloncamp at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (l3cgK)
I'd rather go on the Irish Diet; potato peels boiled in salted water.
Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN)
And lower liability insurance, because large hunks of concrete are unlikely to fall off of it, drop 10 stories, and crush a passer-by.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (kU0PQ)
Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"
Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
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Yea, but she is only mouthing the near-universal prime directive of leftwing women her age: ME ME ME ME ME. That's all they're about and they brag about it. "Me Time!" "Time for Me!" ME ME ME ME ME.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)
Hints of John Everett Millais' painting of Lizzie Siddal in Ophelia
Posted by: Bono at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (A0HNO)
Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"
Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
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I know Fun Me. He owns a little betting parlour that focuses on Mahjong in the East Village.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (dIske)
Posted by: steevy
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Being listed as a walking and talking EPA Superfund site. Chevron deference was born from such.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (3d9VR)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
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The next Superman movie is already in production.
So,...it would entertain me if Supergirl bombed (it's been test screened a lot, like a dozen times, and has had three composers, while its been cut down by at least 25 minutes from the early screenings, so it's probably not very good anyway), Man of Tomorrow still released on scheduled and did well with David Cornenswet being kept on a leash without saying stupid shit.
Just to teach DC corporate a lesson in how to control their stars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (2IqMx)
Reclaimed from Lake Michigan by Chicago River dredgings, Great Fire ashes, etc.
Maybe it'll sink.
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Both him and her are excellent grifters. Meghan and Harry tried to emulate the Obamas and even failed at Netflix wanting to hand the millions of bucks for marginally ok work. The Obamas never did one thing to get theirs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
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Her first big role was in the first season of House of Dragons, so I think HBO just likes to give roles to weird lookin' chicks now (Last of Us girl who also started in Game of Thrones as a minor character).
Bring us the days of Sophie Turner, dammit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Yeah worst tippers according to waitresses I have known: church groups on Sunday going out to eat lunch.
Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon'
I miss the old days when studios had a lock on these dimwits and would control what they said in interviews
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (UZCuZ)
And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.
So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You left out feral lawyers that both sides use to try to screw the other. A full employment economy.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
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I was one of them. Made nice bank on big developers fighting with big contractors over big jobs that cost big bucks. Ends up in Big Legal Fees.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
Anyone who's not clear on this doesn't get my sympathy when they're foolish enough to perform work for these scum. And that especially includes Obama.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (/HDaX)
There's also the Martha's Vineyard Estate and the beachfront estate in Waimanalo, Hawaii so avoidance of spouse is pretty easy.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (NFX2v)
127 >>A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.
There was a similar Diet craze back in the 90s that did the same thing but with Cabbage Soup.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM
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Does the flatulence drive away the people providing the food? This sounds like a fake story.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (lsrsS)
Posted by: gp
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Library of Congress got a lot of the earlier presidents before we built them taxpayer funded monuments of vanity.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
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"Maybe we should have just paid them..."
-the winner of the lawsuit, looking at the legal bill
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Zn6QU)
Or maybe Crassus, the richest man in Rome.
Neither which were shameful about their palaces
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)
https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)
I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
Milly Alcock sounds like the name of a woman in a Bond movie...or maybe an Austin Powers movie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)
She had to work hard as an associate at a big law firm for a couple of years, hated it, had Valerie Jarrett hire her at City Hall, and has spent the rest of her life avoiding having to work hard ever again.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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When people fight over contracts, somewhere a lawyer gets his wings.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (E4rtv)
Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: God bless our waiters at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TbWk/)
In my day it was considered by the waitresses to be groups of single women. Now as someone who had to clean the booth I always had issues with moms with kids and babies who gave them crackers to turn into spackle and fling about. But they apparently tipped better.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (gYnrv)
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Clayface looks like it could be fun.
And it's pretty cheap to produce. Should make its money back on that.
It's that kind of diversification (big tent poles with smaller projects relying on the brand for opening weekend) that will keep him employed for a few years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Zn6QU)
"The term is Tofu-dreg construction (or Tofu-dreg project), derived from the Chinese phrase dòufuzhā gōngchéng (豆腐渣工程
, which translates to "tofu dregs project." This slang describes poorly constructed buildings that are prone to structural failure due to substandard materials, such as concrete mixed with insufficient cement or excessive water to cut costs.
"The term was coined by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in the late 1990s to criticize corruption and corner-cutting in China’s rapid infrastructure boom. While historically associated with a lack of regulation and bribery, recent standards (such as GB/T 51408-2021 for earthquake-prone areas) have significantly improved construction quality in response to public outcry and past collapses."
This may shock you, but I have my doubts that a new official standard will change the functional, material practices of the Chinese construction industry.
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/)
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I. Fucking. Hate. Plumbers.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (wsG/Q)
Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)
it wouldn't be a chili dog for long doing that.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)
She has one of those faces that looks cute as a kid but weird as an adult. And while she can still look good, its all about angles and lighting, and may still frames have shown how remarkably like the feral kid from Mad Max she looks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (UZCuZ)
The high point was having the University of Chicago Hospitals create a make-work job for her, having her salary tripled when her husband became a US Senator, and then having the job abolished when she went to DC as First Lady.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (aD4fx)
Paid more not to work than a Depression-era farmer
Posted by: Thanks Democrats! at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (TbWk/)
I miss the old days when studios had a lock on these dimwits and would control what they said in interviews
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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AI actors will return to those days of yore for directors. The day of the celebutard actor is fast fading.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)
Oh, good on 'em! Fermented sauerkraut is fantastic for gut bacteria and has lots of fiber and some good taste.
>>outweigh the slightly sulfurous odors
Shouldn't be too bad if you're fermenting it. If you're boiling it, then dunking it in vinegar, then you're defeating everything good about kraut. And you're raising the bar on sulfurousness.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (A0HNO)
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I tried but only got a few pages in, then I had to stop.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (RIvkX)
Me too. Trump will demand a library. Reagan wanted a library. None of them are worthy of trust.
All these elected heroes ? They ain't. They've all been vain rich men or vain men that wanted to become rich.
They all feel the entitlement to our money.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (IdfaO)
Not really. Lots of evidence that fermented food and certain types of fiber are necessary for healthy functioning.
Specifically, fiber that makes it all the way into your lower intestines.
But, yeah. Be careful where you spark up a lighter around these guys.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (An6iH)
Do tell!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (4KUe5)
I know every time I have work done to my house (sigh), the blue collar contractors demand payment via Venmo. Perhaps Obama's Venmo account isn't properly linked.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (Sy6m/)
Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)
I think, perhaps, it was a euphemism for something else...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (l3cgK)
I have to toss the B$ flag on this claim. If he is a small business there is no way he could front the money to buy the stuff he needed to do a $4 million job.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (gYnrv)
And it's pretty cheap to produce. Should make its money back on that.
Horror usually does well. Its not a bad project, just a strange one when you haven't really even established Superman very well.
A lot of cultural pundits go on about the "trinity" but its just Batman and Superman who are the foundation. Wonder Woman is nice to look at but has never come even remotely close to being as popular or lucrative as those two.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (UZCuZ)
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I. Fucking. Hate. Plumbers.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (wsG/Q)
Me too
Posted by: Richard Nixon at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Reggie 'Forget the Glove' Love at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (QaH55)
Sound like a Chinese Belt and Road project.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (61TgR)
This may shock you, but I have my doubts that a new official standard will change the functional, material practices of the Chinese construction industry.
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/) '
But executions sure do. When some bridge collapsed over there, they tracked it back to the construction company and executed some of the owners and executives of said company...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
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"Maybe we should have just paid them..."
-the winner of the lawsuit, looking at the legal bill
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Zn6QU)
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Sometimes it's to prove a point or show who has the biggest dick. I had a case for a client -- very rich NYC guy, you would know his name -- who got into a beef with a very minor contractor for his new multi-million home theater. The beef was literally over $50k.
But my client though the contractor fucked him, so it truly wasn't about money. Sued and took the case to the ends of the earth. Easily spent $400k on lawyers.
Same client lost millions in the Madoff scam. He just shrugged. The ultra-rich are weird.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (iFTx/)
Rain on the Scarecrow. He hit a moment in time. Then walked away from it.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (qwx/I)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
Swoop in to Chicago, find all the black contractors that haven't been paid, and start shaking hands and stroking checks.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (5aZAZ)
But since I’d say Bush Sr. or Clinton every single piece of info about the president is k own. Whether online or in a 24 hr cable news era where every detail of everything he ever said or did was analyzed by 1000 people all day long. There’s nothing left to discover at a library that wasn’t already known.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
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Life is cheap over there. A few executions aren't going to make the rest fall in line. They'll just consider it the cost of doing business.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: gp
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Library of Congress got a lot of the earlier presidents before we built them taxpayer funded monuments of vanity.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
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I think (but I'm not sure) that Calvin Coolidge didn't set up his own library. He relied on the National Archives, and I think an actual regional functioning library somewhere up in New England. Don't quote me on that....but I'm relatively sure.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dK+Kv)
https://youtube.com/shorts/gSxACn3cleM
This is really funny. Vance is laughing at the question before he answers it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
Springsteen and Bono are gay?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)
Not a fan of the guy...but I saw him perform the entirety of the Pink Houses LP with Living Colour at a Black Rock Coalition show in like 1989-90ish.
Amazing set.
...and Paper in Fire is a helluva tune.
Posted by: Reggie 'Forget the Glove' Love at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (An6iH)
Reclaimed from Lake Michigan by Chicago River dredgings, Great Fire ashes, etc.
Maybe it'll sink.
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (FhXTo)
Hmm...Most of South Ohio and Indiana and Kentucky was a no-braves land between the powerful Miamis near Fort Wayne and the Cherokee/Shawnee in North Georgia. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar zone in Chicago separating the Miamis from the Sauks and Kickapoos and thus no 'first people' to speak of living there.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
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Her first big role was in the first season of House of Dragons, so I think HBO just likes to give roles to weird lookin' chicks now (Last of Us girl who also started in Game of Thrones as a minor character).
Bring us the days of Sophie Turner, dammit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Zn6QU)
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I have no idea who this girl is. I couldn't pick her out of a lineup where all the other girls were fat. I don't even know if The Blade Would Bang.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (iFTx/)
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My favorite comment of the day.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (fgSb9)
It's a joint venture consisting of several construction companies led by Turner Construction Company & local firms.
Subcontractors claim that Lakeside Alliance and project representatives denied payment for change orders and added scope of work.
The Obama Foundation has stated it has no outstanding disputed charges with Lakeside Alliance and holds no direct legal agreements with any of the subcontractors.
ENR Midwest, June 16, 2026
Obama Center Opens The Doors as Subcontractors Say Invoices Remain Unpaid
Last paragraph: The Obama Presidential Center's endowment was estimated at $470 million in donations during the project's design phase, but only $1 million in cash is on hand now, according to public filings by the Obama Foundation.
Like I wrote...
Several union trade subcontractors weigh legal options
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (NFX2v)
I am doing a kim chee and cottage cheese diet.
Or as much as three heaping servings a day.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
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Life is cheap over there. A few executions aren't going to make the rest fall in line. They'll just consider it the cost of doing business.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (gnNyN)
The rate of recidivism is quite low afterwards, though.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)
It could not BE any more dysfunctional.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)
Must be a tranny. With a name like "All cock" how it be not?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
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Yeah...until they rework the "ICE, ICE Baby" video that shows ICE taking down illegals while doing the Vanilla Ice dance.
Actually, I'd love to see that.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (dIske)
If we're really citizens that self-rule ? What's the point of all this shit ? The monuments. The stupid libraries. On and on.
It says, right in the founding documents, no titles. Yet its all "Mr. President" and "Senator this and that" and all these damn buildings.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (An6iH)
Care to venture a guess as to what the children's section of the Liberry is going to feature.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (qwx/I)
Even the most beautiful women in the world look ugly from certain angles, its just the way the human face works. The problem is that she only looks good from one or two angles.
And for whatever reason, they went with the Captain Marvel existing bitch face approach with Supergirl, too.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (UZCuZ)
It could not BE any more dysfunctional.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)
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It certainly doesn't comply with ADA standards for accessibility....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)
Springsteen and Bono are gay?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)
I know , but seriously the media is out there bragging about this with the dig against Trump for not getting the "stars".
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)
That would be a man, baby!
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (kU0PQ)
So they fill foundations with sand, and make concrete without enough cement. Their buildings fall, streets and bridges collapse with regularity.
This called "tofu dreg" construction.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
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I think (but I'm not sure) that Calvin Coolidge didn't set up his own library. He relied on the National Archives, and I think an actual regional functioning library somewhere up in New England. Don't quote me on that....but I'm relatively sure.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)
Forbes Library, the public library for Northampton MA was what he donated his papers to.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (uhVAy)
Seen it described as this and that here.
My first thought was it looks like Odorky with his nose in the air while giving one of his I'm better than you speeches.
Posted by: TeeJ at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (XZCs7)
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I'm guessing Biden wont have a choice.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (0N4FZ)
Yeah dude is a “small business” on paper. His wife owns 8 other “small businesses” so he can get woman owned contracts and since they’re all “small businesses” scam some SBA money.
Meanwhile he’s making $12M a year net profit from all his “small businesses” which all happen to subcontract work to each other”.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
I hope he gets hit by a drunk "migrant"
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (61TgR)
Hasan Piker is the new LeBron.
When asked, after claiming he was an avid reader, about his favorite book he was unable to name an actual book.
Fucking hysterical.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (An6iH)
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Oops, I mean this one. That is funny because it's true and it's funny because it's funny.
My game is shit today.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (fgSb9)
I mean, putting aside how typically egotistical putting quotes from your own speeches on the side of a building for yourself is, yeah. They are only readable from a helicopter, facing the corner of the building, and barely then.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (UZCuZ)
Even the most beautiful women in the world look ugly from certain angles, its just the way the human face works. The problem is that she only looks good from one or two angles.
And for whatever reason, they went with the Captain Marvel existing bitch face approach with Supergirl, too.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (UZCuZ)
From the back, in the dark?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Rex B at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (cfm/A)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (IdfaO)
You can make the Howdy Non Presidential Library if you like.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (Jr5Lq)
Hadiya Pendleton was a Chicago honor student who performed I think at Obama's 2nd inaugural and then was murdered by gang cross fire shortly after.
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Additional immersive experiences at the site include the Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit and Vegetable Garden, where guests can learn how to grow their own food, a playground, and a massive 58,000 square foot lawn for picnics and lounging.
There is also a performing arts building known as The Forum, where performances will be hosted at the Elie Wiesel Auditorium, and the creative community can gather at the Hadiya Pendleton Atrium.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Hasan Piker is the new LeBron.
When asked, after claiming he was an avid reader, about his favorite book he was unable to name an actual book.
Fucking hysterical.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (An6iH)
he has a degree in Communications you know
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (uhVAy)
Woman assaulted by Tunisian migrant convicted of hate speech for saying immigrant men endanger women
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: gp
I don’t understand your question.
- Hollywood
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (X+Nnd)
We saw "They Will Kill You" streaming on HBOMax.
It's more less less a total "Ready or Not"
The funny thing is that I kinda enjoyed this movie. It's not great, but they have some interesting twists and wacky deaths that keep things entertaining, though you'll be at least two scenes ahead of the movie plot-wise because where else can it go.
Anyway, it worth seeing for "free" on streaming.
The writer? director? just wasn't good or clever enough to make this the comedy he wanted. He wants to make a sort of Lynchian/Tarantino mash-up but is lacking the skill. Or, he could've leaned more heavily into horror eco in the third act and that might've worked.
As it stands, "TWKY" is just okay, but watchable.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Clay at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (++OiL)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (ubCxQ)
I hope you are feeling well today.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (/QHx4)
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Thank you four seasons. There's more pain today but that's to be expected. I'm just laying low and goofing off on the web.
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (hkB4p)
I don't believe the Casting Couch has an Age of Consent.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (qwx/I)
These papers are currently restricted from public view. Under an agreement with the University, the collection remains sealed and will not be made public until two years after Biden fully retires from public life.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)
Sinks can be worth a small fortune alone. Not like anyone visiting the "Library" is going to be washing their hands, anyway....
Posted by: TXMarko at June 18, 2026 04:41 PM (7flhA)
She was pretty young as I recall, let me check IMDB...
She was born in 2000, which would have made her around 20-21 when the House of the Dragon episodes were done. She just has a young looking face and small body.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:41 PM (UZCuZ)
It’s great! But then, TDR was pretty great - doing and saying many memorable things.
What is Obama remembered for? How about in 10, 20, 50 years?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (qwx/I)
That comment reminded me of an episode of "Homocide Hunter", where the sketch artist came up with the witnesses description, and the guy looked like a space alien...except, when they found the guy, he creepily looked like the sketch. LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Decaf at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (xpP6J)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)
Wasn't that 2 years ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)
Not sure if true.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (A0HNO)
Russell Brand searching a Bible for his favorite verse on whats-his-name's show. Dug around for three painful minutes and gave up.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Jr5Lq)
https://youtu.be/8s-Au6YP-1s
Posted by: No Name Today at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)
Well he did take a relatively affordable health insurance market and made it unaffordable to all but a few. So there’s that.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (X+Nnd)
Yep. And that's why their shit does - well - what it does.
With all due respect to ... nobody here ... I do good work because that work will last after I'm dead.
That's a White Western thing. Baby Jesus doesn't tell me how to hold the level. I just sweat because if I'm going to do it ... it best last.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (UZCuZ)
You sure about that?
Posted by: 1970s TV series at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (kU0PQ)
I hope he gets hit by a drunk "migrant"
Posted by: Melodicmetal
Properly and extensively vetted, and getting advanced ticket, one may be able to shoot hoops for a picture.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (NFX2v)
I don't believe the Casting Couch has an Age of Consent.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (An6iH)
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Sure it does. Except in reverse. It's the girls OVER that age that are considered undesirable.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (WjwG+)
Yeah but someone else put that up, he didn't okay the design or contribute to it. I am certain that Lincoln would be disturbed by his memorial.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (FtULh)
Funny. I hope they stay in Chicago. Voting one team down wanting a free stadium was enough.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (IdfaO)
Piers Morgan show.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (Jr5Lq)
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I'm guessing Biden wont have a choice.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)
Someone as a joke ought to buy on old rundown Der Weinerschnitzel in some little, out of the way country shitburg,
and set it up as The Joe Biden Presidential Library and fill it with Dr Seuss bo0oks and videos of him falling or gabbling insane senile nonsense.
I'd buy a ticket!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: 1970s TV series
No one can deny she had a fantastic rack but the show didn't make even a hundredth as much as the Superman movie, for example.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (ubCxQ)
I know from experience how bad the highway net is in the Chicago/IN border area is. A stadium down there will be traffic armageddon. Heck, I've seen huge backups on a random Sunday night for no reason!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (UZCuZ)
It looks like a monument. That had to be the commission "build me a monument. Oh put doors and shit on it if you need to, but make it bigger than the Washington or Lincoln monuments."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (FtULh)
same as in town...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (l3cgK)
I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)
Most patrons will be CPS students bused in on field trips. CPS can afford it
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (lJDV9)
Is it wrong that I first read that as "with Sally Fields"???
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (1FEc1)
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I saw recently that the Empire State Building Observatory costs $1,997 per ticket.
I used to go when it was $2, and got pissed when they raised it to $10.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: Sam Adams at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (X+xvk)
https://tinyurl.com/ndarxa9e
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)
Shamefully, I voted for one of those...but that was to keep Gore and his chakras out of the oval office...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (l3cgK)
It looks like a monument. That had to be the commission "build me a monument. Oh put doors and shit on it if you need to, but make it bigger than the Washington or Lincoln monuments."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (WjwG+)
It'd make a good face-colander times fortress if it had a moat and some loops for repelling the zombie hordes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Big Mike at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (lJDV9)
Because that'd be stupid?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (l3cgK)
I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)
That's also hard to get to due to Chicago's goofball highways. None connect properly from the West side of Downtown to the Lakefront, at least when I was there.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (uhVAy)
"Influencers" got involved, drove the price up
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UZCuZ)
What a shitshow.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UjdFS)
We live on a dead-end street. There is a kid who looks like he is 6 y/o riding a loud dirt bike up and down the street.
At least he is wearing a helmet.
It is so irritating.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (/QHx4)
What a shitshow.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UjdFS)
Do they serve dog there?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (1FEc1)
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Heh, good question.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (fgSb9)
I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)
I haven't been following it but at least with the Bengals they were whining about practice facilities near the stadium and the like for a while before the Bengals managed it. Soldier's field is near a bunch of Museums and a mini airport.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (w3u3d)
Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
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2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)
He wanted to make the public hate it so much that they would beg for Single payer health care
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (FtULh)
They'll be at the VIP after-after party tonite.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (Jr5Lq)
Man of unspecified background arrested by British police for tossing 3-year-old into crocodile pit
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (ndZc7)
Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
·
2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (kX27y)
Michelle Obama identifies as an illegal alien? Good, Deport, Deport, DEPORT!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (qBdHI)
In the nicest way possible.... GFY.
Nicely, though.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)
Wasn't that 2 years ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)
Nope. The whole family. Hunter is still trying to grift. And there are other descendants who will probably take up the grift when he gets shivved by some POed husband. It's like allowing copyright to pass from heir to heir.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (kU0PQ)
Do two important points.
1. The left is pushing very hard that Trump gave Iran $300 B. Of course, all evidence is that this is an investment by other gulf state, and not US money, and not a gift, but essentially a purchase of assets built in Iran by other states.
2. Not they are saying the screworm was allowed to escape by DOGE cuts. They have quotes from Dept. of Ag people, and all kinds of made up facts. Of course, it was in Central America for years and in Mexico in 2024, but they are trying to blame Trump
These are just lies, but like so many lies most of the public will believe them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)
Right around when Obamacare happened I paid $500/mo for insurance for my family. This was in the individual market as I was self employed at the time. Today, a comparable policy with the same deductibles, Copays etc goes for $2k.
Good thing he made it “affordable” for everyone.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (X+Nnd)
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings - look upon my works and despair!"
In what part of Chicago is the Presidential Center located again? remind me.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (EU//e)
Posted by: mea culpa at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (TWmCs)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (/QHx4)
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It happens, and it is irritating. I'd recommend clothesline, but you might get in trouble that way
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (OgaPP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: 496
.......
No dancing just because the Barry Library opened, OK?
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (UjdFS)
"Donald Trump humiliated as Barack Obama surges far ahead in new approval ratings race
Former President Barack Obama has higher favorability polling numbers than the sitting president, according to a new survey released on the day he’s set to open his presidential library.
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Obama sits at a 57% favorability rating, while Trump is viewed positively at 34% and Biden at 30%. It came as Trump was branded "creepy" for a "totally inappropriate" move on French president Emmanuel Macron's wife.
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Besides Obama leading in favorability in a rating nearly double that of Trump and Biden combined, he also polls more positively by independents.
Among independents, Obama has a 56% favorability rating, compared to 25% for Trump and 20% for Biden.
Democrats gave Obama a near-100 % positivity rating, with the former president at 96% within his party, compared to Biden’s 71% approval rating."
(Data is from some MSN article.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (Da7Vv)
Sadly, above ground.
Close enough?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:58 PM (XuXeR)
She thinks she has wisdom to bestow on all of us. PLEASE STFU.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:58 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM
Even if we're from Kansas City?
* pouts *
Posted by: Male Terpsichoreans from the greater Kansas City metropolitan area at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)
George Washington is my favorite president.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)
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Off topic and oddly personal: you didn't grow up in VT, did you?
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (OgaPP)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)
These are just lies, but like so many lies most of the public will believe them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (WjwG+)
Killer Bees were a lot better as a fear device. Not sure this worm has legs.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (fnZRl)
“We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Nations.”
Nothing about stealing the parkland from the local community ?
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (fgD7n)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 05:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
"Hey guys, I'm known all around town as a crook. Anyone want to do some business with me on credit?"
It's a wonder any politician get anything without prepaying.
If I recognize you as having been elected to something, you're not even paying at the pump. Come inside and show me the money.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:01 PM (BI5O2)
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What’s this about a 12 year old?
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:01 PM (X+Nnd)
Lol 496
Posted by: four seasons
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Does this mean comment 496 will be funny?
Did someone steal the keys to Ace's time machine again.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 05:02 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:02 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 05:02 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:04 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 05:04 PM (WjwG+)
Posted by: bob
There really isn't a 'public' anymore but clusters of individuals grouping around whatever news sources they use. And public polling indicates that. There is little in Western culture anymore that unifies so it makes it a lot harder to actually manipulate like the media used to. And it pisses them off to the extent that they are embracing censorship (which is always counter productive in the long run) because their news monopoly is broken.
The only people still listening or reading most of the legacy media are old folks who are pretty much set in opinions. And the rest are either uniformed totally or clustered in their groups closest to impervious to info outside of them.
That is the result of divide and conquer tactics--eventually you run out of divisions, make up new ones, and each time you do that you make it harder and harder to unify when you have power.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
https://www.motortrend.com/news
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-fake-gear-shifts-nacs-charging-port
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:05 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: 13times
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Final score 4-1, wild scoring to end.
Swiss goals scored by those traditional Swiss names. Xhana, Manzambi and Vargas. Lol
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:10 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: Lizzy
First black president.
And second worse behind his VP
Thats it
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 18, 2026 05:38 PM (ItWcy)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (SS8gM)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (DOi8t)
Posted by: Dan at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (VhS5R)
Posted by: Wescoe at June 18, 2026 11:31 PM (6FwQB)
Thune: Some "Republican" Senators Hate Trump Too Much to Protect the Integrity of Federal Elections and Do What Their Constituents Elected Them to Do
Conservatives and normies have two main complaints about RINOs. They are highly-interrelated and mutually reinforcing.
1, Although almost all senators are absurd puffed-up egotists, RINOs in particular believe they exist to instruct, scold, discipline, and guide their voters, who they consider their inferiors. We elect them to be our Servants, but they conceive themselves as our Masters. 2, Conservatives and true patriots understand that they are fighting a political war on two fronts: the external one, against the nominal Democrat Party and all of its satellites and proxies, including the media, the universities, and NGOs, and the must more insidious internal opposition -- liberal "Republicans" who see their role as a necessary check on the wild demands of crazy and racist Republicans. In every single battle, we know we march with half of "our party" siding with the enemy, passing them information secretly, and ready to defect to them at a moment's notice. RINOs hate us for calling them RINOs. They claim it's a lie and a slur. But at every turn, they prove us to be 100% correct about them. They are liars and, worse yet, traitors. Traitors who think they're patriots for selling out the "wrong side" to help "the right side of history." When a leftist tells you you're lying about DEI discriminating against white males, they of course don't really mean you're lying about the facts. They mean you're "lying" about the valence of the facts, the perception of the facts -- they think you should agree that discriminating against white males is a good thing, but because you don't agree and because admitting that would be politically disadvantageous, they claim you're lying about the simple fact of it. Similarly, RINOs know that what we say about them is actually true. But they're liberals -- when they say something is "false," what they really mean is Yes it's true you Racists, but it's a good thing. You need us to restrain your unsophisticated, hick Racist urges. We're providing you with a valuable service (against your wishes) and you should be thankful for it." But they're unfathomably arrogant and twisted liars and so will never concede that what we have here is a dispute. They will never admit there is a dispute. They will claim they're on our side for years and years. And then, when it's time to vote -- Fooled you, Racist Chumps! We were against you the whole time! Yes we know. We've said that all along.Fuck you, liar. This is another criticism that is obviously true: They are egotistical and petty. They claim to be "statesmen" who are horrified by Trump's "incivility," but Trump actually states what his positions really are. And when he opposes you, he opposes you publicly. These cowardly faggots scheme in the dark and call themselves "civil" for their sabotage and backstabbing. Everybody hates a coward, and everybody hates a traitor even more.
EXCLUSIVE: Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, multiple sources familiar with the comments told the Daily Caller. Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter. The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill's chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee's push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting. "Yeah, that totally happened," a source familiar with the matter told the Daily Caller. Still, the Majority Leader's office denies the admission. "This is a baseless claim, and it is unequivocally untrue," a spokesperson for Thune told the Daily Caller.
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Go long on tar and feathers.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (dK+Kv)
They probably hope desperately for a 51 seat majority so they can offer up Murkowski and one other (UT senator not Lee, perhaps) as the reason they can't do anything.
I'm holding out some mild hope for a surprise 55 seat majority, without the aforementioned five.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
Thus it always was, thus it always shall be.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (fV+di)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (fV+di)
Hiya, TiFW!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)
He used the R as a lil mask to get in office.
Sickening piece of garbage that he is.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (n5tGW)
Applied to RINOs it might go: “Win elections??!! You talking winning??!! I just hope to collect another campaign check.”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)
That's exactly how leftwing Democraps think. It's not a coincidence. RINOs are leftwing Democraps. They just hide their political perversion to con the rubes. And sadly, the RINO rope-a-dope has worked all too well for a very long time. I think that's changing or at least starting to change. But time will tell.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)
But they still use it because they hate your guts and believe you are stoooopid.
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)
We will also accept "garrotting"...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (wtvvX)
*hugs*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)
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At least five of them are retiring from Congress at the end of this term (Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst).
What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Only two dots? Different commenter? A countdown? Symbolic about the fall of the republic? What happens when it gets to one?
What does it all mean?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (+gA9j)
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (2YhKe)
I can't see enough interest if they were put into zoos.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)
Thune does that, he admits he was wrong about Cassidy and Cornyn (and Tillis, and Myrzcxsky).
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (3d9VR)
What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Keelhaul comes to mind.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX)
I wish that were a joke but you know it's not.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)
For them, that is the best possible outcome:
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.
Both parties have agreed to this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)
Oubliette.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
And another is claimed...
Tex for the love of God, reconsider. Once you agree with him once, it's impossible to get out of it. Take it from me.
Go. I beg you. Go while you still can!
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (ixZ1o)
I would nominate Herm Edwards' rant: "You play to win the game!"
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (8l8nW)
What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Put it up again after they are gone. Lincoln had to do a lot of log rolling to get the 13th Amendment pushed through *before* a lot of new Republicans came in but he got it done
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)
I wonder if he'll come out of the hospital alive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.
this isn't how checks and balances were supposed to work
maybe we need to rethink Congress then.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)
A candidate so Christian he can quote from five gospels. Deploratards can only get to four on their best days amirite.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)
Shit. I blame flounder. See???
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)
They're inches away from moving to Indiana.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)
They are moving to Indiana. The traffic will be EPIC.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
And one of the really annoying things about that to them must be that many of his positions match their lies. It’s amazing to me how petty and small some of their lies are. Who would have voted differently because a politician doesn’t make moving the United States embassy to Jerusalem a campaign plank? How long did they plan to keep that in without being called on it?
It’s as if they lie not because it’s in the service of some greater good, but because it’s their nature.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (kYmoU)
Put it up again after they are gone. Lincoln had to do a lot of log rolling to get the 13th Amendment pushed through *before* a lot of new Republicans came in but he got it done
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)
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I've asserted for a while that the SAVE Act has a better chance next year than this year for a while.
And it has everything to do with the fact that Thune, assuming he wants the Act passed which is mere assumption for the sake of argument, has nothing on a clear number of senators to influence them one way or the other.
Replacing those five (hopefully we get Whatley to replace Tillis instead of Cooper) will do more for the direction of the Senate than any strings Thune can pull.
The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM
To borrow a phrase from that eminent sage and philosopher Winston Wolfe, WLNSSEODQY.
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
I’ve been around enough very elderly people to realize that guy is one blink away from a blue screen.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (i6xMV)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
From Ozempic to Extenze.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)
It's extra funny because Green was triggered by a reporter asking about losing to Rex Grossman. People who remember the non-HQ origin of the BEN ROETHLISBERGER meme understand why.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (ixZ1o)
The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)
The art of leadership is making people like those 5 afraid.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (wtvvX)
Leave Garret out of this.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (ufFY8)
That's why it okay to call them faggots.
Posted by: runninrebel at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (BrvNz)
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)
As in "principally a fag"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (1z8ji)
What does it all mean?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)
You saw the end of Predator.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)
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Afraid of what?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (Zn6QU)
Every one of these Republicans sought Trump's endorsement in their last election.
Every one promised their voters in their last election to support Trump and to work with Trump to pass his agenda.
Thune is helping them lie to their constituents by not revealing who they are.
Voters in LA waited 5 years to get rid of Cassidy--nothing he did in that five years was going to save him after he showed he hated Trump more than doing his job representing the voters of Louisiana.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)
Talerico's gonna lose by at least 20 points. The Democrats and the media wind everybody up every few years that they've finally got the perfect candidate to win Texas. "Beto O'Rourke Fever: Catch It!" and all that.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Picard at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (3uBP9)
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.
Both parties have agreed to this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (73/SM)
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It's not called the "Uniparty" for nothing.
Yeah, under this system the parties can take turns exercising a minimal amount of power while maximizing personal profits.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)
When it gets to one, Linkin Park fades up. Then the last dot goes away and you see "DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL BAY".
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (i6xMV)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
Now he's competing with the Paolo.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)
--Senator Thune
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:16 PM (UZCuZ)
____________________________
IOW, it's not only true, but those individuals have anxiety over being publicly outed and made primary targets in their next election efforts.
So, guess what we should do.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)
They are against SAVE because they are being paid to stop any reforms like this from going through
But you know what? If I was Lee I'd rewrite the legislation with some minor changes and call it, "The Donald Trump is a big meanie but I want ballot integrity Act"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)
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It's catty bitch feminine behavior.
They think that by fucking everyone else over that they'll keep getting invited to the parties at the Embassies where they can rub elbows and stroke themselves off about how god damn smart they are.
The skanks on any of the Real Housewives shows don't even hold a candle to this level of faggotry.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (5aZAZ)
Because Trump isn't the issue--the issue is the issue.
It could be some no-name, nobody running for state senate in Nebraska said something the media said was mean about women who've been raped and so "I can't in good conscious vote to limit abortion."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:18 PM (73/SM)
Yeah, that's it. It's Trump's fault. Could it be that there is no integrity of Federal elections to protect and that it's on purpose?
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 03:18 PM (wn0/z)
It still makes me a little angry and sad that he died the way he did.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (EU//e)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar8)
A closed-door GOP lunch, huh? Who are they trying to conceal their actions from, us?
It's nice that someone in attendance ratted them out.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (2qhzn)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (kYmoU)
Almost as if they were in thrall to a supernatural force which compelled lies. Weird, isn't it?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM
Fine. You and your pals can wait until Friday night.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Delurker at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (gtcuf)
Fifteen Yard Penaly on myself - improper use of "we". Buckley was a moron.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (IdfaO)
Go full Democrat. Call it the "I Love Fluffy Kittens and Puppies Act". They'd name a bill that and it would actually mandate setting pregnant women on fire or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (2ocoG)
Imma guess the female pleasure center is somewhere within the purse.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Gqar8)
Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
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16h
Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.
Rob Pyers
@rpyers
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17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (kX27y)
They are against electoral reform because the GOP relies on it to keep primary challengers from toppling incumbents.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: John Cornyn, Mean Girl at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (2UnvF)
If you gave the average GOPer a truth serum they'd tell you the only damn thing they care about is getting "generational wealth"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (kYmoU)
LOL
Those two are worse than a broken clock--we're all still waiting for the hour when they'll be right.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (73/SM)
that's wrong and sexist. Its in your wallet.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)
I wonder if he'll come out of the hospital alive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)
For the sake of control of the Senate, I hope that Mitch stays alive. I won't say much more than that, however.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (EU//e)
The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Whenever I see the name Whatley I can’t help but think of Bryan Cranston on Seinfeld… the dentist that converted to Judaism strictly for the jokes…
You heard the one about Raquel Welch and the pope in a rowboat? Those aren’t buoys!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (+gA9j)
First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.
I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
They hate Trump. Both parties. But they don't hate something like the SAVE act because of Trump.
They hate it precisely because the current system was supposed to stop a Trump. The system isn't rigged enough in their minds.
This is not hard to understand.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (5aZAZ)
=====
I hate that Kelsey such a whore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (+gA9j)
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)
From Ozempic to Extenze.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)
I was gonna go with Enzyte.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)
First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.
I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
Red Army, 1945, Fever Dreams.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (Gqar8)
You know this is a brilliant idea
Copy the SAVE Act.
But re-write the first part to specifically ban Donald Trump from running again. Then any GOPer/Dem that votes against you accuse of wanting another term for Trump...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)
I was gonna go with Enzyte.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)
6 of one, half-dozen of the other.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
Now he's competing with the Paolo.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)
Note I stuck with 7 because *no one* was gonna buy 8
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)
Potato, tomato.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)
Imma guess the female pleasure center is somewhere within the purse.
Posted by: gp
Nah, gotta be in the feet. Something to do with shoes.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
Ace is being nice today.
Posted by: Auspex
That's not fair. I'm not a traitor!
Posted by: Lindsey Graham as Luanne Platter at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (yFLFB)
Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
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16h
Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.
Rob Pyers
@rpyers
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17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM
Who knew that Mallory was really the smart one?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
Just slip it into one of those 90,000 page omnibus spending bills. Nobody reads it all. Nobody even knows what is in those things.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:25 PM (UZCuZ)
This is not hard to understand.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (IdfaO)
Well, it's a good thing we have you here to explain things to us dumb yokels.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar
That's because we are not a serious oligarchy.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)
So, guess what we should do.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)
Announce that, since the haters lack the honest to come forward and announce themselves, and the others lack the sense of duty to come forward and name them, that we must primary every single sitting Senator and continue doing so until they are all removed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (ExV1e)
Was there communist infiltration among our elites? Yes
Were the Birchers always right about who the commies were? No.
Would America have been better off if the "right leaning" party would have been consistently looking for communist infiltration and treating it as a serious thing? Yes.
So in aggregate yes Buckley was wrong.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (3uBP9)
And bags. Super overpriced ugly purses that don't hold very much but everyone has told them that they are hot and sexy
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)
They kept changing thr name- probably getting their asses sued.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster
It doesn't matter if it fails in november, the commiecourts will do what they did with gay marriage there and just declare it law.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (Y8DZL)
Nah, gotta be in the feet. Something to do with shoes.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)
Missed opportunity to sock Mars Blackmon.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)
Followed by the corrupt judiciary.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (UjdFS)
First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.
I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)
I never thought that Hollywood would have been able to kill the Star Wars franchise - one which was more vital and durable than even James Bond - but they were able to kill that golden goose. Silicon Valley is the closest thing we have to a golden goose in business, and I'll be darned if CA doesn't manage to kill that goose as well. You may have the same people, but you cannot recreate that ecosystem anywhere else. Why? many people have tried without success. If they destroy the Valley, the damage to the country could be incalculable. Those idiots might just go ahead and do it anyway.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (EU//e)
Posted by: tubal
Have knout, will travel.
-- Zombie Peter the Great
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (77rzZ)
Omar, Omar, Omar......you got played.
Conservative Brief
@ConservBrief
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21h
Obama Scandal EXPLODES!!
Stunning news - some minority-owned and local subcontractors who helped with construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center opening on Juneteenth are still unpaid - owed MILLIONS as they face financial ruin.
African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
Back in the 1800s the treatment for female anxiety and hysteria was a doctor rubbing your button.
Though modern commenters use this as an opportunity to argue our ancestors were dumb I suspect every doctor/patient knew exactly what they were doing
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (sKqQm)
But the reality is, every red state could be passing it's own version of the SAVE Act as well.
I know KY recently passed several provisions that mirror the SAVE Act; even putting voter ID as a constitutional amendment.
How many other red states have done this?
If not, why not?
But you know why, oh say ... Georgia, isn't passing any election integrity laws.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (73/SM)
They kept changing thr name- probably getting their asses sued.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)/i]
Have a friend that became an airplane mechanic. Worked at Addison Airport north of Dallas where lots of private jets come through.
They were doing an annual inspection on a craft that Tony Stewart was selling to Ryan Newman, both of NASCAR fame.
He said they kept finding empty packs of Enzyte all over the plane.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (UZCuZ)
Talk all you want but it's Mid June now, you've had all year. Action matters, not talk.
Posted by: Green Beans R Us at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (W+TLY)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
Shareef don't like it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)
Yes. Because at the end of the day ... Buckley thought Politics would work it all out. That elections would be fair and we'd end up with some analog process were we'd get 55% this and 45% that and nobody would be trampled on too hard.
Of course, his ass thought that because he was rich. He never considered for a day the idea of getting a knife put to his throat on his commute from here to there.
Can't stand Buckley.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)
And another is claimed...
Tex for the love of God, reconsider. Once you agree with him once, it's impossible to get out of it. Take it from me.
Go. I beg you. Go while you still can!
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM
Comrade Flounder may have captured one dot, but the other two are ours!!!!!
Posted by: Big Penguin at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (An6iH)
Followed by the corrupt judiciary.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (jehhT)
Love him or hate him or a little of both, the Trumpist Populism we have in place is the only method we have for changing the country without Civil War. Trump wil go, but his methods could remain.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (Gqar8)
Obama using unpaid black labor to build his monument is *chef's kiss*
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (8l8nW)
Posted by: Hitachi at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: M. Gaga at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (zeLd4)
yeah like Florida did years ago. Texas could, if Abbot pivoted the right direction that day. Its just sad how all these "red" states aren't really red at all, they just tend to vote against Democrats in national elections.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (UZCuZ)
I agreed with his yeeting of Sobran from National Review, but that was about it.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
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And I say, what better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with a favored African-American tradition--not paying your bills.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (73/SM)
Put Trump in front of a podium, name names, and make them squirm.
Trump needs to make these assholes' constituency call them incessantly.
Make life hard for these pricks.
Not their families. I mean their political lives.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (fgSb9)
African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster
Quite the gathering at the opening today. A veritable who's who of who's who plus George Bush.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (EU//e)
Also, with distribution and communication as they are you don't need to put all your eggs in one district basket anymore. You don't have to have your success price out the market near your HQ, you can have it wherever you want it.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)
Obama using unpaid black labor to build his monument is *chef's kiss*
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (8l8nW)
Could it be.......SLAVERY!??
Posted by: The OTHER Church Lady at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
Are you a for-real muzzie, Omar? If so, declare a jihad against Barky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (1z8ji)
And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?
So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.
And failure is supposed to mean you try something different. This is why we have Trump as the GOP standard bearer now not a Jeb Bush clone
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster
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[fades up Elton John, 'Burn Down the Mission']
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (XeU6L)
African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster
Quite the gathering at the opening today. A veritable who's who of who's who plus George Bush.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)
I suggest some peaceful protesting at the site, people.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)
Juneteenth is not a Holiday.
It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (dK+Kv
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Yes. If only we had a tried and true method of dealing with these traitors. If only.
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (F9bBk)
People are making ultra low budget AI movies that are getting serious eyeballs. There was a remake of Harry Potter where instead of magic it was about working out for example, and there is a fan made Warhammer40K short movie coming out.
Hollywood is about to die.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (UZCuZ)
Juneteenth is not a Holiday.
It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (An6iH)
It is so!!!!
Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (cS1cw)
{perks up}
Jerking.. committee? So, like, you arrange the porta-potties in a circle? Doors open or closed?
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM
Who knew that Mallory was really the smart one?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Wnv9h)
______________________
They assume that eventually the Democrats will control the Oval office and both parts of Congress once again, and get federal handouts from the rest of us to continue to exist. There are a lot of entities depending upon that (journalism, NGO's, Blue states, Blue City pension accounts).
The Executive Order Fiats, appropriation bills, and treasury checks are going to rain down upon them the second the Left gets back all three branches of the federal govt. I'm hoping I get hit by a bus in an interim and am not here to see it.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (dIske)
Omar Shareef?
He did better in "Lawrence" than as "Dr. Zhivago".
Good to see he got out of acting but, jeez, gotta be 100 years old.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)
I know, George and Barbara and Spielberg and Hanks......Bono, Springsteen, Marc Anthony....and, Valerie Jarrett gave the land acknowledgment. BTW, Bill Clinton looks as bad as Joe Biden does.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Charlotte Learing and Voter Fraud Center at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (qUkBO)
And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?
So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.
And failure is supposed to mean you try something different. This is why we have Trump as the GOP standard bearer now not a Jeb Bush clone
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
Buckley made the GOP look elitist and hostile to middle America. Never saw a reason for adulation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
https://youtu.be/4CVFOnmW6v8
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (ExV1e)
Look Barry is willing to do stop Laura isn't - what else can I say?
Posted by: George Bush at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)
That is ultimately the flaw of conservatism: it accomplishes nothing other than great arguments. They win all the debates, they have all the best winning zingers, and accomplish nothing. It doesn't matter if you win debates with your think tank when the ratchet keeps going clank clank clank for the left.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (UZCuZ)
Nationalist Populist. Was an instant ban from Maet. He feared the phrase.
But that is what it is. Nationalist Populist.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (IdfaO)
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Standing athwart history and yelling "stop!" has a lower success rate than the prevent defense: 0.00% success
Political wars are won on the offense, never but never have they been won on the defense.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (73/SM)
Either way it’s pretty easy to see who those Rs might be - the 4 who voted against it. There’s been 2 votes on the SAVE America Act in the Senate. 48 votes. Even a filibuster wouldn’t help.
Meanwhile, the House hasn’t even voted on it, yet Johnson skates.
Posted by: Purple at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (wFksi)
He did better in "Lawrence" than as "Dr. Zhivago".
Good to see he got out of acting but, jeez, gotta be 100 years old.
Posted by: Auspex
Omar is mort. He was born a Christian, but converted to Islham because he married an islhamette.
Eff that guy.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)
>>17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
I don't think they will be done counting the primary election ballots by then.
Should be interesting.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Random PJ at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (+jscL)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)
W's a friendly kinda guy I think. He gets along with Michelle quite well; so I've heard.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Jr5Lq)
That is ultimately the flaw of conservatism: it accomplishes nothing other than great arguments. They win all the debates, they have all the best winning zingers, and accomplish nothing. It doesn't matter if you win debates with your think tank when the ratchet keeps going clank clank clank for the left.
Why are my ears tingling?
Posted by: Ben Shapiro at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
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You voted for Obama, amirite? Suckit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (RIvkX)
We'll pull the goalie, its sure to work this time!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (UZCuZ)
Eff that guy.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)
Crossed the Rainbow Bridge on a 3 no Trump contract...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Part of the issue is that the conservative right envision themselves as the normative voice of the right, but perhaps that isn't true.
It's not as if Lindsay Graham hasn't been primaryed, and yet his constituents re-elect him. McConnell and others as well.
And for the most part, when polled most Republicans will say they agree with the conservative right. But when it comes to conforming their actions and their votes to these principals as disconnect.
Anecdotally, I know a roofer with MAGA stickers all over his truck. And yet every single employee that showed up to roof my house were ESL Mexicans.
Perhaps it's simply a case of RINO politicians representing their RINO constituents.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (qoEJr)
It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett
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Official Federal holiday 'Juneteenth National Independence Day'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (77rzZ)
Fuck off with your asshole wars, too, George. Your whole family is garbage.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (fgSb9)
People are making ultra low budget AI movies that are getting serious eyeballs. There was a remake of Harry Potter where instead of magic it was about working out for example, and there is a fan made Warhammer40K short movie coming out.
Hollywood is about to die.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)
its already dead. They film in cheaper areas already and the drones running things are more interested in pushing a point nobody wants to see than even wealth.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)
The GOPe then comes in and talks them down to...$100B and claims they cut $100B from the budget well the Dems laugh about getting twice what they wanted.
And this happens everywhere in DC with everything.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Delurker at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (gtcuf)
Where?!
Posted by: Lincoln Project at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (3d9VR)
OK - Bandersnatch - I can see why he liked Buckley. And Ace seemed to quote him a lot back in the day.
But honestly - fuck that guy in particular was my first reaction. Early 80s. About the time they were starting to send all the mills and factories overseas.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: beckster
Hillary wearing a raincoat for some reason. Laura Bush looks ill.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)
W's a friendly kinda guy I think. He gets along with Michelle quite well; so I've heard.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Jr5Lq)
I'm old enough to remember when the left referred to him as "Chimpy McBushHitler."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
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Shareef don't like it
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (F9bBk)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Ben Shapiro
Speaking of ol Ben, his organization fired the one guy who understood that we have to fix popular culture and was putting out conservative content in movies. He was the guy that made stuff like "What Is A Woman" and "Pendragon Cycle." Some of it was pretty lame like "Ladyballers" and some of it was good. But they were making an impact.
Ben fired him. The Daily Wire lost money on a few of the efforts, so they dropped the entire effort. Because unlike the left, right leaning stuff isn't willing to eat a loss for a while to get the message out.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Saw fans in the stands waving Scottish flags during the Red Sox/Jays game.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (1z8ji)
We'll pull the goalie, its sure to work this time!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (UZCuZ)
I don't recall him or his magazine ever really do that. More like whine about things and feel superior to the flyover states.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)
Hollywood is about to die.
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Their brilliant idea to deal with the emerging threat of AI entertainment was to deploy 100+ year old tactics of ... going on strike.
Oh, big win! You fought for name, image and likeness compensation if used in AI.
Guess what?
AI can make better looking, better sounding, zero-politics replacements.
You are not the star.
You never were the star.
The story was always the star.
And there is no demand for another alphabet people story, the only one you want to tell.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (73/SM)
I'm old enough to remember when the left referred to him as "Chimpy McBushHitler."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)
I think they truly don’t care about any of that. They grift, and they go, with their bags of swag.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)
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Did not like him in Doctor Zhivago.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (GD0B3)
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And I say, what better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with a favored African-American tradition--not paying your bills.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
So once they get paid, they come in with real concrete to replace the dried Play-Doh they used building it?
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Seems the Brits are as well. A popular bar in Dallas had to close down for a couple days as they were out of just about everything, food AND booze, and waited for a delivery before reopening.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)
The system rewards him for hiring illegals - he gets more money in his pocket by doing so.
If you want to fix things you have to make the system reward the things you want and punish those you don't.
Yes this is the opposite of the traditional GOPer argument that they can't pass a law against X until they change hearts and minds or some shit first. But this is the opposite of true. Ban it and many people will embrace what the law says as their morality and more will follow it because they want rewards and not punishment.
So to go back to your specific example if we ever did get around to penalizing business owners personally for hiring illegals this guy would stop but nothing else will make him do so.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)
I'd rather speak of his sister. How's she doing ? And by she ? I mean her sweater.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (IdfaO)
However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (fgSb9)
Like they say, once you go black......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: beckster
Hillary wearing a raincoat for some reason. Laura Bush looks ill.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)
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What a fucking line-up of scum and villany.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (fgSb9)
John Cornyn pushed to make Juneteenth a holiday.
And blacks in Texas rewarded him by ... voting in the Democrat primary for Crockett.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)
How do they justify that betrayal? I mean, besides money. And the whole "saving democracy" bullshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (vHMT8)
Guilty of liking Buckley in the day myself.
But, yeah, Ivy League Catholic that looked down on working Americans as rubes.
Bill Kristol spent most of his early career mimicking him.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (Y8DZL)
I'd be willing to consider one around the 13th amendment or a "Will Wilberforce" day but celebrating the day one group of former slaves in Texas found out they had been freed is a national holiday?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)
Yeah, noticed the bulky raincoat. Bill was falling asleep but is wearing cool sunglasses. Sasha has gained a ton of weight and is huge. Malia looks like a stick figure with awful, too-long, stringy hair.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (F9bBk)
This is going to be a problem. Sit down.
Ric Flair and Rick Steamboat ? They didn't hate each other. It was just a show.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
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No, you are not. Deepstate is alive and well and working their asses off against the American people.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (fgSb9)
But, yeah, Ivy League Catholic that looked down on working Americans as rubes.
Bill Kristol spent most of his early career mimicking him.
Say about me what you want, but you know I never had my way with a cabin boy
Posted by: William Buckley at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)
That was, as I recall, his definition of conservatism "standing athwart history and saying 'stop'" which as People's Hippo Voice pointed out accomplished zero, like pulling your goalie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (UZCuZ)
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You're thinking of Tofu Construction, a specialty of the Chinese
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (73/SM)
However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
Russian oil is at least theoretically still embargoed and still being sold all over the world under the table.
And a bit of flame retardant work and that tank and most of its oil will be ready to be sold. Its pretty hard to damage oil installations, WWII showed that. Makes a pretty picture though.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bulg
Probably the last time Striesand looked doable. Barely.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Y8DZL)
I'd be willing to consider one around the 13th amendment or a "Will Wilberforce" day but celebrating the day one group of former slaves in Texas found out they had been freed is a national holiday?!?"
Celebrate Booker T Washington, a black leader I admire. If there's something IDK about to hate about the guy, fill me in please.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
That was, as I recall, his definition of conservatism "standing athwart history and saying 'stop'" which as People's Hippo Voice pointed out accomplished zero, like pulling your goalie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (UZCuZ)
yes, I knew the attribution, but what did WFB and NR ever really take a stand on?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)
And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?
So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in...Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
Buckley made the GOP look elitist and hostile to middle America. Never saw a reason for adulation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
I completely disagree. Yes, NR is but a RINO husk of its former self, at best. I personally can't believe that all the writers that I followed back in the 90s (with the exception of Derbyshire and Steyn) went over to the Dark Side, but that said Buckley was a giant of the conservative movement. The only one who offered any competition for him back in the 50s was probably Russell Kirk, and he was a writer, not a talker. From Firing Line, to running for NYC mayor in the 60s, and so on, he was the only figure until Rush who could have been the face of The Right.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)
Its like making it a holiday that WW2 ended when that last confused Japanese Soldier in the jungle found out decades later.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (UZCuZ)
They'd think it was do slow of course but...how would they react to the casual violence of the Soviets that looked very much like the casual violence of the German Socialists they've seen many times in film
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (vHMT
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There have been several, and they've been self-identifying.
The problem is that the vast majority who keep voting against it...are not running for re-election (Mitch, Tillis, and Cassidy are on record, though we know for sure that Cornyn won't vote for passage if it's actually needs his vote), plus Murkowski (who is a Democrat).
So, they are the scapegoats.
Getting rid of most of them will help. We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (F9bBk)
Many are slaves, the chains are just mental.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)
In the 1990s? Marijuana legalization. I'm serious.
I guess they also gave an even handed hearing to "The Bell Curve". The New Republic also tried to, but then they had a staff revolt so all the articles in that issue were about how racist it was.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (77rzZ)
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Oliver Twist is good. Great Expectations is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)
John has a long mustache. And the puppies are barking.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (ixZ1o)
OH ... I'll take this one.
Vote GOP - early and often. Nio matter what. No matter what the Dirty Democrat says.
Still said today.
And By God ... the Rich must not pay Capital Gains.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (IdfaO)
Her entire career is baffling to me. How did she get work in Hollywood, let alone as a romantic lead in multiple films? She had a pretty good if highly nasal voice but really? HER?
There were a lot of actors and actresses in the 70s that defy rational explanation as to how they had a career.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM
Oh, we will! We mosdef will! Just you wait!
Posted by: (D)emocrats at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (0sNs1)
The "Bradford Oakes" series was awful, but the quip about yacht ownership being like standing in a cold shower peeling off $100 bills was funny.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (Y8DZL)
But there was still slavery in the US at the time, so the analogy would be like instead of celebrating VJ day on the day Japan surrendered OR the day the last Jap soldier surrendered celebrating the day the Japs left the Philippines or something
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)
Can we get a Holiday for the day LBJ put them back in Chains?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM
It met your expectations?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (OaiXh)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
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The latest is that they have graduated to a 1980's prank that they do over in Glasgow. They put traffic cones on the heads of authoritative statues. The famous one they did was the Duke of Wellington, and it escalated from there.
So, now, there were about 30 of them trying to get a traffic cone to land on the head of the Samuel Adams statue near Faniel Hall...(which they accomplished).
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM
It met your expectations?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1)
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Honestly, I expected more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gp
He and Frederick Douglass. Though Douglass had more personal issues, I think. But his heart was in the right place.
Both men believed strongly in education for blacks. A position, that, sadly, the present-day "black community" has rejected.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)
Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol
🚨#BREAKING: A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN THROWN INTO A CROCODILE ENCLOSURE BY A 30-YEAR-OLD MALE AND HAS BEEN MAULED.
THE ATTACK WAS "RANDOM" AND THE MAN TOSSED THE BOY AT THE CROCODILES IN THE UK.
HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED M*RDER.
THEY ARE NOT NAMING THE ATTACKER.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (kX27y)
Oliver Twist is good. Great Expectations is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)
That's it?
No wonder you're struggling to get your YT channel off the ground......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)
Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh, but I get it. A significant number of conservatives, especially older ones, react to the idea of participating in current popular culture with revulsion and disgust. Even when it's to move the Overton window.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)
And what did his right accomplish? Running down Goldwater, sneering at Reagan who ended up doing more than WFB did by a million. He was controlled oppo.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)
Quite a difference from 2020...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)
Never underestimate the power of a Prehensile Uvula.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (An6iH)
No wonder you're struggling to get your YT channel off the ground......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)
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I'm going for pithy!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Zn6QU)
But there was still slavery in the US at the time, so the analogy would be like instead of celebrating VJ day on the day Japan surrendered OR the day the last Jap soldier surrendered celebrating the day the Japs left the Philippines or something
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (bl07w)
its like working as a public school teacher. How many full months go by without an extra day off? Hell, how many WEEKS?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (UZCuZ)
If you want to fix things you have to make the system reward the things you want and punish those you don't.
And I'm willing to start with million dollar plus fines and/or prison sentences for knowingly hiring an illegal.
Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
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This. Despite whatever good ideas he had he was a self-important faculty lounge walking stereotype who when he wasn't acting high and mighty was probably huffing his own farts vigorously.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (5aZAZ)
He's ideologically better but I find it hard to listen to him for long
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)
Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh, but I get it. A significant number of conservatives, especially older ones, react to the idea of participating in current popular culture with revulsion and disgust. Even when it's to move the Overton window.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)
He said something critical about Israel and Ben can't have any of that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (2YhKe)
Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)
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It's one of the main drivers that made MTG anti-Trump.
Her construction company she co-owns was suddenly met with the reality that labor costs could go up. Because she definitely wasn't hiring illegals. No, sir.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Zn6QU)
This would explain how Richard Benjamin was considered a leading man
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)
Almost as if there were a global cabal using economic means to destroy the west. Some sort of world economic something.
Can't be.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)
An open door portapotty circle jerk for oyster Nazis is a very outr&ecaute; notion. Bravo.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
Incorrect. Texas blacks celebrated Juneteenth every year. They had festivals and parades in most big cities. Everywhere there is a MLK Jr. Blvd, they were celebrating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
No denim. Bowties...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (cGjQu)
Also gotta credit WFB for "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and the devastating ridicule of John Lindsey.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: tubal
Yes, I like him, too. But I don't know much about him.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)
Nah, just Trump. They time and do things to harm the economy so Trump suffers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (UZCuZ)
Also gotta credit WFB for "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and the devastating ridicule of John Lindsey.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)
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That's a good book.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Mx+TJ)
Because they ain't Irish. Come on. This is not hard.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (UZCuZ)
Ben fired him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (UZCuZ)
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Does that mean I don't have to hear him and his absurd voice continue to run against Michael Knowles for the nomination to be the next Pope?
Cause that'd be great.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)
And what did his right accomplish? Running down Goldwater, sneering at Reagan who ended up doing more than WFB did by a million. He was controlled oppo.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)
I largely agree with that - WFB was about as Establishment as you could get. However, there was no movement before Buckley, and of the group that was around only WFB had the gift of organization - as chaotic as it turned out to be, almost from the very beginning. Rush and the movement we have now had to be built on some foundation, and Buckley was it. I'm not sure that we could have had Reagan without Buckley.
Now, he did outlive his usefulness. The success of NR made him the gatekeeper of the movement, which ended to its detriment. His son Spaulding -- oops, Christopher - was not equipped for the next generation of the movement, as well. However, no single person had WFB's talents, and he was the right man for that time.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (EU//e)
Anybody who can turn a Peanut into a CD Player is worthy of admiration.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (An6iH)
Hey, let's make it a federal holiday! That'll keep em voting for us!
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (cGjQu)
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Actually I used to work for a university back east. We got lots of days off. Now I work for Wyoming. Honestly, They're pretty stingy with paid time off. It was a shock coming from such a free-loading environment. But I'm way happier now!
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (OaiXh)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (fgSb9)
Years. It was officially recognized in 1980. It’s not some recent white liberal thing.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
I've always been a fan of George Washington Carver, too. Knew the value of education and did remarkable things with his life.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (algQV)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (cGjQu)
The ultimate in pander.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Republican Mayor Lindsey?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)
Never underestimate the power of a Prehensile Uvula.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (An6iH)
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Bo Derek was the female version of Tommy Wiseau if acting is the qualifier (with the exception being that anyone with testosterone in any quantity had her swimsuit poster where she wore dreadlocks)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)
Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)
The laws are already on the books. It is already illegal to hire illegals... just no one is enforcing the law.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (Jr5Lq)
Reagan allowed the Democrats to beta test their election fraud schemes and take over California. And Buckley "legitimized" Rush Limbaugh for the tea and crumpets crowd. Nobody's 100% good or bad.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (2ocoG)
And then there was Burnadette Peters. Still prettier than ... well ... everybody.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (IdfaO)
Typically, when people talk of other people's "unacceptable" views, they talk of other people holding such views, largely because people are incapable of looking at the world through the lens of other people's mindset. That is a rare skill, IMO.
So I read this as "Thune hates Trump"
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)
The laws are already on the books. It is already illegal to hire illegals... just no one is enforcing the law.
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (mP0Kj)
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But if people realize that, then who will donate to congressmen's campaigns as they gesticulate at committee hearings?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (2UnvF)
She was no Heather Thomas in a Hot Tub.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: man
"Hold my beer."
-- Zombie LBJ. ready to sign the VRA
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (dK+Kv)
I'm starting to think 50% of the government expenditures are fraudulent.
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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4h
Meet Pervez Siddiqui, a Pakistani and the president of an adult day care in NYC. He was just arrested and charged for allegedly carrying out a $38 MILLION Medicaid scam.
Siddiqui allegedly faked sign-ups in order to receive kickbacks through Medicaid payments.
Siddiqui was reportedly prominent in Democrat circles, per NYP
7 other co-conspirators were also arrested.
The fraud never ends.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (kX27y)
Years. It was officially recognized in 1980. It’s not some recent white liberal thing.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)
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I lived there for 5 years and had never heard of it until we made it some stupid holiday.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (fgSb9)
That scene with Bolero....
Yum.
Bunkworthy, that is
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (cGjQu)
Where in TX though? I hear it's slightly larger than Rhode Island.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (3d9VR)
I lived there for 5 years and had never heard of it until we made it some stupid holiday.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (fgSb9)
There were commercials on TV every year in DFW for the festivals and parades that I remember since the 80's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)
Incorrect. Texas blacks celebrated Juneteenth every year. They had festivals and parades in most big cities. Everywhere there is a MLK Jr. Blvd, they were celebrating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
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Really? I never heard of it before, and I we have friends and family in Dallas. I woulda thunk I'd at least have heard of it in passing. I also dated a black girl who lived for a time in TX and while she knew what it was, she said it was never any big deal.
Certainly no black outside of TX that I have ever met ever celebrated it, or even knew what it was.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal
According to his Wikipedia page, he was known during his life as something like "the black Leonardo."
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (77rzZ)
One difference you see consistently between the left and right is that if the left wants say $50B for something they'll come out and say anything less then $200B is an outrage and leads to kids dying in the streets.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
The thing that pisses me off about the GOPe is that they allow themselves to be bought so cheaply. "I'll pay you $5k for a vote on this $650B bill.", "Make it $4500. I don't want to price myself out of the market."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (cGjQu)
- Rube voters in red states
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Mx+TJ)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (bucPA)
I am convinced many of his pop culture takes are just contrarian, to help build his image as a curmudgeon. He has recently began talking about the impact and importance of pop culture and how the nation has suffered as it changed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (UZCuZ)
Certainly no black outside of TX that I have ever met ever celebrated it, or even knew what it was.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)
That is correct. NO one cared unless they were born and lived in Texas.
Anyone else celebrating it was a pandering idiot. It means NOTHING to anyone outside of Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (cGjQu)
Glory Be! McCain and Romney pulled it off, surviving with fortunes intact and praised by progressives!
Hell, they can all do it! In the end, the rinos are financial guys. They want to be, need to be to be worthy enough so as not to be tortured in a public restaurant, publicly mocked and criticized by former presidents and their surrogates, etc. And then if/when the time comes to leave Congress, they & theirs have warm and friendly roosting places.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (kX27y)
Imma open a bar with cold beer and hot chicks and call it an adult daycare.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: tubal
Pretty easy after having been made a eunuch.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Y8DZL)
Jeesh, those freaking Poles...
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (DiYkG)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (wBaIH)
And killing and rioting and all the other shit. Downing someone in the street and going at their neck with a pocket knife is against the law.
Not arguing with your statement. But I am arguing with the slope headed Andy Griffith crowd that can't grasp that the rules are not being followed.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (IdfaO)
(Looks around)
Haven't been here in a while.
This seems to be a pretty subdued Pride month. Haven't seen any Pride flags here in the DMV. I did read that some baseball team had to cancel because the team refused to wear rainbow game shirts.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (wBaIH)
Thank You for Smoking was very good and very funny.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)
No. I grew up south of Indianapolis. All we heard about was "copperheads".
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (IdfaO)
Speaking of Omar Shareef, Julie Christie had that ethereal beauty back in the day.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (fgSb9)
Heartbreakingly beautiful woman. But her most famous character, Lara, was a shameless round-heeled slut, in the film and especially the book.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (y9nCu)
"It doesn't matter how you feel about the President, 80% of the country wants us to pass this bill, so put aside your animus and get this done for the American people. and most importantly, if you can get this done, I will do a backdoor deal to get millions in each of your re-election coffers."
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (fgSb9)
Did it again apparently. 😏
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (NFX2v)
"It doesn't matter how you feel about the President, 80% of the country wants us to pass this bill, so put aside your animus and get this done for the American people. and most importantly, if you can get this done, I will do a backdoor deal to get millions in each of your re-election coffers."
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (fgSb9)
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"Fuck you. No."
-Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst, all retiring
"Really, fuck you. No."
-Murkowski, Democrat
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (Zn6QU)
Does it matter to them what Trump thinks, or what Obama, Clinton, Bush, etc. think? And while all things must pass, O and the Clintons have had some real staying power in government.
Barack Obama explicitly stated he was not done serving when he left office, emphasizing in his Farewell Address that he would remain involved as a citizen for the rest of his days. He also famously told his staff and supporters before departing, "I won't stop. In fact, I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my remaining days."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)
Looks like that was a threat, he's destroying the Dems better than the GOP has done.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)
The LGBTSYNZC part is.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (Ia/+0)
Barack Obama explicitly stated he was not done serving when he left office,
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)
I'm reminded of that steaming pile of monkey crap Charlie Crist who whined during a press conference after switching parties "I just want to SERVE!". Sounded like a teenage boy trying to talk his girlfriend into taking in "just the tip".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)
Eh, Bo Derek was married to midlevel actor/director John Derek.
So, she was part of the in-crowd. Easy for her to get the part in "10" because she was a beautiful, sexy gal with a knockout body.
And that's all "10" required of her since she was a sex fantasy object for Dudley Moore's character.
She had maybe 20 lines in that movie.
Anyway, after that she failed more or less because-
-though she had great tits, they weren't attached to a great actress.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: MikeN at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (ApkXr)
Which is why Sen. ThuneSchumer keeps it. And rigs elections so we don't get 60 votes.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (YO+a/)
European Parliament Votes By Almost 2/3rds Majority, 418 to 218, to Make It Easier to Deport Migrants; Hall Explodes Into Chant of "Send Them Back! Send Them Back!"
The joke leftist newspaper The Guardian is very sad about this, and wants you to know that after the "Send them back!" chant, some shrill voices counter-chanted "shame on you."
Oh no, we've never heard squeaky communists hissing "shame" at us.A two-thirds majority in what is usually a very left-wing, pro-bureaucrat, pro-Davos body is "controversial." But opening the borders wasn't controversial, you see.
Rightwing MEPs have come under fire after they celebrated a vote aimed at increasing deportations across the EU with chants of "send them back", leading other lawmakers to respond with cries of "shame on you". The heated confrontation in the European parliament came on Wednesday after lawmakers voted 418 to 218 to approve controversial measures aimed at increasing deportations of undocumented people.
Wow I'm surprised that "the experts" -- meaning leftwingers who have f***ed and s***ed their way into cushy NGO jobs -- were against this. One reform now allows countries to make deals with third-party countries to take their "asylum seekers" as their meritless, fraudulent asylum claims are processed. If I recall correctly, Italy just sought such a deal, and made an agreement with Albania to take the "asylees" while they churned through the fraud. But then the European Union cancelled the deal, claiming it was against the Convention on Human Rights. (Again, if memory serves.) I assume this reform makes that deal permissible.
The overhaul has been widely criticised by rights groups including Amnesty International France, which this week described the plans as "absurd, cruel and discriminatory", and 16 UN experts, who recently outlined more than a dozen ways in which the rules could contravene international human rights.
LOL. The reform also allows governments to detain "migrants" for longer. They can be detained, IIRC, for two months without cause, and for an unlimited period if they're a security threat. If anyone says "but that's holding them without trial" -- well, they're always free to leave the country.
The plans include measures under which people could be detained for up to two years or sent to offshore centres that have been described as potential "human rights black holes", while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe.
... The far right's celebration of the vote was swiftly condemned. Javi López, a Socialist and vice-president of the European parliament, described the plenary session as "disgraceful". Writing on social media, he added: "As if people were parcels. Families. Minors. Deported to third countries. This is the Europe they are imposing."Oh, Javi Lopez wouldn't be a socialist from Spain, by any chance, would he? The leftwing Spanish government granted residency to lots of illegal aliens, in order to replace the native Spanish population. They said this mass amnesty would apply to 500,000 aliens, so don't even worry about it, mate. Surprise! They lied. It's up to a million and counting. Those experts, they just never get things right, do they? Maybe they're not really experts at all.
Spain's government has received around 900,000 applications from undocumented migrants seeking legal status under a programme that initially expected half a million requests, the Migration Ministry said on Monday. ... Non-profit refugee aid organisation CEAR expects applications to exceed one million by the time the programme ends in two weeks."We expect to conclude this session of oral sex without coming in your mouth," the experts said, nutting.
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And those third countries are happy to take a stipend and then lose the deportees in the gutters of the cities.
Honestly, the third world's corruption is just being turned against them now.
They can end up dead in a gutter in Djibouti, or they can go back to Syria (which is no longer in a civil war) on their own terms. It's up to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (Zn6QU)
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Somebody once had an idea to deport "the undesirables", then found a less costly solution.
I'd foot the expense to just send these ones back, somewhere.
Once they get one foot on dry land "somewhere" the rest is their problem.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (/lPRQ)
To which the people of Europe responded "Suck my d***!".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (yw9lQ)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (/lPRQ)
THIS is the Ace I love the most.
Posted by: toddg at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (KCFD3)
To which the people of Europe responded "Suck my d***!".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)
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"Oh, this means I can vote for the Christian Democrat Union again."
-a shocking number of Germans, I bet
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (Zn6QU)
It's about effing time they woke up.
I have other words but am not using them today (so far).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)
It's about effing time they woke up.
I have other words but am not using them today (so far).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)
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Well, it's mostly maladjusted women, now.
So, a lot of crying and saying that they feel unsafe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Zn6QU)
I've never seen the top of an oil tank do that before.
https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (Zn6QU)
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THAT'S RACISS!!
Posted by: Kid who says, THAT'S RACISS! at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (cWLG3)
From sea to sea, Briton will be free.
I mean that in the way the way the Palis mean it ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Redenzo at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (E79uu)
Those in Parliament took one glance at the most recent news, observed the response of residential citizens, saw the local municipality gains of the Restore/Reform candidates and responded collectively...."Oh Bloody Hell."
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (IY9No)
ICE-style? ICE-style??!! As in perform the task of detaining and removing those not lawfully in the country? Heaven forfend.
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (5FPX4)
Posted by: Good start, keep going at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/)
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So when 2/3 of people agree thats considered far right?
Interesting.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (X+Nnd)
I've never seen the top of an oil tank do that before.
https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
Is that Russia or LA?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Seem to recall that the dude who stabbed young goat a dance party had parents from Africa, but he was born in the UK.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (ixZ1o)
From sea to sea, Briton will be free.
I mean that in the way the way the Palis mean it ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (73/SM)
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Blockade.
Stop the Iranian tanker with 300K barrels of oil headed towards English shores that Starmer just paid for.
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2067637689826828460
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (Zn6QU)
ICE-style? ICE-style??!! As in perform the task of detaining and removing those not lawfully in the country? Heaven forfend.
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (5FPX4)
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Yeaaaah boi!
Posted by: Vanilla ICE at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM
In the UK, I believe the correct phrase is "Gargle my sack, treehugger!"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (HlyYF)
Mistakes may have been made.
If so, they were in the enthusiasm of the moment.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.
Posted by: WEF, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Penguin, Inc. at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (0sNs1)
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Or they could just go home on their own. Nobody’s stopping them from doing that. This way they avoid the “ice style enforcement”. Easy peasy.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (X+Nnd)
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They are experts at being 100% wrong about absolutely everything.
That takes a lot of dedicated effort.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)
I think they think this is some kind of realllly scary thing. Wait til they find out that's EXACTLY what the people of Europe want.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (A0HNO)
Seem to recall that the dude who stabbed young goat a dance party had parents from Africa, but he was born in the UK.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (4KUe5)
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I don't think birthright citizenship is a thing in European countries.
Posted by: Vanilla ICE at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)
So, a lot of crying and saying that they feel unsafe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Zn6QU)
And making TikTok videos of such while seated inside their cars.
Posted by: Like OMG I'm literally SHAKING at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (5yDGQ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)
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I bet they really did think that the masses would work the factories of Germany and help pay for the impending financial collapse of a welfare state with more retirees than workers.
But, other factions that were generally anti-West steadily gained power until they could just open the doors completely without a second though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)
Interesting.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (X+Nnd)
I'm wildly curious about what policies and beliefs constitute "far right" because all the ones I know about are common sense and decency. That seems pretty centrist to me unless of course right is good and left is bad.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (4KUe5)
King of the No Frontiers
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (amcLV)
That takes a lot of dedicated effort.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)
Ehrlich, Mann, and Krugman all come to mind.
Posted by: Blind pigs that never found an acorn at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (TbWk/)
Likely too late. The invading horde of vile musselmen is already entrenched.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (5yDGQ)
Funny. I read this as 'hang from a lamppost.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (2YhKe)
Good Will Nutting
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (S+j2h)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (4KUe5)
Likely too late. The invading horde of vile musselmen is already entrenched.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (N1DT3)
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I believe the average in Europe is roughly 7% Muslim per country.
If European governments get cracking soon, they could probably deport a lot of that.
Still have to deal with the fact that they promised too many benefits to their populations while encouraging them to have too few children, but that seems to have become a secondary concern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Zn6QU)
https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
I had that presented to me earlier today as "Russia releases proof of UFO existence."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (4focF)
GTFO!
It is another Trumpmas miracle!
Yeah, he didn't have anything to to with directly causing this vote.
But by running on this in 2016, a mere decade ago, he made it OK to be "racist" and discuss the problems that these third world invaders bring with them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (dK+Kv)
You know why.
I'll also note this as to how bad it is:
Henry's killers are all in free or subsidized housing.
You know it, I know it, everybody knows it.
And yet, they are hiding that fact because it worse for them than the fact that the officers stood there and laughed as he bled out and died.
Meaning, the number of non-citizens in public housing or on assistance in the UK has to be over 80%.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (73/SM)
"The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (A0HNO)
Yeah, they need to put the game back where it was. That's just f*cking obnoxious. A 400 yard drive NOT in a long drive competition means they're doing something wrong.
Stop it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Not unlike the Obama / Biden / Harris regime.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)
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There were several motivations, but one of them -- probably the main one -- was to import a new working class to replace the aging Euro working class. There are so few working-class Euros left and that class is needed to supported the older pension-taking class.
I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Europe at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (5FPX4)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
But Joe Biden was the Best Biden EVER as President.
F*ck right off with that shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)
"The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
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I really hope he loses.
The only halfway normal Democrat of prominence and of his generation who's also a white dude losing his federal office?
White male progressives will shit their pants. It will entertain me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Zn6QU)
If European governments get cracking soon, they could probably deport a lot of that.
Still have to deal with the fact that they promised too many benefits to their populations while encouraging them to have too few children, but that seems to have become a secondary concern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Zn6QU)
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Isn't most of that 7-10% concentrated in the cities? That fact alone means they should be able to get rid of a lot of them since they can just round them up and ship them out.
Of course, that takes an iron will and an iron stomach because the Muzzies ARE going to riot and behead some folks before they go.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:17 PM (gnNyN)
I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
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Alternate path:
1. Subsidize motherhood.
when that fails (it fails like 90% of the time), you go to...
2. Accept that life is going to be hard for a generation but focus on preserving your culture so that when the birthrates do rebound eventually, you still have a culture to offer them.
Europe survived the Black Death without importing India.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (Zn6QU)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
From what i have read "Jon" the president humiliated the World at the G7.. They were all following him around like puppy dogs
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM
You know who else can entertain you?
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)
Of course, that takes an iron will and an iron stomach because the Muzzies ARE going to riot and behead some folks before they go.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Cutoff benefits like housing and welfare money and deporting criminals after a brief incarceration will cause a number of them to self deport.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
From what i have read "Jon" the president humiliated the World at the G7.. They were all following him around like puppy dogs
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (FtULh)
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Well, his audience is leftists who filter their news through MSNOW and BlueSky.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Zn6QU)
To be fair many of them are fecally incontinent from all the receptive anal sex over the years.
Posted by: Catchers in the rump at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (TbWk/)
Aleric laughs...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (cGjQu)
Second, find competent ex-military or local lads who are knowledgeable about fighting and winning.
Start busting heads in a very low-key kind of way. Bodies cannot be found or found in the most horrendous shape. Either will incur the fear necessary.
Keep it up until the dumbasses are so afraid they want to go back to shithole land.
Profit!
*This is all just an outline for a book.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM
You know who else can entertain you?
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)
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The Evil of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Shitloads of MK 19 grenade launchers are good for crowd control.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (/lPRQ)
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)
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What a jackass.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (2WIwB)
It's almost like they're TRYING to look evil, just to rub people's faces in it.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (4KUe5)
Former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett christens the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony with a land acknowledgment:
“We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Nations.”
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What about those contractors whose skill and labor you stole?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (4focF)
his stability and his capacity for the office."
Mr. Ossoff forgot to put "who are Democrats" after "Americans" in his statement. I'm
Not worried about either of those things.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (n3VHW)
Cutoff benefits like housing and welfare money and deporting criminals after a brief incarceration will cause a number of them to self deport.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
Aren't they declaring the prisons full and that's why they're not incarcerating them for crimes in the first place?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)
The heated confrontation in the European parliament
*makes wanking motion with fist*
Pussies.
A confrontation isn't heated until someone gets beaten to within an inch of their life with a cane. Taiwan and S Korea comes pretty close by using fisticuffs, we're pretty far behind, ourselves.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)
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The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
No one lives in an average place.
Brussels I believe is 50% Muslim under 50.
And Brussels has an outsized effect on the country.
Whole regions of France are over 20% Muslim. A large enough "minority" (if behaving/voting essentially as a block) to have enormous, outsize influence on the country as a whole and to dominate their regions culturally.
Etc. etc.
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (5FPX4)
"What could happen when paramilitary partisans with a century of irregular warfare experience, cached equipment that never got turned in, younger cousins with drone & 3-D printing experience, and a common cause against a new foe? Everything will be fine"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)
I have a lot of old stat and math programs that I do not care to dump plus too lazy to learn replacement Python and R commands to access data on old research nowadays.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)
That's some old computer archaeology. I have been on a Synology NAS since about 2008. I haven't touched legacy systems since then, except to repurpose a 2008-era box as a backup server (backs up NAS, mainly).
Consider, instead of containers, using a VM for those old programs. I have a Windows 11 and a Windows 7 VM on my current Linux Mint set up from ca. 2019.
But as you note, memory is key, and there is no way around spending on it, right now. I like to future proof my builds, and the last one I built in 2019 received 128GB of memory. That was fortuitous.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (dK+Kv)
I am certain that Osoff couldn’t keep up with Trump for a day.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (4KUe5)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Whatever it takes to allow the muzzies to rape, pillage and rape.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe the Albanians can keep them in those million bunkers Hoxha scattered everywhere, and find a use for those ubiquitous eyesores.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)
The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)
Whatever it takes to allow the muzzies to rape, pillage and rape.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)
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He said rape twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (Zn6QU)
Britain leads the world in political prisoners. Well, if you believe China's numbers
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)
So pinning it to the IC's FISA wishlist was a good idea.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
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It's "Fronkensteen."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Tell me what nations are run by leftists-France, Spain, and UK. But Germany and Italy are wobbling because their 'conservatives' refuse to actually take steps (much like GWB) to deport the existing assholes and close the door. Merz is being threatened by the rise of the AfD and a new party to the right of Meloni is undercutting her popularity.
I think part of both conservative party calculus has been a) avoiding being called racists and punished by the EU, b) Muslims with money bribing er funding parties on the right, and c) the business community that simply wants to maintain profitability via cheap labor and demand for goods
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy
UK was ruled by Conservatives between 2010 and 2024. And they did nothing to stop the invasion. They’re as much to blame as Labour.
And even worse because they campaigned on ending the invasion. At least Labour was honest with their intentions upfront.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (X+Nnd)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)
This is by far the main issue - the "social democrat" model was headed for a cliff, and the illiterati could only think of increasing the (allegedly working) population.
Witness the Euro insanity when commenting on Japan...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (cGjQu)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)
Jon F*ckoff.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
Does the European Parliament have any actual authority to do anything or is this a bunch of symbolic bullshit designed to keep their beleaguered citizens from stringing them up?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (ExV1e)
We couldn't have foreseen this happening. We're the real heros here. Couldnt be helped. Would you mind swallowing? Thats a good peasant.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)
The Senators are afraid that if they give the voters this win, then the voters will expect continual wins in the future. This is unacceptable since it disrupts the delicate balance of power within the senate they have cultivated for nearly 100 years.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (rbvCR)
He said rape twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (Zn6QU)
If you insist!!!!
Posted by: Mohamhead Mohamhed Mohamhead at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Seems Legit
1. Replace white people with yadda yadda.
2.
3. Profit!
Posted by: The Underpants Elite at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (PkP8d)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (X+Nnd)
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"
Michelle Obama: "Me"
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Summer of George > chapter of Mooch
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4focF)
More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)
John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)
Jon F*ckoff.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2Yh
It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)
This is by far the main issue - the "social democrat" model was headed for a cliff, and the illiterati could only think of increasing the (allegedly working) population.
Witness the Euro insanity when commenting on Japan...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (cGjQu)
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Europe was still Europe after it lost 1/4 of its population due to the Black Death.
Europe is no longer Europe after Merkel decided that the AfD needed to be defeated.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Robots and AI may or may not work out to take care of an aging populace but it is a far better solution then important angry Muslims and expecting them to slave away for your retirement benefits.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (4KUe5)
Does anyone see France or Belgium or Germany conducting wholesale deportations?
I sure don't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (ExV1e)
That would be my guess. It allows people to take the steps- it doesn't force them to. Fig leaf, don't kill us like you should because we mean to see you all dead.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)
It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)
They had a toilet clog that shut down 1/2 the country on election night.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)
I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)
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Alternate path:
1. Subsidize motherhood.
when that fails (it fails like 90% of the time), you go to...
2. Accept that life is going to be hard for a generation but focus on preserving your culture so that when the birthrates do rebound eventually, you still have a culture to offer them.
Europe survived the Black Death without importing India.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (Zn6QU)
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Yea, but Europe was very very very different back then. Europe also survived -- and helped defeat -- the Nazis and Stalin only 80 years ago. That Europe doesn't exist anymore, not even in shadows.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)
Got our own socialists right here on city councils:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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4m
They have imported voters to win
Elizabeth Barcohana
@E_Barcohana
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13h
It happened.
LA City Council voted 10-5 to include giving illegals the right to vote in the City Charter reform referendum that will be on the November ballot
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Lizzy
Left want the votes.
Right want the cheap workers.
Match made in heaven for both sides
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (X+Nnd)
Does anyone see France or Belgium or Germany conducting wholesale deportations?
I sure don't.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (PLxDd)
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If NR wins enough in France and AfD wins enough in Germany, it could lead to changes there.
I imagine Italy will take advantage pretty quickly. They seem to be experiencing the limits of multiculturalism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Zn6QU)
"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"
Michelle Obama: "Me"
So she IS getting a divorce.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
And, Lizzy. Embrace its power.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)
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This this this.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (fgSb9)
Consider, instead of containers, using a VM for those old programs. I have a Windows 11 and a Windows 7 VM on my current Linux Mint set up from ca. 2019.
But as you note, memory is key, and there is no way around spending on it, right now. I like to future proof my builds, and the last one I built in 2019 received 128GB of memory. That was fortuitous.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
I considered VMs but in part, I only need to run specific programs--e.g. SPSS, Stata, Minitab, Systat, a transfer/translation program for data, some survey software, etc. I figure to sell off the remaining systems after transferring to someone that likes to do vintage gaming. All systems are fully patched, have a workable browser Supermium, newer security software so one could cautiously download new drivers etc behind a router, etc.
I have everything from a Win 98 (that was the BX system that would nto boot it), Win 2K, XP SP3, Win 7 with those programs on it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
I thought he was the catcher for the Braves.
Posted by: Bert G at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (VARTN)
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13h
It happened.
LA City Council voted 10-5 to include giving illegals the right to vote in the City Charter reform referendum that will be on the November ballot
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)
I read somewhere that they snuck in a 10% sales tax in the primary election and voters voted overwhelmingly in support of it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)
news.nau.edu/gurney-2026
Climate scientist finds large errors in Al Gore-founded Climate TRACE, a global climate pollution database
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)
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Britain of the 1930s would have accepted the latter.
But Britain got mad at Churchill for winning the war and became infants suckling at the state's teet rather than exert control over their own destiny.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (ffi9I)
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)
That's less than Texas.
Allegedly.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (2ocoG)
All fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (O0L8i)
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)
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"So, Mr. Gore, you got the emissions correct but not their effect. Does that change anything in your theory?"
"Of course not. FL is under water. You've just been lied to by Ron DeSantis who's covering it up."
"No further questions."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (3d9VR)
Can't be. Gore was JUST ON a podcast telling me that the scientists got EVERYTHING SPOT ON with regards to climate predictions. SPOT. ON.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: It's me donna
Georgia of the 2020s is not your father’s Georgia. Atlanta is deeeeeep blue. The suburbs once reliable red (think Newt Gingrich district) are not at best purple and trending blue.
There aren’t enough rural and exurban votes to make up for Atlanta. It’s like every other state where one dominant city crushes the rest of the state. Washington/Seattle, Colorado/Denver, etc.
Even in the 2000s you could see the writing on the wall. McCain only won Georgia by 5 points vs Obama.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM
You know who else can entertain you?
Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)
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The Evil of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
What knockers!
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (wVcYX)
Blockade.
Stop the Iranian tanker with 300K barrels of oil headed towards English shores that Starmer just paid for.
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2067637689826828460
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (Zn6QU)
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Someone in the comments nailed it with this comment-
@alexandre_lores
To be fair, I am not sure which Islamic nation is worse at this point.
One killed 42,000 protestors
One enslaved and raped 250,000 white girls.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (NpAcC)
All fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)
Most didn't even know it was on the ballot. But yes, OF COURSE it was fraud.
I've NEVER voted YES for them to take MORE from me than they already do.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."
-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
He shouldn't talk about Joe Biden that way.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)
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Yes, that's right. Like Raman Noodles, the proposed sales tax hike to 10.25% from 9.75% miraculously passed after it was losing bigly.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 02:33 PM (3uBP9)
Britain leads the world in political prisoners. Well, if you believe China's numbers
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)
I think it's framed a little more narrowly than that - speech offenses or some such - but I don't think it matters what China's numbers are. That England is arresting, charging and imprisoning the number of people they are for thoughtcrime, while pretending to a legacy of human rights, freedom and democracy, is horrifying.
Posted by: Is that Chinese Democracy GNR talked about? at June 18, 2026 02:33 PM (TbWk/)
Michelle Obama: "Me"
I think she's describing her main focus in ALL the chapters anywhere...
Posted by: Boswell at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (V7158)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (YwEeS)
I imagine Italy will take advantage pretty quickly. They seem to be experiencing the limits of multiculturalism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Sure, in a perfect world. But France is busily making National Rally incapable of winning, and Germany is doing similar things. It would be lovely if they do it, but this is Europe after all.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (PLxDd)
It’s not shocking LA would happily vote for an increase as well.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (X+Nnd)
I think she's describing her main focus in ALL the chapters anywhere...
Posted by: Boswell at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (V715
It's missing the preface, "Woe Is -"
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (3d9VR)
Sure, in a perfect world. But France is busily making National Rally incapable of winning, and Germany is doing similar things. It would be lovely if they do it, but this is Europe after all.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (PLxDd)
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Both parties have been on the verge of winning for so long, it does seem foolish think that THIS TIME they'll do it.
But it could happen. We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (fpzcF)
In Britain? History might shed a slightly different light...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (ZVgZ4)
Kemp and Raffensperger made a deal with the Dems, and the Dems honored it for once.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)
It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)
That was a direct fallout from the demoralizing aftermath of the 2020 GA Republican sellout. There were runnoffs following the GA republican capitulation and stabbing trump in the back.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: It's me donna
Georgia of the 2020s is not your father’s Georgia. Atlanta is deeeeeep blue. The suburbs once reliable red (think Newt Gingrich district) are not at best purple and trending blue.
There aren’t enough rural and exurban votes to make up for Atlanta. It’s like every other state where one dominant city crushes the rest of the state. Washington/Seattle, Colorado/Denver, etc.
Even in the 2000s you could see the writing on the wall. McCain only won Georgia by 5 points vs Obama.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (X+Nnd)
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Massive fraud in 2020, though. I don't think that was the "real" GA. I don't think 2022 was either. Even 2024 was sus, and Trump won by over 2%.
But otherwise, I agree that the GA of 2026 ain't the GA of 1986.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)
It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy
UK was ruled by Conservatives between 2010 and 2024. And they did nothing to stop the invasion. They’re as much to blame as Labour.
And even worse because they campaigned on ending the invasion. At least Labour was honest with their intentions upfront.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (X+Nnd)
THIS. And to rub some salt into that gaping wound, some of the Tory rats fled that sinking ship to join Reform. Not sure whether Reform could turn out to be the new UK equivalent of our GOPe, but I'm not betting against that happening.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (TNhp7)
In Britain? History might shed a slightly different light...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (cGjQu)
That's why I said "pretending."
Posted by: Magna Carta you off at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/)
Otherwise I couldn't care less.
I just got back from Niagara Falls and the overwhelming rude behavior (not to. mention the fucking SMELL) of the non white, on Chinese population was on display.
Fuck the 3rd world
Fight your own goddamn wars
And for fucks sake USE SOAP
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (sR+LL)
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM
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Make them vote on the SAA. Bring it to the floor so we can see who the haters are.
Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (NpAcC)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (IY9No)
About 7GB with just Mint OS and Firefox open (with way too many tabs).
I've apportioned 16 GB of memory in the past to a well-apportioned Win 11 Pro VM, and it ran fine, no hiccups or BSODs.
So you could probably get away with just 32GB system memory.
Currently, I apportion about 55 GB of memory to the well-apportioned Win 11 Pro VM, just because I have it. So even with mad levels of Windows VM memory, 64GB would be overkill.
That, said, I don't currently do a lot of heavy video editing, and none on Windows. That may affect your calculations.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Seems Legit
_____________________
I've seen it as rather obvious. Weaken a sovereign nation by overloading the population with non-productive parasites that hold no national self-interest. Simultaneously, develop relationships and reliances of the sitting government. When the time is right convince the failing nation to go full blown authoritarian as it's only "saving grace" and use established relationships to monopolize all facets of control and finance. Presto, you've bought a nation using that once sovereign nation's own money.
Main opposition is nationalism and actual sovereignty. Also, pure capitalism that requires competition, innovation and emerging possibilities....all three of those facets directly contradict the "old money" elitists who hate the "Nouveau riche" almost as much as they hate you.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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21m
Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.
Hey
@BarackObama
, if you care so much, why not give your land back??
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (kX27y)
GTFO!
It is another Trumpmas miracle!
Yeah, he didn't have anything to to with directly causing this vote.
But by running on this in 2016, a mere decade ago, he made it OK to be "racist" and discuss the problems that these third world invaders bring with them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (dK+Kv)
The EU Parliament is a sham, their votes are only advisory or confirming a wish by the inner circles. If the high-ups don't want this, it will be drowned in regulation and courts...if they do want it then there might be an improvement.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)
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"So, Mr. Gore, you got the emissions correct but not their effect. Does that change anything in your theory?"
"Of course not. FL is under water. You've just been lied to by Ron DeSantis who's covering it up."
"No further questions."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Zn6QU)
"Florida residents are too dumb to notice they're walking around on the backs of thousands of alligators, fattened up by eating all those COVID fatalities."
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)
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Yet another sudden guffaw I can't share with my wife.
Posted by: Slo at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (NYInA)
So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
Who did they say it was stolen from, Big Mike?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (2ocoG)
Here's a Spoiler Alert - regarding folks that are CEOs (i've met directly with a couple while I was automating this or that) or Managers (we've all been around them all our lives, but it seems quite a few here are invested in not seeing them for what they were) or general Credentialed (doctors, lawyers, preachers, and all the rest of the generally retarded with a degree - yes, I'm thinking of a couple names here).
They don't have an "endgame". They didn't get where they are by critically thinking.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (IY9No)
I gave Mornay double his lands in Martha's Vinyard with matching estates in Vail. Lochlan turned for much less.
Posted by: Longshanks Investment Group at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Seems Legit
I've always seen...
1. Collapse society.
2. Communism comes to the rescue.
The area between 1 and 2 was always a big fuzzy ?????.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Main opposition is nationalism and actual sovereignty. Also, pure capitalism that requires competition, innovation and emerging possibilities....all three of those facets directly contradict the "old money" elitists who hate the "Nouveau riche" almost as much as they hate you.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)
Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)
If you can , consider talking off the day from media and the 'net. That's my plan anyway, but addiction may interfere.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (OYsYV)
So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
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I guarantee you those Senate Republicans are benefitting MASSIVELY from the status quo. The Left doesn't have a monopoly on cheating in elections, after all.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (gnNyN)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (sR+LL)
You must live in the very north or very south of CA then!
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (kX27y)
The Harvard MBA in a sentence.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (IY9No)
I didn't get a harrumph outta you!
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)
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Wait until they discover the incredibly complex web of skills required to build and maintain a modern communication system.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)
You know how everyone high fives themselves when companies from NY or California relocate to southern states? Well what do you think happens. They bring in thousands of employees with them from NY or California. And do you think those transplants that voted D all their lives suddenly start voting R? No they obviously don’t.
Georgia especially went all in on bringing 1/2 of Hollywood to their state. Gee I wonder if that affected voting patterns at all?
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (X+Nnd)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
Maybe he can give it back to the Indians, then. They could use that piece of crap for target practice, I guess.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
stolen from the idiot liberals in Canada, more like.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
YMMV (Your Market May Vary), but I spent some time putting together patched, reset, old hardware, including functional Kindle Fire, tablets, laptops, etc. Nobody wanted them, and it was wasted time, in the end.
The only time I got someone to bite on something like that was a soon to be expat looking for a cheapo web/email platform.
A lot of the vintage gaming space appears covered by new hardware with emulators and Steam systems (like the Steamdeck) with current support and commodity hardware.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (dK+Kv)
The Harvard MBA in a sentence.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)
They'll leverage core competencies to build synergies and maximize throughput like a motherfucker though.
Posted by: Let's put a pin in it and circle back offline at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Longshanks Investment Group"
Your negotiations were brilliant...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (cGjQu)
Too bad they didn't talk about all the sub-contractors that still ain't been paid by Lakeside Alliance.
But - meh - live by the minority, get screwed by the minority.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)
Having sold her bitch soul to Satan, Murkowski will not die.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 02:46 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)
You've been cheating on us?
I see the problem right there.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)
I prefer Barbeque.
Posted by: Jimmy Cherizier at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (sR+LL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)
Having sold her bitch soul to Satan, Murkowski will not die.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
That's what she thinks. Stan *lies*.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (R+iUD)
Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)
Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
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I really don't get the "land acknowledgment" thing. Isn't it rubbing the Indians' faces in the fact they were defeated?
"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you."
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
It has little to do with Trump and more for them wanting the cheating option themselves in the odd primary. I remember being surprised that KY was one of the places that had those auto voter machines in some places that could be worked remotely.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)
Eh. I'll take my small mercies where I can get them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)
The contractors can rename it how they like. It'll be the best museum, like nobody has ever seen. Everyone will say so.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:49 PM (3d9VR)
Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)
They won't reign in hell. The thugs will take them out in a flash and reign instead. It wasn't the intellectuals that came out ahead in the French Revolution, it was Napoleon.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)
Well, let's just say that enough ballots showed up which said yes and leave it at that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)
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I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
This entire conversation ... well, several ... reminds me of the Maet days. Not Maet, per se - but the weaponized optimism of folks like BanderSnatch and such.
So damn convinced that things would be all right. Because they have to be. Because that's just how it works. And a couple other nics that were just "positive".
Yet even a cursory read of history says sometimes society takes a step back. Sometimes for a few hundred years. And by sometimes ? I mean its about 50/50.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)
How about he acknowledge destroying that, taking it away from the residents of Chicago?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (4KUe5)
"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you."
It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
100%. Or like telling Ace your shelves are rock solid.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
*atishoo*
Posted by: AD 537 at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (3d9VR)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (cGjQu)
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Why didn't the f*cker donate it back to its rightful owners then?
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (rnAbX)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (cGjQu)
Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)
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I could never rationalize how the "Classical Liberal" could do such a 180 degree turn and put all their faith into authoritarianism, and at the same time put so much support behind Corporations. And then, DEI became a thing within the corporate bones and other facets of society...and it became clear. The "progressives" (actually "regressives") are the footsoldiers of the Elitists without even knowing it. The Elitists first targetted the institutions (education mostly) to shape the soldiers who would work on their behalf without knowing that everytime they scream (tax the rich, destroy the rich), they are laughingly chastising their mentors.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)
Scientific advances by Christians and believers far, far outweighs that by atheists.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
*laughs, spews food on monitor*
Note to self: I have GOT to stop reading comments when I'm trying to eat lunch.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)
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I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
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I think we've steadily improved since we got rid of the Demented Shower Pervert, and I expect it to continue. I don't get all the "End Times" doomsaying. I get that some might be joking, but some aren't. I think things are good and improving. I think too many people even on our side are believing the Democraps' desperate political spin.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)
That's a long chain of OSs for your stat programs. FWIW, VMs on Virtualbox have bidirectional clipboard support, and I believe you could run all those OSs in VMs, simultaneously, subject to adequate memory.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (dK+Kv)
P.S. Enjoying life at this moment is not synonymous with suggesting people "spell roses on the way to the camp."
Have a nice afternoon, all. I'm out for today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: CTHillary at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Vpqw1)
Hey
@BarackObama
, if you care so much, why not give your land back??
Posted by: beckster
The land has been ruined by that ugly building.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (rnAbX)
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Unless he plans on returning it, it's just rubbing their noses in it.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
Wait.
Was that wrong?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (dK+Kv)
I think we've steadily improved since we got rid of the Demented Shower Pervert, and I expect it to continue. I don't get all the "End Times" doomsaying. I get that some might be joking, but some aren't. I think things are good and improving. I think too many people even on our side are believing the Democraps' desperate political spin.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)
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I had this weird realization around Katrina that people always seem to think that current year troubles are the worst thing ever.
I assert that Genghis Khan's army was worse than the Muslim rabble running amok through Europe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)
Same here. But I'm still buying ammo...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: That Guy Applying For Crime In Blazing Saddles & Everyone At The UN & EU at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (H4qGm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)
I choose, daily, not to talk to you. But just this once, in a wasted attempt to get you to just shut the fuck up and quit chasing me around - I'll give it a whirl.
I don't trust anyone so infatuated with the next world that they use this one as an audition. And that's you in a nutshell.
Now ... the proof will be in the pudding. And the Bank probably won't take your sermon in replacement for something more material. More tangible.
Believe what you will. I believe as always - I wish you'd just leave me alone.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 02:57 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:58 PM (dK+Kv)
___________________________
I smell a great prank worming its way into my tiny little brain. Someone needs to put a huge sign at the entrance of the Obama Library. When they take it down...put it up along the property line at another location. Rinse Lather Repeat.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: AD 537"
I was gone by then...
/Aleric
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (cGjQu)
Poor Alaric just wanted a job and some land to settle his troops on. They got it when after his death they moved to Gaul and were employed to drive the Vandals out of Spain.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)
You walked into a trap.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (3d9VR)
I used to think these things were just stupid liberal blather but now I believe thing like like that, like acknowledging White Privilege or formal national apology for slavery or whatever are laying the legal groundwork for financial compensation (reparations.)
Posted by: Ripley at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (GUOwU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
*atishoo*
Posted by: AD 537
Peasants please.
1347 has entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (3uBP9)
It was never theirs to begin with, right? I mean land belongs to ALL of the people according to these bozos....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (fV+di)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (3d9VR)
I assert that Genghis Khan's army was worse than the Muslim rabble running amok through Europe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)
Pretty bad for the leaders that antagonized him, but for the rural folk they had the advantage that they moved on and went home.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy)
And there it is. The BanderSnatch mentality. Its a real thing here.
As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.
It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)
And there it is. The BanderSnatch mentality. Its a real thing here.
As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.
It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)
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That's quite a leap there.
I was responding to the idea that it was the end times, not that there's nothing to complain about.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (3d9VR)
Same mentality as the white guy at a BLM intersection that "walks into the trap" of hitting back.
Its the "be better" crap. Its why people just ain't running to be Old School Republicans.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (IdfaO)
As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.
It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)
Damn, I miss that dude.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Juneteenth!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Which is, offcially, National Independence Day
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (XeU6L)
I don't. Tried to school me one time about how he liked political dynasties. Not a dude that supported personal freedom in the slightest.
He liked the idea of Bush, Kennedy, and Rockefellers. To keep the rabble "guided".
Never cared for the fucker. Not in the slightest.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (IdfaO)
Its never the "End Times" ... right up until the day of the "End Times".
Does it make you feel smug to mock those pointing to "this is how we get to the End Times" ?
OK - that's rhetorical. Yes - that's what you do.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (IdfaO)
Its never the "End Times" ... right up until the day of the "End Times".
Does it make you feel smug to mock those pointing to "this is how we get to the End Times" ?
OK - that's rhetorical. Yes - that's what you do.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (IdfaO)
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I was making light conversation.
Does this make you feel better?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Now you're doing George Castanza. Whatever. Everybody here has a strong take until it gets checked and shown wrong.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:16 PM (IdfaO)
Why, why, why, in every fucking country, do leftist women seek to destroy everything that keeps them safe????
Posted by: UncleJefe at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (gAuAm)
Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (hSi6i)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 18, 2026 05:56 PM (UWN7z)
Another Surprise: Harvard Students Experience Mental Illness at Double the Rate of the Normal Adult Population
Both are in play but that second part is probably the bigger piece of it.Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population Amid Ivy Psychological MeltdownThe article notes that leftwingers are simply more insane than the normal population, and, I would add, Harvard discriminates in favor of the factors for mental illness.
Young and left-wing are part of 'emerging mental health political identity'
The Ivy League is having a mental health crisis. "Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard, and 13 percent said they were unsure," according to a survey of the Class of 2026 conducted by the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. That's more than double the rate of the general adult U.S. population, which the federal government's National Institute of Mental Health estimates at 23.1 percent, noting that "Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe." At Princeton, a senior survey conducted by the Princetonian student newspaper found 60.1 percent had mental health counseling or therapy during college, with 36.3 percent getting help from the university's counseling and psychological services and 23.8 percent finding outside assistance. That's also much higher than the overall population; NPR reported last year on a study that found "the number of American adults getting outpatient talk therapy grew from 6.5% to 8.5%." ... Potential causes of the trends are multifarious. As with mild autism and learning disabilities of the sort that generate eligibility for untimed standardized tests, it's unclear how much of the increase is in incidence and how much is in identification--that is, are today's students really more depressed, anxious, or panicked than previous generations, or are they and the grownups around them simply more likely to diagnose and label their maladies as mental illness? It could be that both dynamics are operating.
Hello! I am still getting up to speed. I had a horrible night of sleep. Hung out with the main-man crow this morning, NBD. He saw me eating and flapped over just in case.
"Those more likely to categorize as having a mental illness are more likely to have a college degree; be a Democrat, liberal, and White; and have slightly lower family income," Van De Hey writes. .. The fact that the student newspaper surveys are even asking questions about the issue is a sign of its salience. The Crimson senior survey also found, "Seniors reported continued support for the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement as Israel's war in Gaza continues into its third year and after a sharp increase in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. More than 40 percent of respondents view the movement favorably, increasing 5 percentage points from last year's graduating class." Israel reached a ceasefire in Gaza in October 2025, so the contention that "Israel's war in Gaza continues into its third year" is itself a kind of delusion, and the support for BDS--a movement to wipe Israel off the map--from the seniors is evidence that Harvard is failing to educate the students. The survey found 65.6 percent of Harvard students identifying as either "progressive" or "very progressive."
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (ixZ1o)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.
This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)
And then everyone will be, "No! I'm more normal than you! Bask in my normalness!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (WjwG+)
At night, she's screaming, "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind."
She's hot but a psycho, so left, but she's right, though.
At night, she's screaming, "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
"Grab a cop gun" kinda crazy, she's poison but tasty.
Yeah, people say, "Run, don't walk away ..."
To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)
Nah it's probably "multifactored" and "layered".
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Theodore Kaczyinski, '62 at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (j7INY)
Yes.
Also, get up early enough to see the sun rise.
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.
You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (An6iH)
Boring white women claim anxiety, OCD, whatever to offset their “privilege.”
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (mkw2N)
That seemed to be a trend last night. Neither First Woman here slept worth a crap.
Buffalo Trace ensured my slumber was alright.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (2YhKe)
"Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard
Define mental illness.
Are you fucking nuts?
Or are you depressed because you blew a test?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (An6iH)
The silver spoon and unfair economic advantages they've enjoyed their whole lives is a heavy burden to bear.
You stupids can't understand 'cause you didn't go to Harvard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Bosk at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (VMFAF)
Zohran Mamdani is promising free grocery stores, free housing and free everything, but the only free thing New Yorkers can really count on getting for free is an infectious disease.
And flavored condoms for the sickest city in America.
Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms.
“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: syranch at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (FsQPy)
Posted by: William Gates, Jr. at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (j7INY)
8
To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Ivy League Syndrome.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (An6iH)
HEY!!!!!
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)
The other fifty-three percent remain untreated.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (wjnjX)
Also, lefties can't do humor because humor involves subverting narratives to expose realities of the world, and you can't do that and cosplay The Road to Utopia at the same time.
(I loved The Road to Utopia, Bing and Hope had those patter songs, the usual nominal plot and Dorothy Lamour was always hot)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)
Decisions, decisions...
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (j7INY)
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.
You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett
I get up 3 hours before the sun does.
Get to bed around 9:30pm.
Generally fall asleep between 10:00pm & midnight.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (vHe/3)
Also consider actually grading them accurately, instead of the long popular “ every student gets an A because they were smart enough to get into Harvard.” It was over 20 years ago that it came out that 75% of undergraduates graduated with honors.
If everyone is the best, no one is the best, IYKWIM.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)
The selling point of spending all that money to get into a college like that, is to "network". You make friends or at least allies and that gives you some leverage into your first job.
Well... what if you fail at that. This can happen earlier than you think. Now you can look forward to three and a half years (or more) with peers who shun you, and having no job after the ordeal. And parents who think you wasted their money (because you did).
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (5C538)
That should tell you everything you need to know about Harvard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)
LMI - Leftoid Mental Illness.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (rj6Yv)
One of the parents asked if a student who was ill or injured might need to find help at another facility. The guide assured her that they had a separate protocol to address the physically ill or injured, to which a number of parents heaved signs of relief.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2ap+5)
Cornell
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)
I kinda knew I got that wrong, but went with it anyway.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (n5tGW)
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But they also have to deal with the fact that people outside of Harvard don't think they're special, that conservatives exist, all while worrying if they can keep their pronouns through the next half hour if they have to change them to reflect a shifting mood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (5C538)
THEN you'd be doomed.
Posted by: Sponge
I got pooped on by birds twice when I was a kid.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (77rzZ)
One thing I didn't realize that would happen as I got older is that my sleeping would get worse and worse.
And it seems the case for pretty much every advanced 29 year old I speak with
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (sKqQm)
It is a form of cult and when you look closely you can see all the signs.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (vTZFs)
When I decided not to attend Princeton, this was the ONE point everyone from Princeton kept trying to make.
I stand by my decision to go to school in AZ rather than NJ.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (An6iH)
Being crazy makes you have low abilities and high needs. I am aware that crazy can enhance some creative things like art and music, but without a sane person to manage things a Van Gogh is nearly starving in a flop house.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (PV+Zw)
They must be so stressed out by the recurring monkeypox that they just can't even, I guess.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge
Well, you're a better role model than that illiterate TJM asshole.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)
First off “mental illness” according to GenZ is like the word racism. It’s lost all meaning. Everyone under 30 has “anxiety” which is considered mental illness. For older people anxiety is “I get nervous sometimes in social situations. For Gen. it’s I have mental illness was because I’m shy around strangers.
And second a lot of this is on purpose to get things. Do you have ADHD? You get an extra hour on your exams. Gee I wonder if that leads to students saying they have ADHD when in fact they don’t.
And of course this will be used to attack Trump. His economy is so bad even Harvard students are suffering mental illness due to their horrible at job prospects.
It’s all an op. And gay.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (X+Nnd)
You hafta be rich to go to Harvard.
The rich can afford better drugs.
Ergo going to Harvard turns you into a squirrel.
Posted by: Speller at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (pSotA)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Then you simply need to adopt the Texas A&M way!
Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (N1DT3)
Liberal humor nowadays is presenting an uptight religious conservative as a gay pedo...while also arguing there is nothing wrong with being a gay pedo.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)
I think there was a thing where he gets mad if you get it wrong so I felt kinda bad bothering. But if you get it wrong go Penn State or something.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)
Cornell
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)
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Not only Cornell, but the Ag school. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (rj6Yv)
What kind of retards would consent to that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (R+iUD)
Well, you're a better role model than that illiterate TJM asshole.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)
I accept that.
Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (ebJJx)
Ivy League Syndrome symptoms:
Insomnia
Bed Wetting
Thumb sucking
Need for constant Praise
Erectile Dysfunction
Inverted nipples
Syphilis Mania
Student Debt
Antisemitism
Need to wear a Keffiyeh
Refusal to tip servers
Drive a BMW
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (OkYzo)
Harvard faculty just approved a new policy that 20% of a class at most can earn an A. There's no cap on A-.
You're right that grade inflation has been a huge problem at Harvard. I read that 50-60% of undergrad grades in the past few years were As. That's ridiculous.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
But that's probably just disinformation/malinformation spread by Big Water.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (4focF)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (ixZ1o)
Well, it IS likely he molested children at some point, so......
Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)
That 65.6% figure for students is impressive given that profs and administrators are demonstrably 100%
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)
That should tell you everything you need to know about Harvard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)
I'd rather hire a grad from Harfurd than Harvard. Equal education, but less snob training.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (qx7Zg)
8
To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
That's a lot of lone wolf snipers being groomed.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (x/Rva)
Yep. Gates was at Harvard and realized he knew more about computers and programming than his Professors.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (mkw2N)
What kind of retards would consent to that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
Wait! We could have said no?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: mrp
Cornell has an ornithology lab. It's pretty cool. We sent them money for a couple of years.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)
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PhD's specifically. But generally speaking.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (fZiTB)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
Has he volunteered to trim the fuses for the fireworks display?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (qx7Zg)
You are not special, unless you have some affliction that excuses your bad behavior and prevents you from acting like a civilized, compassionate adult human.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (dK+Kv)
Try growing up in the trades and then attending Architecture School.
You won't make it through a single semester.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (51ygH)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
THAT is a privilege EARNED over YEARS of doing chores and such for Rancher Bob and Cow Horse Queen.
It's no small task.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)
The next job fair should be interesting.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (x/Rva)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)
If your desire is to learn about computers and programming, you would probably do better at your local community college than Harvard.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
That job is how you say, taken.
Posted by: Paolo at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (ixZ1o)
Does that mean you get to be the guy that puts people in the barrel...or the guy that has to clean the barrel afterwards?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
It was hilarious reading Hogg's tweets before he got someone else to write them. They were always full of grammatical errors, misspellings, and weird usages of punctuation. The logic errors and complete misunderstanding of basic facts was ever-present, too.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)
You hafta be rich to go to Harvard.
Posted by: Speller at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (pSotA)
That’s out of date 50 years out of date. Families with income under $100k pay nothing to attend.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (X+Nnd)
With physical ailments, we could certainly say yes. Let's say a healthy penis doesn't having oozing sores on it, so even if 80% of people get herpes, we can still point to a healthy penis and declare it the normal.
With mental illness, the line seems a bit fuzzier. I'd say well over 50% of people suffer from anxiety, but at what degree and to what end? When does it cross the line from being a clinical case of anxiety and just "feeling anxious". The same could probably be said of many personality disorders.
If just feeling anxious is categorized as anxiety, then I would say anxiety isn't a mental illness, but rather the normal.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (qoEJr)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (fZiTB)
I'd blame the "beer summit" but Harvard was a shithole long before that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)
This too is the story of the Trans Phenomenon in Primary Schools.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (An6iH)
You're right that grade inflation has been a huge problem at Harvard. I read that 50-60% of undergrad grades in the past few years were As. That's ridiculous.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
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Does Harvard use a "+/-" scale where an A- is worth less than an A and an A is worth less than an A+?
If all A's are weighted the same on the final transcript, then it doesn't matter.
Where I work, we don't use a "+/-" scale, but other campuses within the same system do. It's been a matter of some controversy between students and faculty for years.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (gnNyN)
Curious about what it’s like to gather those deemed the best and brightest (conferred by their admission), confirm it in every class by near automatic As, yet each student naturally understands they are surrounded by other superstars, every person in each class was the best at their high school. How do you stand out? Bigger victim? Overcame more obstacles?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (ixZ1o)
60% to 60%
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (A0HNO)
It's no small task.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)
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I hope they toss in a pair of shit-kickers for that STAFF badge.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)
Me, too. Video games will do that to you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)
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I started playing Bioshock Infinite again last night.
Runs super smooth on the Steam Deck (not a surprise, the game is 13 years old).
And just...quality gameplay. And Elizabeth is awesome.
Sure, Ken Levine is braindead progtard who thinks he's got sick burns on anyone he disagrees with politically, but he misses the mark so hard and so often that it's easy to ignore the attempts at obvious politicking.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Zn6QU)
I hope they toss in a pair of shit-kickers for that STAFF badge.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)
No, but I did borrow a jacket once.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (2YhKe)
There is a free ap from Cornell Ornithology Lab called MerlinBirdid . It identifies birds by their sounds and shows a picture . Spouse and I have enjoyed using it
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (OYsYV)
Barack Obama's actual LSAT score has never been publicly released or verified, as law school admission files remain private. However, based on his acceptance and performance at Harvard Law School, admissions analysts estimate his score was likely around 167 or higher, placing him in the top percentiles of test-takers.
Sure it was....
AND
Barack Obama was elected as the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990, during his time as a student at Harvard Law School.
Is there anything published from Obama during his time as editor. Anything he wrote? Sit down Horde...
No, Barack Obama did not publish any signed legal scholarship or articles under his own name during his time as a student or editor at the Harvard Law Review.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)
Crackers need not apply.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (vHe/3)
There is a combination of things going on:
We try harder to diagnose these things now
We reward people for having them
but...modern culture and leftism both try to intentionally drive people nuts.
Take your average Karen ranting about global warming and have her live in a homestead community for a few years with no social media/internet access and I suspect she'll be cured.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (4KUe5)
LOL.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (qoEJr)
I'm fueled by anxiety.
And hatred but mostly anxiety.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (wjnjX)
I didn't even go to Harvard and I figured that out.
Huh.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)
I'm reminded of the movie Don't Worry Darling where they present it as the 50s being some horrible patriarchal nightmare but...it looked pretty damn good compared to COVIDmania America...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
This is no way to cure Hysteria.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (An6iH)
http://tiny.cc/gaa5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (mkw2N)
I have a niece that is pretty severely autistic among other things and "they" (not the parents) tried to block her period soon after it started.
Full credit to the girl she said it's the only thing that makes her feel like a girl and she wants to be a girl, and no. Bastard fag pedo crank fucks. Roast in hell, then die.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
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"Men want to work hard and take care of their women!"
-sick burn against men
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (Zn6QU)
It's infuriating because they are diminishing the symptoms of actual autism while waiving their stupid virtue flag.
They talk like fucking idiots and run everything through AI before they say or email anything
What the FUCK Happened to us?!
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
My wife has a similar app on her phone. Don't know what it's called, though.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)
Implying that he wrote under a pen name. He did not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)
I had no trouble recognizing baloney in college. What was different in their cases?
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
_____________
I think this survey is misleading because it's self-reported. Whenever anything is self-reported, you get responses bases in part on what is considered desirable in whatever group you are surveying.
Liberals brag about their therapists and it's considered a badge of honor to have some mental or emotional problem. Conservatives are the opposite.
It's like asking dudebros how many women they slept with. The responses will be much higher than reality. The reverse is probably true with women.
So there's a huge bias built into these kinds of surveys that's hard to account for.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)
What the FUCK Happened to us?!
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (61TgR)
Big Pharma.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (qx7Zg)
Of all the 2026 grads who can't find 6 figure jobs now that the charity/NGO/government glut of taxpayer-funded job market has dried up.
BTW, I saw a thing that Syracuse had to cut their tuition by something like 45% via discounts, grants, etc., to try and maintain enrollment.
They had projected 35% would be sufficient to maintain.
They still fell short of enrollment quotas this year.
And it's only going to get worse ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)
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Harvard has been forced to develop remedial classes; getting in as a DEI has been pretty easy.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (fgSb9)
My college German language professor died last week at the age of 100.
After the first day of his class he never spoke a word of English for the entire term, just Deutsch.
It pissed all us students off. We gathered, strategized, looked for ways to get around full immersion, and... learned.
What angered me 50 years ago fills me with admiration now.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)
You get "chosen".
Think about it.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (ixZ1o)
Washington Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon
·
Jun 17
Replying to
@FreeBeacon
I watched a lot of anti-Israel protests at Harvard, and even read some of the poetry and journal articles.
Without singling out any individual participants or casting any stigma on people seeking or getting needed treatment, it’s hard to avoid noticing the strong likelihood of some overlap in the Venn diagram between the 47 percent who experienced mental illness and the 40 percent who view BDS favorably to the point of setting up tents in a Harvard Yard “encampment” or interrupting classes with megaphones or occupying buildings in protests.
I’m not a forensic psychiatrist, but some people are just unmistakably crazy.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (kX27y)
Years ago I had an Indian guy as a fishing client. He was less interested in fishing and more interested in 'Birding'.
I got a good laugh at his expense when he was forced to google a 'Hairy Pecker' that he spotted.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (wjnjX)
I certainly fell anxiety before say an important meeting at work and it can be a VERY strong feeling, but over my life I've learned how to clamp down on it and just deal with the feeling without having it stop me from doing what I need to do
They claim they can't do the same. Is that really true or they just haven't learned how to deal with it by what is essentially emersion therapy?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)
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Wow. Does the administration check political affiliations?
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rgnpf)
I'll admit to college causing me mental health problems. These surges of anger I feel even decades later whenever I think about my college professors and fellow students can't be healthy.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (BI5O2)
China not from California) students, most kids there are middle or lower class. The push for diversity brings in a lot of peeps from the hood and barrio.
25% of students pay $0.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (xvV+O)
Purple/Pink hair...go for it
Blue/Green hair...run like the wind
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
Depends on the book. (Derrida and Zinn will make you retarded.)
Depends on one's ability to understand the book. (You can probably leave a, say, Foucault book and end up smarter. Certainly Camus.)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (5C538)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
Possibly an even more manipulative curriculum? Shouldn't work better in theory - but billions have gone into research on how to give people a particular opinion.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Rush Limbaugh at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (V362x)
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.
You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett
It starts getting light out at 345 am and isn’t really dark dark until 1030 or so, if then.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (hqy4m)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rgnpf)
Rule #1.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wjnjX)
Blue/Green hair...run like the wind
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)
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*remains stuck, unable to decide*
-Scott Pilgrim, regarding Romana Flowers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (wjnjX)
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Barry was a Harvard Law Review editor who never published an article. Has anyone else matched his record of achievement?
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (rj6Yv)
60%? That's barely a "D". Try harder, Princeton.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (x/Rva)
Posted by: Auspex
I hate immersion. I mean, it's fine once you reach a certain level of proficiency, but not when you're just starting out.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Main Man Crow, on behalf of the other Crows at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
If it's chemical - say hormonal - no amount of clamping can do it. None.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (5C538)
What does 'NBD' stand for? Acronym impaired here.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (QGaXH)
Too fkng bad I say
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (sgkY8)
21
“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM
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Covid, huh? I wonder what they actually died of.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (XeO61)
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"performance"
Oh?
Let's see his transcripts then.
Even then, it'll still be useless because he was on The Path and everyone knew he was on The Path, which guarantees top marks and insider advantages all along the way.
I mean, the number of accepted transfers from Occidental to Harvard has to be in the low single digits.
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (QGaXH)
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Nighttime Bread Dispenser.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (xvV+O)
Sunrise was 5:45 am...
(3 days from the longest day of the year)
Sunset is at 9:30 pm.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)
Cornell
Posted by: ...
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When I was at school, we used to sing a little ditty:
High above Cayuga's waters
There's an awful smell
Some say it's Cayuga's waters
We say it's Cornell
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (OYsYV)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM
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Covid, huh? I wonder what they actually died of.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (XeO61)
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Embarrassment?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Alex Jones at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (5C53
Are you saying in my response to Emmie, all I did was repeat what she said without anything new? Just clarifying.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM
Late term abortion, silly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)
Two things though:
1) If its chemical, where did this biochemical change come from?
2) And if it is something genetic that has a highly negative impact on reproduction. Those young people that won't leave their rooms due to anxiety aren't very likely to have kids of their own later in life...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
Dumb enough to do as he's told.
No one will question him at Columbia but he needs bona fides. How about Harvard?
His gayness seemed well documented in Chicago and one of his own books. So they found him a "wife" and a couple to produce kids for him.
Harvard? Sure, we got him in, changed the rules to get him labeled editor of the review, and worked hard to erase his birth certificate and his most problematic comments in writing and on video.
He's an idiot puppet and it galls me that Ayers had such power over this country he hates.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM
NP, it's NBD. Just a TLA.
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)
Mamdami looks like a more rapey version of Hasan Piker, so I'm sure he's very interested in such things.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (2ocoG)
I could look at hairy peckers all day long!
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
Longest employment interview evah~
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (51ygH)
This too is the story of the Trans Phenomenon in Primary Schools.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (An6iH)
All of it. ADHD, Asperger's, Autism*, Furries, LGBTBBQ+++, Trans, Neurodivergence, My Grandma Stubbed Her Toe When She Was Three Syndrome. All of it.
We're teaching kids that they don't need to do the hard work, to be of strong mind, body, and spirit, and to be a decent human if you can just find a vanity affliction that elevates you above all that commoner drudgery.
* There are very few actual, valid diagnoses of what was once called autism. Now everyone has to be on a "spectrum" of Autism, because more pharma and government grant money.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Ellipses are ambiguous here, I just found out.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (5C538)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ixZ1o)
I have no doubts that a lot of curriculum is manipulative. But in my case, manipulation attempts made me more guarded, not less.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
No Butt in Dick. Duh.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (g8Ew8)
No Butt in Dick. Duh.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)
Seems like that would be painful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
Sometimes prone to what one author labeled a "Trumpet Blast" where random utterances demonstrating his loathing of PDT make their way into conversation. I usually just ignore it.
I don't know if it was Harvard that did it to him - I met his mother and holy sh*t she was batpoo crazy with the TDS....
That may have been it.
Still like the guy - but I do know that one day I'm going to have to pull him aside and be like "you realize, that I voted for that guy 3 times, right?"
Posted by: Defenestratus at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (WYStd)
The Chicago machine as it was traditionally known was well into its death throes by 2005. Obama was an Ayers/Dorn project, likely with Soros support.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (X+Nnd)
It's hard to say.
My father used to beat us on the regular for perceived errors. For instance as a small child (3 yo) I was beaten with a belt for repeatedly putting pajama pants on backwards. It's my earliest memory.
Similarly, my brother at about 7 years old was beaten for not throwing a horseshoe correctly.
These beatings would, of course, induce fits of crying and while frozen in terror, it's was impossible to assess what it was that was causing the punishment and correct it in a young mind.
However, after surviving the encounters, we both became very stoic in the face of intense pressure, only occasionally reacting with anger rather than freezing in the face of insurmountable pressure.
I believe that it can be overcome with proper conditioning.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (qoEJr)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
No Breakfast Delights.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Chemical?
Hormonal?
Enviromental?
Accidental?
Illogical?
Astrological?
Pathological?
Numerological?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (hqy4m)
Technically the sun rises at 4 am and sets at midnight, but it never gets dark these days. These are the days of fishing all night long.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (bl07w)
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Send her over here. We have a critical problem that needs adjusting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (51ygH)
In college I was given an assignment to identify the enduring values in a piece of communist trash newspaper called the People's World.
I entitled my report "Enduring the People's World" which actually made my commie prof laugh...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (A0HNO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Yeah, and Dick is such a nice guy. No respect, I tell yah~.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (diia5)
China not from California) students, most kids there are middle or lower class.
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1.) Perhaps the lower class, with grants and shit. Very few middle class Americans want or can afford these Ivy League trifles.
2.) None of those Barrio people are in this stat. Good Fortune Induced Depression is 100% an affliction of the affluent.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (BI5O2)
Harvard? Sure, we got him in, changed the rules to get him labeled editor of the review, and worked hard to erase his birth certificate and his most problematic comments in writing and on video.
And yet, they let his poetry remain public........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)
I think potentially hormone disruption - low T for example has symptoms of both anxiety and depression. And the medical establishment doesn't even check. They go straight to SSRI etc.
And funnily enough long term effect of SSRI is sexual dysfunction which can cause guess what, depression.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (ixZ1o)
KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM
As long as no one says NAD.
Posted by: The Starlight Vocal Band at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (0sNs1)
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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IRRC, he went from Occidental undergrad to Columbia for bachelors degree. Thence to Harvard Law. No one much talks about every seeing him at Columbia U. And his apparent Harvard Law Review stint was a DEI stunt where he did nothing apparently and the editor under him did all the work.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
At Harvard he was such an annoying guy, always droning on and on, that his fellow law students created a measure to rate it: the Obamameter.
One of the gals from The Runaways was his classmate and she wrote about this in 2008.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (FMtrg)
As Lizzy astutley pointed out, the social pressure has changed too, and also the reinforcement in media. None of it would have "got" you but it's powerful for others.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (ixZ1o)
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (diia5)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (b7F+i)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (RIvkX)
You're getting more and more like me every day.
No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)
Has he volunteered to trim the fuses for the fireworks display?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (qx7Zg)
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Jeez. Tough crowd. Note how cleverly I matched the subject matter of the song lyrics to the subject matter of the post? That took some extra time to prepare so I knew I wouldn't be first.
So ... note how cleverly the tag line isn't the normal "The Blade is FIRST," since I wasn't going to be first, but how you gotta "run" to beat The Blade to first.
See? Tough crowd. Or maybe I'm just AI or ace in disguise?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)
At Harvard he was such an annoying guy, always droning on and on, that his fellow law students created a measure to rate it: the Obamameter.
One of the gals from The Runaways was his classmate and she wrote about this in 2008.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)
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They really should have stuffed him in some lockers.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (Zn6QU)
It's documented that it's far easier to get low-T treatment if you're a woman and express interest in no longer having boobs than if you're a man.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)
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I accept that my terms were incorrect. I thought Ayers, Dorn, and Obama's attorney general (can't remember his name but he wants to run for President) were part of the Chicago political machine.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (fgSb9)
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?
Well, he did have other skills that he demonstrated quite well
Posted by: Some Harvard recruiter at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (woQqY)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (qoEJr)
I spanked my kid once. I felt like shit for weeks. I broke the cycle. I think the spankings are what fucked up my hips.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (wjnjX)
In the absence of Fear, there can be no Bravery.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)
I taught math at the college where two of my nieces attended. I was constantly amazed at some of the stuff the Humanities instructors would say. Buncha nonsense, and this is from me with a liberal arts, non-STEM degree.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)
I'm not sure about that. My mom had five kids, and she was the most anxious person I have ever met. She "coped" by keeping control of every damned thing in her life, and by screaming at and hitting her kids. Even in dementia she was wound tight. She passed the trait on to at least three of her kids, so there's that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (bl07w)
Harvard’s policy is any student whose family income is under $100k pays no tuition. And then above $100k there’s a sliding scale. So up to $150kish family income it’s either free or quite reasonable to attend.
Costs more to attend a UC as an out of state resident than it costs to attend Harvard for most people.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (X+Nnd)
They were involved, but they were first and foremost Weather Underground / whatever they were involved with after that.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (4KUe5)
I have a different hash every time I visit
wtf
also, what is the Newton's Telecom name for the 5 character group we call the hash
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (b7F+i)
Just now seeing your current hash.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)
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I believe the honored tradition was top of the class gets to run the Law Review. Obama was NOT top of his class. Not close.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (b7F+i)
I was also friends with a girl from Oxford. She was from Birmingham and not as based. Kinda brainwashed into that God is fake liberal world order. She got to ride with the RAF in a jet as a recruitment thing -- they wanted more of whatever it was she had to offer. This was 25 years ago, and I understood then that UK was cooked. No offense Bonnie, but the priorities were all wrong if they are begging her to join up.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (WjwG+)
My house was fun to grow up in.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (IY9No)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (fgSb9)
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He was top of the intersectionality stack.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Zn6QU)
The idea from Dune was that you can, and should, train yourself to deal with fear.
Your point is correct, but this is an example of pushing through fear to bravery or at least that's my take
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)
Those inner-city looting videos.
They're stealing textbooks and school supplies.
The tv's are to make the medical lectures more tolerable.
I know most of you remember Mattress Girl who carried her 50 pound dorm mattress around as a protest. Like sane people are going to put up with that shit....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Sco7b)
A simple view of that is the Rush Revere books designed for children to learn accurate history but also manipulate them to desire the acquisition of more knowledge.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (b7F+i)
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Some ISPs change your IP on a regular basis.
The hash is derived from the IP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM
Skill and knowledge which aren't allowed to transfer to your avocation as a AoSHQ Commentator. Sad!
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (0sNs1)
Honestly, we'd be better off closing the Universities at this point.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (jehhT)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
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Now start asking yourself what else they've lied to you about. Keep it to yourself and your nearest, lest you be arrested, but act accordingly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)
And funnily enough long term effect of SSRI is sexual dysfunction which can cause guess what, depression.
Posted by: ...
Yep. SSRIs are nasty shit even in this later generation of drugs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)
Gay + black (ish) + Muslim. That's a triple word score.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)
Runs super smooth on the Steam Deck (not a surprise, the game is 13 years old).
And just...quality gameplay.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Zn6QU)
I am a one game at a time person, and right now, that is Elite: Dangerous.
It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Now start asking yourself what else they've lied to you about. Keep it to yourself and your nearest, lest you be arrested, but act accordingly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)
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"Britain's GDP makes Mississippi's look like shit!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)
Indeed. Just a little long for a true Mantra, imo.
That quote you pulled has always stuck with me. And I regularly point out its lesson to people who struggle with their Fears.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Nazdar at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (X+Nnd)
Yeah, a 3L bullshit, quasi-legal, all-theory filler class for the wokes to round out the credit requirements before they took their job at a small boutique non-profit legal aid firm.
I bet it wasn't even graded via testing.
BTW, I should point out I have more legal publications to my name than "law professor" Barack Obama.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (73/SM)
KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
We've had a wild swing in the pendulum for addressing kids with legitimate mental health problems. Back in your day (which I assume was roughly the same as back in my day) you were just labeled a problem and hit a lot by your teachers and your folks. Now it's gone to where nearly every kid is diagnosed with something or other and for the ones that aren't yet they're trying to actually induce mental illness. Neither of these approaches are acceptable.
Posted by: I guess rationality doesn't count at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM
Questions seeking real answers should be directed to HordeSource (tm).
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (0sNs1)
I was going to say that probably having a spiritual foundation woukd be of great help to these young people ( it helped me in school) , although it may be Harvard or Yale that has on their pastoral staff isomeone who identifies as an Atheist. "Hello, Kara. I'm sorry you're having anxiety. You realize there's no God and a lot of BS in The Bible, but how can I help you?"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (OYsYV)
HI !!! Hello !!! Is this thing on ? With Smart comes Crazy. How much do you want ?
Now this is not new. Read anything - really ANYTHING - about the Greatest Generation or the generations before that or Robber Barons or Titans of Industry or whatever you want to call them. All high functioning insane. Pretty much soup to nuts. Sociopaths that got to the top before they melted down. Same story every fucking time.
Yet we ... OK - not we - but certain folks that just happen to live in that area ... still aspire to purely educate these minds of mush without any real world tempering. They're creating their own Yankee world version of Germans and Indians and Japanese that have multiple degrees. But can't turn a wrench. And can't order from the drive through.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)
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Received a glossy proposal the other day. The only white person on the folder cover was obviously gay.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (2ocoG)
It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)
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1. MMO. Ew.
2. 1:1 Milky Way. Neato.
So, it's like No Man's Sky, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (Zn6QU)
To my knowledge, Obama was NOT the editor of the Harvard Law Review, but the President of the Law Review. They are different positions.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (fZiTB)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
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I got lumped into an "Urban Studies" class in undergrad. I was on the road with the tennis team when they picked electives. I kept my head down (being the only white guy in the room)...until the mid-term paper...which I entitled "Racial Minorities and Majorities are a Construct". I pointed out that even identical twins were different in many ways (personality, intelligence, motor skills, freckles, even skin shade). So no race was a majority. No race was a minority. Surprisingly, the "black" female Prof complimented me on my insight. Found out later she loved Clarence Thomas.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (rj6Yv)
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SUNY Cornell, we called it.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (X+Nnd)
Honestly, we'd be better off closing the Universities at this point.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Save some money and choke off woke religion at the same time. For similar reasons, Henry VIII closed the monasteries of England--they were a rallying point for opponents of his separation of England from Catholicism. At the time, universities and colleges were much less a threat due to their movement away from taking religion so seriously. Now it appears the opposite---many religious orders pay lip service to religion since the 60's and universities have become devout monasteries of wokeness.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)
"Britain's GDP makes Mississippi's look like shit!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)
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Think of what Britain's per capita GDP would look like without Greater London.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (O0L8i)
He phoned it in, didn’t just not produce, no one saw him work.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Mohammed at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (b7F+i)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
There are different routes to treatment of anxiety. I found pharmacological did not work as well as breath-work, bio-feedback, framing and facing down small anxieties to practice facing down the big ones.
"you do not become brave by hiding from your fears, unfortunately"
I hope your kid finds relief, however she manages.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (b7F+i)
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He doesn't actually exist.
He's like S1mone from that one movie, but in more relationships with men.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (X+Nnd)
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They were at least learning something useful.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (amcLV)
Do you remember the story that came out from that dude who worked in the same office as Obama early, and said Obama was on the phone all day with his feet up on a desk? Never talked to anyone?
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (ixZ1o)
It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Intel or AMD CPU? I have been eyeing the Intel GPUs for some time simply because of their video processing abilities but worried about an AMD CPU playing well with an Intel GPU using Linux.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)
I'm currently a student at a large SEC school, finishing up math requirements for grad school so I can teach college-level math. The kids seem to be pretty well grounded but of course I hang out mostly with STEM people. That's not to say there aren't any blue-haired lunatics but the proportion of normal kids is higher than I expected.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: steevy
You can watch lecture on YouTube. Students shown in the background are maybe 20% white. Lots of Chinese though.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (X+Nnd)
Jordan Peterson said something like, "We've found emersion therapy works well for most people. But, the interesting part is it doesn't make the anxiety go away exactly. Instead is makes the people braver and better able to deal with the anxiety they feel"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
People from Harvard are fuckin' crazy kookoo bananas? I have a great idea, let's put THEM in charge!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (y9nCu)
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)
The obstacle is the way.
https://youtube.com/shorts/WU5aJ56ePJE
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (dK+Kv)
Lots of Chinese though.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (X+Nnd)
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Hope they're PRC, so they can go back and ruin Chinese companies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (O0L8i)
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The fact that they controlled shit-tons of money and lands hardly figured into it.
(/s, if it's needed)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: Kindltot
Thank you.
Yes, she does exposure therapy, among other things. Her therapist gives her "homework" and she is excellent about doing it - ironically because she gets anxious about the thought of admitting to him at the next visit that she didn't do it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (tj+LC)
I spanked my kid once. I felt like shit for weeks. I broke the cycle. I think the spankings are what fucked up my hips.
Posted by: Reforger at June
I never spanked my children. I always felt like it teaches them the one who is supposed to love you the most is allowed to hit you. You are an awesome dad for recognizing this.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: 29Victor at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (uIm2J)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)
Obviously because you didn't beat her as often and severely as you should have when she was little.
Posted by: Bad parent! Bad! at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (fZiTB)
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Well, I'm getting my ass kicked today.
But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (fgSb9)
(/s, if it's needed)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (amcLV)
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He stole from the old elite and gave it to the new elite to secure power.
Dude knew how to wield power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
Awww, the little nepots have congenital metal defects.
Only the Hapsburg were more inbred.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (/lPRQ)
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220, 221 whatever it takes.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
Well ... then let me start the bullshit. Right here.
Was the "baloney" - as you call it - the uniform obedience to stuff like "If you work at IBM you must wear a tie" ? Because that's been full-throated supported here.
Or the "we all must sing the school song" shit ? That got me in trouble in high school. In '86.
Shall we start talking about the whole "hat indoors" thing ?
Here's the deal. Plenty of folks - plenty here, plenty with purple hair - love their indoctrination. Cause and effect ? Very few care.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (IdfaO)
Obama: a man who appeared without a trace.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (O0L8i)
Not much of a man, more like a shitstain.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM
We know our own, but we want everyone else to know, too.
Posted by: Big Penguin at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (0sNs1)
I have a different hash every time I visit
wtf
Your public IP is changing. Your ISP has decided that your IP lease needed to be a lot shorter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
Jordan Peterson said something like, "We've found emersion therapy works well for most people.
Immersion therapy works great for that special kind of Ivy League insanity. As long as you hold their heads below the water's surface long enough for the immersion to work.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)
Intel I9-9900KF. Intel B580.
A new install of Mint should be smooth. I had to do an upgrade install from an older version, since the Intel GPU drivers are in the kernel (non-supported kernel in older Mint, IIRC). It was a minor adventure.
Word on Intel B580 is that it is not as useful for video editing as other options.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (dK+Kv)
But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (fgSb9)
Welcome to the party, pal.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
Yeah got a masters degree there.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)
One day while walking to class I saw a couple of LEOs and I asked if there was an event or something. They said yes and I thanked them for watching over us. I talked to someone representing the event and she invited me to join them in mourning Renee Goode and ICE's assault on Americans. I noticed that there were about 5 people at the event and three of them were organizers. I took that as a sign that lunacy has a difficult time gaining traction on our campus.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (FMtrg)
To explain how they've fallen to their current state.
(Of course that elides over the peak of the British Empire so maybe not)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (yw9lQ)
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'Honorary' graduate because he was a foreign government official.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (51ygH)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
His real dad or the fake one?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (Zn6QU)
But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM
Dude. No one constantly tells *you* to shut up.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Piper
I tried to spank my son a couple of times for really egregious crap, but then I realized that it just made him madder and we'd have an ever-escalating "testosterone war," as my wife used to call them. So my wife and I found subtler forms of punishment that didn't involve hitting.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (tj+LC)
That's the way. Make it work for you. Never push a rope, make it pull.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (A0HNO)
Maikoh [the wolf chief] considered these words for a moment. "Let this dog's own words determine her fate," he said. "Lady Everest, if you answer the next question justly, I'll listen to you. Answer wrongly, and I'll not hear another word. Do you accept these terms?"
Maikoh looked Evy in the eye. His blue eyes seemed more sinister now. If Evy answered justly, there was a chance to stop a war. That might save lives. On the other hand, if she answered wrongly, it could cost lives.
"I accept your terms," Evy said.
"Very well then," Maikoh said. "My question is: Are you afraid?"
Evy pondered the question, but knew she could not delay an answer. "I feel fear," she said. "But I'm not afraid."
Maikoh's piercing eyes softened, a little. "Explain yourself," he said.
"I’m a dog surrounded by wolves," Evy said. "Of course there's fear. Even the smallest wolf could tear me up. I'd be dumb not to feel fear. But I conquered it. I came to the wolf den, and I'm still here. I faced my fears. I'm not afraid."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)
Which one? Biological or supposed?
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (FMtrg)
Hard to say definitively due to difference in time, driver versions, OS types (Windows versus Linux), and video platform you are attempting to run. The feeling I got is that there was cause for apprehension and further research, that, at the time, was not applicable to my use case.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)
The man of many handles has a "thing" amongst other things about being told that he should remove his hat inside.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (n3VHW)
Great book. Shitty passage.
Rig up a cable. Run back and forth - 100 feet up - until you free your mind of the fear.
Write quickly the first time you fall. You won't get to pen a second chapter.
For other exercises ... chant before you enter bear dens. Handle venomous snakes. Do live electrical work at the big voltages and currents.
I could go on and on. But by all means. Face that little death.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (IdfaO)
Posted by: bob
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Glittering prizes were offered to minorities via DEI that personally were too much benefit to them that they would reject it. Takes a strong person to make their own mark in the world without reliance on someone else to give them a leg up. And that is often why good immigrants or working class natives that are entrepreneurs do it better like Musk, Tesla, or Edison. They have a drive to prove themselves by pulling themselves up from their own bootstraps also see Clarence Thomas.
They also have instinctual dislike of nepots who got there by connections, not hard work and brains.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)
At this rate ? Not putting out your Pride Flag will be considered "bad manners". Not holding the door for a dude dressed like a lady that want to take a piss or a grope in "your" bathroom will be considered "behind the times".
You - and many like you - just can't wrap your head around the idea that the norms you like will be turned into the norms you don't.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (IdfaO)
The main issue was early Linux drivers, and that seemed to be resolved shortly after release. It's a great, 12 GB budget card for about $300.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (dK+Kv)
Hard to say definitively due to difference in time, driver versions, OS types (Windows versus Linux), and video platform you are attempting to run. The feeling I got is that there was cause for apprehension and further research, that, at the time, was not applicable to my use case.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
Mainly video processing into a Jellyfin media server. CPU based AVX512 is slow so I either go to 10-11th Generation or later Intel platforms or use current AMD systems. I dual boot and both are a common Linux variety.
Due to the memory crunch, I had to put off putting in a container system to run a bunch of legacy software--still retaining about five systems that run those (off the net of course). To get some data off a dying hard drive, I had to put Debian 32 bit Trixie on an old Seattle BX2 Pentium build system circa 2000. Interesting project last summer fixing up the old computers and applying all upgrades to them that were possible.
I have a lot of old stat and math programs that I do not care to dump plus too lazy to learn replacement Python and R commands to access data on old research nowadays.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)
I'm okay with corporal punishment when it's used dispassionately and with restraint. Striking a child at any time while in the heat of the moment does more harm than good. When my dad was still drinking, there was enough of that to make me hate his guts at the time, even though I absolutely deserved virtually every spanking.
Once he got sober, spankings were separated from the offence, and became an occasional ritual rather than an act of emotion. He'd send me to the laundry room to fetch the paddle and bring it to him for appropriate use. I didn't find those spankings to be a matter of Dad being mean, it was a regrettable punishment that I'd brought down on myself.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
I avoided the earlier ones because of shaky drivers reported on Phoronix which I frequent. Some of it related the resizable bar requirement for systems but not all. AMD's GPUs until the 9000 series simply were horrible in video processing and Nvidia drivers can be hit or miss on Linux. That left Intel.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.
This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)
Even before that there have been Ameri-curious families and couples who have started by watching videos on America, then cooking American recipes or trying US foods shipped to them by viewers, and ending up by visiting here. I've been seeing a few from England, one from Jersey Is, one from New Zealand, and more recently a family of defector women from North Korea living in South Korea who have started visiting here on their own and posting about it. It is fun watching them go from fearful to comfortable about people here they can hardly communicate with without a translator app.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
That's increasingly what bubble propagandists run into these days. The company in the UK that made that game where a woman gets the protagonist in trouble by having him exposed to right wing "wrong-think" is supposed to be the villain....but instead was lifted from the game and made a heroine of the national movement in the UK, and copies were made in half a dozen other countries as well.
The leftist hellscapes look pretty good to normies.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (uhVAy)
They wouldn't set foot on any tables, or the garbage receptacles, or the table clearing stations, regardless of how much food waste was sitting there. Any food on the ground was fair game. They'd perch on the back of one of the chairs at your table and wait for you to finish in the hopes you'd toss a french fry or something on the ground for them, but they didn't caw or harass you.
I fed one of them for a week. He was a charming lunch and dinner companion. I called him Pedro.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (LgYtf)
Tell me you don't understand the Litany without telling me you don't understand the Litany.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (LgYtf)
Posted by: Tim William McFall at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (OXWQ1)
Surprise! Ringleader of UFC Explosives/Snipers Terror Plot is Illegal Alien From Mexico, Allowed to Stay in the US by Obama as a "Dreamer"
Are you not Culturally Enriched?
RedWave PressNew York Post:
@RedWavePress
NEWS: The ringleader behind the foiled UFC Freedom 250 terrorist plot is a Mexican illegal alien, Abraham Alvarez, who overstayed a B2 visa that expired in 2001 and later received deportation relief through the DACA program under the Obama adminstration, according to Fox News Digital. Mark Meredith: "[Investigators] believe more than 20 people may have been involved... Prosecutors say that suspects allegedly wanted to use drones packed with explosives over the arena, which was built over the South Lawn. The explosions would then force people who were out there to panic, to flee, and then snipers would then try to take them out."
The alleged "ringleader" of the explosive drone attack plot against the UFC event at the White House is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. Abraham Alvarez, 31, came to the US as a child and failed to leave the country when his B2 visa expired in 2001, but was granted deportation relief under the Obama administration through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Alvarez was one of five alleged co-conspirators in the scheme to kill President Trump and other top government officials at the combat sports spectacle held late Sunday on the White House South Lawn attended by thousands of fight fans.I'm very curious why the first terrorist identified was a white guy. I suspect it was to shape the narrative that this was either a "far right" plot. Now that they've muddied the water, the narrative intended to actually carry the day will begin, that "we may never know the motive" and that their politics are "confused" and why do you Racists even want to know the motive, anyway?
... Authorities told the outlet Alvarez was responsible for planning, organizing and directing the coordinated attack, which was thwarted by the FBI and local authorities.There are 23 terror plotters sought by the feds. Only five have been caught so far. The plotters face potential life sentences, plus five years for plotting an attack on the White House itself. Reportedly, the authorities were alerted to the threat of these degenerate leftwing Third Worldist terrorists by the mother of one of the incels. The motive will never be known, Racists. Trust that.
"This illegal alien from Mexico should never have been allowed in our country," DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "He was the ringleader of a failed terror attack targeting UFC Freedom 250 at the White House." "He will face justice and swiftly be removed from our country," she added of Alvarez.
Some of the suspects allegedly planned to travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 12 and 13 to make final preparations ahead of the attack. One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. One of the central figures identified by prosecutors is 19-year-old Ohio resident Tycen Proper. According to an FBI affidavit, Proper admitted participating in discussions about an attack that authorities say was intended to 'jumpstart' a revolution in the United States.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (PJdmB)
The plotters face potential life sentences, plus five years for plotting an attack on the White House itself.
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Feds indicted about a dozen antifa members for conspiracy against law enforcement in Minnesota this week, too.
This DOJ is not the same as Bill Barr's DOJ.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Scott_T at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (2waQ7)
gotta say, he looks happy in that mugshot; wonder why?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
The FBI doesn't have to generate left-wing terrorism, only right-wing to distract from the myriad examples of left-wing terrorism.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (N1DT3)
They hate us and openly sow revolution.
Mass deportations!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)
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Send them to a country with single payer healthcare, for humanitarian reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Zn6QU)
One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Ollie Gocks
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Cqx++)
One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Ollie Gocks
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Cqx++)
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So, Alex Soros was a target, right?
Right after Mark Cuban?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Somehow when Obama does an illegal Executive order, it takes like a generation to formally get it struck down. And then everyone operates like its still the law.
When Trump colors outside the lines, even a conservative Supreme Court moves Heaven and Earth to get it struck down quickly.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (N39Ws)
Mark Meredith: "[Investigators] believe more than 20 people may have been involved... Prosecutors say that suspects allegedly wanted to use drones packed with explosives over the arena, which was built over the South Lawn. The explosions would then force people who were out there to panic, to flee, and then snipers would then try to take them out."
Barack Owebama.
They want to kill you. By any means necessary.
Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.
Trump is term limited in 2.5 years. If Democrats take 20 years to get the White House back, they don't care. They will STILL have people come in that want to kill you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)
Somehow when Obama does an illegal Executive order, it takes like a generation to formally get it struck down. And then everyone operates like its still the law.
When Trump colors outside the lines, even a conservative Supreme Court moves Heaven and Earth to get it struck down quickly.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (UcqOq)
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Yeah, Maryland Man is taking forever (mostly because the admin decided to bring him back for reasons I still can't fathom), but DHS has otherwise deported 900,000 forcibly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (jehhT)
I want this investigation to be like a Dirty Harry movie.
They don't survive the chase. Oopsie.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)
You misspelled executions.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (Av6i5)
"They want to kill you. By any means necessary.
Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.
Trump is term limited in 2.5 years. If Democrats take 20 years to get the White House back, they don't care. They will STILL have people come in that want to kill you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)"
I have been saying this for years; they are deliberately importing these people to murder, rob, and rape American citizens.
Look at where the UK ended up and decide for yourself where the correct off-ramp is.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (+VCmd)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (4KUe5)
🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (B0dAE)
The Left is jumpstarting a revolution, all right -- just not the revolution they were thinking of.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
It may be a distraction ploy to focus all this attention on Kilmar Abrego who is an MS-13 member while other cases go on in the background without much notice by the media. Uses up the oxygen from more sympathetic deportation cases is my guess. And relies on the fact that the media is lazy--they prefer to write the same story again and again than find new ones.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)
https://tinyurl.com/yywk5wfm
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (ndZc7)
Right after Mark Cuban?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (Zn6QU)
Cuban is too f*cking stupid for anyone to give a shit or take him seriously.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (+gA9j)
the violent rhetoric used to incite this mass murder plot is lifted whole cloth from the nightly rants of the Democrat Party members on the network news.
Every single Democrat is an unindicted co-conspirator.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (73/SM)
Death penalty that is swiftly carried out.
Remember Beltway shooter John Allen Mohammed? Virginia dealt with him, no parole from where he currently resides.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (4KUe5)
🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
At what point does he become paranoid schizophrenic?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)
Dumbest billionaire in history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)
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Almost everything is happening in the 5th Circuit because of how DHS moves arrestees after capture.
And the 5th is denying the vast majority of habeus petitions...and there actually aren't that many.
Most of the people getting picked up do not have the cash to pay for lawyers for the petitions. The few that do are wasting tens of thousands of dollars just for the 5th to summarily reject them.
I honestly encourage these wastes of money. Sure, Democrats get some headlines for a bit, but no one likes these people anyway and it's money not spent elsewhere.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (kX27y)
🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
*******
What do you think he is referring to?
Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (NpAcC)
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They don't necessarily need to reclaim the White House to kill us. They're doing a pretty good job right now as it is.
Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)
Iranian Oil Tankers Sail Past U.S. Naval Blockade — but Tehran Hasn’t Yet Opened Strait of Hormuz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I will never understand why they complied with such an absurd order.
I dont know that case in and out, but doesnt much of the issue stem from someone incorrectly filing the initial deportation order? so its less about immigration and more about due process
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (B0dAE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)
Dumbest billionaire in history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)
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Press X for doubt.
Plenty of trust fund kids worth billions are probably much dumber.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Billy Barr was dirty which is why he was the only permissible nominee that McConnell and Schumer would allow Trump to make.
Billy's dad was CIA and Billy spent time at the DoJ at the intersection of the IC and DoJ before he became AG in the waning Bush years. Up to his ass in the Inslaw mess coverup and Ruby Ridge was under his watch. So the Senate could trust that Bagpipe Billy would do the least possible as AG and not hinder impeachment plots or other means to limit Trump after shutting down the cancerous Mueller probe.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (E4rtv)
Dumbest billionaire in history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)
How can you even contemplate a dude that's doing everything he can to look like that Rachel Maddow guy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (qBdHI)
How about "swiftly removed from our planet"?
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (4KUe5)
I dont know that case in and out, but doesnt much of the issue stem from someone incorrectly filing the initial deportation order? so its less about immigration and more about due process
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (UcqOq)
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I think they were trying to make an example of him.
"Fine, we'll bring him back, and we'll just throw the book at him for his crimes."
But...they were fighting it in the 1st Circuit, not the 5th.
Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (Zn6QU)
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The whole "hot dog is/isn't a sandwich" thing?
Probably.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (jehhT)
Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+gA9j)
Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)
They are, but it will rapidly accelerate when they get full power back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)
More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sharpie
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A lefty DoJ attorney admitted in open court to a judge that there was a legal problem. Since then, it became a cause du jour for the left and attracted a lot of money, etc. because Kilmar Abrego Garcia is like George Floyd, a piece of criminal shit that the leftists find so dreamy.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+gA9j)
It's the "I've got NEWS that's going to break EVERYTHING wide open and change the world FOREVER, I'm just not going to tell you for 3 months" method.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)
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I was assured nothing will happen! Stop it!
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (GD0B3)
But mostly a buffed cellmate.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)
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If I remember correctly, it wasn't even an error. It was a couple of different interpretations.
One of which was right (DHS had every right to deport him to El Salvador because his asylum claim was bullshit) and the other was wrong (all asylum claims are valid no matter how stupid).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)
They are, but it will rapidly accelerate when they get full power back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)
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They'll legalize it, or make it mandatory.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+yTe/)
He's smiling big for a reason......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (2YhKe)
No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (kgE5c)
Trump Slams Israel Over Civilian Casualties, Says Syria Has Shown More Control Against Hezbollah
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: monty hall..deal at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (ehY6c)
Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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4th Circuit (deportation) and 6th Circuit (criminal case). 1st Circuit is New England where all conservatives fail the blue slip policy so all district judges are leftists pretty much now. But not allowing blue slips on appellate benches is why a lot of these political decisions by blue district courts are overturned by appellate courts.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)
Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Yeah, Bongino's got very little credibility with me.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: CapeFear at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (7NOYg)
No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)
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Aaron Burr!
Oh, wait...that was Mexico.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (Zn6QU)
The Pritzkers
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (wjnjX)
so he's a foreign national out of uniform and attempting to overthrow the current government. that makes him a spy.
he should be hung on the national mall on the
4th of july...
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (nXhwP)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (RHGPo)
The dumbest move they made was LETTING HIM OUT OF THE VEHICLE when he declared multiple times he couldn't breathe.
Take him to the hospital........but leave him cuffed in the back of the car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (0sNs1)
They want to kill you. By any means necessary.
Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.
Barry ain't never played a long anything in his life. He's played WITH a few long things but never one of his own. -- Big Mike
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)
Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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4th Circuit (deportation) and 6th Circuit (criminal case). 1st Circuit is New England where all conservatives fail the blue slip policy so all district judges are leftists pretty much now. But not allowing blue slips on appellate benches is why a lot of these political decisions by blue district courts are overturned by appellate courts.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)
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I stand corrected.
It's Xinis, right? I thought she was 1st.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (G0vdT)
No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)
Charles Manson.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
Look at where the UK ended up and decide for yourself where the correct off-ramp is.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (+VCmd)
Not just the UK.
https://youtu.be/Iv4YJwEHNfU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)
I must assume the Church is importing holy warriors against the Jews.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (5C538)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)
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Iran WAS forgotten until the MOU business picked up.
We'd had at least two major news cycles pushing it off to the side since the end of open hostilities (not counting the defensive strikes to preserve the ceasefire).
It'll be forgotten soon enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:27 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 12:27 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: Lady in Black
Speaking of big hair, Gene Shalit recently died.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)
the games have become so realistic, that some people think the 'world' in their games transmits to real life
I expect many here will correct me for that
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (9++9n)
92 I enjoy that the left spends so much time on maryland man, all while the deportations continue.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)
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Prioritizing narrative over policy.
It's Obama's real legacy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM
It is clement to find the rare under-29 here whose cynicism is not in excess of their tender years!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: a.moron
Charles Manson.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
.......
Shoulda run for the Senate
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (0beLq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
That still would have been a "death in custody". The dancing nurses were going to riot anyway.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (5C538)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
The original question was whether Garcia could be deported to El Salvador when he stated he had a fear of retaliation in El Salvador--that meant that Garcia could be sent to another country. But both the acceptable to him limit on deportations to another country and the claim of retaliation fear of El Salvador became a mess due to the sending to El Salvador first and then sending him back to the US. In the meantime, the DoJ filed charges in Tennessee over a previous traffic stop catching MS13 man trafficking illegals. That brought in a different judge who eventually dismissed the criminal case as being brought by animus (their favorite go to now) from the DoJ.
Whole thing is a rancid mess but has literally sucked the air out of the room for other deportation cases like the Columbia uprising dude just sent back to Jordan.
DoJ is refusing to send him back to Costa Rica (acceptable to Garcia) because it would set a precedent that deportees could pick the country they desire if they make a claim of fear of death, etc. in the country selected for them.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)
Local LE and ICE arrest an illegal alien who led criminal gangs in Brazil. In the car was a firearm and several cellphones.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: mea culpa at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (TWmCs)
These guys are copium-dealers who've gotten wealthy providing conservative political hopheads with their next #TwoWeeks' fix for a decade.
It's media for people who nod out in their own drool and wake up to a dead Republic crawling across the ceiling, like a nursing home performance of Trainspotting.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)
Manson did too. The Weathermen too. The SLA too. MOVE too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: monty hall..deal at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (ehY6c)
Not just the UK.
https://youtu.be/Iv4YJwEHNfU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)
When he plays the original clip that got her in trouble. That guy is a f*cking simp asshole propagandist.
Seriously. The ones at fault are MEN. Uh, how many white French men are raping or sexually assaulting women? Very few in the scope of what is ACTUALLY happening.
You are part of the problem. Stop being part of the f*cking PROBLEM, Dwayne.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (8JR9p)
I wonder how long before we get pics of them.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (wjnjX)
https://x.com/ParToutatis77/status/2066848070302585210
For your ideological, musical, and visual enjoyment. You're welcome.
Posted by: Fritz Geiger at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (X0uk8)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (qFwJc)
I would imagine they are investigating that with this plot, too, particularly the funding. The drones, explosives and guns likely weren’t cheap. Also, from whom were they procured?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)
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Iran WAS forgotten until the MOU business picked up.
We'd had at least two major news cycles pushing it off to the side since the end of open hostilities (not counting the defensive strikes to preserve the ceasefire).
It'll be forgotten soon enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Zn6QU)
. . . forgotten until Iran gets stupid, and we all know they will get stupid, it's their nature.
Hopefully that will be after the midterms, and Trump can get back to blowing up their shit and killing their leaders.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
Whether intentional or not, it is sucking the air out of other deportation stories that have more sympathetic facts in the case. The left again embraced a piece of shit criminal and celebrated him rather than drop his case and try to find more sympathetic political cases of deportation. Ironically, many of the Columbia U takeover by Muzzie activists are getting the result of that focus as their deportations are virtually ignored by the US left (local stories).
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (qBdHI)
That still would have been a "death in custody". The dancing nurses were going to riot anyway.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (5C53
Ah, but nowhere as BIG an effect on society as there wouldn't be public footage of the officer on his back on the ground.
The autopsy would've been legitimate and it would've been determined that he OD'd.
Death in custody, sure. Not a ruse of murder by cop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)
Hopefully that will be after the midterms, and Trump can get back to blowing up their shit and killing their leaders.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (X5Jzz)
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The IRGC sending out pleasure boats to fire at Indian captains leading to the civilian leadership of Iran asking the US navy to shoot them out of the water will be fascinating to witness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)
Just another psychological ploy to members of his cult. He really just wanted to kill a Beach Boy who rejected his music then allegedly stole it .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Ki5u2)
It's Miracle Whip, isn't it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (dK+Kv)
The autopsy would've been legitimate and it would've been determined that he OD'd.
Death in custody, sure. Not a ruse of murder by cop.
Posted by: Sponge
Interesting take, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)
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Great musician, though.
Ahead of his time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (Zn6QU)
With Trump selling out his base, ruining their farms and livelihoods, and making it impossible for them to survive...I expect to see a more right-on-right violence. They have guns, are angry, and have nothing left to lose.
Yup. They’re mad because they’re just now (for some reason) realizing they were lied to and Trump is just president to make money for himself and his already obscenely wealthy friends. Two years in and gas is 4.00/gal, they can’t afford food, no 5,000 dollar DOGE check, no Epstein list, and, the absolute worst of all- the libs may have had a point.
The president told them to fight like hell and take their country back. These guys are alt righters, I highly doubt they are fans of Zion Don, Israels greatest simp.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 12:36 PM (ycI94)
So if it was left to the FBI, they would have caught them AFTER the drone attacks (if there was a real plan, not just internet chatter). When Trump was shot, FBI also took action AFTER the shots, despite the multiple warnings and missed opportunities to get the shooter in advance.
Posted by: illiniwek at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 12:36 PM (ycI94)
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Sooooo...Graham Platner is an obvious right-wing plant and progressives should oppose him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (Zn6QU)
Interesting take, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)
Do you think it's far fetched? If they never would've taken Floyd back out of the car and simply transported him to the hospital when he complained of a shortness of breath and died of an OD along the way?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)
Maybe it was a fellowship?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (1Ff7Z)
Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."
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I was not aware f*cking asshole was a mental disease.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)
I would imagine they are investigating that with this plot, too, particularly the funding. The drones, explosives and guns likely weren’t cheap. Also, from whom were they procured?
Posted by: Lizzy
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Data Republican had a story up on X a day or so ago tracing all the funding and infrastructure of teh Resistance. Article on X is "A day in the life of someone who doesn't know he's a paid protester "
She used the DoJ's 94 page indictment of the MN AuntieFag members and tied that in with funding.
Link to story on X
https://tinyurl.com/Data-Republican
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (6mVIs)
I’ll bring a shovel.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Q6Bu6)
Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."
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I was not aware f*cking asshole was a mental disease.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)
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"He's so dreamy and a folk hero!"
-Luigi stans
"He's retarded."
-Luigi lawyers
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Zn6QU)
gotta say, he looks happy in that mugshot; wonder why?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (VyBeY)
He thinks he's going to Disneyland. He doesn't realize yet that he's the ride.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Sponge
Nope, sounds plausible to me. I meant "interesting" in a good, thought-provoking way.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (GseMx)
What they did was pretty heinous. Killing (or being responsible for killing) prominent or famous people also tends to make one famous. Or infamous.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (ixZ1o)
Aliens Go Home & Say There Is No Intelligent Life On Earth After Meeting Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)
they would have just manufactured another one....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (nXhwP)
Nope, sounds plausible to me. I meant "interesting" in a good, thought-provoking way.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)
Oh, well.
*puffs chest*
Carry on!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)
So... How'd it go?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q6Bu6)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q/FnY)
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Fantastic news. He is fucked.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (ixZ1o)
Hey it worked for Biden and his illegal possession of documents.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (GseMx)
So... How'd it go?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)
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Didn't feel great.
We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Zn6QU)
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Too incompetent to stand trial. Like Iryna's killer. Hey, it worked for him!
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)
Huh ?
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (RHGPo)
Sweeps week.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (1Ff7Z)
Thought Socialist didn't like such, ya know the Cause.
Well except for the bank robberies...
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (4T3aT)
they would have just manufactured another one....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (nXhwP)
There's no denying that. They're STILL looking for the next one.
The fact that they're attempting to burn things down because of the obvious murderer Karmelo Anthony shows you that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (Q6Bu6)
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (FhXTo)
Only those of us who have been shouting "foreigners, out!" from the rooftops for years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Vengeance
________
Thank you. I was trying to put my finger on that style.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)
Manson wanted to rule the world, and thought that provoking a race war would result in blacks slaughtering whites and taking over, which somehow would end up with him being in charge.
Underwear Gnomes may have been involved. That and copious amounts of LSD and other hallucinogenics. And mental illness. Charlie was crazier than a shithouse rat.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (X5Jzz)
Jimmy Kimmel Sparks Outrage After Making Sickening Trump and Ivanka Incest Joke
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (ndZc7)
I dream that Barack and Michelle Obama are outside their "library", when 100 bald eagles and 400 golden eagles, fly in. The bald eagles fly in and crap on the Obamas, then fly out in equal groups to the North, South, East, and West, while the golden eagles provide air cover. Then the golden eagles do the same.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)
F*cking Asshole Syndrome.
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
Didn't impede his ability to plan, stalk and murder the guy though.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (An6iH)
I dream that Barack and Michelle Obama are outside their "library", when 100 bald eagles and 400 golden eagles, fly in. The bald eagles fly in and crap on the Obamas, then fly out in equal groups to the North, South, East, and West, while the golden eagles provide air cover. Then the golden eagles do the same.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Not sure THAT will happen, but I bet there will be a fly infestation at some point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)
In a 9-0 Opinion, the Supreme Court has thrown out the 922(g)(3) conviction of an individual convicted of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of drugs. The Court has held that without more evidence that an individual is rendered unusually dangerous by their unlawful drug use, or the drug itself can cause such behavior, that 922(g)(3) violates the Second Amendment.
Meth heads & crack heads can now carry!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vHe/3)
Obama's Nazi Flak Tower opens TODAY!
Bruce Springsteen will be there!
Rejoice, Citizens!
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (aD4fx)
-Luigi lawyers
Nah. It'll be "He was messed up at the time but he's fine now. He should be released to continue to contribute to society."
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vTZFs)
The left has been arguing that he didn't do it AND he did it because he is a righteous force of justice.
Can't wait for them to start arguing he didn't do it AND he did it because he is a righteous force of justice AND you can't punish him because obviously he is cray cray
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)
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10 to 1 that Iran "closes" the Strait again in October.
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (8JR9p)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)
this is a very good point. I'm wondering if it ends up working for them or not.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (nXhwP)
F*cking Asshole Syndrome.
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
That doesn't sound ANYTHING like TJM, to be honest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q6Bu6)
A weed-wacker that needs new string.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (6mVIs)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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What the Feds do often is lock onto someone who is prancing about online cosplaying revolutionary and provide a contact offering guns, money, etc. that is needed to make the plan real. Usually assets/informants, not actual agents who are their handlers and coaches.
The informant then turns the group deeper into the conspiracy by claiming to produce the resources to make all their happy fun plans real but in fact is actually being coached to get all the critical requirements for a federal indictment based on the specific crimes that the informant is supposedly able to enable the stupid perps into agreeing with.
Sometimes, the assets themselves get into far more than the handlers bargained for (see teh FBI handlers of two assholes that tried to shoot up the TX Everyone draw Mo contest.) They were stopped by a courageous off duty cop providing security using a handgun against two AK47 jihadis. Apparently the FBI handlers saw what happened as they were in a following car and then turned around and skedaddled. Never had a good explanation from the agency on that.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)
Charming people, not. To quote Tanya as she shoots Mary Sue, "animal."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (4T3aT)
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (An6iH)
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
That doesn't sound ANYTHING like TJM, to be honest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)
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That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Zn6QU)
this is a very good point. I'm wondering if it ends up working for them or not.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (nXhwP)
It doesn't seem like Floyd worked in the long run.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
That's the same plan the WEF, EU, and Democrats have, weirdly.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2ocoG)
180 >>Less than 200 to go until monetization.
You have a youtube channel?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (An6iH)
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OnlyFans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (Zn6QU)
Bruce Springsteen will be there!
He's white and wealthy so he pays the Reparations admission price, right?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vTZFs)
Report Claims Trump May Break FIFA World Cup Protocol in Major Way
According to a report from talkSPORT, the champions of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will have the championship trophy presented to them in a very unique way, by the president of the United States.
“The US president has already been told FIFA wish him to hand over the World Cup trophy to the eventual champions,” writes talkSPORT’s Ben Jacobs.
“Sources say FIFA will leave it to Trump’s own discretion as to whether he wishes to stay in with the team during the lift or remain with other executives during the ceremony,” Jacobs reports. “White House insiders believe Trump will again choose to celebrate with the victorious team.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (ndZc7)
Jimmy Kimmel Sparks Outrage After Making Sickening Trump and Ivanka Incest Joke
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
But saying Big Mike has a dick is a bridge too far.
Got it. 👌🏻
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vHe/3)
Barky , the scumbag that keeps on scumming. And it occurred in the week his center opened. How appropriate
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (7bbR5)
That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Zn6QU)
I'm a giver.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
A/K/A leftist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (mPXxA)
Fair is fair, Jim. You're a public figure.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (n5tGW)
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Too incompetent to stand trial. Like Iryna's killer. Hey, it worked for him!
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)
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Not incompetent to stand trial, this is an affirmative defense that essentially requires him to admit he shot the guy and that he did not commit murder due to mental state, so he should be convicted of manslaughter.
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (4T3aT)
Charming people, not. To quote Tanya as she shoots Mary Sue, "animal."
Posted by: Anna Puma
Remember folks. Brass knuckles are legal in Texas.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)
I don't care how he goes to prison as long as he dies there. He's earned it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)
Bongino got deep undercover during his month at the FBI, and now is racing time to fight off an incredibly catastrophic plot that threatens to end everything, everywhere.
This promises to be a much bigger movie screenplay than Penn's upcoming demand for another Oscar.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Y8DZL)
It continues to be hilarious that Barky insisted on using black contractors and sub-contractors for his flak tower, stiffed them, but made them sign nondisclosure agreements so they can't complain.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (4T3aT)
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I'm still holding out hope that Banksy was the designer and there will be a controlled implosion the moment the ribbon is cut.
But Banksy is a British boomer lib, so I shouldn't hold my breath.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: rickb223
Like most situations, lawmakers will tweak the laws and do the necessary requirements to show banning such is legal due to the specific Scotus factors mentioned. The original GCA of 1968 was held as unconstitutional for requiring self incrimination on the form to purchase weapons, Feds tweaked the form and laws and it passed constitutional muster a few years later.
Conservatives on the court are using this to reemphasize the Bruen holding of historicity and more narrowly tailoring gun laws to meet actual problems rather than mere possession. Liberals are pro criminal and pro weed so they went along.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)
This promises to be a much bigger movie screenplay than Penn's upcoming demand for another Oscar.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Y8DZL)
Penn's oscar.
A retard playing a retard. Big stretch there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (ndZc7)
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
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NBPITFS
Never Been Punched in the Face Syndrome
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Call us....we have stellar references ...
Posted by: Paki bot farms at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (5jF9Z)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)
In bulk, 22LR is under 10 cents a pop these days. Probably cheaper than rope.
As a wise man once said, "Buy ammo!".
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Call us....we have stellar references ...
Posted by: Paki bot farms at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)
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I did look into this.
Not letting anyone associated know I exist is the better choice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Zn6QU)
gain of function writ small
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (FhXTo)
Kimmel has nowhere to go but snuff film jokes at this point.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
My hope is that no one bothers to pay the $30 admission charge.
I think Obama has a lot in common with Princess Diana - when she died, people explained that the burial site needed to be prepared for huge numbers of pilgrims for centuries to come.
Two years later, no one bothered to show up.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (aD4fx)
There are rumors they are dosing it with fast-growing algae.
And that they are having to post guards at night to stop them.
Saw one guy even arguing it was good that it leaked thousands of gallons daily cause that constant flow of fresh water kept the algae at bay.
jfc, they are deranged
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF
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https://shorturl.at/rdJZg
1881 exerpt:
And then, Jose Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzalez, I further command that such officer retire quickly from your dangling corpse, that vultures may descend from the heavens upon your filthy body until nothing shall remain but bare, bleached bones of a cold-blooded, blood-thirsty, throat-cutting, chili-eating, sheep-herding, murdering son of a bitch.
Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)
More people read about Kimmel's stupid f*cking antics than actually watch his show, so reporting what goes on there is actually better for him then his actual show.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ben Rothliesburger at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (n5tGW)
The reaction would make the Canadian hockey tantrum look sedate.
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (8JR9p)
Iirc, his best friend was Epstein’s personal chef.
And he makes pedo jokes.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Weasel
60 ft drop with 50 ft of #4 piano wire.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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Sure. There were lots of trials in the 70s and 80s with cats peeing on ammo, and the results were universally positive,
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (Xgoim)
Got it. 👌🏻
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vHe/3)
Bingo.
The Left has always hidden behind their dumbfuck "comedy" - and commentary - while the politicians get to supposedly "rise above" and demand dignity and respect. It's a big jerkoff.
Trump broke that game, and we had to or forever remain subservient to their narratives.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (ixZ1o)
Bruce Springsteen will be there!
He's white and wealthy so he pays the Reparations admission price, right?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vTZFs)
Hope he remembers to bring his ID. Can't get in without it.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)
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It's also recyclable!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (gnNyN)
The reaction would make the Canadian hockey tantrum look sedate.
Posted by: Guy Mandude
Supposedly, the US team can possibly play the UK team on July 4th.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (vHe/3)
British boomer shitlibs are like some kind of genetically engineered suck singularity.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
The Royal Navy has one aircraft carrier, three destroyers, and four frigates at sea.
They can now defend themselves from the French fishing fleet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (4T3aT)
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.
Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.
Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)
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To be completely fair...it's consistent with The Communist Manifesto's progress towards the stateless, classless utopia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (Zn6QU)
The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (hVI+Q)
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Victor Davis Hanson
@VDHanson
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3h
As a general rule, anytime Barack Obama lectures the country or its people on their purported sins—with Khalil Gibran pop platitudes—he is seeking absolution for his own obsessions by projecting his own guilty desires onto others.
The latest? At the dedication of his narcissistic Obama Presidential Center in Chicago—a $850 million flak-tower, monolithic boondoggle mired in debt—Obama lectured us on the need to resist the allure off "money, attention, [and] fame."
Thus spoke the owner of four homes, three of them multimillion-dollar mansions, whose last inert year in office was spent closing book and Netflix deals that ensured he would become a multimillionaire the moment he left office, and on spec, jets private to sermonize to various audiences–often at $400,000 a shot—on their own false-consciousness shortcomings.
Plain-speaking, frugal Harry Truman in obscure retirement in Independence, Missouri Obama certainly is not.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (kX27y)
The left: TRANSWOMAN ARE WOMEN and it is insulting to claim other wise
Also the left: How dare you claim Michelle Obama is a transwoman?!? Don't you know that's one of the biggest insults you can make of a real woman?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)
The Royal Navy has one aircraft carrier, three destroyers, and four frigates at sea.
They can now defend themselves from the French fishing fleet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (4T3aT)
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They are still outmatched by the Cajun Navy, however.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (gnNyN)
The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)
And the WORLD is learning the actual TRUTH about America and her citizens as opposed to what the MEDIA has been telling them for generations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)
This is the Astroturf that IS the Obama Legacy.
NONE of his rallies or Events would have seen any attendance of note if it wasn't for the FREE Concerts.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (An6iH)
The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)
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They've played one match, and did well.
Now they're up against Australia tomorrow, who also won their first match.
So, we'll see how well the US team is doing in about 28 hours.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)
Go to any deep blue city with homeless wandering around. They all carry weapons that would get any of us stopped and most likely arrested. I've seen them carrying giant screwdrivers, hatchets, small baseball bats, pipes, crowbars, etc. Leftist DAs have mostly decriminalized carrying weapons for everyone but us.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
. . . and it's a gun thread!
Ammo is probably OK, unless the brass is majorly corroded. If it just got wet it should be OK after drying.
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)
Is that concentration of egos sufficient to initiate a black hole? One big enough to suck in the flak tower and all of the attendees?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (qx7Zg)
BOOMER SLOP VIBES VS. AMERICA, F$CK YEAH AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)
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Guards will be ordered to shoot to kill anyone who tries.
A white guard will shoot a black teen.
Race riots.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Penfold
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Pretty much. Insanity is an affirmative defense but one where ironically you have to admit you did the crime (which precludes regular Some Other Dude Did it (SODDI) or The Other Dude Did It (TODDI)).
Guessing it won't fly to get the guy off due to the high requirements.
Perhaps the defense figures the evidence will cause conviction but perhaps the stage is being set for mitigation on sentence based on diminished capacity and for the jury to disregard the fact this guy planned and executed a guy in the back in cold blood and then fled to escape punishment. Thus a crime of irresistible impulse (see Anatomy of a Murder for that old chestnut) without carrying that name.
It can be risky as effectively you are admitting murder and if the burden of proof is not met by the defense to the judge's and later jury's satisfaction, then you can be convicted and sentencing on your own admissions and required interviews with state forensic psychs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)
If you got to it quickly and cleaned it up, it'll be fine. If you found it months later, I'd be cautious especially if the brass is visibly discolored.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Xgoim)
Daylight savings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (kX27y)
Both were nasty partisans. Nothing good from either of them.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (4T3aT)
*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
Boy it sure does seem all the brown people western countries let in get into such serious trouble with the law.
But I'd better forget I recognized this pattern, because that's MUCH worse than what these chimps did.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (et1vG)
Posted by: wth at June 18
Did the bird leave your head as he found it, or did he leave a "gift?"
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (77rzZ)
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.
Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)
lol, perfect.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (n5tGW)
*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
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It's a tumor.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (vTZFs)
50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (Ft5W9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)
They had to move the Michael Jordan statue INSIDE The United Center due to it being defaced on a regular basis.
Owebama's North Korean Guard Tower will not be spared.
It will take a few years, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)
This reminded me of the MLK Turd Monument.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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If you want to be absolutely certain, take some of the affected ammo to a range in a different town, and offer some to a stranger to shoot.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (Xgoim)
50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (Ft5W9)
Not gonna happen.
Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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Biggest risk is to the primers if they are not sealed. So you get a dud or a squib round. Some risk to powder but a bit less I think than the primer contamination.
Don't do mag dumps with the rounds or keep firing if something feels off when fired (diminished report and/or recoil).
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weasel
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You're being manipulated. Don't become an enabler!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)
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That's probably it.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
He just might know something we don't.
Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)
Nah, I mean the World Cup generally.
All the Left has to whine about is that we refused to admit a Somali with terrorist associations, and we apparently were stingy with visas for Congolese, because of Ebola and stuff.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vHe/3)
It's really a very pro-2nd amendment decision.
Holds that 2nd amendment is higher law than bureaucratic regulations.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (edUvp)
The Rooker-Feldman doctrine case was much more interesting though, as a 5-4 decision with a wacky lineup.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (GseMx)
I should say 'was', they've since declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (Ft5W9)
*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
Obama Island in Chicago.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (qx7Zg)
50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026
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To give a ball the culture or enrichment by incarcerating this guy, it's unacceptable!
Posted by: The SCOAMF at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (0KpSv)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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Sure. There were lots of trials in the 70s and 80s with cats peeing on ammo, and the results were universally positive,
Posted by: Weasel
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I think that was more the fact that Russian ammo often smelled like cat piss when fired. Had to do with the specific powder used in their ammo.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)
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FSJ is cool, but Gertie is a piece of work when it comes to pitifulness.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (Xgoim)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (wjnjX)
That smile needs to be wiped off his face. Throw a had on him and he looks like Pancho Villa.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)
They never got to the part where they offered to provide him with the drones so that they could arrest him as they gave them to him. They figured he probably would have taken them, so that's good enough.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:03 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)
Someone actually did some quality research here and adjusted the mebound percentage in the WNBA.
2024 Top WNBA Mebounders
Player OREB MEREB Rank PTS Off MEREB Rank
Angel Reese 163 91 1 84 2
Teaira McCowan 107 69 2 90 1
Aliyah Boston 116 66 3 82 3
Tina Charles 94 65 4 76 4
Brionna Jones 92 53 5 72 5
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Reforger
I thought it was the moon landing that did that.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)
The incel had a shotgun, bullpup .223 and ballistic plates
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: The SCOAMF at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (0KpSv)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)
There was a recent study that showed that wild birds were more afraid of women than men.
No conclusions were drawn from this study.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Weasel
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Don't make eye contact, otherwise, you're done.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (b/IsE)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)
I think it's so sweet that foreign visitors are sharing the cool stuff they are enjoying here in the US, especially their fun interactions with normal Americans. There are people of good will all over the world and it's so encouraging to hear from them!
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (FMtrg)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)
At least it didn't shit.
THEN you'd be doomed.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vHMT8)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (b/IsE)
DJI and other drone makers used to have hard geofencing around restricted spaces like airports. They removed that and now show you a warning. I don't know if that's true for the White House. I imagine the White House intentionally fills their airspace with lots of radio interference so drones can't rely on GPS or manual radio control to fly into White House airspace. But if they got hold of the Ukraine fly by optical cable drone systems, that might work.
I know there are anti-drone systems that throw nets, or spaghetti strands of cables, or even heavier drones that fly right through other drones. They probably have all of that. But any system can be overwhelmed with enough effort.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (mkw2N)
Holds that 2nd amendment is higher law than bureaucratic regulations.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Then dump the f'n NFA & GCA.
For something specifically saying "Shall not be infringed" it sure the hell is.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)
That too.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (wjnjX)
What are do those numbers signify?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (GseMx)
It will take a few years, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)
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If they can't pay the contractors who built it, there's no way in hell that they planned for ongoing maintenance and support of the building.
In 5 years or less, they'll be looking for a handout to repair it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
What about psychos
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)
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That was my plan until she climbed up onto my chest with her face about 3 inches from mine.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (Xgoim)
Race riots.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
White guard, lol.
Go up a few blocks to the Chicago Institute of Arts and see if you can find any.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)
I don't care how he goes to prison as long as he dies there. He's earned it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)
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What Mangione is alleged to have done makes him stupid, not retarded. Unfortunately for their victims and the families of their victims, our prison systems are filled with stupid people.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (FMtrg)
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.
HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.
This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)
It's five o'clock somewhere.
Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett's dogs at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (GseMx)
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I suggest another alternative...
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: polynikes
*****
Don't we all?
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (RtPE1)
Uh, guys...? Maybe our secure super-spy chat software isn't so secure...
Posted by: Anarchy, Inc. at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (rJhDk)
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)
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I second this motion.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (fgSb9)
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)
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The birds, chipmunks and squirrels all seem pretty relaxed if my dog and I are out in the yard with them. I don't know what's happening, but maybe it's not just the raccoons that are becoming domesticated.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (2ap+5)
There are reports that there were Twenty-three (23) individuals participating in the planning group chat concerning this attack. Only five are behind bars at present.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (dIske)
I know there are anti-drone systems that throw nets, or spaghetti strands of cables, or even heavier drones that fly right through other drones. They probably have all of that. But any system can be overwhelmed with enough effort.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (mkw2N)
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So, we're back to good old-fashioned smoke screens?
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:10 PM (rj6Yv)
Heh and much more. Though he just purchased all of it with his graduation money.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:10 PM (GseMx)
Zohran Mamdani is promising free grocery stores, free housing and free everything, but the only free thing New Yorkers can really count on getting for free is an infectious disease.
And flavored condoms for the sickest city in America.
Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms.
“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (kX27y)
What are do those numbers signify?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (GseMx)
Can't format in Minx 0.8 beta, but each column:
Player
Offensive Rebounds
Offensive MEbounds (rebounding your own missed shot)
Rank in Mebound percentage
Points off Mebounds
Rank in points off mebounds
I think it's hysterical. Just wish there were up to date stats, but that would mean someone would have to watch every WNBA game and that would be unconstitutional as cruel and unusual punishment.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (X+Nnd)
Angel Reese is all me me me me with padding her stats the appear comparable to Caitlyn Clark.
NOPE
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (4KUe5)
That guy looks much jollier than I would have expected. Terrorists usually look pretty miserable.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)
He was just posing for his Che T-Shirt portrait.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM
Please tell me its a skull with crossed swords
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)
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These videos choke me up and I love them.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (fgSb9)
Plinking chipmunks with the slingshot doesn't seem to work so well for me anymore, so I went for chemical warfare last week.
They're not cute, they're destructive.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (2ap+5)
I've seen a bunch around here lately. Had a small one munching on the outdoor kittie food last night. I had a bead on him with my .22 pellet rifle but couldn't bring myself to shoot the cute little bugger. He wandered back across the street and there was still food in the dish.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (wjnjX)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (x/Rva)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (7bbR5)
No conclusions were drawn from this study.
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The hell you say.
Posted by: Tippi Hedren at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (8JR9p)
Posted by: Marxists at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (X5Jzz)
I recommend drying with a propane torch. Works quickly.
Posted by: RI Red at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (GOpmI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (ZVgZ4)
Special Today Golden Retriever Spare Ribs.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (ZVgZ4)
OMG! Proper assumed he was the vanguard to instantiating a U.S. revolution by killing stuff. I am incapable of the mental capacity for cognitive understanding as to how that makes logical sense. Proper is an idiot!
Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (0DsdP)
We need a deterrent with teeth.
Posted by: Occasional Commenter at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (MV++E)
The Morning Rant
Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, multiple sources familiar with the comments told the Daily Caller. Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter. The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill's chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee's push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting.
Their opposition is personal, not political, and flies in the face of everything that their voters want. That these pathetic, puffed-up asses cannot tamp down their personal displeasure of President Trump, and do what is best for America is, frankly, disgusting, and the repercussions will be vast. I too am not a fan of Donald Trump's public personality... his bombastic pronouncements and his ricocheting around many issues. My solution is simple; I will not invite him to Thanksgiving dinner. I will however support him politically, because he is acting in the best interests of America and Americans, and that is far more important than any trivial opinion of his personality. That this disgusting cohort of faux Republicans allows their personal animus to damage their country is proof positive of the terminal malaise of the corporate GOP, and hopefully Americans will identify them and forcefully eject them from our political process. And for a template, just look at the Democrat Party! Their personalities are, in the main, vile, yet for all of their issues, the Democrats close ranks regardless of personal feelings and support their platforms, vote en masse for their favored bills, and present a united front. Imagine having to sit in a committee room or a meeting with Nadler or Pressley or Tlaib or Schiff or Schumer or Biden or... Sounds awful, because they are awful people, but the Democrat Party understands that personal animosity has no place in realpolitik, and they are more successful because of it. Perhaps that is because their political philosophy is clear: The acquisition of money to purchase power! [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (PJdmB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)
272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C)
MUNKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)
272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
Was about to bring that across.
From the right angle, it looks like Squidward's home in Spongebob Squarepants.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (ItpVy)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (N1DT3)
Which, specifically?
If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (ExV1e)
Those GOP senators include people like Mitch McConnell (hates Trump, is retiring), Tillis (hates Trump, is retiring), Cassidy (hates Trump, is retiring), Cornyn (hates Trump, is retiring), and Murkowski (hates Trump, is a Democrat).
What leverage does anyone have on these people to get them to vote for something they don't want to vote for no matter the reason?
It's a majority of 53. It just takes 4 to sabotage any legislation so it can't pass by any measure, and those 5 will wear the ending of legislation that Trump wants passed like a badge of honor (think McCain killing the ACA repeal/replace thing).
And that's not counting what are probably at least 10 others who would much rather not vote for the SAVE Act for whatever reason and are just happy to have scapegoats (these are less of a concern because they are cowards, it seems).
It's not a defense of Thune, it's an acknowledgement of reality.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)
Some men hate Trump so much they've cut off their dicks and balls!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (l3cgK)
Which, specifically?
If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.
Yup. If you're unwilling to name names, you're part of the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)
Oh, bullshit. They get paid for this, whether in cash or favors.
Same all all the dipshits that do the sudden midterm resignation thing
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 11:05 AM (M4Oji)
The people that control the GOPe senators don't want them to vote for SAVE.
And this is the best lie Thune can come up with.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)
272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
Was about to bring that across.
From the right angle, it looks like Squidward's home in Spongebob Squarepants.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)
What the hell is up with that skirt that Big Mike's wearing in that article? Whose face is on that skirt?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (l3cgK)
And considering previous members are FDR and Woodrow Wilson, that's quite an accomplishment.
Most of the previous ruling class members at least had SOME kind of real accomplishment. These leeches have sucked at the public teat for their entire lifetime and done nothing of any value whatsoever.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)
if the enemy grants us the time.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (VyBeY)
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Murk, Turtle, Tillis at a minimum.
I don’t think it’s some super secret list.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (X+Nnd)
It IS a defense of Thune if he's unwilling to tell us who the bad actors are, so that we can get rid of them. You point out that 4 of the known opponents are retiring, so what's the harm in naming them? We all know Murk is against the bill, so why not name her as well, so we can jettison her in '28?
Thune needs to stop putting amity among his "colleagues" *gag* before the wishes of the vast majority of his constituents. Name and shame them!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (l3cgK)
What the hell is up with that skirt that Big Mike's wearing in that article? Whose face is on that skirt?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (l3cgK)
I'm guessing Rosa Parks.
It hides her dick well, though.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)
And considering previous members are FDR and Woodrow Wilson, that's quite an accomplishment.
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: James Buchanan at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)
They should be forcefully ejected from the frigging planet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Ki5u2)
Ahem, men and boys...
Posted by: Sen. Lindsay Graham at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (l3cgK)
Not sure the GOPer types are in it for access to *women*
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)
It IS a defense of Thune if he's unwilling to tell us who the bad actors are, so that we can get rid of them. You point out that 4 of the known opponents are retiring, so what's the harm in naming them? We all know Murk is against the bill, so why not name her as well, so we can jettison her in '28?
Thune needs to stop putting amity among his "colleagues" *gag* before the wishes of the vast majority of his constituents. Name and shame them!
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
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Because his job is to manage his caucus. If he starts throwing his own senators under the bus, then he can't manage them at all.
And yet, I have yet to see any solution for getting Mitch McConnell or Tillis or Murkowski or Cassidy or Cornyn to vote for this right now.
Cornyn had incentive (keep his seat), and even he didn't try because he didn't want to.
What's the solution from the majority leader's perspective? What tools does he have against these people if they're not even willing to protect their own seats?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (Zn6QU)
And we are intended to believe that those listed are the only ones who are a problem. That everyone else would do their constituents will but for them. But I suspect this is untrue and they do us a disservice by hiding the truth.
Senators who hate Trump could do like so many online commentators and just announce in every thing they say that they dislike him but...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Billy Barty at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (QaH55)
And we are intended to believe that those listed are the only ones who are a problem. That everyone else would do their constituents will but for them. But I suspect this is untrue and they do us a disservice by hiding the truth.
Senators who hate Trump could do like so many online commentators and just announce in every thing they say that they dislike him but...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)
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I wonder if I wrote more beyond that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Billy Barty at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (QaH55)
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This has been true since at least President Grant.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (ebJJx)
Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
Their opposition is existential. Trump is tearing down centuries of world order. It's far greater than the notion of R vs. D.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (rJhDk)
I wonder if I wrote more beyond that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
If only you could read......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)
Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)
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Well, that's why I kept writing.
What could any leader do in this situation?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Ki5u2)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Ki5u2)
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The ROI from the MIC on bombs is far less than an occupation, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Zn6QU)
Honestly the primary tool left would be to look at whoever is paying these people and find ways to turn that cash payout off.
I'm not saying Thune can do it, but let's be honest Cassidy for example will get some no show $$$ job to reward him. What company/NGO is offering it?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)
Exactly. If there's no reason to hide the truth, why hide it?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
It has been this way for as long as I have been following politics.nothing new here.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (QaH55)
John McCain was the Ur-Silk-Pantied, Mean Girl Republican when -
he used the last act of his malevolent, cancer-scrambled brain to give a big ole thumbs down to the repeal of Obamacare, smiling all the while.
And he was hailed by Our Betters as a great man for doing so.
Well...he was a Great Democrat Mole. Great Republican? Great American? Not so much.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)
What could any leader do in this situation?
What's that? You want to head up a powerful, remunerative committee? Gee, I'm sorry, but that slot's already filled.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)
If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.
Yup. If you're unwilling to name names, you're part of the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Kennedy of LA is one example that talks differently behind closed doors than he does in public.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)
Their opposition is existential. Trump is tearing down centuries of world order. It's far greater than the notion of R vs. D.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (rJhDk)
Entrenched money and power. Fighting for its life by appealing to the self-righteous, blinkered, low IQ Karens of the world.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (6mVIs)
Although Uniparty Republicans will never be allowed to hold real power, they do get lots of bennies - a lot of the USAID money was flowing to "Republican" organizations, and flowing to Uniparty Republicans.
The Jebs, the Romneys, and the Pences did extremely well under the old system, so of course they will fight to preserve the old system.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (aD4fx)
BUT...the GOPe also loses a bunch of "moderate" R votes and suddenly they have to deliver conservative agenda items which is the opposite of why they ran in the first place
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm)
But, the larger issue is that the SAVE Act would likely reduce the amount of graft the Republicans could scrape off the massive amount of fraud perpetrated on the American public.
So, Thune's wallet would be considerably lighter.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (jehhT)
The career goal of a US Senator is to remain a US Senator.
The People can fuck all. Once you're in The Club, the rest is all gravy.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (fmTlv)
I mentioned him in #7. I really have come to loathe his Andy of Mayberry routine.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)
The career goal of a US Senator is to remain a US Senator.
The People can fuck all. Once you're in The Club, the rest is all gravy.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (fmTlv)
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John Cornyn is an exhibit in the other direction, though.
He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)
If they had a two-term limit, they'd be more inclined to play ball.
Posted by: Shenanigans at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (qmxL/)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (sKqQm)
This has nothing to do with personal animus. It's pure cover because people will buy that and it sounds better than the truth -"we have no intention of representing our own voters except occasionally in passing, vote for us."
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (wjnjX)
They can't lose their jobs fast enough.
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (mseD3)
He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)
He would've run again unopposed were he to pass it. His ego and $$$$ backing him made him indestructible. Alas, Paxton was his Kryptonite.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (2YhKe)
I think he genuinely thought he didn't really have to campaign very hard because he's a wise, silver-maned SENATOR who the people would never reject. He thought wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
They can't lose their jobs fast enough.
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (mseD3)
I mean, have you READ the Iran Deal?!?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
It’s a flaw in our system that people can be voted out, but still hang around in power and causing trouble for 6 months.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (nuNhM)
I think he genuinely thought he didn't really have to campaign very hard because he's a wise, silver-maned SENATOR who the people would never reject. He thought wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
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He got 43% in the original primary before the runoff.
If he thought he was cakewalking to re-election after that, he's literally retarded and can't be reasoned with anyway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
WHAT ARE you people. ON DOPE!!!????
Posted by: Mr. Hand at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (q1tXs)
The whole thing is silly before one even thinks about it for half a second.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (ixZ1o)
If he thought he was cakewalking to re-election after that, he's literally retarded and can't be reasoned with anyway.
Asked and answered.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7V
9-0... Interesting
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (nFkiA)
Come on now. Think.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
WHAT ARE you people. ON DOPE!!!????
Posted by: Mr. Hand at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)
Fentalated Meth...
Posted by: Hunter at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (l3cgK)
We've discussed this here many times. She's the best we can get from Maine, and because she's GOP, that gives us a leg up in achieving a majority, which is the critical thing. She can stay.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (q1tXs)
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Collins is going to win easily.
Remember, she voted for Kavanaugh. She's there when leadership needs her vote.
I do think MI will be a possible pickup. NC is a possible hold. GA is a dark horse victory in the making.
We'll see. A 56 seat GOP majority after immigration, Iran, and oil were all the killers of the midterms would make me laugh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (q1tXs)
>They do not teach history and citizenship in school anymore, so everything becomes a carnival claw machine. Look, it's sponge bob!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (9SpJJ)
What could any leader do in this situation?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
As leader, McConnell could deliver the votes if he wanted to because he spent decades cultivating the caucus members making them wealthy in many cases and getting through their pet legislation as riders in the majority or not.
Thune presumably as heir apparent could use those relationships to pass SAVE. He does not because the whole key to McConnell's vote selling business was a closely divided Senate. If that is gone, then suddenly defectors get hammered by the rest of the caucus and the majority leader has a lot less power.
And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.
The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Gqar
We take things one step further in the People's Republik of Kalifornia...we ingrain the cheat right into the law, as well as punishment for those citizen investigative journalists that try to expose it
Posted by: Hunter at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (l3cgK)
Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.
Posted by: Archimedes
You're assuming he didn't. I say he did, simply in opposition. Indistinguishable in effect, really.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.
The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
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How does this specifically apply to Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, and Cornyn, all of whom are out at the end of this year?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Zn6QU)
Before anyone says Fetterman, he says a lot of things but still votes the party line on the important issues.
Dems get 50 seats + VP their voters get mostly everything they want. GOP has 53 seats + VP they pass nothing of importance. Oh right I forgot they passed a massive tax cut bill for leftist billionaires. Good job guys.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (X+Nnd)
The interesting question is if we do achieve such a majority, how quickly will the SAVE act be resubmitted?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
-- Every D* and more than a few Rs.
* with the possible exception of Fetterman
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)
We've discussed this here many times. She's the best we can get from Maine, and because she's GOP, that gives us a leg up in achieving a majority, which is the critical thing. She can stay.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Collins switched her vote the last time and voted for the SAVE act. It is the more treacherous McConnell, Murkowski, Tillis, and now Cassidy/Cornyn that can block it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)
Fetterman is on Mark Levin's show more than he's in the Senate. I think he's angling to replace Jessica Tarlov on the Five or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (2ocoG)
And we will have enough votes without her, and won’t take it in the ass on critical issues like election integrity. Most of the Betrayal Caucus will be gone after November except for Murkowski. Together with Collins they will continue to collaborate with Democrats to destroy our country. F them.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Gotta keep the House first.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)
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He may be the major issue, but I think he's more of an easy target than anything else.
He bought a lot of goodwill with me over how he got 99% of the OBBB passed last year, just slipping everything past the parliamentarian in the last second.
However, if 50 GOP senators wanted to pass this, Thune wouldn't be obstructing it. The problem is the senators in the caucus, not just their leader.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (IY9No)
I don’t think it’s some super secret list.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (X+Nnd)
And we are supposed to believe that they are all.
Perhaps they are, but it's bullshit that these assholes play their little games and hide their personal agendas from the people that they supposedly represent.
Lay your fucking cards on the table. Let the voters know when you will and when you won't represent them. Otherwise, we have a temporary nobility, a bit less moral than that of 18th century France, a bit less useful than the Polish szlachta, prancing around and congratulating themselves for making boom-boom in the big kids potty and calling it statemanship.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7V
9-0... Interesting
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (hW9g4)
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I hope this is no different than someone who drinks alcohol. If you're not intoxicated when legitimately carrying or using a weapon, that's OK.
If you are intoxicated, it's no different than getting behind the wheel when you're drunk.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (ebJJx)
And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.
The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM
So true and well said. I thought of this the other day (late to the party, I know). The scuzzbucket GOPe's want and need a close legislature to stay relevant, powerful and rich.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (6mVIs)
Fetterman is on Mark Levin's show more than he's in the Senate. I think he's angling to replace Jessica Tarlov on the Five or something.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Entirely possible. His political career is effectively dead unless he switches parties and like Manchin, he gets more out of teasing to do so than actually doing it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
The interesting question is if we do achieve such a majority, how quickly will the SAVE act be resubmitted?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)
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I suspect it would be an important part of the next Congress.
Probably not HR-1, but HR-5 to HR-10 or so.
Paxton, in the Senate, might try to introduce it as S-1.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (fmTlv)
He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)
True.
Though Corny's downfall was misunderstanding the appeal of John Cronyn, and the 95% Republicans in general.
Which meant he misunderstood that his job is to do what his voters want and being a Republican do so in a cost effective manner.
A con man is only successful as long as the marks don't know what the game is. The marks figured him out.
Corny's Great Legacy, which he is so concerned about, will disappear 3 seconds after he's given the boot from the Senate.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (iJfKG)
Cowards abound.
Do you trust Barrett and Kav to vote the right way on it? Note that I'm not even mentioning Roberts. Well, I just did but you know what I mean.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:26 AM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:26 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
He needs to switch his voting to match his words. He should not be as hated as a dem, he votes with the 99.9% of the time. He just isn’t an antisemite.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)
Highly ironic that Cornyn thought it was a good idea to dunk on a Scott Pressler post mentioning meeting Cornyn by calling Pressler a grifter.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (hdRdU)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)
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If she was a reliable (R) vote, yea.
But, she's not. What's the sense of having her if she's going to vote opposite of our interests on important issues like the SAVE act?
That, by itself doesn't help "the majority."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
Good luck... Break a leg !.. Scratch that last part
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (q1tXs)
Posted by: Piper
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you have crystallized my thoughts in a concise and cogent manner
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (fmTlv)
Thune delenda est.
I want to see him chained, flogged and tossed in a pit full of rape dogs.
But I'll settle for him being politically ruined and kicked out of the Senate.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)
That, by itself doesn't help "the majority."
Because the rest of the majority can pass things, provided we have enough. If we were in the minority, we would have very little influence over what even gets brought up for votes.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
Godspeed, sir.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (2YhKe)
The desire to stick his thumb in Trump’s eye one more time before he died overrode the promise he made to his constituents.
This is a pervasive sickness among the Republican establishment. It’s TDS minus the blue hair and calls for violence.
Posted by: Cybernetic at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (aL31n)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
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Good luck... Break a leg !.. Scratch that last part
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (hW9g4)
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Nothing worse than a broken itchy leg.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (ebJJx)
he used the last act of his malevolent, cancer-scrambled brain to give a big ole thumbs down to the repeal of Obamacare, smiling all the while.
And he was hailed by Our Betters as a great man for doing so.
Well...he was a Great Democrat Mole. Great Republican? Great American? Not so much.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)
He should have had a wicked side dish of ass cancer.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (snZF9)
++++
We'd like to talk with him about doing some hoodie endorsements.
Posted by: The Nike Marketing Department at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Case
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Politicians are mostly front men for back room staffers today--they have little wisdom, they have the authenticity of a Twinkie, and any sane person somehow elected to office either has to go native or leave before the borg mind virus affects him.
Most legislation now is cooked up by interest groups dealing directly with key staffers of senior legislators and leadership. That goes for nominations as well---interest groups want a veto on personnel of agencies and courts. That is why no recess can be permitted. An outside person like Pulte can do a LOT of damage by removing key co conspirators in the agency with the congressional staffers and interest groups. And reveal dirty dealings that this iron triangle tries to keep in the closet.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (QaH55)
It still stings me to think that the GOPe thinks it will go back to the normal uniparty BS after Trump leaves office. Their "good friends" across the aisle are dying out and/or being replaced by Marxist lunatics who will destroy them and the nation.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (7bbR5)
Win or lose, you'll still be fed.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: 25 year old hiring manager at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (vTZFs)
Be a Senator representing his, personal, constituents first and majority leader second.
I understand that there isn't a single person in the Senate with the integrity to do that, but that's his solution.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Being a vicious snake that no one really could like is his own punishment. And if the Songbird tales are true, then he lived with secret disgrace all those years, and his Keating Five scandal reveals him to be amoral, money hungry, influence peddling, and as unlikable in his earlier career as he was later.
Out of the five, only he remained a senator for after the disgrace. All due to his supposed war hero status to voters in AZ.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)
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Eating a box of lightbulbs, and washing it down with a belt of nitric acid, after setting his own cock on fire, but before hanging himself?
Just a thought. Spitballing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Senate and House party leaders came from safe states usually so they could wheel and deal without worry of losing. Not sure that is true anymore.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)
Like I'd read what you wrote.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Bill Shakespeare at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)
I characterize them as venal and amoral, but I like your characterization a lot.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)
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He continues to receive the finest care.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (6/7Fs)
She's there when leadership needs her vote... or... Kavanaugh ain't all that great and was a tolerable choice considering from whence he came.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
I was wondering as well. Was he a snitch in the Vietnamese prison?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (hdRdU)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (sgkY
No, both sides acquit him with godlike powers.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Case
>Trump is a negotiator and a facilitator. He's an executive. He makes deals and is a populist.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (9SpJJ)
It hides her dick well, though.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)
I’m thinking a young Barbara Jordan.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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It isn't going to happen. Essentially our Constitution is frozen as no amendment is going to get 2/3rds approval unless and until you get massive change in society and voting security.
The untold story is that legislative election of senators became so putrid after the Civil War and dysfunctional (often seats sat vacant for years due to state politicos disagreeing for factional reasons or partisan splits in legislative houses) that by the time the 17th went into affect, most states had adopted the Illinois option. Use a popular plebiscite to pick who the legislature should put forward as senator. Only a small number of states still did legislative elections.
It would be easier to repeal the 16th on income tax.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: John Cornyn, Mean Girl at June 18, 2026 11:39 AM (2UnvF)
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)
A man can dream...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:40 AM (QaH55)
We here in Texas have done our part. coryn is out. It's time for the other states to step up their game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (7bbR5)
If I have some sympathy for Thune, it's because his position as Senate Majority Leader is akin to a medieval English king. He has a certain amount of power, but it's circumscribed by his caucus, which are barons barely under his control. Push too hard and they rebel.
There was only one Lyndon Johnson able to bully and schmooze the Senate and it's less than realistic to hope Thune will be another.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (IY9No)
This. Plus he has a good sense of humor. Not afraid to make fun of himself too.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)
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One senator (from Idaho?) simply left packets of $10,000 on every legislator's desk, with his monogram on the envelope.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (amcLV)
We here in Texas have done our part. coryn is out. It's time for the other states to step up their game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (0N4FZ)
We dispatched several, actually. Redistricting did some, voters did the rest.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (amcLV)
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Today you can do the same thing with gift cards to Hookers 'N Blow.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)
The man is what he is. Sometimes he makes me cringe. Sometimes he makes me laugh. Sometimes both. I love when it's both.
But without the bad, unpolished, uncouth-ed, or downright nasty parts of Trump you don't get the good either. The man has not got where he is by mincing words or brutal self-edit.
Also the enemy preys on the predictable and the easy to control. By being the way he is Trump does not give away the handles to control him. People think it's flattery that does so. Woe be to he who truly believes that shit.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)
I was wondering as well. Was he a snitch in the Vietnamese prison?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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If you wish, go to Ron Unz's website and he lays out the story. You can also find where Fox fired one former general commentator where the rumors are mentioned.
People also have assumed, due to McCain's famous picture of him on crutches leaving a USAF airplane that he was tortured in prison where in fact, that was because he broke his legs upon ejecting after his plane was going down in N. Vietnam. His legs had to be rebroken by US surgeons after repatriation to heal properly--hence the famous photo. McCain notably used the photo in campaign ads, etc.
Whatever happened, it is true that his relationship with his fellow POWs was never a warm one and he was not one of the senators helping support those trying to find missing POWs in Vietnam.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (Q/FnY)
While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)
Marijuana grows naturally. Meth does not.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (2YhKe)
Not true.
The GOPe corporate paymasters would oppose systemic election reform no matter what. They like the current system the way it is.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (TNhp7)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)
There was only one Lyndon Johnson able to bully and schmooze the Senate and it's less than realistic to hope Thune will be another.
And yet, McConnell controlled his troops for decades, often making them do things they opposed, for the simple reason they feared him and what he could do their ambitions and chances for reelection. If Thune wants to keep the job, he needs to demonstrate the same bloody mindedness.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM
Let's all go and fire up some mexican ditch weed to celebrate!
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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Politics is the art of the achievable. If the US current regime collapses, then you might get constitutional change but absent that, it is unlikely other than by US Supreme Court decisions. That is why the Democrats are getting desperate enough to try to pack the court if they get power.
The rules have to be changed for the Democrats to get unending power as they cannot do it via free and fair elections anymore.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (nFkiA)
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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)
No. The more that comes out about that freak, the more voters will run away.
I mean:
James Talarico Praised Left Wing Climate Change Group Fighting to Eliminate the Oil Business in Texas in Resurfaced Video
Going against beef and oil in Texas does NOT go over with the electorate very well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)"
I have mentioned a number of times before that I come from a family in GOP politics.
90% of them at the federal legislative level are just in it to line their own pockets. Of those, maybe 2/3 are just good at being quiet about it, while the other 1/3 are what we'd consider to be the obnoxious RINOs like Thune and company who can reliably be expected to protect the status quo in the face of any and all opposition from voters.
The shit you hear behind closed doors is all about the gravy train, trading favors, and jockeying for internal clout to some set of obscure, unwritten rules. Those who step out of line get shit on hard. I'd say this is less a problem than the Dems being a bunch of fucking commies, except there isn't any real incentive to bow to voter pressure when the GOPe is willing to bankroll people retiring and falling on swords.. of course a lot of that money comes from the left. The problem is the GOP legislators largely are NOT ideological.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (3ys7t)
Posted by: Archimedes
McConnell never had to make his members walk the plank because at least half or better of his caucus saw politics the same way--a way to get generational wealth for them and their familes. Easy enough to lead corrupt pols if one is corrupt too.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)
Is there really severe concern that Talarico will beat Paxton?
Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)
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I'm no optimist about anything, but the Rev. Jim Talarico Jones looks weirder and weirder with time. Paxton is no angel, but we've heard every bad thing about him we're going to hear.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (O0L8i)
Even new replacement senators next term may not even do it, and definitely won't if the dems have the house.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (TNhp7)
It's true. Corporations want a serf class for cheap labor. I'm surprised Trump has done as much as he has with deportations.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar
Eh. When I said (in advance) - that debating Biden in June was just "good strategy" in a veritable roomful of people here that were shitting their pants and crying about how it would lose us the election, I got accused of a acquitting him with crazy grand chess master powers. Just for saying it's perfectly simple and logical strategy and explaining why.
Normal good strategy is not 4D chess and it doesn't make one a genius. He is absolutely a genius in some ways, no doubt about that. But not god like. We forget how the machine chewed up and spit out so many before him (and since). He has something.
Bottom line you can make good decisions that APPEAR to be bad ones and still not be Superman.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:51 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
Does that mean the question on form 4473 re illegal drugs is null, or needs to be rewritten?
Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 18, 2026 11:53 AM (zafwz)
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It take men of special character to do that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:54 AM (+yTe/)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:52 AM
They have bought into the replacement theory full force. They will kill you off by any means necessary. If that means bringing in the terrorists for another 9/11, so be it.
They want power. The only way they will have complete power is by taking away your guns. Full stop. They will create whatever havoc is necessary to get you to BEG them to 'DO SOMETHING!!!!!'
What they will do is disarm you. Then they will either enslave you or kill you.
Look at Britain. They will be dwarfed by what the leftists would do to America if she loses her right to bear arms.
(Michelle Fields hardest hit)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)
Agree with most of the commenters here. Equivalent to habitual users of alcohol being denied 2nd amendment rights. But being drunk or high while employing your 2nd amendment rights opens yourself to some challenges.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (ZVgZ4)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
He is a heretic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (2YhKe)
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Looks like convictions for smoking pot should be 86ed or go to file 13.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I rate this as probably true. I have long suspected GOP using vote fraud as one of their rigging tactics in primaries. Otherwise, why try to ignore a very popular issue that affects your own side's political power. The answer is if you are dirty yourself.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
In my denomination there is huge distinction between ministry and ordination.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
PCUSA stopped following the Bible in 1930.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (VyBeY)
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)
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*polite cough*
I was saying that he's the kind of guy who would invite his supporters to move to Guyana with him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:58 AM (O0L8i)
I was saying that he's the kind of guy who would invite his supporters to move to Guyana with him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:58 AM (O0L8i)
He would be the 'preacher' that convinces everyone in his cult that the women should blow him and the men should too.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:59 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Braenyard
That should not be implied at all from this ruling. It is just a logical application of the Bruen formula that requires legislation involving firearms to have a historically rooted reason for a disqualification. There isn't one for alkies or druggies at the time (when drugs were sold over the counter like morphine or cocaine) so the marijuana disqualification must fail.
That is very different than saying marijuana is legal or that if you are caught with a firearm while smoking it, you cannot be punished. Same as with alcohol in most states, if you are intoxicated, you cannot have a gun on you in public.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (n5tGW)
To me, it would be a simple calculus of even if I hate this person, I still want these policy goals that I ran on. But politicians are just an especially thin skinned species of snake. It's always about them. Trump included.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
O.K, but my comment had more to do with the lack of status as a pastor or "Reverend" than with the theological deficiencies of the PCUSA. I don't think Mr. Talarico has even claimed that he was ordained, or he would state when and where he was ordained and by what denominational authority.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (78f+T)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2ocoG)
That is very different than saying marijuana is legal or that if you are caught with a firearm while smoking it, you cannot be punished. Same as with alcohol in most states, if you are intoxicated, you cannot have a gun on you in public.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)
However, with booze, having a gun isn't illegal and is open to officer discretion at the time of offense. The DWI .08 rule does NOT apply.
At least in Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Everyone has a personal life. They (Democrats) unsealed a winning Republicans divorce records to knock him out of the running and give Obama a slot for senator.
Paxton's personal life is his business. When he's on the job he's Mike Tyson and that scares the hell out of Dems and Pubbies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)
Our Republican Senators are what we get when we allow public persona to be a factor in voting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2ocoG)
This is true.
However, we don't know if Talarico would attempt to feed his wife baby shit should it look like an avocado.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)
Indian guy. Kept interrupting me. Pressed me hard on a topic I never asserted I had special knowledge of (like it's going to be a huge lift to learn how life insurance benefit riders work, come on).
Well, shit.
Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (ZVgZ4)
More than anything, it just seemed to give a blank check to the gun grabbers to have such a broad law like that.
The underlying case was they found some weed in this guys house on a terrorism fishing expedition.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (UcqOq)
Wearing a dress?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)
But never in public. He just didn’t have the legs to look good in one.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)
Well, shit.
Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Pleased to be thanking you for meeting with us. Good day!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (n5tGW)
And that if Thomas and Alito supported it, it's good.
Therefore, 9-0 decisions are the best and worst at once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (Zn6QU)
At least in Texas.
Posted by: Sponge
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How silly any other thought. You're snockered and Ali Ackbar comes at you with a butcher knife, you defend yourself. And you're guilty because you've been drinking? Bull.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
After failing to keep Cornyn and Cassidy in office, I doubt anyone fears Thune excepting Collins and a few other wimps who need those NRSC funds.
Which is why I keep saying Vance needs to come to the senate with armed guards like Bukele did in El Salvador. Just say that the parliamentarian doesn't matter and that Thune isn't the senate's President.
Thune's a bitch. Time to treat him like one.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (5C538)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)
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Last time I interviewed with an Indian manager, I got the declination in about 4 hours.
Let's see if we beat that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Zn6QU)
Indian guy. Kept interrupting me. Pressed me hard on a topic I never asserted I had special knowledge of (like it's going to be a huge lift to learn how life insurance benefit riders work, come on).
Well, shit.
Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (ixZ1o)
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar
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He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Yes, Texas state representative and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico earned a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in May 2025.While he holds this degree, he is still working to complete the additional coursework required to finish his Master of Divinity.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (78f+T)
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar
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He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Did he pick his nose while listening to you?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar
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I was spared that, at least.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Zn6QU)
And that if Thomas and Alito supported it, it's good.
Therefore, 9-0 decisions are the best and worst at once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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It's because the Left has decided their tribe is to support anything and everything marijuana. They have hitched their wagon to the stoner culture. But strangely hate tobacco (because it was what daddy smoked) even though you can easily make the case marijuana is worse on basically every level from a health perspective.
This is like the only time they will ever support a broadening of the 2nd Amendment. Because Woodstock or something.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)
This article talks about the black contractors that worked on this presidential monstrosity getting stiffed by the "Obama Foundation". Hilarious and not at all surprising.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (k9OZB)
He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)
Should'a done it in brownface with an east Indian accent.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (+yTe/)
This article talks about the black contractors that worked on this presidential monstrosity getting stiffed by the "Obama Foundation". Hilarious and not at all surprising.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (k9OZB)
They should be HONORED they got to do work for King Negro. Payment? Pshaw........How dare they.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (PJdmB)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)
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Made me show my ID, to make sure I wasn't being spoofed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)
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There's really no question in my mind GA was stolen. It was also maybe the closest state.
I'm still waiting to see pictures of the supposed building that was flooded on election night? As they were counting the votes?
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (UcqOq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (n5tGW)
I'm still waiting to see pictures of the supposed building that was flooded on election night? As they were counting the votes?
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (UcqOq)
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300,000 fake ballots.
It wasn't close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Zn6QU)
Made me show my ID, to make sure I wasn't being spoofed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)
For shame......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)
Former Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell Ordered to Refund Campaign Contributions
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (ZVgZ4)
More than anything, it just seemed to give a blank check to the gun grabbers to have such a broad law like that.
The underlying case was they found some weed in this guys house on a terrorism fishing expedition.
Posted by: Sharpie
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Bruen requires a showing that the regulation of the gun rights are historically based (as in prohibiting violent felons from arms) and there was never a historical prohibition on people that used cocaine, morphine, or alcohol from permanently barring them from mere possession of firearms. Plenty if they are intoxicated with one in public or worse yet using one.
So laws that punish possession of a firearm for illegal actions are probably still constitutional--e.g. a criminal who uses dope and yet also sells it so the firearm is used in conjunction with a criminal enterprise. I think incidental laws like this would still be constitutional and perhaps including disqualification from buying new ones if one is a regular user of illegal substances is still valid.
That will probably be the next test.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)
He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
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You were not impressed by his knowledge and skill. You offended him. Learn your place.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (+yTe/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (ZVgZ4)
That gal with the flash drive going from booth to booth is not rigging things. Driving observers outside was necessary because they were in the way. Don't you understand?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (+yTe/)
indeed. it was *skirts*.
Posted by: j. edgar at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (2IqMx)
Get a life!
Trump is a business man. He expresses shock value. It's a wakeup call to get his negotiating opponents to recognize and hopefully accept his posture. Otherwise, his opponents do not have the acumen for diplomacy.
If you hit him, he will hit you harder! Quit bitching about it!
The only way to negotiate with 'The Don' is to recognize and accept empathy with his position. Then you have a foundation for equitable negotiations.
Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (0DsdP)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk
Cornelis Springer
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ebJJx)
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ebJJx)
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Artist's name is Springer, So... on topic.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)
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Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (OoFl2)
"Insomnia? Take two minutes staring at this Westerkerk Dealio and you'll fall into sweet, dreamless sleep"
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)
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Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (snZF9)
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Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)
What's an Oude Waag?
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
How a tongue-tied Dutchman says "Old Wang".
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)
Originally built as Sint Antoniespoort, a city gate (around 1488 or earlier).
Later converted into a public weigh house (1617) for goods.
Served various roles over centuries: guildhall (including surgeons' guild, where Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was set), museum, fire station, etc.
Today it houses a restaurant/café ("In de Waag") and cultural/tech initiatives like Waag Society.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (Jr5Lq)
Very nice
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
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Saeme ahs ien towuen.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (ebJJx)
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Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)
Certainly better than a Nude Waag....
Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (NgqoH)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)
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there's a sign just outside of town
NOW ENTERING OUDE WAAG
It's the Oude Waag Sign
get it? sounds like Auld Lang Syne?
it's clever, right?
never mind
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (fmTlv)
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Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
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Saeme ahs ien towuen.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
*snort
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
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I'm fuckin' goin'!
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Posted by: muldoon
You're not getting near my stadt with your wie!
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Posted by: I'll go ask the Dutch at June 18, 2026 09:41 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)
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*sadz*
Posted by: The Welsh at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (amcLV)
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I'm going to self-deduct 20 points each for using a Danish currency and German language for a meme joke about a Dutch building.
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)
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Posted by: Bulg
*sadz*
Posted by: The Welsh
What happens when the Dutch & the Welsh marry?
You get words like: pneumonoultramicroscopicsil
icovolcanoconiosis
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (ItpVy)
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
As the painting started to appear on the screen I thought it was a photograph. The exquisite level of detail and natural colors is astounding. Within that realism the artist manages to capture a feel for the work day activity in front of the city buildings. The people contribute a sense of movement even though dwarfed by the structures. This is a John Constable level of cityscapes instead of rural landscapes. I need to learn more about this artist.
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Wang Chung at June 18, 2026 09:45 AM (ItpVy)
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
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When I was in the Netherlands eons ago, a tour guide told us that they were taxed by the width of the building on the street. So houses tended to be long, narrow, and vertical.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)
As the painting started to appear on the screen I thought it was a photograph. The exquisite level of detail and natural colors is astounding. Within that realism the artist manages to capture a feel for the work day activity in front of the city buildings. The people contribute a sense of movement even though dwarfed by the structures. This is a John Constable level of cityscapes instead of rural landscapes. I need to learn more about this artist.
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09
It really is incredible.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:50 AM (hW9g4)
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
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I learned about that from the Alistair MacLean thriller "Puppet on a Chain."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM
*breaks out Brannock Device*
Yes.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (kgE5c)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)
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Pretty sure Spicoli thinks you're a dick.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09
It really is incredible.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (OoFl2)
Way better than that pixelated crap they call art.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)
Oude just means old
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (GseMx)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful art with incredible details. I like it!
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (2WIwB)
— Larch
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 09:55 AM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (GseMx)
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He should have had them removed before he started.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)
Prior to the Euro it was a Guilder. You have to figure out what the exchange rate was.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (r7+k8)
Oude just means old
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)
So the title of the painting is Old Bag?
I don't see any women in the painting......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
$20, just like downtown.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (amcLV)
Or chosen a different viewpoint
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (GseMx)
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I've heard that Florin tried to provoke a war with them.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)
So the title of the painting is Old Bag?
I don't see any women in the painting......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
LOL... In this case Waag is the building
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (hW9g4)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)
Straight Lines Be Hard, Yo! - a limerick
There once was an Oude Waag, you see
As fine as a building could be
Cornelius Springer was a sham
Couldn't paint buildings worth a damn
So he covered it with a happy little tree
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)
I recall that one area had a window tax, so... the houses had either no windows or one gigantic window.
Another taxed chimneys, so they'd go to great lengths to route all the fireplaces through a single chimney.
The advantage of both of these is that the tax dudes could assess the property from the street.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
Accurate title.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)
Its Oude Waag, not Oude Haag.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
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There's one for you, nineteen for me.
Posted by: The Tax Man at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
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There's one for you, nineteen for me.
Posted by: The Tax Man at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (amcLV)
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So...Seattle.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:04 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Hawaiians at June 18, 2026 10:06 AM (s6tef)
Its Oude Waag, not Oude Haag.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (snZF9)
I sit corrected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)
The Pock-ee-stahn spelling is "Hawai'ian" now. I don't know why.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
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There's an apostrophe surplus?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:09 AM (amcLV)
https://tinyurl.com/3u3hp7ha
I guess it's a Princess and the Pea thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
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There's an apostrophe surplus?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:09 AM (amcLV)
They decided to be "trans-Black"?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:12 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (O0L8i)
Browser translates
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (Dutch)
to
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (English)
So helpful.
Kerk is church, ain'it?
[humorous play on "oude waag" goes here… after another cuppa]
Posted by: mindful webworker - ood deblurg du whoopty whoop at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (9bb3y)
and here i was thinkin' what an unnatural bunch of poses.
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)
Everybody!
VOGUE!!!
Posted by: Pre-Zombie Madonna at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
I'm betting there's a Hunter Biden "pea tape" out there somewhere.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (IG3/x)
It's now a whorehouse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (O0L8i)
In a fawning promo for the Obamas, GMA asks Barack how he finds a balance of staying quiet or speaking out post-presidency.
He says his initial goal was to emulate George Washington:
"I've done my done my stint, and now I'm going back home."
“What I've tried to do is move from player to coach."
This schtick is really something.
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Why, the Flak Tower Library and Juneteenth extravaganza are scarcely noticeable.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)
Even if I ignore the subject of that painting, I dislike the 'faded crumbled fashion magazine' art style.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (aJQbY)
https://tinyurl.com/3u3hp7ha
I guess it's a Princess and the Pea thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
Your dad filled it with trannies flashing their fake tits everywhere.
You can take a big bite of go f*ck yourself, you drug infested prick.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)
dray (n.)- A low, heavy cart without sides, used for haulage.
I will try to work that into my daily conversations this week.
"I bid you a good dray, sir!"
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:16 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
An Oxford apostrophe?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (Dutch)
to
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (English)
Google Translate gives "The Old Weigh-House at the Westerly Wind Church".
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Bulg
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So do we, Ha'ole.
Posted by: Hawaiians at June 18, 2026 10:06 AM (s6tef)
There's a little-known historical era known as the Great Vowel Migration, in which many vowels moved from Eastern Europe (leaving them words like "chrzaszcz") to the South Pacific (giving them words like "humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa").
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
Why is there not a guard rail to keep horses from falling into the water?
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)
You've never heard of Sea Horses?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (iJfKG)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)
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Looks like AI. “Artist” is a foreigner of course.
Liberace pimp suit, marijuana plants, and gang tats. But but but … Trump embarrassed the WH with the UFC event!
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.
He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)
Cornelis Springer
Lovely. Like a photograph. Would hang.
Springer was renowned for his meticulous architectural draftsmanship. The painting highlights the distinct Renaissance styling of the Westerkerk and the brick masonry of the Oude Waag.
Canal Life: The scene is brought to life with boats moored along the Keizersgracht, giving a lively snapshot of daily 19th-century Dutch maritime and urban life.
Atmospheric Light: Like many of his works, the 1864 painting utilizes dramatic, warm sunlight and deep shadows to create depth and a romanticized glow over the cityscape.
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I'm not familiar with this artist. Found he is known for watercolors, etchings, and drawings, especially of city views and town scenes that he sketched while traveling around the country. He was awarded the Leopold order of Belgium in 1865, and in 1878 he was invited with Jozef Israëls to advise the Dutch Ministry of Public Affairs on the plans for the Rijksmuseum.
He has a large body of work, and I'd like to see more.
Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)
He's genuinely been pretty funny on X since he re-opened his account a few weeks ago. But yeah, nobody should pay attention when he's trying to be serious. Shitposting is his forte.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
Well, yeah. How are we supposed to wave the bloody shirt if there isn't one to wave?
Posted by: Communist Central Casting at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)
Hillary, June 2026: Biden made a terrible mistake. He should have never run again in 2024. We would’ve beaten Trump.
Hillary, March 2023: I want him to run again, and I’ll support him.
Biden announced his re-election campaign a month later.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S.
Saw a photo of Barak and Big Mike viewing the painting for the first time. Neither looked pleased, especially Michelle.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Of course. Shrub's invasion of Iraq got them Obama and years of "grim milestone" stories in the media.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)
Hunter Biden is a lot like Bill Clinton. Perhaps an amusing fellow to have along when you go visit the titty bars for your buddy's bachelor party, but never ever play cards for money with them, nor take them as a roommate and expect them to actually pay their share of the rent.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:23 AM (IG3/x)
In: Aw shucks Trump isn't going to draft anyone to go fight in Iran...stupid Trump.
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)
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Avoid I-10, swing north out of Arkansas, cut across Oklahoma, then drop down into New Mexico...
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Don't get between her and the porkchops on Jumeteemf.
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Is it even possible for Big Mike to look pleased?
I think her face is permanently welded into that ugly scowl expression.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)
Obama's anxiety that he's not actually black pretty much leaps out of that picture.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (2ocoG)
Hunter is the kind of guy you wouldn't leave your daughter, son, or dog alone with
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (IY9No)
(u/66v)
Oh, how profound. You've convinced me, yes you have. I'll never vote Trump for President again!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (y9nCu)
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Avoid I-10, swing north out of Arkansas, cut across Oklahoma, then drop down into New Mexico...
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)
Took me awhile but I got it. Moar coffee.
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)
https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.
He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)
Hunter wants to run with Newsom as his VP.
Make this happen and that video should be the opposition campaign commercial. Every day. On every channel
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)
Ouch. You're an evil man, Muldoon.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (IG3/x)
@johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
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Also John Pavlovitz.
https://tinyurl.com/yc36uxpd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
Oh FFS.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)
Yeah, well, the Mafia doesn't have membership cards, either, but somehow they get charged with RICO crimes nonetheless.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (IG3/x)
The Cabal
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM
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You don't want to live in an oude desert!
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (aeiyZ)
One of the funny things about Oblabla and Big Mike is that they're so insecure about their status that they always try to go all Avant Garde esp in their portraits.
They have yet to realize that when you go all Avant Garde, you usually wind up with Avant Shit.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)
Antifa doesn't exist and at the same time it is good that Antifa is fighting against MAGA.
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (sKqQm)
https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
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I think this is the same weirdo who did that insanely weird pic of Obama in the hedge bush, like that Homer Simpson meme.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)
I recall one of the 'ettes describing it as active bitch face. Which I done stole.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (PSEDc)
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026
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An Old Wag. You know, the senior citizen who still thinks the smart remarks he's been using since 1968 are funny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
I love how it mentions that the 'portrait' is in the free portion of the library so everyone can just come on in and bow to the mighty King Negro and his sasquatch wife.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
Has anyone come out and said they knew him in his college days?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)
Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Said no woman ever at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Tuna
What's her beef? She's clearly the central figure in the portrait.
Maybe she doesn't like the hidden, floating head to her right, symbolizing Barry's many gay lovers that haunt their "marriage".
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (yFLFB)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)
NPC flash updates are awesome. I thought it would get old, but it never does.
For me, it's consistent. During Fordow I said "I don't like direct involvement in Iran." I was disappointed but not surprised when we started the broader scale effort, but hoped for no invasion, in the knowledge that forgoing one would harm our credibility, but be for the best in the long run. That's more or less what's happening, so I'm fine with this outcome.
Could've been better. Could've been a shitload worse. Some of our servicemen died, but not a huge number. We've been embarrassed, but not humiliated. Iran has suffered terribly for their insolence. Between the two operations, Iran has been defanged for awhile, and China has been further chastised.
Some good, some bad. That's it.
For the NPCs, though... these drones have to whipsaw from "Trump's illegal and unjust war of Jew aggression against brown white people" to "Trump's spineless surrender to America's implacable Persian foe" in one day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)
There at least was a website around the time of the Renee Good incident where you could submit an application to be Antifa. For real, it was run by one of the major Antifa branches.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)
Biden politicized it and made it a national holiday.
Owebama now thinks it's his day, for he is King Negro and the black community should come in celebration of him in all his glory
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)
When I was in the Netherlands eons ago, a tour guide told us that they were taxed by the width of the building on the street. So houses tended to be long, narrow, and vertical.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)
An old work buddy of mine was a legal immigrant from Mexico, and his family had a house in Baja, unfinished. Izzy told me that it would stay unfinished because Mexican property taxes were assessed AFTER a house was completed. No one finished building their house, ever.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)
Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (X+Nnd)
And you must show ID to enter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe
That’s the sketchiest part of him that proves he’s a made up character that just materialized one day. I could off the top of my head name 25 people I went to college with who would be like oh yeah Heroq, we had some times together. As could pretty much anyone who went to college. You’re immersed with thousands of people in close proximity for 4 years, you leave some kind of impression on others.
The fact nobody has ever done that with Obama is suuuuuuus as fuck as the kids say (do they still say that?)
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (X+Nnd)
Same. It's not everything I dreamed of, but everything I dreamed of would've involved an actual boots-on-the-ground invasion at a large scale, and we're all familiar with how many ways that can go wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (Jr5Lq)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S.
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True on all counts. And Barky looks like his head is abnormally small because his silver hair is lost in the light from the window behind them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Creepy Joe at June 18, 2026 10:38 AM (7PhS+)
- left
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (X+Nnd)
ABC7 Eyewitness News
@ABC7
#BREAKING A dramatic fire involving solar panels erupted Wednesday afternoon on a commercial building in Boyle Heights, sending a massive black column of smoke into the air above the scene and prompting a shelter-in-place order.
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Impressive video at link.
https://tinyurl.com/mw8wzmsx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
An Old Wag. You know, the senior citizen who still thinks the smart remarks he's been using since 1968 are funny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)
So, the AoS comments section...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (y9nCu)
Same. It's not everything I dreamed of, but everything I dreamed of would've involved an actual boots-on-the-ground invasion at a large scale, and we're all familiar with how many ways that can go wrong.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2ocoG)
Same and same.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Polka will never die at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (gVLrZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026
***
There are "camelback" houses like that in Da Swamp.
If a house was two-story on the street, taxes were higher. So they would build one story on the street, and the house would rise to a second story farther back.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (FMtrg)
sounds like something an organization would have.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
Has anyone come out and said they knew him in his college days?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)
——
I recall a few people in his class were asked that, and they said ‘who?’ They didn’t remember him at all, despite all the later myth-making about how he was some big man on campus. I’m certain he was barely there at all. Never went to class. Just spent all his days getting high and fagging around.
I also recall they asked the same thing about Big Mike’s college mates, and a few were like ‘she was a miserable fucking bitch.’ Sounds right to me.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM
Shave 'em off. Go hardwood.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM
Shave 'em off. Go hardwood.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)
Have your barber trim them. Just a thought.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (Gqar8)
Longest flight I ever took was 15 hours and by the end I was starting to go stir crazy. Another 7 hours? Yikes.
Qantas designed planes specifically for this flight, extra fuel tank and the cabin set up to have a limited number of seats, pretty much all premium economy or higher. Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd)
---
And while we're at it, how was it paid for?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
@johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
-
Also John Pavlovitz.
https://tinyurl.com/yc36uxpd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)
He think we are stupid. Or he never heard of this invention called the Internet.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (T6aVk)
https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)
The bust of MLK looks pissed.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (FMtrg)
Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)
Longest flight I ever took was 15 hours and by the end I was starting to go stir crazy. Another 7 hours? Yikes.
Qantas designed planes specifically for this flight, extra fuel tank and the cabin set up to have a limited number of seats, pretty much all premium economy or higher. Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd
The feeding and watering of the cattle, er, passengers wouldmbe problematic.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026
***
Well, men's feet tend to be bigger than women's . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM
#2 guard on a beard trimmer.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)
What is the point of showing tattoos which they don't have? What do the tattoos represent or say?
Is the portrait by a black artist and this supposed to show how well (the very wealthy Obamas who went to exclusive schools and are multimillionaires ) represent the "hood" of Chicago?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (OYsYV)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
His (white) mother’s family was well off. He attended a high end private school in Hawaii.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (sl73Y)
She’s twice the size of him.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (Gqar
A double-wide for Jamie Gump.
I denounce myself.
Poor taste or funny"? You make the call.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
++++++++++++
So, the AoS comments section...
Posted by: IllTemperedCu
**********
Why is everyone looking at me all of a sudden?
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (qgHp7)
Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)
——
‘No Colt 45 for that simping homo!’
— Billy Dee
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (aeiyZ)
Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026
***
The malt liquor or the pistol?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)
And hopefully His Permanent Record, His Kindergarten Diploma, His…everything.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (T6aVk)
For the NPCs, though... these drones have to whipsaw from "Trump's illegal and unjust war of Jew aggression against brown white people" to "Trump's spineless surrender to America's implacable Persian foe" in one day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)
I've come to realize two important things about it:
1) yes, in the end we gave Iran everything they asked for and bugged out, about like the US did in Vietnam in '73 - '74.
2) Trump had no choice, because most of the world (including the US) was within 30 days of a very severe recession setting in as oil storage levels around the world went to zero. That would have wrecked the midterms and likely have put the left into power.
Not many noticed but the chairman of Exxon called this about 3 weeks ago. A lot of people ridiculed him for saying that, but clearly Trump believed him. Now oil prices will drop and the midterms will be saved, and most Americans don't care much about foreign affairs anyways.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (edUvp)
+++
Almost every time the letter "q" is used in the English language it's followed by a "u."
Except for this: QANTAS.
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
His (white) mother’s family was well off. He attended a high end private school in Hawaii.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (X+Nnd)
You're implying here that Owebama actually paid someone for their work.
Seems there are multiple reports out there that they owe several companies millions in invoiced labor, including black owned businesses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (sl73Y)
And West, TX is nowhere near west TX.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (T6aVk)
AArgh! The fire! It burns! Aaargh! The depilatory! It burns!
"#2 guard on a beard trimmer."
That'll work! Thanks!
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)
—-
Dreams from his father
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (aeiyZ)
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.
Worst CPT Kirk imitation Evah!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)
Except for this: QANTAS.
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026
***
And the word "Iraq."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)
+++
Almost every time the letter "q" is used in the English language it's followed by a "u."
Except for this: QANTAS.
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)
Because QUANTAS is an acronym.
There is also “qwerty”.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)
Because QUANTAS is an acronym.
There is also “qwerty”.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (T6aVk)
Autocucumber clearly knows nothing of airlines.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (T6aVk)
But I also understand that nobody else in the modern world still believes in this type of statecraft, so I never presumed this outcome possible.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (OYsYV)
( -- Fussy-looking koala whining about how many tourists the airline was bringing to Australia, in the TV spots from long ago)
(To be fair, all koalas look fussy, so it probably wasn't hard to find one to photograph)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)
But I also understand that nobody else in the modern world still believes in this type of statecraft, so I never presumed this outcome possible.
We do still get the baleful eye, at least until the Democrats win again. If we can keep them out in '28 I think there's an excellent chance the 2030 census will end them as a party, though.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
Qeeeaaaaaahhhh
As in:
Being stuck in traffic while trying to just get to the pahk to see the Socks and have a beeah is wicket qeeeaaaaaahhhh
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM
####
Big ol' bag of greasy Five Guys french fries just out of frame.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026
***
I forget why or how (both of my wives shaved their legs), but I smelled that Nair stuff once. Hyenas would flee from it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (T6aVk)
that's autoququmber to you, buddy.
what about qtip?
but maybe it needs a hyphen.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)
Would it matter? He's a stupid poopyhead that doesn't know what he's doing and never learns anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)
Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd)
Imagine a 30 hour flight from Elmendorf Air Base in Alaska to Sharm al Sheik, Egypt, in a C5A with the palletized, 50s-era airline seats bolted to the cargo deck, about 300 soldiers using a single chemical toilet and eating USAF box lunches. But we DID get the luxury of several refuelling stops, including Keflavik, Iceland and Sigonella in Sicily.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (y9nCu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (OYsYV)
You are the quintessential silver lining girl/woman/person. Please, never change. Every website needs a counterbalance.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Raymond Babbitt at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (sgkY8)
The 40m or so illegals are baked into districting. Get rid of them or just get the census to stop counting them and the Dems are immediately a small regional party. This doesn't even count their impact in producing fake votes...just the number of rotten boroughs they end up with
Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (sKqQm)
Extra lavatory tanks.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Jr5Lq)
Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.
Predictions on how long it will take before they admit nobody wants to pay and they need a bailout?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Riz8t)
A report I saw suggested he specifically wasn't paying black owned businesses. I guess they should've been grateful to be building the Obamausoleum.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (2ocoG)
( -- Fussy-looking koala whining about how many tourists the airline was bringing to Australia, in the TV spots from long ago)
(To be fair, all koalas look fussy, so it probably wasn't hard to find one to photograph)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)
You'd be fussy too, if you spent your life loaded with chlamydia.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
So, you're saying there was a big ol' vowel movement?
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)
"Mom, is this shampoo?"
My 8-year-old brother, emerging from the bathroom with a bottle of Nair.
Good thing he asked, eh?
(one of those stories that gets told over and over at family holidays)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (IG3/x)
The paid part features the Big Mike Gender Reveal.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2ocoG)
and Democrats have no one serious to even run, that's why Kamala is still leading in their polls. The real race is shaping up to be Rubio vs Vance. Vance is a good campaigner, Rubio has more experience. After this week, neither one will serve under the other, so one will stay and one will go.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Just for the record at June 18, 2026 10:55 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:55 AM (Jr5Lq)
Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)
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Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:56 AM (amcLV)
If they really want to win they'll pick a governor with a moderate profile that people just don't know - yes the Bill Clinton model.
Amusingly Shapiro probably fits the bill but since the Dems hate Jews that's off the table
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:56 AM (sKqQm)
Top of Insty.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+
“Turn your key, sir!”
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (T6aVk)
Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services.
Posted by: Just for the record at June 18, 2026
***
I'll never get over the strangeness that Queensland, in the *north* of Australia, has a hotter fouler climate than the southeast around Sydney. Of course QLD is hotter, it's closer to the equator, but I'm used to USA metrics.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (Jr5Lq)
They're really blurry, like he wanted to look tough but not get Graham Platner'd. The one I saw blown up was on his hand.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)
Did your nose hair survive?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (wjnjX)
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (Gqar8)
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.
He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)"
A bunch of the video of unidentifiable women are actually identifiable because they were shot with an iphone, with a specific naming order and geotags and datestamps, and stuff that shows the womens' faces was posted to social media - same women, same clothes, same location and date.
He was 100% banging underage chicks and filming it.
Tells you what the progs in governement will let each other get away with.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (M4Oji)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I'm staying away from that topic for a little bet out of respect for my sister's memory. I don't think she would've approved of that kind of talk.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM
+++
Look under Big Mike's magnificently toned arms.
Posted by: But not too closely at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026
*
Did your nose hair survive?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026
***
Had to have new hair implanted!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: The Tooks at June 18, 2026 10:59 AM (0sNs1)
251 239 Concur.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)
Agreed. SOMEONE needs to keep us heathens honest.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:59 AM (y9nCu)
https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:00 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)
+++++
Oh, no!
.
.
.
Anyway....
Posted by: Most people at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Urban Renewal at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (rJhDk)
I've come to realize two important things about it:
1) yes, in the end we gave Iran everything they asked for and bugged out, about like the US did in Vietnam in '73 - '74.
2) Trump had no choice, because most of the world (including the US) was within 30 days of a very severe recession setting in as oil storage levels around the world went to zero. That would have wrecked the midterms and likely have put the left into power.
Not many noticed but the chairman of Exxon called this about 3 weeks ago. A lot of people ridiculed him for saying that, but clearly Trump believed him. Now oil prices will drop and the midterms will be saved, and most Americans don't care much about foreign affairs anyways.
Posted by: Tom Servo
Very much this.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (X+Nnd)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (R11M+)
**********
The Fussy Koala's Coomplaints - a limerick
Those bastards at QANTAS they gypped us.
And the Tourist Board totally skipped us
Those effin' Aussies say,
"Hi, Koala! G'day!"
And all we get for lunch is eucalyptus!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (qgHp7)
Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (8JR9p)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/mw8wzmsx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)
My guess? An electrical fault in the wiring of the panels set the underlying tar-and-gravel roof alight.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)
Here is an alternate opinion by Jesús Enrique Rosas, more or less addresses your concerns - Interesting fellow, Venezuelan ex-pat
https://tinyurl.com/49m3jr3v
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (ayRl+)
The Morning Report — 6/ 18 /26
The Trump administration is promoting a new agreement with Iran as a diplomatic breakthrough. White House talking points emphasize Iranian commitments to forgo nuclear weapons, international verification, regional stability and economic incentives tied to compliance. Yet many of the details that have emerged so far raise more questions than answers.And lurker extraordinaire Prof. Victor Davis Hanson has a few thoughts...
Administration officials point to Iran's reported commitment, in writing, not to pursue nuclear weapons. But Iran has already made that commitment before. The country has been a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since 1970. The challenge has never been the language on paper; it has been enforcement.
History offers ample reason for skepticism. Supporters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action similarly argued that inspections and monitoring would prevent Iran from advancing its nuclear ambitions. Critics warned that Tehran would exploit loopholes and conceal activities. Whatever one's view of the JCPOA, the lesson remains: Agreements are only as effective as their enforcement mechanisms. That is why recent comments from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance deserve close scrutiny.. . The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained.
The shooting portion of the Iran “War” lasted about 40 days—far shorter than Barack Obama’s 2011 congressionally unauthorized seven-month bombing campaign against Libya. Bill Clinton’s unauthorized 78 days of bombing Serbia in 1999 hit bridges, schools, hospitals, monuments, and power plants—far more indiscriminate targeting than anything in the Iran War so far. No one yet knows the ultimate verdict on the war, given all the economic, military, political, and strategic variables still in play. A memorandum of understanding released this week might end the war, or result in further American strikes—depending on the degree of Iranian concessions and compliance. But in this confusing, ongoing drama, many fabrications and distortions still circulate. . . . . . Yet there still are no ground troops in Iran. The loss of 13 soldiers, while tragic, is less than the two-week fatal-accident rate of the military. There is a good chance that less than six weeks of active bombing achieved far more than 20 years in Afghanistan and a decade in Iraq—at a fraction of the human and fiscal costs. The key to negotiating an end to the war is to always remember that Iran’s regime—its theocrats, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military leaders, and elected officials—has no history of telling the truth or abiding by any agreement it signs. So the only means of enforcing concessions is to use disproportionate force each time Iran inevitably violates the terms of the armistice.
While VDH seems cautiously optimistic both in terms of what this means here politically and overall geopolitically, he is nevertheless quite correct in his observations about who is running Iran and their non-existent trustworthiness. Have a great day,
- THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
- Trump signed the document during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles.
Trump Signs Iran Deal In Surprise Move, Scrapping Planned Ceremony - “We’re not putting up ten cents.”
Trump Says Deal ‘Not Final’ as Leaks Claim $300B Fund For Iran
- "We'll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it. It's amazing what bombs can do."
Trump warns Iran: If you ‘misbehave,’ it’s ‘back to dropping bombs’
- No nuclear weapons for Iran, and a free flow of oil should be U.S. bottom line in final talks.
Trump’s Iran Deal: Americans Wanted Something Done Short Of Ground Troops, And They Got It
- The agreement lays out a framework for sanctions relief, access to frozen Iranian assets, and negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
Read Exactly What The White House Says Is In The Deal With Iran
- What to make of the MOU
Did Iran Just Get the Better of Us?
- A new Munich moment.
U.S. Pledges to Help Provide the Islamic Republic of Iran With $300 Billion
- Five passages of the 14-point memorandum of understanding that was released Wednesday are giving critics particular concern because they leave so much room open for negotiation and interpretation….
The 5 passages of the US-Iran peace deal that worry critics the most: ‘Always tries to get more’ - If Trump’s “deal” goes through, the damage won’t be limited to the America-First president’s legacy.
Iran’s Crown Prince Warns of What’s Coming
- The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained... Until the memorandum of understanding is released and its provisions can be examined in full, definitive judgments are premature. The details will determine whether this agreement represents a genuine strategic breakthrough or simply another diplomatic document whose promises prove difficult to enforce.
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- Cross. Crime. Deport. Repeat.
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- The Fed also noted that inflation remains above its long-term target.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.
Solomon didn’t hedge. He said Trump is about to flip the entire conversation in this country and shake Senators who thought they were safe.
According to him, intelligence that was hidden from the public is about to come out, and it points straight at foreign adversaries messing with our election system far more than anyone admitted.
He believes once Senators realize their own states may have been targeted, the tone in Washington will change fast.
His warning was clear.
What’s coming isn’t small. It’s serious, it’s ugly, and it’s going to expose just how vulnerable our elections really were.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Hans O'Lo at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (9AdGW)
Don't mean to be a smart a$$ but how exactly is Trump supposed to stop that from happening? That is an impossible task.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (99eI0)
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if it's officially a treaty, then it has to get thru the Senate, and they are known to be assholes
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:36 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (GD0B3)
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)
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#twoweeks
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)
So
Happy
It's
Thursday
a couple more interviews later today, and I was submitted to the client for one of the good possibilities. Hoping to hear substantive positive news from others but it's in God's hands.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 07:40 AM (aJQbY)
Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.
Winning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
Iirc, it's always been an open secret but a polite fiction to pretend Iran doesn't have an army in Syria to attack Israel.
Anyway, I think there is a significant overlap of those on the right who hate the MOU being the same "we're going to bring Jeffersonian democracy to the middle east"
I know from the crying of Erick Erickson, he's going to be on Tuckers show soon, full turn to the woke right
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (73/SM)
Yikes. With all the profanity and the shacking up with women they are not married to, it is no wonder Heaven does not bless their efforts.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (qFwJc)
I've been up for a while; I'd hoped I could squeeze in a workout between bands of rain, but no luck. Time now for a shave and shower.
Iran? "Bad news on the doorstep . . . I couldn't take one more step --"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (53oGX)
A plant in a bucket fell over. We'll survive, somehow.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)
Did Trump get what he wanted?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
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It might behoove us to wait until the actual election before declaring them epic fails. They easily could win or "win." With the outcome being the same.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:44 AM (VyBeY)
Did Trump get what he wanted?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
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He had an open Strait of Hormuz, he didn't get it as a result, that was the status quo ante
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY
huh, you are not the only one with concerns:
"The Saudi Foreign Minister on US-IRAN Conflict:
“The management of the Strait of Hormuz worked well before the conflict. There were no problems. The ships sailed freely. There were no safety problems, no environmental problems, and simply no problems. Therefore, I do not understand why, following the conflict, we should accept some new arrangement that would be imposed on the Strait. To me, that does not make sense. Therefore, let us go back to let's. It worked well, and that should be the end of the story."
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)
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I'd really like to believe that, SMOD. If true, I foresee a total media (other than a platform like X) freeze out on reporting any of it. Likewise, Thune and all the others who hate Trump so much they refuse to pass the legislation the people overwhelmingly want, will ignore it. BTW, I don't think they won't pass SAVE because of Trump hatred, although I'm sure they hate him. They won't pass it because they don't care about the people's demands for election security and integrity. No bombshell evidence of infiltration or fraud on any scale will change their minds. And for that, I damn them straight to hell.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Big Equine at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (7PhS+)
But we only need one thing:
The end of their nuclear weapons program.
Everything else was in the "nice to have but not necessary " pile.
The Shah was never going to return. He never had a plan beyond "please Uncle Sam give this to me."
(The same as all the alternatives as well)
You can know this because:
1 he's been invisible since the early days
2 no one from Iran is trying to kill him
There is nothing we can do for Iran.
Excise their nuclear weapons program and let them stew in their mess.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (m4E4U)
It's funny. And sad.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (XuXeR)
>I don't know why anybody would believe that taking on this operation was a 'one and done' situation. This is a 'rinse and repeat' with respect to the nuclear ambition.
Let Israel and the arab states focus on regime change, and let the rest of the global 'community' focus on commerce.
No boots on the ground unless we intend to seize their territory and treasure.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 07:53 AM (vHe/3)
the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
Duh. There isn't a "final solution".
To think so is delusional.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)
The US and Iran have agreed to a 14-point "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU), a preliminary framework to end active hostilities, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, lift the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, and begin a 60-day period for negotiating a more comprehensive final deal (primarily focused on Iran's nuclear program).
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There's nothing about changes to how Hormuz is operated. Iran has a responsibility to de-mine the areas they claimed to have mined. At some point marine traffic will operate there as it always has.
All of the items outlined in the MOU are to be fleshed out over the next 2 months. But some, like opening Hormuz, have been explicitly laid out for Iran to get moving on, now.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)
No one from outside will ever come in ready or willing to do the slaughter that would be needed.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (nuNhM)
In the end it’s just a few sheets of paper containing the signatures of PDJT and who knows who on the Iranian side. What does that mean purely as a legal question?? I don’t think much….
A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/88)
Dude, he sounds pretty cool. You don't need to sell him to me.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:58 AM (99eI0)
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Not just adversaries. "Friends".
UK and Australia, we all know about, but donthe general public? Probably not.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (BP+hR)
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Probably a truce ? it is not a peace agreement, it is not a treaty, but it does force obligations.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (GD0B3)
There is one thing that every one is overlooking. I will leave it to you to find the rub.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:00 AM (0beLq)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
If by "won", you mean "the mullahs survived", that they still live and torture, then yes, Trump failed to fully eradicate evil in Iran.
Short of that, though, America comes out way ahead. And once Trump is through the midterms he is free to resume bombing, if he chooses.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:03 AM (BP+hR)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)
Something tells me that these folks might be "special".
Any Chinese being smuggled directly into urban areas most probably have some help on the receiving side, probably a Chinese network here of some kind and I don't mean restaurants.
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (+rSJz)
Yeah. Too many of our betters want "friends", something that doesn't exist in international relations...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)
To think so is delusional.
Posted by: man
>You can duh me if you like, but there are a shitload of delusional people on both sides who keep crowing about this being a failure.
There is no a "final solution".
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
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Did he shed any light on whether or not he's interested or planning or returning to Iran in some capacity? He was, at one time, sold as the future for the Iranian people then.... nothing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (XuXeR)
He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.
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John Solomon has been dining out on #TwoWeeks for #EightYears.
I'd take anything he says with a grain of salt; Taylor Swift songs have more thematic variation.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)
A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/8
Good point; that’s why it’s just called a Memorandum of Understanding. It has no strictly “Legal” basis at all, except as a personal commitment from Trump, acting as Chief Executive.
Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs; and since it’s not a treaty Congress has no jurisdiction, either. It can be enforced, ignored, or changed only by Trump, and there is no oversight. (Unless you say that the voters are the oversight)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (nuNhM)
I miss Chavez the Hugo.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)
SICK BURN!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: H. Kissinger at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (7PhS+)
"Death to America!
Death to America!
Death to America!"
America: let's talk about it moar.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY
They will not see consequences; they will drone the boats and shoot at them, and this will be waved away as "welllll...these kinds of agreements always have a rough start". then they will get bolder and bolder. We've seen this movie before. they will push, they will send money to Hezbollah ,who will cause damage on their behalf.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)
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More evidence Joy Behar is an idiot. She mistakes Newsom's superficial glibness for intelligence. No debate with Newsom participating is going to hold interest. It will infuriate, though.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (BP+hR)
"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world;"
/ some dead white guy
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)
That already happened. The "deal" is the MOU that was released and signed yesterday. They decided no to wait till Friday.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (GD0B3)
Ready to be unleashed like an organic IED when I get home from the vet's office....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (3Ope8)
It's Sean Penn!
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)
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Exactly.
I predict anyone associated with this looks back later and says "that's the moment my career ended".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (BP+hR)
That was in the before-times. Now, my every thought is LAW. Demon-King Boasberg
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
"Rest of the world" = China. This episode took their influence way down.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)
60 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)
You don’t think that will actually ever happen, do you? An administration official read it aloud yesterday to assorted news groups, including a couple of the Hot Air reps. That’s all we’re ever gonna get.
Btw, it seems worth noting in retrospect that all the claims about “just Iranian propaganda” were part of an administration psy-op to put off criticism. The terms of the MOU have been reported accurately all week.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
As eager as I am to hear what Nick Searcy has to say, a site with pop ups and sign-ins about hollywood gets no clicks from me.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)
Hawaiian judge Kammaniwannalaya laughs...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:15 AM (sgkY8)
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Big.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:16 AM (BP+hR)
Got it.
F*CK TRUMP!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Congrats YD. A happy daughter is a wonderful thing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (BP+hR)
Everything Judge Boasberg has done for the last 15 years begs to differ.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)
Indeed. An event that will have a greater impact on human history than... well, the other topics of the day.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)
Yes, and for a week, or more VP Vance was attacking the people who asked him about released specifics as "lies", but now that it came out it looks identical. So now he is going around attacking people who don't love the deal as those want "endless wars". The man is resorting to endless strawmans, and gaslighting , I can tell you that much.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (X8xt3)
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The right has no worse enemies than itself
Ingrates and WATBs everywhere
I have no idea how Trump doesn't just walk away
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (tcsrY)
Owebama was right to give Iran billions in the middle of the night.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (BI5O2)
https://tinyurl.com/msz73h77
Rubio has always been part of this process.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)
^^^
This x 1000
That is how, IMHO, this "deal" should be judged over the long haul.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (FxH7T)
Rubio has always been part of this process.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)
So he's a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything too.
Got it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)
Awwww! What fun!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (X8xt3)
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Yet another rich supporter of Marxism who would never have to live under the peasant conditions his glorious ideology always creates.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:22 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (fZiTB)
Sean Penn has a gun and a carry permit.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)
Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.
Winning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
Tucker will be back in the Trump orbit by the midterms.
Posted by: Josephistan at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (y9ksN)
Heh, same!
Given that most of the same MSM and DC people raging about it were also heavily invested in declaring his reflecting pool glow-up an absolute failure, I'm going to wait for the dust to settle. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (X8xt3)
We had a great Father's Day dinner out last night and both her and the First Lady gave me wonderful cards with loving sentiment written inside each. And a handle of Buffalo Trace, which did get opened upon returning home.
First Lady is driving her home today.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)
Lordy, that woman!
Can e trade the whole lot of these people for our new European soccer fans (Freddy et. al.?)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (X8xt3)
Whatever my opinions on this deal and this presidency, I solemnly promise I will continue to vote against Democrats with enthusiasm, and without fail. I hope that's enough to keep me in the club.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (Jr5Lq)
But hey, no nukes were dropped, so it's all bad.
Funny.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)
Well… we do have the US Open (at Shinnecock!) and Wimbledon…. Not quite football, but they are something
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (+gA9j)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)
F*cking Trump.
what an asshole......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)
I was shocked they could find any. It's relatively hard to get in these parts for some reason.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)
Amanda Seyfried?
It seems Ol' Mandy is all puffed up because-
She proffered an unpopular, hateful opinion that pooh-poohed Charlie Kirk's assassination, and-
now that she has gotten pushback for her unpopular, hateful opinion,
can't stand the idea that she isn't allowed to barf out Her Glorious Opinions free of, now note this, non-violent opposition.
That's Amanda, baby!
What a privileged a-hole.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (iJfKG)
Iran has been militarily neutered. They have no nuclear program and no air defense. I don't care how much money they get from oil sales, they aren't rebuilding decades of military buildup overnight. A lot of people seem to ignore this when analyzing where things stand.
Iran's threat to the US was largely based on their ability to acquire a nuke. That's pretty much gone at the moment. Iran is now a regional threat without much means of winning an actual war against anyone and they've managed to turn the entire region against them.
If we aren't going to be the world's policemen then let's stop being the world's policemen.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)
From this MOU:
$24 billion in blocked Iranian funds to be released over 60 days (half available before final negotiations);
US and allies to present plans for Iran’s reconstruction worth at least $300 billion.
China, Qatar, and other states already making public their plans to invest heavily in Iran.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (nuNhM)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (7PhS+)
Amen
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Awesome
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 08:33 AM (VyBeY)
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There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.
Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:34 AM (ayRl+)
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Speaking of The Pool: US Park Police are increasing security patrols at the Pool to deter vandalism- some people just can't stand Trump making it clean again
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
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I have learned from this episode that J.D. Vance can dissemble with the best.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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calico, tabby, what are we talking about here
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (Jr5Lq)
... these Shiites are most likely to target DC.
Is that really a lost ?
Sure the surviving politicians will still claim Jan-6 even worse.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)
There is more square footage of pickleball courts than anything else between Pensacola and Panama City.
It's a plague.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
Vance will either be the next President, or the next Dan Quayle. Too early to say which.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (nuNhM)
I’ll try not to complain about the no-see-ums which occasionally decide to swarm and stick everywhere (arms, legs, face, near eyes, etc)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (+gA9j)
I have friends in The Villages that roar over seniors with pickleball related sports injuries.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)
Black.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Said no one ever at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (7PhS+)
"Incredible videos coming out of Moscow today."
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)
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I've often wondered why many of the ME countries we've armed to the teeth don't actually use the weapons we've sold them for, you know, defense. The Saudis are notorious for using their military kit in nothing but parades... and they've arguably got the "best" shit in the ME.
If anything comes of the realignment in the Gulf region I hope it's a more proactive military against Iran that's staffed by locals and not the US.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)
DailyCaller
🚨SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (X8xt3)
There's a little feral calico that's been coming by some evenings. Skittish, but so cute. Doesn't meow or hiss, tho - just "meeps"
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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hundreds of years ago, I had a family that included a black cat. Little girl next door call it 'the midnight kitty'.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)
The tribes with said weapons want to stay in power.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (O0L8i)
Yeah. I figured as much.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)
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That's how it starts.
Posted by: Cat ladies anonymous at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (7PhS+)
But one event nearly spoiled the week. The camp organized a pickleball tournament. I didn’t play myself but brother-in-law (also there that week with family) participated and what happened was that all these Christian men playing with their sons got so hyper competitive that arguments and near fisticuffs broke out on the courts… over pickleball… at a Christian camp… sigh. The officials decided to disband the tournament. Ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (+gA9j)
Well Esquire has an article how arguing there is an international elite running the world to their perverted RIGHT WING benefit.
That's right, just like the left took all the Epstein stuff they denied for years and now claim to believe Trump is an Epstein client, they are also now claiming a rightwing Bohemian Grove type group is running the world.
I know the left lies about everything including their supposed core beliefs but this stuff honestly makes me laugh.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (Jr5Lq)
During a TV discussion, she said that “the main danger for women in France is Black African and Arab immigrant men.”
She was initially given rison sentence and a €3,000 fine, but she appealed the sentence, with the new verdict expected later today.
Her attacker is still at large.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)
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Does Trump know about this?
'Cause I've been informed in these very comments that there is a major rift between Rubio--who wants nothing to do with this deal--and Vance--who is pushing this deal.
LOL
You know what's funny? Thinking of Trump running this term as a season of the Apprentice.
Like Vance, Rubio and the various cabinet as "team leader" for this week's group project.
"So J.D., you were assigned to lead the team on the Iran deal? How do you think you did?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (73/SM)
There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.
All games are idiotic.
Guys running after a rolling kickball.
Guys hitting a little round ball with a stick then running around some bags.
Guys playing at grabbing the guy with the oblong ball before he can run to a special spot.
Meh. all games are idiotic if looked at a certain way.
But, they're also fun to play and watch.
PICKLEBALL
Old People Getting Some Exercise And Having Fun!
I'm for it.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)
Yeah.
Mrs' cancer treatments ongoing, mom in very poor health, little doggie getting old, the last thing we need is....
Hey, y'all got a new cat?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)
We all knew (including Trump) that the mullahs and the IRGC simply can't be reasoned with and will not abandon their plans for worldwide death and destruction. We all hoped (including Trump) that US and Israel intervention would open an opportunity for the Iranian people to rise up and take their country back, but we also knew there are many obstacles to that, including being killed by the IRGC.
Realistically, the best we could do is get rid of some bad guys, destroy their nuclear capabilities, and beat back their interference in the Straight of Hormuz, which has been accomplished with a minimum of casualties. They are now much less of a threat to their neighbors, near and far.
I'd say accomplishing realistic positive outcomes is a win, especially with an enemy that will always lie and never surrender.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (FMtrg)
We elect these people to implement our policy objectives. I don't care in the least even if Trump was just some baby that insults people 24-7. Put on your big boy pants and vote the way your constituents want...and remember even the majority of Democrats want increased vote security.
But...this is just a lie. The people that pay off GOPe Senators don't want the SAVE act and so they have to find a better argument then "I won't get that no show $$$ job after I retire if I vote for the SAVE act"
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)
Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)
https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2066551837524647981?s=46
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
How did Elon Musk develop a zero-G litter box?
Posted by: Mr. Feynman at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (Jr5Lq)
agree Emmie
well said
the people of Iran .. I think we were seeing like ten percent of them with all the protests and most were basically acclimated to how things were tbh
again, I was gung ho for regime change and now I'm very much over it.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)
"This Ends in Blood" work?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)
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So glad you had a nice time with your daughter.
Ours is planning a Summer solstice/Father's Day/housewarming party Sunday.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)
Sounds like our southern border during Biden's presidency.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (N39Ws)
my cat thoroughly hates being outdoors, thank God! unfortunately so does the dog lol
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (j+aD2)
That's the kind of thing you can do when you're a trillionaire.
Posted by: It's science at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)
Well...to be fair. It was invented in California.
Hence, the name had to be fake and gay, so it didn't encourage competitive wrong thing or some such thing.
If I remember right, it was named after someone's dog.
In the same spirit, be careful what you name your kids.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)
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Name them, you duplicitous, double-crossing, back-stabbing coward.
Because every single one of them campaigned on supporting Trump and the Trump agenda.
Every one.
Either you are lying or they are lying to their voters (and you're helping them lie):
Which is it?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (73/SM)
hmm I love everything about this except I want him out of any leadership role way before 28
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (m4E4U)
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1h
Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)
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We now have a large covered porch, yet our kittehs hesitate to hang out there, much less explore the woods.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (s6tef)
yeah exactly
my guy likes to watch TV lol
he loved the NHL playoffs
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (QZThv)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)
*hugs*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (FMtrg)
He plays for 3 hours at a stretch.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)
in pickleball, what are they batting back and forth? is is a wiffle ball or something? tennis ball, shuttlecock maybe?
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
Ha ha ha then he is fucked.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)
When this war began, there was little to no discussion of the raw fact that Iran is the 900 pound gorilla in the Middle East, and Iran’s military is larger than that of all the other middle eastern countries , including Israel, put together. That was the justification of why the US had to step in, because without the US all of the Arab countries have to back off and accept Iran’s hegemony over the region.
Populations:
Saudi Arabia: 35 million , +\-
Israel: 9.5 million
UAE: 11 million
Qatar: 3 million
Iran: 92 million
Iran’s missile and drone forces have been cut down, but the Artesh, the Iranian army outside of the IRGC, was left untouched. I think there was a hope they would rebel, but they proved to be very loyal.
And don’t forget that Iraqi politics are now dominated by Shiite militias who work closely with Iran.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (nuNhM)
going really well! thanks Emmie! hope all is well with you too : - )
excited for Independence Day this year - should be a great one!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)
Nope. I want him as the caucus leader when he is destroyed. It'll cause more fear among the cucks if they see that even their homo King is powerless against the populist tide drowning their Party.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: No that doesn't work at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)
Even if we suck at it? Our military, mighty as it is, could not keep the Strait of Hormuz open for normal traffic. We were stood off by weapons that cost a small fraction of ours.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)
I disagree. That term has grown to mean the US is responsible for every war that breaks out around the world and I don't support that.
Bad things are always happening. Evil regimes will always exist. Are we supposed to spend our blood and treasure protecting the entire world? What do we get in exchange?
Our military should be used to protect the interests of the American people. Full stop. That doesn't mean there won't be regional conflicts that we get involved with but only to the extent it is in our interests. As long as Iran doesn't try to close the Strait again and doesn't pursue nukes they are not a real threat to the US. They threaten their neighbors to some extent. Let them deal with it, we've already done the heavy lifting.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)
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Seems the unscheduled unemployment of the 7 IN state senators and the 2 US Senators, being told, "you were not elected to enact your preferences--you were elected to enact ours" hasn't gotten through to them yet ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)
Name names so they can be primaried.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (vHe/3)
Yes, I'm looking forward to a great Independence Day celebration as well. I actually put up decorations, which I hardly ever do.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (FMtrg)
Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
This is a vile, Tucker Carlson-esque mischaracterization of the views of those who oppose piddling away a resounding American military victory against a terrorist regime.
Not since Barack Obama has a politician been this adept at destroying strawmen.
Most “hawks,” as far as I can tell, want the Iranians to be alive and free rather than under the boot of the Islamist regime.
Maybe that’s not possible — but capitulation to the regime is what creates “endless” conflict.
Moreover, it was Vance’s boss who opened the war against Iran, something he’d been advocating for decades..."
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)
That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?
Posted by: Obama at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (nuNhM)
That's not up to us.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)
holy ...
yeah you should have shot the dude! but glad you're ok that is SCARY
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (j+aD2)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)
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Too busy repealing Obamacare.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)
F.A. Hayek
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)
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If anyone buys this bs, please announce it so I know how stupid you are.
Republicans oppose it because they oppose it. The hate Trump thing s a lame excuse like the ones they always find to go directly against their voters' interests. You have to be a complete dumbass to think this has a shred of truth behind it.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ixZ1o)
SMOD I hope Solomon is correct because the senators need a good kick in the ass to get them to realize the depth of Dem scumbaggery in the elections. Add that to the summer chaos in blue cities and Nov looks promising for the Republicans. Of course as always the Republicans could screw it up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Obama
Because you're married to a guy.
Your shit's all retarded...
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Said no one ever
>Our feral mill cats lived most exclusively outdoors. One co-worker decided to take one home, but after a spell was noticing the cat was shitting at all. I suggested he take home a couple of scoops of sawdust and sprinkle them on the litter box. Like magic! The cat suddenly understood the change in environment.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (9SpJJ)
TBH... they're all worthless pieces of shit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: 18-1
Coyotes in SF - it's wild but some people fully support that - are getting brazen and going after medium and even large dogs, children, etc. But don't you dare suggest coyotes be relocated out of an urban environment. Anyways, my cat, Prettygirl, used to wander the backyards late at night but rarely goes out anymore and never leaves the yard.
Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (DZ9Lv)
That's why the US Navy is the size it is. Stop the flow of trade through the Strait of Malacca and the world economy goes haywire.
"If your grandmother loves Walmart, your grandmother loves the US Navy."
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (7PhS+)
Wow, I bet your heart rate was up a little.
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (HeR4S)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (GD0B3)
This is another lie based on Obama's JCPOA that did not constrain Iran at all from pursuing nukes. Which they did. And the deal had a sunset provision and it already would have ended.
It remains to be seen if Iran agrees to a full stop on pursuing nukes with enforceable oversight, that's what the next round of negotiations are designed to do and we can judge those terms when they happen, but these are not the same things.
There are some smoking craters in Iran where their nuke program used to exist that demonstrate the difference.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)
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Are we really? No one has asked me to judge the agreement, except the MFM, which is frothing at the mouth to criticize everything Trump does AND everything he doesnt do.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:06 AM (pi/ZK)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
What's sad is that we've come to the point where that might be the only way he'll see justice.
Please, friends, do all you can to preserve our peaceful, prosperous, and high-trust society. Most of all, ask God to rescue our country and restore His precious gift of liberty.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (FMtrg)
Where I live there are sadistic drivers who love nothing more than running over cats and other animals in the street.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:08 AM (Jr5Lq)
Somebody got a piece of the action.
Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
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What to note about this defense is that he essentially admits to committing the shooting but he does not go free if he establishes it. NY Penal Law section 125.20 applies and if Mangione proves that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance, he is sentenced to manslaughter instead of murder. So he goes to jail either way. And that is separate and apart from the federal case.
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 09:10 AM (Fbt5B)
High probability it would wreck your life. DGUs require great discretion.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (Jr5Lq)
UAE's West-East pipeline is 50% done and comes online late this year, early next.
3-4 million barrels a day.
Saudi opened back up it's East-West pipeline this year.
7 million barrels a day.
Kharg Island max capacity is 7 million barrels per day.
Total oil, crude and refined, pre-war, through the Strait of Hormuz was 20-22 million barrels per day.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (73/SM)
As new details of Trump’s Iran deal draw harsh criticism from supporters, a foreign policy expert explains how he failed on many fronts—and why this will get worse for him.
They were so interested in proving government doesn't work. They succeeded, but then they found out that the private industry is even worse at the job, and now they have nothing left.
What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump knew how to get out of Vietnam.
Fox is just sad their golden ratings calf is crashing-out with no heir-apparent to leech onto.
if the last 20 years are any indication, Fox will go back to being insulted by everything and demonizing whoever doesnt have an R next to thier name. If Obama had done half what Trump did, they would have been up in arms, whole pitchforks and torches, if a black man dared touch any of thier socialist handouts. As long as Dems are upset, they are happy to throw themselves in the woodchipper.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (ycI94)
The other day I had a squirrel run in front of my car and as I slammed on the brakes he finally noticed there was a car barreling down on him at which point he...froze.
After a second or two he then ran off.
If I wasn't paying attention he would have become a squirrel pancake.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I'll ask at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (7PhS+)
Also, when does the world see some accountability for the criminal malfeasance that allowed Israel to be taken completely by surprise on Oct 7 ?
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (aqrdH)
If natural selection is a real thing, squirrels should have evolved street avoidance long ago.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)
What State are we talking about?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: George Costanza at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)
Iran is a wounded beast. Beware.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)
I see you have a squad of strawman soldiers.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
I do have my Canadian Firearms License.
The required course was at a gun range. Great instructors. But they emphasized over and over if someone came into your house and you do anything, the cops, government and courts would just screw you over completely.
A politician came around a LONG while ago and I told him Canadians should have the right to do whatever necessary to protect their property. If some dumbass doesn't want to die for a piece of gum, don't fricking try to steal a piece of gum.
He left quickly...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (Sco7b)
My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)
But if Trump isn't going to do that then the next best option is some sort of negotiation like this. The last think I want is a few hundred thousand American grunts doing police work in occupied Iran
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)
Communism's apparently working out great for them.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (Sco7b)
"The people there are terrible," Bezos told Trump over dinner in December 2024, according to an excerpt obtained by The Post ahead of the June 23 release of "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump."
"They don't listen. My other companies, they listen," Bezos said, focusing his ire at the business side of the publication after losing more than $100 million that year.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Why wasn't I told? at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (nuNhM)
Canada geese, however, are on notice
NO PRISONERS, NO MERCY
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)
In an extraordinary ruling from Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, if the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office wants to overturn a conviction in state court, the state Attorney General’s Office must be given the chance to review the case and make sure a proper investigation was done
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)
Bad news. His Clarksons Farm show is good . I just finished season 1 and am really enjoying it I hope he'll be ok
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (QLrID)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)
And bombing CAN continue AFTER the mid-terms...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ufO5q)
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)
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I'll take ways people do not sound when they talk for $500 Alex.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ixZ1o)
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (7PhS+)
Last time I hit a squirrel I had a fucking tailgater behind me and couldn't help it. Tailgaters and speeders should all DIAF.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (Jr5Lq)
They proved this by killing over 60k of Iranian opposition after we ceased bombing them. I feel the most ashamed of that fact .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)
It is risky.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Rotkappchen at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (j3Fsw)
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)
I see this as a real life experiment in the Conservative Alternative to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
ie. bomb them, blow shit up, break things, kill some people
Fly off and say Don't Make Us Come Back!
That is essentially what this MOU looks like to me.
So, we'll see.
Mostly, I guess what we'll see is if muslims and islam can be tolerated in the modern world or not.
My guess is not. Look at the child abuse horror show in Britain.
No libtards. Magic dirt does not trump evil religion.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)
He got both which where worth well more then the $100M he supposedly lost.
I suspect this was his way of kissing up to Trump...those WP people that work for me that insult you all the time? Well they don't listen to me...honest!
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SMOD
TRUMP WAS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES 80 GAZILLION TIMES!!!!!
Posted by: Retarded Leftist at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: The Washington Post at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: Jonah at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (YCxFk)
Daveigh Chase, the former child actor who voiced the character of heroic Lilo in 2002’s acclaimed Lilo & Stitch and that same year was named Best Villain by MTV Movies Awards for her effectively creepy portrayal of the evil Samara Morgan in The Ring, died Tuesday of complications from meningitis. She was 35.
Her death was announced to TMZ by her boyfriend Roy Hernandez, who had just this week set up a GoFundMe page for the ailing Chase. Hernandez wrote that recently “Daveigh was diagnosed with meningitis and several serious blood infections. Her condition has become critical, and the doctors have told me she may not have much time left.”
I love 'Lilo and Stitch.' That was a great movie.
Depressed Lilo: "Just leave me here to die."
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)
The family of the man he murdered in cold blood are feeling more emotional disturbance.
Just end him and be done with it. Dump the body in the landfill and charge his family for the disposal.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: gp
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I mean, I'll tap the brakes, and give the critter a chance, but I'm not going to endanger myself or others with extreme maneuvers
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (fmTlv)
I liked the animated movie better.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)
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My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)
AI-War I is just getting started just like people questioned the opening moves of Alpha-GO.
To more pressing news:
Disclosure Day:OBAMA LIBRARY Revealed as Borg HIVE.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
“It is designed to tell the story of our collective power" OBAMA/Library'26
No doubt his constituency will volunteer enMasse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg
Where were YOU on that day when the LIBs made this world as Lifeless and as Useless as MARS?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (p9/X+)
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Average price of gas nationwide has dropped below $4.
And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.
So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.
Dial 811 before you dig.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (vHe/3)
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)
I went to see it in the theater in 2002 because I read that it was a return to old Disney backgrounds-painting style. I was underwhelmed. One of the last times I was in a movie theater.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (Jr5Lq)
So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
$2.95 at Sam's.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (vHe/3)
Posted by: Hard to keep track at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (7PhS+)
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPCX/
I asked Grok, which says is par for the course for a recent IPO:
https://tinyurl.com/43prue43
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (ebJJx)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)
She was Lilo in the animated movie. I never saw the other one.
Oh, Leno apparently does 200 stand-up shows a year... also deadline.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
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Shoot.
Shovel.
Shut up.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (s6tef)
Oh. Nevermind.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (GseMx)
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ixZ1o)
And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.
So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)
Yeah, like a said, maybe...but risky. Not exactly Stalin - Ribbentrop, Germany was a far more of a military behemoth when that was signed than Iran is today...always risky to give billions to the mullahs - to rearm, to feed the proxies.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (GD0B3)
One cop hit in the vest, examined and released. Other hit in the "lower body", hospitalized.
The rocket scientist is now in a nice cool drawer at the morgue.
For a minor shoplifting charge, the moron would have been jailed and bailed by now. Instead he's dead. Evolution in action.
Second local rocket scientist gets caught smashing car windows and looting them by vehicle owner, also winds up on a slab. Sixteen years old and an "expectant father", according to his sister "Heavanly" (sic). "Everyone in our family just knows him as a really good, hard-working kid”. Sure thing, "Heavanly". That's why he's on security cam smashing out car windows and stealing shit at 0400. Yeah, I realize that's pretty early to be on the job, but that still doesn't qualify him as "hard-working".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (IG3/x)
I live in Houston TX.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)
You would have to go through a lot of headaches but I think you would be okay in the end. Especially if there was forced entry. You did the right thing .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (GseMx)
to
Fuck this Netanyahu guy and hey yall see how cool Iran’s leadership is?
All in less than 4 months.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (X+Nnd)
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)
It's more fun to watch if you make her eat the corn through a picket fence.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)
Dial 811 before you dig.
Sadly, I'm 78 with an arthritic hip - I can't dig holes, and his get away driver was still alive.
Remember, criminals are a valuable part of the "criminal justice system" - without them the DA, judges and cops don't have jobs. They get upset when you remove one of their good ole boys from their game.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx
The well being of the Iranian people is the business of the Iranian people.
The behavior of their government toward us is our business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)
Now reminded of the meme:
Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)
She was reportedly partying with "Diddy" at the age of 12.
Parents: keep your kids the fuck out of Hollywood.
We've got over a hundred years of cautionary tales, for Bog's sake.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (IG3/x)
Kicked through my front door - which wouldn't open because of a cracked foundation.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (Da7Vv)
The behavior of their government toward us is our business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)
Tell them that instead of telling them we got your back. Shameful.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (GseMx)
The birth family has also agreed to let the biological parents be a part of the child's life.
Sounds like both sets are being motivated by what they think is best for the child. Let's hope that continues.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (Da7Vv)
Me: Removing pants.
Posted by: NR Pax
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This made me laugh way more than it should.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)
Call the police? Hmm. Decisions, decisions.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 18, 2026 10:04 AM (5xuJ/)
As usual, the GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (XV/Pl)
Me: Removing pants.
Ahh, the James Talerico solution.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (2ocoG)
There are many Iranian Americans ('Tehrangeles' for example) and whether west or east coasters, it appears there's degrees of skepticism regarding the MOU, especially involving frozen assets and private infrastructure funds ($300 billion).
Reportedly, they fear the capital infusion will entrench the current regime rather than help the Iranian people & they want strict oversight to ensure that funds allocated for rebuilding infrastructure go directly to civilian public utilities, rather than being funneled into the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or regional proxy groups.
They want international guarantees for open, uncensored digital communication for citizens inside Iran. Also, that any long-term treaty include strict provisions tying economic normalization to human rights improvements, the release of political prisoners, and an end to the suppression of domestic protests.
Reportedly, the Iranian American community views the nuclear issue and regime change not as separate topics, but as deeply interconnected, with a secular democratic
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)
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Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect
In part, "Every living president will be in attendance except one: President Trump. During a press preview in early June, longtime Obama White House aide and current CEO of the Obama Foundation Valerie Jarrett said Trump is welcome to visit the museum and they'd love to give him a tour. She said he simply was not invited to the dedication.
"I can tell you that this is a celebration for those who helped get President Obama where he is. And this is a gift to them," Jarrett said. "And so the people who will be here are the people who've been helpful along the way."
The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."
A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength. 🤣
Good day 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)
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Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect
...
The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."
...
A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength.
Thousands will be assimilated enMasse before they even know what's happened to them. Leaving the building with the false belief that a World Safe For Socialism is pretty k00l, Brennan/Dimon/Epstein were just k00l dudes who just went a little too far failing to realize the there is no compromise between food and poison that results in anything BUT assimilation, ad that Dancin' is (*STILL*) for those who are PATHETIC (as spun by by the Dancin' Brennan undeads tunes).
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg&t=118s
What could go wrong?
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (DU1XR)
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)
*****
Why do we need a permit to exercise a Constitutional right?
Permits to own books?
Permits to associate with a church?
Etc
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (b/IsE)
Posted by: Joe at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Uy/WF)
Daily Tech News 18 June 2026
Top Story
- Mandy Rice-Davies applies: Anthropic employees accuse Trump Administration of targeting them. (New York Times)
The article is unreadable. Literally so if you don't maintain a paid NYT subscription for their puzzles page. A free login traps you in Dark Pattern Hell, an endless series of inescapable popup ads offering free paid trials cancel any time by submitting your cancellation request carved into the side of a living member of an extinct species of goat through first-class double-registered triple-certified mail. The usual archive sites don't work either.
Even if you have a subscription or you know of another workaround not that I would ever endorse such a thing, you will simply find that it is not worth reading:"What are you telling your clients?" one employee asked in a chat viewed by The New York Times. Another said, "Does anyone know what to believe?" In another message, a worker said, "I don't understand what the issue is."
Playing dumb or actually dumb? What difference, at this point, does it make?
- Anthropic asked for regulation. Washington went much further. (CNBC)
An actually informed and balanced take on the situation.
Quick precis: Anthropic announced its new Mythos AI tool with supernaturally dangerous hacking powers restricted to approved researchers, and its defanged Fable AI which is exactly the same thing only not. The Trump Administration ruled that if they're as dangerous as Anthropic claims, they need to be restricted for reasons of national security to American citizens on American soil. Anthropic threw its toys out of the pram and blocked access globally, and is now seeking to lay all the blame at the feet of that mean old Mister Trump.
What CNBC highlights and The New York Times buries is a blog post written by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a fucking week ago:Frontier AI models, like airplanes, should be required to go through technical testing and auditing, and their release should be blocked or reversed as a threat to public safety if they do not meet high standards of safety.
Amodei is every bit as much of a weasel as Sam Altman. And while Altman is a sociopath and a compulsive liar, Amodei is something much worse: He's whiny.
Tech News
- World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America. (Tech Crunch)
Substitute almost anything in place of AI and the story is the same.
- The Orange Pi 6 is a nonplussed and hopefully cheaper version of the Orange Pi 6 Plus. (Liliputing)
This is a single-board computer along the lines of a Raspberry Pi, but more powerful than even the latest Raspberry Pi 5. Just one drawback: That power means the cheapest model of the Orange Pi 6 Plus costs $367.
- Hewlett Packard is offering a year of free access to its new virtualisation platform, targeting customers drained of blood and left to die in a ditch following Broadcom's acquisition of VMWare. (Ars Technica)
After the free year is over, HP is suggesting prices around $600 per CPU socket.
VMWare charges around $400 per CPU core.
And a single CPU socket can run to 288 cores.
- OpenAI increased its revenue from $3.7 billion in 2024 to $13 billion in 2025. (Where's Your Ed At)
Thanks to careful cost-control, losses over the same period dropped from $5 billion in 2024 to $38.5 billion in 2025.
Oh.
Actually, before fudging adjustments the company's net loss for 2025 reached $60 billion.
- US science is in chaos. (Scientific American) (archive site)
Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: The infinite monkey glitch still works, but all roads lead to Shakespeare.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (ebJJx)
This is true, especially when it comes to money. The almost part is when it comes to defense; they don't just want our money and materiel, they want our bodies to defend them. Reminds me of when de Gaulle wanted American troops out of France. The American Secretary of State retorted, "and those in French cemeteries as well?"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:35 AM (sAmhv)
Infinite monkeys also lead to "Moby Dick"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (l3cgK)
BBC: Mandy Rice-Davies
When told Lord Astor had denied their affair, she famously retorted: "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
The quote was later added to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: fluffy at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (ZVgZ4)
That's more in line with what I expected. Hey, AI buddies, I have some tulip bulbs for you...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (l3cgK)
Repost from the overnight thread.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (ZVgZ4)
and those with f'd up sleep schedules.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (l3cgK)
Will Chamberlain
@willchamberlain
The more I think about it, the less disastrous I think this deal is. ...
The key difference between this deal and the JCPOA is that we just obliterated the bulk of Iranian military capabilities as well as the bulk of the Iranian defense industrial base. ...
Letting Iran sell its oil now lets them begin the process of reconstituting military capabilities that took decades to build - and they are starting from basically zero, because they have to rebuild their factories first. ... @planefag pointed out that the American strategic dilemma has been all about our shortage of missile interceptors. Well, we have basically infinite money to throw at that problem, and yet it's still a problem, because the production lines don't exist yet. Iran now has that problem but for EVERYTHING. ...
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)
Repost from the overnight thread.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv)
No normal person wants to kill someone unless they have to...but if he moved to attack you, I'm sure he'd be a outline on your living room floor...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (guLpK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
An awful lot of people – including people I respect on an intellectual and professional level, some of whom are professionals themselves – have been talking as if an "agreement" or "treaty" will be the defining outcome of the Iran War; to the point of saying "better than JCPOA" will be the standard by which it's tested.
It's like the multi-week all-out bombing campaign which vaporized fifty years of Iranian defense industrial base buildup, including their entire ballistic missile production chain, their centrifuge production capacity and key nuclear test facilities just... didn't happen.
Unlike treaties and agreements, entropy cannot be reversed....
I am begging you all, with tears in my eyes, to pull your heads out of the mystic wordcel dimension and smell the stench of burnt smoke and solid rocket fuel, because the fires are still burning.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)
No person calling themselves anything as absurd as a purported "Mandy Rice-Davies" should be granted any attention at all.
If such a person really exists, of which I remain unpersuaded.
Posted by: Highly Opinionated Miklos at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (8Tmnw)
I'm sure China and Russia would be more than happy to help Iran rebuild. You have to give it to them, those two countries sure do love to supply materiel to countries filled with people that hate them too...think Xinjiang (Uighurs) and Chechnya (muzzies).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
I thought Sliders and Lord of the Rings?
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (guLpK)
understandable.
Now get off my lawn. /sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (l3cgK)
Wow; That sounds scary. I am glad that poster is ok and they scared the intruder off.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (LQf4v)
Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.
I'm very sorry this is happening to you. Good luck.
(paraphrasing that senator at some hearing)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
I thought Sliders and Lord of the Rings?
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)
Power of AND
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (LQf4v)
I'm sure China and Russia would be more than happy to help Iran rebuild. You have to give it to them, those two countries sure do love to supply materiel to countries filled with people that hate them too...think Xinjiang (Uighurs) and Chechnya (muzzies).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (l3cgK)
@planefag on that topic:
Unlike treaties and agreements, entropy cannot be reversed, and Iran's entire physical war-making apparatus has been kinetically entropified and spread across the desert in little pieces by a biblical deluge of high explosives. And as Trump points out here, even if the Chinese decide to divert a staggering amount of yuan from their own military build-up to try and rebuild Iran's capabilities, we can just blow it up again... except with a fraction of the munitions as the heavy lift has been done already, and as the B-21 Raider comes on-line, with an exponentially dropping number of requisite airframes given the myriad advantages of stealth. If China wishes to dump billions of dollars in a desert where we can blow it up for a fraction of its cost without starting WWIII, I say let them.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)
Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.
I'm very sorry this is happening to you. Good luck.
(paraphrasing that senator at some hearing)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)
Gov't has been paying "scientists" for "science" outcomes that fits the Gov't's desire for outcomes. This is only different from Lysenkoism on the scale of money spent.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:48 AM (l3cgK)
Operation Mullah Massacre cannot be undone. Iran's warmaking capability has been decisively smashed into little pieces and moreover, we've destroyed the only deterrent Iran had in both reality and credibility, so repeat visits will be far cheaper. And above all, Israel isn't going anywhere and as events of the past few years have shown their intel/SOF penetration of Iran is unbelievably thorough. The primary purpose of allying with Israel for America was always as a proxy to contain Iran; with the long-delayed hammer blow finally delivered, now Israel's a bulldog that will slowly choke what little life is left out of the theocracy. Iran may survive, but I doubt the IRGC will.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)
TOTAL entropy cannot be reversed, but on a small scale, some areas of entropy CAN be reversed by a greater increase in the total system entropy...think sun and earth; we get energy from the sun and do stuff with it and power derived from it (and earth's heat energy...from radioactivity and the original heat of earth's creation) reducing entropy at a huge increase in the sun's entropy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:53 AM (l3cgK)
See you when I get there
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)
TOTAL entropy cannot be reversed, but on a small scale, some areas of entropy CAN be reversed by a greater increase in the total system entropy...think sun and earth; we get energy from the sun and do stuff with it and power derived from it (and earth's heat energy...from radioactivity and the original heat of earth's creation) reducing entropy at a huge increase in the sun's entropy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:53 AM (l3cgK)
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
See you when I get there
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)
You're "gonna do what they say can't be done."
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Okjohn at June 18, 2026 04:57 AM (lE/nR)
https://tinyurl.com/zjbd2d22
Also there was a spotted fawn along with its mother and other deer . It must not have been used to cars yet, because it dashed across the road -fortunately we did not hit it and all the other deer went in the opposite direction.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:57 AM (ceTyQ)
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)
MATH!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)
Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)
MATH!
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)
fen >>> m ...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:00 AM (l3cgK)
1 Physics (Symbol: S) a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system: the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time | the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (jehhT)
1 Physics (Symbol: S) a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system: the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time | the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)
Yes, but has to be a closed system. An open system can get energy from outside which can reverse entropy in the system under observation at a cost of much greater entropy increase outside the system.
Yeah, I'm nitpicking here.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:03 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)
https://tinyurl.com/2n7s3h5t
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (n3VHW)
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)
LOL. I can't clean the house even if the windows are open...the disorder is too great!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (6wpGE)
Well, it does say in your definition "the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.", so that would encompass external influences in the system you're observing...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:09 AM (l3cgK)
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)
An excellent book. I still chuckle at the part where he tries to teach his artist friend about electromagnetics with an AC current, a coil of wire and a nail. He's friends response was priceless...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (eLQS5)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (jehhT)
Whole areas have been getting hammered with the World Cup. Heard Scots drank some Boston bars completely out of beer. But dang, 4AM's either early or late for that, yeah?
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:13 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (eLQS5)
Eh, just leave the system alone long enough...it'll approach room temperature.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:13 AM (l3cgK)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 18, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:19 AM (l3cgK)
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)
An excellent book. I still chuckle at the part where he tries to teach his artist friend about electromagnetics with an AC current, a coil of wire and a nail. He's friends response was priceless...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (l3cgK)
NSFW
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:21 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:22 AM (qFwJc)
"Listen, Jerry," I said, "the reason we have these arguments that never get anywhere is that you don't know a damn thing about science, and I don't know a damn thing about art. So, on alternate Sundays,
I'll give you a lesson in science, and you give me a lesson in art."
"OK," he said. "I'll teach you how to draw.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:26 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:26 AM (qFwJc)
Maybe it's just part of their kink...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:28 AM (l3cgK)
https://tinyurl.com/3nyr86su
He is responding respectfully to commenters. Persuasively? Dunno.
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:33 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)
I looked it up and apparently Mass. state law requires alcohol service to end at 2:00, I was making a hammered/hammered joke about Martini Farmer's weather.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (6wpGE)
Posted by: Pixy Misa
Declare your house a court, and call for order
Posted by: Judge Miklos Smailes at June 18, 2026 05:36 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:37 AM (6wpGE)
Agreed. And this caused a lot of friction between my dad and I because he was a Math Major in college and could not grasp why I was having so much trouble with things that were so easy.
Happy Thursday and long weekend everyone. Today, we decided as a group that shorts and Hawaiian shirts were the uniform of the day. Things are looking up.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 05:41 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)
I looked it up and apparently Mass. state law requires alcohol service to end at 2:00, I was making a hammered/hammered joke about Martini Farmer's weather.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (Sy6m/)
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I think bars used to stay open until 4AM or 6AM to service shift workers who'd be getting off work at those hours. Not much of that sort of thing going on these days, but I guess the old customs remain in some places.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:41 AM (jehhT)
Pixy writes, ". . . free paid trials cancel any time by submitting your cancellation request carved into the side of a living member of an extinct species of goat . . ."
Classic! I shall have to remember this. Somehow I got onto a mailing list for Panera Bread, and their unsubscribe link treats me just like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 05:47 AM (n3VHW)
No flooding where I am, winds are not high, but there is always the chance of the power going out.
Howz alla you?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)
Matthew 8:8
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 05:52 AM (Jl/ju)
Sounds as bad as the fight I had to get off of AARP's mailing list.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 05:54 AM (99eI0)
Tired. Woke up to my alarm, mid-dream, aware of it. That messes me up for a couple of hours at the start of the day until I can shake it off.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:01 AM (sgkY8)
The Israeli clandestine operations against Hezbollah and the Iranian defenses were impressive, but the Israelis spent decades preparing and they may have burnt those assets making a repeat performance difficult, not to mention that the IRCG is now aware of their vulnerability and will attempt to institute countermeasures.
As for entropy, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed more thoroughly than anything in Iran but reconstruction began within two days and within 5 years they were both largely rebuilt.
The $300 billion rebuilding package, largely from the gulf states who the Iranians kept attacking looks suspiciously like protection money to me.
I do tend to be a pessimist however, although I think Trump set the bar too high to meet in his sales pitch for the war.
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at June 18, 2026 06:05 AM (igCg8)
Time to make design decisions
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 18, 2026 06:05 AM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:06 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Mr. Feynman at June 18, 2026 06:06 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 06:08 AM (diia5)
*
Tired. Woke up to my alarm, mid-dream, aware of it. That messes me up for a couple of hours at the start of the day until I can shake it off.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026
***
Big black Stirling cat did not wake me an hour and more before I planned, so I'm already winning a bit today. Coffee and a pipe with a blend Sherlock Holmes might have smoked is waking me and washing out the early morning aches, so no need to take an ibuprofen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:14 AM (evNCU)
Tank bottoms would wreck any political support.
Iran and Ukraine have demonstrated that drones are effective and disproportionate.
We will be back, that is a given, even if to blast their shit.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:15 AM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:18 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026
***
It's pretty good. Recall my usual Monday mantra, about the experience of even a bad Monday is better than being not alive.
Yours will improve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:15 AM (8jVAy)
This is the common sense observation. Jaw Jaw is better than War War. In the meantime we rearm ourselves, the Israelis and the Gulf States. The Gulf States remain politically weak but extraordinarily wealthy. The Gulf countries get started building pipelines to bypass the Straits. Gas gets cheaper quickly. Midterms come and go.
I’m guessing end of the if not sooner we resume putting warheads on foreheads. The mischief Iran, China and Russia make in the interim is what worries me.
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:24 AM (evNCU)
Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:28 AM (evNCU)
Miss Linda was going to come over and make waffles for us around 9:30. I suspect it'll be too rainy for that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:33 AM (+rSJz)
Long term, everyone will be living in a Marxist hellhole. We can choose which specific hellhole. I like the beach, so, I am here.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:38 AM (wkU1F)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 06:38 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:39 AM (sgkY8)
Good morning, Hordians. It appears to be dark here. Musk is hoarding all the photons. He's got a trillion of them and have to stumble around.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:41 AM (O0L8i)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 18, 2026 06:41 AM (whRlH)
Did you read about the weather in Terre Haute last night?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026
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No, but I check Weather Underground every couple of days. 68 F. right now (6:30 am Eastern), with a high expected of 75. Around here we haven't seen anything close 75 even as a *low* for a month now, and won't for months. Was there a tornado or something in TH?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)
Did you read about the weather in Terre Haute last night?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026
What can you say? This is North America. We have extreme and violent weather. Because of billionaires and late-stage capitalism. In Europe the weather is regulated and taxed and only a few thousand people die from heat every year.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:46 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 06:46 AM (6wpGE)
Something for the folks to talk about.
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:49 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:49 AM (9SpJJ)
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Folks in Indiana can attest to that. Here in Kentucky the wind's been howling all night, and this morning with potential severe weather a threat all day.
I hope to avoid the worst of it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 06:50 AM (jehhT)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:50 AM (sgkY8)
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:52 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 18, 2026 06:55 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026
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I'm beginning to fear that too. I'm told that fewer people are house hunting in the fall and winter -- families do most of their moving in the summer so as not to disrupt the kids' schooling -- so maybe there will be more properties later this year and they will not be so in demand.
There is a nice-looking two-story on Realtor that I've suggested to my agent that we look over. All the floors have been done with laminate, it has a basement and a garage, but it faces west. Not a problem for the living room windows in summer, there's a nice porch, but the primary bedroom would get late afternoon sun and would need blackout curtains or window tinting. And I'll need window units upstairs too.
It's at the upper edge of my price range, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)
Not just Gimli, also TreeBeard. (Voice)
Posted by: Moviefan at June 18, 2026 06:57 AM (nuNhM)
Sounds like Maryland.
Posted by: pawn
Lies detected: None.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 06:58 AM (99eI0)
Wolfus, have you ever considered just squatting? Pick a nice house, move in while they're away and tie them up in court for years. Easy peasy!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:59 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Waffle House at June 18, 2026 06:59 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 18, 2026 07:00 AM (fpQMF)
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 07:01 AM (+rSJz)
If you can dream it, we can tax it.
Posted by: The People's Republic of Maryland at June 18, 2026 07:01 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 18, 2026 07:02 AM (whRlH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)
This morning I have the fun task of wrassling two of my kitties into their kitty carriers and taking them to the vet for their annual checkup.
I know they are looking forward to it. /s
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:04 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Minstrel at June 18, 2026 07:08 AM (NHl7O)
What is your price range, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026
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Up to about $160-165K. I'm looking at 2-3 BR small houses and bungalows, and seeing good properties in that range, but none of them have "grabbed" me. I'm trying to get out of the "renting" mindset and realizing that I can use paint to make a boring living space with plain white walls more interesting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 07:10 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rod at June 18, 2026 07:12 AM (zhWvq)
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 07:12 AM (vFG9F)
..........
You definitely are putting more thought into your search than I did when I was looking for my AZ house. I looked at kitchen and yard, scrolled past most the other things! It drove my daughter crazy
Posted by: Molly k. at June 18, 2026 07:15 AM (j/yko)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 07:16 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Isaiah Thomas at June 18, 2026 07:16 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:18 AM (fmTlv)
Posted by: Moses Malone at June 18, 2026 07:18 AM (7PhS+)
wtf Comcast
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:19 AM (fmTlv)
It's at the upper edge of my price range, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)
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here's a crazy thought...You don't have to use the primary bedroom as a bedroom. I turned mine into my office. My actual bedroom is in the front of my house and is the darkest and coolest room in the house. It's been great.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:19 AM (gnNyN)
Posted by: blaster at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (NlEaG)
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Protecting your home is holy obligation and I'm thankful you're safe
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Ezekiel Elliott at June 18, 2026 07:22 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 07:25 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 07:26 AM (7PhS+)
Posted by: Molly k. at June 18, 2026
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I want to avoid all the things I hate about where I live now. Windows that face west, not enough kitchen counter and storage space, carpets (which I know I can take out), etc.
And Perfessor, yes, this particular house (which may be under contract already) has another bedroom, only a little smaller, at the back of the house.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)
"The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump."
There is hope for the future.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:29 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026
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True enough. If there is third bedroom or spare room for an office, I can set one as my main bedroom and the other as a guest room with a small bed in it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)
Personally, I'd avoid condos. Too many transients. Not much different than apartments.
If you to get away from the big city mentality where they squish as many people as they can into a small area, go for a house in a residential area, unless you are immune to periodic chaos.
There's a lot more room in a small town.
People in houses have a completely different mentality about their property and how they interact with each other. Most home owners consider privacy to be an important factor.
In a condo, you really don't really own any property and no assurance of privacy.
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 18, 2026 09:48 AM (S6tOh)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (S6tOh)
Wednesday Night ONT - June 17, 2026 [TRex]
Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked.
Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please. Are you concerned that the problems in your crawl space might interfere with your ability to comment with brevity and wit? You can overcome. (Could be worse. You could have snakes in your ductwork.) [Top photo: CityCenter, Washington, DC - enjoy the mystery click but any suggestions of other alternatives or candidates?]LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 16, 2026 - Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) ("Yum!" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion in the aggregate, subject to certain purchase price adjustments. Pizza Hut, excluding Mainland China ("Pizza Hut Ex-China"), will be acquired by LongRange Capital ("LongRange"), a private equity firm with a customer-centric and operationally oriented approach, and Pizza Hut in Mainland China ("Pizza Hut China") will be acquired by Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC; HKEX: 9987) ("Yum China"). Under the terms of the agreement with LongRange, Yum! will sell Pizza Hut Ex-China to LongRange for approximately $1.5 billion. Additionally, Yum! has the opportunity to receive an earn-out of $75 million by 2030. Under the terms of the agreement with Yum China, Yum! will sell Pizza Hut China to Yum China for approximately $1.2 billion.I'm not familiar with LongRange Capital but they are reportedly the majority owner of 24 hour fitness. Just bring back the old school Pizza Huts and all will be well.
Animal rescuers in Quebec are asking the public to keep an eye out for a juvenile kangaroo on the loose along Montreal's South Shore. The Galahad SPCA said the kangaroo was first reported Wednesday being kept improperly in a stable, and officials believe it may have been being kept illegally. The SPCA said no kangaroo permits had been issued in the area.
The Miller Zoo has offered to give the kangaroo a new home, but SPCA officials said Quebec's Ministry of the Environment told them that a permit would be required to capture and transport the kangaroo.Kangaroo permits must be a big deal in Montreal. Glad that officials are on the job to ensure that a helpful zoo knows is currently has no permit to house a kangaroo. Zoos need to get specific permits for each animal? I guess that which is not specifically permitted is prohibited. Glad Canada has solved all of its other problems so that it can focus on kangaroo permits. I can hear the people of Australia laughing...
Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement. A recent report by 404 Media dives into the objective of SignalTrace and how it's being marketed to authorities. Police, border security, and other government agencies already comprise Leonardo's customer base, and with this technology, those clients seek to correlate footage from these cameras to phones, tablets, wearables, AirTags, and, naturally, the electronics inside cars themselves. If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be damn sure it'll also be looking out for your vehicle's 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. Hell, the company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.What could possibly go wrong? Faraday bags and paper maps anyone?
TRex is currently accepting financial offers in exchange for a commitment not to enrich uranium for military purposes. Operators are standing by. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ??
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)
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Posted by: mindful webworker - dropped and rolled under the fridge at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM
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Good evening COMM! Ready for hi-jinx and hilarity?
Posted by: TRex - superfast dino at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (YZ0Fo)
Do you know where your ONT comment is?
Posted by: mindful webworker
I remember I left it in a little gray box, but that's not as helpful as it could be.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (g14+z)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: YellowBird at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (MEbkQ)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (/wizo)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM
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The graceful, handsome one.
Posted by: TRex - dino dancer at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:07 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (YZ0Fo)
The SPCA said no kangaroo permits had been issued in the area.
Very forward-looking of those Quebecois, to already have hunting permits available for animals that don't live there.
.....
What?
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM
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Agree. If it is 5 bucks for a photo with the gator, the naked guy won't have his wallet with him.
Posted by: TRex - five dollar dino at June 17, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:09 PM (+8CcA)
COMM,
My husband is all about his phone. Then he bitches to me about the spam he gets.
I ignore my phone.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:10 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)
I just started reading Agatha Christie's novel "Death on the Nile."
Only 30 pages in, and already there are a half-dozen people with a motive to kill the victim...Who's completely oblivious to any danger at this point.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Don Black at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (dBtZ2)
Wikipedia says that the number dialed in the "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" went to an unlisted phone number at CBS Records, with which the band had had some problems.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM
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Thank goodness. People usually jump quickly to blaming the dino. Glad there are other suspects in this case. (The dino may not be in the version you're reading...)
Posted by: TRex - detective dino at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: Mr. Hirsute at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (mkvUS)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
Alligator guy got there first.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM
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Camera hog.
Posted by: TRex - photogentic dino at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (5jF9Z)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (l3cgK)
I'ma send back INFORMATION instead of myself, so there.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)
I'ma send back INFORMATION instead of myself, so there.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
There's always one. If I had 3 wishes I'd wish for a million wishes 😜
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (YZ0Fo)
https://tinyurl.com/55rvmy97
Short answer: No, despite the makeup, nail polish, kicky red boots, and comic opera bespoke uniforms, he was 100% man, baby! Count Ciaro (Mussolini's nephew) said he wore a fur coat "like a high-class prostitute wears to the opera".
The term is "homovestism", or getting squidgy wearing clothing as a sort of idealized hypermasculine version of oneself (in his case military drag). Always learning something new on Felton's channel!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Don Black at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (dBtZ2)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)
So is "carrot"!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (R+iUD)
There are some strange dudes in Pittsburgh. Just sayin'.
Love the T Rex photo bomb!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
If it's two words, just replace "Don't Blah Blah!" with "Blah Blah? Never!"
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)
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There's always one. If I had 3 wishes I'd wish for a million wishes 😜
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (ceJ0R)
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)
cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)
So is "carrot"!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (R+iUD)
The Engine carrot do it, Captain! I'm giving all she's got!--Scotty
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)
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This. I need to know.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Buddy at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (Sy6m/)
Save.
Health.
God.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I think I did okay on 2/3 of those even without my advice, so I suppose I could tell myself "Stay. In. Shape." That crap gets tougher every year.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)
The license scanner is creepy as hell. We need a Purge.
My power is currently out. The Generac is running. Internet and cable tv are actually functioning too. Usually they're off too.
I just saved all my work. Avengers with Steed and Emma Peele are on from Prime. Damn she was hot.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (XY7MO)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Diogenes at June
The original version is being rereleased into theaters. So you don't need to say that anymore.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)
The incision pain is zero, so the nerve block is still working. That thought just occurred to me about ten minutes ago.
My next thought was I'm screwed when it wears off.
But Mrs. 496 just delivered me an ice cream sandwich so things are good
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (ZYF5J)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Buddy at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (bAKul)
They've hit Buddy! Come on girls!
Posted by: The Faggots at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Diogenes at June
The original version is being rereleased into theaters. So you don't need to say that anymore.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
He was right to fire first. It would've been stupid to wait for Greedo to pull his blaster first. Stupid. Like most of Hollywood. F'n stupid.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)
Wendy's sucks. Everyone should be banned.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)
But does she swallow?
Posted by: Kumala at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)
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The best defense is a dead opponent.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (gnNyN)
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Have a crawlspace, but no ductwork (mini splits, ftw).
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (ZYF5J)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
Not only that. It's the single action when you meet Han that tells you who his character is. No exposition needed.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)
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Burn. It. Down.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (826kS)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (s6tef)
Brother was playing a game, and it had something similar, but regarding three words you'd say to your mother...his choice? "Not Today, Satan."...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (l3cgK)
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Trust in Jesus.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Isaroku Yamamoto at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (OGOaV)
Option B, if it can't be investment advice: "No law school."
Posted by: PabloD at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (WDWLw)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:28 PM (YZ0Fo)
SMH,
Darling, I'm so happy you are back and where you want to be.
Seriously, I missed you .
You rock!
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:28 PM (/QHx4)
--
There was a 24 hr fitness four blocks from my house. It was clean and well fitted also with pool and sauna. FluKing O'Biden put it out of business.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (826kS)
"Get a Haircut"
or
"Home Depot Stock" (It split over 13 times and increased millions of % over the next two decades....$1,000 investment would have gotten me $Millions)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)
That would be complicated if you met him several times over a long time period...and only during a certain time was it right.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Ricky at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (Sy6m/)
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If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's because he was recording in there, even when they told him not to.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (OGOaV)
It's good to be out from under the stress of buying a house...and getting new stresses of being a homeowner, lol.
Not being able to drive around the corner to pick anything up from the store is another shock to the system.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (s6tef)
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IT'S NOT AN ONT IF IT'S A ZONED THREAD.
zoning is for commies.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (826kS)
Allegheny Center. 700 Arch Street - The Aviary. Caller said that two dudes are standing around staring at people. PD found two Tai Chi students practicing holding poses.
I knew I'd learn something useful from these eventually!
"No, miss, I'm not staring at your glorious rack. I'm practicing Tai Chi."
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (s6tef)
And here I was thinking I had something clever to say.
Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 10:31 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)
Lauren Lavera posted a ton of Happy Birthday wishes. She turned 32!!! So for Terrifier 2, she would have been about 27 and looking amazing playing a high school girl.
I also follow Pale Girl - Amelie. She's about 15 or 16 and does a lot of terror festivals. She always posts pictures people send her of tattoos with her character. That must be crazy.
The Maxxxine trilogy is cued up after I catch up with stuff.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (826kS)
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It's sad to have to set that rule, but I get it.
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (kZ3dQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)
Allegheny Center. 700 Arch Street - The Aviary. Caller said that two dudes are standing around staring at people. PD found two Tai Chi students practicing holding poses.
I knew I'd learn something useful from these eventually!
"No, miss, I'm not staring at your glorious rack. I'm practicing Tai Chi."
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)
Vat Ver dey Holding?
https://youtu.be/xacdDrylrek
Posted by: Berlitz Commercial German at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (bAKul)
I also follow Pale Girl - Amelie. She's about 15 or 16 and does a lot of terror festivals. She always posts pictures people send her of tattoos with her character. That must be crazy.
The Maxxxine trilogy is cued up after I catch up with stuff.
Posted by: Stateless
Awesome!
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: davidt at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)
SMH,
We deal with the lack of shopping here. You'll get in a routine.
We have a grocery here that rips us off.
It's a decision, do we get ripped off or drive an hour half to Walmart.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: clarence at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (28Fzt)
Posted by: davidt at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)
Sounds like Joe Biden shoulda commented that one.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)
On a far less depressing topic, Lil Pooky and Pookette are becoming connoisseurs of Overture of 1812 performances. Their current favorite is a community band in Spain that used an actual belltower and a cannon.
Posted by: pookysgirl unfortunately cannot tell what kind of cannon was used at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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It was 36 miles to Big Grocery, I bought a freezer.
Shopping day I took 3 iced down Igloos. (as I took food out of the freezer I replaced the area with containers of water) - ice for the next shopping trip.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (826kS)
Oh if you have Apple TV+ I can't recommend widows bay enough. The creepiness is great but the physical comedy and humor are just next level. Great mix of the 2.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (kpS4V)
*******
My stock calculator says I'd have $10k w a $1k investment in The Depot in '84 . WTH
Posted by: Dink at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (hyQrc)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (ZVgZ4)
They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Well, the workaround is, "Read this constantly" and hand him a booklet with lots of advice and timeline stuff.
Taken at face value....
"cheaper, save, wait"
(Intended as 'don't just live below your means, live as far below them as you can, you'll need it when the time comes')
Of course, I forsee it all blowing up in both my faces.
Posted by: RandomDave at June 17, 2026 10:38 PM (aJQbY)
Something, something, something...
"The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (g5Xj2)
Posted by: mindful webworker - can I go back to my 17 year old self instead? at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (9bb3y)
I ignore my phone.
Me as well. I can't even get cell service here where I live. If I wasn't so damn lazy I'd go back to a flip phone for when I go to town.
One of these days....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: The Grateful at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
Otherwise, yeah, everyone should say something like "Buy nVidia."
Wait, three words. "Buy nVidia, asshole."
So to follow the rules, I'm sticking with "Stay in shape." I knew it already, but seeing 29-year-old me saying it would make it Real.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Old Biff at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: Dink at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (hyQrc)
____________________
Every wave has a crest
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (7PhS+)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (qx7Zg)
Oh if you have Apple TV+ I can't recommend widows bay enough. The creepiness is great but the physical comedy and humor are just next level. Great mix of the 2.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (YZ0Fo
Cool. Thanks.
Everyone have a good night. I have to finish this stuff.
I'm glad we have that Generac now....
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (Sco7b)
"The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Would you prefer a Popsicle or a lollipop?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (826kS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (diia5)
Posted by: moki
I hope he's got an uncommon name, like Vincent or Walter.
If it's John or Mike, this might not be as helpful as you hoped.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)
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Heck yeah. I think it'd be great for 18 yo me to live one day as I am now.
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:42 PM (5jF9Z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:42 PM (826kS)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:43 PM (diia5)
We have a freezer and when we cook we quadruple the recipe and freeze 3 meals. We decided if we're chopping up vegetables we might as well make enough for four meals.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard
Had a brief relapse, but completely off cigs again for 1 month now. Back on the full-strength patches. (Oh, it sux when I forget to remove a patch before bed-- the *dreams* are just ...OUT THERE... LOL)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (rdVOm)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 10:48 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Vivid and nonsensical. More so than usual. Sometimes very scary, sometimes funnier than heck.
I don't recommend trying it for fun, however.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (uTEOj)
Uncle had an operation for a different reason, the surgeon said his veins and arteries were like glass.
_Cigs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (826kS)
Stay the course.
(And she was / is absolutely worth it, 30 years later. Love of my life. Girl of my dreams. My amazing wife.)
Oh, and…
Greetings.
Posted by: Grayman27 at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (AvoqE)
Posted by: Ricky at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (hyQrc)
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I missed that too - I'll have to go back and read it.
Also: now do Boasberg
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (8THrs)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (diia5)
Posted by: mindful webworker - long-term investment advice at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Robin Leach at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:52 PM (rdVOm)
They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Maybe they also counted the injun slaves?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:53 PM (l3cgK)
I don't recommend trying it for fun, however.
Posted by: JQ at
I used to take a supplement for muscle recovery. Blanking on the name rn. But the dreams on that were INSANE
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)
Hubby and I are old.
Our kids are doing well, except the wacky brainwashed daughter.
What we are are concerned about is our two dogs.
Used to .be worried about kids and now it is the dogs.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (rbvCR)
"Get ADHD treatment"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (tcsrY)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Gunslinger at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (3hOgI)
Posted by: BruceWayne
^^ This guy gets it!
Yeah, the kind of dreams that wake you up middle of the night. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (/wizo)
They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)
I rejected a docco about Thomas Jefferson after less than 15 minutes, because it was nothing but slaves-slaves-slaves-slaves-slaves.
Yeah, asswipes. I get it.
Thomas Jefferson owned slaves and Slavery was Bad.
Message received.
If I'd needed your help with that concept, which I didn't.
You ARE aware that he had one or two other MINOR accomplishments besides owning slaves, right? Apparently not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)
Used to .be worried about kids and now it is the dogs.
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Are the dogs hanging out with a bad crowd?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:58 PM (bAKul)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (ZVgZ4)
Easy to find out. Get one of those OTC nicotine patches and neglect to take it off before going to sleep.
Not recommended. Very much not.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (IG3/x)
Yeah, the kind of dreams that wake you up middle of the night. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at
I'd wake up laughing and couldn't remember why, or wake up from an insanely realistic dream thinking did that happen?, or have a horror dream that locked me up. It was WILD
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (0zf5s)
Sure, he was a drug-crazed Nazi transvestite, but at least we could've gone dancing.
Posted by: Mister Lister SIR at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (IG3/x)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
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And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski
Stingray has been around for a while.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Is there any anger towards blacks that owned slaves in the colonies?
"Black slave owners were African Americans who owned slaves during slavery in the United States, with an estimated 3,775 black slaveholders owning about 12,760 slaves by 1830."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)
I'm sitting over here at my wobbly table.
Good grief; there seems to be hijinks all over the place!
I just don't know what to do!
Ohhh....JQ! A small (kinda) cocktail please😛!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Cicero
Need to make a cute PSA:
"This is your dog" (shows a Golden Retriever, sitting quietly, as if being *good boy* for a treat)
.
.
"This is your dog on drugs" (shows that hellion of a dog from cafe(?) a couple nights ago, bouncing off the walls & everything like a total spazz)
.
.
"Any questions?"
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)
Cicero,
They hang out with us old people.
They have been raised to be conservative.
No one will want them.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
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And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski
Stingray has been around for a while.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)
Stinkray isn't needed. Google knows where your phone is (sometimes even when location is turned off) and can see how fast or slow you're going, so can infer traffic flow.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (l3cgK)
“Always… uh… never…”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (kYmoU)
"forget to check your references"?
That's what I wrote down, anyway.
Posted by: Mitch Taylor at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (w/O5Q)
"This is your dog" (shows a Golden Retriever, sitting quietly, as if being *good boy* for a treat)
.
.
"This is your dog on drugs" (shows that hellion of a dog from cafe(?) a couple nights ago, bouncing off the walls & everything like a total spazz)
.
.
"Any questions?"
Posted by: JQ
Every golden owner: yup those are goldens.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (0zf5s)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia
The new Apple Maps update alerts you to construction (yes it's done that before) but now asks as you drive through it if it's still active
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:04 PM (YZ0Fo)
The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski
If you feel like playing with it, fill a cart with cell phones, and walk down the street. With enough phones, it looks like a traffic jam.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (+n72I)
My boys are exponentially more MAGA than I am.
Seriously
Posted by: nurse ratched
My sister and I are significantly more conservative than mama and papa Wayne.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (0zf5s)
Try posting a sign that the beach has a two pork chop minimum for entry.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)
Of course not. Nor the Indians who owned slaves, black, white, and every other color.
The last slaves to be freed in what is now the United States were the slaves owned by the Tlingit tribe in Alaska, which occurred when US ownership of Alaska became effective on October 18, 1867. The Tlingit were definitely equal opportunity enslavers. They were running slave raids down the coast as far south as California, and more than one European vessel was seized and the crew enslaved.
Fuck "Juneteenth" up its stupid ass. It would be "Octeenth" if they really wanted to mark the day the last slaves were freed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (IG3/x)
Become A Plumber.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (+n72I)
I think yours and SMH's are the best ones!! And mikeski, luckily my husband does have an unusual name!!!
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (wLjpr)
That is a lot of $30 flip phones from Wal-Mart plus cards for service.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)
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If they had to admit* they know anything about John Casor and Anthony Johnson they would say that Johnson was a victim too.
* Anybody that studies that stuff and spouts off on it already knows who they are.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)
Evening, Trex, and ONT Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 11:09 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:09 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons
I mean it's kinda true. All of the great things about America and western civilization is the fault of white people.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (YZ0Fo)
Good on your boys! You obviously raised them well!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (uTEOj)
Buy vintage guitars
Party on dude!
Don't fuck Anna.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (snZF9)
A couple of threads I asked how do we fight against the shit.
WTH do we do?
We vote but there has to be more we can do.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)
What did I do to you in past nyah?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)
Nothing like the other Anna did. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:13 PM (snZF9)
Who knew that you couldn't just be admitted to a hospital on your Dr's advice? Instead, you have to go to the ER and do that whole rigamarole first. So that's where we are because Inspector has really low sodium and the results of his CT scan yesterday were suspicious. We would definitely appreciate prayers.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (hdRdU)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)
Of course not. Nor the Indians who owned slaves, black, white, and every other color.
The last slaves to be freed in what is now the United States were the slaves owned by the Tlingit tribe in Alaska, which occurred when US ownership of Alaska became effective on October 18, 1867. The Tlingit were definitely equal opportunity enslavers. They were running slave raids down the coast as far south as California, and more than one European vessel was seized and the crew enslaved.
Fuck "Juneteenth" up its stupid ass. It would be "Octeenth" if they really wanted to mark the day the last slaves were freed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (IG3/x)
Last LEGAL or quasi-legal slaves in the US...YMMV in other countries. According to the intertubes, in 1981, Maurtania became to last country to outlaw legal slavery...
BUT! Wikipaedia has the following:
"the practice became nominally illegal worldwide until Afghanistan legalized it in January 2026".
Yeah Taliban! /sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:17 PM (l3cgK)
ER sucks.. sorry you've got to 'go thru the motions' there. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:17 PM (rdVOm)
>>Everything in our country is the fault of white people.
Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (2GVsD)
Who knew that you couldn't just be admitted to a hospital on your Dr's advice? Instead, you have to go to the ER and do that whole rigamarole first. So that's where we are because Inspector has really low sodium and the results of his CT scan yesterday were suspicious. We would definitely appreciate prayers.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (hdRdU)
Prayers up for both of you.
The only question I have is whether the doctor called to say "Admit Inspector as soon as he gets there."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
Polliwog
All I can do is pray for you both.
If you are an illegal you would get first class treatment.
,
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (/QHx4)
>>Everything in our country is the fault of white people.
Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)
But that's the history of the world. Somebody always wants what somebody else has, and fights a war to steal the land and enslave the previous inhabitants...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
That can't be true cause history started yesterday.
/s
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)
But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)
We didn't start the fire,
It was already burning,
since the world's been turning,
Posted by: Billy Joel at June 17, 2026 11:22 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
I believe it's been burning since the world's been turning.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:22 PM (YZ0Fo)
Marry AFTER thirty
Also: what3words app translates your location into three words so emergency services can pinpoint your location within a few yards...? Feet? Angstroms? Parsecs? Something...
If you wander off the beaten path could be useful.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (GseMx)
We Americans are the best people in the world.
Why are we being treated like third class people?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (/QHx4)
My concern was the hatchet he had hanging off of his ear...
I got out at the next red light🤯!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (uTEOj)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:24 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: four seasons
Yeah, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that’s all on the white people. Greatest nation on Earth, that’s all on white people. The poorest state in the union has a higher GDP than the UK, that’s all on whites. Yeah, others helped, but most of it is all the white people’s fault.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)
Marty McFly
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Always wait to see which medium porn backs. That's why vhs beat beta and dvd beat divx.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:25 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:25 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
He did call ahead, so it was only a 3-4 hour wait instead of 8 hours. Got that going for us.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:26 PM (hdRdU)
I know the ONT is supposed to be light and fun. BUT, if white and some black hardworking taxpayers are eliminated how do the bloodsuckers survive?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:28 PM (/QHx4)
We Americans are the best people in the world.
Why are we being treated like third class people?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (/QHx4)
Because the enemy is within the gates...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons
*shrugs*
I. Don't. Care.
Not. My. Problem.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)
A Slavic family has been convicted of running a human trafficking network in England.
A McDonalds in Cambridgeshire, UK was staffed entirely by men from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Marginalized people, unemployed and such. New start in the UK. And like all slavers, they took the passports and stole about 98% of their wages.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Just building the Utopia we haven't tried yet. The proles will love the new one.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)
For example, the way that the Lakoda/Dakota (Sioux) claim that the Black Hills are THEIR "sacred land".
The Cheyenne, who got their asses kicked out of there by the Sioux before Whitey even showed up, disagree.
On the Anchorage/Cook Inlet side of the Chugach Mountains, the Alaska Natives are mostly Dena'ina (Indians) while on the Valdez/Prince William Sound side they're mostly Chugachigmiut (Eskimos).
Why? Because the Indians genocided the Eskimos on the Anchorage side.
Again, before Whitey even showed up.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)
We are stardust
We are golden
And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (GseMx)
https://youtube.com/shorts/hJ3Inl_S8fA
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (qx7Zg)
A McDonalds in Cambridgeshire, UK was staffed entirely by men from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Marginalized people, unemployed and such. New start in the UK. And like all slavers, they took the passports and stole about 98% of their wages.
Posted by: Anna Puma
The Slavs, epically the mob, have long been some of the biggest trafficking groups on the planet.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:32 PM (/QHx4)
"Black slave owners were African Americans who owned slaves during slavery in the United States, with an estimated 3,775 black slaveholders owning about 12,760 slaves by 1830."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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sssh. We don't talk about that. Or those that stayed home and protected the women and children. Also in their idle time maintained the plantation and produced all that cotton that France and England wanted.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (826kS)
We are golden
And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous
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Oh, great...now I have a Joni Michell earworm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Your mom and dad are freaking awesome. Give Aviator my best.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (hTSkD)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (YZ0Fo)
https://youtu.be/CS5HZxm4AgM?si=xICRGzNUaBdYZupX
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nurse ratched
For sure they are. And I will. But as awesome as they are they somehow raised 2 kids that genghis Kahn was weak. Lol.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:36 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:37 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:37 PM (GseMx)
We are golden
And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone)
We have to deal with the Wall.
https://youtu.be/bRJ5U49sJbI
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
40 acres an amule basically made you a millionaire in 1866. If you used it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:39 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
I much prefer the Matthew's Southern Comfort version. Ewe Tube has it with images of Woodstock in the video. I showed it to one of my sons when he was maybe 12 years old. He thought those people came from another world...maybe they did....
Scary thing is....now they're running the country....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:39 PM (QGaXH)
I. Don't. Care.
Not. My. Problem.
Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Not my circus, not my monkeys. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: BruceWayne
So. No reparations then?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:42 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)
Liar! You didn’t write anything down. But we’re glad you came anyway.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 11:43 PM (kYmoU)
I know the ONT is supposed to be light and fun. BUT, if white and some black hardworking taxpayers are eliminated how do the bloodsuckers survive?
Posted by: four seasons
---
This lightness of being is something new. I remember ONT open thread as being something of a free for all that would drift one way or the other or possibly hang on to one thing. But omnipotent controlling authority. Never.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 11:43 PM (826kS)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
We have to deal with the Wall.
https://youtu.be/bRJ5U49sJbI
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
That's my favorite Kansas tune.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nurse ratched.
40 acres and a mule was reparations. We done. Now I would LOVE to trace down genealogy and have people that scream for them like Sunny Hostin have to pay a "white" family cause her family owned and sold them.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Berserker
I have a confession to make.
The cross-eyed one wearing the blue fez?
That's my monkey.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (ZVgZ4)
What could possibly go wrong? Faraday bags and paper maps anyone?
All probably said already but...
Man. That signaltrace is quite the rabbit hole. Company run by one of Obama's ex-defense secrataries and a Clintonite. It's 85% owned by an Itallian defence contractor at that. American side sold to them during Clintons reign of assholishness.
This story will get more scrutiny from me.
Dude was the first SoDs that wasn't military if I recall correctly.
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (F9nWj)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)
Berserker's guaranteed ear worm removal tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM&
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (Q+gd/)
From what I'm seeing, General Sherman offered that deal in the territory he controlled (though the mules were loaned by the Army, not given outright).
However, Andrew Johnson (aka "the worst President until Woodrow Wilson) clawed it back.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (IG3/x)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM&
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
And here I was gonna Rick Roll him
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:47 PM (A5RD0)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Don't know how accurate it is but have heard a lot of those 40 acres on the east coast were the barrier islands.
Sparsely populated then as fresh water was hard to get (rain fall and cisterns only).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (/lPRQ)
Where are my reparations?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
I'm a Demophobe. And proud of it.
Posted by: polynikes
==============
A phobia is irrational. You're probably Demaverse.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (CHHv1)
That’s when your skin got thickened.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Robin Williams. Fukitol.
https://tinyurl.com/48jxpm8v
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (YZ0Fo)
License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
A new kind of license-plate-reading camera will also scrape the smart devices you take with you, and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and the government
As John Spartan said in Demolition Man: "This fascist crap makes me want to puke!"
Posted by: The future is here and it sucks dystopian ass at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (TbWk/)
Don't fuck her.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY
You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (uTEOj)
Sparsely populated then as fresh water was hard to get (rain fall and cisterns only).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Many that took it got land in the south.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (YZ0Fo)
Don't fuck her.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY
You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I said I only need 2: NOT HER
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (XeU6L)
We have shitty looking Hispanics showing up trying to sell internet service and other things.
Three months ago a Hispanic with a gross scar down his face showed up at the kids house. He was trying to sell some cable service. His buddy was in the unmarked truck in the street.
The daughter-in-law told him they weren't interested. He was being persistent till he heard their big dog barking.
He said "oh you have a dog, I'm, leaving."
The kids front yard is completely fenced in. We have told them no one should have access to your yard. We gave them locks for the gates but it is an issue about the kid's friends coming over.
We told them they have phones and they should call before they come over.
What else can we do?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (kYmoU)
It just occurred to me that the reason for this was likely that Sherman had a zillion mules that he no longer needed after the war was over.
Lending them to the black farmers meant that someone else would be responsible for feeding them and taking care of them, while ensuring they were still around to requisition back should the need arise. Much smarter than just killing them.
Sherman might've been a cold-blooded motherfucker, but no one ever said he wasn't shrewd.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: four seasons at
Call the sheriff when they show up and say ima shoot this MFer when he doesn't leave my property.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (YZ0Fo)
I have two who served in Wisconsin regiments, who epitomize the extremes of war service. One became a Colonel of 21st Wisconsin, was captured along with his unit at Chickamauga (the 21st held their ground when the units on both sides of them split and ran, so they were completely cutoff). Spent a year in Libby prison in Richmond, escaped, ended up as one of Sherman's staff officers. Quite a career.
The other one, his cousin, signed up as a private, was shipped immediately to Spotsylvania, and was shot through the head the 2nd day he wore the uniform.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:55 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Azjaeger at June 17, 2026 11:55 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)
Well. Are landmines an option?
Because, landmines should be an option.
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 11:56 PM (2bUGO)
1. Any recipient gets a first class one-way airline ticket to the African hellhole of their choice.
2. Said recipient will not receive any funds until they have set up a bank account in said African hellhole.
3. Said recipient immediately and permanently loses US citizenship and all rights thereof. Said recipient may never again enter the US or any US territory. The penalty for doing so is instant execution, no trial or any other arbitration.
I would add "with subsequent seizure of all assets" to point three, but we all know the reparation money would be spent in less than two weeks.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: four seasons at
Call the sheriff when they show up and say ima shoot this MFer when he doesn't leave my property.
Posted by: BruceWayne
Shoot
Shovel
Shut up
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (YJ71Z)
BruceWayne,
That's what I think they should do.
Nothing is like Mayberry anymore. It's a different world we live in now.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (/QHx4)
Because, landmines should be an option.
Posted by: Reforger at June
No solicitors and solicitors will be shot signs work wonders.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (YZ0Fo)
Don't fuck her.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY
You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
I said I only need 2: NOT HER
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
"Don't let her move in" is five words, but in case you can't resist the others...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
-------
I despise Sherman, however:
"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast." -- WTS
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:59 PM (XeU6L)
There is a famous 911 call from ok of an older lady that called that sheriff when someone was around her house. And it basically came down to her saying "ima shoot him grave yard dead if he comes to my door". He did. She did. And then said I'll wait for yall to get here. They said good job.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:00 AM (YZ0Fo)
Soccer is hockey at 1/10th speed without the ice and pussy players that are mortally wounded every time they get touched by another player.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 12:01 AM (ufFY8)
"Warning: this house belongs to a biker who hates beggars, salesmen, missionaries, politicians, and bill collectors. If you have business with me, don't make it Saturday or Sunday. Unless you are blind and can't read this sign, you can bet your dead ass I'll punch your lights out if you knock on this door on Saturday or Sunday."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 12:01 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 12:02 AM (YJ71Z)
First power outage of the season, too. It went out about a half hour into the storm, and returned about 3 hours later a half hour ago. If we follow history, we'll see.4 or 5 more before September, lasting 2 to 6 hours.
I want to get batteries added to my solar, but APS isn't making it easy. They require combo meter- main panels, which makes getting in between the grid and the wiring.to the house to switch off the grid and onto batteries almost impossible. I had one proposal.to move wiring around to allow this which left my 40 year old panel in place with no breakers in it, and reduced my service from 200A to 150A... and it was $$$$. That doesn't even start on the batteries, that's another 30-40k.
I'm getting deep in the weeds with the NEC codes, trying to find a better, and maybe cheaper way
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2026 12:02 AM (RW118)
When we lived in Hellumbia, SC, we didn't answer the doorbell. We had very sketchy characters showing up. Even here in nowhere Wyoming we have sketchy people show up at the door and we don't answer the doorbell.
It's a different world now and if you didn't call to let us know you were coming over, fuck off.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (/QHx4)
Looking at the fine print on the menu for the "Super Supreme" I spy "chicken bacon" and "chicken ham."
Who the heck invented chicken bacon???
I passed.
Posted by: Whitehall at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (4/VSo)
Nothing is like Mayberry anymore. It's a different world we live in now.
Posted by: four seasons
--------
From 'Out stealin Horses', Petterson:
"And when someone says the past is a foreign country, that they do things differently there, then I have probably felt that way for most of my life..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)
That's a tough one. Only one three word phrase. Hell of a lot of possible things to head off - don't marry (name redacted), our parents suck, we aren't evil, or even "please kill us." If I had to boil it down just to one thing, maybe it would be served by:
"We deserved better"
Posted by: A nice cherry thought before bedtime at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
No uhauls. Also only 2 words.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)
The second problem was a group of camp followers, said to be about 30,000 made up of deserters, runaway slaves, and general ruffians that stayed about 5 miles behind the main army. This was the group that caused most of the trouble looting the civilians. Sherman was sick of them but didn't want to waste time dealing with them either.
The army came to a large river, and had to build a pontoon bridge to get across. (Sherman's army was good at this) He got his army across, iirc about 40,000 men and their equipment, and then he saw the camp followers coming up, and he knew the Confederate pursuers were also coming up fast. So as soon as his army got across, he cut the pontoons loose and destroyed the bridge, so the Confederates and the camp followers could have fun killing each other and he wouldn't have to bother with either of them anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 12:05 AM (edUvp)
Posted by: Maybe I shouldn't think about it at June 18, 2026 12:08 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:09 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (geT9b)
If you haven't ever seen it, enjoy. Or enjoy it again.
🐵🐷
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o
Posted by: mindful webworker - the world has gone insane at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:11 AM (2bUGO)
If you haven't ever seen it, enjoy. Or enjoy it again.
🐵🐷
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o
Posted by: mindful webworker - the world has gone insane at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (9bb3y)
The monkey must be a socialist - or a Democrat.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (geT9b)
You know, far enough back, this might get you investing in perfumes.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Nah they didn't abort it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:14 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Nah they didn't abort it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (YZ0Fo)
Maybe, but he was looking backwards.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:22 AM (YZ0Fo)
And that is one serious earworm.
Turn down the volume or suffer.
Now, where did I put that Berzerker earworm medicine?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:24 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 12:25 AM (0nHVk)
Lol Debby
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:26 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Our 18 year old selves knew everything.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:28 AM (/QHx4)
1) Any change in the time line has unpredictable and cascading effects. So when old you talks to young you, young you will do things differently meaning your advice is probably meaningless. "Marry Jane"? But younger you never goes to the party where he meet Jane because he spent time talking to Steve that fated night about some crazy old man that told him he was a time traveller
2) By changing the time line older you is a different person and therefore never goes back or gives different advice causing a paradox.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:29 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:29 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (iP/HW)
Probably some scheme to tie one's face to one's cellphone number?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:30 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:30 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 12:31 AM (DZ9Lv)
BruceWay.ne,
Evanston Wyoming or Illinois?
Posted by: four season
IL. they passed it last year. Fun fact Evanston is insanely white.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:31 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (ZVgZ4)
Probably some scheme to tie one's face to one's cellphone number?
_-_
I was thinking something like that. Family member gave them a ration of shit about it, but it did not seem to deter them.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (iP/HW)
Call the cops. Dial 911 right then and there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:34 AM (1z8ji)
Evanston has always been fucked up.
Posted by: four seasons
It's a college town of an an "elite" uni. They are dumb. I lived in Chicago for 8 years. We always laughed at Evanston.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:35 AM (YZ0Fo)
Never clean with alcohol.
Nothing gets done after the first bottle.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:35 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Inspector's Phone
-------
Your Doctor probably doesn't have "privileges". One of those privileges is admission on his word. One of the hospital's doctors have to verify your condition.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (RW118)
Nothing gets done after the first bottle.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
Fair. But the cleaning was fun. Give and take.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:38 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I say call the sheriff. If you call the cops here they ain't gonna help ya.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:38 AM (YZ0Fo)
BruceWayne,
We lived in Glen Eĺlyn for several years. We moved to McHenry on the Fox River for a few years.
Assholes charged us an exit tax for moving to another town.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:39 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (YZ0Fo)
Yeah, 18 yr old me wouldn't listen, either. LOL!
Dad told me (on his deathbed) he thought I'd lived such a bad, hard life and was sympathetic. Well, I'd been straightened out for years by then, so it surprised me that he said it!
I replied something like: No worries, Dad. I got my shyte together and landed on my feet. Got a husband who treats me well; got a good job with decent pay & bennies; house is paid, car is paid...
Bothers me sometimes, when I think he must've thought me a failure for so long-- even when I wasn't.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
You're no entrepreneur.
Doctor apptmt in the morning. Better get to snoozin'.
Always liked the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's version of this.
https://youtu.be/KKm_EgDI_-E
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - also, don't trust Bill at June 18, 2026 12:41 AM (9bb3y)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:41 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:42 AM (/QHx4)
Assholes charged us an exit tax for moving to another town.
Posted by: four season
I lived in wrigleyville for 8 years out of college. It was great. Glad I got out when I did. But have friends that's still live in all the "outer areas". Don't feel bad for them.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:43 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:44 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:45 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: JQ at June
I'd say he didn't think you a failure was just sad you had a rough go. Was proud of you.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:46 AM (YZ0Fo)
We lived in Florida when husband got a promotion to run the office in Chicago.
We were oddities up there. People would call my husband and they told him they just wanted to hear his Southern accent.
Assholes
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:47 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (nuNhM)
Assholes
Posted by: four seasons at
I still get that in the south. Are your from
New York or Minnesota? The only 2 places they think of as north
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)
Both my parents were born there, my grandfathers who I never met because they skipped out on their respective families were born there, my uncle who was murdered there, so much family history there, even a US Supreme Court ruling that involves my dad's family. Yet, Chicago is not a place I ever want to visit.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:49 AM (CO2jt)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Neither parent ever said that to me. But Dad did tell me I'm a "good daughter" the night before he passed. So, I got that going for me...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)
He probably felt also that it was his fault, too. It is one of those things. It may have been his way of apologizing to you for not being able to make it turn out better. My dad had those moments too. you know, when I was at my worst.
Later on, at the end of his life, he was surprised at how close I was to him, and how I tried to help and support him. He told me I had turned out well and was a good son. I told him I blamed it all on him, which tickled his sense of humor.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (rbvCR)
Hey Batman, how are you?
If those kids took my picture at the library I would be extending my middle finger, it is a common gesture around here. I try to not go the library when the translibrarian is working.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ at June
That's what I was tryna say
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:51 AM (s6tef)
BruceWayne,
We had always lived in the South.
It was weird living Chicago adjacent because people thought since we had a Southern accent we were stupid.
Husband was a top lawyer and he kicked ass up there.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:52 AM (/QHx4)
I'm doin pretty well. Just went to universal for a week with she hobbit and the boys. I didn't hurt anyone. So seems like a win 😜
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:52 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Kindltot
That's probably it. Dad wasn't touchy-feely and even though educated and quite eloquent.. not really good at conveying emotions.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)
It was weird living Chicago adjacent because people thought since we had a Southern accent we were stupid.
Husband was a top lawyer and he kicked ass up there.
Posted by: four seasons
Ya it works both ways. I still get shit down here. But I been there for like 15 years. So I don't care
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:54 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:55 AM (/QHx4)
Hey Batman, how are you?
...
If those kids took my picture at the library I would be extending my middle finger, it is a common gesture around here. I try to not go the library when the translibrarian is working.
Batman does NOT live in Bruce Wayne's basement;
Bruce Wayne lives in *Batman's* Attic.
Dare to Be Stoop1d: Transformer Edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tc6UbEYI4M
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 12:57 AM (hj0cc)
Fuck them.
Posted by: four seasons
It's fine. I'll never be a local. And thats fine. I'd feel
The same way if I still lived up north. No worries on my end.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:58 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:59 AM (/QHx4)
_-_
Family member led off with that "What kind of mother do you have who would let you be out doing this to people". Works pretty well on a certain age of kid.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 01:00 AM (iP/HW)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:01 AM (rbvCR)
The thing about assholes taking your picture is they can attach the picture to whatever site they want.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:02 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (XeU6L)
Well I'm betting you're not hearing Joni Mitchell anymore. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)
SMH!!! How is the country girl doing??
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:05 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:05 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:06 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Jake Blues at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (ufFY8)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons
It's all the raycists that didn't show up and if they would have it woulda been a huge hit.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:08 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:09 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (s6tef)
SMH!! How are you enjoying the new freedom?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (YZ0Fo)
Hiya MANFRED!
FederationVille,
lets see if it turns out better than this
https://youtu.be/SF4LUTe1zec?t=192
Dancin' is for People who are Pathetic;
Trump no longer dancin' to the DJ/Marco tunes of the Dancing Brennan Undead.
Hope? Not even the end of the Beginning/AI War I -- SOON!
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 01:12 AM (d082u)
Posted by: Lao Peng Jo Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:12 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Lao Peng Jo Miklos
There's a dude that is buying old pizza huts and bringing the 80/90s ones cups chamdliers pac man's machines. And they are doing gang busters business. I think he's up to 80.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:15 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Jake Blues
Eat your chickens
We got a full tank of gas, a half-pack of smokes, and work to do
Posted by: Neglected Third Blues Brother Nawlins Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:15 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: BruceWayne
That's what I was referring to.
Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes at June 18, 2026 01:16 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)
___
I am so thankful that we no longer live in Illinois, and we're currently tossing ideas about building a shooting range.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:17 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Are you not entertained?!?!
Posted by: The Mandoboringan at June 18, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)
SMH,
Did you have to move pets?
When we moved from Illinois to South Carolina we had two Great Danes to move.
That was an interesting trip, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)
Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes
Ahhh my bad. 24 hour fitness now owns the franchise.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:19 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons
Mr. Haney was the top real estate salesman in Naperville for years
Posted by: Miklos just wants a lousy one Green Acre at June 18, 2026 01:19 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:21 AM (/QHx4)
That was an interesting trip, lol.
Posted by: four seasons
Did you move to Denmark, SC?
It's just down the road from Norway, SC
Posted by: Miklos did not, in fact, make this up at June 18, 2026 01:21 AM (8Tmnw)
One rode shotgun with me, the other with the hubby, who was driving the uHaul. They slept for most of the drive, which was about two and a half hours.
They're still quite clingy, but their appetite has mostly returned.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:22 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: Col Hannibal Miklos, not bringing his A-Team at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (8Tmnw)
They're still quite clingy, but their appetite has mostly returned.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
My parents dog was a effing terror til they moved to ok. Then she didn't know her surroundings and become the most calm friendly dog ever.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:24 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)
___
lol
Amazing what fear does to a person...or a dog.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:25 AM (s6tef)
In-laws needed looking after.
Posted by: four seasons
Hell, you people clear the other side of town.
With them hoity-toity Rich landers
Posted by: Miklos rejoices on the banks of the Saluda at June 18, 2026 01:26 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:27 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:27 AM (/QHx4)
Amazing what fear does to a person...or a dog.
Posted by: SMH at
Well she was still kinda terrible. But then papawayne thought it was cute hahahah. But ya her craziness went away basically overnight.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:28 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Master Of Spoiled Rotten Dog Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:28 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:30 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Master Of Spoiled Rotten Dog Miklos
My sisters dog, who we have lost now, wasn't a great traveler. And one time he held it in until we were a block from the house and then sprayed the entire back of the car with shit
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:31 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:32 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Your sisters dog at June 18, 2026 01:33 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:33 AM (s6tef)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:34 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Your sisters dog
Hahah yup he was like ima get in the pool. What's the problem.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:35 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:36 AM (2bUGO)
A dentist (I think a stupid one) watched a bump on my husband's gum by a lower front tooth for months. No biggie he said.
I sent him to a peridontist I researched & he is now having a gum transplant to the gum and I will be a nurse again for a few days. Transplant from roof of his mouth horror.
Tomorrow I will plan his diet of ice cream, yogurt, smoothies, grandmother's cure all egg custard, etc.
Dental stuff horrifies me & I cannot imagine. He will be doped up, so that's good. He's very compliant and a good patient.
This will be my last effort before they haul me off to the asylum to get him better.
I know it's not important but I do neet a cut and color hair appt next week if he's better. We also have a party to attend a week after this.
Supposedly the pain is "not as bad" as wisdom teeth removal, which he had in college & I had to deal with that as well with him and sons.
Have the crawling baby girl tomorrow before they are out of town (Maui) for 10dys. Took her and big sis's photos by my roses today and they look timeless.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 01:36 AM (hzuYO)
When we lived in Illinois an old retired guy showed up one day and his business was cleaning up dog poop from the yard.
With two Great Danes, we hired him immediately.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)
Couple years later, hub got orders to Hawaii-- a "W.H.O. rabies-free zone"-- with mandatory 120day quarantine. Heartbroken, I tried to find her a new home. One family seemed great & took her home, I cried for days! Then they called-- she wasn't eating, spent the whole time in a closet and wouldn't come out. So I went for a visit & she came out, ate, used the box... and I left again (in tears) but they called again and said it wasn't working out. Their young child was heartbroken, but understood.
Yay! Got my buddy back! And then-- vet papers/certificates for international travel, plane fare, quarantine costs... and then when XH & I split... more plane fare, car travel, moving... UGH!
Loved that silly rotten cat. One-person cat. EXPENSIVE cat.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:39 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at
My Heart dog Summit. Was diabetic had pancreatitis 4x. Blind. Had to have have fluids 2x a day. But I'll never love any dog more than her.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:42 AM (YZ0Fo)
With two Great Danes, we hired him immediately.
Posted by: four seasons
Cool
You let an old guy on your lawn
Posted by: Stuffs happens, as Miklos says at June 18, 2026 01:44 AM (8Tmnw)
True loving pet people try to keep them alive.
We kept a couple going until we knew they were suffering.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:46 AM (/QHx4)
Husband is now old and he's allowed on the lawn. Sometimes he cleans up the dog shit.
That's a good day.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:48 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:49 AM (0nHVk)
We kept a couple going until we knew they were suffering.
Posted by: four seasons
Summit got at least a year of good life that others wouldn't have done. Then her liver swelled. And we had like 2 more great weeks before it was time
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:49 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Stuffs happens, as Miklos says
When the cloud yells at you to do something, you do it.
Posted by: mirror-universe mikeski at June 18, 2026 01:50 AM (VHUov)
BruceWayne,
The dog we lost last year had liver problems. He was an old guy who had a good life and we cried like babies when we lost him.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:52 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:54 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 01:55 AM (z3HFv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:56 AM (/QHx4)
The dog we lost last year had liver problems. He was an old guy who had a good life and we cried like babies when we lost him.
Posted by: four seasons
My parents and sister had been trough it that was my true first time. And many other people wouldn't have done what we did to get her to almost 13. But all of her years were good. I'll never have a dog like her again.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:57 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 01:58 AM (z3HFv)
So, he has a small spot he craps in in the yard. I take him out after the wife, who takes him out in the morning. We don't really comunicate much during the week. We work different shifts. Turns out he didn't shit for like 5 days. I was worried, wife was worried yet because we have such seperate times we work neither voiced there concerns to the other.
So I pick him up one time about noon and start to haul him out. I get to the door to the laundry room and a loud blurp noise emminate from the pug. A turd falls to the floor. I at once realized I had a projectile dog shit machine in my hands. I quickly try to open the door outside and failed. He starts slipping out of my hands as I try again. Suffice to say I spent the next 4 hours cleaning up liquid shit from walls and counters. It was like releasing a cork. My turning with a half dropped pug just increased the blast radius.
I still have PTSD from this. Poor pug will get his ass thrown out the window if I hear that gurgling again.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:00 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 02:01 AM (z3HFv)
Posted by: four seasons
I've cried more at my families dogs being put down than anyone in my family that died. And that was like x100000000000 when I had to put my girl down
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (YZ0Fo)
BruceWayne,
We've been married almost 50 years. We have had many dogs.
Chela, my Shih Tzu will always have my heart. She was absolutely wonderful.
There is always one who owns us forever.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (z3HFv)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: raimondo at June 18, 2026 02:04 AM (cmynl)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)
That was my Sassy. She was so awesome. I list her to a doritto bag incident at less than a year old.
Never leave bags of chips open around dogs.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (2bUGO)
We've been married almost 50 years. We have had many dogs.
Chela, my Shih Tzu will always have my heart. She was absolutely wonderful.
There is always one who owns us forever.
Posted by: four seasons at
The really funny thing is my sister and her gf got a girl doodle cause they wanted the boy doodle to have a buddy. And she's obsessed with me 😂
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:07 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: BruceWayne
And she also bullies him even tho he's like 5x her size hahah
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:09 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:09 AM (/QHx4)
We'll see.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:10 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 02:11 AM (0nHVk)
Thing doesn't get proper medical care or grooming and isn't housebroken afaik, because it liquid-shit on my carpet last time they visited...
Dude says he's gonna visit again sometime this summer. Ugh, i CaN hArDlY wAiT.
Sucks when, as a critter-lover, you see crap like this.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)
BruceWayne,
Two or four legged you have a female obsessed with you.
Posted by: four seasons at
*shakes head no*
*winks and smiles*
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:12 AM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:12 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)
We are so blessed to have AOS.
Most of us will never meet but we truly care about each other.
Thank you Ace for this wonderful place.
Goodnight all and sleep well.
Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:16 AM (/QHx4)
Tomorrow brings much befuckery, don't miss a minute.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (2bUGO)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
I'm here to put the FUN in dysFUNctional!!!
.
.
.
... or, maybe not?
Whatever. It's late...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 02:24 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Hootersville, dahlink
Hotscakes?
Posted by: Miklos Eva-Gabor at June 18, 2026 02:24 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Miklos heard about Will Geer at June 18, 2026 02:26 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos heard about Will Geer
Yes. Found out later. Still liked the Waltons tv show-- yeah, it's not for everyone. *shrugs*
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
They OWNED the lumber mill
Evil capitalists
*does two, no three (3) Jell-o shots just to calm down
Posted by: Miklos of the People at June 18, 2026 02:32 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 02:32 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 02:38 AM (Da7Vv)
Lots of curves you bet, and even more when you get to the Junction. Petticoat Junction.
I could stand some time at the Shady Rest. On the porch with Uncle Joe. And we'd both be movin' kinda slow. At the Junction.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 02:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
On laundry day
Posted by: Young Miklos noticed at June 18, 2026 02:42 AM (8Tmnw)
Glad you didn't get hurt! What a shot of adrenaline, ugh. Research the specifics of "castle doctrine" for your state. Next time: know what you're allowed to do.
Thinking wow, I need to refine a plan for here...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos discussed this with Mr. Drucker at June 18, 2026 02:51 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)
They would become area rugs. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 02:52 AM (snZF9)
Posted by: JQ
Claymores
The President of the HOA is ex-military, says it's ok
Even helped me set 'em up
Posted by: Miklos likes his lawn umtrampled by misfits and miscreants at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: BruceWayne
That's what I was referring to.
Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes at June 18, 2026 01:16 AM (8Tmnw)
I think there is a Pizza Hut in Wasilla, but most of them up here are now something else. The one on 5th Ave in Anchorage is now an adult "book" store. The Pizza Smut.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (bl07w)
NEW-Billie Jo, Betty Jo, or Bobbie Jo
Argue and discuss
--------------
Nah, not into wimmens.
How's about... Adrian Paul, ca. 1992. Mmmm...
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Wherever you go, there you are, and it's five o'clock somewhere
You have learned much, Grasshopper
Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at June 18, 2026 02:56 AM (8Tmnw)
I live in TX, somebody breaks into your house you can blow them away. He didn't even know I was there, I was bare foot. Mainly I'm pissed because my front door is now ruined. I've had more of an adrenaline surge fighting in Judo competitions - no big deal.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 02:57 AM (Da7Vv)
Posted by: JQ
Ok
The hottest guy of *insert decade* who turned out NOT to be gay
Posted by: Miklos knew girls who suspected and were proven right at June 18, 2026 02:58 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
In that case... *slaps you* WTF didn't you blow his brains out?!
I get it, though. There's a huge difference between talkin' and doin'
Like to think I'd blow the worthless ass away, but push-come-to-shove? Don't know if I could actually DO it.
*pours drink for you*
Be well.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)
There were three Billie Jo's, and two Bobbie Jo's, but just one Betty Jo.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 03:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: BruceWayne
Like the 80/90s PH interiors? How about the recipes..bring those back and Ill drive..late 80s/early 90s hut was da bomb
Posted by: A dude in MI at June 18, 2026 03:08 AM (+I6Y/)
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 03:14 AM (Da7Vv)
Oh, I hear that! Hahaha, loud n clear... local cops here are total fkups. Yeah, the aftermath would suck, hard-core.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:17 AM (rdVOm)
As long as it's only CITY cops. Or maybe just *my* city's worthless cops?
Fkers seemingly are only there to protect the damned criminals. B@stard that broke into dad's house got a wrist-slap of "trespassing" with an open-ended, all-day window to show up at court for whatever fine (that they would, no doubt, suspend because he was "homeless" and/or "disabled" even though he obviously had assistance and a regular place to stay) rather than "breaking and entering" and/or "burglary"... grrrrr!
Oh yeah--- and tickets! Fines! "REVENUE ENHANCEMENT!"
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Time for bed, methinks.
Good night, all. Thanks for being yourselves!
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)
The President of the HOA is ex-military, says it's ok
Even helped me set 'em up
Posted by: Miklos
FRONT TOWARDS SALESMAN
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (VHUov)
I think there is a Pizza Hut in Wasilla, but most of them up here are now something else. The one on 5th Ave in Anchorage is now an adult "book" store. The Pizza Smut.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (bl07w)
I miss the Cook Inlet Book Company.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 03:46 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 03:49 AM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Associate Adjunct Professorship with Tenure AWARDED
Posted by: University of Miklos at June 18, 2026 03:57 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)
Every town and city in America has a line item where fines are factored in. Americans are guilty to the tune of whatever that number is. Cops may tell you they have no quota, and they might well be right - but if they want to be more honest, they might want to read their city budget.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:57 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)
Maybe the Book Cache? I don't recall a Cook Inlet Book Co.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:58 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:59 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)
Maybe the Book Cache? I don't recall a Cook Inlet Book Co.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:58 AM (bl07w)
I’d swear that was the name of it. Downtown Anchorage. Was last there in 2005 right before I PCSed. Wasn’t there when I was last in Anchorage in 2018.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: mikeski
Yes, but I try to be nice to those nice Mormons on their bikes.
The Jehovahs people learned a while back
Posted by: Moderately tolerant Miklos for about 9 seconds tops at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:02 AM (gfO9L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (gfO9L)
Book Cache was the regular book store, there were several around town, but certainly on on 5th Ave next to JC Penney across from Club Paris. Now it's some tourist store with junk from China, complete waste of space.
The only decent book store up here anymore is Title Wave, and even that is run by a bunch of old hippies, but it does carry just about everything in print. There's some chain store, too, but Title Wave is the source up here.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 04:03 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Skip
No school nights until August!
Go outside and catch fireflies or something
"Uncle" Raymond is visiting
Posted by: Kindly but lonely Auntie Miklos at June 18, 2026 04:03 AM (8Tmnw)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 04:04 AM (bl07w)
Posted by: Cow Demon
SAD!
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You lied, sir! I see no peexee...
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YwEeS)
almost
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (L4701)
I was wrong last thread, to be admired and appreciated isn't weakness, it's leadership by example.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 17, 2026 07:29 PM (nDXEV)
*runs in, soaked and haggard*
TS Arthur has passed through. A trash can got knocked over. But we will rebuild.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (O0L8i)
Aspinal of London is, of course, Kate Middleton's preferred handbag.
Posted by: AoSHQ Fashion Consultants at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (O0L8i)
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If you were a California homo you could probably get a government grant for that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:32 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)
Sadly, no. Life is full of little disappointments like that.
Posted by: Panda Express at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)
Do tell.
Posted by: Girl Scout Cookies at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (skR0U)
That's not just any old tapir, but a Malayan tapir, which are endangered. Just like old Democrats, and soon, Republicans!
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:34 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM
No, it's not. It's an awful color!
Posted by: Hunter B. at June 17, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM
No, it's not. It's an awful color!
I painted me submarine that color, mate.
Posted by: Richard Starkey at June 17, 2026 07:36 PM (skR0U)
"Psychology says people who eat with their hands don't lack table manners, they may be preserving a deeper connection to food, memory and their roots"
Like when they were toddlers.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:36 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (Jr+re)
"Psychology says people who eat with their hands don't lack table manners, they may be preserving a deeper connection to food, memory and their roots"
Like when they were toddlers.
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Here's a bowl of soup. Good luck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Hold bowl.
Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YwEeS)
I don't know.
My youngest has an orange cat, and they have this special bond. The cat will yowl at the front door when the kid goes out, the youngest will get something he is excited about like a new baseball mitt, and he'll show the cat, and the cat seems genuinely interested. It's bizarre.
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Hold bowl.
Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
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That's why we invented bread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (gnNyN)
You were asking earlier if there was a reason so many people were letting their freak flags fly these days, or had people been polymorphically-perverse for a long time.
It's relatively recent. What has influenced this?
Two words: Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
https://tinyurl.com/ye2668bw
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (dK+
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My cat always appeared at least briefly when I got home just to say hello.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (/QHx4)
Two words: Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
Iz Big Penguin with you in the rhoom right now ?
Posted by: Dr. Freud at June 17, 2026 07:44 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
Hold bowl.
Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
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That's why we invented bread.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (gnNyN)
Mmm. Soup sandwiches.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:44 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (5xvZ1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
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Whew! And here I was worried about some eschatological crisis.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)
I've known 2 orange cats in my life.
One was near-human. Had the personality of Mork. Died young while trying to make friends with a moving car.
The other is stupid, autistic, epileptic, incurious, and lazy even by cat standards.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)
He's checking to see if you've been out catting around.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (GseMx)
Her Majesty has computer problems no one else on earth has ever or will ever have. Guess who has to sort them out?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)
Mom taught us kids to dip our grilled cheese sandwiches into the tomato soup for a tasty treat. All my kids and grandkids do the same!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)
The Exorcist?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Paul at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (u/66v)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (skR0U)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)
Mine used to do that the first three years . Would get up from sleeping to meet me with his eyes still closed while walking to me.
Now he stays sleeping and I have to go see him.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (gtcuf)
Grilled cheese, yes, but not tomato soup.
I.... I feel deprived.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:50 PM (jehhT)
So the little lady and I are making a road trip out of it. Besides the rescue mission (I kid), I'll be able to collect a couple of new states (AL, MS, possibly AR) and finally see what this Buc-ees thing is all about. Definitely need to find a good holiday barbecue somewhere. Might as well enjoy the trip.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:50 PM (xverI)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m)
Coming down from NJ, btw. Hopefully the rental won't have Jersey tags, lol.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI)
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Yeah, Europeans are one thing, Jerseyites another.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)
Mammaw made these perfectly crisp grilled cheese. With crap, cheap bread and cheese. Perfect. Melty. Delicious. I have never been able to get even close. The woman was magic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)
Blend in some amount of bread, butter and cheese? Ya got me!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (5P5DO)
AI sez:
Whole Foods stocks Heyday Canning Co. Grilled Cheese Tomato Soup. This popular 15 oz can blends vine-ripened tomatoes, sharp cheddar cheese, and buttery sourdough cracker pieces to capture the exact flavor of a toasted grilled cheese sandwich dipped into creamy tomato soup.
That's a bit hyperbolic. It's not "the exact flavor." But it's mighty tasty. Enjoyed it while I was on soft foods after my implant surgery.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI
Exxon's legal department just moved from NJ to The Woodlands . Hope it's a good trip and your son is doing well.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:56 PM (/QHx4)
If you've got 5 kids like we did, cheap cheese.
Now with no kids, 'Murican!
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:57 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)
Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?
Mom used yellow Kraft singles. As an adult I use cheddah.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (5P5DO)
Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
Senator Wiener on MAGA Homophobic Backlash Against Major League Baseball:
“On San Francisco Giants Pride Night — also the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre — several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage that has been hijacked by homophobes to ‘take back’ the rainbow from LGBTQ people. The players could have displayed this passage any night of the year but chose to do it only on Pride Night.
“The Giants, sadly, took no action in response, which is inconsistent with the Giants’ longstanding support for our LGBTQ community. Major League Baseball then warned the players that MLB rules bar defacement of uniforms. The Giants should publicly commit to enforcing rules around uniform defacement and should not effectively create a homophobia exemption to those rules.
“MAGA leaders like JD Vance and Josh Hawley are now glomming on and declaring an anti-LGBTQ culture war, in an attempt to bully MLB from enforcing its rules. MAGA leaders are only taking issue with enforcement of the rule against homophobic defacement, not any other form of defacement.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (gtcuf)
I don't think I do. Do you have mine?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
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Evelyn Waugh's grandson Alexander Waugh remarked that the family owed a great debt of gratitude to their Scottish ancestor who came to London so that they no longer ate porridge with their fingers.
Posted by: Archetypal Dumb Blonde at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (Jr+re)
Favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Gruyere
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (5P5DO)
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Provolone
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (5yDGQ)
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That's not just any old tapir, but a Malayan tapir, which are endangered. Just like old Democrats, and soon, Republicans!
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM
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Like your career, you back-stabbing little piece of shit.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 08:00 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)
LOOOOOL Trump to Offer Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland or outright sell it.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (5P5DO)
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How does one "deface" a baseball cap by quoting sacred scripture?
Who is *your* God, little man?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Don't immanentize the Spheniscidae.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM
Probably the same drawer the .32 Longs are in.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: fd
HEY!
You probably use a fork when eating french fries, don't you?
Well la-de-dah! Pretty bougie.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (ItpVy)
1. Creamy Tomato
2. Clam Chowder
3. Zuppa Toscana from Olive Garden: A creamy broth loaded with spicy Italian sausage, fresh kale, and russet potatoes.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (GseMx)
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
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Iran was only somewhat about Iran. It was mainly about China. We showed Xi that we have the ability and (this is very important) THE WILLINGNESS to close the Straits of Hormuz when it suits us.
Taiwan is out of his reach, and he knows it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (vFG9F)
It's kind of fun to see all these British actors I've seen in other projects and go, "Hey, it's that guy!"
In the current episode, a minor character is played by Christopher "Ninth Doctor" Eccleston.
I'm expecting him to upstage Poirot with his own clever solution to the crime and then hop off into the Tardis on another grand adventure in time and space.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
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Nah, I shoot that all the time. Hmmm. [rummages around]
Yep, it was in with the 9mm Largo.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)
Havarti and swiss. On sourdough. Closest I get to gourmet cooking.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Piper
Or are we supposed to be processing your hair?
Posted by: John with the long mustache at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)
Yep. Just down Versailles rd in Lexington.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM
You mean those things the French and Belgians dip in mayonnaise?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)
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Yes.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (amcLV)
I'm expecting him to upstage Poirot with his own clever solution to the crime and then hop off into the Tardis on another grand adventure in time and space.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)
what is this one based on ? which book ?
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
Well la-de-dah! Pretty bougie.
Posted by: Tonypete "
"Humans experience food through multiple senses. Taste is only one part of the equation. The brain also processes texture, temperature, smell and touch. Psychologists call this multisensory integration. Multisensory integration refers to the brain's ability to combine information from different senses to create a richer experience. When people eat with their hands, touch becomes part of the meal."
I prefer to experience my fries with my fingers.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
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Pommes frites > French fries
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
If the swap happens, it's Denmark's problem.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (GseMx)
It's kind of fun to see all these British actors I've seen in other projects and go, "Hey, it's that guy!"
In reality, there are only about 14 British actors in total who all take turns guesting on each other's shows.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)
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At any given time, there are only about two dozen British actors. They're in everything, but only for a narrow window. Some get into Hollywood, the rest retreat back into stage productions or minor roles.
One of the actors in "Brideshead Revisited" (he played Boy Mulcaster) slummed it as an X-wing pilot in "Star Wars." And then you see him as an officer in "Danger UXB." Crazy stuff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Poirot's trying to solve the murder of his dentist.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (vTZFs)
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Beat me to it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (GseMx)
Hmmm, lots of empty seats at the Ghana-Panama game. It's obviously Trump and late-stage capitalism. Oh, wait, it's being played in Toronto.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)
71.
Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
Senator Wiener on MAGA Homophobic Backlash
“On San Francisco Giants Pride Night — also the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre — several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage that has been hijacked by homophobes to ‘take back’ the rainbow from LGBTQ people. The players could have displayed this passage any night of the year but chose to do it only on Pride Night.
“The Giants, sadly, took no action in response, which is inconsistent with the Giants’ longstanding support for our LGBTQ community. Major League Baseball then warned the players that MLB rules bar defacement of uniforms. The Giants should publicly commit to enforcing rules around uniform defacement and should not effectively create a homophobia exemption to those rules.
“MAGA leaders like JD Vance and Josh Hawley are now glomming on and declaring an anti-LGBTQ culture war, in an attempt to bully MLB from enforcing its rules. MAGA leaders are only taking issue with enforcement of the rule against homophobic defacement, not any other form of defacement.
Posted by: beckster
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Elaborate essay. Hey Scott -- It doesn't work anymore, shit-dick.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (HLgI3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
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Pommes frites.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0
That's good but a Texas blackberry cobbler kicks ass.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)
Gotta be some state fair! Right next to the deep fried turkey legs.
Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (Jr+re)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)
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Canadians are too poor to afford tickets. Also hard to buy them when you have to keep your "elbows up!" all the time.
(What does that even mean?)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
And Snickers bars. jk
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:13 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon
If you hold your knife and fork in the continental style, we'll have to ask for your cardboard membership card to be returned.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ItpVy)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/QHx4)
He's a pedophile. He should be six feet under.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
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They typically don't eat maize.
In the 1960s my mother's family hosted a French exchange student and they served corn on the cob, and he thought it was an elaborate prank, because everyone in Europe knows that is animal feed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
Don't be dissing the corn dog.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)
Funny thing is she said “that’s nothing, you haven’t tasted the blackberry yet”.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (6I5u0)
I just ate dinner, but now I'm already hungry again.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM
* makes 'call me' sign *
Posted by: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0)
just cook long enough for the cobblestones to get fork-tender.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy)
Hey, Scott! The rainbow as God's promise to Noah predates Pride Month. And Sodom and Gomorrah, by thr way.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ItpVy)
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Let's be honest. If you're doing the full Continental dining, where the knife stays in the weapon hand, eating steak goes much faster. Indeed, I think that centuries of scarcity promoted this sensible habit, lest someone try to steal your slice.
You've got a knife ready in your hand.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
We hosted a Japanese student and set out cereal and a jug of milk for breakfast for him. He had no idea of what to do with it.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (ItpVy)
(What does that even mean?)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
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It keeps them out of the poutine.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
Don't be dissing the corn dog.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (GseMx)
Since the dip is cornmeal, I doubt it. Probably invented in Texas at a fair somewhere.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: polynikes
Texas banana pudding with the 'Nilla wafers. Oh, man.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (6I5u0
Truth!
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (/QHx4)
Whole song just consists of the band yelling out the names of famous gay people and then SHITDICK! Always cracked me up.
Boy. George. SHITDICK! Liberace SHITDICK! Rob Halford SHITDICK! Robert. Englund SHITDICK!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.
When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
Meh.
If he manages to trade Cuba for Greenland, then I'll be impressed.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)
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Or Iowa. Nebraska? Places where they are drowned in corn.
"Hey guys, I got an idea of what we can do with all this stuff!"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Pecan pie. Specifically, chocolate bourbon pecan pie.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Delurker
Wait, Liberace was gay?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (cvJV+)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
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Just reading that put me into diabetic shock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Pecan pie.
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Never cottoned to pecan pie. Too sweet. The acid in fruit pies moderates that some, but pecan is too much.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:20 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)
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I never saw that coming. I mean, women loved him!
Posted by: Austin Danger Powers at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
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Just reading that put me into diabetic shock.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Dibs on your share.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
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My grandmother had not one but two books of etiquette that were regularly consulted at holiday meals. The proper American way of cutting meat is to use the primary hand with the knife, secondary with fork.
Meat was to be cut one bite at a time, and after making a slice, the knife was placed on the plate, and the primary hand assumed the fork, and raised it to the mouth. You then switched again.
Cutting up all the meat at once was considered something one did for a child.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Our favorite Cajun restaurant had fabulous apple crisp with ice cream. We ordered it every time we ate there. So they got rid of it, of course.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (O0L8i)
A half of slice is my limit but it's a good half slice.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
that's for parrying the other diner's knives.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (uhVAy)
"Hey guys, I got an idea of what we can do with all this stuff!"
"Convince the feds to mandate it in auto fuel! We'll be rich! Bwahahaha!"
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (dK+Kv)
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*deftly caught as it falls from my nerveless hand*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (ZOv7s)
In Canada, corn dogs are often called "Pogos".
In Australia, where they have become a popular food at agricultural shows and carnivals, they are known as either "Pluto pups", "Dagwood dogs", "dippy dogs" or (historically) "pronto pups". The name "Pluto pup" likely derives from the Disney character Pluto. "Dagwood dog" is derived from the name of a character from the American comic strip Blondie, which was created in 1930. In the comic strip, Dagwood, Blondie's husband, has a dog named Daisy. Historically the name "pronto pup" was originally used as a brand name in the United States in 1941, although this name had become obsolete as early as 1949 and was replaced by the name "Pluto pup". Some have suggested that Pluto pups are made in factories, while Dagwood dogs are prepared on site.
In France, the term beignet de saucisse is used, which literally translates to "sausage donut".
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (0sNs1)
Geez. leave it to the French to make corndogs homo.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (amcLV)
I think my life is probably improved by skipping over anything Scott Weiner writes as well as avoiding pictures of him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)
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Is this the pedophile who's agitating for the age of consent to be 12?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)
A scoop of vanilla on apple crisp, apple pie , Brown Betty is awesome. It even makes a hostess apple pie taste great.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (GseMx)
Meat was to be cut one bite at a time, and after making a slice, the knife was placed on the plate, and the primary hand assumed the fork, and raised it to the mouth. You then switched again.
Cutting up all the meat at once was considered something one did for a child.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)
I have a book by Miss Manners from the 80s and her point is that the point of manners is to not be efficient, since the most efficient way would be to throw a live animal on the table and have everyone kill it with their teeth and hands. So yes, the knife to cut a bit, then put down the knife and eat with the fork is to slow you down so you have time for polite conversation and to find out who killed the chambermaid.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)
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Who picks these names?! Is all the world a Dickensian joke?
Two dudes named Weiner, both obsessed with sticking their Gentlemen's sausages in anything that moves. Waving them about like pom-poms, photographing them like works of art, demanding the world let them be flung far and wide like a freak rain of frogs.
Who says the devil doesn't have a sense of humor?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)
Thats the one.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope
Oh c’mon. That not even fair. I’m gonna get fat. Gonna have to double my run distance.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (6I5u0)
Yes. He is very likely to win Nancy Pelosi's old House seat.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (dSKRp)
Posted by: anachronda
I saw Power Clam open for Powerwolf at Power Plant Live! in 2015.
It wasn't as powerful as I expected.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM
Suggested edit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)
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Miss Manners was one, Gloria Vanderbilt was the other, and because her work was older, it was considered to have precedence.
I recall a Christmas dinner where a fierce debate erupted over the most polite way to say "Excuse me for that fart."
I was a teenager at the time, and it was absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)
It wasn't as powerful as I expected.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (VHUov)
They threw the breakers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)
hmm. "t". "h". "a". "t". looks right to me.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (dSKRp)
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Even money that the House refuses to seat him.
3 to 1 that he can even sit in a normal chair.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope
Oh c’mon. That not even fair. I’m gonna get fat. Gonna have to double my run distance.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (6I5u0)
Place the pie on the far side of the table for a start.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (uhVAy)
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I'll gain two pounds just by looking at it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)
My steak does not receive the same treatment however. I'm no barbarian.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM
Sadly, I'd take that bet (on the will seat side), even if the R's retain the House.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
Geez. leave it to the French to make corndogs homo.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (gtcuf)
Comment of the week candidate.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM
Did you put a layer of mashed potato on your knife, top it with a row of peas, and then consume?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (skR0U)
Could someone please ask the Germans to buy a better Dictionary?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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I dimly recall the quasi-Victorian illustration. Can't remember what the gal actually looked like.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)
pork wellington > sausage donut
(had trouble at the grocery the other day because the self-checkout lane didn't know what a "doughnut" was. had to hit the help button. when help appeared, she typed "donut" and scowled at me.)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (Es4vZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
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I eat my peas with honey,
I've done so all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (/QHx4)
Boy. George. SHITDICK! Liberace SHITDICK! Rob Halford SHITDICK! Robert. Englund SHITDICK!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (gtcuf)
Point of order, I think we would all prefer the term "poo pecker." Less crude, same result.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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I dimly recall the quasi-Victorian illustration. Can't remember what the gal actually looked like.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)
She looked a lot like the illustrations.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM
And pie.
Anytime is a good time for pie.
Posted by: Fabienne at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)
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Was du tust, tue ganz!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (GseMx)
Jam.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)
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Yes, of course.
Peach butter on toast. Heaven.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)
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If Victorian chicks weren't hawt, none of us would be here.
QED
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)
i eat my peas with honey
i've done it all my life
it makes the peas taste funny
but it keeps them on the knife!
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (qdr3M)
I approve of the removal of unpronounced letters in words.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (uhVAy)
San Francisco voters could soon be asked to bankroll government-backed grocery stores and crack down on so-called “zombie” retailers under a pair of proposals that echo New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial food affordability plan.
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is expected to unveil two ballot measures for November that would create a fund to support grocery stores and impose taxes on chain corporations that leave grocery stores and pharmacies vacant, The San Francisco Standard reported.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)
i've done it all my life
it makes the peas taste funny
but it keeps them on the knife!
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (qdr3M)
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HORDE MIND IS REAL
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)
I've done so all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)
I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (bl07w)
In Texas a Kolache is filled with meat/protein instead of fruit.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (GseMx)
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The meat ones are klobasniks, but kolache is the term used for all filled knishes made with kolach bread.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (O0L8i)
I do like a slice of fruit pie now and then; peach, apple, blueberry, etc. Not rhubarb, though. Too tart, even when mixed with strawberries. Pecan pie is way too rich for me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)
San Francisco voters could soon be asked to bankroll government-backed grocery stores and crack down on so-called “zombie” retailers under a pair of proposals that echo New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial food affordability plan.
Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is expected to unveil two ballot measures for November that would create a fund to support grocery stores and impose taxes on chain corporations that leave grocery stores and pharmacies vacant, The San Francisco Standard reported.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)
King Canute at least was trying to show his flatterers that he was not all powerful when he commanded the tide to stop and it did not. Commies don't seem to have that wisdom.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM
Thr s rn n th wrds f ldct fr ll th wrld t s.
Posted by: The Welsh at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Fabienne at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)
Nobody ever kicked me out for bringing pie.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Add strong dark roast coffee with it and power through.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)
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It will lose on Election day by a 70-30 margin, but when the mail in ballots are counted it will pass with 52% of the vote.
And more ballots we be cast than California has citizens.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Even money that the House refuses to seat him.
Why? The House gave Gerry Studds a standing ovation and that was way before PedoHomo got so popular.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (9SpJJ)
Posted by: polynikes
One of my favorite Kolache places is in West, Texas. West, Texas is in east Texas. Still good though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (l26NL)
Can't get those in the mountain west where I live now. But, the golden currants are almost ripe, and we have these weird bush cherries that grow wild. They're called Nanking cherries, and as you can tell from the name they're not native but they escape freely into the wild. I call them weird because cherries are supposed to grow on trees, not bushes, dammit!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)
One of my favorite Kolache places is in West, Texas. West, Texas is in east Texas. Still good though.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (l26NL)
___________
Hruska's Bakery in Ellinger.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)
there's a cashier at a local restaurant that pronounces the "p" in receipt.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (Cqx++)
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It was the setup for an incontinence joke. Not an actual prediction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s)
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high,
and they sh*t right in your eye.
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly in Mobile?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:45 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)
Why does that sound totally inefficient, and even lead to the guests being harmed and the food animal getting away, not to mention all the parts you don’t want to eat?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM
The one on the east side of I-35, the one down a couple of blocks on the east side of 35, or the one on the west side of 35?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Penguin Facts
I've heard that too!
Posted by: Slimy Bill Clinton at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (ItpVy)
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Purple is my favorite color.
I love it more than red and blue combined.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:47 PM (l26NL)
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high,
and they sh*t right in your eye.
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly in Mobile?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)
Birdie birdie in the sky,
Dropped a turdie in my eye,
I don't scream
I don't cry
I'm just glad that cows don't fly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:47 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM (k4nvX)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Right on I-35. I honestly didn't know there were others. That's how lazy I am.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM (l26NL)
He preferred Ogden Nash and Robert Service, mostly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (bl07w)
there's a cashier at a local restaurant that pronounces the "p" in receipt.
Posted by: anachronda
One of my overweening MBAs insisted on pronouncing the 'l' in salmon. We teased her unmercifully.
This was the same woman that ironed her dress while she was wearing it. The dress melted and burned her leg horribly.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (ItpVy)
There’s a kolache place out by NRG. Every time we go into Houston these fat bastards stop there.
___________
I stop at Kolache Factory after Mass. Two Polish Hots and large house coffee.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:50 PM (O0L8i)
I think the recipe is savable, but I am going to have to try a whipped egg and less batter to keep it lighter.
It is going to come out like an English boiled pudding, that is pretty much what all is possible in a rice cooker.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)
A small tree is just a bush.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (5P5DO)
He preferred Ogden Nash and Robert Service, mostly.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (bl07w)
___________
I'd rather fail my Wasserman test,
Than listen to the poems of Edgar Guest.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (/QHx4)
Temporary replacement for iron bombs in a war zone.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (qx7Zg)
This was the same woman that ironed her dress while she was wearing it. The dress melted and burned her leg horribly.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (ItpVy)
Adding insult to injury. Nice.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM
There are two right on I-35, almost across from each other. Opinions vary (and some are quite strongly held) as to which one is better. IMO, the one a couple of blocks to the east of 35 is the best, but it has shorter hours, and often is quite sold out, so unless you can get there before 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., it's a crapshoot as to whether it's worth the effort.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
Cut across three times and eat one piece.
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (2bUGO)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
2 * pi / 7
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)
Assuming a complete pie to start with, 2π/7 radians should do it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)
My Dad was so amazed at the Mock Apple pie made with Ritz Crackers he made a half dozen over a few weeks until he and we got sick of them.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (GseMx)
Peach butter on toast. Heaven.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)
I would make peach butter out of the bruised and too-cut up peaches from canning. I realized I was thinking about damaging the peaches while processing them so I could get a full batch of peach butter. So I gave up canning peaches in favor or making peach butter, instead.
I make cherry jam out of the small cherries that don't work well in my pitter, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (rbvCR)
Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
When I use it in code I am writing I condense it to Q.
variables are InputQ, OutputQ, and so on.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I had no idea. Next time I visit the family gravesites I will explore. And eat Kolaches.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (/wizo)
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (k4nvX)
Wasn’t there some kind of disaster in West, Texas, several years ago?
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Fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, including 12 first responders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (O0L8i)
Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
Vacuum enters the discussion.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (GseMx)
Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)
it used to be the name for a ponytail. I would reflexively blame the French for the situation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)
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STAY OUT THE BUSHES!
Posted by: REVEREND Jackson at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (ZOv7s)
We partially moved stuff 10 years ago when we moved to Wyoming.
We had a big house in SC and gave away most stuff two years ago when we sold the SC house.
We are still unpacking stuff we moved here two years ago.
We are at the point of posting a curb alert on Facebook.
We're old and don't need all this stuff.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Bulg
Huge explosion if I recall. Naphtha was involved I think.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (GseMx)
you need the extra U to make the vowel long.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (uhVAy)
I'm having fun calling the attackers science-deniers.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
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Common term for the Manchu haircut where the front was shaved and the back gathered into a long braid. Imposed (with some difficulty) on the Han Chinese.
The Manchu compensated for that being being severely Confucian, and it worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Hadrian, I was going to ask if I needed to send water wings for you and the pups.
Posted by: Ben Had
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That's characteristically kind of you, but we got off light. Lake Jackson and Freeport got over 8 inches of rain today.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:00 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
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Common term for the Manchu haircut where the front was shaved and the back gathered into a long braid. Imposed (with some difficulty) on the Han Chinese.
The Manchu compensated for that being being severely Confucian, and it worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)
You can read all about that in his book on the Spanish Civil War. It's a banger!
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (O0L8i)
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China has these on a daily basis and we never hear about them in the media. The channels covering China are full of it, massive explosions, all of them would be global news anywhere else, but the CCP doesn't like people talking about it, and all the "western" media oblige.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)
I'm having fun calling the attackers science-deniers.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (gtcuf)
Throw in groomer and pedo for good measure.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
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A variation on a 1991 joke: If Turkey attacked Iraq in the rear, would Greece help?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (77rzZ)
the virtually silent eau or eaux enrages me.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM
When the pits fall on the floor is that sound pitter patter?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Shut up, Wesley.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)
But Trump screwed up by trying to fix the problem the best he can............
I hope all these Commie-Crats get Severe Jock Itch....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (geT9b)
I got one cut and shaped into a cylinder, but it was such a hassle, I am waiting for my wife to get home with the truck so I can use the ratchet straps on the next two.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
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When speaking to God, I use Spanish. When speaking to women, Italian. When speaking to men, French. When speaking to my horse, German.
Posted by: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)
I got one cut and shaped into a cylinder, but it was such a hassle, I am waiting for my wife to get home with the truck so I can use the ratchet straps on the next two.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)
I have trained my tomatoes to not try and escape. Firm and kind instruction is the only way.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
Pitter patter let's get at her.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (YZ0Fo)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
Danish/Puerto Rican girls would be smokin' hot!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 17, 2026 09:06 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
When singing, Italian. When making love, French. When calling hogs, German.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (l26NL)
Romanian is the best Romance language, due to its Slavic admixture.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
I hope all these Commie-Crats get Severe Jock Itch....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (geT9b)
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As has been noted, if Trump cured cancer, the Dems would immediately complain about all the oncologists who were out of work.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:08 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
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Romanian is the closest to the Latin Vulgate due to its cultural isolation. One of the officers in my unit was born in Romania, and he said that he could understand most of Italian and Spanish, but French was really screwed up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:10 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (5P5DO)
We considered it when we were looking for a small town, but realized we'd be doing most of our shopping in Waco, so took it off the list.
Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)
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German is incredibly easy. Once you understand German pronunciation, you can read any German word perfectly. It is very orderly, very consistent.
Learning German opened up a lot of understanding of English, since it is a Germanic language, albeit worn down and diluted. German grammar is also much easier.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)
These cages are wonderful for the indeterminate tomatoes, you just push the growth back into the cylinder and they grow up instead of out, and there is no need to try and trellis them or wind them up a pole.
You can buy the cheap wire ones in the store that last a couple of years before giving up the ghost, and you can make them out of lathes. Dad, in 1974 decided to make his own out of a metal lattice that is called "remesh" which is a metal panel that is used for laying down reinforced concrete. I still 3 of the 6 that he made, the others got stolen by family or run over by me learning to use the truck in the back yard. After 50 years, however, they are starting to get frail. I suspect that the ones I am making now should outlive me, like Dad's outlived him.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (rbvCR)
Just arch the panels, and train your tomatoes to them. Tomatoes are vines.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 17, 2026 09:14 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (5P5DO)
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Ellen Page discoursing on masculinity is a singularity of cringe. Your shrinkage will shrink within itself as you listen to this badly abused, emotionally damaged woman opine on what it is to be a "real man."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:15 PM (77rzZ)
Before remote work, back in the office days, I sat next to a young German guy's cubicle and he used to teach me some. It is a very orderly language for sure.
Kid (he was about 23) was born in Berlin and moved here at 16. Spoke absolutely flawless English. Zero accent. Said they all learn it in school but he perfected it through American movies and TV shows. He became an American citizen while we wroked together and we threw a big berer-n-brats party for him.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:16 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (rbvCR)
We are having the big hackberry in the back yard cut down- I'm so happy- but realized we have to move both the leaf bins and the double compost bin - all of which are full- from underneath it.
One thing about him- he hates gardening, but will build me anything I ask for that he can manage.
Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:17 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 17, 2026 09:18 PM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 09:18 PM (+xP4Z)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:08 PM (5P5DO)
The ones on sale are the 60" by 16' 4 Gauge wire ones. I can get three for the same price as one from re-mesh.
I have an angle grinder that zipped right through the wire, and I bent the hooks with a hunk of galvanized water pipe I salvaged.
It is two projects in one, I want the tomato cages, but I wanted to see what working with the material was going to be like, since I need to replace a hedge with a fence, and 5' might be tall enough.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)
We considered it when we were looking for a small town, but realized we'd be doing most of our shopping in Waco, so took it off the list.
Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (f+FmA)
The Kolache stop! When I was at Baylor, it was my bounded duty to bring a couple dozen home when I came back home for the weekend! Also, the Knights of Columbus had a dance every Saturday night, and sold beer and slices of cake. It was a great date or group outing for us poor college kids. The older men and women would grab a student and whirl them around the dance floor - it was awesome!
Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 09:19 PM (wLjpr)
Since I started watching several minutes ago:
OJ Simpson finds an unconscious black lady in a smoke-fiilled bedroom and carries her out!
Paul Newman rescues a young boy from a smoke-filled room!
Robert Wagner and his wife Hope Lange were trapped in a burning apartment and both died, Hope on-fire plunging about 80 floors to the street after breaking out a window to get fresh air!
Steve McQueen is doing I don't know what in fireman's uniform!
Posted by: Gref at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)
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As a Roman history buff, I asked him a lot about Latin and he noted that the Vulgate - and therefore all Romance languages - have only male and female genders. Classical Latin had a neuter case, but it was dropped.
The push for a neuter gender in the present day comes from the fact that English (being Germanic) has one. But Romance languages do not, and so it's literally cultural imperialism to push "latinx" on Spanish speakers.
One of the hardest things about learning German is the gender, which is not always intuitive. For Germans, it's second nature, they learn the word and its gender at the same time. But for Americans, it's tough because we don't used gendered articles ("the" vs "der, die, das.") A handy cheat I used in Germany was just to drop the article, which works in a terse, conversational format.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 09:21 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)
Not really. Spanish is written as spoken. Italian is exuberantly spelled to preserve the history of the Italian experience throughout the ages.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:21 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)
It was a lot of fun sitting next to him. It was so funny and entertaining hearing his stories about Germany and about his learning the American ways. We got along great considering I was in my early 40s and he was just a tad LOL. Sometimes he'd get stuck, like telling a story about grating some cheese and just making a cheese-grating motion, and I'd say "grater" and he'd say "right...I always mix that up with more-than (greater)" I'd almost forget English wasn't his first language till he'd do something like that!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:22 PM (gtcuf)
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Das U-Boot !
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
WHICH IS HOW WE WOUND UP LOSING GENDERS IN ENGLISH IN THE FIRST PLACE
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)
Just finished reading "The Medusa Chronicles" by Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds.
Mind status -- BLOWN!
As usual with these guys, they play around with big ideas and don't hold back.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:25 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:16 PM (gtcuf)
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American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.
Germany felt very familiar, and even though I was rusty, I was able to pass myself off as a native without a lot of difficulty. When I finally ran out of German and used English, they were always delighted and were flattered than an American knew their language.
On my last TDY, I was in uniform chatting with a local in German, and he kept looking at my name tape, trying to figure out how an English guy knew German. "Mine Grossmutter" I said, and his face just lit up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:26 PM (ZOv7s)
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Deep dish pizza!
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (qdr3M)
German, like French, sucks bigly.
English surpasses all or them by eschewing the gender bullshit:
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)
the whackjobs who tried to shoot up the UFC event included some Christians. Serious ones: Tycen Proper volunteered at his church to feed the poor. Daniel Eskridge had a wife and five kids.
But it was probably not the church that told them to do this.
They got sucked into podcast world where Tucker and Candace told them the Jews were a menace and that Trump had to be stopped.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (/wizo)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)
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No, it was because the Saxons and the Norse used different expressions of gender cases. There's a great example in The Story of English of how "I want to sell you the horse pulling my cart" is very close, but also very different.
English also no longer has formal/informal case, and ironically, we think "thee" and "thou" are formal, when they are informal.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (GD0B3)
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Does anyone say: "Let's have something German for dinner. Maybe hamburgers, Frankfurters, potato salad"?
No.
"Let's have Italian!"
"Great! Pizza or pasta?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)
So I asked his parents' address and looked it up on Google StreetView just to see the building, and when I swung the camera around to the other side, there was the fat German guy in the Speedo on the balcony (face blurred-out of course.) I busted out laughing and called him over to see it, and he busted out laughing too, saying "SEE! Do I lie?"
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (gtcuf)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (qx7Zg)
American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.
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Chicken-fried steak
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)
No.
"Let's have Italian!"
"Great! Pizza or pasta?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Grilled bratwurst and potato salad? Yumm!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:34 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)
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Disagree, it is a very precise language. Once you dig into it, it is quite easy. I used to be quite good at it, read Kafka in German and got a lot more out of it than one can in English.
German gender cases are non-negotiable. It is what it is.
And they kind of make sense because we preserved some of them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:34 PM (ZOv7s)
My goodness. What a warrior. No wonder they murdered him.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 09:35 PM (A5RD0)
American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.
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Chicken-fried steak
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)
Chicken-fried steak is Texan Weinerschnitzel
Posted by: Gref at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)
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Jaegerschnitzel, the Pride of the Rhineland. (It's a breaded pork chop in mushroom sauce.)
Really quite good. Especially with GERMAN BEER.
Bitte ein Bitt!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:39 PM (/QHx4)
German and Spanish are much friendlier. Their grammar and pronunciation rules are very strict.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 17, 2026 09:40 PM (qZb7K)
Snowflake came down into the computer room to stay with Ralphy and I, tried to jump up on the bookcase and kind of missed. awww. I got her and put her up there.
"The Medusa Chronicles" by Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds. Saved to an Amazon wish list.
Back to my computer stuff. I have "The Avengers" on in the background. THE GOOD AVENGERS.
Diana Rigg was smoking hot.
And I love the lack of diversity. TV should go back to that.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (Sco7b)
People like Talarico are the worst, because they tell adults how to live while sapping other adults.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (BI5O2)
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His browser history is something I do not want to see.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)
And as such it was too confusing and complicated to use, so it got dropped because it was not worth the hassle of being even more confusing to the listener.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)
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My brother in Christ, German at least uses the same alphabet. Yeah, there are three umlauts, but that's because German vowels can only have one sound, even when combined (order is determinative).
To even begin to understand Russian, I'd have to learn the Cyrillic alphabet, and while it may be in every way superior to the Latin, I ain't got time for that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)
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German potato salad is a staple at any of our family get-togethers. I can't stand it, myself. Also, don't forget brats and sauerkraut. Also 🤮
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 17, 2026 09:48 PM (Y2/Vj)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)
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My wife suggested I learn Welsh. I was a hard "no." Even if I put in the work, I'd gain access to...what? One of the smallest linguistic groups in the world?
One can make the argument that German is inferior to Latin in terms of reach, but we speak a Germanic language, and that has helped me to better understand English grammar.
Plus I (used to) be able to read German military histories.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)
At first everyone was freaking out. Next morning, nearly everyone had it down pretty well. Proper pronunciation of course took time (palatalization left you with sore tongue for weeks). But the alphabet was girls' gym.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (U/Byj)
I salute oldest son and his wife.
Four kids, no internet access and they feed and clothe the kids.
Anything else the kids want they have to get off their asses and work.
Even young kids can find something to do to earn money.
We need more of this.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5P5DO)
I'm curious what this is. I cannot find a clear description online.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:57 PM (qx7Zg)
1. The Saxon genitive (-‘s): Ace’s busty lesbian pron
2. The Noman genitive (of): the busty lesbian pron of Ace
3. The associative genitive: Ace busty-lesbian pron
Thus endeth the lesson.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ben Had
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, what's the news?!?!?!?!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 09:58 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:59 PM (/QHx4)
you sound like someone who hasn't tried to read german handwriting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 09:59 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 10:01 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:02 PM (Sco7b)
maybe we should check in our other pants?
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 10:11 PM (qdr3M)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:11 PM (R+iUD)
Quick Hits
The league's claim that it merely forbids "writing of any kind" on its uniforms does not survive a cursory review of the league's recent history. In 2020, MLB itself turned its uniforms and its fields into a billboard for political and social messages. It created jersey patches reading "Black Lives Matter" and "United for Change." It authorized "BLM" to be stenciled onto pitching mounds. And it suspended its own equipment rules so that players could display progressive political slogans on their cleats. The league went beyond tolerating speech--it designed speech, promoted speech, and shoehorned social and political messages into the game broadcast to millions of Americans. Yet when three players added a handful of characters citing the Book of Genesis to their caps, the league reached for its rulebook. This does not appear to be an isolated incident. Your organization's recent action follows an undercover investigation which revealed an admission from a Washington Nationals executive that a Catholic player on the team was not included in promotional materials for the team because of his faith. That executive has since been fired, but not before the anti-Christian bigotry was exposed. [...] My concern is sharpened by the singular legal position that Major League Baseball occupies. Alone among America's professional sports leagues, baseball enjoys a sweeping, judicially manufactured exemption from the federal antitrust laws--a privilege the Senate Judiciary Committee has examined with bipartisan skepticism in recent years. A league that benefits from such an extraordinary dispensation owes the public a corresponding measure of accountability, and it invites the closest scrutiny when it appears to wield its market power to punish Americans for their beliefs. That exemption, in any event, has never been understood to shield the league from its legal obligation not to discriminate against its employees on the basis of religion.The judge invented this unique exemption because, at that time, baseball was so hugely popular that it was considered sacrosanct, and no one wanted to pit the law against baseball, because baseball would win. Baseball isn't so popular any longer. It's at best the second most popular sport and I think it's actually the third. They better mind their P's and Q's. Real Man and Arbiter of Masculinity James Talarico has one checking account, which is a joint account... with his mommy. I don't want to brag but I've had my own account since I was 28.
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, 37, has a single checking account that holds up to $50,000--and he shares it with his mother, a frequent contributor to his political campaigns who pitched in to cover Talarico's moving expenses when he was 32, records show. Talarico's personal financial disclosure lists a single Wells Fargo checking account with a balance between $15,000 and $50,000. Though Talarico is unmarried, the disclosure indicates that the account is owned jointly. A "filer comment" provides clarity: "The account is jointly held by the filer and the filer's mother." Talarico did not disclose any other checking accounts. It's unclear exactly why Talarico--whose campaign did not respond to a request for comment--shares the account with his mother, but she appears to be helping him, not vice versa. Tamara Talarico is in her early 60s and appears to be in good health. She marched in a "No Kings" protest in October 2025 and joined Talarico on the campaign trail in subsequent months, including for his appearance on the View in February. Tamara Talarico has donated more than $2,000 to Democrats since 2023, Federal Election Commission records show, including more than $450 to Talarico's Senate campaign. She is married to Talarico's adoptive father, Mark Talarico, who holds a degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M and worked for nearly 30 years--until his retirement in 2021--as a senior sales engineer for a Texas-based company that sells advanced laboratory instruments, according to his LinkedIn. Talarico's parents contributed $5,000 each to his campaign for state representative in 2021, records show. The same year, Talarico reported an in-kind campaign contribution of $1,437.84 from his parents for "moving expenses." Talarico was 32 years old at the time. Talarico joined the part-time Texas House of Representatives--which pays members an annual salary of $7,200--in 2018 after working as a sixth-grade teacher. He represents a portion of, and lives in, Texas's "priciest metropolis," Austin. Talarico has supplemented the modest salary he earns as a state lawmaker with consulting income from the equity-focused education firm MAYA Consulting, which he joined in 2019 and which developed diversity, equity, and inclusion plans for public school districts in Texas during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, the Washington Free Beacon reported. It's unclear how much Talarico has earned from the firm, and, while Texas state lawmakers are required to file financial disclosures, they do not include annual income.Your prototypical, archetypal Democrat "man."
Leftwing women are insufferable and irreparably broken. Further evidence:
OMG
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 16, 2026
Denver Public Schools Board just voted UNANIMOUSLY to DISMISS lgbtq teacher Jennifer Honka after she reportedly made female students kiss each other and graded them on it
What is going on in these schools?! pic.twitter.com/UjzgTK0HAQ
This you? https://t.co/2fwcB3H7nM pic.twitter.com/AnTLuAYl7s
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 16, 2026
A "woman" in Cardiff, Wales has been convicted for m—sturbating "her penis" in front of female nurses.
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 15, 2026
"Paula" Stanton was sentenced to 160 days in jail, but he will only have to serve 40 percent of that before being eligible for release.
The trans person has a prior public… pic.twitter.com/j7TL6AlVNX
Rainn Wilson says "The Office" probably wouldn’t be made today, telling Fox News Digital that media trends have shifted left and that cancel culture makes it difficult for edgy comedies to thrive. pic.twitter.com/KmsKb8qxV0
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 14, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (2GVsD)
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Posted by: gp at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (Jr5Lq)
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So...3 months?
Because you're not even 29.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (2GVsD)
Earning money to buy three homes... now, that would be different if he had done that.
Posted by: GWB at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (kU0PQ)
The Salt Vampire lives.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:07 PM (2GVsD)
NOT I
FEAR MUCH
MAKE AWAY GO!!!
Posted by: HORTA at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (R+iUD)
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Dude is far left, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (YwEeS)
I thought at least one of them was acquired from the proceeds awarded for withdrawing from a Presidential race?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (0sNs1)
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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (znREB)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (znREB)
With how much voltage?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (R+iUD)
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (wIg5s)
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They are controlled by corporations. Corporations are inherently right wing.
Sure, watch MSNOW if you want the establishment Republican line, sheeple.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (2GVsD)
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Dude is far left, too.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Maybe but he's religious (Bahai IIRC) and devout which puts him at odds with Hollywood.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (wIg5s)
I've heard it both ways.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
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clam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
We need to bring fartclam back. And snizz.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (5P5DO)
"Let's meet at a barbecue restaurant and let's see how much you love barbecue. Let's have a real barbecue lunch."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (0sNs1)
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I know you went for the joke there, and you were likely subject to the same "child abuse" as the rest of us. Grandpa hits you up with $100 one Christmas when you were a kid.
You're thinking to yourself....that about 400 candybars...then a parent steps in and says, "What a wonderful time for you to open a bank account." Child abuse. Out the window go 400 candybars, or that gigantic squirt gun that took 4 DD batteries...or...
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (2GVsD)
"Let's meet at a barbecue restaurant and let's see how much you love barbecue. Let's have a real barbecue lunch."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:14 PM (0sNs1)
I'm sure Talarico enjoys hot links and other sausage.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (R+iUD)
I guess these Gay Libs wanted Trump to go "TOTAL GHENGIS KHAN" and level everything and leave Iran as a desolate wasteland with multiple factions fighting for control ???
Never mentioned regime change and that is up to the Iranian people to accomplish. No more NATION BUILDING like Iraq, Somalia, Vietnam, etc......
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (38587)
It may have been a correct thing to do a century ago when baseball was America's Pastime, but those days are long past and there's no reason baseball can't face competition like any other professional sport.
If past NFL and NBA competitors are anything to go by, MLB has nothing to worry about anyhow, but it would allow for more teams in smaller cities, etc.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 17, 2026 06:15 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM
Do it. You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: zombie Mao Tse Tung at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (0sNs1)
Piker.
Should've gone into the son-in-law bidness like me, Jimmy.
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (IG3/x)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Microsoft? Amazon? Both?
Surprised am I not.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM
Do it. You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: zombie Mao Tse Tung at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (0sNs1)
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Better out than in.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (Zn6QU)
Nope. They were religious messages. Alongside compelled speech, it was compelled religious statement. Particularly this latest one.
It used to be a clear principle that you could not compel speech that violated religious belief. You could barely compel a Jehovah's Witness to stand out of mere respect during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Posted by: GWB at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
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clam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
chowder?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (iJfKG)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Rex B at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (763Um)
Give California Public Utility Commission three letters from people that ***ked you in the a55 and you go to the head of the line for government contracts!
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (qrgCX)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Yes, and yes.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:18 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:18 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:11 PM (xcxpd)
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clam?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:12 PM (Zn6QU)
chowder?
Posted by: naturalfake at June 17, 2026 06:16 PM (iJfKG)
would not eat fartclam chowder
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Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (GseMx)
Sorry comrade, not everyone has the ability to write anti-capitalist screeds and their need for houses is great, so yours houses will be redistributed to those lesser in ability and greater in need,
Posted by: Them's the rules tovarisch at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (VyBeY)
Why not Dad? He worked during banking hours.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (qx7Zg)
On the other hand, sometime after my parents turned 70, my sister was ADDED TO THEIR ACCOUNTS. This proved fortuitous when they died within 2 years of each other, since my sister was the named executor for their estates.
Talarico doesn't have those excuses!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (7kJyR)
No wonder these socialists know nothing about the economy. They are all grifters.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (xcxpd)
Its made of people!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:18 PM (G3T/K)
Well, what do you know?
Everybody look at Mr. Big Shot here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (dK+Kv)
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (38587)
lol
I like the way he doesn't even bother to shave off the stubble.
Just slap a Party City wig on and wait on a real woman to stroll by before the show starts.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (6ydKt)
I still kept my own account even after I married the late Mrs. Borgia (as did she). We set up a third account for mortgage, utilities, and so on, to which each of us would deposit money.
I don't recall that we ever had a fight about money.
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 06:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (GseMx)
The early Family Guy sequence where Peter is fighting a guy dressed in a chicken suit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (l26NL)
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:20 PM (38587)
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Opinion polls are...finnicky at best.
There are greater chances that Iran will be forgotten as an issue entirely by the time this election comes around than it actually is something important people talk about anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (Zn6QU)
So, letting Iran have Nukes is OK ????
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (38587)
If anyone's curious, I'll see if I can find a link.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (qx7Zg)
If that’s not a Biblical reference to farting, I don’t know what it is!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (GseMx)
That teacher should be charged
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Absolutely. How is it legal to force a student to submit to being touched by ANYONE else? Especially in a sexual way?
By the way, I wonder if the masked person in the insert was the teacher.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (XJ22o)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
They want stronger DRM that win 10 doesn't support as easily. So they are ending the kindle app on win 10. I don't use kindle anymore and instead transfered everything to calibre and manage it my self. It was a big pain initially but is better now.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (5P5DO)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:19 PM (l26NL)
Yep. As far as I know he is the only person in recorded history who got kicked out of a hippie commune for being too lazy.
Bernie: never change, you legend!
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:23 PM (IG3/x)
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K.
Translation, Democrats wanted us to lose, Independents were pissed off at the price of gas, and the right was split between those that trust Trump and those that want to pound in the coffin nails on Iran's government right now.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (HY9+l)
Impossible bro.
Standards of behavior are completely incompatible with diversity, equity and inclusion.
You bigoted ableist sexcist racist homophobic islamaphobe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (6ydKt)
British X accounts are all over the rape gang report. 250,000 girls raped. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THOUSAND.
Some of them 600-700 times, which is entirely plausible if they were grabbed off the street even a few times a week for one year.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (XJ22o)
After all he had to help his own kind ......
Posted by: Mike Hunt at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (38587)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (E4rtv)
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And through it all, polling was showing a national environment closer to 2022 than 2018.
So, we'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (Zn6QU)
If that’s not a Biblical reference to farting, I don’t know what it is!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (ugElV)
Dysentery, diarrhea, SHARTS FROM HELL!!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at June 17, 2026 06:25 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:25 PM (GseMx)
Anyone else have this problem?
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn
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Related to people jail breaking DRM books and Amazon dropping support for its oldest Kindles.
And of course they are cocksuckers by choice--they want you to pay over and over again for the same material.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:22 PM (l26NL)
Happens all the time actually.
Posted by: Electric Six at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (3uBP9)
British X accounts are all over the rape gang report. 250,000 girls raped. TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THOUSAND.
Some of them 600-700 times, which is entirely plausible if they were grabbed off the street even a few times a week for one year.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (XJ22o)
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England will probably be in a low-key resistance guerilla war before their next general election in 3 years.
It might have already started in Northern Ireland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 06:24 PM (XJ22o)
I had to get off the net a while earlier today. The old blood pressure was not liking what I was reading.
Posted by: Beatoff O'Cuck at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:26 PM (vFG9F)
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Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)
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"Who's a big boy? You are!"
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 06:27 PM (KJYe0)
A plurality of American voters considered the U.S. war against Iran a failure, nearly half wanted Washington to end military action immediately, and barely one-third would have kept fighting until the Islamic regime in Tehran was destroyed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
So, I guess they wanted another Vietnam War by committing US Ground Troops to fight a land war for 20 years ???
Posted by: Jackson K.
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We want the Iranian regime destroyed, with no boots on the ground, and keep it down to one billion dollars, and don't spend more than six weeks on it! And we want cheap gas and to stay out of the Straight of Hormooze. Bring our boys home!
Posted by: Typical Focus Group at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (XJ22o)
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While Pride celebrations are taking place across California this month, one county has voted to make June the “Traditional Nuclear Family” month while pointedly excluding LGBTQ+ families.
On Tuesday, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 in favor of the resolution, which defines the nuclear family as “consisting of one husband, one wife,” along with children, as “God’s design.”
The resolution was introduced by Chairman of the Board Garry Bredefeld, who announced the plan on June 6, the same day as the Fresno Pride Parade.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Typical Focus Group at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (XJ22o)
And a pony.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:28 PM (dK+Kv)
It might have already started in Northern Ireland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
The royals have yet to make even one statement about the Paki rape gangs. Tommy Robinson has been proven right.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (/QHx4)
If that is not a perfect example of the need for physical books, I don't know what is.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Electric Six at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (HY9+l)
Posted by: turambar at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (Q0yOR)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:29 PM (l26NL)
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Because the royals, since Elizabeth, have approved of punishing the lower classes of Britain for the crimes of the British royal family by replacing them with minorities who hate the British lower classes as much as the British royals hate the British lower classes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (sl73Y)
Talarico — Met his girlfriend in a gay bar. Vegan.
Polar opposites. Texans should have zero problems deciding
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (ugElV)
So, we'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Foreign policy as long it it doesn't affect gas prices or something like that is usually far down on the priority list of swing voters for elections. I don't see Iran driving left leaners to turnout more for Dems or for teh right to turnout much less.
If body bags are not coming home, it is just not that important other than inconveniencing Americans at gas prices.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (dK+Kv)
LOL
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (wIg5s)
https://kindle-for-pc.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions
Dunno if they will work to log in though, Amazon is asshoe
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (xcxpd)
If true these people are huge cocksuckers/
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (+rSJz)
Not that same problem, but similar.
I couldn't update some important apps on my iPhone because it was an X from 2017 and can't be updated past iOS 16.
I had to get a new phone.
Unless you can find an older version of the Kindle app, uninstall the one you have, and then turn off updates on the new install.
It might be possible to find a replacement app that works like Kindle for your library and ebooks.
If that doesn't work then you'll probably need to update to Win11.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: From about That Time at June 17, 2026 06:30 PM (sl73Y)
Just what are planning?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: turambar
I started out with nothing. After all these years, I've still got most of it.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (l26NL)
If body bags are not coming home, it is just not that important other than inconveniencing Americans at gas prices.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)
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*nods sagaciously*
The glory of Rome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (Zn6QU)
If Trump does not level Iran into a parking lot, he is a Pussy
Six in one hand and a half dozen in the other....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (cAEZx)
Regarding the books, he does make some money from the sales, 99% of which are purchases of the shitty book that nobody sane would buy, using, you guessed it, campaign funds again.
Like all communists, Bernie Sanders is a thief, as well as a liar.
Posted by: Sharkman at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (KJYe0)
If Trump does not level Iran into a parking lot, he is a Pussy
Six in one hand and a half dozen in the other....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (cAEZx)
I definitely want the six…. NOT the half dozen!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:33 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 06:34 PM (YwEeS)
We bought new Kindles because of the warning that they wouldn't download new books you want to read.
Assholes, the old kindles are still working.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:34 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:35 PM (cAEZx)
His kid and his wife's kids, none of whom have any discernable talent for anything, also get "hired" for lucrative "consulting" gigs.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:35 PM (IG3/x)
93 It appears Governor Greaseball might be in some real trouble. His scumbag wife, too.
https://tinyurl.com/ydt49utt
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:27 PM (viF8m)
Jen Van Laar is doing great work - interesting that Gavin sold the one home to the criminal attorney repping Duong. Duong paid off former Mayor Shen Tao or whatever her name is, forcing her to resign when it came out. Duong ran one of the major trash pick companies contracted in Oakland, IIRC.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (/QHx4)
Has Scott Pelley been successful at popping his skull out of his skin yet?
I bet he would look like the fly in that movie. He has that insectoid look.
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (et1vG)
If Oprah does not say it then it is not true....
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (cAEZx)
Posted by: Sharkman"
I am baffled by the support for that old sourpuss. He looks like he smells of moth balls and Bengay. If he wasn't a politician he'd be a flasher.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (vFG9F)
https://kindle-for-pc.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 17, 2026 06:31 PM (xcxpd)
That's pretty close to being the most dubious URL I've ever seen.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Jack Meehoff at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (cAEZx)
But as a committed socialist he should have given it all to the state or at least charity.
Faker.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 06:38 PM (ufO5q)
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I don't know...
He seems kind of retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:39 PM (Zn6QU)
How do you make Ben Gay ???
You squeeze his tube !!!! Get it !
Cackle ..... Cackle .... Cackle .......
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 17, 2026 06:40 PM (M0566)
Posted by: steevy
======
Pretty much true. People don't care if it does not end up affecting them much.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
In two years, he'll be limping for President.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 06:36 PM (kX27y)
Sounds like the Bay Area version of Tony Rezko in Chicago.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (vFG9F)
He seems kind of retarded.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
====
He'll fit right in with Maize Hirono then.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (E4rtv)
How do you make Ben Gay ???
You squeeze his tube !!!! Get it !
Cackle ..... Cackle .... Cackle .......
Posted by: Kami Harris at June 17, 2026 06:40 PM
Please clap!
Posted by: Jeb! at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (0sNs1)
Communism and Socialism is great until you run out of everybody's income tax money.....
CALIFORNICA ........
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (Bnw/D)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (6ydKt)
Man whores and woman whores.
They perform whatever the people want sexually and they get houses, businesses and money to take care of their kids.
Is there no honor left in the world?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 06:43 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:44 PM (qx7Zg)
He's like Zsa-Zsa Gabor that way.
"I'm an excellent housekeeper. Whenever I leave a man, I keep the house."
Or one of Clint Eastwood's exes.
"Next time I'm going to cut out the middleman. I'll just find a bitch I can't stand and buy her a house."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:44 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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He'll fit right in with Maize Hirono then.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:42 PM (E4rtv)
She was too ugly and stupid to work in the family whorehouse, so she had to go into politics.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Locarno at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (Fev1l)
Posted by: steevy
======
Pretty much true. People don't care if it does not end up affecting them much.
Until the Ragheads drop a Nuke on Isreal and total ME War breaks out and the world economy collapses and now their Starbucks cost $50 a cup.
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (Bnw/D)
This is a great look. I hope the GOP takes every opportunity to highlight (and by highlight, I mean mock relentlessly) it in the upcoming months.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 06:45 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:46 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Decaf at June 17, 2026 06:46 PM (xpP6J)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (cvJV+)
Posted by: Locarno"
That all I need to know. Somebody let Piper know.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (vFG9F)
I don't think the Iranians will make it past day 15 before doing something stupid, but maybe they'll be able to contain themselves long enough to get a deal, then they can screw everything up force Trump & Bibi to go back to bombing them later this year.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
------
This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)
I don't think the Iranians will make it past day 15 before doing something stupid, but maybe they'll be able to contain themselves long enough to get a deal, then they can screw everything up force Trump & Bibi to go back to bombing them later this year.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (6ydKt)
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The civilian government (the ones doing the negotiating) is going to bribe the shit out of the army and a civil war is going to break out between the army and the IRGC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:49 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (cvJV+)
The worst I've seen so far is "undocumented probationary citizen", though that may have been someone trolling. Hard to say.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Sharkman"
I am baffled by the support for that old sourpuss. He looks like he smells of moth balls and Bengay. If he wasn't a politician he'd be a flasher.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:37 PM (vFG9F)
He was mouthing all the same slogans leftists heard on the campus when mom was paying the bills and they did nothing but drink and take drugs. Nostalgia.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)
CBS Evening News presenting the WC as though we yahoos should count ourselves fortunate that foreigners condescend to visit this benighted land.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (O0L8i)
CBS Evening News presenting the WC as though we yahoos should count ourselves fortunate that foreigners condescend to visit this benighted land.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (O0L8i)
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I was promised that no one would come because Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:51 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Hunter Biden at June 17, 2026 06:48 PM (XeU6L)
You, the other Biden kids, Harris's stepspawn "supermodel", the Kerry kids, Chelsea Clinton...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:52 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:49 PM (Zn6QU)
Seems like a distinct possibility.
If they can get rid of the IRGC and get rid of the mullahs there may actually be a chance at real peace.
Short of that we'll just be waiting on the sequel to this episode.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:53 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at June 17, 2026 06:53 PM (gUs21)
Did we get to vote on it? I didn't get a vote. What kind of Democracy is this anyway?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:53 PM (vFG9F)
If they can get rid of the IRGC and get rid of the mullahs there may actually be a chance at real peace.
Short of that we'll just be waiting on the sequel to this episode.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:52 PM (6ydKt)
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You just need to get to the second-assistant to the general manager who prioritizes getting peed on by Saudi hookers more than eschatological dreams of the 12th madi, or whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 06:50 PM
There once was a Hairy headed gent
who jerked it off in Kent.
Something
Something
Bent?
Went?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd
------
Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clo-othes
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (g8IDW)
Posted by: Decaf at June 17, 2026 06:46 PM (xpP6J)
They´re coming to take me away,
Haha, they´re coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
And I´ll be happy to see
Those nice young men
In their clean white coats
And they´re coming to take me AWAY,
HA HAAAA...
Posted by: Delusional Homosexuals at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: Tuna at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (lJ0H4)
A bit awkward when at the same time people from around the world who have come to the US for the WC are posting on X how wonderful the US is and how much they like the people.
The funniest ones are about the food. We are told constantly we have no culture and our food is garbage yet someone actual people seem to love it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:25 PM (GseMx)
Same. I'm no expert, and I never served, but I can't help thinking if we had pounded the IRGC immediately to absolute literal death, ushered in the shah, and supervised the transition, it would all have been calmed back down by now.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (ugElV)
Quite a few other tourists becoming famous with how much they love the USA.
If nothing else it's quite nice to see some positive publicity about everything America actually is, and has things to be proud of, instead of the constant doom & gloom of our news and media culture.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (91G+V)
Posted by: nurse ratched
Bad day today?
Posted by: Tuna at June 17, 2026 06:55 PM (lJ0H4)
Do you need an 81mm emotional support mortar?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:56 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM
{{{{{{{{{nurse}}}}}}}}
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:57 PM (0sNs1)
Which is precisely when I stopped watching and never returned. A Dodger fan since '74. Eff 'em.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (pE12i)
BUT... in a streaming-dominated culture, in a "multiple screens" and "background viewing" culture, it could dominate again. You can run baseball in the background and still enjoy it, like people use to with radio. Football and basketball really require viewing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
I've already read that there have been skirmishes between elements of the military (who Trump never disparaged) and the IRGC. It's coming.
Also, the Panamanian national anthem sounds like an opera aria to me.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
IRGC is embedded.
Remember how they had to start disguising themselves to avoid getting droned?
Posted by: MkY at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (q6tQZ)
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Pretty much true. People don't care if it does not end up affecting them much.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
Schlicter wrote on that today, and I have to agree with his take. Politically, Trump calculated that most normies would just see lower oil prices and not care, and he could safely sell out any war hawks because they got nowhere else to go.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (nuNhM)
Katie Daviscourt 📸
@KatieDaviscourt
·
2h
Breaking: Federal and local authorities rescued 13 children and women during recent sex trafficking operations on Seattle's Aurora Avenue
As a result of the operation, 6 suspects and/or pimps were arrested on felony child exploitation charges.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clo-othes
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (XeU6L)
Yet another case of great music yet horrifying lyrics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
He's at an In-n-Out right now raving about the hamburgers.
Saw a Frenchmen yesterday doing a review on Bucees. Very funny. He loved it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)
But also, apparently UVM enrollment is significantly down thanks to lovely Burlington becoming a crime-infested refugee shthole, thanks to Bernie’s immigration values. Guess he can take credit for helping ruin a second univo.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (ufOdi)
https://tinyurl.com/4bxf2u8r
(CBS News)
Some 500 British police officers conducted raids on facilities linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) group Wednesday morning, arresting ten people on suspicion of various offenses including modern slavery, forced marriage and sexual assault.
...
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light is a religious movement based largely on messianic prophecy intertwined with conspiracy theories. It is associated with the Shiite branch of Islam but is considered heretical by most Muslims.
In 2015, the sect's Egyptian-American leader Abdullah Hashem claimed to be the Mahdi – an Islamic messianic figure comparable to the Second Coming of Christ. He has also claimed to be the true pope and the successor of Jesus Christ.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)
Yeah it was in 2017 I never watched another baseball game. They bowed to the radical leftist activists and it was the final straw. I used to love baseball, it got me through 2016 when my health really collapsed and things seemed doomed in America.
But every stupid new rule change and then that final cowering to the radical left, ended my delight.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (UZCuZ)
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clo-othes
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (XeU6L)
Yet another case of great music yet horrifying lyrics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
The whole album, really.
Cross-Eyed Mary couldn't be any more topical if it explicitly said the "jack-knife barber" was Pakistani.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (IG3/x)
https://youtube.com/shorts/JIm1RWB8s1Q
It's safe for work - cute puppies
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Blutarski
======
'Don't Cry For Me Panamania'?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (XeU6L)
who jerked it off in Kent.
Something
Something
Bent?
Went?
*****
Spent
Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 17, 2026 07:01 PM (PJdmB)
Posted by: Genesis at June 17, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Freddy is coming to Oklahoma tomorrow for a concert by some woman I don't know. I hope he has a good time.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:02 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 07:02 PM (UZCuZ)
irgc is already saying "no deal". fwiw
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 17, 2026 07:03 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (nuNhM)
A huge chunk of the "warhawk" type defected to the Democrats over Ukraine and are in the opposition now anyway. Trump cleaning up the military mollifies the remainder that are still Republicans and nothing succeeds like success - and even without Iran there has been a lot of success.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 07:03 PM (uhVAy)
2) The funniest "Office" episode was when Michael burned his foot on his George Forman grill getting out of bed. Dwight wrecked his car and got a concussion rushing to help him. Dwight was loopier than usual throughout the episode due to the concussion. Michael had an absurd conversation with the E.R. doctor about which was more serious, a burned foot or a concussion.
Posted by: a.moron at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
--------
Burlington College. She was very nearly indicted:
"BURLINGTON, Vt. —
Sen. Bernie Sanders' wife, Jane O'Meara Sanders, will face no criminal charges related to a controversial land deal at Burlington College.
Vermont's U.S. Attorney, Christina Nolan has informed Sanders the investigation into alleged wrongdoing has concluded and no charges will be filed, a Sanders spokesman said Tuesday."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 07:05 PM (XeU6L)
BUT... in a streaming-dominated culture, in a "multiple screens" and "background viewing" culture, it could dominate again. You can run baseball in the background and still enjoy it, like people use to with radio. Football and basketball really require viewing.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 06:58 PM (UZCuZ)
Soccer you can go outside for ten mins, come back and you won't have missed anything other than a few flops.
Posted by: Joemarine at June 17, 2026 07:05 PM (y171U)
Who jerked it off in Kent
Lately he's been spankin' it in Soho
You'd better stay away my friend
He'll defile your rear-end
And drop a load in yo' hole
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (IG3/x)
Yeah but nothing is happening on the field at any time, you don't even have to watch or listen. Most games are fun to play even if they suck to watch, but soccer still sucks even when you play. And I was good at it, for a kid
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (UZCuZ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)
Neocons were originally Democrats. Some of the more prominent Never Trumpers like Bill Kristol split with Trump in 2016 over his views on forever wars. They are just returning home.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
Schlicter wrote on that today, and I have to agree with his take. Politically, Trump calculated that most normies would just see lower oil prices and not care, and he could safely sell out any war hawks because they got nowhere else to go.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 06:59 PM (nuNhM)
This was all about the midterms. Wonder what polls they were looking at.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM
Come sit by me. We can hate them together and poke fun.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (OX0Qm)
The only good thing about Soccer was the Sliced Oranges.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)
Ghanama!
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (ufOdi)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
U have Kraine?
No Backhoe?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 06:54 PM (g8IDW)
Yep. Yesterday was like that for me. And last Friday.
I sense a trend.
But I do love my doggos, and they love me, so there's that.
Plus DH.
And you.
And maybe one of my sisters....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (bl07w)
Saw a Frenchmen yesterday doing a review on Bucees. Very funny. He loved it.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)
It's nice to see.
I was watching videos last year of tourists visiting the States, especially here in Charleston, and they all are surprised by how different it's portrayed back home. They all say how kind and friendly Americans are, and how 'Big' everything is here, from our food to our vehicles and homes.
I also love watching foreigners eat American snacks, candy and other foods & drinks that people have sent to them.
They all seem to love Ranch dressing and Dr. Pepper.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Joemarine at June 17, 2026 07:05 PM
The Bob Dole, he can help with that.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)
also, sid's ass is the best tasting ass
Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (XnFu/)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)
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Iran was out of the news.
Oil was falling, gas was falling. We were facing a glut in September no matter what happened.
This is pretty much just a minor action to get the strait back to normal (convincing Indian tanker captains that they can go without US naval support) while providing Iran with the "opportunity" to sell some oil on the market again.
Which is going to be difficult considering what they've done to their wells and what we've done to their shadow tanker fleet.
And probably about trying to pick at internal tensions in Iran.
People assumed Trump was desperate for a deal, but I've never thought so. Especially after several weeks of oil and gas falling.
A comparison I saw made that makes sense is to a chess move, developing a minor pawn that doesn't do much while waiting for the opponent to do something else which would open up more avenues of attack.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (Zn6QU)
Easily solved. The other communities can move to the Middle East. Then there will be plenty of gay stuff hanging from streetlamps.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (VHUov)
But gays in America today have it worse than Jews during WWII, so I guess I understand.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (nFkiA)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)
Plus DH.
And you.
And maybe one of my sisters....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM
No love for me?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)
Said it before and I will say it again, 'New Clear Days' is a helluva debut LP.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:12 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (bl07w)
I also love watching foreigners eat American snacks, candy and other foods & drinks that people have sent to them.
They all seem to love Ranch dressing and Dr. Pepper.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)
_____________
They will all be arrested on their return for unauthorized use of social media.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:08 PM (An6iH)
Back in junior high I started getting awful girl crazy and would do stupid stuff that I thought would involve me in being around lots of girls. I didn't really think things through. I had some free afternoons available and there was this co-ed soccer team at a field just a block from my home so I joined up.
I was super stoked to see it was mostly girls. I was less stoked to find out they were actually interested in playing soccer. There was a lot of running, training, and not near enough grabass. Zero grabass actually.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)
Nurse swears a lot already.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (0sNs1)
Some of the young actresses have had a lot of photos from and about the soccer games.
Madelenie McGraw, from 'The Black Phone' was Honorary Actress for a Fifa game in LA. Why do beautiful teenage actresses get treated so spec....
Oh wait. I think I just figured it out.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Sco7b)
Trump accomplished the goals he stated at the beginning of the war and they never changed. Invading Iran and doing a regime change was never one of those goals.
Some people keep inserting their goals for Iran for Trump's goals but that doesn't make it true.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)
I'm sorry, but fuck Freddy the German.
A couple brits came through Michigan last winter and loved us so much, too, and everybody thought it was adorable.
The human desire to be appreciated and held in awe is a weakness.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Y8DZL)
Poor choice.
Soccer girls aren't allowed to touch balls. They can kick them. But they can't fondle them.
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (An6iH)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally
At the fight matches on Sunday, some Canadian fighter was being introduced. The Americans sang the Canadian anthem. This after they booed our flag in Toronto.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: garrett at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (An6iH)
Posted by: Take The Diapers Off at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (z20w/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM
To be fair, rarely without provocation in my observations.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:13 PM (O0L8i)
If things keep going like they are, the EU will band American social media completely in a few years.
I don't see that they have any other choice.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (6ydKt)
The antitrust exemption for baseball was one of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr's trifecta of terrible rulings. The other two were the upholding of forced sterilization and of course, the favorite of censors everywhere, the "fire in a crowded theater" or "clear and present danger" standard.
Holmes, with a straight face, declared that baseball was not interstate commerce. If anything is interstate commerce, major league baseball is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (w6EFb)
So, this probably should have been posted in the fag thread below, but WTF? Do you have to perform buttsecks in front of somebody to qualify? And then you get a set-aside contract? Wow. Pretty glad I'm not working for any of those contractors. I'd hate to be the one nominated for the week of certification.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:16 PM (0sNs1)
It's a common affliction among 9mm aficionados. The free-floating aggression because of their actual inferiority to God's caliber weapons causes it.
It's in the literature. Look it up!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (PLxDd)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
U have Kraine?
No Backhoe?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:09 PM (qx7Zg)
I keep a bit of an eye on it. Russia continues their overall methodical strategy for surrounding and assaulting occupied towns that has worked for them over the years. Since drones are so omnipresent you can't just drive swarms of tanks on roads without them getting attacked, so its just quick rushes and lots of shelling to take the next post. Slow, but Russia has always played that type of war pretty well. Ukraine pretty much has lost the ability to push them back at any point for some time. But the nibbles work, and lulls the EU and press into forgetting about the war.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Y8DZL)
I don't see it that way.
I see it like watching a kid eat candy or drink a soda for the first time, or going to an exciting place they've never been.
It's enjoying their joy vicariously and with a bit of nostalgia that I like.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Accomack at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (sStKZ)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
The only part I try to keep track of is the evolving drone tech and the evolving tactics, and that part is truly fascinating. Because of that war, drone tech has probably done 50 years of development in the last 4.
Even more improbably, it's starting to look like Russia is slowly losing, because the Ukes are adapting the new tactics more quickly. Saw recently that the Russian held Crimea is almost completely out of food and fuel. Uke drone attacks have kept all rail lines and traffic bridges shut down for cargo, and any Russian ships getting within 50 miles of Crimea are quickly sunk by anti-ship drones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:11 PM (bl07w)
Nurse swears a lot already.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM (PLxDd)
So do I. What's yer point?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 07:10 PM (Zn6QU)
We shall see. When he said that they should be able to have missiles...I got the same feeling I had when he was talking about him stopping the Mullahs from hanging 40 people that were about to be executed.
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (GD0B3)
It's in the literature. Look it up!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM
* ponders *
I concede your point, Sir.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (3hpgx)
Posted by: Accomack
He is filled with turtle meat! And really neat!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (l26NL)
The human desire to be appreciated and held in awe is a weakness.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (Y8DZL)
_____________
What amuses me is that between and among our own arts and entertainment industry, our academia and their America-hating media, these people have gotten a completely distorted impression of America and Americans. It's satisfying to see these illusions punctured.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:18 PM (Ia/+0)
well which Iran? IGRC and thugs? The Army? The Civil Police? The government? Lots of factions at play, and the first to make giving in stick gets all the carrots Trump and the Gulf States are dangling.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:14 PM
To be fair, rarely without provocation in my observations.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:16 PM
I mean, to be fair, a lot of river otter vides get posted here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:17 PM (bl07w)
I live here in CA and don't understand how this is even legal???
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 07:21 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Accomack at June 17, 2026 07:19 PM (sStKZ)
Ghanama is friend to all children
Posted by: Satellite of Love crew at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (3hpgx)
Well, he is a little out of range.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 07:20 PM (3hpgx)
Just requalified today for my NJ carry permit. Yes, it's an offensive system, but I shot a Man's Gun...a 1911 Commander.
And damned well, so I am in fine fettle. Bring your weak 9mm slap-fighting!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (PLxDd)
I was super stoked to see it was mostly girls. I was less stoked to find out they were actually interested in playing soccer.
____________
Too flat-chested too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)
The vast majority of Americans have only the most surface level knowledge of what happened in Iran and why.Definitely shaped by the overwhelmingly negative coverage that they saw as "normies".
Posted by: steevy
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That's exactly what I think.
If we nuked them back to the Stone Age, the Vast Majority would know.
If we got into a bloody, expensive, protracted ground war, the VM would know.
If we got into some sort of mostly-peaceful cockup that doubled gas prices, the VM would know.
Otherwise... Iran? Is that like Yvonne? Or isn't that Trump's daughter?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (XJ22o)
Some people keep inserting their goals for Iran for Trump's goals but that doesn't make it true.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:15 PM (viF8m)
I was trying to recall what Trump actually said, so I looked it up. On Truth Social, March 6 of this year:
"“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. ... ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).’”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: Despise Insane Marxist Rat Bastards at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (UehGw)
Posted by: Wally at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (0e5Te)
Afterward, we were driving across town and saw Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley walking along the street, so we pulled over and asked if they wanted a ride somewhere. They did, so we drove them downtown to the bars so they could hang out and grab some dinner.
Most people are just people. I think the tourists are starting to find that out.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:24 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (O0L8i)
Sure but when you are teen boy it's all a vast landscape of bountiful gazambas.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
Only way I know the Ukes and Rooskies are still a thing is seeing Uke flags around my ‘nabe. And then I go oh yeah that silly thing is still happening. And then forget about it 5 mins later.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (e4LaW)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally
"Live in Japan" by Beer For Dolphins. Just for the band name.
(That's the verb live, not the adjective live.)
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (VHUov)
It could be he has some negative history, say like writing bad checks. So, after he swore to behave himself going forward, the bank said ok. As long as your mommy is also on the account and agrees to make good any of your shenanigans.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (+rSJz)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (vFG9F)
Right? It would be a refreshing change from the stabbings they're accustomed to.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 07:24 PM
They didn't have The Moose With No Name along with them?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)
"“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before. ... ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).’”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (edUvp)
You fell victim to one of the classic blusters.
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (3uBP9)
That's what I remembered but I didn't hold him to that. I just think we stopped way too soon and left too many bad actors alive . In addition to giving the bad actors the chance to kill all the domestic opposition.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (GseMx)
g'early evenin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (AMvSw)
Aspinal of London is, of course, Kate Middleton's preferred handbag.
Posted by: AoSHQ Fashion Consultants at June 17, 2026 07:29 PM (0sNs1)
Their biggest mistake since Pearl Harbor? Possibly.
Posted by: Wally
"Live in Japan" by Beer For Dolphins. Just for the band name.
(That's the verb live, not the adjective live.)
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (VHUov)
Big in Japan.
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:29 PM (dK+Kv)
As long as he gets to serve his time in a women's jail, he will be ok with it.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (syz1S)
How true your final statement is. Robert Redford often would pull up to the grocery store in which I worked while I was attending college. .. . . . and he'd roar up early at opening hours in his Porsche 911. .. pull up on the sidewalk. . . race in the door back to the beer section (covered in weathered denim and country apparel covered in grease and whatever), grab a 6 pack and race past the checkout stand and throw down a $20 bill and race out to the car and race off to wherever. Not a care in the world; just a guy covered in grease and sawdust. Goldie Hawn, Buddie Hackett and other visitors to a local studio would show up often. .. and everybody just left them alone. Just peeps. And I'll never forget when the members of Pablo Cruise piled into the back of my girl friend's car and we all went and played a quick softball game.
Posted by: Despise Insane Marxist Rat Bastards at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (eIDFM)
Prison Mike? Now moved to death row.
Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 17, 2026 08:29 PM (b2XHD)
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 08:45 PM (T6aVk)
Posted by: Tommy Shanks at June 18, 2026 03:13 AM (KDpmu)
Federal Judge Upholds Conviction of Judge Who Illegally Aided Criminal Illegal Aliens to Escape ICE
This is a bad day for high-calorie Karens.
But that's just a day ending in a -day.A federal judge on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a former Wisconsin judge who helped an undocumented man evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman declined to reconsider former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan's conviction without rescheduling a sentencing date. Adelman previously postponed Dugan's sentencing on June 3. ... The lawyers added that Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, the Mexican immigrant she led out a private courthouse door to evade ICE officers, was not facing a pending proceeding but a warrant for his arrest instead. Adelman, a Bill Clinton appointee and former Democratic state legislator, was unconvinced by this argument. "At oral argument, defendant noted that ICE goes out every day to try to arrest people on the street," Adelman wrote in his ruling. He echoed the defense's argument, writing "Given the estimated 10 million undocumented persons in the United States, does that mean there are 10 million pending proceedings?" The federal judge added that Dugan "insists that there needs to be some formality, i.e., a proceeding before an agency involving parties trying to come to a determination, an adjudication." ... Dugan was found guilty of obstruction charges in December. She faces up to five years in prison for obstruction, the more serious of the charges, though first-time offenders rarely receive the harshest punishment.
... Flores-Ruiz has since been deported. His appearance before Dugan and her conviction have come amid the Trump administration's massive crackdown on immigrants across the U.S.
🚨 JUST IN: A federal judge has UPHELD the felony conviction against former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who was found GUILTY of helping an illegal evade ICE agents at the courthouse
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 16, 2026
Dugan now faces up to FIVE YEARS in prison, disbarment, and steep fines.
FAFO! 🔥
h/t… pic.twitter.com/7xCdBepW98
🚨 NOW: A federal judge just DENIED leftist Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan's effort to overturn her conviction of aiding an illegal alien and obstructing ICE at her own courthouse
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 16, 2026
AWESOME! FAFO playing out in real time, now lock her up! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/hkLIwcDy5k
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:31 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: Al Shabbah at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (U4W41)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ... at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Will Robinson at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (zBgIx)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Vlad The Improviser at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (ufOdi)
No, the administration is not cracking down on immigrants, just those not in the country legally. That would be like writing about a crackdown on prostitution being a crackdown on citizens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
Icing on the cake: ICE caught him anyway.
Wait, did someone leave the cake out in the rain? I don't know if he was actually deported.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (OoFl2)
Heads on spikes at the castle gates.
One thing about these winebox slobbering nitwits...there is only one single thing more important than "the cause/agenda"....and that is themselves.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Adriane the Hump Day Critic . . . at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:34 PM (3uBP9)
Technically, probably.
Just not how you were thinking.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (OoFl2)
She got the wrong judge...she was hoping for the Hawaiian one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Headlines we'd like to see at June 17, 2026 05:36 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (qrgCX)
Joy Behar says she told JD Vance he should run for president because he's "intelligent" and "has a good vibe"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Nelson Mandela Muntz at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (G0vdT)
I don't think McDonald's hires felons. Maybe one of the plant nurseries will take her on seasonally.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (Oy/m2)
I heard something about seamstress classes in womens' prisons...using scissors or scissoring or something like that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Headlines we'd like to see at June 17, 2026 05:36
****
At 77, she got schlonged by 80 year old Trump.
LEGEND
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (ufOdi)
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: dantesed
Getting stoned is a common prison experience, I'v been told.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (ALKK0)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
I prefer eating brownies with fava beans and a nice chianti...
Posted by: Dr. Hannibal Lecter at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
My wife makes those. They are really very good. Lots of chocolate in them, plus plenty of sweet stuff. Monk fruit I think. I put whipped cream on mine.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)
Women really do think their feelings or "being on the right side of history" give them some sort of blank check that they can do whatever the hell they want without consequences. Like the chick that tried to run an ICE agent over and got shot. No guy would ever do that and think he could get away with it.
Posted by: Leupold at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (eIzlH)
So they hire felons.
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Nelson Mandela Muntz at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: dantesed
Getting stoned is a common prison experience, I'v been told.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Y8DZL)
It's du jour in Muzzieland...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
I bet she was loads of fun at Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (0aYVJ)
Well, since you are dead then you can eat anything.
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Oy/m2)
Stay up all night (kind of a requirement.) Eat an entire gallon of chocolate ice cream. Smoke a pack of camel non-filters.
The world is your oyster.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
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...and she lived to tell the tale! (for now...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
In wife’s case, health concerns.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (Gqar8)
But hey!
You get the moral victory of helping people who torture, rape and murder Americans to keep you warm in jail for the next 5 years.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (73/SM)
"🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Trump SBA Chief Kelly Loeffler reveals $200 BILLION dollars in fraud found and now being targeted...and the Democrats tried *FORGIVING* some of it
SBA is now targeting 562,000 fraudsters 🤯
CRIMINAL CHARGES being made. We were ROBBED BLIND by TRAITORS in our own government. Prison!
"We identified $200 billion in COVID era fraud. The four charges in Ohio...that's just 4 out of the 27,000 in that state that we identified!"
"Think about what we just turned over to the DOJ and Treasury, $22 BILLION in COVID era fraud that the Biden administration tried to forgive and sweep under the rug!" 🤯
"We're going back and prosecuting it and going after it for a collection. That's 562,000 fraudsters that we're going after. That's just in one program. It shows you how systemic it is, how sophisticated some of these programs are, but people are going to jail now."
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
I've worked with a lot of indians and sometimes they bring "candy", indian "candy" to work to share. A lot of it is made with beans and I've never tasted one that was good. There are probably good and bad ways to make it. There has to be a way because chocolate is a bean, as is vanilla so there has to be other good bean-candy varieties.
Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Well, since you are dead then you can eat anything.
Posted by: dantesed at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (Oy/m2)
Even kale. (ducks and runs)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (jYRYu)
They don't do this with someone they are going to throw the book at.
Posted by: No Name Today at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (8mulE)
Jennifer Joma and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, two former court clerks in Logan, Utah, face federal felony charges for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants evade ICE arrest at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court on April 9, 2026.
Federal prosecutors allege the clerks misused court databases to identify non-citizens, intercepted them as they left the building, and escorted them through secure areas and out a back door to avoid federal agents waiting in the parking lot. Joma also allegedly drove three of the immigrants away from the courthouse in her personal vehicle.
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Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (26GAh)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
Or apple pie? Dutch apple, preferably.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: tubal"
That's makes sense. But otherwise, are bean brownies superior to regular brownies?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (vFG9F)
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Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Jelly beans
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:31 PM (YwEeS)
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You would think that just by chance a judge might know that.
Posted by: Decaf at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (xpP6J)
Posted by: tubal"
That's makes sense. But otherwise, are bean brownies superior to regular brownies?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (vFG9F)
No, no, not at all.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (R+iUD)
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (znREB)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (R+iUD)
vanilla, cocoa
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
Her TV husband liked to bang homeless men
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (GseMx)
So those were "plainclothes" agents. Does that mean under cover? The judges spotted at least 4 of them.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (XJ22o)
==
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
NO.
Bad jim in Kali! Very bad!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Jelly beans
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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Except the black ones...
**LET THE FLAME WAR BEGIN!**
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
The Dems are in real trouble if the youth wing keeps dropping like this.
Oh, and as I recall, the oldest daughter was smoking hot.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Sco7b)
==
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
NO.
Bad jim in Kali! Very bad!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (R+iUD)
...well some folks put them in chili...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (e4LaW)
Jennifer Joma and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, two former court clerks in Logan, Utah, face federal felony charges for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants evade ICE arrest at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court on April 9, 2026.
Federal prosecutors allege the clerks misused court databases to identify non-citizens, intercepted them as they left the building, and escorted them through secure areas and out a back door to avoid federal agents waiting in the parking lot. Joma also allegedly drove three of the immigrants away from the courthouse in her personal vehicle.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (ycI94)
*****
Frolic and diversion on the taxpayer's dime.
Betcha orgy at her place.
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket"
I bet there are no Brownies either.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Harvey Milk at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Rb74/)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:43 PM (R+iUD)
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
Are they jello brownies? Is she Lutheran?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: banana Dream - dot not feather at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (3uBP9)
Jelly beans
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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Except the black ones...
**LET THE FLAME WAR BEGIN!**
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (gnNyN)
The black ones would be acceptable if they were liquor-ish...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
==
carrots perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (l3cgK)
NO.
Bad jim in Kali! Very bad!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (R+iUD)
...well some folks put them in chili...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Yes, and then they flounce off.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar
I'm not seeing the point as that seems just as 'bad'* as a regular brownie.
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Yes, and then they flounce off.
Posted by: tubal"
That might have just been an early AI avatar.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
___________________________
I'm a traditionalist...or was. Then my cousin (who is a chef by profession) showed up at the last family reunion with a huge batch of....to quote her...."something I've been messing around with."
Chocolate Molten Bacon & Caramel Brownies. I had more than one.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
It appears some people are finally waking up.
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Wait, did someone leave the cake out in the rain? I don't know if he was actually deported.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Musical response:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=x5DmDPor1EM&ra=m
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (ZVgZ4)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (OoFl2)
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...and she lived to tell the tale! (for now...)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Asian markets have a frozen 'bean pop', crunchy or smooth. Taste just like fudge. A second rate fudge, but it taste like fudge. Don't know what variety the beans are though.
And the green melon pops are outstanding.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (5HL7E)
Schedeen tried to apply the Psalm below but lacked the discernment to recognize actual evil…
I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked - Psalm 26:5
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)
___________________________
I'm a traditionalist...or was. Then my cousin (who is a chef by profession) showed up at the last family reunion with a huge batch of....to quote her...."something I've been messing around with."
Chocolate Molten Bacon & Caramel Brownies. I had more than one.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
Chocolate and bacon can be harmonious...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (l3cgK)
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
Monkfruit is a sugar free sweetener. Cocoa is OK.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/QHx4)
That's makes sense. But otherwise, are bean brownies superior to regular brownies?
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 05:43
Only on that they are a healthier version. These are NOT going to stand side by side HHB’s brownies. But they are a good treat you could eat on a more frequent basis and still fit in your jeans.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Leupold
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Our career criminal class would think the cops might miss so what the hell. Same inability to contemplate consequences for actions.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (dIske)
I have a recipe for caramels made with sour cream, and I am waiting for this Fall, when it is cooler, to make it.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (rbvCR)
—
Kier just issued an arrest warrant for them.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)
It appears some people are finally waking up.
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Waking up to the possibility that the "peasants" may put their empty heads on pikes?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)
Liquor-ish? Ouzo Sambuca? I like sambuca after a big fancy dinner.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (3uBP9)
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
To the fact that they might be decorating a lamp post.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw
Only took about 40-50 million third world imports or so before they woke up.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (R+iUD)
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The peasants who were supposed to work in the factories to shore up the welfare states instead burdened the welfare state.
Maybe they have learned that dealing with an aging population is an easier solution than dealing with a hostile one?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
I see your point here, but they aren't any kind of "immigrant". They are criminal invaders.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (CjRcL)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar
I could see monk fruit! I did maple syrup. And 70% dark chocolate.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (qrgCX)
And the green melon pops are outstanding.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Mung bean is something the Vietnamese use in their sweets.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Sid at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (SWd4y)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
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It'd be hilarious if Europe was European again in like a decade.
The experiment on mass migration lasts a generation, and in its place is a series of right-wing governments that are so hostile to the idea of immigration and the left that they start fighting wars with each other rather than their own citizens again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (Zn6QU)
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Higgy
@higgyboson
It would appear that the "Russian" ship, (actually flagged as Cameroon), boarded by UK Special Forces a few days ago had been cleared of all it's crew prior to the film crew entering the ship and pretending they were were filming a full sweep of the vessel.
Yes, our highly trained Armed Service personnel were used as actors in a shoddy propaganda video to try to convince the world that
@Keir_Starmer
had grown some bollocks.
They must now feel like a bunch of mugs, taken for fools, used as fodder in one of Starmers little movies.
Absolutely EVERYTHING this dickhead touches is tainted.
His promises, assertions and pledges all turn to shit.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:45 PM (XJ22o)
The sunglasses and khakis gave them away.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (1VJX5)
Posted by: banana Dream
Sambuca mussels.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (YZ0Fo)
Only on that they are a healthier version. These are NOT going to stand side by side HHB’s brownies. But they are a good treat you could eat on a more frequent basis and still fit in your jeans.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (OoFl2)
Wife is very diet/health conscious. It has served her very well, along with regular exercise program ( including yoga). Successfully dealing with some heredity stuff baked in her cake. Trim Healthy Mama style diet stuff. Quite admiring of her, I am.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (OoFl2)
I am discovering, to my great chagrin, that although I love trail mix… eating more than tiny amounts is not good for the waistline. And I work out like a maniac… but you can’t work out enough to burn those trail mix calories. Darn!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (BI5O2)
Ha haha ha
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
======
Well, the administration is cracking down on the legal ones, too.
Rescinding asylum and temporary protected statuses. New H1-B's down 80%. Green cards down 50%. Denaturalizations up about 300% (still small numbers, but you can blame three SCOTUS cases for the hurdles there). Every visa class is down double digits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Sid at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (SWd4y)
Right? Dems may indict him on 34 bullshit charges or something.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (e4LaW)
And the green melon pops are outstanding.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)
Mung bean is something the Vietnamese use in their sweets.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (rbvCR)
Chinese use Mung beans and Red Beans in desserts, inside sesame balls. How they harvest the balls off sesame I don't know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (ItWcy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (CjRcL)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (/QHx4)
The experiment on mass migration lasts a generation, and in its place is a series of right-wing governments that are so hostile to the idea of immigration and the left that they start fighting wars with each other rather than their own citizens again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
=====
But, but, but, their armies would have no strength because there wouldn't be dei-versity.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (E4rtv)
It appears some people are finally waking up.
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Waking up to the possibility that the "peasants" may put their empty heads on pikes?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (R+iUD)
I'll believe it when I see it.
Somehow I think very little will change in the EU.
They have to get the politicians, bureaucrats, law enforcement and the courts to play along. That's where the rubber hits the road.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 05:51 PM (CjRcL)
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I'm guessing Croatia would prefer rum right now...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (gnNyN)
I wouldn't be surprised if they've received some sternly worded letters.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (BI5O2)
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
No flour, no eggs, some oats, 1/2 cup of really dark chocolate chopped into the size of chips, 1/2 cup maple syrup.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:52 PM (Zn6QU)
I can actually envision something like that and actually do.
But there's a lot of dead. Fortunately, mostly their side.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (ufO5q)
Chinese use Mung beans and Red Beans in desserts, inside sesame balls. How they harvest the balls off sesame I don't know...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)
The Free Range Sesames are really problematic.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (Gqar8)
Here are Greta Thunberg's birthday wishes for President Trump's recent birthday:
"My initial thought was to give you a one-way ticket to The Hague as a birthday gift, but that comment would probably go above your head. I will instead give you a can of alphabet soup, the sentences you poop out will be more coherent than anything you have ever said. Now you can finally take part in meaningful public discourse."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (ugElV)
Do you like your women like you like you jelly beans and coffee?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (l3cgK)
Jennifer Joma and Lauren Kelsey Morrow, two former court clerks in Logan, Utah, face federal felony charges for allegedly helping undocumented immigrants evade ICE arrest at the Logan City Municipal Justice Court on April 9, 2026.
Federal prosecutors allege the clerks misused court databases to identify non-citizens, intercepted them as they left the building, and escorted them through secure areas and out a back door to avoid federal agents waiting in the parking lot. Joma also allegedly drove three of the immigrants away from the courthouse in her personal vehicle.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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These idiots think they're the Underground Railroad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)
Rescinding asylum and temporary protected statuses. New H1-B's down 80%. Green cards down 50%. Denaturalizations up about 300% (still small numbers, but you can blame three SCOTUS cases for the hurdles there). Every visa class is down double digits.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I am holding out for trebuchets at the Southern Border to be used for deportations. Much more climate friendly without releasing all those greenhouse gases and just think how Mexico will thank us for making them stronger by more immigrants.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper
Piper's gonna have a baby!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (e4LaW)
Several punk ass "judges" have tried to stop things OrangeManBad has done, only to get stomped by higher-up judges. In the mean time I already suggested he should raise the fee to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (R+iUD)
Pixy Miss has added an Ouija Board interface on AoSHQ servers
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (a4flb)
just don't leave any open brackets...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)
The Free Range Sesames are really problematic.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM
Especially since those organs are the generators of sesame seed.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (0sNs1)
Pipe dream of course.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM
Are you familiar with Chocolate & Zucchini?
https://cnz.to/
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (kgE5c)
Surprisingly, that’s kinda clever and funny
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (S+j2h)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)
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I just want them all to go on their own because they realize that America is a fascist oligarchy and racist imperialism that lets police shoot brown people for sport and doesn't even have single payer healthcare.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (Zn6QU)
https://tinyurl.com/57mrnmb6
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
It sounds good, but I think the original deportation order has come from a sovereign country, and that's where the roadblock to any meaningful change will come from.
Do you see the UK or France ramping up deportation?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (PLxDd)
*as in anything made with flour, eggs, and lots of sugar is unhealthy and as such is double-plus ungood.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
No flour, no eggs, some oats, 1/2 cup of really dark chocolate chopped into the size of chips, 1/2 cup maple syrup.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (OoFl2)
"No eggs?!" -- Bluebell the Hen
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
=====
I bet that statement was really something in its original Moronese language but it fall a bit flat, like Greta's chest, in English.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (E4rtv)
Granted, I am pulling my cites out of my butt, but I am willing to admit that.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (ugElV)
The world is your oyster.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 05:41 PM (G3T/K)
Or clam
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 17, 2026 05:59 PM (S+j2h)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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These idiots think they're the Underground Railroad.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (XJ22o)
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Eventually, one of the illegal immigrants they "rescue" will thank them for their services by going full Reaver on them...and make them disappear.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (gnNyN)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (e4LaW)
Several punk ass "judges" have tried to stop things OrangeManBad has done, only to get stomped by higher-up judges. In the mean time I already suggested he should raise the fee to $100 million.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM (R+iUD)
Add in that the H1B holder must be paid 4x local rate for US citizens for the position, and I'm in.
Drop the visa fee to $1 million, and require employers to pay $5 million/10 visa holders they hire, and I'm still OK when the pay scale minimum is added.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper
Piper's gonna have a baby!
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026
That ship sailed. lol.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
======
And yet they persist.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (E4rtv)
Granted, I am pulling my cites out of my butt, but I am willing to admit that.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM (rbvCR)
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"Random audits of H1-Bs will include comparative searches for Americans who could have filled the job role. If the auditor can find any within one hour of searching through job boards, the CEO, head of HR, and hiring manager are fined $10,000 for every potential applicant found and given lashes equaling the number of potential applicants found. The lashes will be dealt out publicly, in front of their headquarters staff and streamed live and for free, at the cost of the company, for the broader public to witness."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (Zn6QU)
Joy Behar says she told JD Vance he should run for president because he's "intelligent" and "has a good vibe"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:37 PM (ndZc7)
BeWhore may be trying to hedge her bets.
She'd probably the least stupid one on that show (though she makes up for it in sheer obnoxiousness).
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 05:53 PM (BI5O2)
My introduction to sambuca was with spaniards. They love the stuff. Served with coffee beans. Yep.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM
Are you familiar with Chocolate & Zucchini?
https://cnz.to/
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 17, 2026 05
I have a chocolate chip zucchini bread that is good!
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 06:01 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:56 PM
Two counterpoints:
One, catapults have a higher rate of fire.
Two, greenhouse gasses (along with other substances) are likely to be released just prior to firing and/or during the internal ballistics phase
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Joke's on her...I already did it for free!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Piper
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Don't forget the Beano!
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (e4LaW)
Yet Trump is claiming we run out of reserves in four weeks without the Iran MOU.
Does he listen to himself talk?
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (qrgCX)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:02 PM (e4LaW)
And realtors, if the Mar-a-Lago's value determined in court is any measure.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (vFG9F)
Not if you bought it. I like the dried fruit myself...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)
Two, greenhouse gasses (along with other substances) are likely to be released just prior to firing and/or during the internal ballistics phase
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Okay, Mister Nice Guy, we put them on a ice floe in Alaska and let them sail away.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (E4rtv)
Yet Trump is claiming we run out of reserves in four weeks without the Iran MOU.
Does he listen to himself talk?
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 06:03 PM (qrgCX)
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He's just wrong on this.
If we drawdown at the same rate now for the foreseeable future, it'd take 15 weeks to drain our reserves dry, not 4.
And that's not going to happen anyway.
Eh, he's just trying to sell it. He also says stupid shit about immigration that never comes around.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (Zn6QU)
You're 3-4 posts too late, we're talking about commie judges and bean vs no-bean brownies now
And boobs, because always BOOBS.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (R+iUD)
Lunch was ramen (plain ol' "beef" Top Ramen, not the spendy gourmet stuff) with parmesan cheese and Pace picante sauce stirred in.
Japanese, Italian, Tex-Mex.... I think this is what the fancy restaurants call "fusion cuisine", right?
Pretty tasty, even if it is one of the most white trash concoctions ever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (IG3/x)
That sounds delicious.
See if you can get the recipe.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:49 PM (/QHx4)
____________________
I'll lkely see here again this coming August for the next reunion. I'll see if I can get it...and if I can, I'll post it to the weekend food thread here. I know she worked the bacon into the caramel somehow, so the savory offset the sweetness. It was an icing of sorts. The brownies were normal all except for the fact that she somehow worked a warm chocolate filling into each square. It was wonderful and paired with a good cup of coffee...heavenly.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 17, 2026 05:58 PM
There is another way. Now wait, hear me out ...
Posted by: Vlad Tepes at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (GseMx)
And then when nobody is “qualified” they’ve met the legal requirement. And then by a stroke of incredible luck they find Sanjeev in Bangalore who miraculously had that 10 years experience and bring him over at 30% the cost of what an American would be paid.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (e4LaW)
Lunch was ramen (plain ol' "beef" Top Ramen, not the spendy gourmet stuff) with parmesan cheese and Pace picante sauce stirred in.
Japanese, Italian, Tex-Mex.... I think this is what the fancy restaurants call "fusion cuisine", right?
Pretty tasty, even if it is one of the most white trash concoctions ever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (IG3/x)
And I bet it took less than two minutes to make!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (R+iUD)
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I think it's wrong to consider anything with M&Ms "trail mix."
Back in my day, "trail mix" was something totally different and candy wasn't in it. Bitter chocolate on the other hand. Maybe.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (jehhT)
You're 3-4 posts too late, we're talking about commie judges and bean vs no-bean brownies now
And boobs, because always BOOBS.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:04 PM (R+iUD)
Always. Part of the HQ mission statement, no doubt. Greta grew a pair, oddly enough. Never thought she would.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (Gqar8)
Pretty tasty, even if it is one of the most white trash concoctions ever.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Will you choose Iron Chef Japanese, Chinese, French, or Italian for your raman battle?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:07 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (s6tef)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 05:55 PM (OoFl2)
That doesn't sound too bad.
It's just as a southerner I've never ever thought of beans as dessert. It seems like it would be very 'mushy' compared to a regular brownie.
My mom made 'blondies' which were wonderful.
I think the man difference was using brown sugar without chocolate in the recipe. They were good, though, she had to make several batches every Christmas to give to people who wanted them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 06:06 PM (R+iUD)
Yep. Bonus feature there. It also only dirtied one pot (which just needed to be rinsed out... I mixed in the cheese and salsa after it was in the bowl), one bowl, and one fork.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 06:05 PM (GseMx)
Has the universe ended? I’m not aware that something like this could actually happen! Good job
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 06:08 PM (ugElV)
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It'll be overturned on appeal.
Because the cartel judge is stupid--he argued that, because it was so high, it was in effect a tax--$100k is a tax.
Except. That means, a lower amount would not be a tax--$1k is not a tax.
Meaning, the cartel judge has made a policy decision--not a legal decision on what he thinks the fee should be.
And SCOTUS has been pretty clear these last few terms--judge are not to make policy decisions, they are to rule on the law:
Either Trump has the right to set the fee or he does not.
There is no "sliding scale" between legal fee and illegal tax.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 06:09 PM (73/SM)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 06:00 PM (e4LaW)
What, and get their asses shot?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 06:10 PM (bw89h)
>>Do you see the UK or France ramping up deportation?
I think that which can't go on forever won't. What's been happening for Europe for years is not sustainable, either economically or with the citizenry. There are cracks showing all over like Sweden and AfD and other indications people have had enough of the lies and degradation of their country for no gain at all.
This might not be the huge tipping point but sooner or later it will happen. Europe might never recover to what it was but this absolute lunacy will end.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)
No, the administration is not cracking down on immigrants, just those not in the country legally. That would be like writing about a crackdown on prostitution being a crackdown on citizens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (l3cgK)
The author is EXTREMELY UPSET at the fact that in order to enter the United States for any reason, you HAVE to show a passport to a CBP official at a PoE. I bet this idiot author has left the country before on vacation and never once re-entered the country by avoiding PoEs and CBP either. I can't hate the media enough.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (T6aVk)
Pipe dream of course.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:57 PM (e4LaW)
And the number of legal immigrants allowed should drop to zero in years where the economy is not great.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (T6aVk)
Huge: The Federal Trade Commission Sues the Main Transgenderism-for-Children Organization, WPATH, Citing False Claims About Transgender Surgery Reducing Suicide Risks
WPATH is largely funded by J.B. Pritzker's transgender brother, Lt. Colonel "Jennifer" Pritzker, retired.Billboard Chris 🌎
@BillboardChris 🚨 Massive news with worldwide repercussions! The FTC, along with Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas, have filed a lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), alleging the organization has provided the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services. WPATH, an association of clinicians who profit from pediatric medical transition services, recommended medical interventions, including drugs and surgery, for children and adolescents who expressed dissatisfaction with or distress about their sex traits. In their complaint, the FTC and its state partners allege that these recommendations misled parents and children about the medical consensus and medical necessity, as well as the safety and effectiveness, of such services, in violation of the FTC Act. "Today, the FTC filed a lawsuit against WPATH alleging that the organization made false and unsubstantiated claims regarding the necessity, effectiveness and safety of puberty blockers, hormones and sex-change surgeries," said Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. "Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services. For decades, the FTC has taken action against entities that make deceptive and unsubstantiated health-related claims. The complaint filed today reflects that same long-standing mandate: when an entity makes a claim about a medical treatment, the claim must be truthful, evidence-based and not misleading." In 2022, WPATH omitted all mention of age limitations for breast amputation or penis removal from the "Standards of Care" document providing the organization's official recommendations for treating sex-trait-related dissatisfaction or distress in children. As alleged in the complaint, WPATH did not base this decision on medical evidence.
As described in the complaint, in several instances, parents seeking help for their children were asked by clinicians whether they "would rather have a live daughter or a dead son," based on WPATH representations that pediatric medical transition services are "lifesaving." As the complaint argues, there is no competent and reliable scientific evidence to suggest these interventions reduce the risk of suicide. WPATH claims its recommendations represent "consensus-based expert opinion." This leads WPATH members and other clinicians to repeat to consumers false, misleading or unsubstantiated statements about safety and efficacy found in WPATH guidelines, according to the complaint. According to the complaint, despite the absence of competent and reliable scientific evidence, WPATH's guidelines label nearly every pediatric transition service as "medically necessary" to maximize the likelihood that insurers will pay for the pediatric transition procedures.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: free tibet at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (GD0B3)
Or some such shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:22 PM (bl07w)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:24 PM (2ocoG)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Correction: a weirdly large section of the VOCAL 'right'. Online is not reality. It only mimicks it in its most extreme, retarded form.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:24 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)
WPATH claims its recommendations represent "consensus-based expert opinion."
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Oh, well! In that case, carry on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (XJ22o)
BEST 0.5 BLACK PRESIDENT EVVVVVVVVA !!!!!!
The Barry Soetoro Presidential Center was billed as a lasting legacy to former President Soetoro, and its construction was touted as an ambitious model built with aggressive goals for minority-owned and local businesses.
But now, some of the very subcontractors who helped build the 19.3-acre campus on Chicago’s South Side say they are facing financial ruin as they race to recover millions of dollars they claim remain unpaid ahead of the center's grand opening Friday.
Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021 and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark.
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (YnF8s)
As I commented on El Gato Malo's the other day, any time the media starts up with "experts say" you are about to hear something of unfathomable stupidity.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (2ocoG)
( Ackbar Content Warning )
https://tinyurl.com/yfvt2pwj
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (B0NCh)
As I commented on El Gato Malo's the other day, any time the media starts up with "experts say" you are about to hear something of unfathomable stupidity.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (2ocoG)
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Experts say that yo momma so fat that when she sits around the house, she sits AROUND the house.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (Zn6QU)
Oh, well! In that case, carry on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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But seriously, "consensus-based expert opinion" once held that women are dumber than men because their skulls are smaller.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (YnF8s)
For a concrete door stop, sitting on its end.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (G3T/K)
And no, ace, "they" won't be finding out what it's like to be on the receiving end of "by any means necessary".
Posted by: rhomboid at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (U/Byj)
Michelle has mine in Refrig next to the boiled eggs and the pickle jar .....
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (YnF8s)
Karmelo would have been.a better President - he would murder anyone who disagreed with him and The Community would support him.
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 04:27 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 04:25 PM (YnF8s)
For a concrete door stop, sitting on its end.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (G3T/K)
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Compare with George Lucas' museum in Los Angeles, costing between $1 and $1.5 billion:
https://lucasmuseum.org/our-campus
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: huerfano at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (VJX5o)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
Kamala would have, simultaneously, never attacked Iran AND driven them to total destruction while our glorious armies paraded in Red Square.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (ExV1e)
WTF!! Does that mean they asked enough so-called experts until they got enough positive voices, and discarded most of the rest?
AKA, the "experts": https://tinyurl.com/mv7y86tw+
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (qx7Zg)
But I'm no expert.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)
That's not why women are dumber. *ducks*
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (0N4FZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Cqx++)
FTC can be very powerful when it choses.
Posted by: runner
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Apparently. I'd like it to get busy on windmills, solar panels, and the Kardashians.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she got stabbed in a shoot-out.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (0N4FZ)
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18+ years is a long time to wait.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
Phrenology.
Lysenkoism.
Law of use and disuse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (G3T/K)
No mutilation before age 21yrs. Really 25yrs when the prefrontal cortex of the brain is fully developed and decisions can be made as an adult.
Then there should be clear language of studies in the pre-op consent that 1/2 of men who try to become women commit suicide for chronic pain of infections of ingrown hairs, the inability to have sex/orgasm with their new thang, and that it takes up to 20min to simply pee sitting down.
They should pay for this out of their own pocket like any elective plastic surgery. Those surgeries are not paid by insurance due to mental distress, but for real medical diagnoses like going through a windshield or having cancer.
All I know about trans women (like Chaz) who become men is regret having it done as teens. Then changing their minds after a hysterectomy and double mastectomy. Unsure of suicide stats.
What I can't figure out is why Chaz could not simply be a lesbian and date women with a strap on and no beard. However, she/he did not ask me.
And with Cher as her mother it is no surprise.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (hzuYO)
Gender refers to possessive pronouns: his, hers, its, and theirs.
Like you learned in grammar school.
Posted by: Pedantic Person at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (HTcxi)
You should all be ashamed for not considering the feelings of pharmaceutical drug companies whose gender affirming care product growth will be severely affected for post surgery he/she people of whatever.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (2ocoG)
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she got stabbed in a shoot-out.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma so fat that when she wears a yellow coat, people shout TAXI!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:31 PM (Zn6QU)
If we can't cut little boy's dicks off how do we get eunuchs to screw to make sure they have no change of enjoying it?
Posted by: Some tranny chaser at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (sKqQm)
That one is actually true. It's science.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)
Black subcontractors at Obama Presidential Center still seeking payment as Juneteenth opening nears, advocate says
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (/QHx4)
But I'm no expert.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)
Especially when a disturbed child is being told by an authority figure that this 'process' is the secret to all the pain they are carrying around. They just need to believe in it strongly enough.
Another group that should just be summarily executed on sight. No appeal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (UjdFS)
But he's one of them. Really, they should be paying for the honor.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:29 PM (XJ22o)
This one is a big deal. Going after this 501(c)(3) with the mandate they they established for themselves, it's huge. Somebody in the administration is thinking. Not going after a particular hospital, but after the organization that dictates "standards of care".
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (GD0B3)
They have Ozempic now, they're gonna be fine. Unless FTC starts sniffing around liability for the vaxx.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (OoFl2)
ICE, and use it for a holding facility?
Chicago, and mount water cannons for fire/crowd control?
A gang, and use it as their new headquarters?
Michelle, so she can dump him there?
A mosque, for their LGTBQ+ festivities?
Did I miss any good candidates?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (qx7Zg)
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💰 The Pritzker Connection — It's Deeper Than Real Estate
This wasn't some arm's-length transaction between strangers. The Pritzker family were Gavin Newsom's first-ever political donors when he launched his career. That's not a coincidence — that's a long-term patronage relationship.
The Pritzker family — through their various entities and foundations — contributed roughly $572,000 to the California Partners Project, Jennifer Siebel Newsom's "gender equity" nonprofit. Let's sit with that: the family that sold the Newsoms a mansion also shoveled over half a million into the First Partner's charity.
And that charity is where the real action is.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (kX27y)
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she got stabbed in a shoot-out.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma so fat that when she wears a yellow coat, people shout TAXI!
Experts say that yo momma is so stupid, she sits on the TV and watches the couch.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (Vpqw1)
That's what I've been told, anyway.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (2UnvF)
Phrenology.
Lysenkoism.
Law of use and disuse.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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Lobotomy for slow learners.
Posted by: Proudly Endorsed By King Kennedy at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:35 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma is so ugly, when she looks in the mirror, the mirror says, "Service not available."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:35 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Big Fat Fizer at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Dr. T at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (X1vg/)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
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When you take out the percentage of the "online right" that is actually bots, paid shills, gaywad trolls, and people that don't live in the United States, you would find that slice to be rather small.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Proudly Endorsed By King Kennedy at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM (XJ22o)
For a lot of things. Behavior issues, family embarrassment (looking at you, Kennedy.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (G3T/K)
That one is actually true. It's science.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:32 PM (viF8m)
Stacey Abrams has the largest skull of any human. We're talking easter island here. I bet she can swallow goats whole. Is she a data point?
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (3uBP9)
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Similar to Rear Admiral, did The AutoPen Empire create a new "Rear Lt. Colonel" rank for "Ms. Pritzker?"
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (jnXw9)
These are the same sort of moms. Sure I cut my child's genitalia off, but the important part is now *I* have more status in my coven of Karen's because they only have gay kids!
Posted by: 18-1 at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)
-a weirdly large slice of the online right
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)
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When you take out the percentage of the "online right" that is actually bots, paid shills, gaywad trolls, and people that don't live in the United States, you would find that slice to be rather small.
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (oqH4h)
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Fair.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (Zn6QU)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:34 PM
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Sitting right here.
Posted by: Dan Sullivan at June 17, 2026 04:37 PM (HTcxi)
When we lived in Chicago for husband's job, he had a couple of meetings with the Pritzers.
He didn't enjoy those.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:37 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:36 PM (Vpqw1)
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Experts say that yo momma is so fat when she sat on WalMart, she lowered the prices.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:38 PM (Zn6QU)
^^^ Clear evidence that there are many different ways people can express their suicidal ideations.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 17, 2026 04:38 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: SMOD at June 17, 2026 04:38 PM (RHGPo)
Do I need to break out the Mr T?
Sure I do.
https://youtu.be/tFNJLs-Ql0o?
si=3cybXkkEgl4m2Z7O
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: tankdemon at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (z6jYH)
Posted by: The person who always says that at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (HTcxi)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 04:35 PM (GD0B3)
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Hmmm......
Monterey County Republican Party
@MCGOP_CA
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Gavin Newsom headed to Chicago... Perhaps to get the story straight on his ill gotten mansion from Pritzker...
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
It pinches the higher order centers of logic in their brains, and tends to cause inefficiencies in cooling, causing a detectable loss to reasoning and the ability to parallel park.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (rbvCR)
Speaking of fags:
Black subcontractors at Obama Presidential Center still seeking payment as Juneteenth opening nears, advocate says
Posted by: wth
Pritzker is a billionaire.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 04:39 PM (Cqx++)
Experts say that yo momma is so poor, that when I went to her house and rang the doorbell, she stuck her head out of the window and went "Ding!"
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (Vpqw1)
Not going after a particular hospital, but after the organization that dictates "standards of care".
Posted by: runner
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It is. WPATH is the SPLC of "gender rights." In fact, that gives me another idea for the FTC... and say, is BLM still around?
Posted by: Proudly Endorsed By King Kennedy at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (XJ22o)
There is always an exception to the rule.
Trust the science.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (bXbFr)
sock off
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:41 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes at June 17, 2026 04:40 PM (bXbFr)
Why are they all fucking mental siblings of Josef Mengele?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:41 PM (G3T/K)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (kPj/I)
Stacey Abrams has the largest skull of any human. We're talking easter island here. I bet she can swallow goats whole. Is she a data point?
There is always an exception to the rule.
Trust the science.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I don't remember how those experts accounted for the fact that gorillas have bigger skulls than humans but still aren't as smart -- but I'm sure they had some consensus on that, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (XJ22o)
By the way, I LOVE to think of barry's Library of Doom as his glorious monument to his beloved wife Mooch. Big, Ugly, High Maintenance.
I love EVERYTHING about that place.
Hell, after I get things together, I want to reserve a couple of tickets so ace can have a raffle for some lucky morons to visit.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:43 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 17, 2026 04:43 PM (OUMaO)
Where they sneer, "we like these studies so you have to follow them--not the other studies, which don't agree" in granting the injunctions.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 17, 2026 04:43 PM (73/SM)
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Is there no end to this? Is there no end to this?
- - - - falls upon fainting couch
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (JS6jE)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:42 PM (6ydKt)
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They're generally not in a happy state with feds indicting them left and right.
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/
2066955267711938683
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (Zn6QU)
Time t drive a stake through WPATH's heart -- well, where their heart would be, if they had a heart.
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (Av6i5)
Gavin Newsom headed to Chicago... Perhaps to get the story straight on his ill gotten mansion from Pritzker...
Posted by: beckster
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Handy excuse: the opening of Obama's dumb library.
But seriously, this looks like a conversation so serious that they've got to hammer it out in person.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: Miguel cervantes
They all have a God complex. They either think they're God or that they should be.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: banana Dream - to ask is to answer at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Kindltot
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A repeat . . .
An old Electrician i worked with, back in my Ford days, insisted that men have reasoning and women don't. And also noted that men have a penis and women don't.
"That must be where we store all of our reasoning skills. I'm going to stop calling it a dick, and start calling it my Logic Probe."
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (gpQ8/)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (+9wcF)
The first few days after Obama's opening will have lots of visitors.
After that no one will give a shit.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
https://lucasmuseum.org/our-campus
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (Zn6QU)
Weird, but at least it's interesting to look at and welcoming with all the green space and huge windows.
Whereas Obama's looks like the party headquarters from 1984.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)
He didn't enjoy those.
Posted by: four seasons
What part of fat, stupid and entitled was he not enchanted with?
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Y8DZL)
The first few days after Obama's opening will have lots of visitors.
After that no one will give a shit.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
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All white people since black people won't be able to get in since black people can't get ids which are required for entry.
At least that's what I've gathered from the Democrat Party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (Zn6QU)
The Pritzker family are a deformed, highly destructive bunch.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (kf4RM)
Whereas Obama's looks like the party headquarters from 1984.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:47 PM (6ydKt)
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It doesn't look like a piece of shit! It looks futuristic and stuff!
More buildings like this, please.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:48 PM (Zn6QU)
After that no one will give a shit.
Once word gets out about the Big Mike's Is Bigger Than Barack's exhibit nobody will want to go.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:49 PM (2ocoG)
In 2022, WPATH omitted all mention of age limitations for breast amputation or penis removal from the "Standards of Care" document
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*retches*
Dear heavens, they're both a crime against nature.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 04:49 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: zombie at June 17, 2026 04:49 PM (Av6i5)
It was most recently used with COVID, where they cherry picked "experts." They cherry picked research data while simutaneously misrepresenting it. And, they threatened those "experts" who held contrary opinions.
This process is, also, being applied to the climate change issue. They make up percentages of "scientists"...most of whom were not in the meteorology field. They threaten those who disagree, and refuse grant money to those holding contrary opinions. They piggyback peer review studies by stacking review with fellow zealots....and they make up data (temp) to suit their needs.
And all of these issues are fully supported by media representatives some of whom are actually paid to regurgitate the falsities.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (kPj/I)
Ironically the Lucas Museum looks like something from TNG/DS9/Voyager era Star Trek.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
It'll just become a Hall of Doom for villains to hang out and do gay stuff in.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (3uBP9)
https://x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/
2066955267711938683
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (Zn6QU)
James O'Keefe and OMG went undercover in the New Jersey Antifa and identified a lot of the participants.
Lots of employees from well-known corporations, and a few from Rutgers U. on the list.
Hopefully DOJ is on that group as well.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (jnXw9)
Lots of employees from well-known corporations, and a few from Rutgers U. on the list.
Hopefully DOJ is on that group as well.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (6ydKt)
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It takes time to build cases and present them to grand juries, but it does seem like the cases are being built.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 17, 2026 04:51 PM (Zn6QU)
FIFY
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:45 PM (rbvCR)
Improved.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM (qx7Zg)
An old Electrician i worked with, back in my Ford days, insisted that men have reasoning and women don't. And also noted that men have a penis and women don't.
"That must be where we store all of our reasoning skills. I'm going to stop calling it a dick, and start calling it my Logic Probe."
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (gpQ8/)
Okey-dokey.
Now explain the predilection so many men have for sticking their dick into... just about anything.
Couch fuckers?
Toaster fuckers?
Whoever had sex with Hilary Clinton?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)
Tony Montana says, "I'm not going back in any cage, okay? "
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM (rbvCR)
In 50 years, the Obama Library will be one of those urban archeologist haunts, with dripping water, peeling paint, cracked floors and exposed wires.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (2ocoG)
It does look like some of the buildings they show around future San Francisco.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:46 PM (/QHx4)
It'll just become a Hall of Doom for villains to hang out and do gay stuff in.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 04:50 PM (3uBP9)
I assume there is a bathhouse in there somewhere.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (bl07w)
At a stroke to the bottom right of the P and you have WRATH...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 04:53 PM (l3cgK)
I love EVERYTHING about that place.
Posted by: Stateless
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I bet it will go down as the nail in the coffin of Brutalist architecture. Or at least a significant moment in Brutalism's decline. In fact I bet the Obamas are already regretting how embarrassingly ugly it is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (WbWbV)
Guessing the dedication speeches in Chicago tomorrow will not mention Trump, or oppression, or have bold pronouncements, or be anything but positive.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (Y8DZL)
Toaster fuckers?
Whoever had sex with Hilary Clinton?
Posted by: tcn in AK
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For what its worth, his personal life was a train wreck on par with his biology skills.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (gpQ8/)
Penn Medicine utilizes standards set by the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to guide its comprehensive gender-affirming care & LCBTQ+ clinical services. Their Program for LCBTQ+ Health offers services ranging from hormone replacement therapy to genders-affirming surgeries, bolstered by patient advocates and affirming clinical training.
The intersection of these two entities involved the following key details:
Care Standards: Penn Medicine consults WPATH standards to align with international best practices & multidisciplinary care models.
Pediatric Surgery Policies: In compliance with federal directives, Penn Medicine halted gender-affirming surgeries for patients under the age of 19, though they continue to provide pharmacologic treatment & behavioral health support.
Leadership Roles: Penn Medicine continues to expand its internal Program for LGBTQ+ Health w/dedicated physician leaders and trans-affirming patient advocates shaping health care standards system-wide.
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Trans-affirming patient advocates?
Help gender-diverse individuals navigate the healthcare system by finding competent providers, assisting with appointments, etc.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
With faces and personalities like those two, I doubt they have any scale for reference of how ugly anything is.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:55 PM (bl07w)
This is the key phrase. The key word being profit…. A disgusting money for anything attitude
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 04:55 PM (yz/88)
Posted by: Minuteman at June 17, 2026 04:55 PM (47/pr)
now i'm rethinking all those times talky toaster said "would you like some toast?" in red dwarf.
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 04:57 PM (qdr3M)
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (gnNyN)
Choose wisely.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 04:58 PM (0sNs1)
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What would Huge with a Luxurious Flaming Skull look like?
Wearing a tiara?
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (jnXw9)
We should have a betting pool about how long before the Tower collapses.
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (/QHx4)
The obscenity could've been a good control tower for Meigs field, if Dickie Daily Jr. hadn't torn it up in the dead of night.
Still, if you visit the epic Museum of Science and Industry you can walk out, look south at it, and marvel at the collapse of civilization.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 04:59 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:26 PM (XJ22o)
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And that certain races of people were subhuman.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (gnNyN)
They'll be mort someday but their families will claim the warzone pos is 'a' Trump's fault.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (GD0B3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (/lPRQ)
WPATH quietly removes trans provider directory. It was a search tool allowing you to select by provider specialty, and state or zipcode, but now it's just gone. I'd been using it to help post-op patients find trans friendly gynecologists. I wonder if WPATH, sadly, took it down for fear it would be used to target specific providers.
I wonder how much of that was as a protection for those providers? My therapist is a WPATH contributor and they have had to take down their website and other public listings of their practice. They were getting death threats etc.
Trans rights shouldn’t even be controversial, what kind of dystopia are we living in where half the USA supports a PDF president that believes LGBTQ+ people are groomers. Respect for LGBTQ+ people should be considered centrist.
Legal and Regulatory Pressures. In January 2026, the FTC issued a Civil Investigative Demand to WPATH. This investigation is looking into potential "false or unsubstantiated representations" regarding the marketing of gender-affirming care.
I was in a live Twitch streamer chat with 2 Dolls, 2 AFAB Thembys and a Bi AMAB outta 8 people. We're everywhere.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: DaveA at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 04:
59 PM (gnNyN)
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It looks to me like the name of an old FORTRAN function or subroutine call.
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (jnXw9)
Couch fuckers?
Toaster fuckers?
Whoever had sex with Hilary Clinton?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 04:52 PM
Not every dick is a Logic Probe.
My Logic Probe, however, is fully-functional.
Posted by: Data at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (0sNs1)
He is a Mulatto which is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry.
Sperm Donor was Barack Hussein Obama born Baraka Hussein Obama, 18 June 1934 and was a Kenyan senior governmental economist
Birthing Person was Stanley Ann Dunham. She was of predominantly English ancestry, with small amounts of Scottish, Welsh, Irish, German and Swiss-German.
The greatest SCAM of them all from Barry Soetoro is that he claims to represent the Black Community.... SUCKERS
Posted by: Marcus Garvey at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (X7dyz)
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (GD0B3)
144 muldoon, to the white courtesy phone, please!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (RIvkX)
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Hordemind
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:02 PM (RIvkX)
A big masculine skull.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (gnNyN)
A fetus isn't a person.
Posted by: James Talarico at June 17, 2026 05:02 PM (B0NCh)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (oqH4h)
She was of predominantly English ancestry, with small amounts of Scottish, Welsh, Irish, German and Swiss-German.
__________
But 100% purebred slut.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: tcn in AK
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When Killary wants something, you best say Yes boss. I wanted to live!
Posted by: Webb Hubbell at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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WTF does that even mean?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (gnNyN)
The Obama Presidential Library will be the first such institution having no records of a presidential administration.
Library or whatever they decided to call it.
In fact, my understanding is that there is virtually nothing from the Obama administration to archive.
The Biden library will be notable for not existing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (t1fZA)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I'd that were true the bubble head Somalis would the smartest ethnic group out there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Why are all of these guys such immense fags?
Posted by: ballistic
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No one buys him flowers anymore now that he lost reelection.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
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Which mental illness support group meeting was that?
Posted by: ShainS at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (jnXw9)
A therapist? No way. These reddit commenters seem so well adjusted.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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What
The
Fuck
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (oqH4h)
Another group that should just be summarily executed on sight. No appeal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 04:33 PM (G3T/K)
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Sounds about right.
Posted by: Black JEM at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (GZYu7)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (a4flb)
Handy excuse: the opening of Obama's dumb library.
But seriously, this looks like a conversation so serious that they've got to hammer it out in person.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)
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I thought about that as well - maybe Pritzker's goons summoned Gavin, also may hammer out a better PR strategy than Gavin's pathetic, rushed video screaming about Trump.
Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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All the classified documents from his presidency are already in China. And the rest are smeared with some stinky brown substance.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)
The Biden library will be notable for not existing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (t1fZA)
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But there will be the Trump 45 Presidential Library and Casino and the Trump 47 Presidential Library and Resort. Both yuge, classy and luxurious.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (O0L8i)
Library or whatever they decided to call it.
In fact, my understanding is that there is virtually nothing from the Obama administration to archive.
The Biden library will be notable for not existing.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:03 PM (t1fZA)
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Someone mentioned BHO's "library" was going all digital or something. Available online.
So why even have a building in the first place?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (gnNyN)
I bet it will go down as the nail in the coffin of Brutalist architecture. Or at least a significant moment in Brutalism's decline. In fact I bet the Obamas are already regretting how embarrassingly ugly it is.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
I’d describe it as the turd in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (7ODL9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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What
The
Fuck
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (oqH4h)
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I'm glad it's not just me...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (gnNyN)
Researchers have discovered that every husband owns at least 14 extension cords and believes every single one of them will be needed someday!
No evidence has been found to support this theory!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:07 PM (qx7Zg)
We should have a betting pool about how long before the Tower collapses.
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons
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Chunks will be coming off from the sides any time now. They should sell it to Michael Myers for his next Austin Powers movie as a Dr. Evil lair.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM
Newsletter?
Posted by: Robert Francis O'Rourke at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (0sNs1)
Researchers have discovered that every husband owns at least 14 extension cords and believes every single one of them will be needed someday!
No evidence has been found to support this theory!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Hillary would find a use for them. Garrotting.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (E4rtv)
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons
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Chunks will be coming off from the sides any time now. They should sell it to Michael Myers for his next Austin Powers movie as a Dr. Evil lair.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)
Bezos could buy it for his Blue Origin penis rocket.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:08 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 05:00 PM (gnNyN)
I am informed repeatedly that some of them have 79 IQ. Can it be that this is a sadly incorrect and racist opinion?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (rbvCR)
So why even have a building in the first place?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Check out the interior photos.
Very very classy.
Gold grills and spinners everywhere.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (rbvCR)
I think someone mentioned it looks like a concrete butt plug. Probably accurate but that's not something I am familiar with.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (bl07w)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
I guess in Airplane 2026, you get a scene with two alphabet people and a random woman passenger being asked to translate perv.
Or you get the South African pseudo sign language dude--he makes as much sense as that combination of letters.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 04:54 PM (XJ22o)
I’d describe it as the turd in the punch bowl.
Posted by: Tom Servo
South Chicago is not exactly a punchbowl.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (Y8DZL)
As long as Michael Bay can direct and use his particular skills to film the climax featuring the flak tower.
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:10 PM (a4flb)
Except me.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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Colllect them for the copper and recycling?
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:05 PM (a4flb)
A lubyanka requires more cells room than that tombstone offers.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:11 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Local media is trying to gush about how "It grows on you."
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Eventually it will become the Nicolas Maduro memorial library, should it turn out we live in a just and moral world
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Community Notes
I was thinking Dr. Evil is barely escaping by chopper or rocket from the top and the building imploding. But we can do it your way ala Downfall. Obama raging at his underlings, someone telling him that Kamala will come, and the whole structure being pounded by artillery.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:13 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Heroq
A pint or the rent boy at the end of the bar?
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:13 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)
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You sure they weren't talking about Big Mike's, er, structure?
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Like a tumor.
Posted by: far cry at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (WbWbV)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 17, 2026 05:01 PM (ycI94)
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WTF does that even mean?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I'm willing to jump on this research grenade and report back!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar (and probably Kurt Eichenwald) at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:06 PM (rbvCR)
I think someone mentioned it looks like a concrete butt plug. Probably accurate but that's not something I am familiar with.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Second hand I knew a radiologist who had a x-ray collection of improvised butt plugs gone awry. Maybe if you know anybody that has worked in the medical, especially ER, I hear they like to collect and share such things.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (O0L8i)
Even though the black contractors on the job will never get paid
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: Barry Soetoro at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (YnF8s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (nuNhM)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (ugElV)
Merv Griffin supposedly claimed that a man had to have a large head to be successful on television.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (/QHx4)
What would be funny is if at the opening ceremony, a huge piece falls off and crushes everyone on the platform.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:17 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at June 17, 2026 05:17 PM (YnF8s)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:17 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/lPRQ)
If you’re ever at a party and there’s a proctologist there… park yourself in front of that guy. You’ll hear the funniest stories ever. They all end the same: it was a million to one shot, doc. Million to one — Kramer
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:18 PM (ugElV)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
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Always existed. Something is happening to make them bolder and unafraid to be out in the open.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:14 PM (ugElV)
Obligatory:
https://tinyurl.com/33pzjv99
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (B0NCh)
"RAAAAAAAAAACITS" !!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (FwxCS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (ufO5q)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
It's a lot tamer than I expected. AFAB and AMAB are just "assigned female (male) at birth", thembys are people defining themselves as non-gendered or non-binary. Dolls is a bit more cultural appropriationy...
doll is an affectionate slang term primarily used to refer to a feminine trans woman or transfeminine person. Originating in 1980s Ballroom culture among Black and Latina trans women, it serves as a term of endearment, sisterhood, and mutual recognition of femininity and confidence.
While historically a code-word for community members to identify one another discreetly, the term has evolved into a broader compliment for glamorous or hyper-feminine presentation.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar (and probably Kurt Eichenwald) at June 17, 2026 05:19 PM (ycI94)
The lettering in cement on the side of the building from some idiot speech of his has already been identified as a bird nesting haven, so steps will have to be taken to scare them off before the sides are covered with birdshit.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (Y8DZL)
213 The contractors, many minority, getting stiffed on their work on the Obama center is really emblematic of Barky in general
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM
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The joke's on the library committee. A lot of the work is substandard. The concrete is cracking.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (DOcg9)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Twould give Bammy a far off contemplative look, it would.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:16 PM (ufO5q)
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Many vendors to Kamala's campaign also were stiffed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (/QHx4)
Actual to date: a couple of Mil with lots of contracts, black contractors no less, owed millions.
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:20 PM (e4LaW)
If you’re ever at a party and there’s a proctologist there… park yourself in front of that guy. You’ll hear the funniest stories ever.
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The Encyclopedia of Things People Have Shoved in Their Ass, 12th Edition (47 volumes)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Auspex
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LOL. Obama is a shitbird so that is perfect decor for his monumental butt plug.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alanis Morissette at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (R+iUD)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:15 PM (/lPRQ)
Thank the Lord, that’s a compulsion I never understood. I guess I understand hanging onto proof of the craziest people you’ve experienced.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (nuNhM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (n3VHW)
Have the fucked people always existed or is social media responsible for exposing them?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
I think it's partly that and partly that the internet and social media promoted fetishes and mental illness as normal and wonderful and also allowed all of these people to get together into their own dysfunctional tribe and encourage each other to be as screwed up as possible.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)
>>@EricLDaugh
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2m
>>🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Trump SBA Chief Kelly Loeffler reveals $200 BILLION dollars in fraud found and now being targeted...and the Democrats tried *FORGIVING* some of it
>>SBA is now targeting 562,000 fraudsters 🤯
Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (viF8m)
While historically a code-word for community members to identify one another discreetly, the term has evolved into a broader compliment for glamorous or hyper-feminine presentation.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Where you boldly go, I have no intention of following. No offense.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: JackStraw
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There goes 3 million Democrat votes.
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:23 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alanis Morissette
Isn't ironic, doncha think?
Posted by: whig at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: WisRich at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (Gqar8)
Fox / FS1 has has all games in English, Peacock has them in Spanish.
I for the Fox app. $40 for two months, $20 off with Amex. $20 for all games, can’t complain.
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (e4LaW)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ballistic at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (oqH4h)
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Bet Percy Shelley wasn't taught when Barry was Preznit of the Harvard Review.
Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (Y8DZL)
Truly Insane
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (GseMx)
Mooch was wearing a corset that made it look like a dick.
I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)
Jimmy Kimmel claims Antifa is “is an entirely imaginary organization” and “there is not an Antifa”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:21 PM (Gqar
They are like VD...... Never go away and always festering !!
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (FwxCS)
Gay Commies!! 😉
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (e4LaW)
252 233 If I met her at a bar randomly
I hope to never meet her at a bar randomly or on purpose,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 04:23 PM (OYsYV)
265 If you meet Greta in a bar and don't stomp up to her, point accusingly and belt out "HOW DARE YOU!!!!" , you are letting the rest of us down.
Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)
267 Bro, she's retarded and FAS face.
No way.
It's not quite criminal but it ought to be.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 04:12 PM (BI5O2)
"Make every love affair special" they said, but NOOOooo.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 04:30 PM (rbvCR)
The special needs need lovin' too! If the Eddie Van Halen face gets to be too much, flip her over. Or all over the room. She looks small + easily confused = easily moved.
I'm only half-joking. The balding basement troll busted the other day would be in heaven. He should've spent that $3000 on finding Greta and flying out to woo her.
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:24 PM (Gqar
Not paying the subcontractors just adds to it.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (GseMx)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (26GAh)
We should have a betting pool about how long before the Tower collapses.
Contractors are pissed because they haven't been paid.
Could be some vandalism happening.
Posted by: four seasons
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Fountainhead
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (Cqx++)
I think he's going to get another Nobel Prize.
Posted by: AG whatever Blondi at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (qrgCX)
Mooch was wearing a corset that made it look like a dick.
I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4
Someone commented that, here, yesterday. I just smiled.
Posted by: tubal at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 17, 2026 05:28 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (n3VHW)
No, I don't think Michelle has a dick.
But I would not be astonished if I was to learn one day that Michelle has a dick.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (O0L8i)
Truly Insane
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (GseMx)
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It's true! When Al made his predictions there were 10,000 polar bears in the wild. Today, only 30,000 remain.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (/QHx4)
WPATH quietly removes trans provider directory. It was a search tool allowing you to select by provider specialty
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I hope someone who watches this sort of thing kept that directory, because the "provider specialty" column must have been like a page out of Mengele's lab book.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (XJ22o)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (26GAh)
Right beside the Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers exhibits.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 17, 2026 05:29 PM (B0NCh)
Any of you little dick heads have any questions I will take you into the back room and rip your dwarf mosquito balls off and shove them down your pecker loving throats !!!!!!!
Posted by: Big MIKE at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (i3lyM)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (ufO5q)
My bank is closed on Juneteenth. When will those corporate morons catch up on the race bullshit the same way they seem to be catching up on the trans bullshit?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (XJ22o)
I don't know if Mooch was giving or receiving when she inspired the necklace.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:30 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Vlad The Improviser at June 17, 2026 05:31 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (3uBP9)
Sleepy Joe brags about killing the oil industry: “The other thing I was able to do, I made sure there could be no oil drilling off the East Coast, the West Coast and 150 miles off the Gulf of Mexico hescodoinalotprotection too.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
I have been told that the first thing they try in a psych ward, when one of the "clients" is starting to act out, is to bring in a bunch of staff to surround the client and act normal so the freakout is sort of corralled, and outnumbered and starts modelling on the non-freakout staff.
Online the borderline functional get surrounded by similar people and that sort of re-enforces the freak flag flying as being normal, and that starts drawing attention , often by sorts that also wind up getting freaky.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:32 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 05:33 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: torabora at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (qrgCX)
Unbelievable. Al Gore and his lefty cucks claim that all his claims in Inconvenient Truth have come to fruition.
Truly Insane
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 05:26 PM (GseMx)
Gore is a pussy. I saw him on CSPAN several times doing a book tour for one of his later tomes. He did his globule warmening speech and then every time, the host would get up on stage and state that Big Gay Al had to leave immediately to catch a plane, so they couldn't do a Q and A session.
Fucker is such a pansy that he can't stand up in front of an audience and defend his ideas.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 17, 2026 05:35 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Heroq at June 17, 2026 05:38 PM (e4LaW)
I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4
Someone commented that, here, yesterday. I just smiled.
Posted by: tubal
A floppy corset that swings to and fro...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 05:39 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (qFwJc)
Some people call the practice of the use of uncompensated black labor as “Slavery” .
Posted by: Community Notes at June 17, 2026 05:40 PM (a4flb)
Hunter S. Thompson pulled worse shit at UCSD.
Glad I was out of there by then.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:42 PM (qFwJc)
Huh? You know what force unpaid labor is? Slavery.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 17, 2026 05:44 PM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 05:59 PM (F9nWj)
I've said before; my gut feeling on Greta and s*xuality is she will simply scream the entire time like one might if you see a mouse on your counter eating a sandwich. Just loud, monotone visceral horror. Then when you have finished, she'll glare at you and say the thing (how dare you). No thanks. Would rather pay the overnight girl at the Boom Boom Room to pity bl*w me.
Posted by: Nelly at June 17, 2026 06:32 PM (6+ehB)
I will say again I thought this old zombie motherf**ker has stage 10 super cancer of the rectum; why is he still being wheeled out to wheeze and bullsh*t at people?
Posted by: Nelly at June 17, 2026 06:44 PM (6+ehB)
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