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Saturday Night Club ONT - June 27, 2026 [D&D]

Welcome to Club ONT - a collaboration of The Disco and The Dino. We built this place for you so you can have some fun. Come in in, grab a drink or 3. Keep it light and friendly. Jerks need not enter the premises (the moose out front is keeping track and you do NOT want to disappoint the moose).

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Saturday Night Jokes and Other Funnies

Four Catholic Men and a Catholic Woman Were Having Coffee in St. Peter's Square...

The first Catholic man tells his friends, "My son is a priest; when he walks into a room, everyone calls him 'Father'".

The second Catholic man chirps, "My son is a Bishop. When he walks into a room, people call him 'Your Grace'".

The third Catholic gent says, "My son is a Cardinal. When he enters a room, everyone says, 'Your Eminence'".

The fourth Catholic man then says, "My son is the Pope. When he walks into a room, people call him, 'Your Holiness'".

Since the lone Catholic woman was sipping her coffee in silence, the four men gave her a subtle, "Well..."?

She proudly replies, "I have a daughter, slim, tall, 38D - 24 - 36.

When she walks into a room, people say, "Jeeeeeeeeeesssssssuuussss!"

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Two men and a woman are going to hitman school...

Their teacher takes one of the men out into the hallway, points at a door and says, "In this room, we have your wife. Here's a loaded pistol, go in and kill her."

The guy says, "OK." He goes into the room and comes out a few minutes later. He says, "I love her, I can't do it."

The teacher says, "You don't have what it takes to be a hitman, get out of here."

The teacher then does the same thing with the other guy, with the same result.

He then takes the woman out into the hallway, points at a door and says, "In this room, we have your husband. Here's a loaded pistol, go in and kill him."

She goes into the room, and he hears a gunshot, and then all hell breaks loose. There's yelling and screaming plus furniture being broken. After about 15 minutes of this, the woman comes out looking dishevelled and says, "Why the hell did you put blanks in the gun? I had to beat the son-of-a-bitch to death."

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Drink of the Night

The 2026 World Cup is well underway. And as luck would have it, a new "official"?? (probably not) cocktail has come about!

Buchanan’s Whisky debuts a simple, refreshing cocktail for the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The Buchanita cocktail mixes Scotch with pineapple juice. (We’ll wait while our Scottish ancestors roll over in their graves.) But don’t mind them—Scotch doesn’t need to be fussy or only consumed neat in a Glencairn glass beside a pipette of water. That’s especially true when you’re dealing with an easygoing blended Scotch like Buchanan’s 12-Year. The 80-proof whisky has a light profile that’s full of orange, honey and mild chocolate, and it mixes well with fruit juices like citrus and pineapple. You can score the refreshing drink at stadium concessions, bars and fan zones throughout the World Cup, or make it yourself for at-home watch parties.
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How to make the Buchanita cocktail
No one wants to play mixologist at their World Cup watch party. So stock a cooler with beer, then grab a bottle of Buchanan’s 12 and some fresh pineapple juice, and you’ve got everything you need to watch soccer for the next five weeks.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Buchanan’s 12 Year DeLuxe Blended Scotch Whisky
5 oz fresh pineapple juice
pineapple leaf for garnish
Combine Buchanan’s whisky and fresh pineapple juice in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a lowball glass over fresh ice, and garnish with a pineapple leaf.

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Club ONT Department of International Relations

New song out from ShyHippieGirl from TikTok called Best Sleepover
It’s pretty catchy, give it a listen 🎧 pic.twitter.com/2FruRJCOub
— Bobbi (@kittenaround_51) June 26, 2026

*Club ONT management is not responsible for sleepover shenanigans

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Club ONT Department of Cinema Milestones

Mel Brooks turns 100 on Sunday, June 28. In his honor:

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Club ONT Summer Shopping Guide

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Club ONT Department of Full Service Health Care

Please make sure to be clear to the Club ONT technician which specific problem ails you. Otherwise they'll guess...and they may not guess correctly.

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Club ONT Department of Music

Note: this is not asking about your favorite song, but a song you could listen to 100 times. Those may be different. This is also not a song that you would wish on others, so no "Baby Shark for my neighbor" responses.

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Club ONT Jukebox

Club regular "tankdemon" has taken over the jukebox tonight. As today is the 27th of the month, he's featuring members of The 27 Club

Who was the first member of this club?

Robert Johnson died in 1938, and the cause of death is as mysterious as much of his life. The official death certificate attributes it to complications from syphilis, but many of his friends and contemporaries say it was murder — whiskey laced with strychnine, courtesy of a jealous husband of one of Johnson’s lovers. He was set to play Carnegie Hall just a few months later, but instead he was laid to rest in an unmarked grave.
Robert Johnson was the first, but unfortunately not the last, important musician to pass away at 27, becoming the founder of a club no one wants to join — and one that has captured the popular imagination for decades.

Many thanks to tankdemon for being on time with the tunes tonight!

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Top 10ish Comments of the Week

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Club ONT is brought to you by Rube Goldberg.

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Contrary to rumor, the Triscuits have been re-stocked. Repeat - the Triscuits have been restocked. Please form an orderly line for Triscuit distribution. There is enough for everybody. Truscuits are part of a whelming experience at Club ONT, so enjoy.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Is this the way to Motel 8?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 10:00 PM (RBKzD)

2 Elsewhere seating is next to the kitchen.

Posted by: Case at June 27, 2026 10:02 PM (IY9No)

3 Sorry I'm late...

There was a sketchy dude at the Crossroads offering guitar lessons.

Crosstown traffic was backed up because a kazoo player was standing in the middle of the street.

My family got concerned about my Red Velvet Cake obsession and tried to sign me into a program.

I couldn't decide on an excuse, so used all apologies.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 10:02 PM (2054U)

4 Repeat - the Triscuits have been restocked.

* checks codebook *

* heads for the undisclosed location just in case *

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

5 Good evening fine people and ragamuffins. Thanks for a great Club ONT, D's.

Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 10:04 PM (XPHTt)

6 Not first, obviously. Now for the content.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 27, 2026 10:04 PM (ZAfEX)

7 Hmm. Door locked. Again. Guess I'll just look through the window.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 27, 2026 10:04 PM (pCKll)

8 Hey, that top photo look vaguely familiar...and great mystery click!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 10:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-40
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: June 28, 2026
Launch Time: 7:00 a.m. PDT (1400 UTC, 16:00 CEST)

https://youtu.be/6R1ZDNpbx1M

Posted by: Joyenz at June 27, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y)

10 5 Good evening fine people and ragamuffins. Thanks for a great Club ONT, D's.

Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 10:04 PM
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Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - triscuit enabled dino at June 27, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

11 Thanks for letting me guest DJ, Disco and Dino.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 10:07 PM (2054U)

12 Song I could listen to 100 times and not get tired of? Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young. For the Neil Young haters out there, here's a version by Matthew Sweet and the incomparable goddess Suzanna Hoffs-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZEkk2VI_Y

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 27, 2026 10:07 PM (QaH55)

13 Elsewhere seating is next to the kitchen.
Posted by: Case at June 27, 2026 10:02 PM (IY9No)

I thought it was in the velociraptor pen, to keep TRex's relatives fed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg)

14 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:08 PM (+/hEQ)

15 lol at the Rube Goldberg piece!

That may be the best depiction of how life actually works ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:09 PM (f1VM4)

16 A song I could listen to over and over: Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 27, 2026 10:09 PM (ZAfEX)

17 OK Go makes the most incredible, complex videos. They are always fun to watch.

Thanks, Doof and Dino!

Posted by: bluebell at June 27, 2026 10:11 PM (afFes)

18 Two things:
Re: Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton has a *killer* album of Robert Johnson covers called "Me and Mr. Johnson". Recommended.

Re: Song to listen to 100 times, hands-down it's Comfortably Numb. Probably have listened to it at least a 1000 times so far.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at June 27, 2026 10:11 PM (aFhig)

19 Doggo!
Posted by: TRex - triscuit enabled dino
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Dino!!!

Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 10:11 PM (XPHTt)

20 Triscuits are gross.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 27, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

21 7 Hmm. Door locked. Again. Guess I'll just look through the window.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 27, 2026 10:04 PM (pCKll)

Were you pushing the door or pulling it?

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 10:12 PM (2054U)

22 That sign up top would lead to a knife in the heart.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 10:12 PM (Cqx++)

23 100x song.

Long Time by Cake.

Not sure why.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 10:12 PM (fKauK)

24 There is a video out there of the Norwegian soccer fans in Times Square, participating in a yoga class. All thousand plus of them.

It is just so much like the Minions from one of the Despicable Me movies.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (rbvCR)

25 17 Thanks, Doof and Dino!

Posted by: bluebell at June 27, 2026 10:11 PM
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You're welcome! Thanks for stopping by Club ONT!

Posted by: TRex - MoMe attendee dino at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

26 Hmm. Door locked. Again. Guess I'll just look through the window.

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*Dials 911

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (GD0B3)

27 Repeat - the Triscuits have been restocked.

* checks codebook *

* heads for the undisclosed location just in case *
Posted by: mikeski
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*Dons fake mustache, folds newspaper. Initiating Operation Shopping Cart*

Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (XPHTt)

28 She proudly replies, "I have a daughter, slim, tall, 38D - 24 - 36.

For a waaaaaaay too short of a time, I dated a very tall woman - she had an 38" inseam.

Yeah, I measured.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (+/hEQ)

29 Noel young

Harvest Moon. Already heard over 100x. Could go 100 more.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 27, 2026 10:14 PM (yEz+x)

30 Triscuits are gross.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 27, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

With a slab of sharp cheddar on top? They are Nirvana...and not the Cobain kind!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 10:14 PM (PLxDd)

31 I made cinnamon rolls this morning. I don't like cinnamon and frosting, so I made them with cherry filling made out of cherries cooked down with butter and brown sugar.

I am going to have to think about this more, it did not turn out as good as I hoped.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

32 she had an 38" inseam.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (+/hEQ)

That's ridiculously tall, or ridiculously long legs!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 10:15 PM (PLxDd)

33 Present

Posted by: javems at June 27, 2026 10:16 PM (HapR0)

34 Song I could listen to 100 times--

https://youtu.be/qvEHB1xm8i4

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 10:16 PM (2054U)

35 Evenin'

I can listen to, on a loop:

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Rush - The Analog Kid
Don Henley - Boys of Summer
Waylon Jennings - The Wild Ones

There are others....

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 10:16 PM (MmTZZ)

36 Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (+/hEQ)

Hmmm.. she was either 6'3" or 7'9"...

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:16 PM (GD0B3)

37 *Dons fake mustache, folds newspaper. Initiating Operation Shopping Cart*
Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (XPHTt)

*starts Le Marseillaise on the phonograph*

*flips painting to show Wehrmacht Officer patrol routes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:16 PM (mPXxA)

38 Re: Song to listen to 100 times?

Dire Straits, On Every Street.

Causes me to remember the one that got away. Ouch.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:16 PM (+/hEQ)

39 With a slab of sharp cheddar on top? They are Nirvana...and not the Cobain kind!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Best to go with a slab of cheddar on both top and bottom of each Triscuit. Just to be sure.

Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 10:16 PM (XPHTt)

40 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:17 PM (mPXxA)

41 Full disclosure, I don't care about soccer, and I don't follow the World Cup, so forgive my ignorance, but ain't that shit still going on? I mean, it's a catchy little song and video, but maybe they should wait, just in case people start burning flags and stabbing each other in the eye? Just an observation.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 27, 2026 10:17 PM (QaH55)

42 Interesting night in the Middle East. I’m not sure if anyone is completely sure what’s going on, but suddenly a whole lot of shit is going on again. Several countries involved.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (f1VM4)

43 Thanks for the dandy Saturday Night Club ONT, Disco and Dino!

Jokes were great! Pass on the World Cup Cocktail.

That Golden with headphones is precious!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

44
*pretends to be interested in discourse*

*falls asleep in chair*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (O0L8i)

45 Good news, everyone!

The Hill
@thehill
Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (ndZc7)

46 40 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:17 PM
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Thank you for stopping by!

Posted by: TRex - cheese plus truscuit = happy dino at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

47 Ferking autocucumber

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (H3AP2)

48 I've never made CotW but that's my third assist. Should count for sumpin'.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM (vTZFs)

49 Song I could listen to 100 times and not get tired of?

The Boys of Summer by Don Henley

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM (wvc0i)

50 Not sure I could listen to any song 100 times but, if I did, it would probably have to be one with both compelling lyrics and catchy tune that wouldn't become irritating so quickly. My top candidates:

Tennessee Kid - Steve Earle
Clean My Wounds - Corrosion of Conformity
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Rocky Road to Dublin - Irish folk song
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM (kOluj)

51 For a waaaaaaay too short of a time, I dated a very tall woman - she had an 38" inseam.

Yeah, I measured.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:13 PM (+/hEQ)
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I worked with a gal like that long ago. Her legs were often askew.

Posted by: javems at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM (HapR0)

52 Reminds me of my high school girl friend.

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 10:20 PM (wvc0i)

53 48 I've never made CotW but that's my third assist. Should count for sumpin'.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM (vTZFs)

Teamwork makes the dream work!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:20 PM (mPXxA)

54 With a slab of sharp cheddar on top? They are Nirvana...and not the Cobain kind!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

My go to Triscuit topping is Muenster with a slice of English cucumber.

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 10:20 PM (lJ0H4)

55 Bell Bottom Blues.

Posted by: davidt at June 27, 2026 10:20 PM (Q+gd/)

56 45 Good news, everyone!

The Hill
@thehill
Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (ndZc7)

Narrator: Yes it is.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:20 PM (mPXxA)

57 Her legs were often askew.
Posted by: javems
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Askew sounds suspiciously like the spy code in the comments above.

Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 10:21 PM (XPHTt)

58 I line the new Leftist talking points about Democratic socialism;

1. Calling Democratic socialists socialists (like they do) is gaslighting scare tactics!
2. Democratic socialists are actually really just capitalists who care.
3. Capitalism is the worst thing ever.
4. Socialism is awesome.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 10:21 PM (fKauK)

59 I can (and have) listened to this one on repeat all day long. I don't know if it was 100x, but... it was a lot.

And I still like it enough to listen to it again anfter getting the link -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2hRTLdvdnk

Posted by: pkudude99 at June 27, 2026 10:21 PM (+Nd2x)

60 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 27, 2026 10:22 PM (+9wcF)

61 Songs I would never tire of hearing
Uncle Salty
No More No More
Echoes
One Slip
Side 2 of Songs From the Big Chair

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ)

62 45 Good news, everyone!

The Hill
@thehill
Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Yea!! You tell them Comrade!!

Posted by: East Germany at June 27, 2026 10:23 PM (MmTZZ)

63 I thought the soccer song was cute.

After the USA v Australia game in Seattle, I’d never seen so many American flags ( not on fire) downtown. It was a sea of happy people chanting and cheering and partying together.

Then the Red Sox fans showed up.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 27, 2026 10:23 PM (yEz+x)

64 Mindful Webmaster,

Thanks for sharing one of your webworks pieces on the previous post.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at June 27, 2026 10:23 PM (yTvNw)

65 Scott has got hie Wiener caught in the meat grinder.

Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his ass out. It's sad because while he's written some good legislation for queers, hes ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill. Trigger warning: broken man walking away defeated. Vote Connie!

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More similar comments.

https://tinyurl.com/4zwpet5y

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:24 PM (ndZc7)

66 Charlie Christian - 1941

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52x5hjpD5k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 10:24 PM (RBKzD)

67 Just got to the end of that music thread. Over thirty links to music. Figure I'll still be listening to 'em tomorrow in the book thread.

Good Eve, y'all. Guess I'll go read the content now.

Posted by: mindful webworker - oh, look! It's an ONT! at June 27, 2026 10:24 PM (C8pEi)

68 My song on a loop is Overkill by Men at Work.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 10:25 PM (04gcy)

69 What a lovely evening for a beverage and cigar. Y'all enjoy!

*cues up Country Roads

Posted by: man at June 27, 2026 10:25 PM (XuXeR)

70 LOL @ Scott Weiner.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:25 PM (mPXxA)

71 Love Triscuit, the original flavor. It's great with fresh cantaloupe. Hubs' cheese of choice lately is an English Cheddar. Tasty on a Triscuit!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 27, 2026 10:26 PM (D/6p1)

72 'Center right'. LOL again. He's lowered the age of consent for you pedo shits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:27 PM (mPXxA)

73 How can they lose with an argument like this?

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
CRINGE

Texas Dems have lost their minds defending James Talarico:

“They say that James is trans, we’re all trans. When they say James is gay tofu eating vegan, we’re all gay tofu eating vegans! And when they say James is going to hell, we’ll say we’re all going to hell!”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)

74 A song you could listen to 100 times. "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain. It always ends too soon.

Posted by: a.moron at June 27, 2026 10:28 PM (X5Jzz)

75 Texas Dems have lost their minds defending James Talarico:

“They say that James is trans, we’re all trans. When they say James is gay tofu eating vegan, we’re all gay tofu eating vegans! And when they say James is going to hell, we’ll say we’re all going to hell!”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)

OK.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:28 PM (mPXxA)

76 Long Time by Cake.

Not sure why.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 10:12 PM (fKauK)

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*forehead slap*

This should totally be on my list

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 10:29 PM (kOluj)

77
49 Song I could listen to 100 times and not get tired of?

The Boys of Summer by Don Henley
Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM (wvc0i)

Love that one, although I think the most haunting song on that album is “Sunset Grill”.

Just looked up trivia, and found something I never knew - Henley wrote the lyrics for Boys of Summer, but Tom Petty and the heartbreakers did the music.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:30 PM (f1VM4)

78
Wow! Early!

Double wow! Nothing to say!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 10:30 PM (ixS3i)

79 Texas Dems have lost their minds defending James Talarico:

“They say that James is trans, we’re all trans. When they say James is gay tofu eating vegan, we’re all gay tofu eating vegans! And when they say James is going to hell, we’ll say we’re all going to hell!”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:27 PM (ndZc7)

Bye Felicia!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 27, 2026 10:30 PM (DGlaL)

80
90 years ago, Scott Weiner would be in the basement of the Lubyanka with a Nagant against the back of his skull while he screamed, "What for?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 10:31 PM (O0L8i)

81 That Nirvana song up top is catchy...never heard it before.

Psst...the Coleman Lazy River Pool is AI.

Posted by: Joemarine at June 27, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)

82 Wiener is getting Trotsky’d. couldn’t happen to a more deserving fella.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:31 PM (f1VM4)

83 100 times or 100 times in a row? Not sure if there's anything that could do the latter. If there were, it might be something like

https://youtu.be/D38WOzizk98

or maybe the album version of Jim Croce's "Operator."

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (vTZFs)

84 Poison by Alice Cooper is good on a loop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (mPXxA)

85
Texas Dems have lost their minds defending James Talarico

___________

Beto, with 100% more gay.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (O0L8i)

86 Bringing us together.

New York Post
@nypost
Minnesota school board member under fire after saying dogs should urinate on 'White corpses' in cemeteries

. . . .
“I don’t get why we don’t just make dog parks at White Christian cemeteries if White Christians are ok with it? This is a simple fix. Leave the indigenous land sacred and piss on the White corpses.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (ndZc7)

87 70 LOL @ Scott Weiner.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:25 PM (mPXxA)

I feel bad for the dude...

Posted by: Joemarine at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (y171U)

88 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

89 82 Wiener is getting Trotsky’d. couldn’t happen to a more deserving fella.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:31 PM (f1VM4)

The sad thing? Trans do not really have any pull- they are just useful as a wedge issue and cultural and literal stormtroopers. This guy will still get pushed. They'll fall in line. This is just whining about the tip.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:34 PM (mPXxA)

90 88 Good evening morons and Слава Двоим!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:34 PM (RIvkX)

Gesundheit!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:34 PM (mPXxA)

91 I watched "Into the Woods" today - the plot is a couple of sisters trying to survive some undetailed apocalypse in a house deep in the woods in North California (actually filmed on Vancouver island) where the power goes out and stays out.

Minor spoiler: Eventually they figure out how to hunt/gather in their area to deal with their used up food supplies.

So I did a little research - the estimate is that an Indian hunter gather would need about 2000 acres of land in the northwest to live off of! Yes with modern knowledge you could shave something off that but...that's a lot of land.

Now in comparison a medieval peasant would only need about 4 acres...No wonder agriculture spread so quickly...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 10:34 PM (sKqQm)

92 Howdy Hordelings! Good to see you all. Even CBD.

Posted by: Doof at June 27, 2026 10:35 PM (QMAsf)

93 And when they say James is going to hell, we’ll say we’re all going to hell!”

I suspect at some level most Dems really do believe this. They hate reality. They hate God. They hate everything and everyone

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 10:36 PM (sKqQm)

94 81

Psst...the Coleman Lazy River Pool is AI.

Posted by: Joemarine at June 27, 2026 10:31 PM (y171U)

Nooooooo! I was planning to head to Costco in the morning to get one!

Posted by: a.moron at June 27, 2026 10:36 PM (X5Jzz)

95 83 100 times or 100 times in a row? ...or maybe the album version of Jim Croce's "Operator."

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (vTZFs)

Is Croce's album version different from the single?

I could listen to "I Got A Name" a lot, but not 100 times..

Posted by: Joemarine at June 27, 2026 10:36 PM (y171U)

96 Repeatable songs? Pretty much anything that Noiselund does reworking RLM videos. "Impressions," "Hot Sexy Bodies," "Philosophical," and "Givin' It (To The Baby)" are good starts.

Mike Franklyn, "Ghoul Disco."

Cop Shoot Cop, "Any Day Now."

I'm sure there are others. But it's late on a Saturday, and you know what that means.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 10:36 PM (CHHv1)

97 Some of the Texas dems who are paying attention are starting to realize that they got sold a bill of goods with Talarico. Honestly, I believe that most of the hype about how he was “electable!” and “moderate!” and “appeals to a broad range of Texas voters!” was mostly just a well financed op by the Cornyn campaign.

The democrats got played for fools in the Texas GOP’s civil war, and they’re just now starting to figure out what happened.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:36 PM (f1VM4)

98 71 Love Triscuit, the original flavor. It's great with fresh cantaloupe.
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 27, 2026 10:26 PM
***
Yes!

Posted by: TRex - friend of cantaloupe dino at June 27, 2026 10:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

99 Songs I could listen to 100 times

The Wall - Kansas
America - Waylon Jennings
Drift Away - Dobie Gray or Steppenwolf
Where Eagles Fly - Sammy Hagar
Never Surrender- Triumph

... and any track of the Chant CDs on a rough day.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

100 We have a clear line of divide here at the Club. Triscuit people on one side. Sane people on the other.

Posted by: Doof at June 27, 2026 10:39 PM (QMAsf)

101 Is Croce's album version different from the single?

Dunno. Probably not. My intent was to exclude live versions without the full orchestration.

I could listen to "I Got A Name" a lot, but not 100 times..

Another good choice. "And I carry it with me like my daddy did..." is a goosebump line.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:39 PM (vTZFs)

102 Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM
***
Excellent candidate

Posted by: TRex - dino, friend of Eddie at June 27, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

103 Songs to listen to 100 times
Shake Your Body - Jackson 5
I'm Your Boogie Man - K.C. and the Sunshine Band
Mountain Jam - Allman Brothers

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

104 Transparent TV, 77" glass. Only $60K.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:40 PM (GD0B3)

105 LOL @ Scott Weiner.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:25 PM (mPXxA)

I feel bad for the dude...
Posted by: Joemarine at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (y171U)

I'll wait until Weiner's wiener gets spray with the essence of Georgia Reaper peppers first.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 10:40 PM (qx7Zg)

106 I'm pretty sure I did listen to Third Eye Blind "Motorcycle Drive By" 100 times on loop as a teen. And "How's It Going to Be."

Honestly, a bunch of Third Eye Blind songs. I'm looking at you, "Deep Inside of You."

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 27, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

107 I feel bad for the dude...
Posted by: Joemarine at June 27, 2026 10:32 PM (y171U)

I feel sorry for Weiner like I felt sorry for Jeffrey Dahmer when he got killed by a fellow inmate who shoved a broken broom handle up his bunghole.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:40 PM (f1VM4)

108 Songs to listen to 100x?

Oktobernatt, from the Music Thread (dat voice):
https://youtu.be/DKXp5uw_YZ8

Toad (dem harmonies):
https://youtu.be/nOOm5YciACc

Therion (just because):
https://youtu.be/HyF9bsxCMUk

Marble (shut up, it's a guilty pleasure and the bassline is fun):
https://youtu.be/HpwtLb2d8Kc

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

109
Some of the Texas dems who are paying attention are starting to realize that they got sold a bill of goods with Talarico.

____________

This, too, is the legacy of Obama. The Democrats lost something like 1000 state and federal seats during his administration. The farm system, as it were, was left bare. The lunatics rushed in, with the results we see today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 10:41 PM (O0L8i)

110 Riviera Paradise, by SRV

Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2026 10:41 PM (Ix/XA)

111 Straight from Minority Report!

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:42 PM (GD0B3)

112 Songs I could listen to 100 times
The Wall - Kansas
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Hm..... maybe 91 times. But that's a good one.

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)

113 I'm pretty sure I did listen to Third Eye Blind "Motorcycle Drive By" 100 times on loop as a teen. And "How's It Going to Be."

Honestly, a bunch of Third Eye Blind songs. I'm looking at you, "Deep Inside of You."
Posted by: She Hobbit at June 27, 2026 10:40 PM (ftFVW)

Their debut album was fantastic. Greatness from the first track to the last. Too bad they couldn't follow it up very well

Posted by: Doof at June 27, 2026 10:42 PM (QMAsf)

114 Yay, I got an assist!

"Could listen to over and over: Lots, but let's go with "Blue Clear Sky" by George Strait.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 27, 2026 10:43 PM (aJQbY)

115 You know what I could listen to 100 times in a row? The entire soundtrack to the original Conan the Barbarian movie by Basil Polidouros. Yes, that I could do.

After that, the soundtrack to Oh Brother where art Thou?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:44 PM (f1VM4)

116 Gulf Coast Highway with Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:44 PM (mPXxA)

117 Their debut album was fantastic. Greatness from the first track to the last. Too bad they couldn't follow it up very well
Posted by: Doof

For sure! I listened to that full album on loop, too, before settling on specific ones.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 27, 2026 10:45 PM (ftFVW)

118 Mindful Webmaster,
Thanks for sharing one of your webworks pieces on the previous post.
Posted by: Mrs JTB

You're welcome. I've been parsing out one of my songs per music thread (usually) from the sessions I recorded a decade ago, before my fingers and voice started failing. I know they're no great shakes on performance or recording, but wanted to get them all out in the world. For posterior's sake.

Mindful Webmaster. Heh. If my nic wasn't so burned in, I might change to that.

Posted by: mindful webworker - jack of a few things master of none at June 27, 2026 10:45 PM (C8pEi)

119 "Sappy" is a great song. Never on an album, it was a secret track on some charity compilation. The hits have been played to death, and Cobain should be noones role model, but they were the last great band, and when he imploded or was murdered (either is believable) he wasn't washed yet. Great sound and he could write a hook. Almost against his wishes because he really wanted to be the kind of punk artist that most people rejected but he was just too good at songwriting

Posted by: Kevin Cronan at June 27, 2026 10:45 PM (3/XaG)

120 I am late. I forgot my id. The moose said I was dead so I couldn’t come in. I snuck in through the window and broke a heel.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 10:45 PM (OoFl2)

121 115 You know what I could listen to 100 times in a row? The entire soundtrack to the original Conan the Barbarian movie by Basil Polidouros. Yes, that I could do.

After that, the soundtrack to Oh Brother where art Thou?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 10:44 PM (f1VM4)

Last of the Mohicans from the 90s. Awesome even now.

https://tinyurl.com/mr48v9y5

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:45 PM (mPXxA)

122 I've come to an odd conclusion. I don't have a guardian angel. I have a guardian Labrador retriever.

He'll keep me out of trouble many times, but if he thinks I'm safe, he'll chase squirrels and butterflies while I muddle alone. Sometimes he brings me gifts I didn't know I needed, to deal with problems. In times of pain, though, I sense him curled up against me, offering love and support.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

123 Holy Wars - Megadeth

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 10:46 PM (6lIrI)

124 Finishing up the dual dialogue module for the screenwriting config, it's pretty slick if you ask me.

Now I just have to come up with some pithy dialogue.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 10:47 PM (XV/Pl)

125 I was confused when Nancy Pelosi endorsed the CCP shill over the p3do establishment soldier.

Jew.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

126 Gulf Coast Highway with Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson.

I could listen to Willie's guitar playing any time but I don't think I could ever handle his voice 100x on anything.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:48 PM (vTZFs)

127 Another loop album for me was Eve 6's first. It was like one great, long song.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 27, 2026 10:48 PM (ftFVW)

128 Last of the Mohicans from the 90s. Awesome even now.

The fort from the battle the movie was based on was near Lake George in NYS so if you are ever out that way you can see a museum/restoration they've done there.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 10:48 PM (sKqQm)

129 Heard it on The X - ZZ Top

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 10:49 PM (6lIrI)

130 125 I was confused when Nancy Pelosi endorsed the CCP shill over the p3do establishment soldier.

Jew.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

Huh. Did not know that. This is one of those things that I am glad I never am really curious about.

Now, those muslims...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:49 PM (mPXxA)

131 I had injured my shoulder a little while back so I'm just getting back to working out my arms again. I decided to go with barbells since pushups still bother the injured shoulder. I dropped by walmart hoping they'd have a good weight for me and...

They had 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 25, 30, 35, and 50 lb ones.

Can't argue with that selection.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 10:50 PM (sKqQm)

132 I am late. I forgot my id. The moose said I was dead so I couldn’t come in. I snuck in through the window and broke a heel.
Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 10:45 PM (OoFl2)

I was going to suggest bringing Saijo along to vouch for you, but the moose might have let him in and left you outside anyway.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

133 127 Another loop album for me was Eve 6's first. It was like one great, long song.
Posted by: She Hobbit at June 27, 2026 10:48 PM (ftFVW)

Boston.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:50 PM (mPXxA)

134 or Bobby's Mood (feat. Jeff Golub)

https://youtu.be/B-FIHTkO1Jc

serious ear candy

Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2026 10:51 PM (Ix/XA)

135 Do we have a good disparaging epithet for muslims?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:51 PM (mPXxA)

136 Last of the Mohicans from the 90s. Awesome even now.

https://tinyurl.com/mr48v9y5

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:45 PM (mPXxA)

"Gladiator" isn't to bad either.

Posted by: javems at June 27, 2026 10:51 PM (HapR0)

137
Theoretically speaking, of course, I could see the DemSocs taking power and soon afterwards shooting all the trannies and neurodivergents. They served their purpose and can now be disposed of.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i)

138 Yeah

The Boys of Summer reminds me of my high school girl friend.

First really serious love.

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 10:52 PM (wvc0i)

139 122 I've come to an odd conclusion. I don't have a guardian angel. I have a guardian Labrador retriever.

He'll keep me out of trouble many times, but if he thinks I'm safe, he'll chase squirrels and butterflies while I muddle alone. Sometimes he brings me gifts I didn't know I needed, to deal with problems. In times of pain, though, I sense him curled up against me, offering love and support.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27

This is really sweet.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 10:52 PM (OoFl2)

140 You could listen to Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (sped up 3x, natch) hundreds of times, if they are trying to make you talk at SERE school, I betcha.

Posted by: Common Tater at June 27, 2026 10:54 PM (i+HwW)

141 They have been grooming Scott Weiner for years through 2 terms on the Board of Supervisors and then in the state senate. He was the heir apparent and establishment choice to replace Pelosi.

Connie Chan is a foreign SEIU plant just elected to her 2nd term on the Board of Supervisors.

This is all proof that Pelosi is and has been taking orders from CCP handlers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

142 Theoretically speaking, of course, I could see the DemSocs taking power and soon afterwards shooting all the trannies and neurodivergents. They served their purpose and can now be disposed of.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i)

They serve exactly the same purpose (and predilections) of the SA, so you are probably not far wrong. We've reached our stop- time for you to get off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:54 PM (mPXxA)

143 If I add all the music links from this thread to those from the music thread, I should still be listening by the time Ace posts on Monday.

A wide variety of music genres and styles, but I've enjoyed everything I've heard so far.

Nothing I'd listen to 100 times, necessarily, but nice.

Posted by: mindful webworker - pulling the envelope at June 27, 2026 10:54 PM (C8pEi)

144 I have such eclectic taste in music, I don’t know that I could narrow it down.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 10:54 PM (OoFl2)

145 Doof! Good to see youm thanks again.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 10:54 PM (2054U)

146 So I did a little research - the estimate is that an Indian hunter gather would need about 2000 acres of land in the northwest to live off of! Yes with modern knowledge you could shave something off that but...that's a lot of land.

Now in comparison a medieval peasant would only need about 4 acres...No wonder agriculture spread so quickly...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 10:34 PM (sKqQm)

It would depend on the area and the group, you know. The PNW indians did maintain food patches, in Camas prairies that also had other plants that were harvested like biscuit root, cattail and wapato swamps, and they also in areas maintained food forests with the edible plants from filberts to elderberries. There was lots of fishing of salmon and trout that was preserved, as well as smelt which were traded widely inland similar to cod in Europe. There were also traditional areas for collecting acorns and for berrying.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)

147 maybe Blue Jean Blues

Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2026 10:55 PM (Ix/XA)

148 I was going to suggest bringing Saijo along to vouch for you, but the moose might have let him in and left you outside anyway.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 10:50

Saijo is famous. He would have been let in and paparazzi chased away.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 10:56 PM (OoFl2)

149 They served their purpose and can now be disposed of.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i)
=====

My hope is that Weiner realizes this, the look on his face says perhaps he has.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

150 OK, this thread has seriously confused by Youtube algorithm but here's something it popped up that some of y'all can probably appreciate more than I.

https://youtu.be/n2yFNWQRiU0

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:56 PM (vTZFs)

151 They have been grooming Scott Weiner for years through 2 terms on the Board of Supervisors and then in the state senate. He was the heir apparent and establishment choice to replace Pelosi.

Connie Chan is a foreign SEIU plant just elected to her 2nd term on the Board of Supervisors.

This is all proof that Pelosi is and has been taking orders from CCP handlers.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

Indeed.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:57 PM (GD0B3)

152 135 Do we have a good disparaging epithet for muslims?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:51 PM (mPXxA)

"Towel heads", but technically speaking that probably only applies to Arabs.

"Goat Fuckers" seems more general.

Posted by: a.moron at June 27, 2026 10:57 PM (X5Jzz)

153 Reposting my list of meme links from earlier, for those who just haven't had enough memes

Week in pictures
https://bit.ly/week-in-pix-2026-06-27

Midwest Chick
https://bit.ly/midw-chick-2026-06-27

Hoyt
https://bit.ly/hoyt-memes-2026-06-27

Bookworm - 2026 despite what the URL says
https://bit.ly/bookworm-beat-2016-06-26

ICYMI, Friday night's ONT by WeirdDave
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420320

Posted by: mindful webworker - what is the memeing of this at June 27, 2026 10:57 PM (C8pEi)

154 Infidels

The old names are still the best.

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 10:58 PM (wvc0i)

155 You could listen to Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (sped up 3x, natch) hundreds of times

That was my sister's favorite 45 when we were kids. I bet I have listened to it a hundred times.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 11:00 PM (vTZFs)

156 80
90 years ago, Scott Weiner would be in the basement of the Lubyanka with a Nagant against the back of his skull while he screamed, "What for?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
----

_Mel Brooks snickers

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 11:00 PM (RBKzD)

157 Tangerine Dream soundtrack for Thief

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 11:00 PM (wvc0i)

158 150 OK, this thread has seriously confused by Youtube algorithm but here's something it popped up that some of y'all can probably appreciate more than I.

https://youtu.be/n2yFNWQRiU0
Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 10:56 PM (vTZFs)

Ally the Piper is great. She played a cover of Darude"s Sandstorm (the ubiquitous techno song) at halftime of an Indianapolis Colts game last season. And not exactly unpleasant to look at.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 11:01 PM (2054U)

159 "Towel heads", but technically speaking that probably only applies to Arabs.

"Goat Fuckers" seems more general.

Posted by: a.moron at June 27, 2026 10:57 PM (X5Jzz)

Hmmm. Yeah. Rag as well. Knew one guy who called them 'Sad N-words.'

All of those seem geographical. And if they were just fucking goats well, that would be better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 11:02 PM (mPXxA)

160 Mel Brooks turns 100 tomorrow.

I hope this isn't a case of "Missed it by that much, Chief."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 11:02 PM (qx7Zg)

161 I've come to an odd conclusion. I don't have a guardian angel. I have a guardian Labrador retriever.
[ . . .]
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 10:46 PM (qx7Zg)

Some people have guardian angels. I have an opossum wearing a waistcoat who looks like he owes a lot of bad debt to some nasty bookies, and every time it looks like I am going to make the sensible decision he crawls out of the underbrush as says, . . . Why are we doing the obvious thing here?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

162 Nobody wants a guardian Shiba Inu.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 11:04 PM (Wmg4n)

163
The fort from the battle the movie was based on was near Lake George in NYS so if you are ever out that way you can see a museum/restoration they've done there.
Posted by: 18-1
------

Actual film location was here...but it's not worth visiting. Nothing but toothless hillbillies.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 11:04 PM (XeU6L)

164 Some people have guardian angels. I have an opossum wearing a waistcoat who looks like he owes a lot of bad debt to some nasty bookies, and every time it looks like I am going to make the sensible decision he crawls out of the underbrush as says, . . . Why are we doing the obvious thing here?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

I hope Doof, Bulg, and others get found by a guardian lab than a guardian possum.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

165 You could listen to Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (sped up 3x, natch) hundreds of times

Used to break Otto Ludwig Piffl into confessing he was an American spy in the movie One Two Three.

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 11:04 PM (wvc0i)

166 100 times, huh?

Edith Piaf, Hymne a L'amour-- the video version from Piaf's 1950 concert at Carnegie Hall.

My second choice (very CLOSE second!) would be Celine Dion, same song, at the close of the 2924 Olympics.

I finally went with Piaf because she wrote the song.

Btw, would you have to hear the same song 100 times on continuous play? Or would there be bathroom breaks?

Posted by: mnw at June 27, 2026 11:05 PM (RCjYY)

167 Weiner is incapable of realizing what time of day it is or that he's a useful idiot.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 11:05 PM (DZ9Lv)

168 "Towel heads", but technically speaking that probably only applies to Arabs.

"Goat Fuckers" seems more general.

Posted by: a.moron at June 27, 2026 10:57 PM (X5Jzz)

Hmmm. Yeah. Rag as well. Knew one guy who called them 'Sad N-words.'

All of those seem geographical. And if they were just fucking goats well, that would be better.
-------

Hadji

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 11:06 PM (XeU6L)

169 Were you pushing the door or pulling it?
Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 10:12 PM (2054U)

I was jiggling the door and some flatfoot rousted me. No cash bail is a lifesaver.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 27, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

170 162 Nobody wants a guardian Shiba Inu.
Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 11:04 PM (Wmg4n)

It beats the hell out of a cricket.

Posted by: Pinocchio at June 27, 2026 11:06 PM (2054U)

171 Weiner is incapable of realizing what time of day it is or that he's a useful idiot.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 11:05 PM (DZ9Lv)
=====

Have I mentioned he went to Harvard?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)

172 Btw, would you have to hear the same song 100 times on continuous play? Or would there be bathroom breaks?
Posted by: mnw

Modern technology provides many options to continue listening while you use the facilities.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 27, 2026 11:06 PM (ftFVW)

173 I've met him a few times. He makes my skin crawl.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)

174 164 Some people have guardian angels. I have an opossum wearing a waistcoat who looks like he owes a lot of bad debt to some nasty bookies, and every time it looks like I am going to make the sensible decision he crawls out of the underbrush as says, . . . Why are we doing the obvious thing here?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

Wouldn't the obvious thing be to make a fortune with a talking opossum?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 27, 2026 11:07 PM (w/O5Q)

175 Howdy rowdies!

Thanks for Club ONT, D&D!

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

176 Same thing with Carville and Maher. They are on team-Dem and will vote that way forever.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 11:08 PM (DZ9Lv)

177 Tedeschi Trucks Band

https://tinyurl.com/yc3jjstm

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 27, 2026 11:10 PM (w/O5Q)

178 I was jiggling the door and some flatfoot rousted me. No cash bail is a lifesaver.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 27, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

In my day, getting rousted generally included the liberal application of a billy club. Fear of the ACLU has sure made modern coppers soft.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 11:10 PM (2054U)

179
The flip side of things you could listen to 100 times in a row are things you're tired of but, when you go a long time without hearing them and then hear them again, you realize how good they are.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)

180 I finally found something I can agree with from joy behar.
Today I saw an article where she said that she was embarrassed that she was an American.
I can honestly say that I am also embarrassed that she is an American.
And all the other crones that are on that show with her.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at June 27, 2026 11:12 PM (29wyG)

181 Wouldn't the obvious thing be to make a fortune with a talking opossum?

Absolutely. Heh.

Posted by: Michigan J. Frog at June 27, 2026 11:12 PM (vTZFs)

182 Another I can listen to it in a loop song I really like.

Tesla - Love Song

youtu.be/l2q_-xN2N54

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 11:14 PM (MmTZZ)

183 Wouldn't the obvious thing be to make a fortune with a talking opossum?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls

Absolutely. Heh.
Posted by: Michigan J. Frog

I don't have time for a girlfriend..... but a talking frog is cool.

Posted by: just the software-engineer's punchline at June 27, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

184 Good night, all. Glad I could pop in a second.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 11:15 PM (OoFl2)

185 I finally found something I can agree with from joy behar.
Today I saw an article where she said that she was embarrassed that she was an American.
I can honestly say that I am also embarrassed that she is an American.
And all the other crones that are on that show with her.
Posted by: Florida Peasant
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Potential 'Comment of the Week'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 11:16 PM (XeU6L)

186 There are an awful lot of videos coming out of Venezuela about rescuing people from collapsed buildings.
Some clips also of troops arriving to help.

Eduardo Menoni
@eduardomenon

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:19 PM (rbvCR)

187 A happy Mindful Webworker is a good result for a Mindful Webworker.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

188 185

I agree. Yes, potential comment of the week!

Posted by: mnw at June 27, 2026 11:19 PM (RCjYY)

189 If there are going to be nominations, we should form a nominations committee to make sure it's equitable.

Posted by: Karen Cuthbertson-Klein from Groton, CT at June 27, 2026 11:26 PM (RIvkX)

190 Thank you for the Amy Winehouse

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 11:26 PM (afJtY)

191 Sure got quiet all the sudden...

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)

192 Sure got quiet all the sudden...
Posted by: JQ

* nod *

wabbits.

Posted by: mikeski fudd at June 27, 2026 11:30 PM (VHUov)

193 191 Sure got quiet all the sudden...
Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 11:27 PM (rdVOm)

Someone found the pan galactic gargle blaster stash

Posted by: gKWVE at June 27, 2026 11:30 PM (gKWVE)

194 Hi JQ! I feel the same way - got quiet in here. I guess I could keep blurting out songs to play 100x...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 11:30 PM (6lIrI)

195 Perhaps a little on the nose, but I believe all Morons could listen to this song 100x

https://youtu.be/n2yFNWQRiU0

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 11:33 PM (6lIrI)

196 Knew one guy who called them 'Sad N-words.'

Sand gNats?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 11:34 PM (RBKzD)

197 Someone found the pan galactic gargle blaster stash
Posted by: gKWVE at June 27, 2026 11:30 PM (gKWVE)

The poor bastard is gonna be hungover until August.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 11:34 PM (PMi3m)

198 Hi JQ, yeah, it's quiet.

Too quiet.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 11:34 PM (CHHv1)

199 Did the hamsters get into the quality booze?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 11:34 PM (qx7Zg)

200 200

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 11:35 PM (6lIrI)

201 Did the hamsters get into the quality booze?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Just what we need. A server-hampster uprising.

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 11:35 PM (VHUov)

202 Did the hamsters get into the quality booze?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I was wondering the same, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 11:36 PM (rdVOm)

203 Time to break character.

https://youtu.be/KHJbSvidohg

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 11:37 PM (qx7Zg)

204 100x song:

Rickie Lee Jones, Juke Box Fury

youtu.be/vhZshszpOF8

If I was stuck on a desert island, I would Prancercize to it all day long.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (twNSf)

205 Perhaps a little on the nose, but I believe all Morons could listen to this song 100x
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

Did you mean to re-link Oddbob's song, or did a server hampster mess with your cut-n-paste?

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

206 They expect 920 dead.
Everything is cratered.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (RBKzD)

207 Never had a chance by Reckless Kelly is a song I could listen to over and over. Sums up my high school dating scene perfectly.

Posted by: Uncle Slayton at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (CPBgP)

208 Some 100x songs:

“Fat Man” by Pete Moore Orchestra
https://youtu.be/SaZd4Z6OmbU

Wie a Glock’n by Marianne Mendt
https://youtu.be/bIiqJCNs7jw

Tiki by Jimmy McGriff
https://youtu.be/cj0P0u7R39o

Posted by: Slash Buzz at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (FstDi)

209 Weiner is incapable of realizing what time of day it is or that he's a useful idiot.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 11:05 PM (DZ9Lv)

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He's a Wiener. It's right there in his name.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 27, 2026 11:40 PM (u/oMr)

210 They expect 920 dead.
Everything is cratered.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (RBKzD)

Is this Venezuela, or a different catastrophe?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 11:41 PM (qx7Zg)

211 157 Tangerine Dream soundtrack for Thief

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 11:00 PM (wvc0i)

I've probably listened to that (and the rest of their '73 - '96 output, including boots) at least 1000 times. Though if I had to pick only one album from them as my all-time fave rave, it would be Rubycon. It's the true birth of "Berlin School" electronica, and is (to me) the perfect album from them.

Tangerine Dream is my favorite modern music act (I'm a Moderator of three different TD Fakebook groups, and met the band backstage twice in London in '96 and '97.) however, the act that currently performs under the name is using it as a skinsuit, IMNSHO. As far as I'm concerned, the band ended when Edgar Froese died back in 2015.

Posted by: goozer at June 27, 2026 11:41 PM (eTh1u)

212 I have no doubt if we had the room for it we'd buy that little river for nothing to do. I know my late father would have on the farm for next to the pool and under the pecan trees. Maybe buy a few to go to the lake.

The song I could listen to forever and never tire of is hard as there are many.
Maybe this one as it grabs me right out of the gate:
https://tinyurl.com/zfxkrspe

I haven't watched a game of the World Cup, because watching the fans is game enough. I love them. I want to keep them here. I always loved to visit Scotland and am 1/4 Scots. Wish I could party with them! I now read some things in a Brit accent, which is odd, I know, but true as this is what I have done all week as watch youtubes of their surprise, joy, amazed at our country,and fun!

Love the song of the Sleepover, Doof and Dino! Will drink my dram straight, though, this winter.

What will the visitors think of our 250th Birthday party, & I don't think they are ready for fireworks

An American said this (not my quote) as he entertained some people on his farm in Texas:

"My soul is on fire." Aye. I feel the same. My patriotism is off the charts, y'all!

Blessings and joy to all Morons who read here. G'nite.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 27, 2026 11:42 PM (hzuYO)

213 Edgar Froese. You won't see him around here no more.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 27, 2026 11:42 PM (u/oMr)

214 Speaking of Crazy Trains*, Youtube served this up just now.

https://youtu.be/nF9ESA_H2z8

IIAMN, that scenic little drive takes about an hour in the Family Truckster. And listen at the end where he says "I hit a marmot."

With that, I'm out. See y'all on the book and/or gun threads. G'night.

* gratuitous attempt at thread tie-in.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 11:42 PM (vTZFs)

215 Any love for German jazz rock band "Passport"?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 11:43 PM (DZ9Lv)

216 Costco run with scampywife today. She wanted the 64oz container of peanut M&Ms - $16.99! Woman, I would rather eat a $16.99 steak. So I am here reading the comments and eating peanut M&Ms.

Posted by: scampydog at June 27, 2026 11:44 PM (XPHTt)

217 https://youtube.com/shorts/NvySZjjpDEY

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at June 27, 2026 11:45 PM (jrgJz)

218 My favorite kind of fireworks, tasers:
youtube.com/watch?v=N8ACS-atTvc

Posted by: gp at June 27, 2026 11:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

219 One more:

@trump_repost
1h
Great News!!! Julia Letlow WON in Louisiana, beating conclusively a very strong and smart opponent. Congratulations to Julia. She will be a truly GREAT Senator! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 11:46 PM (RBKzD)

220 I had Johnny Horton’s “Battle Of New Orleans” on 45. Emphasis on “had”, because one of my brothers broke it in half. I guess he didn’t want to listen to it 100 times?

Posted by: Common Tater at June 27, 2026 11:46 PM (o/qTI)

221 I honest-to-God couldn't remember who Scott Weiner IS. So, I looked at Wiki just now-- discovered that Wikipedia devoted more space to Scott Weiner than to Winston Churchill.

Posted by: mnw at June 27, 2026 11:47 PM (RCjYY)

222 164 Some people have guardian angels. I have an opossum wearing a waistcoat who looks like he owes a lot of bad debt to some nasty bookies, and every time it looks like I am going to make the sensible decision he crawls out of the underbrush as says, . . . Why are we doing the obvious thing here?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

******************
Based on my college days, I have an entire team of Guardian Angels. Who were exhausted til I finally married. My father hired them. He was overjoyed when I finally married. XXXX kisses

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 27, 2026 11:48 PM (hzuYO)

223 It's like the 12 y.o. boy who can't stay out of the bathroom.

@trump_repost
4h
United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!

It is very possible that they will never learn! There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!
_President DJT

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 11:48 PM (RBKzD)

224 221 I honest-to-God couldn't remember who Scott Weiner IS. So, I looked at Wiki just now-- discovered that Wikipedia devoted more space to Scott Weiner than to Winston Churchill.

Posted by: mnw
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They've blocked the fellow who was its originator.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 11:50 PM (RBKzD)

225 "United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites"

Hit them ALL now and get it over with.

Posted by: gp at June 27, 2026 11:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

226 Has Trump been blamed for the earthquakes?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

227 Did you mean to re-link Oddbob's song, or did a server hampster mess with your cut-n-paste?
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (VHUov)

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Definite hamster infestation- thanks for pointing it out! Speaking of pointing out, here's the tune I think most Morons could hear 100x:

https://youtu.be/Q7DniRWRA7s

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 11:52 PM (6lIrI)

228 Evening, D^2, and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 11:52 PM (1z8ji)

229 It’s not love, by Dokken.
Sorry. But I’m really not sorry.
100X in a row? I’ve not had to occasion to try that, but I can tell you that the last 200 times I’ve heard it, I’ve cranked it up to 11!

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 27, 2026 11:52 PM (Mxkwh)

230 There are Guardian Angles, too. 45° 90°, 108° etc

Posted by: Common Tater at June 27, 2026 11:54 PM (o/qTI)

231 112 Songs I could listen to 100 times
The Wall - Kansas
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Hm..... maybe 91 times. But that's a good one.
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 10:42 PM (VHUov)*******************

Aye to Kansas' album: Left Overture

Also Lynyrd Skynyrd album: Street Survivors

Those were very popular at out keggers. Come on in and party awhile was our motto!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 27, 2026 11:55 PM (hzuYO)

232 Where’s Publius? I was looking forward to his customary erudite sidereal excursions

Posted by: Common Tater at June 27, 2026 11:56 PM (o/qTI)

233 100X song:
Gymnopedie by Erik Satie.
Beautiful.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 27, 2026 11:56 PM (2WIwB)

234 If there are only a thousand dead then it was a miracle.
There is some issue with the extremely corrupt Chavista governor of that department trying to prevent aid workers coming in. I think that got ironed out.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:57 PM (rbvCR)

235 That Lazy River Cosco instant Water Park needs a little upgrading. I'm pretty sure we could take the motor off a little recreational drone and affix it to the back of a cooler. Waterproofing the remote control might take a little ingenuity, but it's doable. But, once you iron out the details...

Beer delivery will be achieved. And, there's no need to tip your little mechanical waiter.

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 11:58 PM (dIske)

236 Where’s Publius? I was looking forward to his customary erudite sidereal excursions
Posted by: Common Tater at June 27, 2026 11:56 PM (o/qTI)

Perhaps he's partying with the drunken server hamsters.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 28, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

237 So I did a little research - the estimate is that an Indian hunter gather would need about 2000 acres of land in the northwest to live off of! Yes with modern knowledge you could shave something off that but...that's a lot of land.

Now in comparison a medieval peasant would only need about 4 acres...No wonder agriculture spread so quickly...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 10:34 PM (sKqQm)

Vancouver Island forests do have one hell of a lot of slugs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 12:02 AM (1z8ji)

238 The Hill
@thehill
Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:18 PM (ndZc7)

Narrator: Yes it is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 27, 2026 10:20 PM (mPXxA)

Uuuhhh...hey Collins. You're a dumbass.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 28, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB)

239 Would love to have the "Lazy River Pool System" LOL, but it's too good to be true... And my yard is sloped just enough to make such a thing *not workable* anyway.

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

240 The Boys of Summer reminds me of my high school girl friend.

First really serious love.

Posted by: Archer at June 27, 2026 10:52 PM (wvc0i)

***
You never forget that first boob.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 28, 2026 12:04 AM (2WIwB)

241 That was my sister's favorite 45 when we were kids. I bet I have listened to it a hundred times.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 11:00 PM (vTZFs)

My brother listened to Convoy non stop. The record had a skip at the end that went convoy skip convoy skip convoy skip infinitely if you let it. He would sit there playing, singing right along until my dad or me started it over again for him. He would pitch a major bitch if you turned it off. So I've heard Convoy probably over a thousand times.

Posted by: Reforger at June 28, 2026 12:04 AM (0dsIZ)

242 Celine Dion has never recorded La Marseillaise, which is certainly counterintuitive.

I wonder if she might've avoided doing so out of concern that her recording might be taken up by the Parti Quebecois.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:04 AM (RCjYY)

243 For people who could use a smile

https://youtube.com/shorts/UibfXsISdPc

It's suitable for work.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 28, 2026 12:06 AM (qx7Zg)

244 >>Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’

Sure, honey. Please DO TELL us how, exactly, it's different. We'll wait...

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

245 I’ve been watching some videos which call themselves time lapse AI videos - frex Rome from 10,000 BC to the present.

Pretty fascinating, but I just watched one on New Orleans, and the AI needs a little more oversight. The historical info was solid, but St Louis church on Jackson Square kept moving around and changing orientation from scene to scene, like it was on wheels or rollers. It was disconcerting.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 28, 2026 12:07 AM (f1VM4)

246 @zerohedge
57m
Tehran Retaliates Against Bahrain, Kuwait After US Bombing Campaign Along Iranian Coast

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 12:08 AM (RBKzD)

247 @223 Trump needs to learn, quickly, that moslems lie and cannot be trusted. It's ingrained in them. Exterminate them all. "Oh, we'll lose the moderate moslems!" No such beings exist.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 28, 2026 12:09 AM (CHHv1)

248 Communists are just Socialists In A Hurry. Abject failure everytime it has been tried. At gunpoint. The Soviets would send you (and your family, split up) to Siberian Gulags for possession of a single wheat berry. For not being sufficiently enthusiastic about the Party, perhaps a stray offhand comment made many years earlier.

Don’t be fooled, the U.S.A. isn’t much of a free market any longer, they also want to give (as always) a false choice and blame Capitalism (a Marxist term, btw)

Posted by: Common Tater at June 28, 2026 12:10 AM (o/qTI)

249 244 >>Kaitlan Collins pushes back on Trump rhetoric: Democratic socialism ‘is not communism’

Sure, honey. Please DO TELL us how, exactly, it's different. We'll wait...
Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

If their goal is limited to the US, then Fascists would be a better historical match. Communists seek it globally.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 28, 2026 12:11 AM (qx7Zg)

250 Tehran Retaliates Against Bahrain, Kuwait After US Bombing Campaign Along Iranian Coast
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 12:08 AM (RBKzD)

Stuff appears to be happening in Baghdad which is even spicier than that , but gotta give it a day at least for anyone to figure out what’s really going on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 28, 2026 12:12 AM (f1VM4)

251 If Trump wants to see his approval rating drop below zero overnight, he could send ground troops into Iran.

The public would just not support that.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:12 AM (RCjYY)

252 Hmmm..200 ft lazy river pool system looks pretty cool. I have the room for it, but that looks like a nightmare to maintain. Around here I would find animals partying in it. There was actually a pool here at one time, but I guess the last owner bailed on the idea. Probably for the same reasons I don't want one to start with.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 12:14 AM (snZF9)

253 @Osint613
32m
VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKES: 1,430 people have been confirmed dead with 3,238 others injured.

68,900 remain missing, according to reports submitted by families to the Venezuelan government

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 12:15 AM (RBKzD)

254 Nukes on the ground would be just ducky, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 12:15 AM (1z8ji)

255 Endless loop song (and video, probably)

https://youtu.be/tG2SPvZa0n4

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 28, 2026 12:16 AM (nbLIj)

256 Would love to have the "Lazy River Pool System" LOL, but it's too good to be true... And my yard is sloped just enough to make such a thing *not workable* anyway.

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah with a bad slope by the time you got to where it was level it would like something out of a water park.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 12:17 AM (snZF9)

257 "If Trump wants to see his approval rating drop below zero overnight, he could send ground troops into Iran."

We've been surveilling Iran with satellites for decades. How could we NOT know the location of every 'missile and drone storage location, and coastal radar site?' Hit them ALL from the air and end Iran's ability to threaten the Strait and the GSs.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:18 AM (Jr5Lq)

258 @Osint613
3h
CENTCOM has released footage of tonight’s U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets, which it says were carried out in response to Iran’s drone attack on the commercial tanker M/T Kiku

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQj1kPmQXwE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 12:18 AM (RBKzD)

259 Lazy River Pool System is AI picture. Too bad, though.. it looks like a lot of fun! (Except for trying to mow or maintain that area in the middle)

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)

260 @Osint613
32m
VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKES: 1,430 people have been confirmed dead with 3,238 others injured.

68,900 remain missing, according to reports submitted by families to the Venezuelan government

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 12:15 AM (RBKzD)

68,900 missing? Nah, they're probably counting the ones that have been here for months causing trouble.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 12:21 AM (snZF9)

261 Yard is sloped, yes. But not quite enough for a Slip 'n' Slide darn it!

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

262 Iraq's Green Zone in Baghdad has been placed under lockdown as military forces deploy, with reports of raids targeting the residences of government officials, according to The New Region.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 12:22 AM (RBKzD)

263 257

Possibly a good idea. At some point, I would add bridges and power plants to your target list. But not ground troops.

I wish people who are linking to their favorite songs would tell us what it IS, so we can find out if we want to hear it before playing it.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:23 AM (RCjYY)

264 Well, I got the Gravely mower started today, and it ran fine, but it would not motivate. At. All. Engaged the PTO, and the mower deck blades spun merrily, decapitating the few dandelions unlucky enough to be under it. But the machine would not move. Checked the level in the hydraulic fluid tank. A little low, maybe? Added some. No joy.

Machine's owner shows up while it's idling away. "What are these plugs in the front of the two hydraulic pumps?" I thought they looked like bleeder screws. They were loose. I screwed in until they seated. Bingo! We had drive, forward and reverse. But there was a lot of chatter, and the inside wheel skidded on the turf when making a tight turn. Hard on the lawn. Supposedly, there is a precise procedure one had to follow to properly set up the hydro drive. So I have to look that up.

And the Buick has gone home, all done. Woot!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 12:24 AM (1z8ji)

265 Probably a dumb question. Are there still American troops stationed in Baghdad? Iraq, generally?

Posted by: Common Tater at June 28, 2026 12:24 AM (o/qTI)

266 I worked with a gal like that long ago. Her legs were often askew.
Posted by: javems at June 27, 2026 10:19 PM (HapR0)

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When they get to akimbo, call in professional help.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 28, 2026 12:25 AM (6/7Fs)

267 AI sez: "The United States currently stations fewer than 2,000 troops in Iraq."

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:26 AM (Jr5Lq)

268 I thought Zero pulled them all out-- thereby facilitating ISIS' takeover of much of Iraq?

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:26 AM (RCjYY)

269 We've been surveilling Iran with satellites for decades. How could we NOT know the location of every 'missile and drone storage location, and coastal radar site?' Hit them ALL from the air and end Iran's ability to threaten the Strait and the GSs.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:18 AM (Jr5Lq)

Yeah I'm kinda puzzled by that myself. Burn the fuckers from orbit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 12:27 AM (snZF9)

270
*sits over here with my new friends Sydney, Clayton, and Jugdish*

Posted by: My Delta name is Miklos at June 28, 2026 12:30 AM (6VErX)

271 I wish people who are linking to their favorite songs would tell us what it IS, so we can find out if we want to hear it before playing it.
Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:23 AM (RCjYY)

No love for Banana Phone?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 28, 2026 12:30 AM (nbLIj)

272 I wish people who are linking to their favorite songs would tell us what it IS, so we can find out if we want to hear it before playing it.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:23 AM (RCjYY)

You can be sure any music link I post would be something loud, fast, obnoxious, and could probably start or end a few small wars.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 12:31 AM (snZF9)

273 Grocery store had Twinkies on sale, so I figured why not? Haven't had one in forever. I can immediately feel the acid assault on my teeth as the sugar invigorates my mouth flora.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

274 World Cup has done a weird thing. Brought together lefties and righties, waving flags and chanting USA!! USA!! I’m talking normal lefties not the DSA pukes. They hate everything including the World Cup because they’re deranged lunatics.

I’m loving every minute of it.

Posted by: Heroq at June 28, 2026 12:31 AM (VktcG)

275 Look at the clowns in the IC and you have your answer to why we don't know where everything is. They're a bunch of stupid grifters or more likely on Iran's side.

Posted by: Reforger at June 28, 2026 12:33 AM (0dsIZ)

276 I think Al-Asad airbase was our last significant military concentration in Iraq and we exited that a while back. Haven't kept up, but likely there's an augmented USMC detachment at the embassy (they have air defense installations), more personnel at the support facility at BIAP (airport), and definitely folks up in Iraqi Kurdistan. Would guess (lol) there's a significant Other Guvamint Agency presence in Kurdistan as well.

Some Euro presence in Kurdistan as well. A French soldier was killed in a drone attack during the recent full-blown festivities.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 28, 2026 12:34 AM (U/Byj)

277 "Look at the clowns in the IC and you have your answer to why we don't know where everything is. They're a bunch of stupid grifters or more likely on Iran's side."

If that's true, we really need to abandon the role of World Policeman, because we will inevitably suck at it, without good intel.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

278 Where's publius?

He's in the ER with his 96 yr old mother, unfortunately. 3rd time this month....

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 28, 2026 12:40 AM (+82YS)

279 I wish people who are linking to their favorite songs would tell us what it IS, so we can find out if we want to hear it before playing it.
Posted by: mnw

You can be sure any music link I post would be something loud, fast, obnoxious, and could probably start or end a few small wars.
Posted by: Berserker

I sometimes put bands and titles in, but it probably doesn't help, because nobody else knows the stuff I listen to.

Black Spikes - Aurea (good for 1.17 small wars)
https://youtu.be/rm2GvfboBtg

Posted by: mikeski at June 28, 2026 12:40 AM (VHUov)

280 RE: My 100 times pick, Hymne a l'amour:

I was reading the comments at youtube. I was gratified to see that quite a few others, besides me, had a hard time deciding which they liked better-- Piaf or Celine.

The French do gigantic spectacles very well. They have a real talent for it. Celine singing at the Arche de la Triomphe at the end of the '24 Paris Olympics-- now THAT was one helluva spectacle.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:43 AM (RCjYY)

281 Prayers for your Mama, publius.

Happy Saturday Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 28, 2026 12:43 AM (ibDUx)

282 Hi, Debby!

Sorry your mom is doing poorly, publius. Prayers up...

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)

283 Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:18 AM (Jr5Lq)

Yeah I'm kinda puzzled by that myself. Burn the fuckers from orbit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 12:27 AM (snZF9)

Iran built several of what they called “missile cities” , tunneling under mountains so the actual storage sites were under hundreds of feet of granite, safe even from bunker buster bombs. Even the US agreed that they had tens of thousands of ballistic missiles stored in these sites.

In early March, US bombs destroyed and collapsed the entrances to these sites so that they were unreachable - but published satellite photos show that Iran has been digging them out and establishing access over the last 6 weeks.

It appears that they’ve been successful, and their “missile cities” are back online. No doubt the contents are now being distributed around the country.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 28, 2026 12:45 AM (f1VM4)

284 He's in the ER with his 96 yr old mother, unfortunately. 3rd time this month....
Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone

Does not help you or your Mama, but my Old Mama was at the ER every day in some weeks, twice a day sometimes, and a few times three times within 24 hours

Posted by: Miklos at June 28, 2026 12:45 AM (6VErX)

285 If that's true, we really need to abandon the role of World Policeman, because we will inevitably suck at it, without good intel.

Posted by: gp
---

Who assumes that role? The void will be filled.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 12:45 AM (RBKzD)

286 Where's publius?

He's in the ER with his 96 yr old mother, unfortunately. 3rd time this month....

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 28, 2026 12:40 AM (+82YS)

After supper, Mama started to feel breathless. We were finishing up with her leg bandages (edema/hematomas), and Publius took her blood pressure about 20 times. It was very high for her - like 160/98 one time (normally she's like 106/58 or something like that). They said there's fluid in her lungs and they'll have to put her on Lasik (sp?) to remove fluid.

Such a bummer, since her legs were really improving from keeping them elevated. She hates that but we finally convinced her that it was more important than her comfort right now.

Poor lady has sooooo much going on, and she is so effin sweet you wouldn't believe it. The best mother-in-law evah!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 28, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)

287 Yes, Publius. Me too. A great blessing to have all those extra years with her, I'm sure. My mother made it to 94.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:48 AM (RCjYY)

288 Hello, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 28, 2026 12:48 AM (77rzZ)

289 It appears that they’ve been successful, and their “missile cities” are back online. No doubt the contents are now being distributed around the country.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 28, 2026 12:45 AM (f1VM4)

Time for some nuke bunker busters. Also blow up every GD mosque and the fuckers in them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 12:49 AM (1z8ji)

290 "Who assumes that role? The void will be filled."

Even before Iran, I had zero confidence that the US could stop China from invading Taiwan. Now, after Iran, my confidence is less than zero.

We should not pursue futility as a foreign policy. I was hoping that was part of what MAGA was about. I was wrong, apparently.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

291 Posted by: Bulg

Hello

Posted by: All at June 28, 2026 12:50 AM (6VErX)

292 Does not help you or your Mama, but my Old Mama was at the ER every day in some weeks, twice a day sometimes, and a few times three times within 24 hours

Posted by: Miklos at June 28, 2026 12:45 AM (6VErX)

Your Old Mama reigns supreme as Queen of the ER.

Publius' Old Mama is Miz Congeniality.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 28, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)

293 As Trump said, Iran is "trying to tap us along" until he leaves office.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:51 AM (RCjYY)

294 291 LOL

Posted by: Bulg at June 28, 2026 12:51 AM (77rzZ)

295 "complete with beverage holder and bad intentions"

was my first clue that the lazy river pool system was fake

Posted by: Ernest T Bass at June 28, 2026 12:51 AM (jrgJz)

296 Heya, Bulg! Didja see? We gots Triscuits!!!

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:52 AM (rdVOm)

297 Someone better invent that lazy river thing, because I can't have a pool.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 28, 2026 12:52 AM (w6EFb)

298 Publius' Old Mama is Miz Congeniality.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

You are absolutely correct.

Posted by: Miklos so Attests upon Oath at June 28, 2026 12:55 AM (6VErX)

299 296 No, I didn’t see that. Due to dietary issues, I Thave actually been avoiding Triscuits as of late, sadly.

Posted by: Bulg at June 28, 2026 12:55 AM (77rzZ)

300 Quadriscuit > Triscuit

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

301 Someone better invent that lazy river thing, because I can't have a pool.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

You got a crick out back

Not like them Big City people

Posted by: Miklos uses Southern terminology at June 28, 2026 12:57 AM (6VErX)

302 I assume Mama will be admitted, then my sweetie will come home. I'm supposed to get some sleep so I'll be functional for the day shift.

Debby, we need to catch up, it's been too long. Got your txt. Soon.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 28, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

303 Oh. Sorry, Bulg. Hope your issue gets resolved.

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

304 It doesn't become a proper crick until a ways west.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 28, 2026 01:00 AM (w6EFb)

305 It appears that they’ve been successful, and their “missile cities” are back online. No doubt the contents are now being distributed around the country.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 28, 2026 12:45 AM (f1VM4)

Time for some nuke bunker busters. Also blow up every GD mosque and the fuckers in them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 12:49 AM (1z8ji)

Rods from god, or some good ol' Centauri mass drivers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)

306 303 Thanks, JQ. I still love Triscuits, in theory.

Posted by: Bulg at June 28, 2026 01:01 AM (77rzZ)

307 Quadriscuit > Triscuit
Posted by: gp

That makes more sense, anyway. They're not triangles.

Posted by: mikeski at June 28, 2026 01:04 AM (VHUov)

308 In triscuit theory, the sum of the angles of the corners is 2*pi.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 01:04 AM (Jr5Lq)

309 It doesn't become a proper crick until a ways west.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

If Publius would operate some of the heavy machinery, his brother in law could turn that into a lazy river easy.

maybe four days tops

Posted by: Miklos makes a reasonable estimate at June 28, 2026 01:05 AM (6VErX)

310 Fuckers that I ride with planned a breakfast ride to this place in the pin barrens. I was there before its a cool place, but its a bit of a ride, 50-60 miles. They're leaving at 7am. 7am isn't breakfast. 7am is well I might as well get up to pee and go back to sleep for a few more hours.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 28, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)

311 AI sez: "Triscuit crackers were invented in 1900 by Henry Perky, the creator of shredded wheat. The name Triscuit does not mean "three," as many people believe. Instead, it is a creative combination of the words "electricity" and "biscuit," because they were the first crackers baked using electricity."

IDNKT!

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 01:07 AM (Jr5Lq)

312 Aggravating to type on this stupid phone, but a sidereal excursion for anyone interested, which you can discuss amongst yourselves.

Close conjunction of Mars and Uranus early morning July 4th. This will be in Gemini, with the Pleiades nearby.

I hate to mention it, but the astrologers consider this a big deal for the United States' "birth chart". I do not hold astrology in high regard one little bit, but more than economics and Climate Science.

Anyway, Mars doing butt stuff right in front of the Seven Sisters for the 4th and the 250th at that. Turrible.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 28, 2026 01:07 AM (+82YS)

313 Had Triscuits been baked with natgas rather than electricity, they would be named Gascuits.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 01:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

314 Can the planet Uranus be seen by the naked eye?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 01:12 AM (1z8ji)

315 Hey JQ!

For a while I bought some thin Triscuits that came in a triangular form, I used to throw them on a sheet pan covered with a bunch of good cheddar cheese and broil them, they were fast and tasty especially with a cold beer.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 28, 2026 01:12 AM (ibDUx)

316 That sounds great, Debby! Mmm, hot cheese & crackers!

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

317 Diuretic , such as furosemide (Lasix). - I had to look.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:14 AM (RBKzD)

318 Technically, Uranus can be seen with the naked eye, but takes very dark skies and excellent eyesight.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at June 28, 2026 01:14 AM (+82YS)

319 For a while I bought some thin Triscuits that came in a triangular form, I used to throw them on a sheet pan covered with a bunch of good cheddar cheese and broil them, they were fast and tasty especially with a cold beer.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 28, 2026 01:12 AM (ibDUx)

Melted cheddar makes any biscuit (or apple pie, for that matter) better. I used to buy some crackers that were nothing but pure cheddar, melted and baked until crisp. They were yummy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 01:15 AM (1z8ji)

320 "Look at the clowns in the IC and you have your answer to why we don't know where everything is. They're a bunch of stupid grifters or more likely on Iran's side."

If that's true, we really need to abandon the role of World Policeman, because we will inevitably suck at it, without good intel.
Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 12:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

There are now claims, backed by some data, that Pence and Bolton, among others, were being substantial payments from MEK, the anit-Shah political group of Iranian exiles. The good news is most of them seem to have been excluded from Trump 2.0

Posted by: Kindltot at June 28, 2026 01:17 AM (rbvCR)

321 "Melted cheddar makes any biscuit (or apple pie, for that matter) better."

The Nacho Principle in action.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 01:17 AM (Jr5Lq)

322 He asked, now, what's the best thing I can do with this Philadelphia Cream Cheese? Burnt wheat in the electric oven.
They are made for each other.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:17 AM (RBKzD)

323 That sounds great, Debby! Mmm, hot cheese & crackers!
Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

And now for a contrary opinion, from Rosco Gordon:

https://youtu.be/pMeHltfv264

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 01:18 AM (1z8ji)

324 314 Can the planet Uranus be seen by the naked eye?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Not on your life, buddy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:18 AM (RBKzD)

325 100x song

Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky

Maybe even the whole album.

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 01:18 AM (6wpGE)

326 'Everything goes down easier when it's cheezier.'

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 01:19 AM (Jr5Lq)

327 that Pence and Bolton, among others, were being substantial payments from MEK, ...

Posted by: Kindltot
---

Bolton's lost his law license, going to pay $2million dollars and do 5 years in jail. May Pence do the same.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:21 AM (RBKzD)

328 Can't think of any song I'd want to hear 100x on repeat. I've worked in too many places what had a jukebox! Trust me, even your *favorite song* gets irritating after about the 10th time in a row.

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)

329 100x song
Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
Maybe even the whole album.
Posted by: m

Interesting. My favorite APP album is the next one (Ammonia Avenue), and my 2nd favorite is the prior one (Turn of a Friendly Card.) Title tracks being the best things on each one.

Maybe I need to give "Eye" more listen time.

Posted by: mikeski at June 28, 2026 01:25 AM (VHUov)

330 Favorite APP album is Eve, although I like them all.

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)

331 204 100x song:
...
If I was stuck on a desert island, I would Prancercize to it all day long.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 27, 2026 11:38 PM (twNSf)

hahahaha

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 01:29 AM (6wpGE)

332 @NancyMace

Liberal white women scream about The Handmaid's Tale, then vote the real version into existence

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:30 AM (RBKzD)

333 328 JQ

Well... not entirely sure!

I have a world-class Celine Dion jones.

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 01:31 AM (RCjYY)

334 For a long time, I've been listening mainly to music I've never heard before. The YT algorithm suggestions are excellent.

Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 01:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

335 Thought Berserker would have commentary on that - Charlie Christian - 1941, link.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x52x5hjpD5k

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:35 AM (RBKzD)

336 When I was in college I dated a tall gal, the Marion County Diary Princess, a daughter of Friesian dairy farmers who had immigrated after World War Eleven. If Europeans think the Dutch are tall, the Dutch think Friesian are tall.

While I was dating her, I came across a passage in Dante. He and Virgil come to the next circle of Hell, where the ground drops off in a sheer cliff. Below they see giants buried up to their waist. Fortunately one gives them a lift down. He said that from his waist up, he was "as tall as three Friesians." I got the joke!

Posted by: frammish at June 28, 2026 01:35 AM (rcENI)

337 Thank reminds me: I think a larger portion of eminent literature than we expect is meant to be funny. Moby Dick certainly seems that way. Aristophanes is as full of fart and gay jokes as Shakespeare of dick jokes. A good priest friend of mine, who died way too soon, thought the Book of Jonah was an early example of Jewish humor. "And much cattle!"

Posted by: frammish at June 28, 2026 01:41 AM (rcENI)

338 AOP, you always have the perfect song for every occasion. lol. I've got a recipe around here somewhere for an apple pie with a cheddar cheese crust, the idea intrigues me.

Miley, I am quite sure that Mama Publius feels that she got the best daughter in law too.

Is Miklos still here, he's been awfully quiet.

JQ, a Chivas night cap if you don't mind, I will just sip and lurk about for a while, I need to catch up on the news of the day.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 28, 2026 01:41 AM (ibDUx)

339 You got it, Deb!

*pours Chivas*

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

340 Richard Nixon's answer to communism.

https://tinyurl.com/3f5d6j3n

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:45 AM (RBKzD)

341 Is Miklos still here, he's been awfully quiet.
---

It appears his girls have dumped him for the FiFa event and he's trolling with three others. I think he misses his girls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 01:47 AM (RBKzD)

342 AOP, you always have the perfect song for every occasion. lol. I've got a recipe around here somewhere for an apple pie with a cheddar cheese crust, the idea intrigues me.

Miley, I am quite sure that Mama Publius feels that she got the best daughter in law too.

Is Miklos still here, he's been awfully quiet.

JQ, a Chivas night cap if you don't mind, I will just sip and lurk about for a while, I need to catch up on the news of the day.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 28, 2026 01:41 AM (ibDUx)

Rosco Gordon was an interesting cat. Recorded with Sun Records in Memphis, and he had his own rhythm style he called "Rosco's Rhythm". Well, his music got played on some big clear-channel radio stations, like WWL in New Orleans (I heard that station in Vancouver, Canada!), and some musical types on the island of Jamaica heard Rosco's Rhythm, and figured they could work with it. And that's how reggae came to be.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 01:49 AM (1z8ji)

343 It doesn't become a proper crick until a ways west.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
----
Any crick that makes it west of the Continental Divide gets automatically promoted to "River".

Posted by: buddhaha at June 28, 2026 01:49 AM (1+Bny)

344 245 I’ve been watching some videos which call themselves time lapse AI videos - frex Rome
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 28, 2026 12:07 AM (f1VM4)

frex = for example
?

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 01:49 AM (6wpGE)

345 263 257 I wish people who are linking to their favorite songs would tell us what it IS, so we can find out if we want to hear it before playing it.
Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:23 AM (RCjYY)

I am leery of Baby Sharks waiting behind some of them. Or Yoko.

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 01:53 AM (6wpGE)

346 I am leery of Baby Sharks waiting behind some of them. Or Yoko.
Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 01:53 AM (6wpGE)

Calgary Stampede is on, so here is the unofficial Stampede anthem:

https://youtu.be/wnqDyaYyAKI

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 01:57 AM (1z8ji)

347 To be avoided at all costs.

I wonder what she did with all John's money?

Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 01:57 AM (RCjYY)

348 I wish people who are linking to their favorite songs would tell us what it IS, so we can find out if we want to hear it before playing it.
Posted by: mnw at June 28, 2026 12:23 AM (RCjYY)

I am leery of Baby Sharks waiting behind some of them. Or Yoko.
Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 01:53 AM (6wpGE)
------------

Where's your sense of adventure?!

youtu.be/6s5jTXAqq7E

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

349 Where's your sense of adventure?!

youtu.be/6s5jTXAqq7E
Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

Not a bad tune at all. Had I heard it on the radio, I would never have guessed it to be the Alan Parsons Project.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 02:02 AM (1z8ji)

350 Where's your sense of adventure?!
and
It's always interesting to hear the music that's meaningful to the person.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:02 AM (RBKzD)

351 311 AI sez: "Triscuit crackers were invented in 1900 by Henry Perky, the creator of shredded wheat. The name Triscuit does not mean "three," as many people believe. Instead, it is a creative combination of the words "electricity" and "biscuit," because they were the first crackers baked using electricity."

IDNKT!
Posted by: gp at June 28, 2026 01:07 AM (Jr5Lq)

Seems like there's at least a play on the prefix "tri" = three:

bi-scuits
tri-scuits

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 02:07 AM (6wpGE)

352 I really should listen to more current music. Problem is, every time I switch on the radio... it assaults my ears. Yuck. (and too damned many commercials!)

Makes me *officially* an Old Fogey, I guess. Meh.

Another thing, is that my mind tends to associate music with events. Life generally sucks these days, so once these sucky times are over, I don't want to be reminded. Hope that makes sense.

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

353 348 Where's your sense of adventure?!

youtu.be/6s5jTXAqq7E
Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

I trusted you and went there. Not bad! Could grow on me.

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 02:14 AM (6wpGE)

354 Well, past midnight here, and I am getting tired. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 28, 2026 02:16 AM (1z8ji)

355 I have the choice between Hannity and Mexican polkas. I take the polkas especially if they're using a real tuba instead of some electronic substitute crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:16 AM (RBKzD)

356 Nixon was wrong about China.

Nixon was pretty much disastrous on domestic issues as well.

He was an early American version of the kind of "leaders" we see in European nations today.

And yet, Watergate was a Deep State coup.

That was attempted to be recreated with Russian Collison.

The latter failed.

The conspiritors of the Russian hoax have gone unpunished and will likely continue to do so.

It is actually infuriating.

Posted by: Don Lemon at June 28, 2026 02:17 AM (+ZHEV)

357 'Night, AOP

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

358 @1776General_
Jun 25
The FBI lied about the stats on civilians stopping shooters in an attempt to push propaganda designed to remove the 2A.

Citizens have stopped 52.5% of shooters in non-gun free zones and 36% in gun free zones. The FBI claimed it was only 3.7%

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:19 AM (RBKzD)

359 Night AOP, sweet dreams Horde, I need to shut my brain down for a bit. Much obliged JQ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 28, 2026 02:20 AM (ibDUx)

360 Posted by: Don Lemon at June 28, 2026 02:17 AM

Don? Is that you?

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 02:22 AM (6wpGE)

361 I take the polkas especially if they're using a real tuba instead of some electronic substitute crap.

Posted by: Braenyard

LOL! Electronic tuba? Nah, I'd pass on the real thing too. But I do like elektronik zound..

youtu.be/ZtWTUt2RZh0

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

362 360 Posted by: Don Lemon at June 28, 2026 02:17 AM

Don? Is that you?

Posted by: m
---

Watch out! He's been reading too much Publius and is looking for Uranus.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:25 AM (RBKzD)

363 You'd rather listen to Hannity than an authentic Mexican polka?
And I thought I knew you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:27 AM (RBKzD)

364 Elon likes electronic music too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:29 AM (RBKzD)

365 JD Vance speaks, on Richard Nixon, 15 sec.

https://tinyurl.com/4yxhzv9p

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:34 AM (RBKzD)

366 JQ, I'm leaving it to you. Good night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 28, 2026 02:36 AM (RBKzD)

367 @361/JQ: "But I do like elektronik zound.."

Try this on for size:
youtu.be/y6SHii9wWFQ

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 28, 2026 02:37 AM (O7YUW)

368 I like industrial rhythm too-- here's a quick one:

youtu.be/owzVIRAVdXw

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:40 AM (rdVOm)

369 I've been watching these videos on YT about organizing physical media. Usually I don't but the gal who is doing this is striking. Not a smoke show. She's cute. Something draws me to just stare at her. It took me a minute to figure out why. She has one blue eye and the other eye is light brown. Its kind of exotic.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 28, 2026 02:42 AM (MmTZZ)

370 youtu.be/y6SHii9wWFQ
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Cool. Spacey.

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

371 'Night, Braenyard!

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

372 She has one blue eye and the other eye is light brown.
Posted by: Puddleglum

The word for the day is "heterochromia."

Posted by: mikeski at June 28, 2026 02:45 AM (VHUov)

373 @368/JQ: Oh nice choreography on that one!

Okay, back to bed. Only got up because of a sudden leg cramp. (Hate those.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 28, 2026 02:52 AM (O7YUW)

374 Leg cramps... ugh. I get those too sometimes, G & R... jut the heel out and hold it, for calf cramps!

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

375 https://youtu.be/D_3qtYjjmfg

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

376 This reminds me of our Bicentennial Celebration, all those years ago...

https://youtu.be/sOF6_kHBkyg

Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 03:17 AM (rdVOm)

377 373 @368/JQ: Oh nice choreography on that one!

Okay, back to bed. Only got up because of a sudden leg cramp. (Hate those.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 28, 2026 02:52 AM (O7YUW)

Moar electrolytes!

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 03:18 AM (6wpGE)

378 370 youtu.be/y6SHii9wWFQ
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Cool. Spacey.
Posted by: JQ at June 28, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

I liked that a LOT. I kept waiting for lyrics to start, kinda anxious-like, and they started exactly halfway through. The end is especially great.

Graeme Shepherd, better known by his stage name Grum

Any relation, G&R?

Posted by: m at June 28, 2026 03:28 AM (6wpGE)

Music Thread: Quotations Are The Last Refuge Of The Scoundrel

But first...

Who knew that Bowie was that old!

If music be the food of love, play on.

-- William Shakespeare

Where words fail, music speaks.

-- Hans Christian Andersen

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Back in Your Own Back Yard by Madeleine Peyroux
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Traveling Alone by Tift Merritt
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The Fightin' Side Of Me by Merle Haggard

Posted by: CBD at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 Primo!

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 07:33 PM (2054U)

2 Well one thing is for certain, Rush know how to pick drummers.

She looks like a retired super model that still has it going on.

She's also a beast on the drums.

https://tinyurl.com/2fds9s7n

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 07:33 PM (XV/Pl)

3 That looks more like a suffragette township to me.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 07:33 PM (2054U)

4 Saturday night.

Posted by: RI Red at June 27, 2026 07:35 PM (jkyX4)

5 Looks like the whole suffragette movement was just another way for wealthy white women to wear their fanciest clothes and get attention.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 27, 2026 07:36 PM (THY4u)

6 Nooded.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 07:36 PM (2054U)

7 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

8 You know? All in all I am not sure women voting was the great idea it seemed it should be.

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

9 "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must express oneself through interpretive dance" --Wittgenstein.

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at June 27, 2026 07:37 PM (VrQ+c)

10 "I wish Ma could vote"... Anyone with a hat THAT stupid should not be voting. Though I don't know if I would trust her to make sammaches either

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 27, 2026 07:37 PM (THY4u)

11 Some people called us music.
Boy were those dopes fooled.

Posted by: Ben Folds Five at June 27, 2026 07:37 PM (7Q0e+)

12 Pixy has put up some music videos in last few weeks I had forgot about

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

13 9 "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must express oneself through interpretive dance" --Wittgenstein.

---

Wittgenstein, the grandfather of all first person shooter games...

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 27, 2026 07:39 PM (THY4u)

14 2 Well one thing is for certain, Rush know how to pick drummers.

She looks like a retired super model that still has it going on.

She's also a beast on the drums.

https://tinyurl.com/2fds9s7n

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 07:33 PM (XV/Pl)

Saw them last night in Cow Town. It was a great show! And yes, Annika is a legit beast on the kit! The boys were still alright, too. ;-)

Posted by: goozer at June 27, 2026 07:39 PM (eTh1u)

15 That Greta Gultch in center of that picture?

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

16 According to David Bowie, the women in that black and white photo are all DTF (if you know what I mean)

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 27, 2026 07:41 PM (THY4u)

17 @14

>>Saw them last night in Cow Town.

Seeing them next month at MSG.

And if what I think is going to happen, happens, I'll be seeing them from an Executive Suite.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 07:42 PM (XV/Pl)

18 I've been enjoying lots of new Rush videos.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 27, 2026 07:42 PM (KaHlS)

19 At far away job, ( actually all seem far away these days) hVe WiFi, no been playing music all day on YouTube. Try to keep it this century but did play The Cars first album one day.

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)

20 That Tift girl really does have some Merritt.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 07:45 PM (2054U)

21 Good to see Rush back on the road.

Posted by: Billythesquid at June 27, 2026 07:45 PM (gN+5I)

22 @18

>>I've been enjoying lots of new Rush videos.

There are dozens of videos being posted from every show, some of them sound like the have audio feeds from the house.

I think this is going to be the most watched an recording tour ever.

I think the band is encouraging it.

They really have shaken a decade of rust off and sound, dare I say, better than they ever have.

They certainly look happy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 07:46 PM (XV/Pl)

23 The Movements: A Bluegrass Concerto by Sierra Hull with her band. This is real virtuosity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z1C_wEMbWU

Posted by: huerfano at June 27, 2026 07:47 PM (VJX5o)

24 One more of Anika..

La Villa Strangiato Breakdown

https://tinyurl.com/4h665wpx

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 07:49 PM (XV/Pl)

25 My cousin turned me on to Nathaniel Rateliff. S.O.B. is a great song.

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 27, 2026 07:49 PM (Lzhdy)

26 Thanks for the thread, CBD. I've always really liked NR and The Night Sweats. It's get up off yer arse and groove music, IMHO. Steve Earle is a favorite as well. Nice selections, Mr. Dildo!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 27, 2026 07:53 PM (ceJ0R)

27 19 At far away job, ( actually all seem far away these days) hVe WiFi, no been playing music all day on YouTube. Try to keep it this century but did play The Cars first album one day.
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:44 PM

I actually have created a playlist called "Twenty-First Century". As the title implies, I only add songs that were released since 2000. It's my attempt to keep up with the times and find good current music. There’s a lot out there that suits my taste and it’s fun to look for it.

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 27, 2026 07:53 PM (Lzhdy)

28 8 You know? All in all I am not sure women voting was the great idea it seemed it should be.
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

*looks at liberal voter demographics*
*looks at Mamdani supporters*
*looks at Newsom supporters*
*looks at 67 million fetal corpses*

You may be on to something.

Posted by: Second, third, fourth look at repealing the 19th at June 27, 2026 07:56 PM (TbWk/)

29 La Villa Strangiato Breakdown

https://tinyurl.com/4h665wpx
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 07:49 PM (XV/Pl)

Holy Cow! I had to jump out after seeing that. Why? Because I felt myself being sucked into the rabbit hole, and I have stuff to do before I kick off my sneakers for the evening.

She is legit. Neil would approve.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)

30 I found an independent radio channel in this area called Legends that plays really old music, and occasionally some from that gets me thinking "this is on the legends channel?, sighhh I am getting old".

Posted by: PaleRider at June 27, 2026 07:57 PM (CFj4+)

31 Also, La Villa Strangiato is my favorite Rush instrumental. YYZ is a close second.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 07:58 PM (0aYVJ)

32 When Oldies channels play stuff from.2000 you know you're getting old

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0)

33 @29

>>She is legit. Neil would approve.

Because of the material she's playing and at the level she's playing, she's easily the best female touring drummer ever.

And an argument can be made she's currently the best touring drummer period.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:02 PM (XV/Pl)

34 I always loved Villa Strangiato! She’s great. And I never saw anyone mention this, but I swear there’s a Looney Tunes riff stuck in the middle of that one. Machine Music or something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:06 PM (f1VM4)

35 Cool
Music Thread

My favorite music can beat up your favorite music!

Posted by: Don Black at June 27, 2026 08:06 PM (Lq7yf)

36 That sailor at the suffragette protest bettin' on an inside straight.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 08:06 PM (LHPAg)

37 "If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president. It's kind of a pipe dream, it's a personal fantasy of mine, but I don't think it's going to happen. And it is a good way of making the point that women are voting so stupidly, at least single women."

Ann Coulter on Particular Suffrage: 2001, 2003, and 2007
In-Sight Publishing
https://is.gd/6Z0l8U

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 27, 2026 08:07 PM (syz1S)

38 Thats why I had to search out the legends channel Skip. Well somewhat that, but mostly the local oldies stations play just a few of the top hits from the various artists. I got to a point where I couldn't stand to hear only Jesse's Girl from Rick Springfield, and so on anymore.

I should take advantage of 21st century tech and figure out other ways for audio entertainment on my commute, but radio is easy.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 27, 2026 08:07 PM (CFj4+)

39 I was listening to the Michael Stanley Band on the way into work (RIP MS). A great, solid, rock band out of Cleveland. Should have been bigger.

youtu.be/raH8s8O3qyk

I don't really keep up with new music so sometimes I run into the biggest act in Country music and I had no idea. She's pretty hot too. She's got the sultry southern girl thing going well for her. Ella Langley. She's alright.

youtu.be/hLOheGDwD_0

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 08:08 PM (MmTZZ)

40 And an argument can be made she's currently the best touring drummer period.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:02 PM (XV/Pl)

"Hey, what about m---"

"SHUT UP LARS!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2026 08:08 PM (Ot/FD)

41 I, as a lifelong Rush fan aprove of and applaud, with a standing ovation, Anika. She well exceeded my expectations.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 08:12 PM (0dsIZ)

42 I've turned RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta into my daily commute listen.

Mostly because i'm half-heartedly trying to learn Gaelic, but also, when they do play music, it's occasionally that real hard "screw your silly nonsense about 'Tuning' and 'Tempo', Sassenach" kind of Old Way music that really puts you in the mood for driving.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2026 08:12 PM (Ot/FD)

43 I got to a point where I couldn't stand to hear only Jesse's Girl from Rick Springfield, and so on anymore.

I should take advantage of 21st century tech and figure out other ways for audio entertainment on my commute, but radio is easy.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 27, 2026 08:07 PM (CFj4+)

I call it sampler plate rock. Same two or three songs from any band, over and over again. Part of my problem is that the most popular song by any band will likely be my least favorite from said band.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

44 S.O.B. is a great song.

Without a doubt. A song I can definitely relate to on a personal level.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 27, 2026 08:12 PM (ceJ0R)

45 I, as a lifelong Rush fan aprove of and applaud, with a standing ovation, Anika. She well exceeded my expectations.
Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 08:12 PM (0dsIZ)

Mega-dittos!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:13 PM (0aYVJ)

46 And an argument can be made she's currently the best touring drummer period.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

She's sitting in the box seats, for sure.

Best, period? I don't know that one can pick a "best" whether it's her or someone else. De gustibus non est disputandrum.

Mike Portnoy and Gavin Harrison and Baard Kolstad could probably all play Peart's stuff, just to pick a few.

Posted by: mikeski did that intentionally at June 27, 2026 08:14 PM (VHUov)

47 ****Quotations Are The Last Refuge Of The Scoundrel****
-

So, it's a political thread?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:15 PM (RBKzD)

48 Careful, people. You're headed into the danger zone!

https://youtu.be/siwpn14IE7E

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 08:17 PM (qx7Zg)

49 Best is subjective.

Danny Carey is another great drummer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 27, 2026 08:18 PM (rzEIv)

50 @46

>>Mike Portnoy and Gavin Harrison and Baard Kolstad could probably all play Peart's stuff, just to pick a few.

True, but I've heard Portnoy play Rush songs and while very good, he infuses it with Dream Theatreness which tends towards the fractal rock.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:18 PM (XV/Pl)

51 Brann Dailor is pretty up there too

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2026 08:19 PM (Ot/FD)

52 Danny Carey played with Alex and Geddy a few times.
If your going to do a "best drummer out there" he's my pick.
Best touring is a weird way to measure.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 08:20 PM (0dsIZ)

53 @49

>>Danny Carey is another great drummer.

Danny Carey played YYZed, with Rush at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert, he was great.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:20 PM (XV/Pl)

54 I'm skeptical of amped up Southern accents.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:20 PM (RBKzD)

55 Just so long as it’s fractal rock and not fraggle rock.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:22 PM (f1VM4)

56 Have you guys seen the overqualified drummer apple cat thing?

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)

57 54 I'm skeptical of amped up Southern accents.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:20 PM (RBKzD)

Pronounced... We like that one amped up.

Posted by: Lynerd Skinerd at June 27, 2026 08:22 PM (0dsIZ)

58 It's just based on the material and general popularity.

There's a reason people are going nuts for Rush right now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:22 PM (XV/Pl)

59 Daryl Hall recently had a kidney transplant but says he's now feeling better and plans to resume Live from Daryl's House , the best show on TV.

Guy is 79. I think playing music professionally keeps you young.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 08:24 PM (04gcy)

60
56 Have you guys seen the overqualified drummer apple cat thing?
Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 08:22 PM (MWfyi)

I love that! Thanks for reminding me of the name of it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:24 PM (f1VM4)

61 58 It's just based on the material and general popularity.

There's a reason people are going nuts for Rush right now.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:22 PM (XV/Pl)

Skill, too, probably.

how many kids are discovering old acts and thinking they're awesome compared to modern Uni-Genre sludge, but then go see them at some massively expensive stadium area mega concert and they're drooling into their mic and effing up their own songs every ten measures?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 27, 2026 08:25 PM (Ot/FD)

62 Sometimes you just got to let if flow.

https://shorturl.at/xCMcZ

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 27, 2026 08:26 PM (fkjGs)

63 I know I've linked this song on the HQ before, but not on a Music Thread..... I missed the last one. 😢

But, it's one of the best youtube algorithm recommendations I've gotten all year. I love her voice, going from "sultry torch song" to "just let me get this off my chest....."

Oktobernatt - Rasa:
https://youtu.be/DKXp5uw_YZ8

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 08:26 PM (VHUov)

64 For those who have not seen it, search for overqualified drummer and stick with it past the first minute.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 08:26 PM (MWfyi)

65 Have you guys seen the overqualified drummer apple cat thing?
Posted by: fd

Nyango Star is the shiznizzle.

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 08:26 PM (VHUov)

66 54 I'm skeptical of amped up Southern accents.

Posted by: Braenyard

youtu.be/5Xu9QOlJgEg

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 08:27 PM (MmTZZ)

67 Say what you will about Rush, I don't think Geddy ever used auto tune.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 08:28 PM (MWfyi)

68 Southern Accents

youtu.be/po8RCVlQZGc

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 08:28 PM (MmTZZ)

69 37 "If we took away women's right to vote, we'd never have to worry about another Democrat president.
...
https://is.gd/6Z0l8U
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
---

Don't worry about it. Mandami's given the Pubbies so many sound bites he and NYC will be the face of the Dem party next election.
It will be a rout.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:28 PM (RBKzD)

70 @61

>>Skill, too, probably.

Rush have come back after a decade off and in-arguably better than ever.

I've seen them a dozen times over the course of 45 years, and they are playing with a renewed vigor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:29 PM (XV/Pl)

71 Shit.
Rush replaced a man with a stronk women who is doing the job equally well.
I wonder if she's getting equal pay.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 08:29 PM (0dsIZ)

72 "Nyango Star is the shiznizzle.
Posted by: mikeski"

The Japanese people are weird but that cat can drum!

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 08:29 PM (MWfyi)

73 Guy is 79. I think playing music professionally keeps you young.
Posted by: polynikes

Or kills you young.

It's funny that way.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 08:30 PM (+/hEQ)

74 Daryl Hall recently had a kidney transplant but says he's now feeling better and plans to resume Live from Daryl's House , the best show on TV.

Guy is 79. I think playing music professionally keeps you young.
Posted by: polynikes

It's the groupies. They keep you young.

"A man's only as old as the woman he feels." -- Groucho Marx

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 08:31 PM (VHUov)

75 CBD, Thanks for including the clip of Brubeck playing Take Five. Hearing that live as a kid started a life long love of small combo jazz. Vince Guaraldi nailed it in place.

Listening to Paul Desmond's sax or Guaraldi 's piano, smooth and subtle, feels like listening to water flowing over smooth stones.

And you may quote me.

Posted by: JTB at June 27, 2026 08:32 PM (yTvNw)

76 59 Daryl Hall recently had a kidney transplant but says he's now feeling better and plans to resume Live from Daryl's House , the best show on TV.

Guy is 79. I think playing music professionally keeps you young.
Posted by: polynikes

That and heroin, mate.

Posted by: Keith Richards at June 27, 2026 08:32 PM (rzEIv)

77 It's a bit odd to see Neil on old videos with a full head of hair.

But what the hell, I've grown old too.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 08:34 PM (+/hEQ)

78 "Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth and "Too Hot to Handle" by UFO are basically the same song.

That is all.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 27, 2026 08:35 PM (5YmYl)

79 "Nyango Star is the shiznizzle.
Posted by: mikeski"

The Japanese people are weird but that cat can drum!
Posted by: fd
________

That's Keith Moon on any song.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 27, 2026 08:35 PM (XvL8K)

80 75 CBD, Thanks for including the clip of Brubeck playing Take Five. Hearing that live as a kid started a life long love of small combo jazz. Vince Guaraldi nailed it in place.“

I got to see that live in the mid 80’s. Brubek was ancient by that time, but he and his guys were doing a final tour of small colleges and the like. Always glad I caught that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:36 PM (f1VM4)

81 "Take Five" will be recognized as a masterpiece for centuries.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 27, 2026 08:37 PM (5YmYl)

82 I was shocked to learn that Daryl Hall is 79. Dude looks younger than I, and I am 60. Was never a fan of Hall and Oates, but he seems like a really cool dude.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:37 PM (0aYVJ)

83 I should take advantage of 21st century tech and figure out other ways for audio entertainment on my commute, but radio is easy.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 27, 2026 08:07 PM (CFj4+)

I have a DVD player on my computer, and my radio takes a USB stick, so I can copy all my CDs and play them, and download podcasts if I feel like it. That is about as low-tech as I can get it for you.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

84 68 Southern Accents
youtu.be/po8RCVlQZGc
Posted by: Puddleglum
---

Mom raised close to the city would talk about the fun, as a child, going back and visiting the old folks. She had a favorite aunt she enjoyed being around. I asked what the aunt thought about something or other, mom responded, 'I couldn't understand her, she talked country'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:39 PM (RBKzD)

85 @71

>>Rush replaced a man with a stronk women who is doing the job equally well.

Technically, they didn't replace him, being dead and all.

Basically they could have picked any drummer, and they chose Jeff Beck's drummer.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:39 PM (XV/Pl)

86 @81

>>"Take Five" will be recognized as a masterpiece for centuries.

It's the most recognized and, quite frankly best and most accessible jazz song ever recorded.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:40 PM (XV/Pl)

87 And speaking of 5/4 time.....

iamthemorning - 5/4:
https://youtu.be/ju_Oe2o3FPk

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 08:42 PM (VHUov)

88 Saw Alison Kraus and Union Station last week. Most of the show was perfectly solid but the best part (IMO of course) was the "encore." Instead of spreading across the stage with each person standing at his own mic, they softened the lighting and all stood around a single mic which gave it a more traditional bluegrass feel.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 08:43 PM (vTZFs)

89 71 Shit.
Rush replaced a man with a stronk women who is doing the job equally well.
I wonder if she's getting equal pay.

Posted by: Reforger
---

Drumming doesn't require excessive strength. Endurance and manual dexterity are more important.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:43 PM (RBKzD)

90 Basically they could have picked any drummer, and they chose Jeff Beck's drummer.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I figured she would be just fine with Rush as Jeff Beck was one of the greatest guitars ever. All over the place, style wise. Could play anything. Also, a bit demanding of his band and she kept up with him. She'll love playing with Rush. Loving the YT clips so far.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 08:44 PM (MmTZZ)

91 Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must express oneself through interpretive dance" --Wittgenstein.
Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at June 27, 2026 07:37 PM

Truth.

Posted by: Male Terpsichoreans from the greater Kansas City metropolitan area at June 27, 2026 08:45 PM (0sNs1)

92 I recently learned about Hildegard von Bingen a 12th century German Benedictine Abbess. She not only wrote foundational religious and science texts, she composed music for the church. YT has several videos of her music. It is exquisite: sometimes haunting, sometimes joyful and perfect for the acoustics of a cathedral. If you enjoy music from the period it's worth your time to listen.

Posted by: JTB at June 27, 2026 08:46 PM (yTvNw)

93 Japanese women are keeping hard rock alive:

https://tinyurl.com/5bw9bmnd

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 27, 2026 08:47 PM (5YmYl)

94 Southern accents:
In movies and TV shows, I have always found it interesting that actors from the UK, Australia and New Zealand can do a better regional American accent than may American actors. Por ejemplo, in Justified, a lot of American support actors sounded like a variation of Foghorn Leghorn, or Scarlett O'Hara. Whereas Damon Herriman (Dewey Crowe) sounded legit. I was stunned to learn that he is an Aussie. See also: Damien Lewis (Major Winters in BoB)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:47 PM (0aYVJ)

95 Southern accents:
In movies and TV shows, I have always found it interesting that actors from the UK, Australia and New Zealand can do a better regional American accent than may American actors. Por ejemplo, in Justified, a lot of American support actors sounded like a variation of Foghorn Leghorn, or Scarlett O'Hara. Whereas Damon Herriman (Dewey Crowe) sounded legit. I was stunned to learn that he is an Aussie. See also: Damien Lewis (Major Winters in BoB)

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:47 PM (0aYVJ)

96 29 La Villa Strangiato Breakdown

https://tinyurl.com/4h665wpx
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 07:49 PM (XV/Pl)

Holy Cow! I had to jump out after seeing that. Why? Because I felt myself being sucked into the rabbit hole, and I have stuff to do before I kick off my sneakers for the evening.

She is legit. Neil would approve.

Posted by: Pug Mahon,
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I can't hear the cymbals. Why do they allow this. Half of a drummer's work is on the cymbals. They pay extra money for that special cymbal, that desired sound and the sound engineers wash it away. And no one complains. Do the really listen?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM (RBKzD)

97 >>Saw Alison Kraus and Union Station last week. Most of the show was perfectly solid but the best part (IMO of course) was the "encore." Instead of spreading across the stage with each person standing at his own mic, they softened the lighting and all stood around a single mic which gave it a more traditional bluegrass feel.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 27, 2026 08:43 PM

I've never had the opportunity, but I'd go in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, I live way the hell far from anywhere.

Posted by: huerfano at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM (VJX5o)

98 Double poat. Yay me!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM (0aYVJ)

99 Saw couple days ago Algar the Bard is kind of giving up YouTube, there is no money in it he says.
His music got me into Hildegard's

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM (Ia/+0)

100 Speaking of Daryl's House , the episode with Joe Walsh is a must see even if you're not an Eagles fan.

Also the Tommy Shaw episode. I'm not a Styx fan but that was a great episode.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM (04gcy)

101 81 "Take Five" will be recognized as a masterpiece for centuries.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 27, 2026 08:37 PM (5YmYl)

The whole album, Time Out, is fantastic.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 27, 2026 08:50 PM (syz1S)

102 After first getting to know Lucy Lawless with her full American accent in Xena, it amazed me to hear her give interviews in her natural Australian.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:51 PM (f1VM4)

103 70 @61 >>Skill, too, probably.

Rush have come back after a decade off and in-arguably better than ever.

I've seen them a dozen times over the course of 45 years, and they are playing with a renewed vigor.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:29 PM (XV/Pl)

Yep yep -- taking a decade off did not lessen their chops at all, and Geddy's voice is actually a bit stronger now than it has been in, well, decades. Yes, he can no longer do the banshee wails (or even most of the angry cat howls), but there were far fewer warbles and dropped notes last night than before.

I will also join the multitudes in commenting about how much sheer joy they projected during the show, especially Geddy. Everyone was all smiles, and they took turns getting "The New Gal" to smile along as well.

Seriously, if you are a fan, do what you can to try and get a ticket for the show. Though I have a feeling that this tour may not be a one-off event, as Geddy seemed to intimate during his closing remarks.

Posted by: goozer at June 27, 2026 08:53 PM (eTh1u)

104 His music got me into Hildegard's
Posted by: Skip

Are you talking about Hildegard of Bingen Skip?

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 08:54 PM (lJ0H4)

105 BREAKING NEWS: Musically-related, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have enlisted the bride's old friends Stevie Nicks and Tim McGraw to perform at their wedding next week.

However the Daily Mail reported earlier this month that the pop star and the NFL player will throw a wedding function for roughly 1,000 people at Madison Square Garden next Friday, July 3.

Whispers circulated this week that the couple are planning a smaller gathering for about 100 intimates at the arena on Thursday, July 2, according to the New York Times.

It is unknown at this time whether any of the Horde members in attendance will be live-blogging the festivities.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at June 27, 2026 08:54 PM (0sNs1)

106 @96

>>I can't hear the cymbals.

The sound is not coming from the house, it's being recorded on an iPhone or similar that clips out frequencies.

Although some of the videos do sound like they are coming straight from the house feed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:54 PM (XV/Pl)

107 Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:47 PM (0aYVJ)

Crystal Bernard on Wings had a heavy southern accent.

I was teased in good fun by all my friends when I moved to NY for my southern accent, pronunciations and colloquialisms.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 08:55 PM (04gcy)

108 92 I recently learned about Hildegard von Bingen a 12th century German Benedictine Abbess. She not only wrote foundational religious and science texts, she composed music for the church. YT has several videos of her music. It is exquisite: sometimes haunting, sometimes joyful and perfect for the acoustics of a cathedral. If you enjoy music from the period it's worth your time to listen.
Posted by: JTB at June 27, 2026 08:46 PM (yTvNw)

Hildegarde finally made sainthood. She also compiled an entire volume on the current natural science, and any number of awesome spiritual manuals. I found out about her in college, and while it is sometimes difficult to decipher exactly what she means, she is worth reading.

Also, Dead South. If you need someone to play the hell out of their instruments, those are the guys.

https://youtu.be/bTpTgBudECU

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 27, 2026 08:55 PM (bl07w)

109 101 81 "Take Five" will be recognized as a masterpiece for centuries.
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at June 27, 2026 08:37 PM (5YmYl)

The whole album, Time Out, is fantastic.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 27, 2026 08:50 PM (syz1S)

Agreed.

Posted by: goozer at June 27, 2026 08:55 PM (eTh1u)

110 Double poat. Yay me!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM

So cogent, it needed to be said twice.

Posted by: Amy Schumer at June 27, 2026 08:56 PM (0sNs1)

111 98 Double poat. Yay me!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM (0aYVJ)

Is that like two scoops?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 27, 2026 08:57 PM (bl07w)

112 Crystal Bernard on Wings had a heavy southern accent.

I was teased in good fun by all my friends when I moved to NY for my southern accent, pronunciations and colloquialisms.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 08:55 PM (04gcy)

Garland, Texas. Man oh man did I have crush on her.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:57 PM (0aYVJ)

113
I can't hear the cymbals. Why do they allow this.

Are you listening on a cell phone?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 08:57 PM (Cqx++)

114 Grace Potter episode was really good too since besides being a great bluesey singer she was major eye candy.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 08:58 PM (04gcy)

115 @103

>>Though I have a feeling that this tour may not be a one-off event, as Geddy seemed to intimate during his closing remarks.

That is probably just the high they are feeling now, the tour goes into 2027, they will be both be 73 at the end of it, say they take a year off, then you are staring down the barrel of 75 and attempting to embark on another tour.

These guys aren't GnR or Motley Crew and aren't going to embarrass themselves.

I think this should be the last hurrah, go out with a bang and on top of the world.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:59 PM (XV/Pl)

116 98 Double poat. Yay me!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank

My ding a ling
My ding a ling

Posted by: gKWVE at June 27, 2026 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

117 Tuna yes, I like medieval versions of new songs

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 08:59 PM (Ia/+0)

118 I can't hear the cymbals. Why do they allow this. Half of a drummer's work is on the cymbals. They pay extra money for that special cymbal, that desired sound
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 08:49 PM

You need to ride before you can crash.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 27, 2026 08:59 PM (0sNs1)

119 "After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music." -- Aldous Huxley

Posted by: tankascribe at June 27, 2026 08:59 PM (NtoJk)

120 Shouldn't Rush have points deducted for being Canadian?

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:00 PM (04gcy)

121 23 The Movements: A Bluegrass Concerto by Sierra Hull with her band. This is real virtuosity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z1C_wEMbWU

Posted by: huerfano
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Best 'bluegrass' ever heard. Beautiful studio too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 09:01 PM (RBKzD)

122 I recently learned about Hildegard von Bingen a 12th century German Benedictine Abbess. She not only wrote foundational religious and science texts, she composed music for the church. YT has several videos of her music. It is exquisite: sometimes haunting, sometimes joyful and perfect for the acoustics of a cathedral. If you enjoy music from the period it's worth your time to listen.
Posted by: JTB

The definitive recording of Hildegard's music is the Gothic Voices' "Feather on the Breath of God". Simply exquisite.

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 09:02 PM (lJ0H4)

123 Clem Burke is my favorite drummer.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:02 PM (04gcy)

124 Shouldn't Rush have points deducted for being Canadian?
Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:00 PM

I. Don't think. So.

Posted by: William Shatner at June 27, 2026 09:02 PM (0sNs1)

125 By the way, the current comment in the background on X is about how there are no Rap tracks on the Top 40 for the first time in 35 years, and that may be because USAID money dried up.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 09:03 PM (rbvCR)

126 @120

>>Shouldn't Rush have points deducted for being Canadian?

That cut's like a knife.
--
Bryan Adams

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 09:03 PM (XV/Pl)

127 youtu.be/2KCdNMRcprs

Make on lousy video that's so gay, Freddie Mercury was uncomfortable, and your career tanks. Well, didn't quite tank, but it certainly leveled off.

Billy Squire!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 09:04 PM (MmTZZ)

128 Speaking of Daryl's House , the episode with Joe Walsh is a must see even if you're not an Eagles fan.

Also the Tommy Shaw episode. I'm not a Styx fan but that was a great episode.

Also the one featuring the O'Jays.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 27, 2026 09:05 PM (ceJ0R)

129 Garland, Texas. Man oh man did I have crush on her.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 08:57 PM (0aYVJ)

Me too.
There was a girl who was the spitting image of her around here when I was in high school. I tried to, um.. er,, befriend her but she was all stuck up on her looks. Full of herself. Too good for me.
Ran into her a few years ago and damn did I dodge a bullet.
Same hairdo, half the teeth. Looked like 20 miles of bad road under a Crystal Bernard wig. Sad really, she was frigging hot. Meth got her I think.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 09:05 PM (0dsIZ)

130
It's a bit odd to see Neil on old videos with a full head of hair.

But what the hell, I've grown old too.
Posted by: Tonypete

Rush - I Think I'm Going Bald

youtu.be/CzXUmbU58ME

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 09:05 PM (Cqx++)

131 Bryan Adams should have points deducted for being Bryan Adams.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 27, 2026 09:05 PM (XvL8K)

132 I better get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 09:07 PM (Ia/+0)

133 Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 27, 2026 09:05 PM (ceJ0R)

I didn't see that one but Smoky Robinson episode was really good.

Off to look up the OJays episode.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:07 PM (04gcy)

134
do you remember when Jesse Waters provided a clip indicating that the a psychological operations research firm pitched NATO's military psyops center on turning Taylor Swift into an asset for the Western military alliance to stop "disinformation" on the Internet?

Swifites unite!

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 09:08 PM (rbvCR)

135 Rush - I Think I'm Going Bald

youtu.be/CzXUmbU58ME
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 09:05 PM (Cqx++)

Caress of Steel was the weirdest Rush album ever. I had it on cassette, but it's long gone.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 27, 2026 09:09 PM (0aYVJ)

136 108 ... "Hildegarde finally made sainthood. She also compiled an entire volume on the current natural science, and any number of awesome spiritual manuals."

tcn,
I've got her Penguin Classics selected writings coming in a few days. From reviews of her writing and what little I've learned, she must have been extraordinary. I'm looking forward to learning about her.

Posted by: JTB at June 27, 2026 09:11 PM (yTvNw)

137 Joe Walsh played in a lot of other peoples stuff...

https://tinyurl.com/2s374wv4

Posted by: davidt at June 27, 2026 09:12 PM (Q+gd/)

138 Joe Walsh played in a lot of other peoples stuff...

https://tinyurl.com/2s374wv4
Posted by: davidt
__________

He never should have joined the Eagles. He did way better stuff with the James Gang.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 27, 2026 09:16 PM (XvL8K)

139 Alan Jackson is having his final concert this weekend. A true talent.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 27, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)

140 139 Alan Jackson is having his final concert this weekend. A true talent.
Posted by: Diogenes

I had heard that he was retiring due to health issues. He had a damn good run.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 09:17 PM (MmTZZ)

141 Japanese women are keeping hard rock alive:
https://tinyurl.com/5bw9bmnd
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto

You could do entire music threads just on Japanese all-girl rock and metal bands.

I'll limit myself to stuff that hit youtube in the last few months..... starting with Band-Maid's track from earlier this week.

https://youtu.be/NpZjslVGhbE
https://youtu.be/ApQaS9mRUuI
https://youtu.be/50NGKesgdB8
https://youtu.be/YxM63Bcmyr8
https://youtu.be/qsadyZkBVlI

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 09:18 PM (VHUov)

142 If music be the food of love, play on.
-- William Shakespeare
Where words fail, music speaks.
-- Hans Christian Andersen

***

If music were a balloon, blow me.

Posted by: Andrew Dice Clay at June 27, 2026 09:18 PM (2WIwB)

143 There a number of Dave Brubeck and company live sets on Youtube. There are shows when he's in his 70's and older where he plays like a kid.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 27, 2026 09:18 PM (QaH55)

144 He never should have joined the Eagles. He did way better stuff with the James Gang.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

His wallet probably disagrees.

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 09:18 PM (VHUov)

145 [i34 I always loved Villa Strangiato! She’s great. And I never saw anyone mention this, but I swear there’s a Looney Tunes riff stuck in the middle of that one. Machine Music or something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:06 PM (f1VM4)

Yes, the sections "Monsters!" and "Monsters! (Reprise)" are an adaptation of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse", which was used a few times in several Looney Tunes 'toons.

Posted by: goozer at June 27, 2026 09:19 PM (eTh1u)

146 You need to ride before you can crash.

Posted by: Duncanthrax
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And on the album you get socked.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 09:19 PM (RBKzD)

147 I had heard that he was retiring due to health issues. He had a damn good run.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 09:17 PM (MmTZZ)

Yes.
Got to see him in concert in Seattle. Horrible acoustics but still a great concert.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 27, 2026 09:20 PM (2WIwB)

148 I think this should be the last hurrah, go out with a bang and on top of the world.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Agreed. It's just sad to watch some of these acts.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 27, 2026 09:22 PM (GXElQ)

149 Buenos Arias, music Morons.

Here's a curious meme from today's Week in Pix suitable for both the garden and music threads

https://bit.ly/call-it-robert

Posted by: mindful webworker - I don't get it at June 27, 2026 09:24 PM (C8pEi)

150 I'm a retard.

And gay.

A gaytard.

Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at June 27, 2026 09:24 PM (u3rrt)

151 0sNs1)

125 By the way, the current comment in the background on X is about how there are no Rap tracks on the Top 40 for the first time in 35 years, and that may be because USAID money dried up.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 09:03 PM (rbvCR)

I would love to think it was a sudden attack of good taste, but I doubt it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 09:25 PM (f1VM4)

152 Posted by: Paul at June 27, 2026 09:24 PM (u3rrt)

Fitting that your hash sounds like a fart. You're half as welcome as one.

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 09:25 PM (VHUov)

153 Yes, the sections "Monsters!" and "Monsters! (Reprise)" are an adaptation of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse", which was used a few times in several Looney Tunes 'toons.
Posted by: goozer at June 27, 2026 09:19 PM (eTh1u)

Thank you! I knew I recognized that from way back.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 09:27 PM (f1VM4)

154 High school
Dave Brubeck
A '65 Chev Corvair
Summer nights
Ohhhhh yeahhhh

Posted by: Diogenes at June 27, 2026 09:30 PM (2WIwB)

155 122 ... "
The definitive recording of Hildegard's music is the Gothic Voices' "Feather on the Breath of God". Simply exquisite."

Tuna, Thanks for the suggestion. Just ordered the CD. I'll listen to the YT videos until it arrives. From what I've heard so far, 'exquisite' is an understatement.

By pure chance, I came across mention of Hildegard checking out sources for the King Arthur legends. Complete serendipity.

Posted by: JTB at June 27, 2026 09:30 PM (yTvNw)

156 OK, youtube algorithm, you win again. This is pretty cool.

https://youtu.be/ImT4z4L4rvs

youtube comment:
"Just wait for the brassline to kick in."
"You mean the bassline?"
"I know what I said."

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 09:37 PM (VHUov)

157 Fitting that your hash sounds like a fart. You're half as welcome as one.
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 09:25 PM

That's a little harsh, don't you think?

Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA) at June 27, 2026 09:43 PM (0sNs1)

158 and just like that

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 09:52 PM (RBKzD)

159 Begging the blogmeisters' indulgence, once more…

🎶 🎹 amateur hour again, with a song that erupted back in the long-lost ages before 1976

Pain and Pleasure
Acknowledging behavioral stimuli
Link in nic. Should play from 2:01 to 4:30 in the vid.
A cut from Mindful Webworkshop #4, 2016 Sep 1

🌅

Posted by: mindful webworker - because it's there at June 27, 2026 09:54 PM (C8pEi)

160 Wake up!!!

https://youtu.be/Ns9DX0aXWkM

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 09:55 PM (VHUov)

161 accents

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATgnYqKfaHg

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 09:58 PM (RBKzD)

162 >>> 122 I recently learned about Hildegard von Bingen a 12th century German Benedictine Abbess. She not only wrote foundational religious and science texts, she composed music for the church. YT has several videos of her music. It is exquisite: sometimes haunting, sometimes joyful and perfect for the acoustics of a cathedral. If you enjoy music from the period it's worth your time to listen.
Posted by: JTB

The definitive recording of Hildegard's music is the Gothic Voices' "Feather on the Breath of God". Simply exquisite.
Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 09:02 PM (lJ0H4)

Never heard of them but now I have to check it out. Almost as bad as the Book Thread!!!

I have a CD from Anoymous Four performing some of her music that is very nice.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 27, 2026 09:59 PM (R+iUD)

163 Turn that noise down and get upstairs!

ONT is NOOD!

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

164 128 Speaking of Daryl's House , the episode with Joe Walsh is a must see even if you're not an Eagles fan.

Also the Tommy Shaw episode. I'm not a Styx fan but that was a great episode.

Also the one featuring the O'Jays.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 27, 2026 09:05 PM (ceJ0R)

Yes!! It was excellent!

Posted by: Moonbeam at June 27, 2026 10:08 PM (Lzhdy)

Hobby Thread - June 27, 2026 [TRex]

Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread. For this week, the Wheel of Hobbies (TM) is taking flight. It spun and spun and landed on a flight simulator theme for this Hobby Thread.

[Photo credit: National Air and Space Museum Dulles annex at the Udvar-Hazy Center]

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Flight simulators are not just for those that are into gaming. Many have tinkered with basic flight simulators on a home computer. Many have crashed in the virtual world, but others have gotten the flying bug and built foundations that took them into the real life skies. "I believe I can fly..."

Technology has advanced. Flight simulators have become more sophisticated and capable with graphics sharp enough to rival the real world.

As with anything else, flight simulators can be basic or complicated. A basic home computer can get you flying but you can spent a lot of money on a rig. If you get really fancy, you get into the world where the seat or floor moves along with the movement of the aircraft. Auto racing simulators are no different.

While flight simulators can be entertaining, they also have become training grounds for pilots. Better to learn in a simulator than encounter problems for the first time in the real world. The correlation between the simulated and real worlds have become closer and closer.

Are you wise in the ways of flight simulators? How did you get started? Do you have a fancy home rig? Have you flown in a larger commercial training simulator? Do you have a favorite simulated flight over a landmark or landing at an airport? Did flying on a computer spark a journey to flying in real life? If you fly as a hobby or profession, how big of a role did simulators play in your life? For the gamers of the bunch, have you gotten into dogfighting games or other flying games?

Large dinosaurs are not known for flight. A small brain and short arms means that TRex will need help in the gray boxes for this one.

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What are you hobbying?

The thread is not limited to to the theme. Anything (legal) you are hobbying is welcome. Even if the theme does not speak to you, you might learn something. If not, find something else or offer something else relating to hobbying. If all of that fails, just check in and say hello.

As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Leave politics and religion to threads elsewhere (unless your hobby is building or restoring churches). Pants are optional. As always, puns are welcome and encouraged.

Play nice and do not be rude. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls.

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Evolution of Microsoft Flight Simulator (1982-2023):

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Pretty amazing:

This is the most realistic LAX landing simulator video I could find:

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Simulating specific real-life routes and aircraft:

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Learn from Lufthansa - an inside look at Lufthansa's Frankfurt training facility:

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As with anything, better equipment alone won't make you a better sim pilot, but this seemed like a methodical overview for people looking to get a little deeper into the hobby:

This guy is way, way down the home flight simulator rabbit hole:

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Why let the fixed wing gang have all the fun? Try helicopters (aka beating the air into submission). Besides the simulator aspect, this is a good tutorial on helicopters in general.

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Never realized that there were air traffic control simulator games, but here we are. Playing a game where you are ATC at Chicago O'Hare seems a bit mad.

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I like projects that take the worst materials and turn them into something good. This video should appeal to both the woodworkers and the drummers of the group.

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More an old school craftsmanship theme than a hobby theme, but thought this group would appreciate:

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"Got any hobbies?"

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Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week? We did an candle theme. The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.

Notable comments from last week:

Bonus notable comment from the Thursday night ONT with space knowledge:

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Words of wisdom:

"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).

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Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 05:30 PM

Comments

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1 Welcome Hobbiests

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

2 I recognize that view! SiD and I got to see that a few NoVaMoMes ago. Lots of cool and lots of fun.

Posted by: GWB at June 27, 2026 05:32 PM (kU0PQ)

3 Evening, hobbyists!

I don't much like flying, even in the big buses known as airliners. I've never been in a smaller aircraft even as a passenger. So a flight simulator would be way out of my ken. A auto driving simulator, now, that might be interesting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:35 PM (wzUl9)

4 Udvar-Hazy is AWESOME. They have 1 of the shuttles there. The SIZE of that thing is unreal. The best part is the overlook of the restoration room where you can see what they're working on

Posted by: Stacy0311 at June 27, 2026 05:37 PM (BfTZK)

5 Believe it or not, I played around with a flight simulator on an Apple IIe computer when I was a wee little squirrel.

It was tough. I could usually manage to take off, but the details of landing were always tricky.

And being an Apple IIe in the mid-1980s, the graphics were crude at best.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 27, 2026 05:37 PM (gnNyN)

6 I don't much like flying, even in the big buses known as airliners. I've never been in a smaller aircraft even as a passenger. So a flight simulator would be way out of my ken. A auto driving simulator, now, that might be interesting.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
***********\
Try flying in a helicopter with no doors...and short armed, small brained one who booked the flight KNOWING, suddenly became hard of hearing.....
Result: I lived!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 05:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 The lesson: double check what Dino reserves/schedules...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 05:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

8 Never realized that there were air traffic control simulator games, but here we are. Playing a game where you are ATC at Chicago O'Hare seems a bit mad.
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I dunno.

Seems like it might be helpful to have a little bit of experience before you start your on-the-job training.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 27, 2026 05:39 PM (gnNyN)

9 Falcon 4.0

Period.

Flight manual was nearly 500 pages. It set the benchmark for everything that followed. IMO. Which is correct.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 05:39 PM (jehhT)

10 They need to get the air traffic controllers at Logan some extra time on the simulators, too many near misses...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 05:41 PM (IQ6Gq)

11 Try flying in a helicopter with no doors...and short armed, small brained one who booked the flight KNOWING, suddenly became hard of hearing.....
Result: I lived!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 05:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

That is how my step-brother got his hearing loss. He was a crew chief. Then he was a logger.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 05:46 PM (rbvCR)

12 Dang, and I almost got a FIRST!?

Posted by: GWB at June 27, 2026 05:48 PM (kU0PQ)

13 Biplane to rockets. Satellites. Amazing

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 05:49 PM (afJtY)

14 Thanks to the foresight of Gen. Hap Arnold, the NASM has one of the most extensive collections of Axis aircraft in the world.

The only complete Heinkel He 219 Uhu in the world. Roughly half of one was pulled out of the North Sea off Denmark and has since vanished into private hands.

The only Dornier Do 335 Pfeil. Only Ta 152H-0. Sole Arado Ar 234 Blitz bomber.

The Navy, not to be outdone, donated an Aichi M6A Seiran submarine launched floatplane that was surrendered to them. Now the only one left in the world.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 05:49 PM (2GVsD)

15 Many years ago I accumulated between 2500/3000 in recip helicopters. Mostly Hughes and Bell, VFR only, commercial ticket. There were not as many people from the government showing up to help. IYKWIM.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 05:50 PM (LHPAg)

16 Never realized that there were air traffic control simulator games, but here we are. Playing a game where you are ATC at Chicago O'Hare seems a bit mad.
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I dunno.

Seems like it might be helpful to have a little bit of experience before you start your on-the-job training.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 27, 2026 05:39 PM (gnNyN)
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I remember watching a YT video of a young man who, in RL, landed a single-engine prop plane at O'Hare airport.

He had to reserve a landing time and meet several other criteria to do so, but he met all of the requirements, and with veteran pilot in the Right Seat, made a perfect landing. A helluva entry for the log book. The best part was all of the pilot chatter going on as the prop pilot entered the landing pattern and made his approach.

Posted by: mrp at June 27, 2026 05:50 PM (rj6Yv)

17 Seems like it might be helpful to have a little bit of experience before you start your on-the-job training.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 27, 2026 05:39 PM
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Agree, but seems like (at least some) people play the game for fun rather than prep for doing the real job in the future. More power to them, but it is an interesting choice for entertainment.

Posted by: TRex - clear to land dino at June 27, 2026 05:52 PM (IQ6Gq)

18 After retiring from the army, I went to work at Boeing. I worked on the Comanche helicopter program for awhile and got to actually fly the simulator. (While I learned to fly in high school, I am not a helo pilot.). The test pilot was actually impressed as I only crashed once and after that did pretty good.
I came away thinking helos are tools of the devil that seek to deprive unsuspecting aoldiers of their lives. But it sure was fun!

Posted by: Hawaiian Docs at June 27, 2026 05:53 PM (2WIwB)

19 Hello

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 05:53 PM (rklOU)

20 I had and played MS Flight Simulator, but that was 30 years ago.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 05:54 PM (rklOU)

21 Try flying in a helicopter with no doors...and short armed, small brained one who booked the flight KNOWING, suddenly became hard of hearing.....
Result: I lived!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 05:37 PM
***
That trip was awesome.

Posted by: TRex - rotary dino at June 27, 2026 05:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

22 I actually was in a B-52 flight simulator at Barksdale once upon a time. That was fun, even as the pilots were talking smack to us cadets the whole time. : )

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 05:55 PM (rklOU)

23 There was a fellow here in town that was a master at both car and airplane restoration. My business partner bought a Stearman biplane and they restored it. There is a mural of it on a building here in town

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 05:55 PM (afJtY)

24 Fun fact, the plane that is spied in the foreground by its Boeing emblazoned roof is the granddaddy of every 707, KC-135, and 720 built.

That is the fabled Dash 80 prototype.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 05:55 PM (2GVsD)

25 A few years ago went to Udvar Hazy museum

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 05:56 PM (Ia/+0)

26 I had a computer based sailboat racing simulator way back when. The graphics were pretty crude by today's standards but you still "sail" the boat, trim sails, steer the boat, etc.. And you could adjust the wind and sea conditions. It was fun and helped with tactics.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

27 15 Many years ago I accumulated between 2500/3000 in recip helicopters.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 05:50 PM
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Good evening Mr. E. Always good to see you here.

Posted by: TRex - autorotation dino at June 27, 2026 05:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

28 24 Fun fact, the plane that is spied in the foreground by its Boeing emblazoned roof is the granddaddy of every 707, KC-135, and 720 built.

That is the fabled Dash 80 prototype.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 05:55 PM (2GVsD)

Let's roll!!!
-- Tex Johnson

Posted by: Hawaiian Docs at June 27, 2026 06:00 PM (2WIwB)

29 I have said many times I never had a bad plane ride, from a couple small 1 engine flights around my immediate area, trips to Hawaii, England, Germany.

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:02 PM (Ia/+0)

30 Anna Puma, you could be to air mysteries as Dick Francis was to horse racing.
I'll bet you could write one hell of a thriller

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 06:03 PM (afJtY)

31 Flight simulators hurt my head. I get this weird disconnect between my balance and what I am seeing that makes me loose where I am entirely. Sort of a motion sickness from no motion. I can't play or watch them.
I so want to though. I want to fly for real. To expensive.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 06:04 PM (0dsIZ)

32 I recently built a PC and acquired the bits for a flight simulator because I think I want to get a PPL and I also think the flight sim will help.

Also I think I may have found a new calling in locational arbitrage. My Facebook marketplace search settings/memory had flight sim stuff. In the DC area I got a really good deal on my stuff. Now I am in Florida and I see the same stuff I got in DC way cheaper! I am thinking I need to load up the truck with yokes and throttle quadrants!

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:05 PM (cD7Zt)

33 And never been in a helicopter, no reason not to, just haven't.
Best ride was in a C-130

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)

34 Good evening Mr. E. Always good to see you here.
Posted by: TRex - autorotation dino at June 27, 2026 05:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
No doors unless freezing, then the doors went on and the muff heater (haha) opened.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 06:06 PM (LHPAg)

35 We took a six year old and a 2 year old to Udvar Hazy a few months ago.

Love the sense of wonder.

The two year old (who calls Sra blaster "Nina") kept saying "Nina look! Nina look!"

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:08 PM (cD7Zt)

36 29 I have said many times I never had a bad plane ride, from a couple small 1 engine flights around my immediate area, trips to Hawaii, England, Germany.

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I've had a lot of bad rides, the worst of which was in a Vietnam Airlines 737 making multiple unsuccessful attempts to land at Da Nang in solid fog before giving up and returning to HCM City. Two hours later we re-boarded to try again.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 27, 2026 06:09 PM (XjKiU)

37 No doors is fine, until you seriously bank! They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger....and Dino has no hearing loss, he just "loses" it when it becomes convenient....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

38 Tex Johnson was part of Bell Aircraft's unofficial race team. Flew the modified yellow and black P-39Q Cobra II which won the Thompson Trophy Race in 1946.

Cobra I in striking red and black was the other part of the race team until it was involved in a fatal crash.

Cobra II would race for several more years before crashing. Unlike Cobra I it would be saved, even fixed up for static display. That is until the early 1960s when it was brought back to flight status and even more radically modified. On its first test flight on Aug 10, 1968 it crashed, the pilot Michael Carrol was killed after bailing out. Thus ended the life of Cobra II.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 06:11 PM (2GVsD)

39 Mr E, how is Mrs E doing?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

40 36 29 I have said many times I never had a bad plane ride, from a couple small 1 engine flights around my immediate area, trips to Hawaii, England, Germany.

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I've had a lot of bad rides, the worst of which was in a Vietnam Airlines 737 making multiple unsuccessful attempts to land at Da Nang in solid fog before giving up and returning to HCM City. Two hours later we re-boarded to try again.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 27, 2026 06:09 PM (XjKiU)

Worst ride I had was a flight out of BGR that was en route to Shannon when one hour in - I could smell electrical insulation burning - an IFE was declared and we had to go to NL.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 06:12 PM (gfO9L)

41 Other hobby, went to scrap yard again, still not all cleaned out with a few more trips to go.
And was cleaning up solder for my medallion, I don't have enough I think so pondering melting som minatures not being used.

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

42 I have a friend who used to fly for 160 SOAR. He was in Iraq over a firefight while in 101st. A trench with bad guys and good guys on either side of the trench. His copilot says what do and he says I have access to techniques he told the door gunner to strap in tightly.

Rolled it 90 degrees and the gunner pointed straight down out of the open door as he flew the length of the trench.

It worked.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:13 PM (cD7Zt)

43 Ben Had

You mean the missing He 219 wreckage? *

It simply vanished from the salvage yard and no one is talking.

*It was thanks to this plane that the NASM could duplicate the wiring and stag antlers for the FuG 220 radar.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 06:13 PM (2GVsD)

44 I have a friend who used to fly for 160 SOAR. He was in Iraq over a firefight while in 101st. A trench with bad guys and good guys on either side of the trench. His copilot says what do and he says I have access to techniques he told the door gunner to strap in tightly.
Rolled it 90 degrees and the gunner pointed straight down out of the open door as he flew the length of the trench.
It worked.
Posted by: blaster
********
I can appreciate that, especially from afar....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

45 Anna Puma, ok, I'm hooked

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 06:19 PM (afJtY)

46 BIL has built 6 STOL planes, only the 1st 2 were from kits, then he bought the tools and now makes the pieces from plans. He is now building a WW1 replica Biplane.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 06:21 PM (B0dAE)

47 42 I have a friend who used to fly for 160 SOAR. He was in Iraq over a firefight while in 101st. A trench with bad guys and good guys on either side of the trench. His copilot says what do and he says I have access to techniques he told the door gunner to strap in tightly.

Rolled it 90 degrees and the gunner pointed straight down out of the open door as he flew the length of the trench.

It worked.
Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:13 PM (cD7Zt)
The best of the best.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 06:21 PM (LHPAg)

48 The rain has stopped, and I need to feed the furry thugs. Linda and I are venturing out to the mall on this side of the river; she wants to look for something, but swears she won't be long. Yeah, I've heard that one before, I been married twice. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:22 PM (wzUl9)

49 Helicopters are fun! As long as they keep the eggbeater going.

Guard friend scored me a flight on a UH-1H for a training mission. Medivac Huey. And the pilots really wanted to show the Air Frace puke, me, what real flying was all about.

So we zip up to Camp McCain for some NOE amidst all the pine trees. Troop compartment doors open and they are banking the thing at like 45 degree angles when nice. And all that was keeping me in the door gunner position was a government contract seatbelt.

How low were we when doing all this? I had to lean out and look through the rotor just to see the tops of the pine trees as they whizzed by.

Good news is, it was during daylight and I did not toss any cookies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 06:23 PM (2GVsD)

50 But back to flight simulator stuff. If you watch some YouTube's there are people who spend a LOT of money building home cockpits. A LOT.

I have refrained from going overboard. So far. I use a 50inch 4k tv for a monitor and it's quite realistic.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:24 PM (cD7Zt)

51 Hi, my name is Crash and I will be your flight instructor

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 06:28 PM (afJtY)

52 England 2-0 over Panama.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 27, 2026 06:28 PM (XWPh2)

53 My favorite computer games , when I had one, were flying games

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:28 PM (Ia/+0)

54 Ben Had

The He 219 is not the only war relic which has vanished.

The Panther tank that was found in that old German guy's basement with a Flak 88 and torpedo. It was sold off and no one knows where it went. Though a couple of photos have surfaced that might be the Panther now residing in a certain museum near Seattle Washington.

See people, it's not only paintings that can vanish.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 06:28 PM (2GVsD)

55 Thanks for a simulating Hobby Thread, T Rex!

Wow. I remember when Air France was a big deal in the commercial aircraft industry. The Concorde was the ult in air travel back in the day, until it wasn't. Nice to see one at the Air and Space Museum.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 27, 2026 06:30 PM (D/6p1)

56 Big storm here in Florida. Internet is out. But phone still up.

@The Grateful ask the Dino what I found for you guys in Ocala. Will pick it up if you want.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:30 PM (/JY7j)

57 The 160 SOAR periodically buzzes our place.

Usually with a friggin regiment of helicopters. At nape of the earth. Blacked out. You just hear them, when they're like 100 yards away.

Wild.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 06:31 PM (jehhT)

58 That Lufthansa flight simulator was information overload if you weren't familiar with a cockpit.

I don't know if you could get a stewardess in there to bring it in for a landing.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 06:32 PM (04gcy)

59 @The Grateful ask the Dino what I found for you guys in Ocala. Will pick it up if you want.
Posted by: blaster
********
I'm sitting here debating whether to ask him......you have a history, you know.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:32 PM (IQ6Gq)

60 My dad was an aeronautical engineer who worked for the FAA reviewing airworthiness and crashes. He got called in on ‘hush hush’ overtime the weekend JFK Jr. crashed his plane.

He brought an old instruments-only table top flight simulator home one weekend and we got to try it out. It was about the size of an old large tube TV, and was basically the joystick and instrument panel from an airplane (altimeter, horizon, etc.). It could be programmed to simulate weather, providing pushback on the yolk. Nine-year-old me successfully crashed the plane, if I’m remembering right.

Thanks for reminding me of that fond memory.

Posted by: KSB at June 27, 2026 06:32 PM (ao2T5)

61 My buddy was flying for 160 back in the day when "black helicopters " were all the rage in conspiracy circles. He had a bumper sticker that said my other ride is a black helicopter.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:33 PM (/JY7j)

62 have a friend who used to fly for 160 SOAR. He was in Iraq over a firefight while in 101st. A trench with bad guys and good guys on either side of the trench. His copilot says what do and he says I have access to techniques he told the door gunner to strap in tightly.

Rolled it 90 degrees and the gunner pointed straight down out of the open door as he flew the length of the trench.

It worked.
Posted by: blaster

Sweet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 27, 2026 06:35 PM (H/+a9)

63 I'm sitting here debating whether to ask him......you have a history, you know.....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:32 PM (IQ6Gq)

A history of providing consistently useful information. That's what you mean, right?

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:35 PM (/JY7j)

64 I would like to experience a helicopter simulator. Helos are the only aircraft that tries to kill you before you leave the ground. I find them utterly fascinating!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 27, 2026 06:37 PM (D/6p1)

65 I was really close to having my wedding reception at the Udvar-Hazy center. They'll set up your shindig under the wing of the Blackbird.

Decided to go elsewhere but it was really tempting!

Posted by: ballistic at June 27, 2026 06:37 PM (oqH4h)

66 My dad had a pilot's license and I can remember him taking us on a couple of flights. I remember the family dog always going along.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 06:37 PM (afJtY)

67 Actually, that air traffic control simulator sounds like weightlifting for your "cool under pressure" muscles. I might have to give it a shot when I have settled a few ongoing issues, and I can handle adding optional stress.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 06:38 PM (Sy6m/)

68 My father worked for Lockheed after he retired from the service and worked on Cobra helicopters at Chenault AB in Lake Charles, LA during the Vietnam War. I had a lot of fun experiences as a kid at that AB that I wish I had been older to appreciate it more.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 06:38 PM (04gcy)

69 Blaster,
A big, fat, solid No on what you were going to pick up, but thank you for thinking of him...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

70 What's cool in MSFS is I can take off from the local airport near blaster acres and fly over it.

My neighbor has a 3000ft grass strip across the street. I can land there!

Well I could if I could land.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:40 PM (/JY7j)

71 The closest I have been to flying in a long time is with a kite.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 06:41 PM (afJtY)

72 55 Thanks for a simulating Hobby Thread, T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 27, 2026 06:30 PM
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He he! You're welcome.

Fwiw, supersonic commercial flights may return. The company is called Boom Supersonic and is actively working on it.

Posted by: TRex - mach one dino at June 27, 2026 06:41 PM (IQ6Gq)

73 My neighbor has a 3000ft grass strip across the street. I can land there!
Well I could if I could land.
Posted by: blaster
*******
Wait, you have a plane?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

74 I have another friend (both of these friends were roommates at school) who used to work rehabbing Cobras for foreign military sales. He had a batch he was doing for Jordan. One of them the pilot seat was red velvet with real gold stitching....

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:43 PM (/JY7j)

75 You can see my only aviation painting I did in nic.

It's from the ending credits of the sitcom Wings.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 06:43 PM (04gcy)

76 Fwiw, supersonic commercial flights may return. The company is called Boom Supersonic and is actively working on it.
Posted by: TRex - mach one dino at June 27, 2026 06:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Where the instructor is named Crash.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 06:44 PM (LHPAg)

77 "And being an Apple IIe in the mid-1980s, the graphics were crude at best.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

When the Macintosh first came out, there was the Space Shuttle Simulator. Hi-res black and white graphics on a 9" screen. It was a cute little thing with, at the time, cool graphics.

The shuttle was easy to take off, not so easy to land.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 06:44 PM (MWfyi)

78 Wait, you have a plane?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 06:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

Not yet. I have a simulator! (It's what the post is about. I know I know no one reads the content)

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:44 PM (/JY7j)

79 polynikes that is amazing.

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:45 PM (Ia/+0)

80 68 I had a lot of fun experiences as a kid at that AB that I wish I had been older to appreciate it more.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 06:38 PM
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Thanks for sharing the background. The dichotomy of age - when you're younger, you don't know. When you're older, you realize but time has passed.

Posted by: TRex - mach two dino at June 27, 2026 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

81 >>You can see my only aviation painting I did in nic.

>>It's from the ending credits of the sitcom Wings.

Here's a fun fact. On summer weekends the little airport on Nantucket approaches traffic levels of midsized US airport. Private jets out the wazoo.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m)

82 Youth is wasted on the young

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 06:47 PM (afJtY)

83 75 You can see my only aviation painting I did in nic.

It's from the ending credits of the sitcom Wings.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 06:43 PM
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Nice! You're quasi famous adjacent!

Posted by: TRex - mach three dino at June 27, 2026 06:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

84 >>Youth is wasted on the young

I don't know. I had a lot of fun.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 06:49 PM (viF8m)

85 I had to work a Workers Compensation fatality claim for IBM back in the late 80's. Unfortunately the head mechanic for the IBM air fleet ( based in the Poughkeepsie area) decided to take his single engine plane into work that morning and crashed into a communications tower.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 06:49 PM (04gcy)

86 82 Youth is wasted on the young
Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 06:47 PM (afJtY
I sure wasted a ton of it.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 06:50 PM (LHPAg)

87 #1 son has a flight simulator rig with 3D goggles. It will make you dizzy after a few minutes.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 06:50 PM (MWfyi)

88 It's getting a bit hazy given the number of years now, but the first flight sim I ever touched was a demo model on a Sun workstation back in the late '80s. After that, it was Microsoft, starting with the 98 version, followed by 2004, X and 2020.

I use it to complement my flying skills and to fly aircraft I'd never actually get my hands on.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 06:51 PM (/HDaX)

89 The shuttle was easy to take off, not so easy to land.
Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 06:44 PM (MWfyi)

A flying brick.

I love Space Cowboys. I don't care what anyone says😀

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 06:52 PM (04gcy)

90 We have a small, grass runway airport here. There are a couple houses on the grounds with hangers for small planes, and the airport has several shelters for others. One guy has a plane he does aerobatics in around the area.

Free periodic air shows.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 06:52 PM (jehhT)

91 I took the plunge last week and purchased a coffee roaster. It's not a commercial set-up. This one had glowing reviews, but only does a little over 4 oz of beans at a time....standard bag you buy at the store is 12 oz...so 1/3 the amount. Not a problem...it's not like it's labor intensive to roast coffee.

My take on it so far is that you play around with temps and time, and your selected "green" beans until you get it just the way you want.

I am looking forward to the experimentation.

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 06:53 PM (dIske)

92 My father was an Army Aviator and so was my stepfather.

I had the opportunity to fly on Huey Blackhawk and Chinook in the Army. The heaters in the Hook are amazing just pull a little bleed air off the turbine and heats up the whole cargo area real quick.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:53 PM (/JY7j)

93
I am looking forward to the experimentation.
Posted by: Orson

Cool, I worked with a guy that used a popcorn air fryer. He made good coffee.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 06:57 PM (B0dAE)

94 >>We have a small, grass runway airport here. There are a couple houses on the grounds with hangers for small planes, and the airport has several shelters for others. One guy has a plane he does aerobatics in around the area.

My folks had a condo in FL, west of West Palm Beach. It was in one of those condo villages with a golf course that are all over FL. Right near their development was a community built with a landing strip and almost every house had a plane garage. That was pretty cool.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)

95 My folks had a condo in FL, west of West Palm Beach. It was in one of those condo villages with a golf course that are all over FL. Right near their development was a community built with a landing strip and almost every house had a plane garage. That was pretty cool.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)

Neighbor nearing 80 and has no kids. His family is vying for the property. A nephew wants to turn it into just that - a fly in community.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 06:59 PM (/JY7j)

96 Doesn't it seem like AI Autonomous piloted cargo planes would be less dangerous than Autonomous cargo hauling Semi trucks.

I'm still a little uneasy of the recent report of a non test Autonomous cargo delivery from Houston to Dallas for a paying customer.

It's probably safer than a human driver ( these days) but it's still freaky.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 07:00 PM (04gcy)

97 93
I am looking forward to the experimentation.
Posted by: Orson
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We've never done a coffee theme. I'm not a coffee drinker. Would that be interesting for the Horde?

Posted by: TRex - mach loop dino at June 27, 2026 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

98 I wish DBCooper would drop in with tales of fire fighting by air.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 07:02 PM (afJtY)

99 This stuff is bringing back fond memories before I had to hang up my license for medical reasons.

I spent a year out in Manhattan, KS and my aircraft mechanic (Gordon Smith)'s father owned the 1100' grass strip, (Pvt) Smith just a hop and skip SW of Wabaunsee.

Fun to fly in and out of since there was a steep hill on the south end. So, land to the south and depart to the north.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 07:03 PM (/HDaX)

100 My only comment on a coffee thread is that Keurig has ruined coffee. I say that as a one cup a day drinker. I've not enjoyed a good cup of coffee in a decade. I drink one in the morning with my breakfast like taking medicine.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 07:04 PM (04gcy)

101 It's probably safer than a human driver ( these days) but it's still freaky.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 07:00 PM
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Agreed - but I am surprised at the volume of self-driving miles Waymo and Tesla are logging without issues.

Posted by: TRex - dino driver at June 27, 2026 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

102 Good grief, I am getting old. 1100' is the field elevation, 2800' is the field length.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 07:05 PM (/HDaX)

103 We've never done a coffee theme. I'm not a coffee drinker. Would that be interesting for the Horde?
Posted by: TRex - mach loop dino at June 27, 2026 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

He is not of The Body.

I would say coffee is not a hobby. Coffee is life.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 07:05 PM (/JY7j)

104 >>I wish DBCooper would drop in with tales of fire fighting by air.

Did you see any of the footage of the fire at the warehouse in LA last week? I guess a combination of things made it dangerous for firefighters to enter the building while it was burning so they brought in helicopters they use to fight wildfires and dropped load after load of water on the building. Never seen that before.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 07:06 PM (viF8m)

105 Autonomous cargo delivery from Houston to Dallas for a paying customer.

It's probably safer than a human driver ( these days) but it's still freaky.
Posted by: polynikes

autonomous works until anything out of the ordinary occurs.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 07:06 PM (B0dAE)

106 Elevation of the grass strip across the way is 9 feet.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 07:06 PM (/JY7j)

107 Good grief, I am getting old. 1100' is the field elevation, 2800' is the field length.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 07:05 PM (/HDaX)

I'm not getting in a plane with you! 😃

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 07:07 PM (04gcy)

108 60
Thanks for reminding me of that fond memory.

Posted by: KSB at June 27, 2026 06:32 PM
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Great post. Thank YOU!

Posted by: TRex - simulated dino at June 27, 2026 07:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

109 Fwiw, supersonic commercial flights may return. The company is called Boom Supersonic and is actively working on it.
Posted by: TRex - mach one dino at June 27, 2026 06:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Where the instructor is named Crash.
Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 06:44 PM (LHPAg)

Is the chief engineer named Bam Bam? Butterfingers?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 07:08 PM (qx7Zg)

110 Coffee is life.
Posted by: blaster

Drip coffee, medium roast.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 07:09 PM (B0dAE)

111 I'm not getting in a plane with you! 😃
Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 07:07 PM (04gcy)

It's only the sim these days. I sold the 182 off back in 2000. >8^>

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 07:09 PM (/HDaX)

112 Elevation of the grass strip across the way is 9 feet.

Take off only at low tide?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 07:10 PM (/HDaX)

113 JackStraw, I did not but about a week ago DBCooper said he was busy fighting fires.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 07:10 PM (afJtY)

114 I worked with a guy that loved to fly. He would fly his neighbors' Air Coupe. Guess his neighbor sold the plane, so my friend set out to build his own plane. The engine he chose was a Corvair engine. On his test flight he crashed it. Didn't kill himself, but his wife put an end to plane building. I think it was mostly shoddy workmanship on his part for the failure.

Posted by: Ronster at June 27, 2026 07:11 PM (Wr7co)

115 Thanks Trex.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 07:11 PM (B0dAE)

116
We have a number of residential airparks near us. Airstrip flanked by houses, each with a hanger. Only seen one takeoff, though.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 07:11 PM (O0L8i)

117 Soon we will have commercial suborbital air flights and international flights will take about two hours at most. At least that's the plan.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 07:12 PM (04gcy)

118 > The company is called Boom Supersonic and is actively working on it.
Posted by: TRex - mach one dino at June 27, 2026 06:41 PM (IQ6Gq)

They flew a human-piloted test article at > Mach 1 not too long ago.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 27, 2026 07:13 PM (IG3/x)

119 We've never done a coffee theme. I'm not a coffee drinker. Would that be interesting for the Horde?
Posted by: TRex - mach loop dino at June 27, 2026 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

_______________

I'll come clean. I'm an coffee addict, but that wasn't my only motivation for trying to do the whole process myself....(Roasting to Drinking). I don't get any small bit of satisfaction sticking it to Starbucks, and all the other overpriced, over-roasted brands. Nope, I get a whole LOT of satisfaction from that.

The catalyst was that there are four coffee importers in my area who sell unroasted beans. Most are your usual Colombian, Indonesian, etc. So you can make your own blends, and at a nice low cost. I can't speak for the rest of the horde, but without coffee I'd be a serial killer.

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 07:14 PM (dIske)

120 My father was an Army Aviator and so was my stepfather.

I had the opportunity to fly on Huey Blackhawk and Chinook in the Army. The heaters in the Hook are amazing just pull a little bleed air off the turbine and heats up the whole cargo area real quick.
Posted by: blaster
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FWIW, the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation offers free rides at various air shows. Their site is well worthy of a peek: https://armyav.org/

We here are particularly indebted to them for their contribution post-Helene. They had two Huey's in the area immediately, delivering critically needed food, water and supplies to inaccessible areas.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 07:15 PM (XeU6L)

121 I worked with a guy that loved to fly. He would fly his neighbors' Air Coupe

Ercoupe? That's what I want.

Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 07:16 PM (/JY7j)

122
Best:
Grandma's course ground stovetop pot with eggshells in it for leveling, served in equal portion with whole milk served on the front porch of the log cabin with a friendly "You're a big boy now!"

Worst:
Folger's crystals in an aluminum 1 gal percolator, without the percolator mechanism. Blended with yesterday's left overs, heated to temp with water from the faucet next to the trash can in the woman's bathroom.
Factory coffee Saturday morning style.

Posted by: Auspex at June 27, 2026 07:16 PM (Y8DZL)

123 I can't speak for the rest of the horde, but without coffee I'd be a serial killer.
Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 07:14 PM (dIske)

You'll appreciate this meme if you haven't seen it already:

https://tinyurl.com/coffeekill

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 07:16 PM (/HDaX)

124 > Agreed - but I am surprised at the volume of self-driving miles Waymo and Tesla are logging without issues.
Posted by: TRex - dino driver at June 27, 2026 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)

Tesla, at least, has been collecting ALL the video from their cars, whether auto pilot or human pilot, for many years. Current Teslas have 9 cameras, all recording all the time (this also confirms that the idiots who thought it was cool to key Teslas because they didn't like Musk were, in fact, idiots).

That's a lot of data to crunch. I would guess that by this point it is extremely rare to encounter a driving scenario that their AI hasn't seen before, probably dozens/hundreds/thousands of times.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 27, 2026 07:19 PM (IG3/x)

125 Coffee for some can be a hobby, I its more a addiction, though summer seems to be less of one

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:19 PM (Ia/+0)

126 I can't speak for the rest of the horde, but without coffee I'd be a serial killer.
Posted by: Orson

I wanted to post the chem formula for coffee, I found this: There are more than 1,000 chemical compounds in coffee.

"It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion." - The Programmer's Mantra (parodied from the Mentat Mantra)

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 07:19 PM (B0dAE)

127 https://tinyurl.com/coffeekill
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 27, 2026 07:16 PM (/HDaX)

_____________________________

I grade this as "TRUE"

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 07:22 PM (dIske)

128 "Thank you for flying with AoS Airlines. We know you have a lot of interweb options and we appreciate you spending your time here. Once the Hobby Thread comes to a halt, you are welcome to stay aboard for a while. Please do not leave your personal belongings when you exit. As a valued passenger, your patronage earns you an invite to Club ONT later. We also look forward to serving you on a future Hobby Thread."

Posted by: TRex - frequent flier dino at June 27, 2026 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

129 We've never done a coffee theme. I'm not a coffee drinker. Would that be interesting for the Horde?
Posted by: TRex - mach loop dino at June 27, 2026 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

I will send you some insane links

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 07:24 PM (rbvCR)

130 I can't speak for the rest of the horde, but without coffee I'd be a serial killer.
Posted by: Orson
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For most others, it is merely a flavorful hot beverage. For me, it is life support.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 07:26 PM (XeU6L)

131 Soon we will have commercial suborbital air flights and international flights will take about two hours at most. At least that's the plan.
Posted by: polynikes
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I believe I can live with that plan....especially to the Asia Pacific region!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 07:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

132 Is it too early? I hate movies!

Posted by: Ronster at June 27, 2026 07:28 PM (Wr7co)

133 121 I worked with a guy that loved to fly. He would fly his neighbors' Air Coupe

Ercoupe? That's what I want.
Posted by: blaster at June 27, 2026 07:16 PM (/JY7j)
My older brother had an Ercoupe that he flew solo crosscountry from Washington to S.C.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 07:29 PM (LHPAg)

134 Is it too early? I hate movies!
Posted by: Ronste
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Actually, you are right on time!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

135 Flight simulators can be a real help for people wanting to get into the RC plane hobby. In many ways, flying a plane remotely (not first person video) is more difficult than flying a plane while you are in the pilot seat. Distance and orientation issues can make flying RC planes quite challenging.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at June 27, 2026 07:30 PM (KpyH1)

136 One other type of plane always wanted to take a ride was a open cockpit, like a WW1 type

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

137 Off topic, but if there are any of the horde in northern Illinois, I'd like to recommend the Long Grove Strawberry Festival going on this weekend.

I just saw the most beautiful woman I've ever seen (aside from Mrs Meanie) serve me Greek fries at one of the food booths. She (the girl at the Greek food booth) is from Ireland working here for the summer. I lost my breath in her presence but that could be the elevated triglycerides.

Young men -- you can do it. Keep her in America. Make babies!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 27, 2026 07:33 PM (qwx/I)

138 Nood!

Music thread, bring a kazoo.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 07:35 PM (2054U)

139
Errata on that Apollo 8 vs 9 quote above, which now I see plainly once it's quoted again.

Borman, Anders, and Lovel were training for the E mission, that planned high elliptical orbit test.

Apollo 8 was supposed to be the D-mission, and Apollo 9 the E-mission. Since the LM wasn't ready, they just swapped the crews. The D-mission crew was training heavily for that, and it was better to let the E-mission crew become the penciled-in C-prime crew.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

140 Now I hate music too.

Posted by: Ronster at June 27, 2026 07:37 PM (Wr7co)

141 Now I hate music too.
Posted by: Ronster
*******
Well, I was wondering......

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 07:38 PM (IQ6Gq)

142 publius', I enjoy reading your comments about space travel.

Posted by: Ronster at June 27, 2026 07:40 PM (Wr7co)

143 Hobby-topic-relevant meme, h/t Midwest Chick

https://bit.ly/flight-sim-where

Posted by: mindful webworker - any landing you can walk away from at June 27, 2026 08:32 PM (C8pEi)

144 About 30 years go got to play around with an F-16 flight simulator at Luke. It was in a dome, you sat in the middle, and all sorts of stuff got projected on the dome screens in all your visible fields. You sat in a mock up of the cockpit. It was a lot less stressful than sitting in the back of a D model while the pilot tried to make you puke.

Posted by: epador at June 27, 2026 08:36 PM (TRnzq)

145 Today's heap o' memes: collect 'em all

😄Week in pictures
https://bit.ly/week-in-pix-2026-06-27

😄Midwest Chick
https://bit.ly/midw-chick-2026-06-27

😄Hoyt
https://bit.ly/hoyt-memes-2026-06-27

😄Bookworm - 2026 despite what the URL says
https://bit.ly/bookworm-beat-2016-06-26

😄Friday night's ONT by WeirdDave ICYMI
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420320

Posted by: mindful webworker - memes are good medicine at June 27, 2026 08:47 PM (C8pEi)

Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 27

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Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. Thanks for stopping by. Kick back and enjoy the world of animals.

Would you like a treat?

Let's relax a little with the animals and leave the world of politics and current events outside today.

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Okay, are we going to tell Ace about this site?

In the last 24 hours I pulled a massive 2 new followers� we are UNSTOPPABLE 🥳🔥 The comeback is real y'all 🦇 pic.twitter.com/oczUI0vmah
— Bat 🦇 (@batincrisis) June 21, 2026

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Temporary pet?

I had a magical experience with a bumblebee yesterday. I saw her on the bike path and thought she was a goner, she couldn�t move her front legs but I still didn�t want her squished so I tried bringing her to a flower and she starting eating! But the coolest thing was� 1/ pic.twitter.com/gNhT5TywI5
— Danica Priest🦇🦎🦇🦎🍃💚🍃 (@DanicaPriest) June 20, 2026

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Meet The PetMorons

Hi KT,
Here you see Purry trying to get the bird (you can see the nest on the drain pipe under the eaves).
He's a very springy cat!
Miley
That's where Publius and I were married, right there on the screen porch.

Springy, indeed! And ambitious!

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Precious:

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Boo-Boo:

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Two's Company:

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Alcatraz Farewell

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HISS:

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Cupboard Cat

Dear K.T.,
Meet Precious (f) and Booboo (m), born in '88. Both Siamese mix, one "seal point", one "flame point". When I picked them up from a Humane Society associated lady they were from two different litters nursing on the same female. I was told they were ready to adopt, but the vet I took them to told me they were barely five weeks old. It was only several years later that I discovered by accident that Booboo was deaf. Thank goodness I'd raised them as indoor cats, or he wouldn't have survived long.
They lived for almost twenty years, dying a year apart from kidney failure. Nothing prepared me for the end. My heart and soul went with them, and I still can't talk or write about them without weeping.
I know space is limited, so I'll leave you to select the images that may appear in Pet Thread. Bless you and all the fine pet-lovers whose babies grace your pages.
My AofS handle is "Born Free".

So sorry to learn that you have lost Precious and BooBoo, such good friends for so long. They were clearly loved well. Thanks for letting us get to know them.

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About ten years ago a cocky little three-legged pit bull walked into my condo as my latest foster dog. Nobody had shown interest in her in the 18 months she’d been in the rescue, mainly because she was obstinate, judgmental, and wholly untrainable.
So of course I adopted her. My only foster fail in the ten years (thus far) that I’ve fostered.
She spent the next 9+ years antagonizing the most socially awkward dogs at the rescue’s weekly socialization training sessions, turning 30 minute walks into two hour exasperating marathons as she would randomly sit down and refuse to get up until she was good and damn ready, and eating the sausage off my pizza. She also regularly chewed on rocks, tried to kill all the squirrels and possums, and took naps in the middle of the road in my condo association, occasionally at midnight. And never once listening to me.
In short, she was the best damn dog ever.
On Tuesday, 23 June we took our last ride to the vet. She could deal with being a tripod, the arthritis and the hip dysplasia, but kidney failure was the last straw. I held my Eartha Kitt in my arms as she crossed the rainbow bridge.
Long ago I told myself that once Eartha passed I would stop fostering. I’d taken a break from it as her health declined, and thought it might be nice to have some time to myself.
After one night in a dog-free house I was on the phone to the rescue director, telling them in 4 weeks I’d be resuming full-time fostering.
It’s amazing how empty an 1100 square foot condo is without a dog.
Longtime lurker Rabidsquirrel

Thanks for the wonderful photos and description of Eartha. We love her now, too. And it's understandable that you want to foster again. You will be a blessing to another dog.

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Thank you for sharing your pets and animal photos and stories with us today.

If you would like to send pet and/or animal stories, links, etc. for the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, the address is:

petmorons at protonmail dot com
Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known when you comment at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Until next Saturday, have a great week!

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If you start feeling nostalgic, here a link to last week's Pet Thread, the Ace of Spades Pet Thread, June 20

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway. Last comment, by EyeofSauron, noted a connection to a charming bear hunter in the thread.

Posted by: K.T. at 03:40 PM

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1 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 03:41 PM (Ia/+0)

2
Prime

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 03:42 PM (O0L8i)

3
Got a call this morning from The Big Dummy's Ohio mom. She was with him at the Lima, OH show and she said he was showing some very slight sign of lameness. She was thinking of pulling him from competition.

Her Majesty and I agreed that unless he was in pain she should just show him. He might not win if he was shown but he certainly wouldn't win if he wasn't shown.

The Big Dummy won Best of Breed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 03:47 PM (O0L8i)

4 Yeah! It's those other mutts what was lame.

Posted by: The Big Dummy at June 27, 2026 03:48 PM (VHUov)

5 Petzzz

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 03:50 PM (Kt19C)

6 One of my dogs vanished Tuesday. I have been a wreck since. What is a stronger word than guilt?

I knew he was coming to his end, but going out like this is too much. Humpty come home. Please.

Posted by: connected and litigious at June 27, 2026 03:53 PM (cS1cw)

7 Afternoon, Pet Folken! The two Siamese from different litters were beautiful creatures. As a boy, I knew a Siamese from the upstairs apartment who would occasionally visit us. Her name was "Martini," after one of the cats in the "Mr. and Mrs. North" mystery series. She was quite smart. My brother was only about four or five, still too young not to play rough with a small animal. Martini quickly learned that he was not allowed on the stairs in our place without an adult present. So she would zip up to the top of the staircase and sit calmly to watch him.

I've never had a Siamese myself, though. I understand they are very much attached to their people and live a long time . . . but are also very vocal. As Margaret Cooper Gay put it in How to Live With a Cat, "The banshees take wailing lessons from Siamese cats in heat."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 03:54 PM (wzUl9)

8 Ned is a WARM bed.

Posted by: epador at June 27, 2026 03:55 PM (TRnzq)

9 Meow...

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at June 27, 2026 03:56 PM (sAmhv)

10 The flying fox bat is impressive . . . as if my big black Stirling cat were to wrap himself in a leather cape and hang upside down. Well, okay, the bat's muzzle is much longer than Stirling's.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 03:56 PM (wzUl9)

11 The little red fluffballs lying on big Ned the dog remind me of the late Arizona red tabby when he was very small in 1983. I did not know he'd be a longhair; I thought his fluffy coat was just kitten fuzzies and would vanish as he got his adult coat. Nope. He grew into a big thick-furred Maine Coon-like creature and completely altered my view of longhaired cats. All of mine since then have been long-furred, except for Stirling the medium-hair.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 03:59 PM (wzUl9)

12 Afternoon all,

Small cat update.

https://tinyurl.com/dg65258

Born Free, Precious and BooBoo were beautiful.

Rabidsquirrel So sorry on your loss of Eartha. She looked very loved.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 27, 2026 04:06 PM (2F0/Y)

13 Not exactly Pet Thread fodder, but yesterday Blackie, a 6'2" long Southern Black Racer which (who?) has lived in the lattice brickwork on the end of my porch for some years, showed up again, after being a no-show for months. I was glad to see the critter.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 04:13 PM (XeU6L)

14 Thank you, K.T.
A wonderful collection of funnehs and pets (and stories)
I so appreciate the time and effort you put into this thread. And enjoy the comments and stories.

Posted by: Appycay at June 27, 2026 04:13 PM (7Hx43)

15
Homeless Dracula looks sad.

"'Listen to them, the hobos of the night. What music they make!'"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 04:15 PM (iJfKG)

16 When my mom was in college, she ended up with a Siamese cat that she named Crybaby.

Posted by: Joyenz at June 27, 2026 04:15 PM (2F0/Y)

17 14 Thank you, K.T.
A wonderful collection of funnehs and pets (and stories)
I so appreciate the time and effort you put into this thread. And enjoy the comments and stories.

Same here KT, you are the BEST!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 27, 2026 04:15 PM (/enuJ)

18 Not exactly Pet Thread fodder, but yesterday Blackie, a 6'2" long Southern Black Racer which (who?) has lived in the lattice brickwork on the end of my porch for some years, showed up again, after being a no-show for months. I was glad to see the critter.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026

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What I want to know is: How were you able to measure him?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 04:18 PM (wzUl9)

19 Our beloved companion for 13 years, Pynchon, our black cat, needed to be put to sleep yesterday. He was in pain from kidney issues. As those of you who have gone through this well know, it is
Very hard no matter how many times you have to do it.

We buried him in our side yard underneath the lilac trees.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:18 PM (2sfNr)

20 That photo is a bit distorted - Purry is skinny, just under 9 pounds.

Oh, last night I dreamed about Purry's sister Della. I dreamed about her dirty butt.

That's about as close to a nightmare as I get. It's really a dream of frustration, since she won't allow me to clean it without getting violent.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 27, 2026 04:19 PM (w6EFb)

21 Fen, I'm so sorry about your kitty. We've had to put down two in the past few years. It hurts.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 27, 2026 04:21 PM (w6EFb)

22 So sorry Fenelon :-(

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 27, 2026 04:21 PM (/enuJ)

23 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:18 PM (2sfNr)

I'm so sorry. Been through that many times and you're right, it's hard and never gets easier. Hugs!

Posted by: Joyenz at June 27, 2026 04:21 PM (2F0/Y)

24 I've never had a Siamese myself..
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Two of them, males. Each lived approx 19 years. Belmont was unpredictable and could become vicious in a heartbeat. Friends suggested that I should keep a whip and a chair handy.

Toby (aka 'Mike Hammer's Cat'), was pretty laid back. You could almost set the clock by his 10:00 p.m. zoomies through the house. It took a while to break him to harness/leash, but we took regular walks around the neighborhood after dark.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 04:22 PM (XeU6L)

25 Thanks for all the lovely pictures of the cats and really cute Eartha, the pup

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:23 PM (2sfNr)

26 Minnifer’s lying on my chest trying to anesthetize me. So far I’m resisting.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 04:23 PM (LHPAg)

27 Posted by: Joyenz at June 27, 2026 04:21 PM (2F0/Y)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:24 PM (2sfNr)

28 Sorry to hear about Pynchon, Fen. At least he's right there with you in his lifelong territory.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 04:24 PM (wzUl9)

29 Stirling wanted to sit in my lap when I got up from my nap. Now he's curled on the cushion next to me, dozing. Little Dagny may be in her window, her sauna, though it's hardly sauna-ish now (we're getting some rain). Or she may be curled up on the cushion in my desk chair.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 04:26 PM (wzUl9)

30 What I want to know is: How were you able to measure him?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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The porch has one foot tiles, so when it was out on the porch, I could get close. Moreover, he has left a shed skin, which was easy to measure. That, I trimmed and cut into 6" lengths, laminated them to make bookmarks.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 04:27 PM (XeU6L)

31 {{{Rabidsquirrel}}}

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 04:28 PM (DoBxX)

32 Years ago neighbors were telling me about a very large, ill mannered, and very aggressive tomcat. Never saw it until someone shot it - and it ended up dead on the my back porch. It really was a huge cat; a very uniquely colored California Spangled; marmalade base with white spangles.

During that same period, and across town, another Spangled adopted our brewery and took up the job of mousing. Lots of little birdies and mice feeding on spilled barley and wheat cereal grains to keep her busy.

Posted by: 13times at June 27, 2026 04:28 PM (fnZRl)

33 Connected, Hope Humpty comes home soon.

Fenelon, Condolences on your lovely cat.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at June 27, 2026 04:29 PM (yTvNw)

34 "Pynchon" was a good name for a cat. I've never been one to choose human names for my cats. I prefer more exotic names: "Arizona," "Wolf," etc. "Stirling," it's true, is a human moniker, but at least it's unusual. My Siberians have all had human names -- "Tatiana," "Chekov," "Dagny Sophia." Linda's blue-eyed Siberian was "Angelique." She, Linda I mean, prefers to give cats human names.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 04:35 PM (wzUl9)

35 Miley, did I fix your photo? Sometimes "the system" switches the height and width. Weird.

Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 04:38 PM (rdeQO)

36 Thanks so much , all. We used to call him the "peripatetic puss" because at night he'd start out on the armchair top. move upstairs to sleep at the bottom of our bed and then go into our son's room. Yesterday he was meowing ( he was not a very loud cat at all) because I think he wanted to see our son for one last time and was too much in pain to get up the stairs, so son came down to pet him and tell him he loved him.

I haven't had to put a cat to sleep for awhile, so I thought it was nice that they had a special bereavement room for this and the vet was very kind.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:38 PM (Yl2Ob)

37 Oh, man. I hate bats. There's probably some traumatic experience in my past that I blacked out of my memory. Rodents with wings (shakes head).

The only thing worse lives in Frank L. Baum's deceased nogging. Flying Monkeys who talk.

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 04:39 PM (dIske)

38 My stepdad has taken to feeding the chipmucks again.

We've got long tailed ones here except for Bossy, who looks like its tail got cut short. The fur kind of fans out at the end now.

There's also one who races up the pile of rocks to make a flying leap for the top of the septic tank riser (where most of the seed gets scattered. Hasn't made it yet, apparently, but I've suggested we name it Evel Kneivel.

There are also four little ones, whom we think are littermates. They are much bigger this week than last week, almost at their adult growth, i think.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 27, 2026 04:42 PM (9DL+Y)

39 Good call Hadrian

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0)

40 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 04:35 PM (wzUl9)

Son named him after Thomas Pynchon, a writer he enjoyed reading when the cat came to us. We have not had lot of human names for our cats except for "Tess" and "Cleo." The others were named "Needles" for his claws ( although he was not a scratcher ) and "Foible" and "Shadow"- another black cat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:43 PM (Yl2Ob)

41 I took a nap this afternoon, and had one of the cats sleep on my chest.

I will send in pictures of the cats now, while they are alive I think, KT.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 04:44 PM (rbvCR)

42 Condolences to Fen, and to Connected--I know that guilt feeling when they disappear and don't return. It's hard when there's no closure. I've always thought it was okay to say a prayer for them.

Posted by: skywch at June 27, 2026 04:44 PM (uqhmb)

43 Miley, did I fix your photo? Sometimes "the system" switches the height and width. Weird.

Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 04:38 PM (rdeQO)

Yes, KT - it looks right now. Thanks!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 27, 2026 04:46 PM (w6EFb)

44 Miley, did I fix your photo? Sometimes "the system" switches the height and width. Weird.
Posted by: KT

Yes, KT - it looks right now. Thanks!
Posted by: Miley

And the Margins are no longer blown. (They're over there having a cigarette.)

Posted by: mikeski 0.8 beta at June 27, 2026 04:49 PM (VHUov)

45 Sorry about Humpty, connected

A number of our cats were inside /outside animals and they went off when I think they were nearing their end. Maybe it's the same way with some dogs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:51 PM (2sfNr)

46 sympathy to all who lost beloved pets. Always hard to let go, they become such a part of the fabric of our lives.

Our cats usually have human names, but not always. Right now we have Ezra and Maggie. Before Maggie, along with Ezra, we had Moses and Elijah.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 04:54 PM (4VH0B)

47 Lily is watching her stories. 🐦 🐿️

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 27, 2026 04:56 PM (kpS4V)

48 Yesterday he was meowing ( he was not a very loud cat at all) because I think he wanted to see our son for one last time and was too much in pain to get up the stairs, so son came down to pet him and tell him he loved him.
----

Aw, Fen.., 😿

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 27, 2026 04:58 PM (kpS4V)

49 We put sunflower seed out in the yard close to the patio for the squirrels. Used to feed the birds but the neighbors behind us get all the birds now, for some reason. Anyway, we call the squirrels Squirrel TV for the cats.
We have chipmunks, too, but I don't like them.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 04:58 PM (4VH0B)

50 Our cats usually have human names, but not always. Right now we have Ezra and Maggie. Before Maggie, along with Ezra, we had Moses and Elijah.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026

***
Plenty of Old Testament names to choose from. How about "Asriel"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 04:59 PM (wzUl9)

51 Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 04:54 PM (4VH0B)

Some biblical names. 😊

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 04:59 PM (Yl2Ob)

52 Black Stirling is still here with me. He's rolled on his back, and likes to have me pet his belly. Little Dagny likes it even more. They are both remarkably trusting creatures.

All of my cats should have been as trusting. After all, they knew they had a human who was crazy about them. But some were only as trusting as they could manage, and some less than that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:01 PM (wzUl9)

53 Hmm, Asriel. I can't remember if he was a good guy or a bad guy, Wolfus.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 05:01 PM (4VH0B)

54 will you get another cat, Fen?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 05:02 PM (4VH0B)

55
And The Big Dummy got a Hound Group 3. Not bad for a cripple!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 05:03 PM (CwGNc)

56 Three kitten names: "Shadrach," "Meshach," and "Abednego." Only the first really rolls off your tongue, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:03 PM (wzUl9)

57 Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 05:02 PM (4VH0B)

I think son would like to get one now, but we're are not ready.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 05:05 PM (2sfNr)

58 Hmm, Asriel. I can't remember if he was a good guy or a bad guy, Wolfus.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026

***
No idea; I got it from an online list of Old Testament baby names for boys, the less-often-used list.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:06 PM (wzUl9)

59 I think son would like to get one now, but we're are not ready.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026

***
You'll know. After Wolf and then Chekov passed, I waited a good three months. Suddenly one day there I was looking at cats for adoption on Petfinder. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:08 PM (wzUl9)

60 Hexie has caught herself a mouse!

Not a real one.

A computer mouse that was sitting on a table in my office.

She's still proud of her achievement, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 27, 2026 05:08 PM (gnNyN)

61
Three kitten names: "Shadrach," "Meshach," and "Abednego." Only the first really rolls off your tongue, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

They like it hot.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 05:09 PM (Cqx++)

62 You will know when it's time, Fen. Usually we have a cat come to us, most of ours have chosen us one way or another.

The longest time without a cat in our home has been a year. It just didn't feel like home all that time.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 05:10 PM (4VH0B)

63 That second picture of Eartha looks like a different dog to me.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)

64 It’s a testament to how well a dog was loved when even the vet was in tears as Eartha was put to sleep.

Posted by: Rabidsquirrel at June 27, 2026 05:15 PM (YE1li)

65 63 That second picture of Eartha looks like a different dog to me.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 05:11 PM (Cqx++)

The first picture is from 2017. The second 2026.

Posted by: Rabidsquirrel at June 27, 2026 05:18 PM (YE1li)

66 Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 05:10 PM (4VH0B)

FenSpouse will really miss having Pynchon on his lap during the winter so I don't know if we'll wait quite a year.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 05:19 PM (Yl2Ob)

67
It’s a testament to how well a dog was loved when even the vet was in tears as Eartha was put to sleep.

I'm getting them just reading (and looking) about her.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 05:20 PM (Cqx++)

68 >>The longest time without a cat in our home has been a year. It just didn't feel like home all that time.

When I had to put down my last Golden I thought I was done. I loved all my dogs but that one was special and I just couldn't imagine getting another dog.

After about a year my friends told me that I had waited long enough and I needed a dog. Probably because every time we got together I would play with their dog and threatened to steal their Burnese on more than one occasion. We have a mass adoption in RI twice a year when shelters from around the state and MA and CT bring their dogs and we all went together. As soon as I saw Elvis I knew he was coming home with me. One of the best decisions I've made in a long time.

Hurts like hell to lose a furry one but when it's time bring another one home you know.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 05:24 PM (viF8m)

69 Linda brought home a book from the library about opossums, Possums Are NOT Cute and Other Myths About Nature's Most Misunderstood Critter, by one Ally Burguieres. The pics have not convinced me that possums are cute. But there is a mention that the "playing dead" routine that possums are known for is involuntary! They are not shamming on purpose; their nervous system goes into a kind of coma. It can last several hours.

I'm glad to think that the one I saw looking deceased at the curb near my car earlier this year, and which was gone two hours later, may just have been a victim of his own nervous system.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:26 PM (wzUl9)

70 I saw the movie version of Cats On Dobie.
88 minutes of dog lying still for kittens.
I was on the edge of my seat.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 27, 2026 05:26 PM (/+uur)

71 It’s a testament to how well a dog was loved when even the vet was in tears as Eartha was put to sleep.

You gave a lovely account of Eartha, Rabidsquirrel
I am glad you will be fostering again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 05:29 PM (ZeH0U)

72 Noodus hobbyana: Flight simulators!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:31 PM (wzUl9)

73 HOBBY NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

74 We may be adopting sooner than we realize. Our son was gone longer than we thought he would be. He hadn't told us, but he went to the shelter and looked at all the kittens and cats and took pictures.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 05:33 PM (WFtAr)

75 We may be adopting sooner than we realize. Our son was gone longer than we thought he would be. He hadn't told us, but he went to the shelter and looked at all the kittens and cats and took pictures.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026

***
The heart knows what it knows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 05:36 PM (wzUl9)

76 Born Free, Precious and BooBoo were so beautiful.and were very loved

Rabidsquirrel So sorry on your loss of Eartha. What a hoot
You go girl

Posted by: Gonzotx at June 27, 2026 09:31 PM (nGraA)

Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 27

Silene regia, Platycodon "Hakone Blue"

Happy Saturday! Don in Kansas has posted severa; interesting recent snapshots, some of which remind me of fireworks. Flower fireworks could come in handy where sensitive pets live, or where drought has resulted in restrictions on noisy fireworks.

Balloon flowers are easy from seed and can bloom their first year, as can Silene regia.

The place I live is allegedly the real "Smallville," Superman's home town. Every June there is a "Smallville Festival" here celebrating comic books and related cultural matters. This year's festival was smaller than usual, with less cosplay than I expected, but at least there was Supergirl.

Braille flag

I spotted this flag near the festival site.

Sounds interesting! Love the Braille flag. Click on the link for more great photos of Supergirl and Krypto, Don's delightful daylilies at their peak, fiery-looking Asclepias tuberosa and more.

Another daylily expert in The Horde!

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

By-Tor has more milestones from his container garden:

June 4:

A warm almost summer day calls for a fried green tomato sandwich, straight from my garden.
It's sweet, it's sour, it's salty, it's perfect. Slice, dip in flour, salt and pepper then fry until crispy. Eat on white bread. Nothing fancy here.

Not fancy, just good.

June 22 Garden is progressing nicely. One tomato plant is almost as tall as me.
Also, this week’s haul.

RED TOMATOES IN JUNE! And more! Impressive for a container garden!

Is there anything better than a homegrown tomato out of your own garden?
Here I had two tomatoes, Greek olives, pepperoni and Korean pickled radishes, drizzled with olive oil.
So the answer is no, nothing better.

Mmmm Thanks for the recipe!

Puttering

Surviving the summer heat in the UK

Good morning. I�m on my way to the fair to see if there�s any treasure to buy! Then back to just finish off the flowers I cut yesterday evening.
I�ll catch up later ☀️☀️☀️ pic.twitter.com/nQisXK93ep
— Garden Brocante (@GardenBrocante) June 27, 2026

Gardens of The Horde

Anything going on in your garden?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

If you would like to send photos, stories, links, etc. for the Saturday Gardening Thread, the address is:

ktinthegarden at g mail dot com

Remember to include the nic or name by which you wish to be known at AoSHQ, or let us know if you want to remain a lurker.

Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, June 20

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

Posted by: K.T. at 01:40 PM

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1 I could have been first.

Posted by: Weasel at June 27, 2026 01:44 PM (64qRd)

2 Loser!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 01:46 PM (Kt19C)

3 Weasel!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 01:48 PM (etq//)

4 Hi
Glad I stopped by before heading out for my walk. I bought a balloon flower plant recently and loving the purple color. It is such a bright spot looking out the window especially because today is the last bloom on my daylily. The problem with a terrace container garden is you run out of flowers really quickly.
🌸🪻🌼🥀🌻

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 01:49 PM (kJmSS)

5 Nice-looking tomatoes! Mine are right behind you. Behind, because it has been so very DRY here. Less that 4 inches of precipitation of any kind so far for the year.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 01:50 PM (nAPfc)

6 SMH!!

Posted by: Weasel at June 27, 2026 01:50 PM (vakLI)

7 2 Loser!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 01:46 PM (Kt19C)
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Don't be hard on yourself. 2nd is first loser!

Posted by: Weasel at June 27, 2026 01:52 PM (vakLI)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

9 My lawn tractor is assembled and functional now! It's a Yard Force electric, capable of mowing two acres on a single charge. It has headlights, crusie control and a cup holder. It is way more than I need. I'm going to put a hitch on it, so that I can use it to move my trailer around and for a yard to move debris. Tomorrow, it will get to tackle the weeds.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 27, 2026 01:52 PM (bkuEU)

10 Nature can be beautiful.

It can also kill you.

Plan accordingly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

11 Sparklers not permitted this year in parts of Utah. Anywhere else?

Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 01:55 PM (rdeQO)

12 Nature can be beautiful.

It can also kill you.

Plan accordingly.
Posted by: Sponge
__

This^

Have bears and other critters roaming the woods surrounding the property.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 01:56 PM (etq//)

13 I'm right at my 15 photo guideline this week. If you have sent photos in which haven't appeared yet, this may be the reason.

Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 01:56 PM (rdeQO)

14
Have bears and other critters roaming the woods surrounding the property.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 01:56 PM (etq//)

All things considered, this is awesome.

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

15 Sparklers not permitted this year in parts of Utah. Anywhere else
_-_
Unless we get a couple of inches of rain here soon, we'll be savin' the fireworks for later when it does rain.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 01:57 PM (nAPfc)

16 Good afternoon Greenthumbs
More like puttering here

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 01:57 PM (Ia/+0)

17 The variety 'Lemon Boy Hybrid' is recommended for picking green to use for fried green tomatoes. Maybe because it's firm, or maybe because of it's ripe color. Don't know.

Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 01:58 PM (rdeQO)

18 Sparklers not permitted this year in parts of Utah. Anywhere else?
Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 01:55 PM (rdeQO)

We are heading to Broken Bow, OK for the July 4th weekend. I'm guessing there will be no such ban there as I'm sure they've received much of the 15 inches of rain over the past 7 days that Texas did in that area.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)

19 We did manage to grow spinach and cilantro abundantly for the first time this year - took lots of extra watering, but it thrived. Bolting now...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 01:59 PM (519rY)

20 ----
Don't be hard on yourself. 2nd is first loser!
Posted by: Weasel at June 27, 2026 01:52 PM (vakLI)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 02:00 PM (2YhKe)

21 {{{Sponge}}}

I'm more concerned with the two-legged varmints.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 02:02 PM (etq//)

22 I'm more concerned with the two-legged varmints.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 02:02 PM (etq//)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

23 Not sure why it corrected my post, but I will get a cart to move debris.

I have not been able to deal with this, due to fighting a cold and the fact that we had rain. So the box has been in the front yard and it was making the neighbor kids crazy. I was able to hire someone to put it together. And I now have the back yard fenced. When I finally get the weeds under control, it will look pretty good.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 27, 2026 02:08 PM (bkuEU)

24 That top photo is spectacular! Love those colors together.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 02:17 PM (f1VM4)

25 I planted garlic for the first time this year - 9 or so bulbs that just took off, got about eight inches tall, then promptly died back I think there was a fungus on the leaves (or something).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 02:23 PM (nAPfc)

26 Lemon Boy Hybrid

The old negro blues musician?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 02:25 PM (Kt19C)

27 Old Blind Lemon, he was not so blind...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 02:26 PM (nAPfc)

28 Iguess all the gardeners are out weedin', waterin', and harvestin'.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 02:34 PM (nAPfc)

29 Hula ho'n

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 02:38 PM (Kt19C)

30 Hula ho'n
_-_
The weeder with the wiggle...or so goes the slogan...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 02:42 PM (nAPfc)

31
I'm looking at those beautiful home-grown veggies and wondering why we can't have tastier produce in America. I bought a bag of Washington! Cherries! at Ralph's a few days ago and wound up throwing most of them away (I'm house-sitting and these people don't mulch).

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 02:43 PM (XJ22o)

32 Those are very patriotic flowers!

Posted by: Emmie at June 27, 2026 02:43 PM (pAWWf)

33 Iguess all the gardeners are out weedin', waterin', and harvestin'.
Posted by: Don in SoCo
___

I'm sitting on my porch watching hummingbirds fight.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 02:43 PM (etq//)

34 Those are some pneumatic tomatoes!

My maters are doing splendiferously and I bet I'll have a couple Independence Day maters by, well, Independence Day. Alice's Dream is grooving along and my cherries are poppin'. This is turning out to be a great season, at least before the heat hits, which is next week.

I think my unidentified seedling is growing up to be a Rebel Starfighter Prime, which is nice.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 27, 2026 02:44 PM (kpS4V)

35 Hi AHE!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 02:46 PM (etq//)

36 Good to know about Lemon Boy being suitable for FGTs, since I've got one and it's going great guns.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 27, 2026 02:47 PM (kpS4V)

37 This is the happy time in my garden. Things are growing and blooming and the weeds, pests, and diseases haven't conquered my plants yet.

Posted by: Emmie at June 27, 2026 02:47 PM (pAWWf)

38 Howdy SMH!

Loved those photos of your new digs. Nice porch-to-house ratio.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 27, 2026 02:48 PM (kpS4V)

39 I'm sitting on my porch watching hummingbirds fight.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
*****
We used to do the same in our back patio in CA...never knew hummingbirds were so territorial, nor that they were so strategic in guarding "their" space...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 27, 2026 02:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

40 I'm sitting on my porch watching hummingbirds fight.
_-_
Fight, fight, fight!!!

I planted way too much of everything too close together this year to see what I could get away with....worked well for some plants, not so well for others. Fine for the greens, but maybe I'll space out the tomato plants more next time.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 02:49 PM (nAPfc)

41 Ever notice that if you move the accent on the word asparagus to the third syllable, it sounds like the name of a Roman Emporer?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 02:51 PM (nAPfc)

42 Emperor...there...that's it.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 02:52 PM (nAPfc)

43 Robt Crumb's Asper Oggus?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 02:58 PM (Kt19C)

44 Can you pickle boogers?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 03:04 PM (Kt19C)

45 Huh. First time I head of Crumb and Asper Oggus...looks like Kliban on LSD.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 03:05 PM (nAPfc)

46 Heard about a new variety of 'Cherokee' tomato on the Garden Show out of Memphis today: Cherokee Carbon. If you want to check it out, here's a link:

https://rb.gy/4il32s

The Cherokee 'Purple Heart' is terrific, so this should be in the same category of great tomatoes … (sorry for the long link, but TinyURL didn't work).

Posted by: Dr_No at June 27, 2026 03:05 PM (ayRl+)

47 Flower pictures look like fireworks. Happy Independence Day? Please pass the fried tomatoes.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 03:05 PM (rAKlH)

48 Can you pickle boogers?
_-_
"These are not the right kind of cucumbers"

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 03:07 PM (nAPfc)

49 You can go out to eat, and that's for sure, but it's nothin' that a homegrown tomato won't cure.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 03:11 PM (nAPfc)

50 @ 44 Can you pickle boogers?
_________________________________

Be very careful of the acid content …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 27, 2026 03:12 PM (ayRl+)

51 Can you pickle boogers?

You been eating them fresh all your life, why change now.

Posted by: Ronster at June 27, 2026 03:13 PM (Wr7co)

52 Beautiful flowers!

I'm envious of the tomatoes. Mine is behind. I moved it onto the deck to deter small mammals and so I can water it specifically. I need to figure out a watering system for the days I'm gone.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 27, 2026 03:14 PM (38i2N)

53 Emergencies

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 03:15 PM (Kt19C)

54 I got a million of em

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 03:17 PM (Kt19C)

55 From Boise area: I've been gone for 2 weeks, and it's been raining for at least 2 days, so I have very little idea what's happening in the garden (other than I'm sure there's plenty of weeds). I did see the larger orange day-lilies behind the garage have started blooming, and the native globemallow I planted has gotten rather large. Other than that, I'll have to update y'all next week.

Also, you'll never convince me a green tomato is actually edible...

Posted by: Pat* at June 27, 2026 03:39 PM (P1AVy)

56 Wife picked our first produce of the year. Three radishes.

Posted by: Ronster at June 27, 2026 03:40 PM (Wr7co)

57 PET NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 03:41 PM (Ia/+0)

58 Flower fireworks could come in handy where sensitive pets live, or where drought has resulted in restrictions on noisy fireworks.

Your Japanese lesson for the day:

花火 - Hanabi - Fireworks

花 - hana - flower
火 - hi - fire

Fireworks literally are "fire-flowers!"

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 03:44 PM (VHUov)

59 mikeski at June 27, 2026 03:44 PM

A fantastic bit of trivia! Thanks.

Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 04:43 PM (rdeQO)

Let's go forward, not backward or sideways, in medicine!

Raccoon Dog, once suspected as the source of Covid-19

The Japanese raccoon dog was once thought to be capable of shape-shifting, even to human form. Suspicious!

Covid-19 really destroyed trust in the medical field

I remember seeing clips of meetings, before Covid-19 was invented, suggesting that some emergency would be necessary in order to kick-start progress into new ways of, say, making vaccines. One concern was that people would want to wait for safety data.

Having once been part of medium-sized pharma (as opposed to "Big Pharma", I am familiar with some of the political changes that contributed to our current vaccine situation. One problem was our legal system, which allowed for big punitive damages to be awarded to people injured by vaccines in the USA. Vaccine manufacturers were leaving the business. Congress panicked and passed legislation which limited liability for manufacturers and set up a fund to reimburse people who were injured by vaccines. This system didn't work very well. Other parts of the law discouraged development of non-vaccine treatments where vaccines were considered the only viable treatments.

Our company held big meetings concerning this legislation, even though we did not make vaccines. It was a big deal.

Meanwhile, we had a healthy respect for the FDA, and surprise visits were occasions of anxiety. FDA agents sometimes wore sidearms. People had to sign in and out of meeting rooms. Not that there had never been ethical concerns. There was a "generic drug scandal" during that time period in which favors consisted of changing the order in which inspections of facilities were done, manufacturing approved and so forth, to give an edge to certain companies.

But no one expected to be allowed 75 years to turn in raw data from clinical trials, as in the first Covid-19 trials.

On June 21, CBD wrote a short, lucid commentary on the pending approval of an mRNA vaccine for influenza: Another mRNA Vaccine? Really?

They created a disease, they lied about its origins, they used it to destroy our civil liberties and manipulate the country to be more compliant, and perhaps worst of all, they sabotaged possible treatments to favor their dangerous and expensive vaccine and treatments.
So why should the American people think that all of those failings have magically disappeared, and the new and improved FDA/Pharma/Deep State is any more invested in the health and well being of America?

The same mRNA technology that is implicated in some serious side effects? The same mRNA technology that was used to create the COVID vaccine that was famously awful? And all for a disease that has shifting antigens that are very difficult to identify quickly enough to create an effective vaccine? The flu vaccine works adequately, but it is by no means impressive, and the mRNA vaccine won't change that, so why risk the documented side effects of an mRNA vaccine when the traditional vaccine is safe?
Oh. Look! Money!

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1 Not first?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 11:24 AM (Kt19C)

2 Good morning KT

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 11:27 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Medical students at the University of Minnesota must now take an oath to "honor all Indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine" and fight "white supremacy, colonialism, [and] the gender binary."

Nah, I'm good with throwing children into the fire of Ba'al when the king is sick.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 27, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

4 Covid-19 really destroyed trust in the medical field

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Now do the judiciary.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:29 AM (ndZc7)

5 Yes; Benjamin Rush was a very interesting founding father. Thanks for including info about him and all you bring to this site, KT.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 11:32 AM (Yl2Ob)

6 "I find it curious that the modern medical community has cured exactly zero diseases in the last several decades."
Ok, so Hepatitis C gets cured and now so over $1 B is needed in Africa to cure some problem
Not seeing that expenditure worth it.

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 11:33 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Always thinking.

Newsom Begs Californians to Vote “No” on Wealth Tax in Face of Mass Exodus, Pitches National Billionaires’ Tax

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)

8 Modern medicine requires a sick public if it's to thrive. The industry want's to thrive. If you cure everything the industry becomes less relevant.

Self preservation isn't just for individuals. Sad, but true.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 11:39 AM (jehhT)

9 Gamers Blast Grand Theft Auto VI’s Physical Edition for Having No Physical Disc

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Apparently you buy a box that looks like it contains a disc but it has only a code allowing you to download.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:40 AM (ndZc7)

10 Always thinking.

Newsom Begs Californians to Vote “No” on Wealth Tax in Face of Mass Exodus, Pitches National Billionaires’ Tax

We keep thinking the Dem Party is going to split, but it sounds as if some of the old-timers are being dragged along by the Socialist undertow. It will not end well for them.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 27, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

11 Gamers Blast Grand Theft Auto VI’s Physical Edition for Having No Physical Disc

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Apparently you buy a box that looks like it contains a disc but it has only a code allowing you to download.

That's like your mom sending you to school with a lunchbox containing a gift card to McDonald's.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 27, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

12 I remember seeing clips of meetings, before Covid-19 was invented, suggesting that some emergency would be necessary in order to kick-start progress into new ways of, say, making vaccines. One concern was that people would want to wait for safety data.

There was a whole exercise that mapped out Covid19 almost to a tee shortly before COVIDmania started called Event 201.

They simulated a new corona virus outbreak and ran through what would happen. The vaccine was maybe not as effect as they would like and maybe had negative side effects. "Right wing influencers" then convinced people not to take it because of exaggerations and lies. The whole thing became a muddle.

And...like I said they ran COVID19 as if the outcome of the exercise was exactly what they wanted.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

13 >>>Covid-19 really destroyed trust in the medical field

It wasn't Covid-19 that destroyed the trust. It was some governments' response to Covid-19. Squandered our trust.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:43 AM (6wpGE)

14 Start with Billionaires ( don't forget the Soros clan while your at it) eventually move down to the Kulaks

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 11:43 AM (Ia/+0)

15 ...like CBD says: FDA/Pharma/Deep State

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:44 AM (6wpGE)

16 Thanks KT!!
You are THE BEST!!

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 27, 2026 11:44 AM (/enuJ)

17 It wasn't Covid-19 that destroyed the trust. It was some governments' response to Covid-19. Squandered our trust.
Posted by: m

I'd throw in most of the medical field, too. The hospital protocols for the treatment of Covid-19 were murder. Everyone who died from Covid died in a hospital.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 11:46 AM (l26NL)

18 Medical students at the University of Minnesota must now take an oath to "honor all Indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine" and fight "white supremacy, colonialism, [and] the gender binary."

Nah, I'm good with throwing children into the fire of Ba'al when the king is sick.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 27, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

***

You ought to see our volcano.
PS: Send virgins...we're ru ning low.

Posted by: Hawaiian Docs at June 27, 2026 11:46 AM (2WIwB)

19 7 Newsom Begs Californian
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:34 AM (ndZc7)

noisome
adjective
having an extremely offensive smell:
noisome vapors from the smoldering waste.
• disagreeable; unpleasant: noisome scandals.

Gavin Newsom is noisome.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:47 AM (6wpGE)

20 Covid-19 really destroyed trust in the medical field
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With a heaping side-dish of Obamacare.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 11:47 AM (XeU6L)

21 Testing new treatments costs a lot of money, which must somehow be recovered. Suppose they find a drug that improves heart function in clinical trials. Now they can promote the drug to cardiologists and make some money to cover the expenses and research the next thing.

Suppose also that this drug provides approximately the same benefits as taking a half-hour walk every day. As a bonus, walking doesn't compromise liver and kidney function like the drug does, and walking also has several positive effects.

The problem is that there is no incentive to compare the drug performance to daily walking. Walking will not recover the research and testing costs.

Therefore, I suspect that drugs are often promoted over non-drug treatments and there are fewer discoveries of beneficial lifestyle changes for diseases.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 11:49 AM (3XsWb)

22 Now consider what we have VAERS. There was a swine flu outbreak in the 70s that saw a rushed vaccine to treat it that had serious side effects including...death.

Because it was hard to isolate the cause of the health issues caused by the vaccine from individual doctor officers the government created VAERS to track vaccine reactions all over the country. And...VAERS was considered a useful resource for years

And then the rushed COVID vaccine came out and the reports started coming in just as the system was designed to capture. And the numbers were absurd. There were something like 10000X times as many COVID vaccine negative reactions in 6 months then all the vaccine adverse reactions the system had tracked in 30 years.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

23 noisome

pronounced like moisten

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:49 AM (6wpGE)

24 The problem is that there is no incentive to compare the drug performance to daily walking. Walking will not recover the research and testing costs.

I read an anecdote that all the longevity drugs that have come out in the last few years pale in comparison to getting exercise, staying thin, and building some muscle mass.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

25 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)

26 Medical students at the University of Minnesota must now take an oath to "honor all Indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine" and fight "white supremacy, colonialism, [and] the gender binary."

So, bleeding will make a comeback? I have an idea - allow me to release the students' bad humors. That should get their attentions.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 11:53 AM (+/hEQ)

27 22 There was a swine flu outbreak in the 70s that saw a rushed vaccine to treat it that had serious side effects including...death.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

I lived through this, and I was not required to get the shot and I thought long and hard and I did not get the shot. And then people started dying from the shot.
When Covid came around, I said no so fast (albeit quietly) and I suffered many, many bad consequences from employers and friends. But not health-related!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:53 AM (6wpGE)

28 The prayer list makes me sad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 11:53 AM (2YhKe)

29 Another problem with all this is the government distorts the market.

If people pay for their own healthcare, healthcare companies will design their services to meet the patients needs because if they don't the patients will go elsewhere.

If the government is paying though their incentives become doing what the government wants - paperwork and keeping costs down.

For those over a certain age I'm sure you've noticed healthcare has changed from your doctor trying to improve your health to a medical office trying to figure out billing and filing massive amounts of paperwork right?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:53 AM (sKqQm)

30 F*ck cancer.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 11:54 AM (2YhKe)

31 I recall that the 2024-2025 flu shot had a negative efficacy. Shot recipients were 27% more likely to contract flu.

I wonder how the 2025-2026 flu shot performed?

As far as I know, the flu shot is at best worthless. And there have been studies that suggest that a flu shot recipient is more likely to suffer a range of respiratory illnesses than a non-recipient, I guess due to distracting/overloading the immune system.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 11:54 AM (pAWWf)

32 Covid-19 really destroyed trust in the medical field

Truth.

I no longer trust it at all. And the First Lady went through cancer treatments. She's told she's 'cured.'

I still do not trust them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 11:54 AM (2YhKe)

33 As far as I know, the flu shot is at best worthless. And there have been studies that suggest that a flu shot recipient is more likely to suffer a range of respiratory illnesses than a non-recipient, I guess due to distracting/overloading the immune system.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 11:54 AM (pAWWf)

Never received one.

Never will.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)

34 The Japanese had some weird stories about the Tanuki (Racoon Dog), including an ability to take its scrotum and stretch out a tent with it...

https://tinyurl.com/yvz4nhbw

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 11:55 AM (l3cgK)

35 31 And that 27% -- I wonder if the difference would be even greater if they compared those receiving the current shot to those who had never had a flu shot.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 11:56 AM (pAWWf)

36 pronounced like moisten
Posted by: m

Have you ever noticed that many, many folks have a strong reaction to the word 'moist'?

It's interesting.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 11:56 AM (+/hEQ)

37 I lived through this, and I was not required to get the shot and I thought long and hard and I did not get the shot. And then people started dying from the shot.
When Covid came around, I said no so fast (albeit quietly) and I suffered many, many bad consequences from employers and friends. But not health-related!

And a critical part of this. Originally the government claimed the clot shot stopped the spread of COVID. Biden said so on national TV when he mandated it.

Shortly thereafter though the overwhelming amounts of data showed it did no such thing. And overnight the claim the clot shot stopped COVID became misinformation it just reduced the severity.

Well, assume for a moment the government was acting honestly they honestly really learned their previous statements were incorrect. This should have immediately led to the end of the mandates. If the shot doesn't stop the spread there is NO reason or legal basis to mandate it whatsoever. And yet the mandates persisted

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:57 AM (sKqQm)

38 34 The Japanese had some weird stories about the Tanuki (Racoon Dog), including an ability to take its scrotum and stretch out a tent with it...

https://tinyurl.com/yvz4nhbw

Pffffft. Big deal. I can cover a Costco with mine.

Posted by: Inflatable scrotum man at June 27, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

39 36 pronounced like moisten
Posted by: m

Have you ever noticed that many, many folks have a strong reaction to the word 'moist'?

It's interesting.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 11:56 AM (+/hEQ)

Context matters, e.g. a moist cake...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 11:57 AM (l3cgK)

40 38 34 The Japanese had some weird stories about the Tanuki (Racoon Dog), including an ability to take its scrotum and stretch out a tent with it...

https://tinyurl.com/yvz4nhbw

Pffffft. Big deal. I can cover a Costco with mine.

Posted by: Inflatable scrotum man at June 27, 2026 11:57 AM (Riz8t)

Furry inflation has nothing to do with Biden's economic policies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 11:58 AM (l3cgK)

41 As far as I know, the flu shot is at best worthless.

The problem is the flu mutates quickly. So they identify a few variants and make a vaccine for them but by the time you encounter the virus in the wild it has changed significantly from the one you were vaccinated against.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)

42 36 pronounced like moisten
Posted by: m

Have you ever noticed that many, many folks have a strong reaction to the word 'moist'?

It's interesting.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 11:56 AM (+/hEQ)

Yes, it's a funny thing!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:59 AM (6wpGE)

43 The problem is that there is no incentive to compare the drug performance to daily walking. Walking will not recover the research and testing costs.

Therefore, I suspect that drugs are often promoted over non-drug treatments and there are fewer discoveries of beneficial lifestyle changes for diseases.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 11:49 AM (3XsWb)

FDA used to have a rule that if a new med did not preform better than a current med then the new med was not given approval. That rule went away about the same time the pharma companies started paying for their own testsing.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:59 AM (rbvCR)

44 "Is there a medical advance that you particularly appreciate"

Well, over the last decade I had a heart valve repair, and cataract lens replacements, both of which have improved my life, both of which were unknown just a few decades ago.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 27, 2026 11:59 AM (j7INY)

45 Medical students at the University of Minnesota must now take an oath to "honor all Indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine" and fight "white supremacy, colonialism, [and] the gender binary."

F*ck right off with that noise.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 11:59 AM (2YhKe)

46 44 "Is there a medical advance that you particularly appreciate"

Well, over the last decade I had a heart valve repair, and cataract lens replacements, both of which have improved my life, both of which were unknown just a few decades ago.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 27, 2026 11:59 AM (j7INY)

Very cool.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 12:00 PM (6wpGE)

47 BTW, Veteran's Day is also Giant Furry Inflation day...take that for what it's worth...

https://tinyurl.com/2fnsv92s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:00 PM (l3cgK)

48 @m: Go look back at the tech thread, last comment. I answered your question about the egg joke.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 12:00 PM (O7YUW)

49 That rule went away about the same time the pharma companies started paying for their own testsing.

Several of the moderna/pfizer testers came forward to claim the results of their testing had been faked.

The FNM dismissed them as lying cranks obviously the clot shot 100% stopped the spread just as the data showed!

And then it came out the claim the clot shot stopped the spread was completely wrong...but the FNM kept claiming those whistleblowers were lying...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:00 PM (sKqQm)

50 I still do not trust them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Along with Covid, the many, many X posts I see of medical professionals wishing death on me are another.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (l26NL)

51 Never received one.

Never will.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)

I considered it when shots were being offered at my workplace, but I had observed that whenever any of my colleagues came down with flu, they all said the same thing: "But I got my flu shot!"

Meanwhile, I've had the flu once, in 1999. I suspect I have more effective resistance than anyone who has gotten shots.

So I decided against flu shots and I've been healthier than my vaccinated buddies.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (pAWWf)

52 BTW, Veteran's Day is also Giant Furry Inflation day...take that for what it's worth...

https://tinyurl.com/2fnsv92s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:00 PM (l3cgK)

Further celebrations dedicated to the broken in society. Wonderful....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (2YhKe)

53 McGovern was a fool, but an honest fool. (Unlike the current crop). I recall late in life, after running an inn or something, he said he finally understood why people complained about government being far too restrictive and controlling. He had never considered it before he actually tried running his own business.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (O+ktY)

54 As far as I know, the flu shot is at best worthless. And there have been studies that suggest that a flu shot recipient is more likely to suffer a range of respiratory illnesses than a non-recipient, I guess due to distracting/overloading the immune system.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 11:54 AM (pAWWf)

This sort of mal-information is what causes Pharma stocks to lose value.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:02 PM (rbvCR)

55 Meanwhile, I've had the flu once, in 1999. I suspect I have more effective resistance than anyone who has gotten shots.

So I decided against flu shots and I've been healthier than my vaccinated buddies.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (pAWWf)

I've been pretty sick a few times. Don't know if it was the flu or not, but usually it was a 24 to 36 hour thing that had me relatively miserable during that time. I recover. I go on with life.

Although, I do believe I had covid before covid was cool. Took 2 months for the cough to go away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)

56 >>The problem is that there is no incentive to compare the drug performance to daily walking. Walking will not recover the research and testing costs.

I read an anecdote that all the longevity drugs that have come out in the last few years pale in comparison to getting exercise, staying thin, and building some muscle mass.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:51 AM

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The question then becomes, why are the doctors we interact with being incentivized to push drugs on us rather than lifestyle changes?

Posted by: Bigsmith at June 27, 2026 12:03 PM (1Au9i)

57 I would say, based on what I saw, the COVID vax did have some degree of reducing COVID symptoms. My FIL was repeated exposed to it, yet the worst he got was equivalent to a runny nose, while the rest of us felt like we got deathly sick. My wife, despite cancer treatments and me, despite my immunosuppressed body didn't die. Both kids caught it, but younger one seemed to get more sick (he wasn't vaxxed; older one made a decision as an adult to vax). Now, does that merit the damage caused by all the side effects? Probably not.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)

58 So, bleeding will make a comeback? I have an idea - allow me to release the students' bad humors. That should get their attentions.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Invest in fleam futures?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 12:04 PM (XeU6L)

59 The problem is the flu mutates quickly. So they identify a few variants and make a vaccine for them but by the time you encounter the virus in the wild it has changed significantly from the one you were vaccinated against.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)

Yes, that's the standard explanation, but it doesn't explain negative efficacy. Why would a person be more likely to get flu if they've had the shot?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:04 PM (pAWWf)

60 Pooky's VA psych med manager is a huge advocate of things that don't involve medication, which is surprising. He also likes to take it slow, which is a huge relief because a lot of Pooky's problems stem from military doctors who didn't know what the word "titration" meant.

Posted by: pookysgirl, enjoying a lazy Saturday for once at June 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Wt5PA)

61 Moisture laden lieder hosen

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 12:05 PM (eX+bj)

62 Have you ever noticed that many, many folks have a strong reaction to the word 'moist'?

It's interesting.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 11:56 AM (+/hEQ)
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*sadz*

Posted by: Moist von Lipwig at June 27, 2026 12:05 PM (amcLV)

63 Meanwhile, I've had the flu once, in 1999. I suspect I have more effective resistance than anyone who has gotten shots.

So I decided against flu shots and I've been healthier than my vaccinated buddies.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (pAWWf)

I realized that every year, just about, the call went out for everyone to get that flu shot to be safe, and then every year, just about, we were told that darnit they just got the wrong strain for the flu which is why everyone seemed to catch it, and then they celebrated each year that more people got the shot than ever.

I realized that increasing the number of shots in the arm was more important than preventing the flu, and they could be shooting up everyone with transmission fluid and still claim a success

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:06 PM (rbvCR)

64 58 So, bleeding will make a comeback? I have an idea - allow me to release the students' bad humors. That should get their attentions.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Invest in fleam futures?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 27, 2026 12:04 PM (XeU6L)

Anal insufflation for drowning victims. Yes Please!

Posted by: Don Lemon at June 27, 2026 12:07 PM (l3cgK)

65 The question then becomes, why are the doctors we interact with being incentivized to push drugs on us rather than lifestyle changes?
Posted by: Bigsmith at June 27, 2026 12:03 PM (1Au9i)

I think doctors have a blind spot. They keep up with the research, but the research presented to them is all about !look at these cool new drugs! It's significantly more work to look outside their professional publications.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:07 PM (pAWWf)

66 Meanwhile, I've had the flu once, in 1999. I suspect I have more effective resistance than anyone who has gotten shots.

So I decided against flu shots and I've been healthier than my vaccinated buddies.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (pAWWf)

For a time I would keep notes on it with my sister in law, who was a huge believer in flu shots. (She has since psssed away, which is a long story. She trusted doctors who failed her, but that’s a long story)

Anyway, for 6 years she got flu shots every year, I got none. She got the flu 3 times, I got it 3 times. She said those were the years they picked the wrong strain. I said that it tells me that it doesn’t make a damn bit of difference whether you get the shot or not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 12:08 PM (O+ktY)

67 I would say, based on what I saw, the COVID vax did have some degree of reducing COVID symptoms. My FIL was repeated exposed to it, yet the worst he got was equivalent to a runny nose, while the rest of us felt like we got deathly sick. My wife, despite cancer treatments and me, despite my immunosuppressed body didn't die. Both kids caught it, but younger one seemed to get more sick (he wasn't vaxxed; older one made a decision as an adult to vax). Now, does that merit the damage caused by all the side effects? Probably not.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)

One group that didn't seem to get serious COVID was smokers. Nicotine seems to block the inflammatory cascade.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:08 PM (rbvCR)

68 One group that didn't seem to get serious COVID was smokers. Nicotine seems to block the inflammatory cascade.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:08 PM (rbvCR)
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Or they built up an immunity to having crud in their lungs.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 27, 2026 12:10 PM (amcLV)

69 On that RaccoonDog, not surprised Japanese believe in weird paranormal

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 12:10 PM (Ia/+0)

70 Medical students at the University of Minnesota must now take an oath to "honor all Indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine" and fight "white supremacy, colonialism, [and] the gender binary."

I just assume these assholes are commie agents of death.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 27, 2026 12:11 PM (H/+a9)

71 Or they built up an immunity to having crud in their lungs.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 27, 2026 12:10 PM (amcLV)

When my allergies got really bad, from mold and house dust especially when cleaning mildewy dusty houses. I had to take smoke breaks because a Camel would knock down the tightness in my lungs from the allergic response. Which is inflammation in other words.
Nicotine does knock down inflammatory response

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:13 PM (rbvCR)

72
Raccoon Dog, once suspected as the source of Covid-19

Look, a-holes.

About all you can say about us is that we have huge balls, like to get drunk, and will fuck up your garden or farm land.

That's it. Now, sayonara!

Posted by: The Tanukis Reply at June 27, 2026 12:13 PM (iJfKG)

73 Both parents in their 80s received "vaccine" in NJ. A little over a year later, Dad died of multiple myeloma turbo cancer after a laryngectomy failed to stop the spread of another type, and Mom died of heart valve issues and dementia.

I told them not to do it, but all their friends were doing it.

Posted by: Ambiguously Gay Richard Simmons at June 27, 2026 12:13 PM (P1gLH)

74 Pooky's VA psych med manager is a huge advocate of things that don't involve medication, which is surprising. He also likes to take it slow, which is a huge relief because a lot of Pooky's problems stem from military doctors who didn't know what the word "titration" meant.
Posted by: pookysgirl, enjoying a lazy Saturday for once at June 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Wt5PA)

A friend's VA doctor had him on something like 18 different medications for various things. He changed to a new doctor, not sure if it's VA, but he removed several of those meds. They're now messing with his psych meds and it has him relatively screwed up.

I hate medications for mental issues. Even he's found that therapy works, having spent time with the horses and other non profit orgs helping our military vets.

But, they keep insisting on drugs. So, there he is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

75 The story of the flu shot is ridiculous. Flu is a serious risk for senior citizens, so they started recommending flu shots to older adults. But they found that this approach did not lower the incidence of flu in the older population. In other words, the shots didn't work. Their solution was to have caregivers take the shots, and then family members, and then the general population, with the hope that all these people would then not expose older people to flu. Somehow a non-effective shot would become effective if everybody took it.

Silly and irrational.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:14 PM (pAWWf)

76 Covid-19 really destroyed trust in the medical field

It wasn't Covid-19 that destroyed the trust. It was some governments' response to Covid-19. Squandered our trust.
Posted by: m

Disagree.
I had not been an RN very long when the wuflu was released, during my schooling, Evidence Based Practice was stressed constantly. I saw no EBP used by the Nursing PTB. In fact it was the opposite.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 12:16 PM (B0dAE)

77
*chants and shakes feathers at broken leg with a compound fracture*

It's not working!!!! Ow! Ouch!!!

*cries*

Why won't Mother Gaia or JubJub the Mosquito God heal me? Whyyyyy?!?!?!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 12:16 PM (iJfKG)

78
Disagree.
I had not been an RN very long when the wuflu was released, during my schooling, Evidence Based Practice was stressed constantly. I saw no EBP used by the Nursing PTB. In fact it was the opposite.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 12:16 PM (B0dAE)

But you guys did make some pretty sweet dancing on TikTok videos.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

79 The question then becomes, why are the doctors we interact with being incentivized to push drugs on us rather than lifestyle changes?
Posted by: Bigsmith at June 27, 2026 12:03 PM (1Au9i)

I believe that it's a three-fold issue.

First, they don't believe that people will change their lifestyle if they can just take a pill and get - roughly - the same benefit (according to the tests which get run).

Second, doctors no longer have their own practices. They're part of doctor corporations which promulgate "standards of care" that they're required to follow.

Third, doctors are hammers, drugs are nails, lifestyle change is a screw.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 27, 2026 12:17 PM (ExV1e)

80 77
*chants and shakes feathers at broken leg with a compound fracture*

It's not working!!!! Ow! Ouch!!!

*cries*

Why won't Mother Gaia or JubJub the Mosquito God heal me? Whyyyyy?!?!?!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 12:16 PM (iJfKG)

Equine medicine...
https://tinyurl.com/4z2uvj2z

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

81 And now I can't find my passport.

FFS.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)

82 Among my family and friends, only the Covid-vaccinated got Covid more than once, and only the vaccinated got long Covid.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:19 PM (pAWWf)

83
Equine medicine...
https://tinyurl.com/4z2uvj2z
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

I'm very disappointed in the decision for treatment of Swayback Horses is to shoot.

We wouldn't have the hilarity of The 3 Stooges if they shot all the Swaybacks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

84 Kindltot

I saw your comment in the last thread about no rap songs in the top 40 for the first time in decades. Mike Benz has been saying for a long time that the CIA uses the music industry to help shape narratives and behavior.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:20 PM (viF8m)

85 I believe 2 enormous studies (meaning the data used was enormous, adding to statistical significance) were done in the UK and Netherlands of flu shot efficacy. From memory, but I think both morbidity (getting the bug) and mortality (buying the farm) were examined. There wasn't strong evidence that the shot changed outcomes.

The dataset was massive because of the near-universal use of flu shots for the older demo over several decades.

Anyway. One would think such studies would have an impact on policy and behavior. But perhaps I'm forgetting some aspect that showed some possible benefit.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 27, 2026 12:20 PM (U/Byj)

86

But you guys did make some pretty sweet dancing on TikTok videos.

Posted by: Sponge
It wasn't me HONEST!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 27, 2026 12:20 PM (B0dAE)

87 83
Equine medicine...
https://tinyurl.com/4z2uvj2z
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

I'm very disappointed in the decision for treatment of Swayback Horses is to shoot.

We wouldn't have the hilarity of The 3 Stooges if they shot all the Swaybacks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

https://tinyurl.com/42nx2em3

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:21 PM (l3cgK)

88 Among my family and friends, only the Covid-vaccinated got Covid more than once, and only the vaccinated got long Covid.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:19 PM (pAWWf)

"You MUST get vaccinated to stop the spread!"

"You MUST get vaccinated to lessen the symptoms and not kill grandma!"

"You MUST get vaccinated to shorten the illness time!"

"You MUST get vaccinated because we said so!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:21 PM (2YhKe)

89 But, they keep insisting on drugs. So, there he is.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

I'm sorry. I knew we'd found a gem in Pooky's psych med manager, but this makes me value him even more. He had a VA psych case worker that was good too, and he "graduated" from needing her with the knowledge that he can ask for one anytime he feels the need again.

Posted by: pookysgirl, enjoying a lazy Saturday for once at June 27, 2026 12:22 PM (Wt5PA)

90 I also noticed that RSV became more prevalent after the Covid shots came out. Before that, I hadn't known anyone who got RSV.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:22 PM (pAWWf)

91 Covid did more than affect the practice of medicine. It literally changed everyday life. Workers no longer going to downtown offices, commuting, buying lunch in city restaurants, buying professional clothing to wear. This has not returned. People started ordering in, groceries, meals, streaming entertainment. No more impulse buys at the store, no more fast food drive ups, no more Mall shopping. No taking a date to the movies or children's matinees.
The economic fallout is just beginning with empty office buildings, movie theatres and mall stores. Everywhere I look there are For Lease signs.
Covid changed everything.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 12:23 PM (kJmSS)

92 I had to go to LA for business during COVID. It was the fasted trip I've ever made and the only trip where I didn't hit stop-and-go traffic on the freeway.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:25 PM (l3cgK)

93 Covid changed everything.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 12:23 PM (kJmSS)

By design.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

94 Anyway. One would think such studies would have an impact on policy and behavior. But perhaps I'm forgetting some aspect that showed some possible benefit.

The CDC keeps publishing numbers most years showing the flu shot significantly reduces your risk of getting the flu and reduces the symptoms but the most objective studies are the ones you are noting which show no significant improvement in mortality.

The efficiency numbers then either indicate a really weird behavior where it only stops people that won't die from the flu from getting it or way more likely its bad methodology.

I will note personally more people get the flu in my circle of friends since the mass introduction of the flu vax, and the severity is worse but that is just an anecdote and perhaps more notably the increase in international travel over that same time period should be examined as the most significant issue in regards to the spread of the flu

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:26 PM (sKqQm)

95 I highly recommend that everyone watch the movie: Citizen Vigilante that Musk posted on X. An excellent movie and a possible look into the future.
The above way or another. . . . .there needs to be a reckoning.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 27, 2026 12:26 PM (7aGEe)

96 Still waiting for a tell all book how the Covid plot was cooked up to destroy the country. Shut it all down, kill of hundred thousand, set up a puppet to run the country

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 12:27 PM (Ia/+0)

97 Two people were particularly ugly about us not getting Covid shots. One is dead (blood clot) and the other is now under the care of a cardiologist.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:27 PM (pAWWf)

98 7> Demon Cantillionaire† advocates national billionaire tax

Some people are unknowingly eager to do President Bukele's work for him.

† https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/the-cantillion-effect

Posted by: Community Notes at June 27, 2026 12:27 PM (a4flb)

99 >>I had to go to LA for business during COVID. It was the fasted trip I've ever made and the only trip where I didn't hit stop-and-go traffic on the freeway.

I dragged a boat from RI to Port St Lucie during the lockdowns. It was amusing traveling through blue states to red states where rules were different. Had dinner in a pub in FL that was packed and unmasked.

What a sick joke that time was.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:27 PM (viF8m)

100 There is a video of a panel of epidemiologists at a conference, from some time in the 2000s, discussing possible public affairs approaches to some contingency like C19 (epidemic with above-average mortality).

There was a uniform (and proper) recognition by all panel members there were no actual policies or "mitigation" that could materially affect the course of events - it was entirely a question of (my phrasing) "how do we calm an illiterate and panicked public?".

Not in a cynical or diabolical sense. Just a recognition that the public would expect "solutions", there weren't any (other than watching the epidemic run its course along the Gompertz curve), and the profession had to be ready to say *something* reassuring.

These sorts of epidemiologists and actual science existed in 2020, but they were suppressed or self-muzzled. So, just confirming the general thesis here, but in a way making it even more outrageous.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 27, 2026 12:29 PM (U/Byj)

101 95 I highly recommend that everyone watch the movie: Citizen Vigilante that Musk posted on X. An excellent movie and a possible look into the future.
The above way or another. . . . .there needs to be a reckoning.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 27, 2026 12:26 PM (7aGEe)

Don't want to spoil the movie, but the way the cops went into that building was about the stupidest thing I'd ever seen and I believe would be nothing like what would happen in real life.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)

102 Wonder what Dr. Rush would have thought of his descendent Stockton Rush..

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 12:30 PM (Sqwfw)

103 It wasn't Covid-19 that destroyed the trust. It was some governments' response to Covid-19. Squandered our trust.
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:43 AM (6wpGE)

Covid-19 didn't just happen. It was created by scientists paid from government funds. An op from the git-go.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:30 PM (1z8ji)

104 I highly recommend that everyone watch the movie: Citizen Vigilante that Musk posted on X. An excellent movie and a possible look into the future.
The above way or another. . . . .there needs to be a reckoning.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 27, 2026 12:26 PM

I rented it last night on Prime Video. It's not in any way an excellent movie (Uwe Bolle is gonna Uwe Bolle), but everyone definitely should see it. And the ending isn't, but they already announced a sequel so that's not surprising.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 27, 2026 12:32 PM (QZThv)

105 Don't want to spoil the movie, but the way the cops went into that building was about the stupidest thing I'd ever seen and I believe would be nothing like what would happen in real life.

I remember watching the video of the cops that went in to deal with the tranny school shooter in TN.

There was one guy that knew what he was doing and ordered the other guys to spread out and effectively use their advantage in numbers absent him it looked like the rest of the cops were going to slowly move through the building in one big bunch...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

106
Covid-19 didn't just happen. It was created by scientists paid from government funds. An op from the git-go.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:30 PM (1z8ji)

And was released in an effort to stop Trump.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:33 PM (2YhKe)

107 Covid-19 didn't just happen. It was created by scientists paid from government funds. An op from the git-go.

It is interesting how we went from:

COVID19 was obviously a naturally developed virus and anyone claiming anything else is a racist science denier

to

Well we always suspected COVID19 came from the Wuhan lab, but that's the price you have to pay to get new vaccines amiright?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

108 I'm old enough to remember the flu completely went away when covid arrived.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

109 Gain of function labs should be tactically nuked, just to be sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:35 PM (2YhKe)

110 48 @m: Go look back at the tech thread, last comment. I answered your question about the egg joke.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 12:00
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Thanks. I was wondering about that as well.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 12:35 PM (Hbeqj)

111 And was released in an effort to stop Trump.

100%. Trump being a known germophobe chose the form of his destructor. If he was afraid of ghosts, they would've dunked James Carville in flour and had him chase the Donald.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 27, 2026 12:35 PM (QZThv)

112 593 moves playing Spider solitaire to beat it

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 12:36 PM (Ia/+0)

113 Second Sponge's suggestion

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 12:36 PM (Ia/+0)

114
Well we always suspected COVID19 came from the Wuhan lab, but that's the price you have to pay to get new vaccines amiright?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

Naw, bats with AIDS had functionality from that virus mutated onto the furin cleavage site of COVID by having gay sex with each other...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:37 PM (l3cgK)

115 I've long since given up trying to find the right adjectives for this, settling for "it's not a serious country/society" to cover it all.

Example, within a week or so of the CDC changing it's guidance on masks, the same CDC published a meta-study it had funded on the topic. Surprise! The meta-study, which looked at research dating back to the 1940s, found very limited evidence of benefit from masking - and that only with properly fitted high-end masks, in a clinical environment (from memory).

Again, I am wordless to describe a situation in which the national public health agency (without evidence) reverses its guidance on a major issue in the midst of a public health crisis and simultaneously releases research confirming no basis for the new guidance.

And the "press" doesn't even notice, much less burn down the house with the issue. And the public and subsidiary public health authorities go along.

The C19 was itself a symptom, not a cause, of general decline in actual literacy, common sense, and integrity and competence of public institutions.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 27, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)

116 106> C19 an Op, like BLM, to Stop Trump

The implications of this accusation are that enemies of Trump and MAGA find collapsing the global economy, killing millions of people, radically altering culture, and imbuing a profound distrust in all institutions as acceptable collateral damage for them to obtain power.

No election should be heavily fought given the manifest evil and diabolical lust for power the Demonic Party has.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 27, 2026 12:39 PM (a4flb)

117
88 Among my family and friends, only the Covid-vaccinated got Covid more than once, and only the vaccinated got long Covid.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 12:19 PM (pAWWf)

We had one family friend who was adamantly in favor of the shots and the boosters. She was hyper vigilant about health, because she had had breast cancer, but had been symptom free for 5 years.
I feel great pity and sympathy for her, because after the 3rd booster the breast cancer came back, and it was the turbo kind. She was dead in 5 months.

She trusted her doctors, and they betrayed her.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 12:40 PM (O+ktY)

118 "I wouldn't mind doctors so much if they didn't call it practice." - Solomon Short.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 12:40 PM (Sqwfw)

119 The implications of this accusation are that enemies of Trump and MAGA find collapsing the global economy, killing millions of people, radically altering culture, and imbuing a profound distrust in all institutions as acceptable collateral damage for them to obtain power.

Related: Senate Republicans had a dinner with Thune in South Dakota last night. Scott Pressler bought tickets and was turned away at the door because he's too conservative.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 27, 2026 12:41 PM (QZThv)

120 Citizen Vigilante?

Just watch Death Wish with Charles Bronson.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Sqwfw)

121
Naw, bats with AIDS had functionality from that virus mutated onto the furin cleavage site of COVID by having gay sex with each other...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 12:37 PM (l3cgK)

Mmmmmmm.....cleavage.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

122 Anna did you watch or just suggestion?

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 12:44 PM (Ia/+0)

123 Just watch Death Wish with Charles Bronson.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Sqwfw)

I think it's Death Wish II where he shoots the black guy using a ghetto blaster to protect himself and the guy spits out parts on the way down.

High comedy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)

124 Those who have been on the case of the origins of C19 at the Wuhan institute do not as far as I know believe the release was deliberate. One can argue with them, and the actual evidence, to preserve the "op" theology. Talking about the actual events and Chy-nah's initial reaction (cover-up), all of which fit into common sense models of misbehavior that admittedly don't form the basis for bad fiction.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 27, 2026 12:47 PM (U/Byj)

125 117 A neighbor, I think in his late forties, should be in pretty good shape. Works in a factory where he's on his feet for an eight hour shift, hits the gym three or four nights after work, and golfs a couple times a week, weather permitting. Gave up smoking ten years ago. His company had mandatory fun with shots during COVID, along with boosters. Company claimed it was required due to Fed contracts. He's been to the ER three or four times since, with a week stay one time. All after the stabs.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 27, 2026 12:47 PM (gm9Sb)

126 Death Wish doesn't have nekked boobs. Advantage: Citizen Vigilante.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 27, 2026 12:47 PM (QZThv)

127 We had one family friend who was adamantly in favor of the shots and the boosters. She was hyper vigilant about health, because she had had breast cancer, but had been symptom free for 5 years.
I feel great pity and sympathy for her, because after the 3rd booster the breast cancer came back, and it was the turbo kind. She was dead in 5 months.

She trusted her doctors, and they betrayed her.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 12:40 PM (O+ktY)

First Lady's best friend had a stomach cancer. She was being treated in Houston and was going there often for treatments. She worked at a vet clinic, so she got on ivermectin. The doctors were amazed at her progress and the cancer had subsided. Once she told them what she was doing, they got visibly irritated at her and told her she shouldn't be doing that.

Then they recommended she get vaccinated due to her compromised immunity. Keep in mind, she lived in small town, middle of nowhere North East Texas. She got the vax, the cancer returned and she was gone within 6 months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

128
Gain of function labs should be tactically nuked, just to be sure.

Wildfire

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:49 PM (Cqx++)

129 I highly recommend that everyone watch the movie: Citizen Vigilante that Musk posted on X. An excellent movie and a possible look into the future.
The above way or another. . . . .there needs to be a reckoning.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 27, 2026 12:26 PM (7aGEe)

Using Roxio "Record Your Screen", I recorded it last night on my Windows 8.1 laptop. Just dropped it into Pinnacle to edit out a few seconds of buffering and to increase the audio levels. Going to render it later and burn a DVD. Amazing flick. No wonder the Euroweenies and the "Woke" hate it.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 12:49 PM (5xuJ/)

130 Death Wish doesn't have nekked boobs. Advantage: Citizen Vigilante.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 27, 2026 12:47 PM (QZThv)

DW I has naked butt in the beginning.

II has boobs.

I don't remember if III, IV or V have anything because they were so bad, I've blocked them from my memory.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:49 PM (2YhKe)

131 I used to keep the NIOSH mask standards at my desk because we used hundreds of masks a week at work. When Covid hit and they changed the standard I started printing out the new standards and eventually wound up with an evidence trace back to the original standards.
First they took away using N95 with the valve. The best 95 mask. Made us use N95 without a valve. Not as good as they break seal when you exhale. To cloth masks are as good as N95. As there was a shortage of N95 w/o masks.
So I had guys who went from mandatory N95 w/v to work. A constant source of bullshit as nobody wants to wear them. To hey guys, cloth masks were okay all along.
In an enviroment with particulate mater that will kill you.
I constantly bitched about it but rules are rules.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 12:51 PM (mTPps)

132 That Stars & Stripes Forever rendition by the President's Own (aka the Marine Band) brings a tear to this Marine's eye. Now to find the entire thing and let it flow on the Utube.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 27, 2026 12:51 PM (+ldAm)

133 Citizen Vigilante?

Just watch Death Wish with Charles Bronson.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Sqwfw)

No comparison. This guy goes after government agents as well who are responsible for releasing these animals into society. I ran Death Wish in 1974 when I was working as a part time projectionist in a first run theater. The audience clapped and cheered everytime a bad guy was offed.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 12:53 PM (5xuJ/)

134 I knew no people that died from COVID.

I did know one person that got turbo cancer after getting a booster and when that died from a heart attack also after getting his booster.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)

135 His company had mandatory fun with shots during COVID, along with boosters. Company claimed it was required due to Fed contracts. He's been to the ER three or four times since, with a week stay one time. All after the stabs.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 27, 2026 12:47 PM (gm9Sb)

SpongeBro has some fishing buddies he's been fishing with since his youth. One guy is in his 80's, but still LOVED getting out. They had a camper on a place near Mt. Pleasant for years. The old man's wife was very adamant about them getting the vax. He got the original and 2 boosters.

Shortly after the last shot, he collapsed in the RV bathroom and could hardly stand. He's never been the same since and rarely gets out and fishes anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:53 PM (2YhKe)

136
Once, I had the idea to watch all of the "Death Wish" movies.

DW 1 -was great
DW 2 - eh, okay, fine.
DW 3 - not good, I'm done.
DW 4 - not watched
Dw 5 - not watched

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 12:54 PM (iJfKG)

137 As everyone figured, Iran couldn't let things alone and they just had to attack ships in Dog Leg of Hormuz

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 12:55 PM (Ia/+0)

138 136
Once, I had the idea to watch all of the "Death Wish" movies.

DW 1 -was great
DW 2 - eh, okay, fine.
DW 3 - not good, I'm done.
DW 4 - not watched
Dw 5 - not watched
Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 12:54 PM (iJfKG)

You really should finish the series. Consider it punishment for something bad you did in life that you must receive penance for.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)

139 Covid was evil.

The vaccine they created for it, which wasn't even necessary, was 100x worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)

140 Once, I had the idea to watch all of the "Death Wish" movies.

DW 1 -was great
DW 2 - eh, okay, fine.
DW 3 - not good, I'm done.
DW 4 - not watched
Dw 5 - not watched
Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 12:54 PM (iJfKG)

You really should finish the series. Consider it punishment for something bad you did in life that you must receive penance for.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)

Aw, man. Couldn't I watch "Showgirls" for my Bad Movie Penance?

At least, it's got boobs.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 12:59 PM (iJfKG)

141 108 I'm old enough to remember the flu completely went away when covid arrived.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27

Almost like they were both viruses. Interesting.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 01:00 PM (Wmg4n)

142 Then they recommended she get vaccinated due to her compromised immunity. Keep in mind, she lived in small town, middle of nowhere North East Texas. She got the vax, the cancer returned and she was gone within 6 months.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Weird. 2 years after surgery and chemo for pancreatic cancer the cardio-oncologist told my wife she was NOT immunocompromised and didn't have to get jabbed unless she wanted to.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 01:02 PM (Hbeqj)

143 Hopefully when the Wuhan Flu 2: Red Hershey Squirts Boogaloo hits Mayor Mamdani will seal people up in their apartments after using the scoops.

Democrat Socialism!

Posted by: Lazy and Dumb NYC Resident at June 27, 2026 01:04 PM (og9zY)

144
Aw, man. Couldn't I watch "Showgirls" for my Bad Movie Penance?

At least, it's got boobs.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 12:59 PM (iJfKG)

Well......further evaluation is required here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)

145 Thx K.T.
Two weeks to bend the curve - no and bs
Wear a mask - masks don't stop viruses
Six foot safe space- pulled out of thin air
Virus didn't come from Wuhan lab - a lie
The vaccines were safe- the hiding of the VAERS data says they aren't safe.
But we should trust the med establishment

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 27, 2026 01:06 PM (f6yx7)

146
When can we trot out "The Science" and administer a good old fashioned tarring and feathering?

It is unfortunate that drawing, quartering and hanging has fallen out of favor in this day and age.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 01:07 PM (+j4wF)

147
Weird. 2 years after surgery and chemo for pancreatic cancer the cardio-oncologist told my wife she was NOT immunocompromised and didn't have to get jabbed unless she wanted to.
Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 01:02 PM (Hbeqj)

They never recommended my wife do anything different along those lines either.

She didn't take any vaccines after treatment and has only had issues with ecoli since. We're guessing that's due to the treatments because she's never had issues with that before.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:07 PM (2YhKe)

148 Oh and the guy who invented the PCR(?) test saying they were running samples through way to many times.

I do miss being an essential worker during quaranteen and having nobody on the road for my commute. I was driving wherever the hell I wanted. However fast I wanted. It was out of some post apoxeclipse mad max like movie.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 01:07 PM (mTPps)

149 No one personally I know from covid but
OM
Childhood friend hadn't seen in decades

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 01:07 PM (Ia/+0)

150 Oh and the guy who invented the PCR(?) test saying they were running samples through way to many times.

I do miss being an essential worker during quaranteen and having nobody on the road for my commute. I was driving wherever the hell I wanted. However fast I wanted. It was out of some post apoxeclipse mad max like movie.
Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 01:07 PM (mTPps)

My favorite was when the woman went to the store and got the home covid test, filmed herself taking the test out of the package, pouring a Corona beer on it and it coming back positive for covid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

151 Covid 19 -- Much ado about a common annual occurrence. It was just another strain of the flu.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 27, 2026 01:13 PM (g8Ew8)

152 The medical community did this to themselves. The fact they are surprised people aren’t over it by now is arrogant. Masks alone would be enough - the bacteria inside a mask, especially a child’s mask, is disgusting. The tentacles of COVID are vast - and for what? To find out w bunch of us (not us us) are sheeple? We already knew that.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 01:13 PM (Wmg4n)

153 48 @m: Go look back at the tech thread, last comment. I answered your question about the egg joke.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 12:00 PM (O7YUW)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:14 PM (6wpGE)

154 The only good things to come out of the COVID scheme was the Cuomo idiots killed their careers the anal swabs used by the Red Chinese to test people.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at June 27, 2026 01:15 PM (og9zY)

155 53 McGovern was a fool, but an honest fool. (Unlike the current crop). I recall late in life, after running an inn or something, he said he finally understood why people complained about government being far too restrictive and controlling. He had never considered it before he actually tried running his own business.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 12:01 PM (O+ktY)

Nice.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:15 PM (6wpGE)

156 97 Two people were particularly ugly about us not getting Covid shots. One is dead (blood clot) and the other is now under the care of a cardiologist.

Posted by: Emmie,
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That's vague.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:16 PM (Pee1E)

157 I do want to take a moment and request thoughts and prayers for our own ONT guru extraordinaire, Doof, who recently had a memorial service for his mom.

May he be blessed with memories of all the wonderful times together over the years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)

158
"If the shot doesn't stop the spread there is NO reason or legal basis to mandate it whatsoever. And yet the mandates persisted"
Posted by: 18-1

Further, they banned and maligned ivermectin and other proven safe solutions.
Not error, malice.

Posted by: Speller at June 27, 2026 01:18 PM (pSotA)

159 Yeah the whole COVID hoax did a number on trust/respect/confidence for the medical community.

Boomers increasingly engaging the health care system due to aging is not helping

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 27, 2026 01:18 PM (wBaIH)

160 Regarding Dr Rush, in The Disappearing Spoon, a book on the elements in the periodic table, there is a passage about mercury compounds for constipation that Rush made. Given to Lewis and Clark, their campsites can be traced by the mercury from Dr Rush's quack cure. I'll take 2026 over 1800's medicine.
And thankful for transplant researchers, volunteers for medical trials and surgeons for 2 friends still active with transplants instead of dialysis's slow death.

Posted by: Enola Gay Pride at June 27, 2026 01:19 PM (mHOKe)

161 Fauci and/or the Chinese didn't weaponize Covid. The media and the politicians did.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 27, 2026 01:19 PM (g8Ew8)

162 Sorry Paul, but your entire comment was a mass of bullshit. Do better. [CBD]

Posted by: Paul at June 27, 2026 01:20 PM (RTsLa)

163 And I'm not sure if it's a subtle joke or not, but the 'Supergirl' link on the main page does go to a video about a paralyzed dog regaining the ability to walk......

A shout out to Christopher Reeve?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

164 Posted by: Paul at June 27, 2026 01:20 PM (RTsLa)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

165 Fauci and/or the Chinese didn't weaponize Covid. The media and the politicians did.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 27, 2026 01:19 PM (g8Ew

Correct. It was used to unbalance and upend President Trump's 1st term and it succeeded.

Posted by: Felon Joe From Kokomo at June 27, 2026 01:22 PM (og9zY)

166 It should be known, everything that guy just said is bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

167 Sponge, Amen.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 01:22 PM (afJtY)

168
>>Is there a medical advance that you particularly appreciate?

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An ENT doc knocked out my chronic severe nasal congestion with steroids + Claritin. It improved my life immensely.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 01:23 PM (XJ22o)

169 Sponge, Amen.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 01:22 PM (afJtY)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

170 The medical community did this to themselves.

All the professional communities have done this to themselves. Every. Single. One.

That's the take from of all this. Credentialism - as practiced and preached by our elders and many still here - was and still is Fool's Gold.

As said by no less than Milton Friedman. They're not Angels. Just men. And thus not to be trusted. A title or uniform doesn't change human nature.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 27, 2026 01:23 PM (OMEw5)

171 72
Raccoon Dog, once suspected as the source of Covid-19

Look, a-holes.

About all you can say about us is that we have huge balls, like to get drunk, and will fuck up your garden or farm land.

That's it. Now, sayonara!
Posted by: The Tanukis Reply at June 27, 2026 12:13 PM (iJfKG)

He seems nice.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:24 PM (6wpGE)

172 Hey, Paul! Fuck off!!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 27, 2026 01:24 PM (g8Ew8)

173 glop gleep gloop bleb

Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at June 27, 2026 01:24 PM (RTsLa)

174 That's it. Now, sayonara!
Posted by: The Tanukis Reply at June 27, 2026 12:13 PM (iJfKG)

He seems nice.
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:24 PM (6wpGE)

Defined:

The Japanese raccoon dog, also called the tanuki, is a species of canid that is endemic to Japan. It is one of two species in the genus Nyctereutes, alongside the common raccoon dog, of which it is considered to be a subspecies by some taxonomic authorities. In Japan, raccoon dogs have had a prominent role in folklore since ancient times. They are reputedly mischievous and jolly, masters of disguise and shapeshifting, but somewhat gullible and absent-minded

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

175 Paul is missing the fact that in the beginning, medical professionals actually killed many of the covid patients by treating them completely incorrectly, causing their demise.

But why let facts get in the way of a completely ignorant rant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

176 ***Second, doctors no longer have their own practices. They're part of doctor corporations which promulgate "standards of care" that they're required to follow.

Third, doctors are hammers, drugs are nails, lifestyle change is a screw.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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The clinic my doc works at started with the purpose of being independent - a group of like minded docs. Through the years Big Hospital garnered Yuge reputation and in the interim docs at the clinic gained privileges at Big Hospital. Over the years tentacles of Big Hospital penetrated every crevice of the clinic.

Docs were push by medical influencers, group think, published data that they had always relied upon for accurate data and in the end were force to take the shots if they wanted to keep privileges at Big Hospital.

It began as sanctified data and ended as an undefiable force.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:27 PM (Pee1E)

177 Nyctereutes

Served on a board with cheese and salami?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 01:28 PM (Kt19C)

178 Too bad the Red Death missed Paul. But since all the death numbers were made up lies for money, he still has a chance.

Soon Paul. Soon.

Posted by: Death at June 27, 2026 01:28 PM (og9zY)

179 Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:27 PM (Pee1E)

Your hash suggests Emma Peel........

https://is.gd/5NfyJO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

180 Nyctereutes

Served on a board with cheese and salami?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 01:28 PM (Kt19C)

Charcuterie!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

181 As far as I know, the flu shot is at best worthless.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 27, 2026 11:54 AM (pAWWf)

No. Incorrect. Flu vaccine is not great because of the lag between identification of the strains in the wild and production of the vaccine. But it is at worst mildly effective, and can be 50%-60% effective during a good year.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 01:32 PM (PLxDd)

182 I remember at the time, when it was obvious that the virus had come out of the Wuhan Lab, and every professional organization and the government was loudly denying it, we all wondered “why is our government covering up so much for the Chinese?”

And now we know, it was to keep the Chinese from saying “well we only did it because your government and Fauci paid us to make it”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 01:34 PM (AXZB+)

183 Would it be too much to ask for Fauci to die an excruciatingly painful death?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:35 PM (2YhKe)

184 103 It wasn't Covid-19 that destroyed the trust. It was some governments' response to Covid-19. Squandered our trust.
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 11:43 AM (6wpGE)

Covid-19 didn't just happen. It was created by scientists paid from government funds. An op from the git-go.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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In the beginning it wasn't a mastermind plan to take over the country. We had/have a dozen or more labs like that. Then it metastasized. Xi saw an opportunity to grab more power and simultaneously our Administrative State did same.

And, like communism/socialism/plagues it consumed itself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:36 PM (Pee1E)

185 I occasionally pray that God has a better imagination than I do, because I can't think of anything that is as bad as Fauci deserves.

Posted by: Wenda at June 27, 2026 01:36 PM (lv4ib)

186 So I don't trust Doctors at this point to even fairly classify cause of death. I just don't. But I trust, in the big scheme, that collectively we can still classify Dead vs Alive. Although again, when it comes to documenting Dead vs Alive ? Look -people lie. People in Government lie for more reasons than I can count.

Thus - all any of us can do is rely on the sources of numbers we trust. Because none of us has the time to go count all the Dead ourselves.

All that to get to this ... a lot of people die in the US. And the US is getting more populated every day. I'll use StatBase. Number of United States Death. Was trending up, like clocwork - by 25K a year before Covid. There was a bump in 2020. About 500K. Same for 2021. Another 500K above the trend line. Another 300K in 2022. By 2023 ? Right back on the trend line.

So something happened. Something measurable. That probably isn't all COVID - but at least some was COVID. But I'm also sure people don't realize that THREE MILLION people die a year in the United States. We've got A LOT of people.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 27, 2026 01:36 PM (OMEw5)

187 I'm going to post this for any guy with prostate issues. I have been reading about problems with prostate cancer diagnosis. There are links to studies here

https://tinyurl.com/54mvpwsj

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 27, 2026 01:37 PM (bkuEU)

188 I'm old enough to remember the flu completely went away when covid arrived.
Posted by: Sponge
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I remember.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at June 27, 2026 01:37 PM (etq//)

189 I occasionally pray that God has a better imagination than I do, because I can't think of anything that is as bad as Fauci deserves.
Posted by: Wenda
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Check out a platypus lately?

God's imagination is limitless.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 01:38 PM (etq//)

190 Your hash suggests Emma Peel........

https://is.gd/5NfyJO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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No, I'm on the take from a company selling Pee Ez. They are daily tablets that help folks with enlarged prostates. You should try them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:38 PM (Pee1E)

191 Your hash suggests Emma Peel........

https://is.gd/5NfyJO
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

Fun trivia about the name - when the producers were casting the show, they agreed that Steed needed a partner who would have “male appeal”.
Which, in the written directions to those doing casting, they wrote out as “M. Appeal.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 01:40 PM (AXZB+)

192 And, just so you know, here's whenyou actually need a ventilator
https://tinyurl.com/f3t98w4m

There are medical professionals, posting on Substack, with all sorts of useful info. There are quacks too,so you have to do your own research.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 27, 2026 01:40 PM (bkuEU)

193 Bracken suggested Citizen Vigilante several days back. Asked about it here, but nobody answered, so I bought it on Amazon and watched it. I'm not saying it is well-made or that you will like it or even agree with its premise, but you should watch it...culturally very significant...and you can fast-forward through the scene with the prostitute(s) and not miss much of the theme if you prefer.

"I am doing this until you learn to do it for yourselves" or similar wording seemed to be the phrase that pays.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 01:41 PM (nAPfc)

194 I don't even want to get started on how the medical/Veterinary field has changed for the worse.

Yes there have been huge strides made in cancer treatment, joint /organ replacement and immunology.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 01:42 PM (afJtY)

195 FDA agents sometimes wore sidearms.

Along with several dozen other feralgov agencies, which is one of the most ridiculous things about the bloated garbage pile we're paying for...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 27, 2026 01:42 PM (R+iUD)

196 SMH,
Thank you for taking my poisonous thought and making it gentle fun.

Posted by: Wenda at June 27, 2026 01:42 PM (lv4ib)

197 138 136 You really should finish the series. Consider it punishment for something bad you did in life that you must receive penance for.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)

This has me laughing like a maniac. For the concept; not any connection to movies. Ha.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:42 PM (6wpGE)

198 That Stars & Stripes Forever rendition by the President's Own (aka the Marine Band) brings a tear to this Marine's eye. Now to find the entire thing and let it flow on the Utube.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 27, 2026 12:51 PM (+ldAm)
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(Fistbump)

The Marine Band brought in reinforcements for the finish. A grand Grand Finale!

Posted by: mrp at June 27, 2026 01:43 PM (rj6Yv)

199 And now we know, it was to keep the Chinese from saying “well we only did it because your government and Fauci paid us to make it”
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 01:34 PM (AXZB+)

Bingo.

I still marvel why we - the United States - along with China aren't 1A and 1B on the Global Shitlist right now. "We" collectively brought forth the world's first globally spread bioweapon.

And my memory is really long. I remember, in real time, when Obama made the directive to shut down all research into this kind of stuff. Now - did he "back-channel" to keep it going ? None of us know. I know it was typically bitched about at the time because, well it was Obama, and the Cold Warriors worried about the resulting "bio-weapons gap".

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 27, 2026 01:44 PM (OMEw5)

200 A patient cured is a customer lost.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 27, 2026 01:45 PM (qFwJc)

201 189 I occasionally pray that God has a better imagination than I do, because I can't think of anything that is as bad as Fauci deserves.
Posted by: Wenda
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When I pray for people harmed to be helped I ask him to not forget the one's who inflicted the harm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:45 PM (Pee1E)

202 Nood

Posted by: Weasel at June 27, 2026 01:45 PM (64qRd)

203 lol, you're welcome, Wenda.

Believe me, I have those exact same thoughts.

But a with a tank.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 01:46 PM (etq//)

204 Lets talk about why they refused to recommend vitamin D3 supplements diring Covid. They onow that most people in the US are low on during the winter months. They know this is especially true for dark skinned individuals. They know it's essential for you immune system and there were studies showing it helped lessen symptoms of Covid. They even know how to test your levels. So why didn't they?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 27, 2026 01:46 PM (bkuEU)

205 Had an interesting conversation about the flu going away with family member who was running the lab in a small city hospital at the time. She had reason to believe that the flu had legitimately gone away as they were using the same batch of flu tests as before the Wuhan Virus. She theorized, "Maybe they just didn't release the flu that year", as though that is the regular way it gets here. As I said, interesting.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 01:46 PM (nAPfc)

206 Weasel!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 27, 2026 01:46 PM (etq//)

207 She theorized, "Maybe they just didn't release the flu that year", as though that is the regular way it gets here.

Talking to people makes me realize just how stupid not only most people are - but people pulling levers they have no business even being in the same room with.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 27, 2026 01:48 PM (OMEw5)

208 So I don't trust Doctors at this point to even fairly classify cause of death. I just don't. But I trust, in the big scheme, that collectively we can still classify Dead vs Alive. Although again, when it comes to documenting Dead vs Alive ? Look -people lie. People in Government lie for more reasons than I can count.

My father, vax'd and boosted, had some mental issues stemming from a brain bleed he had over a decade prior. He didn't eat right, didn't keep himself hydrated properly and was in and out of the hospital in his last years.

He'd had some kidney issues due to his lack of hydration, but usually recovered quickly. He did pass away, where the doctors deemed his cause of death hypertension and kidney cancer.

No one, at any time during his treatments at the hospital, ever mentioned kidney cancer. His brother had only heard from a home health nurse once towards the end that they knew of a mass on a kidney that was never biopsied and hadn't grown in a YEAR.

Yes. I have VERY little faith in the medical community.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)

209
This has me laughing like a maniac. For the concept; not any connection to movies. Ha.
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:42 PM (6wpGE)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

210 I did know one person that got turbo cancer after getting a booster and when that died from a heart attack also after getting his booster.
Posted by: 18-1

I have a good friend that works as a doctor for the Indian Medical Service, or whatever it's called, providing health care to reservations (a doctor that works for the government). During the Covid time he would brook no descension against the clot shot. He honestly would berate me for challenging Fauci ( I never got the shot).

He got a booster and came down with a nervous disorder I can't remember (something Barre syndrome?) He can now barely walk, associates his disorder with the booster, yet still staunchly defends it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 01:52 PM (l26NL)

211 209
This has me laughing like a maniac. For the concept; not any connection to movies. Ha.
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:42 PM (6wpGE)

I help where I can.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

; )

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:53 PM (6wpGE)

212 I know one couple who both got the shot and boosters - he died from cancer right away, and she had multiple surgeries to remove blood clots.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 01:54 PM (nAPfc)

213 202 Nood
Posted by: Weasel at June 27, 2026 01:45 PM (64qRd)

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:54 PM (6wpGE)

214 He got a booster and came down with a nervous disorder I can't remember (something Barre syndrome?) He can now barely walk, associates his disorder with the booster, yet still staunchly defends it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 01:52 PM (l26NL)

He is a fool.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:55 PM (2YhKe)

215 A useful idiot, if you will.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 01:56 PM (2YhKe)

216 >>>Anyway. One would think such studies would have an impact on policy and behavior. But perhaps I'm forgetting some aspect that showed some possible benefit.

Posted by: rhomboid
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The killer was the flood of congestion. There were medicines from the beginning to alleviate that. Monoclonal antibodies, naming one. There were more. Administrative State had already seized the reins, shut down accurate information and prosecuted those who insisted. It was an all out take-over attempt.
Slowly accurate information from brave people overcame this one thing. Mary Tally Bowden M.D. is still having court battles.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:56 PM (Pee1E)

217 I watched Citizen Vigilante. I had a totally different reaction to the sex scene than others have had. The difference between the brutal rape and the concern shown the prostitute was part of the whole point. Just my opinion.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 01:56 PM (afJtY)

218
Yes. I have VERY little faith in the medical community.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Wait until you get sick.
Didn't a member of your family recently have an encounter with the medical community?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:58 PM (Pee1E)

219 Medical students at the University of Minnesota must now take an oath to "honor all Indigenous ways of healing that have been historically marginalized by Western medicine" and fight "white supremacy, colonialism, [and] the gender binary."

F*ck right off with that noise.
Posted by: Sponge

You have to work within the system, Sponge.

"In my tribe, we cured high blood pressure by getting a hand job from a nubile twenty-something. Let's try that first. Bring that cute nurse back in."

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 02:04 PM (VHUov)

220
Wait until you get sick.
Didn't a member of your family recently have an encounter with the medical community?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:58 PM (Pee1E)

Yes. My wife had breast cancer. She was treated with chemo and radiation which 1.5 years later, she still has issues from.

They say she's cured and will be in the clear if her check up next March is clean.

I am grateful to God for her prognosis and give credit to the medical community.

This gives them SOME leeway with me. What they did during covid, what they STILL do with the outright LIES about ivermectin and mebendazole as a successful treatment for cancers gives me great doubt in their desire for actual cures.

Should I get sick in the future, I will likely seek treatment, depending. That being said, I've never spent any time in the hospital for anything and have only received steroid shots for poison ivy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 27, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)

221 I repeat myself but I have not seen a doctor since 1980 and that was for a wound caused by being kicked by a horse.

I foolishly let myself get talked into taking the pneumonia shot and it liked to have killed me but I did not go to a doctor for that

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 02:13 PM (afJtY)

222 Good health is a blessing.
I don't believe it was the medical community. The medical community (practicing physicians) suffered from the heavy hand of the Administrative State just as we did. Clarifying; Hospital administrators are on the periphery of the medical community and much closer aligned with the byzantine Insurance and State administrators.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 02:14 PM (Pee1E)

223 Eye surgery to correct nearsightedness. 20/400 is no way to go through life.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 27, 2026 02:20 PM (flhvq)

224 Sponge a long painful death and for eternity

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 02:29 PM (Ia/+0)

225 221 I repeat myself but I have not seen a doctor since 1980 and that was for a wound caused by being kicked by a horse.

I foolishly let myself get talked into taking the pneumonia shot and it liked to have killed me but I did not go to a doctor for that
Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 02:13 PM (

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Wow no other accidents? Or do you take care of yourself? l
Like a do it yourself appendectomy, as performed by navy sailor in world war II

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 27, 2026 02:43 PM (jgF2C)

226 Well, I had a fancy dancy bells-n-whistles stem cell transplant and all I can say is the side effect from same (graft vs host disease if you want to know) is nastier than what I got rid of. Count me in the ‘modern medicine ain’t curing sheet’ column.

Posted by: The best thief in Lankhmar at June 27, 2026 02:58 PM (64rer)

227 Unfortunately there is a long history of abuse of humans in the name of medical research in the United States that when reviewed allows you to see the Dr Fauci attitude and approach has been present for centuries. Just as DEI proponents hide with name changes and ghosting by the media, this kind of “experimentation” persists across the military, public health and the medical industrial complex today. It may not be of the majority of research that occurs, but it is there. They try to hide in the shadows.

Posted by: epador at June 27, 2026 03:06 PM (TRnzq)

228 Benjamin Rush was indeed a hero, but he also harmed and killed a number of patients with his attachment to heroic medicine bloodletting.

Posted by: epador at June 27, 2026 03:13 PM (TRnzq)

229 PET NOOD IS UP

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

230 204 Lets talk about why they refused to recommend vitamin D3 supplements diring Covid. They onow that most people in the US are low on during the winter months. They know this is especially true for dark skinned individuals. They know it's essential for you immune system and there were studies showing it helped lessen symptoms of Covid. They even know how to test your levels. So why didn't they?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 27, 2026 01:46 PM (bkuEU)

Presumably, the same reason they forbade all other preventatives and treatments: money for their buddies. One of the conditions for emergency approval is that there cannot be *any* effective treatments.

How much did Big Pharma stocks go up, on the back of that emergency approval for Covid shots? I don't actually know, except "a lot." And that's your answer.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 03:43 PM (Sy6m/)

231 worst part is, there's exactly zero ways for them to recover that trust.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 03:53 PM (VyBeY)

232 Wait a minute..FDA agents carried sidearms? Why am I picturig Raylan in a research facilty having a tense moment with Boyd wearing a lab coat? "We changed bedpans"

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 27, 2026 03:57 PM (3/XaG)

233 230 204 From talking with one young doc, I really don't think that the idiotic refusal to recommend D3 was totally based on supporting emergency approval of vaccines. I think another factor was a perception of lack of legal support for treatments or recommendations outside the "gold standard" of double-blinded clinical trials. Or outside what the government recommended. This also prevented testing of medications the way doctors reported success in treatment, especially with combinations of agents.

As I recall, the use of combinations of agents for HIV, standard now, was delayed for several years because Fauci wanted to test single agents in placebo-controlled trials.

BTW, there were some striking studies indicating that D3 helped prevent and treat Covid (from other countries), but they were not placebo-controlled blinded trials.

Posted by: KT at June 27, 2026 03:58 PM (rdeQO)

234 Ohfercryingoutloud - Reader's Digest was recommending Vit D in 2001 or so (or that's when I read the article while waiting to get my hair cut).

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 04:58 PM (DZ9Lv)

235 Late reading this thread, but my overall takeaway is ... eating the meat from raccoon dogs will cure prostate cancer, at least as well as the other more expensive and more damaging treatments.

Or just do nothing, except maybe release the semen regularly, reduce fat, and drink less alcohol. And I like the once per three months ivermectin (paste for horses, even though I am not a horse), and maybe some fenbendazole.

Good article on the prostate cancer thingy -- thx, read it all.

https://tinyurl.com/54mvpwsj
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Posted by: illiniwek at June 27, 2026 09:06 PM (vbXSk)

The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival

*****

Good morning boys and girls and everything in between. Before we enter the Prayer Revival just a few housekeeping matters to go over. (Rulz for those of you in Elroy)

1) This is an open thread. Feel free to lurk, opine and/or bloviate.
2) Be kind. Be nice. If not, adios.
3) Running with sharp objects has not been approved by upper management.
4) Have a great weekend!

*****

AoSHQ Weekly Prayer List
Please submit any prayer requests to me, “Annie’s Stew” at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks unless we receive an update.
Prayer Requests:
4/3 – Teresa in Fort Worth posted an update. Her chemo seems to be holding things steady for now. Unfortunately, as she is receiving a steroid, she has gained about 25 pounds. Her blood sugar has also jumped up about 40 points (which only happens when she is on steroids).
6/1 Update – Teresa had a CT scan and has seen the surgeon. Everything looks good/stable. There are no new tumors and the ones that are there have pretty much stayed the same or shrunk. No metastises seen. Additional good news is that she can stay on the current medication, and just alternate it with other meds. She continues to respond extremely well to the protocols. She sends her gratitude for each and every prayer.
6/19 – Teresa in Fort Worth sent an update. Her cancer marker numbers continue to go down; hopefully that means everything is working! In other news, she has started working on another stocking, this time for her grandson, who will be implanted soon via IVF. Prayers for a successful procedure and pregnancy would be greatly appreciated!
5/16 – Tonypete asked for prayers for Jane who is dying of breast cancer, and for Cheri who is in jail (again) for drug related crimes.
6/13 Update – Jane and her husband have sold their home and have moved back to Green Bay, to be with family when she dies.
5/20 – D gave an update on his wife Susan and her continued battle with cancer. Her cancer markers are still headed in the right direction. She is on a new antibiotic, and it is causing some side effects, but it is keeping her out of another surgery, so that is a win. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers. May 1 marked one year since they found out about the cancer, and Susan is doing so well.
6/24 Update – Everything is going well. The chemo seems to be working, but it’s very hard. The prayers help, so please keep praying for them.
5/23 – I used to have a Different Nic could use some prayers as he waits for the results of a biopsy of a mass on his prostate.
6/2 Update – I used to have a Different Nic sent in an update. He has been diagnosed with risk group 2 prostate cancer. It appears to be localized to the prostate but this will be verified via another scan. He has doctor appointments lined up for the next month or so before he starts treatment.
6/23 Update – The latest update is that he has stage 2, “unfavorable intermediate”, which he notes is an awful name, but what it means is, it is in the middle, but bad enough that they want to treat it. It’s more aggressive than previously thought. He is at the point where he has to decide on treatment options, which means choosing which set of pretty unfortunate side effects he prefers.
5/26 – Doof posted a request for prayers for his mom. She is back in the hospital. She is very weak from one or more infections, and is sleeping a lot. She isn’t really talking when she is alert for a few minutes.
6/14 Update – Doof’s mother passed away.
5/29 – Bulg requested prayers for his sister, her husband, their four children, and the rest of the family as his sister is dying. She is in palliative care in the hospital, with a lot of blood clots, and is not expected to last long.
6/5 Update – Bulg asks for continued prayers for his sister and the family. He visited, and her condition had improved a lot. She was conscious and lucid. Bulg and his brother had a nice visit with their sister, and also got to visit with her family (husband, kids, grandkids). Bulg is grateful for the reconciliation with his sister and prays that she may be with them for a long while.
6/14 Update – Bulg’s sister passed away on 6/14. They all could use prayers of comfort.
5/29 – huerfano requested prayers for her brother, R, whose appendix “got hot”. Luckily he was with his daughter, who got him to ER quickly, and surgery was scheduled for 5/29.
6/6 Update – R had surgery, but his appendix was already leaking, so the surgery was more complicated and required lavage of his internals. He has been back at his daughter’s house since 6/1, and is thinking he’s ready to go home. Unfortunately, that’s 500 miles.
5/30 – RandomDave posted that he would appreciate prayers as he searches for work. He has had some good job prospects/interviews over the past week.
6/2 – Ellipsis (… sent in an update. We had prayed for a friend of hers who was going through cancer treatment. It’s been a little over a year, and her port is out now and her hell is over. She is battered and bruised, but clear. Thank you to the Horde for prayers, and praise to Jesus.
6/4 – Teresa in Fort Worth’s niece (Amanda) received a heart transplant a few months ago. One of the complications of that was that her kidneys started failing, and she needed a kidney transplant. On 6/3, she received a new kidney and it appears to be working. Hallelujah! The family is so grateful for the gift from the donor’s family.
6/6 – Skip requested prayers for his boss and wife. Their oldest daughter passed away the day before her 30th birthday. They had also lost a son some years ago unexpectedly. They still have 2 daughters.
6/9 – “A” requested prayers for a long-time friend now suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, who just fell and broke his hip. He came out of the anesthetic really confused. His wife and family also need prayers of support and strength to help him.
6/13 – Dash my lace wings asked for prayers for a friend named Lisa, who was diagnosed with liver duct cancer. She has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks and is afraid she will never leave.
6/20 Update – Lisa has been allowed to go home for hospice care. Cancer has metastasized throughout her body; this looks like the end for her.
6/13 – Tonypete requested prayers for an acquaintance (B), who has destroyed every relationship she has ever been a part of and spreads hate and torment to everyone around her.
6/18 – buzzion asked for prayers for a friend named Christina, who has struggled with drug addiction and is in jail again. Buzzion prays that this really is rock bottom and a true wake-up call for her – even if it requires her to stay in jail.
6/20 – bluebell gave an update on grammie Winger. Grammie had some major surgery related to her cancer in March and is pretty much housebound. She said she isn’t keeping up on news since her diagnosis; she doesn’t have the energy. She said she thinks of her grey-box friends often with fondness. Please keep praying for her. Your prayers are a source of great comfort to her.
6/20 – Polliwog the ‘Ette said that prayers for Inspector would be much appreciated. Inspector is still in the hospital. They are working on getting his strength up so it’s safe for him to go home. He is more alert and focused than when he was admitted, and he has been able to eat multiple full meals, which is an improvement and will help him continue to improve.
6/21 – B posted a request for prayers. He said that, due to his own shortcomings, and a moment of madness 6 years ago, B has been estranged from his two sons (age 41 and 36). He has tried to reach out and apologize to them over the past 6 years, to no avail. B asked the Horde to pray for their hearts to open, to allow him to properly apologize, and try to be the father he should have been. The boys are losing their mother to early-onset Alzheimers, and B needs them to know that he’s a better person today than he was then, and he can be counted on.
For submission guidelines and other relevant info, please contact Annie's Stew, who is managing the prayer list. You can contact her at apaslo at-sign hotmail dot com. If you see a prayer request posted in a thread comment, feel free to copy and paste it and e-mail it to Annie's Stew. She tries to keep up with the requests in the threads, but she's not here all of the time, so she may not see it unless you e-mail it to her. Please note: Prayer requests are generally removed after four weeks or so unless we receive an update.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 07:52 AM

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1 Oneth
Thx MisHum. Prayers for the Horde and their loved ones in need.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (f6yx7)

2 Twoeth!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 08:02 AM (6wpGE)

3 threeth

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 27, 2026 08:02 AM (/enuJ)

4 Called the otters.

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 08:03 AM (GlOX/)

5 Have to steel myself before reading the list this morning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

6 I've started a trend!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 27, 2026 08:05 AM (f6yx7)

7 Seveneth.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 27, 2026 08:09 AM (CJnkZ)

8 Good Saturday morning, horde.

Prayers said for all.

Special prayers for those who have strife in their families.

Extra special prayers for grammie winger. I know she is not afraid to go; I just pray that she is not suffering greatly.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 08:10 AM (h7ZuX)

9 Good morning again dear morons with thanks to annie, and mh, and you horde for praying

{grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 08:10 AM (RIvkX)

10 5 Have to steel myself before reading the list this morning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
+++

Frank Costanza says he likes my strength to weight ratio.

Posted by: Aluminum at June 27, 2026 08:11 AM (CJnkZ)

11
Hello all and I offer my prayers for those afflicted by disease or conflict.

Today is the memorial service for DiL's paternal grandfather. While the gathering will be comprised of folks of whom I would say are "not my kettle of fish", I will be properly respectful and represent both myself and Missus KvC well and offer up prayers for the dearly departed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 08:12 AM (ixS3i)

12 Good morning, Hordelings. I spoke with grammie winger last night. At her request, I am letting you know that she is hospitalized again, with sepsis, and cannot eat or walk. She is being fed by tube. She doesn't know how long she will be there, and they are trying to figure out where she will go after this, rehab, hospice, etc. She is very tired and cannot speak for long. She requested that I give out her mailing address to anyone who asks for it, so please do ask me if you are interested in sending her a card or note.

I am sorry to bring you such sad news, and I am uncomfortable with the level of detail but she specifically requested that I tell you these details, so here I am. Please pray for her, that her suffering will be eased, and pray for her family who is suffering along with her.

I know at one point her son used to lurk around here, so little winger, if you are here, please know that we all love your mom so very much and we will keep praying for her and all of you.

You all can reach me at moroncookbook at gmail dot com, or on my personal email if you have that. I'm happy to say I've already fielded 10 requests since CBD put up the sidebar last night.

Posted by: bluebell at June 27, 2026 08:13 AM (afFes)

13 Our friend Lisa passed on Monday, at home, in the presence of family. Thank you all for your prayers.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 08:13 AM (h7ZuX)

14 Thanks for the update on grammie, bluebell.

Prayers for grammie.

Posted by: dantesed at June 27, 2026 08:15 AM (Oy/m2)

15 - @8 Dash

I can't copy/paste and too much to one finger retype but, see my @53 on the tech thread.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 08:15 AM (xI6JS)

16 Good morning.
Prayers for all the Horde.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 08:17 AM (eZ5tL)

17 Thanks dear bluebell

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

18 Teej, I'm on my laptop, so copy paste is easy for me today. Reposting, because it bears repeating.

53 - Regarding {{{grammie}}}

My prayer is for as little suffering as possible.
When she leaves this mortal world, it will be our loss.
However...
The apostle Paul writing to the church at Phillippi -

1:21 For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

See also in his second letter to the church at Corinth-

5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

As always, you should read the entire passage on both. Context is important.
Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 06:49 AM (xI6JS)

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 08:18 AM (h7ZuX)

19 Slipping out of Lurk Mode to share that Grammie Winger has been in my daily prayers for a long time now. Prayed the Chaplet of Divine Mercy for her last night.

Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair or become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will which is Love and Mercy itself. Amen.

Posted by: KatieFloyd at June 27, 2026 08:19 AM (Nw3H/)

20 Our friend Lisa passed on Monday, at home, in the presence of family. Thank you all for your prayers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 08:13 AM (h7ZuX)
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May her memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

21 - Thank you so very much, Dash!!!

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 08:21 AM (xI6JS)

22 Prayers for all those suffering. I offer a prayer of thanks to God for my 38 year old daughter, who was released from a psych hospital this week after a particularly bad breakdown. (She has had mental health issues since the teen years). She has two children which she does not have custody of but which she still sees, and they are both wonderful. She has new medication and a new commitment to living in a way that will keep her from making a return trip.

The hardest part for me was telling her, when this round began, that no, you’re not allowed to come to my house because you want a place to “calm down”. My wife and I cannot and will not have a screaming mental patient in our house, even though we care for her. This forced her to seek more professional care, which this time appears to have helped quite a bit. (Hasn’t always been that way). So prayers of thanks to the Lord for this.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:22 AM (O+ktY)

23 KatieFloyd, thank you so much for sharing that! As you know, grammie is a woman of true faith and prayers are much appreciated by her. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a wonderful prayer.

Posted by: bluebell at June 27, 2026 08:22 AM (afFes)

24 Good morning, Prayerons! Thank you, MisHum and Annie for helping provide this blessed exchange.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 08:24 AM (kOluj)

25 So prayers of thanks to the Lord for this.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:22 AM (O+ktY)

Amen!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 08:24 AM (h7ZuX)

26 Dash, may Lisa rest in peace.

Tom Servo, I'm glad to hear your daughter has a new commitment to taking her health seriously. You and your wife did the right thing. It's so hard to watch our children suffer, but when they are adults they must make the hard decisions. And she has.

Posted by: bluebell at June 27, 2026 08:26 AM (afFes)

27 Prayers for I used to have a Different Nic to get enough information on the treatment options so that he can make the correct decision for himself and also that the chosen treatment option works well with minimal side effects.

In the fall of 2024 my prostate cancer also changed to unfavorable intermediate. I had appointments with a surgeon regarding a prostatectomy and with a radiation oncologist for radiation therapy combined with hormone therapy. I chose to have 28 radiation treatments along with 6 months of androgen deprivation therapy.

While it seemed very stressful at the time, the treatments were easily tolerable. I have minimal side effects and the cancer is gone.

Posted by: MentalBloch at June 27, 2026 08:26 AM (2LgD3)

28 Bluebell,
Thank you for updating us on Grammie. Prayers continue for her, and all those in need of His healing.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 27, 2026 08:27 AM (7v6oI)

29 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 08:22 AM (O+ktY)

b"h

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

30 One more thing I used to have a Different Nic, you can do this.

Posted by: MentalBloch at June 27, 2026 08:28 AM (2LgD3)

31 Good morning Mis Hum and Horde

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 08:33 AM (Ia/+0)

32 Thank you, bluebell!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 08:33 AM (VyBeY)

33 Spent a sizeable part of yesterday day bash scripting and creating fzf launch/preview menus for various projects.

The neovim screenwriting config is coming along nicely.

I've been testing it out using the Blade Runner screen play.

Reading through the script, they cut the dance hall scene down to the bits in the film with Zhora.

It would have been interesting to see that on film.

Overall, the Bladerunner script is a good read and really expands on the world building.

Everybody in Hollywood should read this script.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 08:35 AM (XV/Pl)

34 “ Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:25-26

Posted by: Marcus T at June 27, 2026 08:35 AM (vaSny)

35 Rest comfortably Grammie, knowing the Lord is by your side.

Hear our prayers and intentions for her, Lord.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 27, 2026 08:38 AM (vaSny)

36 Good morning. Prayers for all

Sounds like prayers of thanksgiving are appropriate, Tom Servo. Good news!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 08:38 AM (ugElV)

37 While it seemed very stressful at the time, the treatments were easily tolerable. I have minimal side effects and the cancer is gone.
Posted by: MentalBloch at June 27, 2026 08:26 AM (2LgD3)

That's good. Mr Dmlw! was at stage 3 when discovered, and they decided on prostatectomy. This has caused many unpleasant and lasting problems. I don't recommend it, if you have a choice.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 08:41 AM (h7ZuX)

38 Glory to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and Doctor of the Church, pray for us.

****

I have prayed Rosaries for the Horde's intentions, stated and unstated. May their sufferings be lifted up as a sacrifice with that of Jesus upon the Holy Cross.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 27, 2026 08:42 AM (ksbjf)

39 Since had to run out I didn't drink all my coffee.
Not sure I want it but heating it up.
More humid than humid outside

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 08:46 AM (Ia/+0)

40 Dash- so sorry to hear about your friend Lisa. And thank you for re-posting TeeJ's comments re Grammie Winger.

Here's a song by which to remember Lisa, may perpetual light shine upon her:

https://youtu.be/rhMqwZ268rA

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 08:47 AM (kOluj)

41 I have a truly trivial FWP hardly worth mentioning… but here I go anyway: I have a Garmin GPS watch I use for running. Two runs in a row, this morning included, this watch is “cheating” me out of distance. I have a regular course I know is 4.2 miles long. Twice in a row I’ve run it and the watch registers 3.7 miles at the end. What??! Makes me look really slow. Wounds my pride. And furthermore, apparently I’m weak minded because as I run when the watch records my mile splits much slower than my normal this discourages me and I feel more tired than normal. Vicious circle… I’d planned to run 10K this morning but stopped at “3.7” due to this discouragement. Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 08:47 AM (ugElV)

42 Sad to hear about dear Grammie. May she sense the presence of the Lord.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 27, 2026 08:49 AM (AjJxl)

43
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 27, 2026 08:50 AM (AMvSw)

44 Sniffs at door, wags tail. Pet thread soon.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 08:50 AM (Kt19C)

45 Thank you for that, Matthew Kant Cipher.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 08:51 AM (h7ZuX)

46 Prayers for Grammie Winger. She has always been a special blessing to this place

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 08:51 AM (26GAh)

47 In the fall of 2024 my prostate cancer also changed to unfavorable intermediate. I had appointments with a surgeon regarding a prostatectomy and with a radiation oncologist for radiation therapy combined with hormone therapy. I chose to have 28 radiation treatments along with 6 months of androgen deprivation therapy.

While it seemed very stressful at the time, the treatments were easily tolerable. I have minimal side effects and the cancer is gone.
Posted by: MentalBloch at June 27, 2026 08:26 AM (2LgD3)

I've been on active surveillance since diagnosis (Gleason 6) in 2018. Too many biopsies to recall the total. A few MRIs in there too. Luckily, it hasn't progressed to unfavorable intermediate, but I anticipate that it will at some point.

I appreciate you posting that and I've copied and saved it to MSWord for future reference.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 27, 2026 08:54 AM (J4Dwc)

48 The photo reminded me of drinking hot tea with milk and sugar at night when I was a kid. My grandfather was from Scotland and so my mother did it as a kid and carried it over to our family.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 08:58 AM (GP8V/)

49 Of course, Dash. For me, that song is one of several beautiful tunes whose playing seems to invite a great deal of dust into the room...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 08:58 AM (kOluj)

50 @41 LinusVanPelt-FOR SALE; one Garmin GPS Watch(EBay, Facebook Market)

Posted by: JROD at June 27, 2026 08:58 AM (1+Mqc)

51 Grammie, You remain in JTB and my prayers. May comfort and peace be yours. The Lord is holding you in His arms. Prayers are sent too for Rev and your children.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at June 27, 2026 08:59 AM (yTvNw)

52 Prayer up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 09:00 AM (Hbeqj)

53 Tom Servo - thank you for sharing the news of your daughter. May God's grace continue to shine upon her and through her.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 09:02 AM (kOluj)

54 I’m looking out my back door at a group of red headed finches on the bird feeder. Quite nice to see.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 09:03 AM (O+ktY)

55 Inspector is getting stronger every day and looking forward to returning to work Monday. It's a great blessing that he was already working from home or he would have had to go on disability. Thankfully, his job has been great about the whole situation.

Right now the biggest concern is that he not have a relapse, which *is* a concern because no one is definitely sure about what caused the problem to begin with.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:03 AM (lFFaq)

56 54 I’m looking out my back door at a group of red headed finches on the bird feeder. Quite nice to see.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 09:03 AM (O+ktY)

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Funny, I didn't recall Stifler's mom being a redhead...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 09:10 AM (kOluj)

57 Great news, Polliwog!

Work from home is such a blessing for some of us.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 09:10 AM (h7ZuX)

58 Prayers for Grammie Winger. She has always been a special blessing to this place
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 08:51
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Ditto. Go Cubs, Go!!!

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 09:11 AM (Hbeqj)

59 Is it my imagination or is sepsis showing up a lot more often?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:11 AM (lFFaq)

60 I happened to watch an episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution featuring a debate/discussion with Victor Davis Hanson, Niall Ferguson and Stephen Kotkin held last October talking about the Trump era. VDH was erudite as always and Ferguson was interesting. But the annoying one was this Kotkin fellow who I’d never heard before. Apparently an eminent historian. He actually argued that Trump is not a consequential president! This is a ridiculous position for a supposedly eminent historian… good grief. Ferguson didn’t agree with all things Trump but he had enough sense to know that PDJT has been tremendously consequential. It’s just amazing the number of truly smart people (I’m sure Kotkin is smart) who lose their minds when the topic is Trump. Trump so disorders their emotions they find themselves arguing that 2+2=5 and really believing it. Psychologists and historians will be studying TDS for centuries….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 09:11 AM (26GAh)

61 59 Is it my imagination or is sepsis showing up a lot more often?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:11 AM (lFFaq)

I've been wondering this, too. I work in hospital financial assistance, and it's a very expensive condition, so I know my view is skewed. But, man--in the last year or two, I've been lots more aware of it than the previous several years.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 09:13 AM (h7ZuX)

62 prayers to all

so sad to hear about Grammie. this is such a difficult thing. prayers and prayers

someone above mentioned trying not to do the prostatectomy even with a dire diagnosis. I think it's important to think HARD about the surgery. sometimes it's presented as "this will remove the cancer" but there are dangers they underplay.

first is lifestyle changes. I won't go into; as your doctor and surgeon. second is the propensity for the cancer to spread without an EXCELLENT (and possibly lucky) surgeon.

follow the advice of your medical team above all, but ask questions about what life will look like after surgery, and really think hard about that. and be sure you have chosen a top surgeon.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 27, 2026 09:13 AM (j+aD2)

63 sigh. "ask your doctor/surgeon"

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 27, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)

64 I'm getting sick and tired of being told I must be a slave to the rest of the world.

That my wages must be confiscated so that illegals can have free housing, free medical care, and free food while they sit idle and do no work.

That another portion of my wages must further be confiscated so that the powerful and connected in far off lands can live lives of luxury, while pretending to "help the poor."

And all of it, not only confiscated at the barrel of a gun, but they heap on me the dishonest moral blackmail of accusations "children will die" if I dare object to the theft of my time, my money, my wages.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 27, 2026 09:15 AM (73/SM)

65 Sepsis is an infection that has metastasized. It is common but like any infection must not be left untreated. People with some illnesses or medical procedures are at increased risk, especially people with suppressed immune systems.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 09:17 AM (RIvkX)

66 Prayers for all.

Posted by: Mick at June 27, 2026 09:18 AM (HFx9z)

67 Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 09:13 AM (h7ZuX)

Someone different in the Horde seems to be dealing with it every week lately. Either that didn't used to be the case or people used to not mention it, which seems unlikely since it's a serious issue very worthy of asking for prayer.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:19 AM (lFFaq)

68 Is it my imagination or is sepsis showing up a lot more often?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ett
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The clinical definition of sepsis has changed considerably over the the last 20 years. It's not a set thing, but rather a constellation of factors.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 27, 2026 09:20 AM (XvL8K)

69 Last fall, my sister who is 29 but not that old really… she got sepsis and almost died and it started with a urinary tract infection…. She’s otherwise healthy and I was shocked she came that close to death. A few months before that our neighbor died from sepsis, maybe close to 70 nor an age I consider extremely old. So yeah… anecdotally sepsis seems more common now; who knows why

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 09:21 AM (26GAh)

70 This is the Day that the Lord hath made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next Up TX MoMe ~ at June 27, 2026 09:22 AM (hOUT3)

71 Recent prayer update from George V. We’d prayed for his wife in May, as she had some biopsies for possible cancer coming up. George V sends his appreciation to the Horde for the prayers. Both biopsies came back negative for cancer. He thanks God for his goodness.

Posted by: Annies Stew at June 27, 2026 09:22 AM (dNIAD)

72 It’s just amazing the number of truly smart people (I’m sure Kotkin is smart) who lose their minds when the topic is Trump. Trump so disorders their emotions they find themselves arguing that 2+2=5 and really believing it. Psychologists and historians will be studying TDS for centuries….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I saw that discussion. Kotkin is obviously a democrat party man, and it became obvious that he knew his points were partisan and not being bought by anyone.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at June 27, 2026 09:23 AM (0U5gm)

73 Been reading along here, at least updates on people are sad but yet always have hope and prayers to send.

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)

74 > Is it my imagination or is sepsis showing up a lot more often?
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A couple of people, public people like Kyle Bush (NASCAR driver) have died from it over the last couple months. So, it's in the news. Probably used to just be referred to as a "serious illness."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 09:24 AM (jehhT)

75 Thank you for updating us on Grammie, Bluebell. She is such a treasure and always elevates the HQ with her faith and humor.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 27, 2026 09:26 AM (kpS4V)

76 Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 09:24 AM (jehhT)

I wasn't aware of Kyle Busch (wasn't he pretty young) or anyone famous dying of it. I was just asking because it seems like a new Hordeling has it every week.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:27 AM (lFFaq)

77 TV: Walt Disney's private jet restored.
Uh, those are propellers on the motors.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 09:28 AM (Kt19C)

78 I wasn't aware of Kyle Busch (wasn't he pretty young) or anyone famous dying of it. I was just asking because it seems like a new Hordeling has it every week.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:27 AM (lFFaq)

Mrs Cop is a retired RN. Years ago, she'd mention patients that got sepsis.

I think the word "sepsis" used to be a term-of-art in the medical community, but has now become more widespread among the general public.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 27, 2026 09:30 AM (ksbjf)

79 TV: Walt Disney's private jet restored.
Uh, those are propellers on the motors.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 09:28 AM (Kt19C)

Fox recently had a story on a Canadian airline plane that had an incident . It was a turboprop plane . The photo they showed was of a small commuter jet.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:30 AM (04gcy)

80 My daughter woke me up a few minutes ago, brandishing her toy dog.

"What's my dog's name, daddy," she asks.

"I dunno, honey. Charlie II?" I reply, referencing our actual dog's name.

"No. It's 'Rabies!!' Isn't Rabies so cute?!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 27, 2026 09:31 AM (BI5O2)

81 My daughter woke me up a few minutes ago, brandishing her toy dog.

"What's my dog's name, daddy," she asks.

"I dunno, honey. Charlie II?" I reply, referencing our actual dog's name.

"No. It's 'Rabies!!' Isn't Rabies so cute?!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 27, 2026 09:31 AM (BI5O2)

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:32 AM (iJfKG)

82 "No. It's 'Rabies!!' Isn't Rabies so cute?!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 27, 2026 09:31 AM (BI5O2)

I am not a bit surprised that your daughter has a sense of humor, YD. Freakin' adorable.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 09:33 AM (h7ZuX)

83 It’s just amazing the number of truly smart people (I’m sure Kotkin is smart) who lose their minds when the topic is Trump. Trump so disorders their emotions they find themselves arguing that 2+2=5 and really believing it. Psychologists and historians will be studying TDS for centuries….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

They would do the same thing with Bush back in the day. It is that far too many intellectuals who were always in the top of their classes, cannot admit error and change with evidence. It is particularly a problem in academia because they have a whole line of publications, etc. from a viewpoint and few, if any, have egos that permit them to change their minds on critical assumptions.

One of those assumptions dating back to the FDR and Adlai Stevenson/JFK era, is that Democrats are the smart and 'good' people and doers, while GOP is slothful, stupid, and evil.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:33 AM (E4rtv)

84 No matter how 'smart' a Leftist is they all have 10 mental defects common in all of them.

The Ends Justify the Means
Projection
Cognitive Dissonance
Unable to make logical comparisons
Unable to determine cause and effect
History only starts yesterday
Presentism
Misplaced Victimhood
Narcissism
Evil boldness

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:35 AM (04gcy)

85 I wasn't aware of Kyle Busch (wasn't he pretty young) or anyone famous dying of it. I was just asking because it seems like a new Hordeling has it every week.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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Some bacterial infections are getting a lot harder to treat because the bacteria are developing resistance to the drugs used to treat patients like MRSA. Staph has been around forever and normally acts in symbiosis with human skin but MRSA variants are immune to most penicillin and even the remaining ones used to treat it often require hospitalization and IVs.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)

86 Posted by: polynikes

Good summary. You see the same list of behaviors with Muzzies and for the same reasons, leftism is a religion. And that is why the Red Green analysis is so pernicious in the West.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:38 AM (E4rtv)

87 Unable to determine cause and effect

What Dennis Prager would call 1 stage thinking

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 09:38 AM (Ia/+0)

88 "No. It's 'Rabies!!' Isn't Rabies so cute?!"
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

😆😆😆

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 09:39 AM (gDlxJ)

89
I saw Slothful, Stupid, and Evil open for Crosby, Stills, and Nash at Woodstock in
'69.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:39 AM (iJfKG)

90 Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)

We need a UV light system that doesn't harm humans . At the least all hospitals should have a system that can be turned on in every area when it's unoccupied.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:39 AM (04gcy)

91 saw Slothful, Stupid, and Evil open for Crosby, Stills, and Nash at Woodstock in
'69.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:39 AM (iJfKG)

Weren't they the same band ?

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:40 AM (04gcy)

92 Good morning Horde, prayers in abundance for all of you and your loved ones.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 09:42 AM (ibDUx)

93 "...few, if any, have egos that permit them to change their minds..."

May I add,,, Or even look at evidence that contradicts their view.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 09:42 AM (xI6JS)

94 So would a good example of stage 1 thinking be something I’ve observed on my Nextdoor feed (LA County)… an AWFL complaining about homeless encampments but then in the next breath saying Karen Bass is great and how could anyone vote for that reality TV caveman Pratt?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 09:43 AM (26GAh)

95 Facts. Rabies is probably cute.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 09:43 AM (RIvkX)

96 That said, I'm glad she woke me. We slept in way too late. I'm gonna roll my carcass out of bed and go do my lawn and garden chores. Good day, all!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (BI5O2)

97
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)

We need a UV light system that doesn't harm humans . At the least all hospitals should have a system that can be turned on in every area when it's unoccupied.
Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:39 AM (04gcy)

The wavelength that kills the bacteria and viruses, also damages your eyes and skin. You can't have a friendly UV sterile room.

We had a UV sterile room when I was in grad school, it was made very clear that you always turn off the light before you enter.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

98 We need a UV light system that doesn't harm humans . At the least all hospitals should have a system that can be turned on in every area when it's unoccupied.
Posted by: polynikes
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It would help. But a lot of the infections inside hospitals are caused by staff ignoring guidelines designed to quell it by simple means of hygiene and cleaning. Busch was an unusual case where he had an infection and just refused to go to the doc. Same thing often happens with elderly patients--they are sick and delay going to the doc and sometimes it is too late.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (E4rtv)

99 We need a UV light system that doesn't harm humans . At the least all hospitals should have a system that can be turned on in every area when it's unoccupied.
Posted by: polynikes
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We have that tech for disinfecting hospital rooms. Don't know how widely it's used, or how effective.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (XvL8K)

100 I believe that TDS is an unwillingness to recognize one's own shortcomings and self-loathing. If these people acknowledge that Trump is right and good it means everything they have ever believed is a lie/wrong and they just can't accept that so they continue the lie no matter how ludicrous. There is something broken in these people. It's easier to continue on their bad path than to take personal responsibility for their own lives and they are being enabled by a political class that promises them everything. Essentially, theynever want to grow up and leave home.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (VCgbV)

101 The wavelength that kills the bacteria and viruses, also damages your eyes and skin. You can't have a friendly UV sterile room.

We had a UV sterile room when I was in grad school, it was made very clear that you always turn off the light before you enter.
Posted by: naturalfake

I think hospitals use UV-C and do it when cleaning rooms for new patients (at least some of them do). Also UV is used in the HVAC system along with HEPA filtration.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:45 AM (E4rtv)

102 FWIW, I use UV-C lamp to sterilize dog beds and it creates ozone which also acts to reduce the odor causing bacteria from that. UV-C light on the HVAC system now as well.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:47 AM (E4rtv)

103 Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

Yes but I'm always hoping that people much much smarter than me find solutions that seem impossible. But like I said, hospitals need to use a UV system more than they do currently. Just only when the areas are unoccupied.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:47 AM (04gcy)

104 100 I believe that TDS is an unwillingness to recognize one's own shortcomings and self-loathing. If these people acknowledge that Trump is right and good it means everything they have ever believed is a lie/wrong and they just can't accept that so they continue the lie no matter how ludicrous. There is something broken in these people. It's easier to continue on their bad path than to take personal responsibility for their own lives and they are being enabled by a political class that promises them everything. Essentially, theynever want to grow up and leave home.
Posted by: lin-duh
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What I think is broken is that leftism has replaced the Lord with Government as its man made 'god'.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:48 AM (E4rtv)

105
The remarkable thing is that what impresses the Euros visiting for the WC most aren't Times Square or the Washington Monument. Instead, they're all very commonplace things: air conditioning, big stadiums, Buc-ee's, barbecue, friendly people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 09:49 AM (O0L8i)

106 ...Busch was an unusual case where he had an infection and just refused to go to the doc. Same thing often happens with elderly patients--they are sick and delay going to the doc and sometimes it is too late.
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (E4rtv)

This is the main problem.

You can even see death from an infected tooth if patients wait too long for treatment.

It's called Ludwig's Angina. It progresses very fast .
It's rare that people die from it in the US, but in places like India, it is a major cause of death.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

107 If your PHd isn't in the hard sciences, I'd argue that it's a marker that you're a Shithead: someone who thinks they're smarter than they really are.

It's a variant of the Dunning–Kruger effect where people with low ability in a specific area overrate their ability, while those with ability can underestimate themselves.

People with PhDs will often spends years on something so narrow as to be of no use to anyone, and then claim that they have great insight into everything. Especially happens with soft disciplines.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 27, 2026 09:51 AM (dtajH)

108 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, forever. Amen.

Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)

109 100 I believe that TDS is an unwillingness to recognize one's own shortcomings and self-loathing. If these people acknowledge that Trump is right and good it means everything they have ever believed is a lie/wrong and they just can't accept that so they continue the lie no matter how ludicrous. There is something broken in these people. It's easier to continue on their bad path than to take personal responsibility for their own lives and they are being enabled by a political class that promises them everything. Essentially, theynever want to grow up and leave home.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 09:44 AM (VCgbV)
There is iron in the words of lin-duh for all men to see.
- Ten Bears

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 09:52 AM (LHPAg)

110 What I think is broken is that leftism has replaced the Lord with Government as its man made 'god'.
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:48 AM (E4rtv

That's how you know Nazism and Hitler were Leftists along with Communism and Stalin.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:52 AM (04gcy)

111 > The remarkable thing is that what impresses the Euros visiting for the WC most aren't Times Square or the Washington Monument. Instead, they're all very commonplace things: air conditioning, big stadiums, Buc-ee's, barbecue, friendly people.
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Their political betters have lied to them for decades about us. As our political betters have lied to the public about a whole raft of things.

It's why we seldom take anything, anymore, at face value coming from them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)

112 I'm surprised more Euros haven't mentioned our awesome gun culture. I know one guy was awestruck that he could just go to a gun range like going to the corner store.

Posted by: polynikes at June 27, 2026 09:55 AM (04gcy)

113 About prominent people continuing to push the Lie.

"Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?"

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 27, 2026 09:55 AM (dtajH)

114 Polynikes, don't forget the moral relativism. That's a key driving factor.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 27, 2026 09:56 AM (XY7MO)

115 polynikes

My wife passed away from acute liver and kidney failure caused by iTTP. The diagnoses came while she was in ICU after a blood test for a specific blood enzyme came back showing remarkable deficiency.

A secondary cause of death listed on her death certificate identified sepsis, which I presume she contracted during her stay in ICU.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 27, 2026 09:56 AM (J4Dwc)

116 You can even see death from an infected tooth if patients wait too long for treatment.

It's called Ludwig's Angina. It progresses very fast .
It's rare that people die from it in the US, but in places like India, it is a major cause of death.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

Sam Warner of the Warner Brothers never lived to see the premier of The Jazz Singer in 1927. He passed the day before from an infection begun by an infected tooth. He was very instrumental in bring the first sound motion picture to the screen over the objections of the other brothers.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 09:57 AM (5xuJ/)

117
Anybody see "Citizen Vigilante"?

Is it worth the time to find on X or pay for on Prime and watch it?

Also, Rod Dreher, who's kind of an equivocating pooch, on a lot of things has a decent, though virtue signaling column linked over at Insty regarding "CV".
In this case, he's mostly on target.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)

118 > The remarkable thing is that what impresses the Euros visiting for the WC most aren't Times Square or the Washington Monument. Instead, they're all very commonplace things: air conditioning, big stadiums, Buc-ee's, barbecue, friendly people.

Yesterday they had to shut off the air conditioning in the lower half of one the EU buildings in Brussels because it was so hot the power grid couldn't handle the load. Guess who works in the half that got shut off. Not the leadership.

That's what they are used to in Europe.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 09:58 AM (viF8m)

119 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 09:49 AM (O0L8i)

My understanding is that not only is the food here tasty, it's also *cheap* compared to prices around the world. And that's even after their Bidenflation and destruction of many beef herds and chicken flocks.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:59 AM (lFFaq)

120 Last year I requested prayers for my wife who was beginning immunotherapy treatments for stage 3 melanoma. Last week she had her last treatment and came through it fine except for a thyroid problem which seems to be one of the side effects but is very treatable. Any way it's better than cancer. Thanks for all Horde prayers. Im sure He lurkes here.

Posted by: Cosda at June 27, 2026 10:00 AM (0SOtG)

121 naturalfake, I watched it and plan on watching it again.

There is a link to watch it on the thread about it yesterday

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 10:00 AM (afJtY)

122 This is cool.
Amelia music video of The Gods of the Copybook Headings (Kipling) on X

https://tinyurl.com/bddnnayj

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 10:02 AM (tcsrY)

123 What I think is broken is that leftism has replaced the Lord with Government as its man made 'god'.
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 09:48 AM (E4rtv)
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The very origin of the "left" was always in opposition to God. One of first targets of the French Revolution was the Church. The rebellion in the Vendee was a reaction to the destruction of the Church and the suppression of the Mass. The Cult of Reason (and metric weeks!) were an attempt to replace it.

Marxism was an attempt to add a scientific gloss to it 50 years later, and it's still doggedly chugging along, not because it works, but because it appeals to our sinful nature. Pride, Greed, Envy and Wrath (and recently Lust) are all bundled into a nice little package that produces pure misery.

The "tell" is that every version of it immediately starts burning Catholic churches and persecuting the faithful. If God doesn't exist, why put all that effort into dumb people wasting their time on the imaginary Sky God? Why is that always of paramount importance?

The answer is that it is the core of the enterprise, and always has been. TDS is a different beast.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:02 AM (ZOv7s)

124 Rabies 😂. Reminds me of the other night babysitting the grands. Two-year-old granddaughter pronounces her Ks and hard Cs as Ts... makes for some very entertaining sentences. Like when she asks Gma to play the game on her iPad where you search for hidden felines.

"Grammy, I wanna play find the titties"

So does Pop-pop, sweetheart... and Bulg, and all the rest of the 'rons

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at June 27, 2026 10:03 AM (6lIrI)

125 Due to the EU heatwave, the EU Commission is shutting down air conditioning in its headquarters building - but only on the floors that the peasants work on.

"Staff working at the Berlaymont building received a text at midday, reading: “BERL — URGENT — Due to extreme weather conditions, forced shut down of air cooling system from floor 1 to 7 for the rest of the day.”
The 13-story building is home to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, her 26 commissioners and about 3,000 staff. Von der Leyen works on the 13th floor, and most of her commissioners’ offices are housed on floors eight or above."

The EU in a nutshell.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:03 AM (aD4fx)

126 Good morning all
Sepsis. The problem is over use of antibiotics means that a lot,of them have stopped working. When my husband was in the hospital after surgery for pancreatic cancer, a team of Drs showed up to design an antibiotic cocktail to deal with infection. After surgery being told ne was cancer free, Sepsis killed him 6 months later. It is difficult to maintain the kind of sterile conditions that prevent this but loved ones get sent home with conditions that require it.
So, yes, it is happening more often and we are kept in the dark as Drs continue to prescribe antibiotics at the drop of a hat because it is easy and cheap even if ineffective against the malady presented.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 10:05 AM (kJmSS)

127 The EU in a nutshell.

You get Net Zero, and we get private jets, peasant.

Posted by: The Unelected EU Commission! at June 27, 2026 10:05 AM (aD4fx)

128 A humble prayer request for my wife you had a biopsy on one of her bewbs yesterday. We're not sure what's going on, but something is going on.

I know some of the 'Ettes are puzzled by the male fascination with sweater puppies, but it does aid early detection of potential problems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

129 One of the key tactics of a color revolution is the use of the media, NGOs, grass roots organizers, etc. to push and shape narratives. That's where TDS came from.

Bombard people with enough lies, particularly those who are predisposed to believe the lies, and it becomes fact.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:06 AM (viF8m)

130 "Lifeboat with too few seats" as metaphor.

I knew a guy back in the 1980s who was a Rhodes scholarship candidate. At his interview he was asked what he'd do on a lifeboat with too few seats.

The answer they wanted was "women and children first. I'd sacrifice myself." That's how Bill Clinton answered.

My homie wouldn't play: "I'd throw overboard whoever I liked least."

The Committee wanted the Lie, you see.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 27, 2026 10:06 AM (dtajH)

131 So, yes, it is happening more often and we are kept in the dark as Drs continue to prescribe antibiotics at the drop of a hat because it is easy and cheap even if ineffective against the malady presented.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 10:05 AM (kJmSS)
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American medicine shifted sharply from treatment to pill pushing. Time was you could go to a doctor and get examined and maybe advice, but now there has to be a prescription attached to the visit. I've had them tell me point blank they have to write it, but I don't have to pick it up or take it. When I said I won't, I get a shrug, but the order always goes in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

132 by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

Prayers for Mrs. Lloyd.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:09 AM (8Cor4)

133 A.H. Lloyd, prayers ascending . There are 'Ettes here that have dealt with breast cancer that she can use as a wealth of information if she should choose .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 10:09 AM (afJtY)

134 What I think is broken is that leftism has replaced the Lord with Government as its man made 'god'.
Posted by: whig
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I agree that the left is replacing God with government. It will not end well for them.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 10:09 AM (VCgbV)

135 If these people acknowledge that Trump is right and good it means everything they have ever believed is a lie/wrong and they just can't accept that so they continue the lie no matter how ludicrous. There is something broken in these people.

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Their ideology is at the center of their lives. It's how they measure their own self-worth. "I am a good tolerant person with my rainbow flag and hate has no home here sign"
To look at the possibility that the ideology is in anyway a lie is to attack their sekf/worth.
It's an existential threat to their whole way of life.
Trump is an existential threat.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 10:10 AM (dE3DB)

136 My understanding is that not only is the food here tasty, it's also *cheap* compared to prices around the world. And that's even after their Bidenflation and destruction of many beef herds and chicken flocks.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 27, 2026 09:59 AM (lFFaq)
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One of the remarkable features of American food production is how quickly it can recover. Since the Great Depression the government has worked to suppress the size of the herds to sustain prices, but when something bad happens, farmers and ranchers are turned loose, and you see the results.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:11 AM (ZOv7s)

137 lin-duh. Spot on.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 10:11 AM (afJtY)

138 Oh, grammie...I will just add my voice to all others above. Very difficult situation indeed.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:12 AM (GD0B3)

139
This is cool.
Amelia music video of The Gods of the Copybook Headings (Kipling) on X

https://tinyurl.com/bddnnayj
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 10:02 AM (tcsrY)

another good one from "Amelia".

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)

140 Prayers for Mrs AH Lloyd

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 10:12 AM (DoBxX)

141 A.H. Lloyd, prayers ascending . There are 'Ettes here that have dealt with breast cancer that she can use as a wealth of information if she should choose .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 10:09 AM (afJtY)
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Thank you (and everyone else). Hopefully it won't come to that, and I'm actually impressed with how fast everything has happened. The problem was noticed on Sunday, my wife dithered on Monday, called it in on Tuesday and she's already had two sets of imaging plus the biopsy. Americans take bewb health super serious, as they should.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)

142 Cosda, that's wonderful!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 10:13 AM (DoBxX)

143 I sincerely hope that all the Euros visiting will absorb the positivity and the "can do" spirit of "anything is possible" that we have here is such abundance, that we don't even notice it. Freedom is a marvelous, magical thing. Once you taste it, you can never go back to being a slave.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:14 AM (GD0B3)

144 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prayers ascending for your beloved partner in life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 10:15 AM (u82oZ)

145 My understanding is that not only is the food here tasty, it's also *cheap* compared to prices around the world.

Years ago, a fancy Boston-area deli that people like Barney Frank used to shop at went bankrupt due to lack of business.

The business posted a rant on its front door denouncing Americans for not being willing to spend a larger fraction of their money on food, and praised the sophisticated Europeans who did spend a lot more of their incomes on food.

Posted by: The Unelected EU Commission! at June 27, 2026 10:15 AM (aD4fx)

146 Today I saw a sign on someone's yard ( They had other signs but I didn't look at those because I wanted to have a pleasant morning walking in the gardens nearby). It said "Trump 25th amendment NOW!") The person did not have the see sign about Biden. I prayed for this person. TDS

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ELdpA)

147 UV-C lamp
Can I get one for my shorts?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 10:17 AM (Kt19C)

148 "Americans take bewb health super serious, as they should."
++++

Glad we could help.

Posted by: The NFL Pink Cleats Of October at June 27, 2026 10:17 AM (CJnkZ)

149 It's an existential threat to their whole way of life.
Trump is an existential threat.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 10:10 AM (dE3DB)
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This is the core of TDS, and I think it has to be separated from partisan furor because we also had BDS back in the day. That's just the left calling everyone Nazis.

TDS is where otherwise ideologically aligned people who should support Trump's policies (which they often advocated for year) turn on a dime and fiercely oppose them. It's where career humorists and satirists become bitter scolds because of Trump's quips.

It's where nominally religious people who are always urging compassion and restrained language foam at the mouth the instant Trump is brought up, while excusing his blasphemous opponents. Jen Rubin is probably the most pure distillation because I believe she had rejected every single policy preference she used to have.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)

150 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ELdpA)

Did not have the "same" ( not see) sign.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:18 AM (ELdpA)

151 American medicine shifted sharply from treatment to pill pushing. Time was you could go to a doctor and get examined and maybe advice, but now there has to be a prescription attached to the visit.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:08 AM (ZOv7s)

And the cost is astronomical. Are there doctors practicing anymore that don't take insurance, and operate independently of the Medicare/Insurance/Hospital industrial complex? How would you find them?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 10:18 AM (h7ZuX)

152 Having to go do some stuff today. May everyone have a blessed day.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 10:19 AM (E4rtv)

153 My favorite is some smallish car plastered with Biden/Harris peace, TDS and other nonsense stickers. Reminds me of when I was a wee child and did that to my notebooks. But I grew out of it by the time I was 12.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GD0B3)

154 Woke Leftism is the Cubic Zirconium of religions. Its adherents either believe to fill a spiriutal void, or they fake their belief for career advancement.

Like other cults who pass their sell-by dates, it will shed support but the rest will double down in their silly beliefs.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 27, 2026 10:20 AM (dtajH)

155 > Anybody see "Citizen Vigilante"?

Is it worth the time to find on X or pay for on Prime and watch it?
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It's free on X. Easy enough to find too. We watched it on Prime. I'd say it's worth the time. Price? Up to you.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 10:20 AM (jehhT)

156 122 This is cool.
Amelia music video of The Gods of the Copybook Headings (Kipling) on X

https://tinyurl.com/bddnnayj
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 27, 2026 10:02 AM (tcsrY)

That's awesome. Reminded me a bit of A-ha's Take On Me video at the beginning but it definitely had its own style. I love the Amelia phenomenon, especially as an own-goal by the fascist toffs that run the UK, and Gods of the Copybook Headings is one of my favorite poems.

Posted by: Mmmm...based goth chicks... at June 27, 2026 10:21 AM (TbWk/)

157 Are there doctors practicing anymore that don't take insurance, and operate independently of the Medicare/Insurance/Hospital industrial complex? How would you find them?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs
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Yes, there are. Concierge medicine... look it up.
I can't afford it myself.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 10:21 AM (VCgbV)

158 The answer they wanted was "women and children first. I'd sacrifice myself." That's how Bill Clinton answered.
Posted by: Ignoramus

I remember when they were trying to puff up Bill's tough guy stats (remember the photo of Bill in the band kissy uniform), they claimed he played rugby at Oxford. It was a perfect Bill & Hillary lie. No way to prove or disprove it. When pressed they claimed "Oh, it wasn't a league, just, you know, pick up games like basketball."

For the record, Bill was always a soft weakling.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 10:21 AM (l26NL)

159 Today I saw a sign on someone's yard ( They had other signs but I didn't look at those because I wanted to have a pleasant morning walking in the gardens nearby). It said "Trump 25th amendment NOW!") The person did not have the see sign about Biden. I prayed for this person. TDS
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ELdpA)

Being me, who I am, would probably take that sign and burn it. I am to the point of wishing very bad things for those type of people. The tolerance I once had (or pretended to have) is long gone.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 10:21 AM (5xuJ/)

160 Since Trump took office for his 2nd term and gutted USAID, there have been 7 elections in Latin America.

All 7 flipped from leftwing governments to rightwing governments. Probably not a coincidence.

They were running the same playbook here with Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:22 AM (viF8m)

161 Citizen Vigilante is on X, however I think it will be taken down tonight by 10 pm Eastern.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:22 AM (GD0B3)

162 A prayer if you please for R.'s Aunt Nancy who passed away this week. She was in her 90's so had a good run. She outlived all of her sibs and three of her sons.

R will run up to the funeral leaving tomorrow so prayers also for safe travels for her.

Prayers for all Hordian intentions - those requested and those known but to God.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:22 AM (+/hEQ)

163 Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:19 AM

My "favorite" is the rainbow etc( the one with other colors and triages as well) which says "Hate has no home here." I always say to myself on seeing it "Sure it does. You hate Trump."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ELdpA)

164 I believe true TDS is purely economic. I've said this before. When someone changes their mind on issues of weight, there is a line of reasoning and it usually happens with public discussion. We see this all the time. The late David Horowitz is a great example.

You didn't need to read his autobiography to see it happen, it was right out there in the open. His book explained it, clarified the timeline, revealed hidden events, and it was completely sincere. As many know, he also embraced Trump because he recognized a kindred spirit (messy personal life, love of country, desire for practical policies that helped people).

There is no "thought line" for TDS types. There is no consistent standard. It's pure economics. They needed "intractable" problems to sell their magazines. When the problems were solved, and solved easily, THAT was the existential threat.

This is also why flag officers had Hegseth. Turns out winning wars isn't that hard or bloody. Just use the right tools for the job.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

165 I don't know what to think of Citizen Vigilante. I appreciate what he was trying to do, but...

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:23 AM (GD0B3)

166 Anybody see "Citizen Vigilante"?

Is it worth the time to find on X or pay for on Prime and watch it?
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It's worth watching for the point it's making. Is it a good movie? Not even close. BUT it is a must see!

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 10:24 AM (VCgbV)

167 Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:22 AM (+/hEQ)

Of course.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:24 AM (ELdpA)

168 My "favorite" is the rainbow etc( the one with other colors and triages as well) which says "Hate has no home here." I always say to myself on seeing it "Sure it does. You hate Trump."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ELdpA)

It's ok to hate him , he is a nazi !

---Platner and Co.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:24 AM (GD0B3)

169 What I think is broken is that leftism has replaced the Lord with Government as its man made 'god'.
Posted by: whig
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I agree that the left is replacing God with government. It will not end well for them.
Posted by: lin-duh
_________

But when? This has been the trend on the left since at least Rousseau. 100 million dead in the 20th century hasn't damped their appetite at all.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 27, 2026 10:24 AM (XvL8K)

170 My favorite is some smallish car plastered with Biden/Harris peace, TDS and other nonsense stickers. Reminds me of when I was a wee child and did that to my notebooks. But I grew out of it by the time I was 12.
Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GD0B3)

I saw a tiny car with a Harris/Walz ticker still prominently displayed yesterday.

It made me laugh. I'm sure xhe felt very enlightened driving around in her Virtu-Mobile.

BONUS! Virtue-signalling lawn signs are back!
I saw a Texas Mothers Against Abbott sign while one a walk.
It made me laugh too.

Easily-amused, I am.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 10:26 AM (iJfKG)

171 How'd that work out for you?

https://tinyurl.com/m9mx46rs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

172 My favorite is some smallish car plastered with Biden/Harris peace, TDS and other nonsense stickers. Reminds me of when I was a wee child and did that to my notebooks. But I grew out of it by the time I was 12.
Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GD0B3)
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This goes back to the 1970s. VWs with the entire rear quarter covered in stickers. The slogans change ("Unilateral Disarmament! No Nukes!") but the mentality has always been there.

Prior to the 1960s, these people were do-gooders at their church or local charity, dressed well and disdained the guy in jeans at the end of the pew. Some still go to woke churches, but generally they gave it up because they know they are saved and don't need to waste time in a building.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:27 AM (ZOv7s)

173 What do Charles DeGaulle, idi Amin and Pope Paul II have in common?

The played serious rugby second row.

Bill Clinton? One match for the Fifth Side of his Oxford college (not the University). Like a pick-up game.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 27, 2026 10:28 AM (dtajH)

174 Yes, there are. Concierge medicine... look it up.
I can't afford it myself.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 10:21 AM (VCgbV)

Ah. I was hoping if they weren't tied up with the insurance business, it might be affordable. I do have insurance, but the whole industry is out of control. Would love to see some kind of transformation that prevents the fraudulent stuff we're seeing.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 10:28 AM (h7ZuX)

175 There is no "thought line" for TDS types. There is no consistent standard. It's pure economics. They needed "intractable" problems to sell their magazines.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

I’m sure economics is often the cause… but not always. I mentioned Kotkin above and he’s a well-established historian, economically secure and a great academic reputation before Trump ever appeared on the political scene. In his case I think it’s ego; an unwillingness to consider he might be wrong

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 10:28 AM (26GAh)

176 And the cost is astronomical. Are there doctors practicing anymore that don't take insurance, and operate independently of the Medicare/Insurance/Hospital industrial complex? How would you find them?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 27, 2026 10:18 AM (h7ZuX)

Yes. Look up concierge medicine, as well as direct primary care. It's mostly going to be for primary care rather than specialists, although a significant number of psychiatrists have moved to cash-only.

Posted by: They're there but it takes digging and has limitations at June 27, 2026 10:29 AM (TbWk/)

177 Found an interesting historical nugget, as we have increasing numbers of AsAJews willing to call Israel genocidal and chant "Free Palestine".

In 1921, "The Association of German National Jews" was founded, which called for the complete assimilation of German Jews, and ended up endorsing Adolph Hitler.

When the Nazis took over, the organization was banned, it's leader was thrown into a concentration camp, and its members eventually went to the gas chambers along with all the other Jews.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:31 AM (aD4fx)

178 My "favorite" is the rainbow etc( the one with other colors and triages as well) which says "Hate has no home here." I always say to myself on seeing it "Sure it does. You hate Trump."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:23 AM (ELdpA)
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I've noticed a lot less yard signs in the area. Still quite a few, and a big uptick in various incarnations of deviancy flags, both Satanic rainbow and tranny wedge.

There is a black family that lives near the local elementary school. Very religious, has had a Trump sign in the yard since 2016 (updated of course). This year, because of the flags, a new sign showed up, denouncing LGBTQ and urging repentance. Big sandwich board with letters you can switch out.

Another sign then was put up next to it, handwritten, warning that the property is under surveillance and further attempts to knock down the sign will be reported to the police.

So yeah, liberals vandalizing the property of a black family is right on brand, isn't it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:32 AM (ZOv7s)

179 >> In his case I think it’s ego; an unwillingness to consider he might be wrong

They don't think they're wrong. They think we are. And they have an entire media and NGO army backing them up with "evidence".

There are millions of people in this country who to this day believe Trump colluded with Russia in 2016. The swear he's a pedo and was in league with Epstein. They know lots and lots of stuff that is factually wrong because that's what they are programmed to believe.

Propaganda works on lots of people. That's why the gov't using it on the America people was outlawed in the US, until Obama made it legal.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:33 AM (viF8m)

180 Citizen Vigilante is on X, however I think it will be taken down tonight by 10 pm Eastern.
Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:22 AM (GD0B3)

I recorded it last night using Roxio Record Your Screen software. Buffered twice for a very short period, but, otherwise it's complete.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 10:33 AM (5xuJ/)

181 But when? This has been the trend on the left since at least Rousseau. 100 million dead in the 20th century hasn't damped their appetite at all.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 27, 2026 10:24 AM (XvL8K)

when asked 'when will these things be?', Christ said 'only the Father knows'.

Posted by: Eromero at June 27, 2026 10:35 AM (LHPAg)

182 I’m sure economics is often the cause… but not always. I mentioned Kotkin above and he’s a well-established historian, economically secure and a great academic reputation before Trump ever appeared on the political scene. In his case I think it’s ego; an unwillingness to consider he might be wrong
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 27, 2026 10:28 AM (26GAh)
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I thought he was a Democrat, though. Dems have always seamlessly gone from serious sober academics to raving psycho mode over politics. It used to be less common because older generations regarded emotional rants as undignified, especially among men.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:35 AM (ZOv7s)

183 Somebody used an AI doc (don't know which model), fed it the symptoms, and whatever other info you give your hooman physician, and got a better outcome than your regular human model. I can see that in the future, as I see surgeries performed by humanoid robots. Or not even, they don;t need to look like hoomans. Hey, maybe one can select a creature to do ones appendectomy, or whatever.

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:35 AM (GD0B3)

184 Some still go to woke churches, but generally they gave it up because they know they are saved and don't need to waste time in a building.

A Lutheran church in Portland is closing due to lack of attendance, and they are turning the church over to a local American Indian organization.

"Land Back", donchaknow.

They are very pleased with themselves.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:36 AM (aD4fx)

185 Citizen Vigilante is on X, however I think it will be taken down tonight by 10 pm Eastern.
Posted by: runner
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I watched it from xcancel on Elon musk's feed.

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 10:36 AM (VCgbV)

186 I shared this in a thread last week. At the supermarket a few days ago there was a large SUV with a bumper sticker which read, Trump is a piece of sh**" I said that it made me grateful for people who have things like "Jesus loves me" or "Blessed" or "Thankful to God." On their windows or bumpers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:36 AM (8Cor4)

187 I recorded it last night using Roxio Record Your Screen software. Buffered twice for a very short period, but, otherwise it's complete.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 10:33 AM (5xuJ/)

cool. that thing works on windows only , no ?

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:36 AM (GD0B3)

188 I watched it from xcancel on Elon musk's feed.
Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 10:36 AM (VCgbV)

shhhhh! you watched it on modified X !

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:37 AM (GD0B3)

189 A whopping 13 Pedocrat reps in the house have denounced the recent communist take over. Only 13.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 10:37 AM (l26NL)

190 Half you will select a "Hot Nurse" model with 4 boobs probably...

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:38 AM (GD0B3)

191 Did I say xcancel?? Darn autocorrect, I meant modified X...

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 10:39 AM (VCgbV)

192
I noticed after a quick look this morning that the Movie Review Aggregators like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic,

have the same pattern for "Citizen Vigilante"

Critics hate hate hatey hate hate the film but mostly aren't reviewing becuz they shan't dirty their eyes and ears with such things.

Viewers by a large margin mostly love the film.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 27, 2026 10:39 AM (iJfKG)

193 A whopping 13 Pedocrat reps in the house have denounced the recent communist take over. Only 13.

===

It's a start. 10 years late, or 50 years...but a good start. Gotta start somewhere!

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:39 AM (GD0B3)

194 A whopping 13 Pedocrat reps in the house have denounced the recent communist take over. Only 13.

One of them is a black Congresswoman from suburban Portland who has to run in an extremely purple district.

If people start associating the Democratic Party with the Communist lunatics in the Portland branch of the Democratic Socialists of America, she's toast.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:40 AM (aD4fx)

195 Prayers for all on the list and especially for grammie.

Posted by: cheztrainor at June 27, 2026 10:41 AM (SVxCM)

196 I hope Cituzen Vigilante comes out on DVD because I will definitely buy it to support the effort.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 27, 2026 10:41 AM (afJtY)

197 Half you will select a "Hot Nurse" model with 4 boobs probably...
Posted by: runner

NTTAWWT.

A woman I used to work with had two vajayjays. Or so she claimed - but I believed her. Nice gal so I wasn't too much of an asshoe about it but I must say the situation piqued my interest. She had all kinds of female problems as a result.

I guess one CAN have too much of a good thing. Or things.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 27, 2026 10:42 AM (+/hEQ)

198 From X: King Charles's job description has changed from "Head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith"

to

"Supreme Governor of the Church of England and protects the space for Faith within the multi-faith nation."

They added "multi-faith nation."

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 10:42 AM (l26NL)

199 In 1921, "The Association of German National Jews" was founded, which called for the complete assimilation of German Jews, and ended up endorsing Adolph Hitler.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:31 AM (aD4fx)
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My Jewish ancestors were from Germany, and very proud of that fact. They had complete disdain for their Eastern European kin. I've read that the whole "new Jews in country clubs" think was an intra-Jewish pie fight along those lines.

One of my ancestors emigrated to the US twice. First, before the Civil War, settled in New Orleans, ardent supporter of the Confederacy. Left after going broke during the Yankee Occupation, and came back years later, settling in Long Island. Very artistic family, and my branch played up the German and dropped the Jewish, becoming Catholic, marrying into another German Catholic family and eventually added some Irish as well.

It was something of a family secret until my wife dug it out. Fascinating stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

200 One of them is a black Congresswoman from suburban Portland who has to run in an extremely purple district.

Her district is about one-quarter of one percent black.

This shows that blacks can only get elected in majority black districts. /s

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:42 AM (aD4fx)

201 Concierge medicine should result in a closer relationship between physician and patient than what is possible with a physician working under government and/or insurance company rules. That can be invaluable in a crisis.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 27, 2026 10:43 AM (2ap+5)

202 went to the gas chambers
Nothin says lovin like somethin from the oven

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 10:44 AM (Kt19C)

203 My Jewish ancestors were from Germany, and very proud of that fact. They had complete disdain for their Eastern European kin.

Around the turn of the century, a couple of business clubs started up in Chicago.

Since they wanted to show that they were high-status, they banned Jews.

So the Jewish businessmen of Chicago set up their own club.

They banned Polish Jews.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:45 AM (aD4fx)

204 Prayers for all. (And continued thanks for the efforts and intentions of others, which I would be remiss to not acknowledge regularly.)

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at June 27, 2026 10:46 AM (N5734)

205 eventually added some Irish

They drank?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 10:46 AM (Kt19C)

206 If people start associating the Democratic Party with the Communist lunatics in the Portland branch of the Democratic Socialists of America, she's toast.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:40 AM (aD4fx)
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I've been saying for months that people predicting the midterms will be a Dem sweep are completely off base. Michigan's primaries aren't until August, so lots of time for even more unelectable lunatics to elbow their way onto the fall ballot.

The ads will write themselves. Just quote these nutjobs vowing to eliminate police, close all the jails and take all your stuff. They are NOT a majority of the Dems. They win these elections with 10% turnout, and often don't even get a majority of the vote because there are so many candidates.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:47 AM (ZOv7s)

207 eventually added some Irish

They drank?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Why are there no great Irish lawyers?

They can't pass the bar.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 10:47 AM (l26NL)

208 Perfect example. Catholic Charities got paid bigly to resettle aliens in the US by the feds. This is what they tell their flock.

>>@USCCB

>>"Revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of people residing in our country creates a moral crisis when returning to their country of origin is not a safe or reasonable option. If we are truly to affirm the God-given dignity of every human person, we as a nation cannot turn a blind eye to such an injustice and the impossible choices it will create for families and communities." - Bishop Brendan J. Cahill, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)

209 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:32 AM (ZOv7s)

I think the black family is brave for putting out those signs and it's really a shame they need surveillance cameras.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:50 AM (Yl2Ob)

210 I recorded it last night using Roxio Record Your Screen software. Buffered twice for a very short period, but, otherwise it's complete.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 10:33 AM (5xuJ/)

cool. that thing works on windows only , no ?
Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:36 AM (GD0B3)

I have an older copy of Roxio 5 (an editing and DVD burning program) on my Toshiba laptop) and it includes various apps such as burning DVD's and Record Your Screen. Not sure if there was a version for Mac. I'm still running Windows 8.1 on the Toshiba and Windows 10 on it's twin. I haven't tried to install Roxio 5 on the Windows 10 machine.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 27, 2026 10:51 AM (5xuJ/)

211 Mine is not for renewal yet! Darn!

" The State Department said Tuesday that it is preparing a limited release of commemorative U.S. passports celebrating America’s 250th birthday that feature a picture of President Donald Trump, who would be the first living president to be featured in the travel document.....The limited release passport will feature Trump’s picture over a gold imprimatur of his signature to an interior page, while the cover will feature the words “United States of America” in bold gold print at the top and “Passport” at the bottom — a reversal of the standard cover.

In addition, a small gold laminate American flag, with the number 250 encircled by stars, will be at the bottom of the back cover."

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:52 AM (GD0B3)

212 eventually added some Irish

They drank?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 10:46 AM (Kt19C)
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It's kind of funny because "family lore" held that we were German-Irish Catholics going way back.

A deeper dive showed that we were Franco-Irish and the "German" was actually Jewish.

The French part is the most interesting because they were nobility, so it's well documented and one of my ancestors was involved in a scandal at the Congress of Vienna!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:52 AM (ZOv7s)

213 Here it is !

https://tinyurl.com/e858n5b5

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:53 AM (GD0B3)

214 The French part is the most interesting because they were nobility, so it's well documented and one of my ancestors was involved in a scandal at the Congress of Vienna!

===

One of mine was involved in involuntary counterfeiting...

Posted by: runner at June 27, 2026 10:54 AM (GD0B3)

215 Sometimes I'm tempted to put out more overtly political signs ( I had campaign signs when I ran for twp committee and Trump signs). But I think I'd probably go for the more humorous signs as I did with "Hate has no home here. But irritability sometimes crashes on the couch." Except that I can't think of any particularly amusing word choices right now.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 10:54 AM (Yl2Ob)

216 Good morning, prayers for all have been said.

Posted by: Piper at June 27, 2026 10:55 AM (Wmg4n)

217 Since they wanted to show that they were high-status, they banned Jews.

So the Jewish businessmen of Chicago set up their own club.

They banned Polish Jews.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:45 AM (aD4fx)

Tension between Westernized and traditional Jews is still a prominent cultural feature in the diaspora, and in Israel. It's often healthy, and often very ugly, in both directions.

I'm often reminded of wealthy/educated Northern blacks, and the new arrivals from the South over the hundred years after the war.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 27, 2026 10:55 AM (BI5O2)

218 Catholic Charities got paid bigly to resettle aliens in the US by the feds.

Catholic Charities built a low-income apartment building in my town.

They claimed that the housing would be occupied by the elderly and homeless veterans.

They lied through their teeth.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 27, 2026 10:56 AM (aD4fx)

219 >>USCCB (umbrella for many Catholic Charities efforts): Received over $100 million annually in recent years for migration/refugee services. In FY 2023, it spent ~$134 million on these services, with federal grants covering ~$130 million.

>>For the most precise/current numbers, check sources like USCCB financial reports, HHS/ORR grant databases, or USAspending.gov. Funding has been politically contentious, with significant reductions or shifts reported in 2025–2026

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)

220 Perfect example. Catholic Charities got paid bigly to resettle aliens in the US by the feds. This is what they tell their flock.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)
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It is scandalous. There are bishops who actually dispensed illegals from the Mass using the completely bogus claim that people are being arrested in churches (a total and complete lie).

Meanwhile, faithful Catholics in Africa risk death to attend the Mass every week, and no dispensation is given to them. What encourages me is that that generation is dying off. The seminaries today are full of orthodox, serious men of faith, not these absurd liberals.

There have always been false Catholic clergy. The Chief of Staff for the People's Army in Spain attended Mass regularly in Madrid, which had one of the few surviving priests in the Red zone. All for show.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 10:58 AM (ZOv7s)

221 Late to the thread. Meant to send this to Annie, I will for next week. My husband has whooping cough. Kinda rough.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 10:58 AM (4VH0B)

222 Air conditioning? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE AIR-CONDITIONING!

Richard Hanania
@RichardHanania
The European Commission literally shut off air conditioning but only for floors 1-7, where people of lower rank work.

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Well, they're not the cool kids.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

223 Posted by: TecumsehTea at June 27, 2026 10:58 AM (4VH0B

Sorry to hear that. We'll pray for him What can they do for that?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 11:01 AM (Yl2Ob)

224
Notice there are not lots of videos of Europeans saying how great Canada is?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 11:01 AM (Rihcl)

225 64> Children will die rhetoric

Their care for children is no different than that of a ped0phile's.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 27, 2026 11:02 AM (a4flb)

226 For the most precise/current numbers, check sources like USCCB financial reports, HHS/ORR grant databases, or USAspending.gov. Funding has been politically contentious, with significant reductions or shifts reported in 2025–2026
Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)
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Catholic Relief was the biggest recipient, followed by the Lutheran organization. Blatant bribery to subvert the faith.

I talked about it here at the time, but when Trump was first making cuts, our bulletin had desperate pleas for additional funding because we had all these migrants to settle.

Also: food pantry is empty. More clothing needed for the poor. A lot of people wondered why we have to bring in even more poor people when we can't help the ones we already have. The diocesan appeal also had a line for migrants and donations cratered. I skipped it.

That line was gone in the following year.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 11:02 AM (ZOv7s)

227 Rewriting history.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
AOC: “A lot of what I was maligned for is now seen as common wisdom."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

228 >>It is scandalous. There are bishops who actually dispensed illegals from the Mass using the completely bogus claim that people are being arrested in churches (a total and complete lie).

Not just Catholics, I was just using them as an example.

Remember during Trump's inauguration ceremonies when Trump got lectured by the Episcopalian Bishop Marianne Budde? Yep, they were getting paid as well.

That's how the NGO machine worked. Suddenly, people all across the spectrum who just happen to be taking gov't money are all for open borders and illegals despite it not making any sense. Only a godless heathen would be against it.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 11:04 AM (viF8m)

229 I am not a soccer fan, but watching this video, I wanted to get up,and dance. So, here's a little joy for your morning.
https://tinyurl.com/59ddudfn

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 11:05 AM (kJmSS)

230 Blatant bribery to subvert the faith.
_-_
Yep. Catholic Charities, Lutheran Aid Society, Hebrew Immigant Aid Society...using our good natures against us

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 11:06 AM (nAPfc)

231 Cause I guarantee that if I put this sign up it would get ripped down:

https://tinyurl.com/msbyj34v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 11:08 AM (Yl2Ob)

232 It's the messaging, damn it!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Gavin Newsom claims the reason nobody can remember all of Joe Biden’s “remarkable successes” is because they just weren’t communicated well enough.

“You ask [people], what did Biden do? They'd be hard pressed to remember a damn thing."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

233 >>Gavin Newsom claims the reason nobody can remember all of Joe Biden’s “remarkable successes” is because they just weren’t communicated well enough.

The ol' 'it's a messaging problem" bit. Gav needs new material.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 27, 2026 11:09 AM (J4Dwc)

234 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 11:05 AM (kJmSS)

That was cute. Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 11:10 AM (Yl2Ob)

235 Sharon(willow's apprentice)

Thank you for this heartwarming video.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 11:11 AM (u82oZ)

236 weren’t communicated well enough.
_-_
They are just not good enough at selling shit sandwiches, see?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 11:11 AM (nAPfc)

237 Cause I guarantee that if I put this sign up it would get ripped down:

https://tinyurl.com/msbyj34v
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 11:08 AM (Yl2Ob)
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There is a yard sign with the concluding portion of the Apostles' Creed on it. My wife wanted to get it but I am opposed to the whole stupid enterprise.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 11:11 AM (ZOv7s)

238 When their policies fail, as they are designed to do, they always say it was a "messaging" problem.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 27, 2026 11:12 AM (qFwJc)

239 Apparently, innovation is a crime now.

Florida police seize fake Doritos bags laced with high doses of THC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)

240 https://tinyurl.com/msbyj34v

No go. No security

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 11:13 AM (Kt19C)

241 >>Florida police seize fake Doritos bags laced with high doses of THC

Well that's convenient.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 11:13 AM (viF8m)

242 “You ask [people], what did Biden do? They'd be hard pressed to remember a damn thing."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)
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A lot of our generals wish no one remembered the Afghanistan debacle. The plaintive wailing of those losers being cashiered is music to my ears.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 11:13 AM (ZOv7s)

243 Now she workee

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 27, 2026 11:13 AM (Kt19C)

244 Well, time to go. God be with you!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 11:14 AM (ZOv7s)

245 I liked this sign as well:

https://tinyurl.com/mv4kjcpb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 11:14 AM (Yl2Ob)

246 God be with you!
_-_
And also with you!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 11:14 AM (nAPfc)

247 Sen. Rand Paul: “Without Question” Fauci Directed U.S. Tax Dollars to Wuhan for Gain-Of-Function Research

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Dude, I wasn't questioning it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:17 AM (ndZc7)

248 A lot of our generals wish no one remembered the Afghanistan debacle. The plaintive wailing of those losers being cashiered is music to my ears.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 27, 2026 11:13 AM (ZOv7s)

I saw that many are wailing about the General who was just forcibly retired. He was one of the authors of that debacle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 11:18 AM (O+ktY)

249 Hey, here's an idea: howzabout you nimrods fix the broken link in the sidebar that supposedly directs to a review of "Supergirl", but actually takes us to an unfortunately paralyzed doggeh, completely unrelated to the supposed link? Sorry, but I have severely limited patience. That's the closest I can come to an apology...

Posted by: dildo baggins at June 27, 2026 11:19 AM (jH4T2)

250 Fauci Directed U.S. Tax Dollars to Wuhan for Gain-Of-Function Research
_-_
So, what are we going to do about that? Does the preemptive pardon mean anything? I hope it does not.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 27, 2026 11:19 AM (nAPfc)

251 Prayers up for everyone on the list, especially Grammie Winger, and those whose needs are unknown except to God.

Prayers of thanksgiving from me this week.

Big brother has fully recovered from his heart attack, is back at work, and was able to travel on his own to see our Dad.

A dear friend looks forward to a great-niece or -nephew, as the baby is doing fine.

My own health has improved so much, it's indescribable. Thank God.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at June 27, 2026 11:19 AM (38i2N)

252 NOW: Congressman Byron Donalds on the Senate refusing to pass the SAVE America Act:

“The Senate sucks. I’m just going to come out and say it - they suck. This is not hard!”

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Wasn't questioning that either.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

253
“You ask [people], what did Biden do? They'd be hard pressed to remember a damn thing."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

Biden himself doesn’t remember a damn thing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 11:20 AM (O+ktY)

254 A whopping 13 Pedocrat reps in the house have denounced the recent communist take over. Only 13.

One of them is a black Congresswoman from suburban Portland who has to run in an extremely purple district.

If people start associating the Democratic Party with the Communist lunatics in the Portland branch of the Democratic Socialists of America, she's toast.

It is my assumption until proven otherwise that they are all trying to save their asses, and don't really believe in what they claim in their manifesto.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

255 The whole senate has gone Deep State
They don't care about citizens, they want vote fraud and foreigners to pick representatives

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Ia/+0)

256 The diocesan appeal also had a line for migrants and donations cratered. I skipped it.

That line was gone in the following year.

I guaran-damn-tee you that they just rolled it into the general fund, but still support the same people enabling illegals.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 27, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

257 Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Posted by: mindful webworker - sing it at June 27, 2026 11:25 AM (C8pEi)

258 New one:
Let's go forward, not backward or sideways, in medicine!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 27, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

259 Insightful commentary.

Video: Whoopi Goldberg Says “No One Wants Voter ID Laws” While 80 Percent of America Supports Voter ID

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 27, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

260 The ~~Classical]~~…

What? Born to be Wild is a classic.

Posted by: mindful webworker - sing it loud at June 27, 2026 11:28 AM (C8pEi)

261 Maybe it's just me, but the list looks as if it's getting longer … I hope it's just me. Words up for Grammie and everyone else on the list. They helped my daughter when she needed prayer …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 27, 2026 11:29 AM (ayRl+)

262
255 The whole senate has gone Deep State
They don't care about citizens, they want vote fraud and foreigners to pick representatives
Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Ia/+0)

There never have been more than 35 - 40 Senators we could actually rely on. The rest, especially the traitors who make up the Senate leadership have realized that, since we’ve figured it out and are throwing them out of office anyways, there’s no more reason to keep their masks on.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 27, 2026 11:30 AM (O+ktY)

263 Since Trump took office for his 2nd term and gutted USAID, there have been 7 elections in Latin America.
All 7 flipped from leftwing governments to rightwing governments. Probably not a coincidence.
They were running the same playbook here with Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 10:22 AM (viF8m)

An odd data point, there are no rap songs on the top 40 for the first time in 35 years, either

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:38 AM (rbvCR)

264 When I saw the picture up top, for some reason it made me think of Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane. I expected the song to be White Rabbit.
Don't know why exactly.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 11:38 AM (kJmSS)

265 @227 if AOC says something is wisdom, I'm avoiding it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 27, 2026 11:41 AM (f6yx7)

266 Dash, there are two terms to look for. One is Concierge medicine, and the other is Patient Directed Care or PDC.

Here, both are restricted and discouraged by the state. Medicine is a cartel, just like lawyers and justice in this state.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 11:46 AM (rbvCR)

267 NOOD KT

Posted by: Admirale's Mate at June 27, 2026 11:48 AM (/enuJ)

268 Dash
My Insurance is through Kaiser which is a pretty big operation with multiple locations and many many doctors. When I didn't like one I picked, I researched a number of others. Read reviews and looked where they had trained. Ended up switching 3 times before I found one that nominally listened to me. My gynecologist though is amazing and is considered a Primary. She listens, interprets stuff for me, always responds in depth when I send an email. She gets me.
See if there are other Drs in your insurance group. There are some insurance plans let you choose whoever you want. Keep looking to see what your options are with Insurance. So,etimes a squeaky wheel gets things done.
Don't give up.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 27, 2026 11:57 AM (kJmSS)

269 Hope I’m not too late for consideration here..
The Dude with the Nightsweats…
I sent a link to a co-worker of a song, and they returned a link to the Nightsweats guy.

I think this one is much better comparatively.
But please know I’m an unrepentant 80s rock dude!
But I do have an ear for some other semi-classy tunes.
Check this one out…
https://youtu.be/qFCL1VUzHo8?is=KZuzP9E9wMSdW8bz

Sorry, I could only find a live version,(it’s worthy) but loved the studio one.

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 27, 2026 11:13 PM (Mxkwh)

Daily Tech News 27 June 2026

Top Story

OpenAI has restricted ChatGPT 5.6 to a select list of customers, saying such regulations shouldn't be the norm. (Tech Crunch)

After spending years pushing for regulatory capture.

The captor, captioned.

Tech News

Apple's upcoming M7 processor is expected to bring nearly 60% more memory bandwidth than the M5, and AI performance gains with a similar or greater margin. (WCCFTech)

If I can't reuse the RAM that I'm paying $25 per gigabyte for, I want the best CPU performance I can possibly get. If that means an M7 Max, so be it.

The M7 is expected in the first half of next year, after a lame-duck rollout of the M6 later this year. There won't be an M6 Pro or Max version.
Apple is seeking access to RAM from China's CXMT, previously blacklisted over dumping allegations. (WCCFTech)

The allegations were that CXMT was dumping DDR4 chips on the market not only below manufacturing cost for the Big Three, but below the price of second-hand modules.

The allegations were true, but that hardly matters at this point.
Apple is also planning to upgrade the iPhone 20 from the current 8GB to... 9GB. (WCCFTech)

Thanks, tech industry.
Which way DDR4 owner? (Tom's Hardware)

AMD's 5800X3D matches Intel's 14700K in gaming performance when both are paired with DDR4 memory, but the 20 core Intel chip mops the floor with the 8 core AMD model for multi-threaded productivity workloads.

On the other hand, the 5800X3D used a maximum of 120W in testing; the 14700K drew over 300W.
Also, you can't get a 5800X3D. (Notebook Check)

It sold out.
Intel's upcoming Nova Lake chips, built on the latest 2nm class processes, will deliver relief from these power budgets, right? Right? (WCCFTech)

The high-end Nova Lake models will have a peak power consumption of 474W and require three EPS 8-pin additional power connectors on the motherboard.
Polish memory module maker Goodram has reintroduced 4GB DDR4 modules. (WCCFTech)

The same stuff that was being ripped out of corporate PCs as they were trashed just a couple of years ago.

Make friends with your IT guy. He probably has a treasure trove of old parts like these.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Never.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 04:34 AM (Ia/+0)

3 >>>The captor, captioned.

The captor, captured.
?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

4 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 04:39 AM (K9xEt)

5
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 27, 2026 04:42 AM (AMvSw)

6 - ?

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 04:43 AM (xI6JS)

7 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 04:43 AM (za6ca)

8 Big trouble down under?

@visegrad24

Two Australian nurses, Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, openly admitted that they wouldn't treat Israeli patients and would let them die on purpose at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney.

They were filmed talking to an Israeli content creator on the random chat platform.

Nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh said, "I won’t treat them, I’ll kill them," while nurse Ahmad Rashad Nadir said, "You have no idea how many Israeli sh*t dogs came to this hospital, and I sent them to hell."
...
..both nurses were immediately stood down, subsequently fired, and banned from practicing healthcare in Australia.
...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the footage “disgusting, sickening and shameful,” and the New South Wales Health Ministry issued an official apology to the Jewish community.

A few days ago, New South Wales District Court Judge Michael McHugh ruled that the video was inadmissible as court evidence, as their trial is scheduled for August 2026.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 04:44 AM (Q8D76)

9 >>>OpenAI has restricted ChatGPT 5.6 to a select list of customers, saying such regulations shouldn't be the norm. (Tech Crunch)

from the article:

...the U.S. government puts new pressure on AI companies to restrict their most advanced systems ... The problem compounds ... when the government doesn’t have clearly defined safety standards, which could lead to endless launch delays that might not only give a hand to China in the AI race, but also jeopardize the billions of dollars going to AI infrastructure buildouts.

I don't know much about any of this, but: it seems as if the FAA offers a good analogy for the way that the government might usefully control this tech for safety's sake.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

10 Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

Other companies are avoiding the problem by the slick technique of keeping their mouths shut. OpenAI wanted industry regulation that they could use to limit competition, so they were claiming that their models were so powerful they needed to be regulated, and got bespoke export/foreign use limitations. Hoist on their own petard, not a general issue.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)

11 - AI - My ignorant take.

Seems like it would still suffer from maybe the earliest computer saying I heard,,, GIGO
Have seen a couple of vids that showed this.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 05:12 AM (xI6JS)

12 This "petard" concept is intriguing

Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 27, 2026 05:14 AM (6VErX)

13 Was there an article highlighting the indifferent quality of those CXMT chips?

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 05:22 AM (za6ca)

14 @Pixy: "The captor, captioned."

Autocorrect again?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

15 Unsettled weather today, planned to go to scap yard again, don't have truck loaded yet

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 05:38 AM (Ia/+0)

16 I see Pixy struggling with hardware costs and I'm sitting over here on my 8 year old PC with a growing list of cloud and streaming platforms on it and I say to myself "yeah I'm glad I don't have to worry about RAM prices...."

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 27, 2026 05:39 AM (j+z74)

17 10 Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:46 AM (6wpGE)

Other companies are avoiding the problem by the slick technique of keeping their mouths shut. OpenAI wanted industry regulation that they could use to limit competition, so they were claiming that their models were so powerful they needed to be regulated, and got bespoke export/foreign use limitations. Hoist on their own petard, not a general issue.
Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 05:05 AM (Sy6m/)

Thank you! I'll read and reread this several times and maybe I'll get it?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:42 AM (6wpGE)

18 12 This "petard" concept is intriguing
Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 27, 2026 05:14 AM (6VErX)

Oh, you!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:44 AM (6wpGE)

19 Rabbi's daughter writes on Proverbs 14:2
I liked it it part because it mentioned someone who seems like an upright and interesting man- the "disco rabbi":

"Walking an upright path":

https://tinyurl.com/nhja42nr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 27, 2026 05:44 AM (ELdpA)

20 There was lots and lots of tech stuff on the ONT.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:46 AM (6wpGE)

21 14 @Pixy: "The captor, captioned."

Autocorrect again?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)

3 >>>The captor, captioned.

The captor, captured.
?
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:35 AM (6wpGE)

Maybe not? Maybe he's making a joke?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:50 AM (6wpGE)

22 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 05:57 AM (l26NL)

23 >>>Maybe not? Maybe he's making a joke?

Like, there's a photo of Sam Altman at the top of the Tech Crunch article, and you could maybe "caption" it

The Captor

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

24 Went into a computer store yesterday, looked at the prices for GPUs, memory, and hard drives. I was absolutely floored by how expensive they all are.

The employees looked worried, too. I chatted with some of them, and they told me they're not selling components to customers right now (oh, they're there to buy, but customers aren't building DIY systems due to the insane prices.)

And insane they are.

64 Gb packs of DDR5: $1,300 to $1,700 CDN.

Video cards were priced in the thousands. I saw one video card going for $5,258 CDN. (!!)

12 TB hard drives were $900 CDN.

The store is able to sell pre-built systems (for now) as the prices are still way cheaper than assembling the components yourself. I pointed out that'll stop as soon as all of the NOS (new old stock) dries up at the big computer manufacturers. Then those prices will rise dramatically as well. One of the employees said they're already seeing the prices start to tick up on pre-builts.

This AI/data center bubble needs to pop, and soon, or we're going to lose the wholesale-to-retail computer parts supply chain.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

25 Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

Mesmerizing video.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 06:05 AM (6wpGE)

26 Evening and morning to all the Saturday toilers and early risers across the system and beyond!

Is it really Saturday? The little readout in the upper right corner of my MacBook Air says so, but you know how computers can be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

27 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:14 AM (RIvkX)

28 At last, yesterday, I got the first of my checks from that long ago XPO Pension plan -- the part that, they say, has to be given to me as a cash payout. It's taxable, and they took state and Fed taxes out (without asking or telling me about it), but now I have a tiny bit of $$ I didn't have before. The big check, the one that I'll send to my IRA, should show up today or Monday. ("Should" is the tricky word here.)

I'm up, I'm wearing my robe and drinking coffee. Whatta bout choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

29 Wolfus, it appears that for once the computer is not lying!

Posted by: RandomDave at June 27, 2026 06:15 AM (aJQbY)

30 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 05:57 AM (l26NL)
====

There should be a transfer switch to change your house supply from the public power to generator power. Sometimes the switch fails.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:17 AM (RIvkX)

31 "Two Australian nurses, Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir, openly admitted that they wouldn't treat Israeli patients and would let them die on purpose at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney."

I think I have spotted the real problem here. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:18 AM (wzUl9)

32 Storms are passing through and we're in a power outage. My trusty generator is running but not supplying any power. I recently did a remodel and I guess something got shut off and was never turned back on.

I have candles!
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026

***
Don't blame us!
( -- Generac)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

33 Not seeing much interesting news out there

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0)

34 Mr. Mister - Kyrie (Eleison)

https://tinyurl.com/46mc3t2n

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 06:21 AM (6wpGE)

35 Last time I asked bluebell for grammie's address she said grammie wasn't ready yet. I am not sure if the note in the sidebar is good news or bad news.

{grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:22 AM (RIvkX)

36 I dreamed that I was taking a class at work, something which involved plotting two graphs. One was rising and the other falling ("consumer confidence" and "oil prices," maybe?). The intersection point, I saw, was the sweet spot where an economy should be. (I know less about econ than Stirling my black cat knows about serial ports, though.)

We were going to have another class in the afternoon, and I was looking forward to it. Then somehow I was driving at night in a town that I understood to be Detroit, and was having to negotiate around gigantic potholes on opposite sides of a narrow downtown street. A right turn had me bumping along a badly paved major avenue in a light rain. All the while I was wondering *where the hell I was driving to*. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

37 Last time I asked bluebell for grammie's address she said grammie wasn't ready yet. I am not sure if the note in the sidebar is good news or bad news.

{grammie}
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Bluebell was on last night. Said Grammie is very, very ill and will share more,info this morning on the prayer thread.

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 06:28 AM (lJ0H4)

38 There should be a transfer switch to change your house supply from the public power to generator power. Sometimes the switch fails.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

It failed. All good now. Thanks. Outage map says should be good by 6:15 CST.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 06:28 AM (l26NL)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 27, 2026 06:29 AM (Hbeqj)

40 Thank you Tuna

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:30 AM (RIvkX)

41 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 27, 2026 06:32 AM (CJnkZ)

42 Checking in. Remember during the Obama era when Sefton would start each day with a ton of m words. Bad m words (sorry m). Like Muzzies and MaoMaos. Also, there was a commenter then, older who (Vick?) would post news stories in the morning.

Posted by: meh at June 27, 2026 06:33 AM (kK7U2)

43 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 06:35 AM (VyBeY)

44 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:35 AM (u82oZ)

45 Yes Vic z"l passed about 2 years ago

He would post 10 news links on the Early Morning Thread

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:35 AM (RIvkX)

46 I am finally sleepy. Goodnight all.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 06:36 AM (Sy6m/)

47 I knew I spelled maumau wrong. I don't even know what one is. I went and searched for a set:

4 DAY 1,413

50 to go (123 to Inauguration Day )

Muzzies, Marxists, Maoists, Mau-Maus, MFM's, Moochelle, Mao-suits, McCain's, McConnell's, Mario's, Mahdi megatons, machiavellian Mississippi mudslingers, McAuliffe's, Maduro's, MIRV's, Mexifornians, Milwaukee mayhem, McKesson's, Mizzou malefactors, mewling mattress-myth manufacturers, marriage maimers, menacing Mozillan 'mo's, Myrmidons, Mugwumps, Monrovian microbes, malicious mosquitos, mutants, malcontents, malthusians, maniacs, malignant medical mandates, martial law, miscreants, microaggressors, minions, maladjusted masochistic multiculturalists, momzers, mamalukes, mooks, mopes, mariuoli, meeskeits, maricons, marauders, malodorous militants, menstruating mons veneri, malfunctioning Moron microsites and miscellaneous meshugas notwithstanding.

Posted by: meh at June 27, 2026 06:37 AM (kK7U2)

48 meh

Vic. A machinist Mate in the US Navy, then a nuclear plant maintainer. He had a brief news compendium.

He has passed away, and for one reason or another is not on the Absent Friends list.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:37 AM (u82oZ)

49 Re: English is amazing. All those M words -- though "maricon" is Spanish and plenty are Yiddish.

It's been said English doesn't just adopt foreign words. It mugs them in dark alleys and takes their lunch money.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)

50 Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

51 James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026

***
That's what I was thinking of!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

52 "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

-- James Nicoll

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2026 06:48 AM (BLOW1)

53 - Regarding {{{grammie}}}

My prayer is for as little suffering as possible.
When she leaves this mortal world, it will be our loss.
However...
The apostle Paul writing to the church at Phillippi -

1:21 For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

See also in his second letter to the church at Corinth-

5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

As always, you should read the entire passage on both. Context is important.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 06:49 AM (xI6JS)

54 Ah, NaCly Dog beat me to it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2026 06:49 AM (BLOW1)

55 It's been said English doesn't just adopt foreign words. It mugs them in dark alleys and takes their lunch money.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:40 AM (wzUl9)
====
This is certainly one of the sources of the magnificence of the English language.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 06:51 AM (RIvkX)

56 James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Posted by: NaCly

The most fun college course I took was The History of the English Language.

Posted by: Tuna at June 27, 2026 06:51 AM (lJ0H4)

57 Pixy Misa

No worries, mate.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

58 Last night we watched the 2023 film The Critic w/ Ian McKellen. Sir Ian plays an acid-tongued theatre critic in the London of 1934 whose "proclivities" in his off hours (meeting up with young men in parks at night for what was then illegal gay sex) has led to his firing after forty years with his paper. So he loads and aims a weapon at his boss: an attractive actress (Gemma Arterton) whom he has always vilified, offering her his support if she will seduce his boss and allow him to blackmail his way into a new contract.

Not a comedy, not an uplifting film, but quietly fascinating and chilling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:54 AM (wzUl9)

59 Almost time to get dressed, feed the monsters and then me, and plan my day. I might drive out to the pipe shop and see what's new in their inventory.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

60 Since Crunchyroll had removed GATE: Thus, the JSDF Fought from their online catalog, I finally ordered off Amazon the Blu-Ray of the series. The Blu-Ray is a lot better than what was broadcasted.

First they had a different subtitle script and tried to translate background text. And the sound effects like the machine gun fire and explosions are more punched up, now waiting eagerly for the episode of F-4EJs vs red dragon.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 06:56 AM (2GVsD)

61 46 degrees, mostly sunny ... might be the end of lovely cool mornings for a while; (maybe a week, maybe 2 months ...)
hot weather is coming to Wisconsin (aaaaugh!)

covfefe y un donetto verde, life is good !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 06:58 AM (VyBeY)

62 Anna Puma

How are you doing? Run out of space for your models?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

63
Good morning, Hordians. I can see the end of the tunnel for collecting journal references for my potential book. I just have to do the Royal Society of Chemistry journals and I think I'll be done. Or as done as I can be expected to be.

In the end, I'll have some 8000 citations. The next question is how to organize them into categories. If there was a use for AI, it's this and it's not even a particularly difficult task. Just off the top of my head, Derwent Innovation, CAS AnaVist and PatBase all had or have modules that analyze large ensembles. The problem is that those ensembles were assembled within those applications.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 07:01 AM (O0L8i)

64 High society London of the late 1930s was insane with the five mad Mitford sisters. The sanest of the bunch was the columnist, two were out and out Hitler supporting Fascists - rumour has one of them even having Hitler's love child, and another was a card-carrying Red Commie Stalin supporter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 07:02 AM (2GVsD)

65 Lib little sis flew back to Portland last night after spending the week with Boy F. while we were in Colorado.

The good news is both of them suggested that Mrs. F. and I go away again, as soon as possible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

66 Hadrian the Seventh

That would be a great help to the IP lawyers and Patent Examiners in that particular field. A definitive compendium of prior art!

You are a giver.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:03 AM (u82oZ)

67 Salty Dawg, tis always a battle.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 07:03 AM (2GVsD)

68 San Franpsycho

I live in this fracturing of formerly strong family bonds due to different world views as well.

Condolences.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

69 Anna Puma

I have a great deal of faith that you are going to prevail. And I have a picture of you smiling over the trigger of your mini-gun, surrounded by brass cartridges and gun smoke.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:07 AM (u82oZ)

70
I've done this compiling by myself, by cold slogging through publishers websites (ACS, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, RSC, Taylor and Francis and MDPI), from Google Scholar or from legacy spreadsheets. It's taken months to do.

I have probably an equivalent number of patent references and those can be searched, assembled and analyzed in a day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 07:10 AM (O0L8i)

71 Power Line:

https://tinyurl.com/2s32enaj

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 07:12 AM (l26NL)

72 High society London of the late 1930s was insane with the five mad Mitford sisters. The sanest of the bunch was the columnist, two were out and out Hitler supporting Fascists - rumour has one of them even having Hitler's love child, and another was a card-carrying Red Commie Stalin supporter.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026

***
In the film, the critic and his long-time live-in partner and secretary run afoul of a group of Blackshirts, and the scuffle leads to his being arrested and then fired. Thus kicking off his blackmail plot.

I need to see McKellen's 1995 Richard III again, and maybe try his Mr. Holmes from 2015. Though the concept of a Holmes dealing with early dementia is not a pleasant thought.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)

73 Skip

I look at the breaking news title on Tousi TV for what is the big news.

I think the interesting thing is we can now play whack a mole with the Iranians without major consequences. The Senate is not stopping our strikes, we are getting support from the Gulf states, and every time we hiit the Iranians they lose irreplaceable assets.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)

74 Salty not fractured, we are so pleased boy and his aunt enjoy each other's company. It was a relief and respite to be relieved of the responsibility for supervising him a few days. But she is still a damn hippie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

75 Wolfus

One of the Fascist Mitfords, not Unity, started as Mosley's secret lover and later became his wife.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026 07:15 AM (2GVsD)

76 Loaded truck up, see how this goes

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 07:17 AM (Ia/+0)

77
A post found on Facebook by one J Michael Smith --

Socialists are those who come to a potluck bringing nothing, complain about the food, then take home all the leftovers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:20 AM (ixS3i)

78 Mitford sisters:

Deborah Mitford
Diana Mitford
Jessica Mitford
Nancy Mitford
Pamela Mitford
Unity Mitford

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:22 AM (6wpGE)

79 San Franpsycho

Thanks for the clarifying and hopeful update.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)

80 42 Bad m words (sorry m).
Posted by: meh at June 27, 2026 06:33 AM (kK7U2)

Mean!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:23 AM (6wpGE)

81 Morning peeps. Another night of thunderstorms, but thankfully no tornados. Lots of rain. Neighbor's backyard has a sinkhole... full of water. Looks like a pond. I see water running through our backyard near a creek... pretty common stuff after several inches of rain.

This likely means the grass will need to be cut next week when it's in the 90's. Great.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 07:25 AM (jehhT)

82 68 I live in this fracturing of formerly strong family bonds due to different world views
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

Sorry.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:26 AM (6wpGE)

83 24> AI/data center bubble needs to pop.

Not a shill for Big Data, but restricting build-outs forces redistribution of computing resources. Instead of consolidating into superscalars where all of the inputs are optimized (power, location, cooling, staffing, security, backups, etc.) companies do build-outs locally and have zero motivation or ability to optimize, but to use municipal water, electric, etc.

Consolidated computing also is more efficient use of memory because they meter it. Going On-Prem everywhere replicates all of the necessary inputs which means more memory, in the aggregate because it isn't being used optimally for load.

NIMBY will make things more expensive and prolong the high price pain.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 27, 2026 07:28 AM (a4flb)

84 One of the Fascist Mitfords, not Unity, started as Mosley's secret lover and later became his wife.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026

***
Mosley is mentioned in passing in the movie. The name sounded familiar, so I looked him up. British Union of Fascists, check.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 27, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

85 50 James Nicoll, the interesting SF icon, wrote the following epigram on the English language:

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their pockets for new vocabulary."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 06:46 AM (u82oZ)

52 "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."

-- James Nicoll
Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 27, 2026 06:48 AM (BLOW1)

Great minds run on the same track!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:30 AM (6wpGE)

86 Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Lots of shareable memes in your link. No more Star Trek / Star Wars humor, but still funny. Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)

87 71 Power Line:

https://tinyurl.com/2s32enaj
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 27, 2026 07:12 AM (l26NL)

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:32 AM (6wpGE)

88 Community Notes

When flying into Dulles for the NoVaMoMeet I was amazed by the large number of data centers in Loudon County, VA. The pastoral countryside I knew is gone.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

89
One of the Fascist Mitfords, not Unity, started as Mosley's secret lover and later became his wife.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 27, 2026

Diana

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:37 AM (ixS3i)

90 I'm old enough to remember when the desktop PC was going to replace mainframes and data centers.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:39 AM (MWfyi)

91 And quantum computers would give us the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:42 AM (MWfyi)

92 That would have been better as comment #42.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:44 AM (MWfyi)

93 Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office, flatly rejecting calls to soften a return-to-work mandate that unions warn could trigger a “mass exodus” of employees.

Starting July 1, roughly 100,000 state workers will be required to report to the office or the field four days a week, leaving just one day for telework under Newsom’s long-delayed executive order.

Despite mounting backlash from organized labor and state employees, the governor made it clear there will be no retreat.

Asked directly whether he’d consider easing the four-day in-office requirement, Newsom didn’t blink.

“No chance.”
====

California Post calls this a "brutal" message

The last time I was in the State building here it was so empty it was like a zombie apocalypse.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

94
The good news is both of them suggested that Mrs. F. and I go away again, as soon as possible.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

"No, you go away", while simplistic and perhaps juvenile, is an equally apt rejoinder.

Our two children are on the opposite side of matters, but they never throw that nonsense at us.

It is our halfwit DiL who thunders away online by reporting others' inanities (no originality and no thoughtfulness required to play!) who might go there under the right circumstances.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (ixS3i)

95 In the Power Line jokes, I don't get the egg joke.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (6wpGE)

96 I remember when they were telling us computers were going to make life simpler and easier ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (VyBeY)

97 And quantum computers would give us the answer to life, the universe, and everything.
****

And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 07:46 AM (GlOX/)

98 ... and don't forget "the paperless office" !

lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (VyBeY)

99 m

This is your brain on drugs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

100 "Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office"

What happened to the Democratic Socialist's plan for the workers to be in charge?

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

101 95 - "this is your brain on drugs."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (VyBeY)

102 99 m

This is your brain on drugs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

Thank you!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)

103 San Franpsycho and fd

Well, bye.

Prediction: They will return to the office. And be very unhappy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

104
I remember when they were telling us computers were going to make life simpler and easier ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Now there's a howler for the ages!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (ixS3i)

105 sock_rat_eez

We paid attention to PSAs back in the day. Not so much now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

106 "And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".
Posted by: clarence"

Once you add EVERYTHING up it equals 42. Pretty simple, really.

Posted by: fd at June 27, 2026 07:50 AM (MWfyi)

107
Diana Mitford married Oswald Moseley
Unity Mitford was a Hitler groupie
Jessica Mitford was the commie
Deborah became Duchess of Devonshire

You could drop all six into the nearest river and the world would not be disturbed in the least.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (O0L8i)

108 Thank you!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)

====
Get off his lawn!
/obligatory

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

109 As much hate as they seem to get, I've had a Generac now for 8 years and never once has it failed me.

And we lose power all of the time out here on a cape in Maine.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (WYStd)

110 108 Thank you!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (6wpGE)

====
Get off his lawn!
/obligatory
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

I was around in the 80s!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)

111
And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".
Posted by: clarence

Douglas Adams of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The answer provided by the computer Deep Thought to the question, "What is the meaning of life?" (That may have been the "...meaning of life, the universe and everything". I don't rightly recall.)

An entirely non-random number thrown into a mildly humorous scene.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (ixS3i)

112 - "This is your brain on drugs."

Now do,,, Hey there kiddies, gather 'round. The man with the goodies is here.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (xI6JS)

113 Prediction: They will return to the office. And be very unhappy.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)
====

It's been six years!

I think we can press on without hundreds of thousands of state employees whose absence has not mattered in all that time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (RIvkX)

114 I've had a Generac now for 8 years and never once has it failed me.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 27, 2026 07:51 AM (WYStd)

I'm waiting for the permits for mine.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 07:55 AM (PLxDd)

115
... and Mitford McMitfordface launched a long lasting trope for suggested names of things.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:56 AM (ixS3i)

116 112 - "This is your brain on drugs."

Now do,,, Hey there kiddies, gather 'round. The man with the goodies is here.
Posted by: TeeJ at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (xI6JS)

"The Candyman"?

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:56 AM (6wpGE)

117 away back in the Before Time, PSAs were not quite so humorless-scoldy as they are these days.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (VyBeY)

118 I was around in the 80s!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)
====

1. Did you have to memorize a phone number?
2. Did you have a Members Only jacket?
3. Did you pretend to like Whitesnake?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

119 I'm waiting for the permits for mine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 07:55 AM (PLxDd)
=====

Yeah. We know.

Posted by: New Jersey Department of the Environment at June 27, 2026 07:58 AM (RIvkX)

120 118 I was around in the 80s!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)
====

1. Did you have to memorize a phone number?
2. Did you have a Members Only jacket?
3. Did you pretend to like Whitesnake?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

1. Y
2. N
3. N

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

121 I'm so old the "computer room" used to be referred to as the "data center."

Now... not so much.

Do businesses these days actually have a "computer room" for their local software systems anymore?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 07:59 AM (jehhT)

122 affirm!

Y (still remember some of them, lol)
N
N

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:59 AM (VyBeY)

123
I'm waiting for the permits for mine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 27, 2026 07:55 AM (PLxDd)

"Dear Mr. Dildo, In order to expedite the approval of your permit request, please supply the following information..."
(six pages of requests, originals only)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 27, 2026 08:00 AM (O0L8i)

124 120 118 I was around in the 80s!
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6wpGE)
====

1. Did you have to memorize a phone number?
2. Did you have a Members Only jacket?
3. Did you pretend to like Whitesnake?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

1. Y
2. N
3. N
Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 07:58 AM (6wpGE)

122 affirm!

Y (still remember some of them, lol)
N
N
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 07:59 AM (VyBeY)

Fistbump!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 08:01 AM (6wpGE)

125 fistbump!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 08:01 AM (VyBeY)

126 morning coffee is being served.

Posted by: clarence at June 27, 2026 08:02 AM (GlOX/)

127 I'm in a mixed marriage. I'm 70s and Mrs. F. is 80s.

The only bands we like in common are Led Zeppelin, Talking Heads, and B-52s.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 27, 2026 08:02 AM (RIvkX)

128
A way back in the Before Time, PSAs were not quite so humorless-scoldy as they are these days.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

That was before the Scoldy McScoldyFaces got a grip on things.

Now we've experienced the scoldiest of them all, Big Mike Obama, attempting to ply her trade in many areas beyond her ken. By "Big Mike" I refer, of course, to both Big Mikes -- Big Mike with Oppressor Hair and Big Mike of Wakanda (i.e. with Non-Oppressor Hair).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 08:03 AM (ixS3i)

129 Youse guys crack me up.

Alas, time for home and yard maintenance.

Everyone have a day that coruscates with joy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 27, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

130 You too, NaCly!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 27, 2026 08:04 AM (VyBeY)

131 Do businesses these days actually have a "computer room" for their local software systems anymore?
Posted by: Martini Farmer
----
Are you talking about the server room or the IT closet?

Posted by: lin-duh at June 27, 2026 08:11 AM (VCgbV)

132 > Do businesses these days actually have a "computer room" for their local software systems anymore?
Posted by: Martini Farmer
----
Are you talking about the server room or the IT closet?
Posted by: lin-duh
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Probably "server room" if the "IT closet" is just telecom gear. Stuff like telephone/network switch gear... which would likely still be necessary even if the actual servers were elsewhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 27, 2026 08:20 AM (jehhT)

133 And I'm still waiting for the explanation of "42".
Posted by: clarence

Douglas Adams of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The answer provided by the computer Deep Thought to the question, "What is the meaning of life?" (That may have been the "...meaning of life, the universe and everything". I don't rightly recall.)

An entirely non-random number thrown into a mildly humorous scene.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) - Humiliate! Humiliate! Humiliate! at June 27, 2026 07:54 AM (ixS3i)

You left out the part that with how long it took to get the answer, they've forgotten the actual question.

Posted by: GWB at June 27, 2026 08:42 AM (kU0PQ)

134 @95/m: "In the Power Line jokes, I don't get the egg joke."

It's a reference to this:
https://youtu.be/GOnENVylxPI

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 27, 2026 11:59 AM (O7YUW)

I Think That I Will Never See A Poem As Lovely As The ONT

Hi everyone! Y'know, I should have posted this last week. Better late than never, I suppose.

Fido Friday: Feed me!

pic.twitter.com/aeDVXyNKRm
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 27, 2026

Gimmie that ole time religion

Speaking of ole time religion

Party

pic.twitter.com/pGlea8VA4A
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 27, 2026

Bored

Makes sense to me

Oldie but a goodie

pic.twitter.com/8g6uXahnuT
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 27, 2026

Fear me!

Work

Best commentary ever

pic.twitter.com/PBUDmabzeM
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 27, 2026

Heh

Haha

Gay misery

pic.twitter.com/FOlBFk6ohR
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) June 27, 2026

Unifying force

Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by the lie of the century:

Posted by: WeirdDave at 10:00 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:00 PM (+/hEQ)

2 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 26, 2026 10:02 PM (+9wcF)

3
O! N! T!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)

4 Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:00 PM (+/hEQ)

Well, guess I'd better leave then.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Why, Gary?! Why?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)

6 So, both of the "ole time religion" ones and the "work" one go together, right?

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

7 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

8 Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete

Well, guess I'd better leave then.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

* looks around *

Depends how good of an evening we all have planned.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

9 No way im first.

Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (KtOUo)

10 Why, Gary?! Why?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)

You know why.

Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

11 Evening Horde, thx WeirdDave.
The comment about the Brits struggling is lol.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (f6yx7)

12 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

13 If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)

14 /off salesman sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

15 Bananaphone is weird, but it is a jumping little jazz tune.

And trash can idea is brilliant!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:08 PM (1z8ji)

16 It's Friday? Oh right...

Willowed -

Got a winders 10 laptop that isn't letting me log in. Anyone know if this is BS or not (dude takes a while to get to the point, so I went to mute / CC / 2x playback speed)?
https://youtu.be/OH0E6IqlkvA

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (R+iUD)

17 Why, Gary?! Why?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:05 PM (Wnv9h)

You know why.
Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM

I'll just leave this here.

https://youtu.be/8LBxCI3IZrc

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (Wnv9h)

18 Depends how good of an evening we all have planned.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

Any evening without Depends is a pretty good evening.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

19 re: banana phone
I prefer this one. I can't quite say why.

https://youtu.be/AerpcJtg8Q8?list=RDAerpcJtg8Q8

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

20 Thank you WD. I think the trash can idea is excellent!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (B0dAE)

21 Beep repaired. Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

22 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

I have never lived in a place with fireflies, but, I have visited kin in such places. Magical.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

23 Beep repaired. Ha!
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

Honk honk!

Posted by: Harpo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

24 I have never lived in a place with fireflies, but, I have visited kin in such places. Magical.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

You have to plant them very early in the season!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (PLxDd)

25 I only got maybe 50% of the memes tonight.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (GP8V/)

26 I looked up the story to refresh my memory; Gary got 7 years probation, but no jail time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (O+ktY)

27 England struggled in Massachusetts? Hell, they blew a 13 colony lead.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (2WIwB)

28
Oh, yeah. Today's Friday. So why does it feel like Saturday?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (O0L8i)

29 If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.
Posted by: Diogenes

I might have to build one for the house.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (B0dAE)

30 Ezekiel 23:20

I didn't know OnlyFans was around in Biblical times.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (VHUov)

31 Hats off to existential misery.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:12 PM (u/oMr)

32 25 I only got maybe 50% of the memes tonight.
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (GP8V/)

-----------

It may be time for a filter replacement.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:13 PM (u/oMr)

33 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.

Zucchini?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

34 Greetings Everyone Happy Friday!

Thank you Old Weird Dave!

Not recognizing where top pic (Fathers Day) is referring to?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 26, 2026 10:14 PM (jEF53)

35 Got a winders 10 laptop that isn't letting me log in. Anyone know if this is BS or not (dude takes a while to get to the point, so I went to mute / CC / 2x playback speed)?
https://youtu.be/OH0E6IqlkvA
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
=====
Any reason to suspect that the password file has been corrupted or changed?

But yes, system repair disks can do these things.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:14 PM (E4rtv)

36 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.
Zucchini?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

VeggieTales? Knew it existed, didn't know it was Christian.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

37 33 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.

----------

Veggie Tales Bible stories was a thing once.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)

38 So, my graybox frenz, we meet again at last, on the plains of the Friday ONT.

Cool.😃

Posted by: mindful webworker - still twirling at June 26, 2026 10:15 PM (C8pEi)

39 >>> 35

=====
Any reason to suspect that the password file has been corrupted or changed?

But yes, system repair disks can do these things.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:14 PM (E4rtv)

Yes, and thank you.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (R+iUD)

40 Every now and then I’ll see a firefly, but I’m in the city and they’re very sensitive to any pesticides.

I remember driving one evening in the countryside near Nacogdoches, and came over a rise into a little valley with a creek in it, and the whole place looked like it was filled with little sparkling stars near the ground.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (O+ktY)

41
England struggled in Massachusetts? Hell, they blew a 13 colony lead.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:11 PM (2WIwB)

___________

Strange to relate, the British were more amenable to giving wildly favorable terms to America because at the time the West Indes were considered a more valuable asset.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (O0L8i)

42 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)

43 "Party" meme made me feel old. Retro-themed parties for stuff that happened after my childhood? Already? I'm only 29!!

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

44
So, my graybox frenz, we meet again at last, on the plains of the Friday ONT.

____________

Climbing up the ladders to get here done wored me out.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (O0L8i)

45 Strange to relate, the British were more amenable to giving wildly favorable terms to America because at the time the West Indes were considered a more valuable asset.

---------

Some of the richest MPs in England owned sugar plantations.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (u/oMr)

46 Fireflies live most of their two years underground as voracious larvae, then emerge as adults, to live only a couple weeks more, eating little or nothing.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

47 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)

Nobody listened to their blackmail? Imagine that.

Fucking business school jackoffs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:18 PM (zZu0s)

48 Yes, and thank you.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
=======
Upon fixing your password situation,

if others can access your computer, I suggest using a user account and reserving administrator privileges account for when you really need it to do things.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:18 PM (E4rtv)

49 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.
Posted by: whig

Samsung, Micron, nVidea: "Yeah, we're not selling stuff at prices humans can afford anymore. No hardware upgrades for a while."

Microsoft: "Well, f--k my business plan."

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

50 Zucchini and Tomatoes are fruits, not veggies.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (Q+gd/)

51 "Happy Father's Day to all the real men out there"

Spoiler alert to those of you who don't know... The guy hanging up the pay phone is about to shoot the guy in the red shirt in the head. The red shirt guy just got convicted of molesting, and I think killing the other guy's young son. He was being escorted out of the court room by several police officers when he got his real sentence. Shooter was later found not guilty by the best jury ever.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (THY4u)

52 Nvidia at least... it's interesting to see how they have screwed the last two video card offerings. They are saving the good stuff for AI.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

53 Nobody listened to their blackmail? Imagine that.

Fucking business school jackoffs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
=======
I think the slowing move by business to upgrade computers may be the heart of it. Costs have really escalated on memory and storage. I backed out of a system build this year because of it.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:20 PM (E4rtv)

54 "Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it."

Good! I've got one Win 10 box I still need to maintain.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

55 The red shirt guy just got convicted of molesting, and I think killing the other guy's young son. He was being escorted out of the court room by several police officers when he got his real sentence. Shooter was later found not guilty by the best jury ever.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:19 PM (THY4u)

The son lived. He did a podcast with the unsubscribe guys on ewetub talking about his father.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)

56 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 26, 2026 10:22 PM (K9xEt)

57 I backed out of a system build this year because of it.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:20 PM (E4rtv)

I have been considering getting a remade, but when you start looking at video cards (I do quite a bit of gaming) it is a bit disheartening to realize you are paying premium for shit. Might get a used older, better card and just see if I can upgrade mine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:22 PM (zZu0s)

58 "Happy Father's Day to all the real men out there"
Spoiler alert to those of you who don't know...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

Ah, thanks. I was wondering what movie reference I was missing.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

59 Fireflies live most of their two years underground as voracious larvae, then emerge as adults, to live only a couple weeks more, eating little or nothing.
Posted by: gp

The summer light shows on my grandparents farm were amazing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 10:23 PM (H/+a9)

60 I am having to do system updates on a 'new' phone using Android 15. Phone has been sitting in a box at Amazon for about 16 months--battery down to 9 percent and no updates to it since Feb 2025. So monthly updates needed--up to June 2025 now.

And with Android 16 released three days ago, I have that upgrade to look forward to.

But hey, got the new phone cheap on Amazon days and part of it is last year's model issue.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:24 PM (E4rtv)

61 "I think the slowing move by business to upgrade computers may be the heart of it."

This year's AI-powered rapid discovery of old vulns may have something to do with it too. They're finding old zerodays so embarrassing, and devastating, that MS is shamed into fixing them in Win 10 too.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

62 "Oldie but a goodie"

Well, it was new to me. I thought I'd seen it all, but it's plantain that I hadn't.

Posted by: mindful webworker - that was grape at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (C8pEi)

63 Ah, thanks. I was wondering what movie reference I was missing.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

He just straight up executed the guy in the middle of a bunch of cops and not one shot him.

Brandon Huerrera has a video 'recreating' the shoot. Its fun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

64 The trash cans could also hide the reflecting pool filtration system. It would protect it from some democrats.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)

65 The Obama monument looks like a tapered stool that stood straight up in the lavatory bowl and took four flushes to get it down. Big Mike has been gorging on Kobe beef and lobster again.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (fkjGs)

66 Party" meme made me feel old. Retro-themed parties for stuff that happened after my childhood? Already? I'm only 29!!
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov

I'm trying figure out how the gay guy got a kid.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (GP8V/)

67 I have been considering getting a remade, but when you start looking at video cards (I do quite a bit of gaming) it is a bit disheartening to realize you are paying premium for shit. Might get a used older, better card and just see if I can upgrade mine.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
=====
Nvidia has dropped even calling themselves a gaming company anymore. I think revenue from gaming cards is down to single digits of revenue for them. CUDA and their AI/high end graphics cards sold to bizness is what is making them money hand over fist.

AMD has finally reached semi parity with Nvidia only to find itself chasing after the business market as well. But, if you use Linux, AMD is probably the front runner as some Steam guys are releasing driver updates for AMD cards dating back before 2010.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:27 PM (E4rtv)

68 wait wait! Is that all? I'm left hungry for more. Fortunately, it's not anesthetic.

Thanks, WD.

Posted by: mindful webworker - doctor doctor gimme th news at June 26, 2026 10:28 PM (C8pEi)

69 Love the Obama library trashcan! It is perfect for trolling.

Posted by: Iris at June 26, 2026 10:28 PM (286+n)

70 He just straight up executed the guy in the middle of a bunch of cops and not one shot him.

Brandon Huerrera has a video 'recreating' the shoot. Its fun.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:25 PM (zZu0s)

The cops were all thinking, "Gee, I wish I could have done that."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:29 PM (1z8ji)

71 This year's AI-powered rapid discovery of old vulns may have something to do with it too. They're finding old zerodays so embarrassing, and devastating, that MS is shamed into fixing them in Win 10 too.
Posted by: gp
=====
That is probably some of it as well but Linux is having its own issues. AI is very good at poking holes--fortunately so far Linux vulnerabilites and really most of Windoze require machine access or agreeing to some really stupid opening trojan files, etc. The bigger problem for Microsoft is that developer Git credentials (probably scraped from AI work sessions) have been used to spike nastyware on that code sharing hub on key programming libraries.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:30 PM (E4rtv)

72 AMD has finally reached semi parity with Nvidia only to find itself chasing after the business market as well. But, if you use Linux, AMD is probably the front runner as some Steam guys are releasing driver updates for AMD cards dating back before 2010.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:27 PM (E4rtv)

Yeah, I was looking at Meta pc (they have decent reviews) since my old remade house (loved them) stopped doing gaming PCs. I am trying to compare relative speeds, etc before deciding how big of a colonoscopy I want.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:30 PM (zZu0s)

73 Oh, I forgot to mention, the new phone has 8gb and I think we will see that actually regress in new models to mebbe six or they increase the price to reflect newer high memory costs. Apple moved up its Neon list price $100 bucks just this month.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv)

74 The cops were all thinking, "Gee, I wish I could have done that."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:29 PM (1z8ji)

They all knew it was a good kill. The perp had kidnapped and raped his son.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:32 PM (O+ktY)

75 The cucumber tomato one is giving me problems.

Zucchini?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

Well, this season they were drawn without eyebrows

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 10:33 PM (rbvCR)

76 The Brandon Herrera video.

https://youtu.be/8LBxCI3IZrc?
si=B7Jz9FUQyzOLdBAr

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:33 PM (zZu0s)

77 "Linux is having its own issues."

Copy that. I get Trixie updates pretty much every day. Ubiquitous multiplatform software like ffmpeg is getting frequent patches too.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

78
Is all this chip and memory chasing at the high end? I may need a new computer and it can just be a plain vanilla desktop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (O0L8i)

79 Yeah, I was looking at Meta pc (they have decent reviews) since my old remade house (loved them) stopped doing gaming PCs. I am trying to compare relative speeds, etc before deciding how big of a colonoscopy I want.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Got a few hours left in Prime Days or Newegg Fantastic Deals--Microcenter is also offering deals.

For rolling your own, Microcenter has some pretty good cpu, memory, motherboard combos. And I think AMD 9060 is under $300 bucks on one of those sites.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (E4rtv)

80 Oh, I forgot to mention, the new phone has 8gb and I think we will see that actually regress in new models to mebbe six or they increase the price to reflect newer high memory costs. Apple moved up its Neon list price $100 bucks just this month.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:32 PM (E4rtv)

How much memory do you need on a GD phone anyway? Memory-intensive chores should be done on hardware better suited to the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (1z8ji)

81 Dude didn't spill his drink during the 90's dance-off. Something I could never pull off.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (QaH55)

82 Sorry I'm late, the hummingbirds wanted me to write down all the lyrics.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 10:35 PM (6LYkH)

83 Sgt. Hulka started a company after leaving the Army:

https://youtu.be/LEYzOqzN6p0?t=65

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (qx7Zg)

84 If I were going to start an evil organization like Hydra, SPECTRE or the First Order, my headquarters would look exactly like the Obama Libary.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (THY4u)

85 Oh, for windows 10 fans, people have a reprieve until 2027 now for ending all security updates for it. Microsoft extended it.
-
I saw that in Pixy's thread this morning. Since they're doing all the work to have updates until 2028 for enterprise clients, it doesn't seem like it would cost much (relatively) to make that available to all of us sticking with 10, aside from losing leverage on getting us to join the Win 11 AI farm, which doesn't much matter at current prices. So I expect they'll do the same thing next year, and after that, I guess we'll see what memory prices do.

Maybe Win 12 will be around by then and less full of AI slop, and thus a more appealing product, too.

Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)

86 ... ok, except this POS wants a password before it will even let me in to the command prompt. I wish I knew what %$W)(*&%#*)(& tech jacked this up ...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (R+iUD)

87 I lost it after hearing that sports commentary. Oh, BUUUUURNNN!

Posted by: pookysgirl, doing her best Michael Kelso impression at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (Wt5PA)

88 Is all this chip and memory chasing at the high end? I may need a new computer and it can just be a plain vanilla desktop.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:34 PM (O0L8i)

Memory is the problem there. GPUs shouldn't hurt you.

Memory is insane.

I just saw something where Nvidia made a card with 96megs of ram for AI. Fucking insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (zZu0s)

89 Blessings upon ye, WeirdDave

You have taken the path less taken

And it's Beautiful

Posted by: Miklos, for the Joint Estates of Joyce Kilmer and Robert Frost at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (6VErX)

90 78
Is all this chip and memory chasing at the high end? I may need a new computer and it can just be a plain vanilla desktop.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Buy a late model used one is my recommendation. All modern systems use ssd drives for storage and the prices on those have rocketed up along with RAM. That goes for desktops.

If you get a laptop, you may get a better deal because the memory nowadays is usually soldered onto the motherboard so makes it harder for a seller to pull the extra memory and sell it off the books.

If you aren't gaming, not as critical but the skyrocketing memory costs are hurting new computer sales and builds.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:37 PM (E4rtv)

91 I remember driving one evening in the countryside near Nacogdoches, and came over a rise into a little valley with a creek in it, and the whole place looked like it was filled with little sparkling stars near the ground.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (O+ktY)
***************************
They are like this on our farm road from my mother's house to the lake. Carpets of fireflies in the trees as far as you can see in the woods as we drive by. They love them.

You can also see awesome stars and the Milky Way as no light pollution.

Grands also love driving, sitting in their father's lap, on this road or my mother's driveway. Granddaughter for some reason drives better in reverse. Grandson likes to pretend to drive my brother's tractor with a front end loader shovel thing (you can tell I don't know the name of it).

Grandson likes to fish. The older girlie, 5yrs, likes to talk to the fish caught, but doesn't want to hurt them.

Happy Friday, you crazy people.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 26, 2026 10:38 PM (hzuYO)

92
Maybe Win 12 will be around by then and less full of AI slop, and thus a more appealing product, too.

Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)

_____________

Um, this is Microsoft we're talking about.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:38 PM (O0L8i)

93 ok, except this POS wants a password before it will even let me in to the command prompt. I wish I knew what %$W)(*&%#*)(& tech jacked this up ...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Did they set a BIOS password? If so, you have to clear the bios by resetting it which may or may not work.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (E4rtv)

94 You know, Ceiling would be a great name for a band.

People who like them would be called Ceiling Fans.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

95 Memory-intensive chores should be done on hardware better suited to the job.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Muscle memory

I try to tell Darleen that

Posted by: Miklos, attempting to optimize at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (6VErX)

96 If I were going to start an evil organization like Hydra, SPECTRE or the First Order, my headquarters would look exactly like the Obama Libary.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (THY4u)

Too obvious a target.

The real PTB would meet somewhere else.

Obama won't be there.

Posted by: LTG at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (+ZHEV)

97 >>> 93
==
Did they set a BIOS password? If so, you have to clear the bios by resetting it which may or may not work.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:39 PM (E4rtv)

Maybe? This is very frustrating, setup should have been made *simpler* for the user...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (R+iUD)

98 re: banana phone
I prefer this one. I can't quite say why.

https://youtu.be/AerpcJtg8Q8?list=RDAerpcJtg8Q8
Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)

She looks like she'd be a handful or two...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (nbLIj)

99 You know, Ceiling would be a great name for a band.

People who like them would be called Ceiling Fans.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Our attorneys will be in touch

But in nice way

Posted by: Miklosian Anti-Marketing SA de CV and bogus IPR management at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (6VErX)

100

The Indianapolis Fever will defend home court on Saturday without Caitlin Clark.

Clark was ruled out of Saturday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Sparks after exiting Wednesday’s game with a back injury. Head coach Stephanie White did not indicate when Clark would return to the court, saying they just wanted the star guard to be healthy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (Cqx++)

101 Maybe Win 12 will be around by then and less full of AI slop, and thus a more appealing product, too.

Posted by: Methos

I am done with Microsoft. They just cancelled perpetual licenses for 2019 Office for the Mac remotely so the poor sods with it are finding their Office programs neutered. I am probably buying an old Mac laptop simply to run my tax software on it. Taxes are the last thing I need for a Windoze machine to do and I am tired of their bullshit.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (E4rtv)

102 Maybe Win 12 will be around by then and less full of AI slop, and thus a more appealing product, too.

Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:36 PM (vSvIl)
_____________

Um, this is Microsoft we're talking about.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:38 PM (O0L8i)

If they make the AI features optional, they'll remove U. S. English as a language and keyboard. It will default to (dot) Indian English.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

103 Looks like more rain moving in overnight.

Better than the fucking monster hailstorms than dinged the shit out of our vehicles when we lived in Colorado. Not to mention having to get the shingles on our roof replaced thrice.

Boise weather is not exciting, but, nor does it destroy your stuff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 10:42 PM (0aYVJ)

104 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron

Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)

105 WD - so how did you learn the "I think that I shall never see" line from the tree poem? For me it was my voice coach in high school picking a song. Pretty much my only other source of culture was Warner Brother cartoons.

Posted by: Iris at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (286+n)

106 Maybe? This is very frustrating, setup should have been made *simpler* for the user...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

If you see a demand for a password before you see the swirling circle, then it is probably a bios password. If you have internet access, you will have to use the name and brand to figure out how to get around it. One way is by using a live cd of Linux that runs off the DVD drive or a live usb. But both of those depend on the boot sequence allowing boot by DVD and/or USB stick before going to the main ssd or rust based hard drive.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:44 PM (E4rtv)

107 No, not a BIOS pwd; it normally asks for a pwd only after winders has booted up. But I guess something changed to prevent using cmd from safe mode. Looking further...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:44 PM (R+iUD)

108 How much memory do you need on a GD phone anyway? Memory-intensive chores should be done on hardware better suited to the job.
_-_
You're right as usual, AOP, but you should see the slop I've seen (especially newer) software engineers create. Bloatware doesn't begin to describe it. "I didn't know how much memory usage it would take to make the system grind to a halt, but I could see how much they were going to use."

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (6ERse)

109 "Why, Gary, why?"

Because Justice.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (xcxpd)

110 If they make the AI features optional, they'll remove U. S. English as a language and keyboard. It will default to (dot) Indian English.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I am pleasing for assist with such issue

Posted by: Miklos at the Bangalore Support Centre of Most Excellence at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (6VErX)

111
I told Her Majesty that I couldn't understand anything these WC pregame analysts were saying. She replied she was relieved it wasn't just her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:46 PM (O0L8i)

112 "I didn't know how much memory usage it would take to make the system grind to a halt, but I could see how much they were going to use."
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 26, 2026 10:45 PM (6ERse)

Ron White. Nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 10:46 PM (zZu0s)

113 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)

114 "Bloatware doesn't begin to describe it."

Modern IDEs. They've gotten so damn big.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (Jr5Lq)

115 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)

There's a youtuber named Kaida that can 'help' with that.

Posted by: Methos at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (vSvIl)

116 I'm down to Windows and MacOS. Both support my music, and finance and tax software. Panzer Corps 2 is only on Windows, as is my radio scanner programming software.

I've tried Linux, and lose the music, finance, tax, and scanner software. It plays more of my games, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

117 Fireflies used to be more numerous when I was a kid. We still see some here at Rancho Webworks, but never very many.

Decades ago, on a family trip, we drove up the east side of the Mississippi, and it was very late and the driver, me, was very weary. We found a park where we could pull out and stop for the night. I turned off the headlights, and I thought, I must be wearier than I realized, because there were flashes all over my field of vision.

It was one of the most spectacular scenes I've ever encountered. Gazillions upon gazillions of fireflies. So many that they seemed to be flashing in unison, in coordinated patterns - and for the first time, I realized why they were called lightning bugs. It looked like strings of electricity dancing all around the field.

The creators really outdid themselves on that bug.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it was an en lightning experience at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (C8pEi)

118 How much memory do you need on a GD phone anyway? Memory-intensive chores should be done on hardware better suited to the job.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
=======
I have a fair number of apps and OS just like desktops are getting more memory hungry with new iterations. Old phone speaker was dying and cost to repair more than phone.

Modern Android 15 or 16 runs a lot better on 8 gb.
Same with Iphones as their OS increases burden on memory and cpu.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (E4rtv)

119 104 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)

Isn't that a welding torch?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)

120 These companies have paid scads of money on AI and gosh darn it YOU are going to use it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (Cqx++)

121 I was a 3rd class FCC tech for a radio station that had their tower array out in a field in Livingston, NJ. This time of year, the fireflies would start coming out, but the swarm would peak around July 4th. It looked like the stars dropped from the sky and hovered over the grass. Best damn job I ever had...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (nbLIj)

122 You should have The Soldering Iron of Justice.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (CHHv1)

123 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)

Isn't that a welding torch?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)

Thermite might be overkill.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

124 I've tried Linux, and lose the music, finance, tax, and scanner software. It plays more of my games, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

You have to be careful on scanners, even good ones often don't get driver updates when Windows moves up a notch but I had an issue with Windows 10 and an old Canon all in one printer. Finally found a Windows 8.1 driver on Canon's India support website and installed it to get it to work. I have a Windows 10 machine that is largely offline just for scanning documents (don't ask--medico legal issues) and photos. I'll keep it running just for that.

On old scanners and printers, I find Linux actually has better support outside of HP which sucks. Brother and Epson do pretty well on their drivers.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (E4rtv)

125 123 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)

Isn't that a welding torch?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)

Thermite might be overkill.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

*sets up camera*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (xcxpd)

126 Holy
Shot.

I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
On pride night.

Only
On cable.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)

127 "What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron"

Check out the YT channels of the guys who do PCB repairs on GPUs. Absolute solder wizards.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

128 Check out this one. Guy uses an old soldering iron to ben viola ribs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyKT8fX2HeI&t=33s

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 26, 2026 10:53 PM (6ERse)

129 I've tried Linux, and lose the music, finance, tax, and scanner software. It plays more of my games, though.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

You have to be careful on scanners, even good ones often don't get driver updates when Windows moves up a notch but I had an issue with Windows 10 and an old Canon all in one printer. Finally found a Windows 8.1 driver on Canon's India support website and installed it to get it to work. I have a Windows 10 machine that is largely offline just for scanning documents (don't ask--medico legal issues) and photos. I'll keep it running just for that.

On old scanners and printers, I find Linux actually has better support outside of HP which sucks. Brother and Epson do pretty well on their drivers.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (E4rtv)

I have two Uniden radio/police scanners. So far, I've only found the software to program the frequencies is on Windows.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:54 PM (qx7Zg)

130 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos

You can make a soldering iron into an unsoldering iron by adding solder wick or a solder sucker. (Laugh it up, fuzzball.)

Posted by: mikeski (no charge) at June 26, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)

131 OMG!!! The national anthem of Egypt is called:

Bi-Lady Bi-Lady Bi-Lady HAHAHAHA

Posted by: NC Ref at June 26, 2026 10:55 PM (JLqL/)

132 Check out the YT channels of the guys who do PCB repairs on GPUs. Absolute solder wizards.

He's a solder wizard
There's got to be a twist
A solder wizard
Such a subtle wrist

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 26, 2026 10:55 PM (+9wcF)

133
My feed keeps giving me Our Boarding House cartoons. I do identify with Major Hoople. Drawn for a different age. People had time to read his gaseous discourse. Egad!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 10:56 PM (O0L8i)

134 I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
On pride night.

Only
On cable.
Posted by: nurse ratched.

Well that's pretty gay.

Posted by: mikeski isn't proud of this one at June 26, 2026 10:56 PM (VHUov)

135 "Check out the YT channels of the guys who do PCB repairs on GPUs. Absolute solder wizards."

youtube.com/@northwestrepair is a real good one.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

136 107 No, not a BIOS pwd; it normally asks for a pwd only after winders has booted up. But I guess something changed to prevent using cmd from safe mode. Looking further...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Good. Those can be a bitch as you risk bricking the bios by reverting it. So, dunno if you are familiar with linux but you can download a live version to put on a dvd or on a usb. Shutdown the computer, then try to restart it with the live usb or the burned dvd on it. Ubuntu, Mint, or Debian are good bets. From there, with the right programs installed, you can actually edit the windows password file to reflect what you want. All free.

Hopefully, the boot order in the bios goes from usb/dvd first and then to the ssd/hard drive (which you can change the order if the bios has no password).

You may have to look on the internet for how to get into the bios--usually a two key combination right at power up. Sometimes it will be very briefly flashed on the screen before boot up.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)

137 I gave up on HP printers years ago. After several years, I finally reached low toner warnings on my laser printer.

My brother might still have a working Epson MX-100 dot matrix printer from the 80's

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

138 12 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

If we were in Missouri in August would we see fireflies?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 26, 2026 10:59 PM (jEF53)

139 "I have two Uniden radio/police scanners. So far, I've only found the software to program the frequencies is on Windows."

Have you tried chirp? I use it. It's free, runs on all popular OSs.
https://chirpmyradio.com

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

140 >>> 136
==
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)

Saving this to try in the morning, thank you!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 11:00 PM (R+iUD)

141 "I gave up on HP printers years ago. After several years, I finally reached low toner warnings on my laser printer.

My brother might still have a working Epson MX-100 dot matrix printer from the 80's"

I gave up on home printers altogether. I use the public library's printers now. Cheaper in the long run.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

142
Kiwis play Belgium in Vancouver. The stadium holds 54,000. Son, we got high-school stadiums in Texas larger than that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM (O0L8i)

143 I have two Uniden radio/police scanners. So far, I've only found the software to program the frequencies is on Windows.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

It appears you have to use WINE or Cross Over which is the paid version (WINE is Code Weaver's development for their paid program Cross Over). If you have a cheap old computer, try WINE on it and try to install the program.

And it appears, digging around, that Uniden offers the U/Aware app for iOS/Android, which provides Bluetooth connectivity for scanning and monitoring without a PC.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM (E4rtv)

144 Check out the YT channels of the guys who do PCB repairs on GPUs. Absolute solder wizards.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

When my dad repaired my TV (bad capacitors) he took more time getting his kit out than the actual repair. $400 repair for the cost of capacitors and lunch.

And he complained that he loved repairing electronics, but his company always just wanted him to swap entire boards in and out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 11:02 PM (zZu0s)

145 Hmmm, female pastor sucking out the demons, huh? Well then, she can call me Beelzebub.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:03 PM (snZF9)

146 Helena,

I did this once to retrieve the password on a windows 10 machine that had its motherboard die, here is a step by step guide.

https://tinyurl.com/Windows-password-retrieval

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:04 PM (E4rtv)

147 Have you tried chirp? I use it. It's free, runs on all popular OSs.
https://chirpmyradio.com
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

No, I haven't. It doesn't look like it supports my scanners, but I'll look deeper tomorrow.

Thanks for the link.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

148 I have a soldering iron

What I apparently need is an unsoldering iron
Posted by: MicroMiklos at June 26, 2026 10:43 PM (6VErX)

Isn't that a welding torch?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at June 26, 2026 10:48 PM (xcxpd)

Thermite might be overkill.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 10:50 PM (qx7Zg)

*sets up camera*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

This might be worth the drive all the way to Alberta

Posted by: Miklos trusts AOP at June 26, 2026 11:05 PM (6VErX)

149 "And he complained that he loved repairing electronics, but his company always just wanted him to swap entire boards in and out."

That northwestrepair guy works on gaming boards that cost thousands of dollars. He's as skilled as a surgeon.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

150 You need a desolder station. Mine is industrial level, cost $2K. It has a pencil that heats up to the same temp as the solder pen, but there is a vacuum pump that will suck the solder when it's ready and you push the button. It payed for itself in four months.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (fkjGs)

151 120 These companies have paid scads of money on AI and gosh darn it YOU are going to use it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
=======
Nope. I do find Brave AI's summary when searching useful but only when I trust the sources it cites by going to them.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (E4rtv)

152 You can make a soldering iron into an unsoldering iron by adding solder wick or a solder sucker. (Laugh it up, fuzzball.)

Posted by: mikeski (no charge) at June 26, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)

The solder sucker is the way to fly. They are a godsend.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:07 PM (snZF9)

153 Helena, the method in that video will work, but his steps are not perfectly ideal (specifically renaming cmd instead of copying it is a risky move). I've saved some people's bacon with that trick.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 26, 2026 11:08 PM (aJQbY)

154 Muscle memory

I try to tell Darleen that

Posted by: Miklos, attempting to optimize
------

Hope you and the girls are doing OK.
Haven't seen you around lately hope
everything is going OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:09 PM (Q8D76)

155 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)

Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 11:09 PM (nbLIj)

156 Awful, awful, horrible PK call. Ball never lies LOL

Posted by: NC Ref at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (JLqL/)

157 "renaming cmd instead of copying it"

Hey, what happened to my shell??

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

158
Holy
Shot.

I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
On pride night.

Only
On cable.

Posted by: nurse ratched

==============

Damn. And there you were all planned out with your popcorn and Irish.

Damn. I wish you could be there and live-post it for us.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:12 PM (XJ22o)

159 Spent a sizeable part of the day bash scripting and creating fzf launch/preview menus for various projects.

The neovim screenwriting config is coming along nicely.

I've been testing it out using the Blade Runner screen play.

Reading through the script, they cut the dance hall scene down to the bits in the film with Zhora.

It would have been interesting to see that on film.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:13 PM (XV/Pl)

160 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)

Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 11:09 PM (nbLIj)

And will that finally slap the tech?

Posted by: Nerd Herd at June 26, 2026 11:13 PM (NZPfR)

161 Today I bought a pork shoulder and turned it into sausage, which I then stuffed into hog casings. It was quite a job, and one I have never tried before.
I am letting the links cool over night before I bag them for freezing. I am not set up to smoke anything yet.
If I plan to do this on lot I need to invest in better equipment.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 11:13 PM (rbvCR)

162
Damn. And there you were all planned out with your popcorn and Irish.

______________

She even dyed her hair pink and purple for occasion.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:14 PM (O0L8i)

163 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.
Posted by: Joe Kidd

And will that finally slap the tech?
Posted by: Nerd Herd

"slap yourself."

"what?"

"sudo slap yourself."

"okay."

https://xkcd.com/149/

Posted by: mikeski, professional nerd at June 26, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

164 junegunn.github.io/fzf/

That looks handy! Thanks!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

165 FWIW, 0Patch (zeroPatch), offers paid plans going back to Windows 7 for security patches if you have a critical software program on old iron you need to use and cannot use a container or VM to run it.
I think Panda Antivirus runs updates and will run even on Windows XP SP3 as well as newer systems.

Supermium is a safe browser for old windows machines that is updated and patched for security if you must get online with the old machine. Legacy Update has all the old microsoft patches for long ago Windows systems going back to XP3 (and yes, it has service packs for them). The thing to be careful of is third parties offering drivers for old software as some of them aren't kosher. Dig around on international sites as you can sometimes find old drivers on printers, etc. abroad in places like India or Thailand (use English for most of its support websites for companies like Canon, etc.).

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (E4rtv)

166 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:47 PM (R+iUD)

Before you do, see if bluebell would like to join you and Bluebell the hen.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)

167 She even dyed her hair pink and purple for occasion.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I think that's a wig.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

168 Well, I scored a big win with buddy's Gravely mower with the freshly-installed Briggs and Stratton engine from a Brand X mower. I could get it to start, and kinda-sorta run, at a slow idle, going "biff-biff-biff-biff" for a few seconds, and then quit. Changed the coil, same thing. Took off muffler, thinking mice might have clogged it with a nest. Same thing, and I could see in the port that the exhaust valve was moving. Took tappet cover off. Wow! Adjusting nut for intake rocker had slacked way off, and intake valve was not moving at all. It was working, albeit very poorly, as an atmospheric valve, like on those old hit and miss engines. But pushrod wasn't moving either... I found what felt like the pushrod seat in the lifter, and gave the rod a tap with a hammer. Clink! Pushrod went in half an inch or so, and now moved as engine was cranked. (1/2)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:17 PM (1z8ji)

169 I am done with Microsoft. They just cancelled perpetual licenses for 2019 Office for the Mac remotely so the poor sods with it are finding their Office programs neutered. I am probably buying an old Mac laptop simply to run my tax software on it. Taxes are the last thing I need for a Windoze machine to do and I am tired of their bullshit.

Posted by: whig
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Tim is a voyer but he will fight the govt tooth and nail to stay out of your business, same with hackers.
All of this crap with Windoz, why? If your employer wants you to have it, it's his responsibility to provide it. If you don't feel that way buy a computer dedicated to your boss and let him be concerned about the maintenance. Then buy your own system dedicated to you. And when you do -- Fuck Microsoft. If you continue with MS there must be something you're not saying that you like\\\

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:18 PM (Q8D76)

170 2/2

So I reassembled the rockers, set tappet clearances, and the engine fired right up. Woo-hoo!

All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)

171 REALLY want to smack the snot out of the tech who worked on this.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Before you open the command prompt, see if there is an option to run it as the admin.
Posted by: Joe Kidd

And will that finally slap the tech?
Posted by: Nerd Herd

"slap yourself."

"what?"

"sudo slap yourself."

"okay."

https://xkcd.com/149/
Posted by: mikeski, professional nerd at June 26, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

"Pseudo-slap myself?"

::limp-wristed hand-waving ensues::

Posted by: Nerd Herd hangs with language nerds at June 26, 2026 11:19 PM (NZPfR)

172 That female pastor...not a female at all. The dude is a bald male.

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)

173 Helena,

Here are also a few more methods using Microsoft tools.

7 are listed and the link has screenshots of what to do for each method.
https://tinyurl.com/7-ways-Window-Password

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:21 PM (E4rtv)

174 Tim Apple is retiring soon. I think they've already picked his successor, but I know nothing about this new person.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:22 PM (qx7Zg)

175 Hmmm, female pastor sucking out the demons, huh? Well then, she can call me Beelzebub.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

"You are....HEALED!!!"

*slaps Berserker's forehead*

If you don't know Ernest Angley, you have missed out

Posted by: Ernest Miklos-Angley at June 26, 2026 11:22 PM (6VErX)

176 Shot.

I can’t even watch the Iran Egypt game in Seattle
On pride night.

Only
On cable.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:51 PM (yEz+x)

One word; vSeeBox

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at June 26, 2026 11:22 PM (N5/Av)

177 So I reassembled the rockers, set tappet clearances, and the engine fired right up. Woo-hoo!

All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

And cleverly neglects to mention the bulk Tannerite delivery

Posted by: Unfooled Miklos at June 26, 2026 11:24 PM (6VErX)

178 Damn. I wish you could be there and live-post it for us.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I am so tempted to head over there.

Nope. Not gonna do it. But. I want to see what’s going on. If anything.

Stars and Strips vs fag flags on the beach. 10-1 favoring the red white and blue. And that’s in one of the most progtarded areas of the city.

Damn. I want to go down there.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 11:24 PM (yEz+x)

179 That female pastor...not a female at all. The dude is a bald male.
Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 11:21 PM (dIske)

He identifies as a busty bikini blonde, haterz!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)

180 @174

>>Tim Apple is retiring soon. I think they've already picked his successor, but I know nothing about this new person.

He's the guy who led the VR Headset debacle.

I'm not enthused about this selection.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (XV/Pl)

181 All of this crap with Windoz, why? If your employer wants you to have it, it's his responsibility to provide it. If you don't feel that way buy a computer dedicated to your boss and let him be concerned about the maintenance. Then buy your own system dedicated to you. And when you do -- Fuck Microsoft. If you continue with MS there must be something you're not saying that you like\\\

Posted by: Braenyard

I rarely used my office computers to check anything more than email. Last one was a Mac laptop and main reason I don't have Macs at home yet is because I hate Safari as a browser (all browsers are Safari in Macland and simply shells over them).

Chrome is it for Windoze and Linux but you can get an de googled browser Chromium that works for most websites as does Brave and Vivaldi. Firefox has improved its perfomance and still uses its own code for the most part too.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (E4rtv)

182 170 2/2
So I reassembled the rockers, set tappet clearances, and the engine fired right up. Woo-hoo!

All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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In the beginning, before promotion, dad went through a series of old Chevy p/u's. We would work on them every weekend for the truck to make it through the next week. - Anyway -

He bought one truck the owner said was shot. It just wouldn't run right. Dad drove it home and loosened all the tappets then readjusted them. The owner had tightened them down till they didn't clatter. Solid lifters on those old trucks; cut them some slack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:27 PM (Q8D76)

183 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (77rzZ)

184
It's funny, I think of myself as tech-savvy and I'm always the leader on the job and in the fam, where I'm Little Miss Tech Support, but I don't know a fraction of the politics and troubles of these OS wars. And I've used open source, Microsoft, and Apple!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (XJ22o)

185
Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg

=============

SHUT UP!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:30 PM (XJ22o)

186
It's going to be scorching next week, I was just looking at the weather prognosticationings. Forecast high of 99F next Friday. Now that I'm 29, this heat gets harder and harder to take each year.

On the bright side, all the evening cloud mess (cold air damming thing) that prevented me from seeing all the astronomical happenings this month has lifted. Mostly.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 26, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)

187 Phone security updates up to Sept 2025 and looking at mfg website, have monthly security patches until June 2026 to install. PITA as I don't want to start using the phone until patched.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:32 PM (E4rtv)

188 I have Brave and Firefox. Brave is heavy but is a super blocker.
Firefox is light, smooth and super adjustable. Moving more and more to FF mostly because I can adjust the font and font size.
The standard Brave font kills my eyes and FF has a list of fonts and sizes to choose from.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:32 PM (Q8D76)

189 184
It's funny, I think of myself as tech-savvy and I'm always the leader on the job and in the fam, where I'm Little Miss Tech Support, but I don't know a fraction of the politics and troubles of these OS wars. And I've used open source, Microsoft, and Apple!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
=======
Call it the search for mo money is the problem. Companies either want your data to sell or they want to lock you into never ending subscriptions to keep paying for what you already bought.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:33 PM (E4rtv)

190 whig, and don't forget the healing power of AND

Posted by: RandomDave at June 26, 2026 11:34 PM (aJQbY)

191 He bought one truck the owner said was shot. It just wouldn't run right. Dad drove it home and loosened all the tappets then readjusted them. The owner had tightened them down till they didn't clatter. Solid lifters on those old trucks; cut them some slack.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:27 PM (Q8D76)

Back in the day, the drill on small-block Chevy's with hydraulic lifters was (on an idling engine) to back them off until they began to click, then tighten until the click just stopped, then tighten 5/8 of a turn further, to set the plunger in the lifter to the middle of its travel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:34 PM (1z8ji)

192
Call it the search for mo money is the problem. Companies either want your data to sell or they want to lock you into never ending subscriptions to keep paying for what you already bought.
Posted by: whig

=============

I surrendered to the borg incrementally, and I think I should set aside a week, 8 hours a day, to extricate myself.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:36 PM (XJ22o)

193 185 LOL

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:36 PM (77rzZ)

194 @181

>>all browsers are Safari in Macland and simply shells over them

This is only true for iOS, on Macs, each browser is it's own app without any Safari shell.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:37 PM (XV/Pl)

195 188 I have Brave and Firefox. Brave is heavy but is a super blocker.
Firefox is light, smooth and super adjustable. Moving more and more to FF mostly because I can adjust the font and font size.
The standard Brave font kills my eyes and FF has a list of fonts and sizes to choose from.

Posted by: Braenyard

I have four browsers on my machine, part of it was because I use Linux at home, I could never be sure what the users on our university's courseware might see. I usually used hyperlinked syllabi to open sources on the net for a text rather than making the poor sods pay for an expensive soon to be outdated text.

Microsoft pissed me off during the 2000's, I always kept one system with Office installed (work license current) and an older paid complete version just for compatibility issues. Used Dragon Dictate for years as arthritis and loss of hand dexterity progressed until Microslop bought it and ruined that company too. Taken until now for Linux to catch up with voice dictation using Whispr.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:37 PM (E4rtv)

196 So I reassembled the rockers, set tappet clearances, and the engine fired right up. Woo-hoo!

All that remains is to set up the electric clutch for the mower deck drive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:19 PM (1z8ji)

Well you had a more fun day than I had. I got to work on a bike that was in a flood that was over the handlebars. This was hurricane Sandy from 15 years ago. The kid puts 2k into the bike in cosmetics, and then tells me about the flood. I said to the kid, are you insane? The salt water destroyed everything inside. He says no they drained the water, and then it sat for 15 years. I said oh that changes everything...are you fucking INSANE??? He says its jumping out of gear. I said no shit, its destroyed inside. He didn't listen, his rose colored glasses were the size of a Jumbotron . I took it apart, all the aluminum parts of the detent system were rotted away, the shafts were gone, the bearings were gone, the oil came out like mud. He's gonna shit when we call him. And...nobody is talking about the engine. He spent 2K putting lipstick on a pig with NOOO clue what the engine and trans looked like inside.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)

197 then tighten 5/8 of a turn further, to set the plunger in the lifter to the middle of its travel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Probably what the owner did, not understanding he was working on solid lifters. What we did; on running engine, loosen all until they are clicking, then, in firing order tighten until silent and back off until it clicks. Dads rule.

First one I remember had a (don't touch it) roll out window. '39?
Didn't have a fuel pump or an oil pump either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 11:41 PM (Q8D76)

198 The kid puts 2k into the bike in cosmetics, and then tells me about the flood.
Posted by: Berserker

But the bike was cheap! That's why he had $2000 for bells and streamers!

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

199 I took it apart, all the aluminum parts of the detent system were rotted away, the shafts were gone, the bearings were gone, the oil came out like mud. He's gonna shit when we call him. And...nobody is talking about the engine. He spent 2K putting lipstick on a pig with NOOO clue what the engine and trans looked like inside.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:39 PM (snZF9)

Yikes! Sounds like he would be better off buying another bike, and transferring all the bling to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (1z8ji)

200 Looks like either webkit (Safari ,Orion, etc. ) or Chrome (Chromium). Thanks Thomas. Makes it easier to go to a Mac cube or something just for taxes. Looks like Firefox still uses Gecko on Macs as well. Never ran right on my old Mac laptop but that was circa 2021.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)

201 Thanks Mr. Bender.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (E4rtv)

202 Gee, I just love all this computer and gearhead talk.

Posted by: Count de Monet, channeling Ensign Parker at June 26, 2026 11:43 PM (wVcYX)

203 Nurse, if you're still around and not listening to the Pride game on the radio, you could try a couple live streams for sea otter habitats in west coast aquariums.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)

204 202 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

205 Duh, I finally get the Boy Scout joke. I'm slow.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (wVcYX)

206 Trump calls democrats godless communists. Jesus told the rich man to give his money to the poor if he wanted to go to heaven. 2Corinthians trump knows he is going to burn in hell with the devil.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at June 26, 2026 11:47 PM (uIF29)

207 204 202 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

You could start with Carisa Codel.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)

208 Hope you and the girls are doing OK.
Haven't seen you around lately hope
everything is going OK.

Posted by: Braenyard

The girls are making extra double money because the Regional Bass Master's Tournament is here at the lake again. Regional is a big thing, rich people with big-ass boats and such.

No Title Loans on any of the trucks this month.

And I get some damn peace and quiet.

Posted by: Managerial Miklos at June 26, 2026 11:48 PM (6VErX)

209 207 Yeesh, not a fan.

Tara Yazdi.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (77rzZ)

210 Ok then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (G3T/K)

211 The stadium holds 54,000. Son, we got high-school stadiums in Texas larger than that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM
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Yeah, but that's metric

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 11:50 PM (z9zfD)

212 The kid puts 2k into the bike in cosmetics, and then tells me about the flood.
Posted by: Berserker

But the bike was cheap! That's why he had $2000 for bells and streamers!

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

He got the bike for free. He just showed up with it all painted nice and looking pretty good. Tells me about the flood and I damn near shit my pants. I have done plenty of flood bikes, and there is never any happiness where salt water is involved. Its the most brutal jobs we ever deal with, and very very few end happy. I told him he was insane, and he insisted the bike was good. Then he tells me about the bike jumping out of gear and says it needs an adjustment. yeah, sure it does. I hope a Claymore mine is included in this adjustment.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)

213 I surrendered to the borg incrementally, and I think I should set aside a week, 8 hours a day, to extricate myself.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
======
Probably the end of keeping Microsoft Office around for me as I decommission windows machines. I am probably going to ixnay Windows 11 when I have a replacement mac cube for the taxes, maybe next year.

OnlyOffice claims full Microslop compatibility with files and that is available for Linux now. Produces and edits native Microsoft file formats while Libre Office has to translate the files upon opening and saving unless you go old school Microsoft formats.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:51 PM (E4rtv)

214 >> Posted by: exodus 21:22-25

Thank you for contribution. It will be given the full consideration it deserves.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 26, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)

215 Still waiting on huge 1.26 gb security patch for phone to install. Reboots required after each patch install.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 11:53 PM (E4rtv)

216 @201

>>Thanks Mr. Bender.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:53 PM (XV/Pl)

217 Thank you for contribution. It will be given the full consideration it deserves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Trust this man

He is an Official Professor

Posted by: University of Miklos at June 26, 2026 11:55 PM (6VErX)

218
LOL
Posted by: Bulg

============

Glad you appreciated my sense of humor.
(hee hee hee!)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 11:55 PM (XJ22o)

219 We do have a tech thread. Why do we have to discuss all of this tech nonsense on a perfectly good ONT?

I may have to decamp to the vibrant Hot Air ONT if this keeps up.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:55 PM (77rzZ)

220 My doctor was Matt Smith.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 11:56 PM (6LYkH)

221 Yikes! Sounds like he would be better off buying another bike, and transferring all the bling to it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:42 PM (1z8ji)

He should have broke it up into parts, sold it off in pieces, take the money and buy a nice bike. Its a sportster, you can get them for 3K. This dude is soooo fucked and has no idea. It needs tires, the wheel bearings are probably rotted along with the swingarm bearings, and steering neck bearings. The engine...jesus, all those crank roller bearings, roller lifters, etc. I'm going to stick a camera down the cylinders when I go back next week.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)

222 218 Blonde Morticia, 🙂.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:57 PM (77rzZ)

223
I may have to decamp to the vibrant Hot Air ONT if this keeps up.
Posted by: Bulg
=====
Those guys are Fags!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 26, 2026 11:58 PM (E4rtv)

224 That banana phone video (which I did watch all the way to the end) has definitely cast aside any doubts anybody might have had as to whether or not you deserve the "Wierd" moniker, Dave.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 11:58 PM (6LYkH)

225 He identifies as a busty bikini blonde, haterz!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:25 PM (1z8ji)

___________________

I've got a new schtick to make leftist heads explode. Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..." and follows up with some instruction as how I am to address them, I will say the following.

"Well, now. It seems we have a problem. Unless you talk to yourself a lot, you will not be addressing yourself directly. BUT, as a third party communicating with you, it is up to me how I address you. That's my call, not yours. Sometimes I will say what the other person wishes to hear. Sometimes I will be factual. Sometimes rude. Sometimes indifferent. And, sometimes I won't give a shit. Are we clear, Ms. Control Freak?"

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 11:59 PM (dIske)

226 13 If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)

If you work at JP Morgan, I would not suggest stealing one.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 27, 2026 12:00 AM (6LYkH)

227 >> Posted by: exodus 21:22-25

Thank you for contribution. It will be given the full consideration it deserves.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 26, 2026 11:52 PM (w6EFb)

Until you responded, I didn't realize it posted. Its posts are automatically ignored.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:00 AM (qx7Zg)

228 All OSes are crap. I wish that wasn’t the case but here we are. They are all either monetary traps to keep you tied to some family of crapware or personal info harvesters or sometimes both. And open source is getting captured by bluehaired commie freaks. You just have to deal with usability, basic functionality being the least important factor in design. Part of the general enshitification of modern life.

Posted by: banana Dream - dang I sound old at June 27, 2026 12:01 AM (G9B3a)

229 We have two crews of 5 who do nothing but desolder parts and replace them here at work. I truly is an art form as I couldn't do it to save my life. It's a very involved process with microscopes and a very steady hand.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (mTPps)

230 How about a nice round of applause for Mayor Bas. The warehouse fire was snuffed out earlier today. Eight days for a warehouse fire. That's an improvement.

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (dIske)

231
If they put out trash cans like that, I'd go there just to use one.
Posted by: Diogenes

If you work at JP Morgan, I would not suggest stealing one.
Posted by: tankdemon

Looks pretty heavy.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:03 AM (Cqx++)

232 228 All OSes are crap. I wish that wasn’t the case but here we are. They are all either monetary traps to keep you tied to some family of crapware or personal info harvesters or sometimes both. And open source is getting captured by bluehaired commie freaks. You just have to deal with usability, basic functionality being the least important factor in design. Part of the general enshitification of modern life.
Posted by: banana Dream
=====
Eh, Android is getting pretty good and Lineage is moving right along with a lot more new phone supported and de googled. Ironically Pixel phones take to Lineage particularly well.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:04 AM (E4rtv)

233 How about a nice round of applause for Mayor Bas. The warehouse fire was snuffed out earlier today. Eight days for a warehouse fire. That's an improvement.
Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 12:02 AM (dIske)

Did they put Kamala on the roof, or that woman above, to suck the oxygen out of the air around the fire? Both of them?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:05 AM (qx7Zg)

234 206 .... Jesus told the rich man to give his money to the poor if he wanted to go to heaven. ...

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25
--

Did Jesus say that or did Paul say Jesus said that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:05 AM (Q8D76)

235 Oh, and Linus is not particularly woke and the recent crash and burn of the troon running the porting of Linux to Apple M1 hardware is slowly gaining function after the troon left the project.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:06 AM (E4rtv)

236 234 That’s in one of the Gospels.

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ)

237

INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody on a $40,000 cash bond and a separate no-bond hold out of Hendricks County after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, according to court records and a Friday hearing.

Singh told the court he does not have the financial means to post bond.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (Cqx++)

238 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

Boobs (turn the soun on)

https://tinyurl.com/585sy4jd

Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)

239
Did Jesus say that or did Paul say Jesus said that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

Paul in the Book of Raimondo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:09 AM (Cqx++)

240 That trash can... an idea for aftermarket 'upgrade' compatible with Doggie Dooley® products. LOL

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

241 Singh told the court he does not have the financial means to post bond.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (Cqx++)

Gee. WNBA finally gets ONE fan, and what do they do? Charge him with stalking. Sheesh!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:11 AM (1z8ji)

242 Did Jesus say that or did Paul say Jesus said that?

Posted by: Braenyard

Neither. Troll is showing biblical ignorance--referral to easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the needle (which in fact referred to a specific city gate in Jerusalem) than for a rich man to enter Heaven.

It is not being wealthy is a bar to entering heaven but rather it is simply one more barrier that can block one from entry. FWIW, envy of others is also a block as it is sinful behavior and it doesn't matter that one claims that their cause is just in taking other people's money. Love one another as one would love your self is pretty broad and excludes envious SOBs as it might a rich person if they love their money more than heaven.

There is no Karl Marx exception in the Bible--trying to use government to take other people's money for your own virtue doesn't work.

And Marx's to each and from each is pseudo Christian heresy bullshit.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:11 AM (E4rtv)

243 Wow, who knew that Spicoli was so Biblically literate?

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:13 AM (77rzZ)

244 That’s in one of the Gospels.
Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:07 AM (77rzZ)

Three of them, actually. Matthew, Mark, and Luke..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 27, 2026 12:14 AM (nbLIj)

245 Godless Communist? Trump is guilty of being redundant

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)

246 244 Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:16 AM (77rzZ)

247 I've been afflicted with a bad cold the past two weeks. Man flu, even. It's finally going away. To celebrate the return of my appetite, I picked up some shaved steak at Kroger today on a Special. Tomorrow, I'll caramelize some onions, drop in the steak, season to taste, melt some cheese over it and roll it up in a carb-smart tortilla with diced tomato. Tex-Mex-Philly-low rent cheesesteak.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:16 AM (wVcYX)

248 Eh, Android is getting pretty good and Lineage is moving right along with a lot more new phone supported and de googled. Ironically Pixel phones take to Lineage particularly well.
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:04 AM (E4rtv)

It would be nice to be able to buy a phone pre-loaded with Lineage at an affordable price.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:17 AM (1z8ji)

249 That’s in one of the Gospels.
Posted by: Bulg

Not quite. The Bible and Jesus himself was rather precise when talking about wealth. It is more the love of money more than other people can block wealthy from going to heaven, not wealth itself.

If you love deviant sex in defiance of biblical ordinances, then again, it can block you from heaven, because Jesus talks about sexual purity and being monogamous if married. Being self righteous like a Pharisee would be another obstacle to heaven, and so it goes. Sinful behavior blocks us from communion with the Lord and often represents overvaluing the materialism of today than the promise of future riches in heaven.

The specific example is a young man that wanted to follow Jesus but went away sadly when Jesus asked him to give away all his wealth to follow him. He didn't say wealthy people were going to hell, merely that it was difficult and all things are possible with the Father.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:17 AM (E4rtv)

250 It would be nice to be able to buy a phone pre-loaded with Lineage at an affordable price.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Used to be a guy here that had done several pixel phones that way which worked for him. Hadn't seen his nic around in several years though.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 27, 2026 12:18 AM (E4rtv)

251 Shit posting is superior to Its posting.

Hey JQ, glad to see you're here.

& Bulg, you know you can't leave, you know what's coming over there. You never know what's coming over here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:18 AM (Q8D76)

252 Looks pretty heavy.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

She's not heavy...she's my sister

Posted by: Miklos is still trying to figure out how to be a DEI hire or grantee at June 27, 2026 12:19 AM (6VErX)

253 Would you prefer boob talk? I can oblige.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:46 PM (77rzZ)

Boobs (turn the soun on)

https://tinyurl.com/585sy4jd
Posted by: Kindltot at June 27, 2026 12:09 AM (rbvCR)

Impressive air bag deployment at apogee. Most impressive!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (wVcYX)

254 It’s still all caps

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (YlWIZ)

255 Off sock. I sometimes forget in between techie talk.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (E4rtv)

256 Monday - Greg
Tuesday - lan
Wednesday - Greg
Thursday - lan
Friday - Greg
Saturday - lan
Sunday - Greg

The Gregorian calendar

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:20 AM (qx7Zg)

257 249 Spicoli waxes theological.

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:21 AM (77rzZ)

258 Hi, Braenyard! Howdy, horde!

I watched that movie on X last night... yeah. It was OK.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

259 250 It would be nice to be able to buy a phone pre-loaded with Lineage at an affordable price.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

AOP, you can buy used phones at pretty decent prices (at least until they go up due to increasing phone prices as well). And I would only buy a used phone if I could hack it and install a fresh Lineage OS anyway. Amazon sells quite a few reconditioned and unlocked phones that are suitable targets.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:22 AM (E4rtv)

260 It’s even funnier that Whig was using the Spicoli sock.

Love ya, Whig!

Posted by: Bulg at June 27, 2026 12:23 AM (77rzZ)

261 While the best os is subjective, MacOS is essentially UNIX with a pretty windows manager.

The essential look feel and operation of Mac OS has not really changed in nearly 40 years.

Windows hoverer seems to have an entire department dedicated to finding creative ways to change where everything is, how everything operates, and how can they best piss off there users.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 27, 2026 12:26 AM (XV/Pl)

262 Was it two nights ago people here were talking about little solar powered speakers scattered on the forest floor around Mt. Shasta? Love that that sort of stuff! Lemurians live inside the mountain. Lenticular clouds hide their space craft. Klamath and Modoc Indians have some wild creation myths about Shasta.

No one can just appreciate it for what it is. A giant stargate portal to Omnicron Prime.

Posted by: 13times at June 27, 2026 12:26 AM (fnZRl)

263 237

INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody on a $40,000 cash bond and a separate no-bond hold out of Hendricks County after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, according to court records and a Friday hearing.

Singh told the court he does not have the financial means to post bond.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:27 AM (Q8D76)

264 I've got a new schtick to make leftist heads explode. Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..." and follows up with some instruction as how I am to address them, I will say the following.
Posted by: Orson

"And I identify as someone who identifies people. And I identify that you are not, in fact, female; you are a man in a dress and high heels."

"Sir."

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)

265 237

INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody on a $40,000 cash bond and a separate no-bond hold out of Hendricks County after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham, according to court records and a Friday hearing.

Singh told the court he does not have the financial means to post bond.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I believe Sophie Cunningham is a blackbelt in Taekwondo.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 12:30 AM (K9xEt)

266 INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Singh remains in custody [...] after being charged with stalking Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.
Posted by: Braenyard

Singh. Indian. They're not just racist, they're shadeist. Darker-skinned fellow Indians are worse than lighter-skinned ones.

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)

267 I've got a new schtick to make leftist heads explode. Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..." and follows up with some instruction as how I am to address them, I will say the following.
Posted by: Orson

"And I identify as someone who identifies people. And I identify that you are not, in fact, female; you are a man in a dress and high heels."

"Sir."
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)

"I have determined that speaking with you is a waster of time." Then I walk away.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:32 AM (qx7Zg)

268 Earlier today I saw that Elon Musk is thinking about getting into the mobile phone business. I wonder if he might also venture into the consumer computer field.

Image true cloud computing, with all the hardware up in the sky. Now imagine Elon firing any programmer who produced bloatware, forcing them to make the product leaner and tougher.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 27, 2026 12:33 AM (twNSf)

269 Singh. Indian. They're not just racist, they're shadeist. Darker-skinned fellow Indians are worse than lighter-skinned ones.
Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)

He will be charged with dis-turban the piece.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:33 AM (1z8ji)

270 Not quite. The Bible and Jesus himself was rather precise when talking about wealth. It is more the love of money more than other people can block wealthy from going to heaven, not wealth itself.

This. Communists purposely twist Christianity to justify there demonic beliefs.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at June 27, 2026 12:35 AM (K9xEt)

271
It's nearing full Moon, which will be on the 29th. It's going to be pretty low in the sky, nearly as low as it was last June. Also near apogee, so a "micromoon". A low, small Moon.

To first order, this effect is easy to see. Since the Moon is near the ecliptic and a full Moon is opposite the sun, when the sun is high, the moon is low, and vice versa. So, low Moons in summer and high moons in winter.

But there's a higher order effect, nodal precession. The Moon's orbit is inclined about 5 degrees to the ecliptic, and that stays fairly constant, but precesses around in an 18.6 yr cycle. So, that 5 degrees either adds or subtracts from the tilt of the ecliptic relative to the equator at the max and min over that 18.6 year cycle.

We hit a maximum, dubbed Major Lunar Standstill(Lunistice) around Dec to Jan 2024-2025. So, this time, it's still pretty close and we get another exceptionally low full Moon this June.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (w6EFb)

272 >>Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..."
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At that point, it's time to walk away. No words. (must. not. eyeroll... augghhhh!)

Not certain I could handle that situation any other way, except perhaps by breaking out into hysterical laughter. I dunno.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

273 I like to buy and consume hot dogs exactly once a year, on or near Independence Day. I caramelize onions and add mustard. Haven't done it in maybe five years but this year I finally have again. I would be remiss if I did not share this with my fake internet friends that don't care.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (vE0+H)

274 The left constantly plays these stupid games.

Wages are too low! There are not enough jobs! So...let's import millions of foreigners to drive down wages and take jobs.

Or, and this is a fun one, when a lefty you know starts ranting about the cost of housing ask them what would happen to the cost of housing if tens of millions of illegals and refugees were sent home?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:39 AM (sKqQm)

275 Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends

Clearly a Hate Crime

Posted by: Miklos is a Jury of One at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (6VErX)

276
What Elon is after is having global phone/internet service anywhere on the globe that cannot be controlled by governments.

See the direct to cell thing. The satellites function as cell towers themselves. You've got a phone anywhere on the planet, no need to depend on land based towers.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

277 Or, and this is a fun one, when a lefty you know starts ranting about the cost of housing ask them what would happen to the cost of housing if tens of millions of illegals and refugees were sent home?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:39 AM (sKqQm)

"We don't have to hurt people to accomplish our goals. All we have to do is kill the rich."

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:41 AM (vE0+H)

278 Singh. Indian. They're not just racist, they're shadeist. Darker-skinned fellow Indians are worse than lighter-skinned ones.

India was invaded by Arabs and Persians. While I assume there were color variations by latitude before the invasion I would also guess the invaders and their children from Indian sex slaves were lighter skin then the native population

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:41 AM (sKqQm)

279 Seeing the Gary Plauche pic up top and then by some cosmic fate with the interwebs I see a post on YT that Idaho will start executing criminals convicted of child molestation by firing squad starting July 1. No less no more

Posted by: Rex B at June 27, 2026 12:42 AM (rgnea)

280 >>Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Not just any white girl. Caitlan Clarke's bodyguard.

If you haven't seen Cunningham's pointed finger stare down yet, you will.

Good for her.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:42 AM (viF8m)

281 Or, and this is a fun one, when a lefty you know starts ranting about the cost of housing ask them what would happen to the cost of housing if tens of millions of illegals and refugees were sent home?
Posted by: 18-1

My understanding was that there would be no math

Posted by: typical commie at June 27, 2026 12:43 AM (6VErX)

282 See the direct to cell thing. The satellites function as cell towers themselves. You've got a phone anywhere on the planet, no need to depend on land based towers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

Now make the phones so they maximize privacy. No Google services, unless you deliberately subscribe. No cloud storage as default. Hardware switches for cameras and mics.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)

283 I like to buy and consume hot dogs exactly once a year, on or near Independence Day. I caramelize onions and add mustard. Haven't done it in maybe five years but this year I finally have again. I would be remiss if I did not share this with my fake internet friends that don't care.
Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (vE0+H)

+1

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:44 AM (wVcYX)

284 What Elon is after is having global phone/internet service anywhere on the globe that cannot be controlled by governments.

It should be pointed out that at least until the early 00s it was a leftwing talking point that freedom of speech should be universal and complete. I've mentioned this before but in 1999's Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Brian Reynold's Mary Sue insert faction, the UN Peace Keepers have this as one of their quotes:

"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:45 AM (sKqQm)

285 >>Whenever or where ever someone starts a sentence with as "I identify as..."
------

At that point, it's time to walk away. No words. (must. not. eyeroll... augghhhh!)

Not certain I could handle that situation any other way, except perhaps by breaking out into hysterical laughter. I dunno.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

I tell them I identify as a fighter jet, and get the fuck off my runway.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 27, 2026 12:45 AM (snZF9)

286 What Elon is after is having global phone/internet service anywhere on the globe that cannot be controlled by governments.

See the direct to cell thing. The satellites function as cell towers themselves. You've got a phone anywhere on the planet, no need to depend on land based towers.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg)

287 Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Cunningham is arguably the best looking woman in the WNBA and she's straight.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (sKqQm)

288 Hardware switches for cameras and mics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I remember when you used to "switch" my hardware...

Posted by: the Wretched Panhard at June 27, 2026 12:47 AM (6VErX)

289 It's nearing full Moon, which will be on the 29th. It's going to be pretty low in the sky, nearly as low as it was last June. Also near apogee, so a "micromoon". A low, small Moon.
Posted by: publius

I was in the pool!

Posted by: The Moon at June 27, 2026 12:47 AM (VHUov)

290 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.

It is hard for younger people to believe, but there was a time when the government couldn't track anyone and everyone they wanted in real time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:47 AM (sKqQm)

291 We have to import lots of cheap labor and make damn sure they can just stroll into the country because we can’t trust native born young people to right the correct way later in life. We want power and if that means crime goes up, wages go down, the native born population gets killed off and the country’s culture and language is forever altered…well, so be it.

Posted by: Dems at June 27, 2026 12:48 AM (gfO9L)

292 >>Of all the girls to choose from he picks on a white girl.

Not just any white girl. Caitlan Clarke's bodyguard.

If you haven't seen Cunningham's pointed finger stare down yet, you will.

Good for her.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:42 AM (viF8m)

I like how she does that without all the idiotic jawboning that other players engage in.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 12:48 AM (wVcYX)

293 Speaking of the ultimate father in the first picture, in response to various red areas offering the death penalty to child rapists I notice the left has argued this would "unfairly" target LGBT+ people...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:49 AM (sKqQm)

294 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

It means Elon can put all the terrestrial phone companies out of business

verizon...t-mobile..ATT....bye bye

Posted by: Miklos so notes at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (6VErX)

295 "As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:45 AM (sKqQm)

What’s wrong with that?

Posted by: Canada at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (gfO9L)

296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (sKqQm)

297 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg)

That's not a problem. You're broke down in the desert, and are risk of dying of thirst. You call 911 on your Starlink phone. "We don't have a fix on you. Turn on your GPS. Go to settings>services>GPS, and click "start"."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (1z8ji)

298 260 It’s even funnier that Whig was using the Spicoli sock.

Love ya, Whig!
Posted by: Bulg
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If I was a standup comedian, I would forget my own punch line because of some other shiny thing.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:51 AM (E4rtv)

299 There are a lot more fireworks stands this year than in years past.

Some say there is no excitement for the 250th. I don’t think that is true in small town/rural America.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (gfO9L)

300 Speaking of the ultimate father in the first picture, in response to various red areas offering the death penalty to child rapists I notice the left has argued this would "unfairly" target LGBT+ people...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:49 AM (sKqQm)

Which is a tacit admission that LGBT+ people are more likely to be child rapists.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

301 296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (sKqQm)

Say what?

Posted by: Socialists at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (gfO9L)

302 296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.
Posted by: 18-1
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And yet something so simple escaped Karl Marx because he was peddling a utopia on Earth beyond such mundane matters.

Wouldn't have been so bad for one nutcase but his religion based on envy and hatred of the productive along with ignorance of economics led us to this place today.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:53 AM (E4rtv)

303 >>I like how she does that without all the idiotic jawboning that other players engage in.

Absolutely. Just that look, she didn't need to say a word.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 12:54 AM (viF8m)

304 Between the "mis, dis and mal" op, they were really hot on making people fear getting the wrong information - but no fear to spread regarding getting no information at all.

Where is that ugly sow these days anyway? The one that was gonna be the Minister of Information and then I think she claimed she was going to sue a bunch of people for something or other.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:54 AM (vE0+H)

305 What happened to all those drones flying over New Jersey?

Posted by: Orson at June 27, 2026 12:54 AM (dIske)

306 300 Speaking of the ultimate father in the first picture, in response to various red areas offering the death penalty to child rapists I notice the left has argued this would "unfairly" target LGBT+ people...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:49 AM (sKqQm)

Which is a tacit admission that LGBT+ people are more likely to be child rapists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

More people need to be arrested until people figure out that there is nothing more important than being LGBT.

Posted by: Dems at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (gfO9L)

307 If I was a standup comedian, I would forget my own punch line because of some other shiny thing.
Posted by: whig

Doctor Whig! I hurts when I do this!

*ensures Whig is provided an oversized hammer*

Posted by: Miklos, last of the old vaudevillians at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (6VErX)

308 Well, it's almost an hour into Saturday here. Hope you folks will have a fantastic weekend ahead.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (CHHv1)

309 If you haven't seen Cunningham's pointed finger stare down yet, you will.
Posted by: JackStraw

Mt. Cunningham?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 12:55 AM (DZ9Lv)

310 Wouldn't have been so bad for one nutcase but his religion based on envy and hatred of the productive along with ignorance of economics led us to this place today.
Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:53 AM (E4rtv)

And yet people still buy his crap. Look at Newsom’s hate tax proposal.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (gfO9L)

311 What happened to all those drones flying over New Jersey?
Posted by: Orson

I'm guessing pizza

Posted by: Miklos, hazarding guesses at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (6VErX)

312 I would be remiss if I did not share this with my fake internet friends that don't care.
Posted by: ...
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Hey, hey, enough of that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (Q8D76)

313 If I understand the math correctly, and I probably don't, that would make determining the phone's location more difficult. It would require the phone to send the GPS/GLONASS coordinates in an emergency.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:46 AM (qx7Zg)

That's not a problem. You're broke down in the desert, and are risk of dying of thirst. You call 911 on your Starlink phone. "We don't have a fix on you. Turn on your GPS. Go to settings>services>GPS, and click "start"."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 12:50 AM (1z8ji)

Never said it was a problem. I *like* the idea of being harder to track.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (qx7Zg)

314 Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:53 AM (E4rtv)

I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 12:58 AM (vE0+H)

315 This. Communists purposely twist Christianity to justify there demonic beliefs.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work

Anyone that spent any time reading all of the Bible is fairly immune to out of context quotations. But far too many churches avoid the icky parts in order to keep the pews full and people rarely read the Bible as they should. Even aside from Christianity, the Book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes along with the Book of Job provide a graduate level seminar in the philosophical arguments and provide more wisdom than a bookshelf at Barnes and Noble in the self help section.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 12:58 AM (E4rtv)

316 And yet people still buy his crap. Look at Newsom’s hate tax proposal./i]

It is like a magic trick.

Distract the rubes with misdirection so they don't notice your actual trick is making their money disappear into your pocket.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 12:59 AM (sKqQm)

317 Hey, hey, enough of that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (Q8D76)

Okay you got me - it's been kind of a tough week.

Earlier tonight I was posting about towels, and now this. I feel much more at home complaining about what an islamic jackwagon Obama is.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

318 Never said it was a problem. I *like* the idea of being harder to track.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (qx7Zg)

Tracking can be useful to the user. Using the phone as a GPS to direct you to an unfamiliar address in a city, for example. But that should require physically turning on the GPS chip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

319 I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.
Posted by: ...

Envy is recognized as a sin

For quite a while

Posted by: Miklos, out-pointing at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (6VErX)

320 I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.
Posted by: ...

Well, it was more that the ruler owned everything and everyone so don't piss off the ruler to live. Despotism is the most primitive of governments based on being the meanest SOB. Then came along aristocracies and kingdoms based on despots being able to make the transition to hereditary rule and class.

Organized democracies came later.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 01:01 AM (E4rtv)

321 I think Marxism has existed in one form or another for as long as humans have had civilization. Hell, this entire country seemed to be founded upon curtailing the Nattering Busybodies of Elemental Ruin.

Prior to the modern era you could see massive experimentation of different sorts of cultural organization. Those societies that choose well succeeded and conquered their neighbors. Those that choose poorly face enslavement or death.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:01 AM (sKqQm)

322 Well, it was more that the ruler owned everything and everyone so don't piss off the ruler to live. Despotism is the most primitive of governments based on being the meanest SOB. Then came along aristocracies and kingdoms based on despots being able to make the transition to hereditary rule and class.

Set up the rules of your society to those that enrich and extend your civilization are rewarded and people will do so.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:02 AM (sKqQm)

323 Well, it was more that the ruler owned everything and everyone so don't piss off the ruler to live.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 01:01 AM (E4rtv)

Yeah so I wouldn't have made it very long in one of those. And I'm no busybody.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:03 AM (vE0+H)

324 >> What happened to all those drones flying over New Jersey?

That was just defense contractors doing some testing. It was authorized via the FAA. They were probably just testing to see how the public would react, giving the some handle, on say stealth penetrations of enemy airspaces with drones and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:04 AM (w6EFb)

325 296 Supply and demand are the iron laws of economics.

Get more of something to market and the price goes down. Add more demand and the price goes up.
Posted by: 18-1
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It's as if there is an invisible hand at work.

Posted by: Adam Smith at June 27, 2026 01:04 AM (XeU6L)

326 It's as if there is an invisible hand at work.

Posted by: Adam Smith at June 27, 2026 01:04 AM (XeU6L)

NOT FUNNY

Posted by: Michelle Fields at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (vE0+H)

327 >>Mt. Cunningham?

I'm too old for that. I'd pull a muscle.

But I do admire her fight.

https://tinyurl.com/2py75n7x

Posted by: JackStraw at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (viF8m)

328 Never said it was a problem. I *like* the idea of being harder to track.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 12:56 AM (qx7Zg)

Tracking can be useful to the user. Using the phone as a GPS to direct you to an unfamiliar address in a city, for example. But that should require physically turning on the GPS chip.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

Using the GPS on the device isn't my concern. I want to decide who can see my location outside the phone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (qx7Zg)

329 itsbobbyfinn has a great take on the WNBA and its refereeing: https://tinyurl.com/rupxnt33

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (sKqQm)

330 Tracking can be useful to the user. Using the phone as a GPS to direct you to an unfamiliar address in a city, for example. But that should require physically turning on the GPS chip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Or you could pull up a map and find your way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:05 AM (Q8D76)

331 I've gotten clips of Clark playing off and on and she has roughly NBA talent. She sees the field, passes, and shoots like a really short NBA player - no wonder these jokers that would lose to a Division 2 men's team are freaked out about her.

Oh and she has the hubris to be white AND straight!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:09 AM (sKqQm)

332 I find my thoughts wandering into the mists of my mind. It it's time to slumber and, perchance, to dream.

Stay well, everyone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 01:10 AM (qx7Zg)

333
I'm sure the Starlinks could in principle determine the position of a station themselves.

Starlink signals can be used for GPS like purposes anyway. Some researchers at MIT figured this out. They were able to decode enough of the Starlink system's beacon signals (making some educated guesses about various encodings and timings), and were able to achieve it with 7 to 30 m accuracy.

The accuracy could be improved if SpaceX released a little more of the proprietary info. They wouldn't have to release enough to compromise much of their tricks, just a little more basic info.

They have most likely already disclosed this to the military, which was very interested in using the system as a backup for GPS. Indeed, that was probably part of the deal Elon struck with the govt to get the license for the system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)

334 There is one form of price discrimination that doctors can legally do, and that is by method of payment. A doctor that I have seen off and on since what, 2003 or so, has a special Payment In Full At Time Of App't price. So, if I want to see a guy who's known me since way back in the day -- when he was freshly minted in his first little practice, I didn't have insurance, and I was looking for help quitting smoking -- then I can always go see him again, and it's affordable.

Doesn't work for if I need a referral in a particular system, of course; but just to get a prescription or whatever, it's fine.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 01:12 AM (Sy6m/)

335 I find my thoughts wandering into the mists of my mind. It it's time to slumber and, perchance, to dream.

Stay well, everyone.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 27, 2026 01:10 AM (qx7Zg)

I. too, am off to the land of Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod.
See you on the morrow.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 27, 2026 01:13 AM (wVcYX)

336 Y'all have fun. Installed Android 16 finally and set up to transfer to using it tomorrow.

Good night.

Posted by: whig at June 27, 2026 01:13 AM (E4rtv)

337 The problem the Left has with someone like Caitlyn Clark is she doesn't need them. It's their collective nightmare, and why they lash out.

They felt that way about Taylor Swift, who refused to be "political" for a long time, until she sold her soul. Now it's kumbaya because they own her.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (vE0+H)

338 Well, sleepiness is fast overtaking me. Time to shut 'er down and hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (1z8ji)

339
NOT the tech thread--

Holy fvk the DSA just can't stop making ads for the GOP 2028 campaign.

https://x.com/DSA_Watch/status/
2070573367350956131

ALSO: This is Colorado. It's not just a New York thing that we can dismiss.

ALSO ALSO: They do a good job of picking their candidates. She's undeniably pretty, and she's young, so she has many campaigns ahead of her.

ALSO ALSO ALSO: I keep tellin' ya, they've got a plan to get foreigners of color elected. Because if you object to them, you're all kinds of phobic. And this one is a triple whammy:

female
foreign-born
dark-skinned

ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO: Has she ever run a lemonade stand? No, but good news! She's pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs at U Colorado. AANNDDD she's quite certain that she needs to get Lockheed out of Denver -- 15,000 employees -- but "companies that profit off of war" shouldn't be in CO-1.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (XJ22o)

340
The military is very big on PNT, Position, Navigation, and Timing. They want all the backups and redundancy they can muster for that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:16 AM (w6EFb)

341 >>>It is hard for younger people to believe, but there was a time when the government couldn't track anyone and everyone they wanted in real time.

Posted by: 18-1
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In the not distant past, one could pull up stakes, leave town for parts distant and start a new life...completely.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:18 AM (Q8D76)

342
PNT. Where am I, where am I going, and what time is it?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)

343 They felt that way about Taylor Swift, who refused to be "political" for a long time, until she sold her soul. Now it's kumbaya because they own her.

I love that the people that complain about the rich and fossil fuel usage have united around that notion that paying thousands for concert tickets to see a woman who has just flown all around the world to sing is a wonderful progressive experience.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:19 AM (sKqQm)

344 Marxism is less about envy than hatred. It is hatred embodied into a "philosophy." It's less "I envy people who are successful" than "I hate people who are successful and I want to destroy them."

Islam is the same philosophy. "You refuse to accept Allah? I don't have to persuade you, I have to kill you--as my god cannot refute your philosophy."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (CHHv1)

345 It is hard for younger people to believe, but there was a time when the government couldn't track anyone and everyone they wanted in real time.
--------------------

And the idea that any American government would even want to was the stuff of conspiracy theorists and crazies.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (vE0+H)

346
ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO: Has she ever run a lemonade stand? No, but good news! She's pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs at U Colorado. AANNDDD she's quite certain that she needs to get Lockheed out of Denver -- 15,000 employees -- but "companies that profit off of war" shouldn't be in CO-1.

Moving the companies that makes weapons to red states is an interesting strategy considering they also believe a civil war is likely

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (sKqQm)

347 And the idea that any American government would even want to was the stuff of conspiracy theorists and crazies.

20 years ago the left argued the government listening in on call to Afghanistan or checking on the books a foreigner checked out of a library was a literal crime against humanity.

Now? If you are doing nothing wrong comrade you have nothing to fear from the government watching you do it.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:22 AM (sKqQm)

348 22 Fireflies emerging tonite, on schedule. A lovely evening in N IL.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

I have never lived in a place with fireflies, but, I have visited kin in such places. Magical.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

I have never seen them in person, but this synth-pop song certainly evokes a sense of whimsy and wonder:

Owl City - Fireflies (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/psuRGfAaju4

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 01:26 AM (Sy6m/)

349 Marxism is less about envy than hatred. It is hatred embodied into a "philosophy." It's less "I envy people who are successful" than "I hate people who are successful and I want to destroy them."

Islam is the same philosophy. "You refuse to accept Allah? I don't have to persuade you, I have to kill you--as my god cannot refute your philosophy."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:20 AM (CHHv1)

Yes and no. Think about what hatred is. It does not exist in a vacuum - something must fuel it, whether disgust, repulsion, revulsion, fear...

A leftist's hatred is borne mostly of envy. The envy comes from a desperation to validate an inflated ego.

There is a branch of leftism that is carefully cultivated through a warping of empathy but that's a different disease. This is why I tend to distinguish between leftists and leftards. The empathy people and other assorted bleating sheep are the tards. The envy people are straight up leftists and you are correct they cannot wait to kill you.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:29 AM (vE0+H)

350 Now? If you are doing nothing wrong comrade you have nothing to fear from the government watching you do it.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:22 AM (sKqQm)

I live near a lot of leftists and leftards. It's astonishing listening to one and all this last decade say variations of "I don't mind being watched constantly, I don't do anything wrong".

They have zero horse sense regarding the idea of the definition of right and wrong being changed overnight. Skin-crawling.

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:32 AM (vE0+H)

351 Evening Evening Horde.
I cracked my beer at 1:00 today and now I can actually drink it. I went and got one for after work, walked into the shop, popped it and set it on the bench and got pissed at myself. Idiot. So flat beer it is tonight. That'll teach me.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 01:33 AM (mTPps)

352
Another big astronomical event that will happen around 1:30AM on July 4th: a conjunction of Mars with Uranus, and right close to the Seven Sisters up there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 27, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)

353 I'm perturbed by the "well, you shouldn't mind being watched, if you've got nothing to hide" whine...

Those people, I'll ask: "So, do YOU get undressed in front of your window, with the drapes open?"

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

354 *hands a fresh, uncracked Fosters to Reforger*

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)

355 probably part of the deal Elon struck with the govt to get the license for the system.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Elon probably has a very high level security clearance with USG. Very patriotic.
_Howard Hughes looks down with big 👍

Posted by: Glomar Explorer says - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (Q8D76)

356 Yes and no. Think about what hatred is. It does not exist in a vacuum - something must fuel it, whether disgust, repulsion, revulsion, fear...

But many times those various things come from within, from a recognition of inferiority (no matter the source) not from outside sources.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (CHHv1)

357 I have never lived in a place with fireflies, but, I have visited kin in such places. Magical.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

I have never seen them in person, but this synth-pop song certainly evokes a sense of whimsy and wonder:
Owl City - Fireflies (Official Music Video)
https://youtu.be/psuRGfAaju4
Posted by: SciVo

Panic Room - Firefly (Just Some Rando Posting It)
https://youtu.be/iH27h0NNZPo

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM (VHUov)

358 @353 Only if I want to disgust Cthulhu. It works!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM (CHHv1)

359 India was invaded, long ago, by the Indo-Aryans who were by all accounts very fair skinned, bringing their language Sanskrit with them. The original inhabitants of India were very dark: their descendants mainly live in the south of India. The northerners are usually much paler and have more of that Indo-Aryan blood. There has been much intermingling such that I was friends with an Indian cosmologist who was of the Brahmin caste but was himself quite dark. The idea being that the Brahmin should be descendants of the original, pale, Indo-Aryan conquerors.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM (W2MUi)

360 Those people, I'll ask: "So, do YOU get undressed in front of your window, with the drapes open?"
Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

An act which is a crime if a man does it if he is seen, and which is also a crime if a woman does it and is seen. Who is the criminal changes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 27, 2026 01:44 AM (W2MUi)

361 >>>Hi everyone! Y'know, I should have posted this last week.

Ack! I got all confuseled!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 01:45 AM (6wpGE)

362 But many times those various things come from within, from a recognition of inferiority (no matter the source) not from outside sources.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:38 AM (CHHv1)

We might be talking at cross purposes then because I think we agree

Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:46 AM (vE0+H)

363 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:39 AM

Cthulhu? I thought your cat's name is Robert?

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

364 Thank you JQ. My mom sent me a picture I have never seen before tonight. Me and my whole extended family in the summer of 1980. I can't figure out where we are but it almost has to be the last photo of my great grandpa.
I'm tripping on this. I don't remember any of it.

Posted by: Reforger at June 27, 2026 01:49 AM (mTPps)

365 @362 - I think we do... it's Friday.

@363 - Robert the Cat (TM) is the master, and yes, even Cthulhu is like, "I'm not going near that cat."

Cthulhu has more reach, though. For the nonce.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:49 AM (CHHv1)

366 Reading from something I thought credible on the migration from Africa there were three main routes; some went ~due north to north west, others went east; some took a northern route, others took a southern route.
Indians in the north, Mongols and Japanese took the northern route.
Southern Indians, southern regions like Thailand and indigenous island people like the Philippines took the southern route.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:50 AM (Q8D76)

367 Cthulhu has more reach, though.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Cheating with his non-euclidean geometries.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 27, 2026 01:52 AM (VHUov)

368 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 27, 2026 01:44 AM

Hahaha, true. My point was *privacy* but I should come up with something better...

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)

369 @367 well, there's also the lack of readily available treats. Cthulhu has to cull his own; they're not handed to him on a regular basis. I think.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 01:53 AM (CHHv1)

370 Years past there was a commenter named Cthulhu.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 01:57 AM (Q8D76)

371 It's been cooler here, with periods of light rain today & tonight.. even rough n tough outdoor Cat has spent extra time indoors for snacks and snoozes.

He's not "cuddly" but at least doesn't attack when I pet him. Lucky me!

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

372
Moving the companies that makes weapons to red states is an interesting strategy considering they also believe a civil war is likely

Posted by: 18-1

=============

lol, it takes a Ph.D. candidate to overlook something that basic.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 02:00 AM (XJ22o)

373 Years past there was a commenter named Cthulhu.
Posted by: Braenyard

Yeah, I 'memba. Don't remember what got Cooth banninated, but do remember he(?) is the one who tracked down Joffen on that fateful night. (Unfortunately too late)

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

374 Time to retire--so how about a quote?

Look at me! Bap bap bap ba baap! Whaaaat?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 02:03 AM (CHHv1)

375 66 Party" meme made me feel old. Retro-themed parties for stuff that happened after my childhood? Already? I'm only 29!!
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov

I'm trying figure out how the gay guy got a kid.
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 10:26 PM (GP8V/)

Aw, man, give him a break! He was a dancin' foo!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 02:03 AM (6wpGE)

376 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 02:04 AM (ibDUx)

377 Hi, Debby! How are you tonight?

Chivas?

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

378 I live near a lot of leftists and leftards. It's astonishing listening to one and all this last decade say variations of "I don't mind being watched constantly, I don't do anything wrong".

They have zero horse sense regarding the idea of the definition of right and wrong being changed overnight. Skin-crawling.
Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:32 AM (vE0+H)

Post-modern Leftism, informed and shaped by Critical Theory, is effectively incapable of coherent reasoning. Since they don't believe in Truth, they don't really 'believe' things in the way that we know it; they just take positions, which don't even need to be consistent. In that milieu, intellectual laziness is perfectly natural, leading directly to cognitive flaccidity. Thus, NPCs.

They get a lot of mileage out of the advantages of sociopathy: the sheer ruthlessness of bugmen, with the fluid flexibility of habitual pathological liars. We must not underestimate them as opponents. But their 'intellectualism' is entirely pseudo-.

Posted by: SciVo at June 27, 2026 02:07 AM (Sy6m/)

379 My sister is a lefty. -tard or -ist, I'm not sure, but seems she's become more ist than tard over time.

Her pure, raw, unbridled HATRED of PDJT is a frightening thing to behold. When she rants, I cannot believe that we are related or even grew up in the same environment!

No contact since Christmas.

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

380 Movie night, and it was… a bit disappointing. Never mind what it was.

And now I'm back to say I'm leaving. Hello I must be going.

Here's a picture of a gal who was very pretty back in the day.
https://bit.ly/she-is-pretty

And here she is on stage with Roy and Dale
https://youtu.be/A8z-qTG-Yt4

G'nite, y'all. Saturday lies ahead.

Posted by: mindful webworker - so it goes and so do I at June 27, 2026 02:15 AM (C8pEi)

381 Hi JQ, I am doing fine, a Chivas would be wonderful right about now, thank you so much.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 02:15 AM (ibDUx)

382 141 I gave up on home printers altogether. I use the public library's printers now. Cheaper in the long run.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

Thank you. This is good advice and I will take it.

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 02:16 AM (6wpGE)

383 Cheers, Debby!

Happy Friday night

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:17 AM (rdVOm)

384 380 Movie night, and it was… a bit disappointing. Never mind what it was.

I watched "Scarlet Warning 666." My night was worse than yours.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 27, 2026 02:18 AM (CHHv1)

385 https://youtu.be/w96_VCwpmC4

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

386 Earlier tonight I was posting about towels, and now this. I feel much more at home complaining about what an islamic jackwagon Obama is.
Posted by: ... at June 27, 2026 01:00 AM (vE0+H)

He cannot be an evil Muslim. I mean, what does He do when reciting the Shehada, look at Himself in the mirror? He truly believes He is Allah.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 02:34 AM (gfO9L)

387
ALSO ALSO ALSO ALSO: Has she ever run a lemonade stand? No, but good news! She's pursuing a Ph.D. in Public Affairs at U Colorado. AANNDDD she's quite certain that she needs to get Lockheed out of Denver -- 15,000 employees -- but "companies that profit off of war" shouldn't be in CO-1.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 27, 2026 01:15 AM (XJ22o)

So no companies should be in CO-1?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 02:39 AM (gfO9L)

388 I love that the people that complain about the rich and fossil fuel usage have united around that notion that paying thousands for concert tickets to see a woman who has just flown all around the world to sing is a wonderful progressive experience.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 27, 2026 01:19 AM (sKqQm)

Rich people need to be violently killed. Except for entertainers and people in government, because reasons.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 02:41 AM (gfO9L)

389 Mmmmm, Cheers, JQ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 02:46 AM (ibDUx)

390 Getting sleepy here-- good night, horde.

Have a great weekend!

Posted by: JQ at June 27, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

391 Slide a G&T night cap down this way, por favor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 02:51 AM (Q8D76)

392 Wait, wut? The bartender's leaving? OK, I know what to do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 02:52 AM (Q8D76)

393 "I love the imagery of struggle.
"I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient."
_Christopher Hitchens

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 02:57 AM (Q8D76)

394 Braenyard, just help yourself and lock up when you leave.

Sweet dreams Horde, it is that time.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 27, 2026 03:01 AM (ibDUx)

395 Wikipedia:

(Gary Plauche's son, Jody):

In 2024, Jody appeared in an interview for the Mirror in which he stated that he was happy with his life and regarded his father as "the greatest dad of all time".

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:01 AM (6wpGE)

396 Thanks for the ONT, WD. I Larfed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:04 AM (l3cgK)

397 If you think using larf instead of laugh is a bunch of crap, you aren't far off...it's called eye dialect...

"Eye dialect is a writer's use of deliberately nonstandard spelling. This is because they do not consider the standard spelling a good reflection of the pronunciation, or because they are intending to portray informal or low-status language usage. The term was coined by George Philip Krapp..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)

398 'night, Debby, JQ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 03:07 AM (Q8D76)

399 Peeking in, too early to get up

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 03:09 AM (Ia/+0)

400 400

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (6wpGE)

401 Good to see you jim, wish you had joined in earlier. Here's the keys, I'm out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (Q8D76)

402 Thanks, Skip!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (6wpGE)

403 401 Good to see you jim, wish you had joined in earlier. Here's the keys, I'm out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 27, 2026 03:10 AM (Q8D76)

My sleep schedule is messed up. Sleep 4 to 6 hours most nights, non-contiguously...Been that way for a while now.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:13 AM (l3cgK)

404 Crap is such a funny word. It's just so onamotic.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:15 AM (DZ9Lv)

405 397 If you think using larf instead of laugh is a bunch of crap, you aren't far off...it's called eye dialect...

"Eye dialect is a writer's use of deliberately nonstandard spelling. This is because they do not consider the standard spelling a good reflection of the pronunciation, or because they are intending to portray informal or low-status language usage. The term was coined by George Philip Krapp..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:06 AM (l3cgK)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 03:16 AM (6wpGE)

406 404 Crap is such a funny word. It's just so onamotic.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:15 AM (DZ9Lv)

onomatopoeic?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:24 AM (l3cgK)

407 onomatopoeic?
Posted by: jim

Yes

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:30 AM (DZ9Lv)

408 407 onomatopoeic?
Posted by: jim

Yes

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 27, 2026 03:30 AM (DZ9Lv)

I guess it's like plop...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 27, 2026 03:45 AM (l3cgK)

409 .. and fizz

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:21 AM (6wpGE)

410 Only been cat napping, might as well get up

Posted by: Skip at June 27, 2026 04:21 AM (Ia/+0)

411 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at June 27, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

Fri-Yay! Cafe

A robot built out of 200 "bones" and 1000 hydraulic "muscles."

July 4th Advisory: The bears will be out of control.

Baby seal investigates a cameraman but the real stars are in background.

Beiuga whale has a crush on a single zookeeper.

A full-sized fully-operational Bugati Chiron made of Legos. Supposedly. Seems like Fake News to me.

Pole dancer.

Dogs will try to make friends with anyone.

Disney's Skeleton Dance (1923).

Testing the terrain before committing to it.

I could do this but I don't feel like it.

Whale decides to do a Jump Scare on whale watchers.

Supposedly, a woman's dog had been missing for a month but she found it partying with some Mexicans at the World Cup.

Neat-- scanning a QR code turned fans' phones into a coordinated light display.

The crater lakes of the The Azores

Formed by collapsed craters (calderas), of ancient volcanoes, this one is Lagoa Pau Pique on S�o Miguel Island

📹 ilhan Eroglu/ ilhan1077 pic.twitter.com/KrGFegOBHE
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) June 21, 2026

Basalt towers in New South Wales

A basalt column is one solid piece of basalt rock, and basalt is just lava that has cooled and turned into stone.

Millions of years ago, parts of New South Wales were shaped by volcanic activity. This happened mainly during the Cenozoic era� pic.twitter.com/rpy6kOdGjH
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) June 20, 2026

Freedom is everything pic.twitter.com/IRXZA2878G
— Science girl (@sciencegirl) June 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:30 PM

Comments

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1 normal

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 26, 2026 07:32 PM (YlWIZ)

2 elricks still doing the paperwork?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 26, 2026 07:33 PM (YlWIZ)

3 believe it

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 26, 2026 07:33 PM (YlWIZ)

4 like most scoops...

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 26, 2026 07:35 PM (YlWIZ)

5 there they go

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 26, 2026 07:36 PM (YlWIZ)

6 Nooded. Can't believe no one beat me to it. G'night, Horde!

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 07:36 PM (NcvvS)

7 Is that a scene photo from Cowboys and Aliens?

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:36 PM (GP8V/)

8 but everyones having such a good time

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 26, 2026 07:36 PM (YlWIZ)

9 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

10 https://youtube.com/shorts/99qhnlwRBco

Posted by: Ernest T Bass at June 26, 2026 07:39 PM (jrgJz)

11 Does that Polish company have to pay the Manhattan Project scientist's family any money?

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:40 PM (GP8V/)

12 A B-2 is a pretty darn good stand-in for a bat.

Thanks, Ace!!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:40 PM (0sNs1)

13 I have to stop watching sad movies

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

14 What sad movie were you watching, Skip?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 26, 2026 07:42 PM (h7ZuX)

15 Our third 100%-free week!

* inhales deeply *

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

16 Seun 2014 movie from South Africa

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

17 >>>Pole dancer.

Why do you suppose the face is covered?

Because it's a guy.

Posted by: No Name Today at June 26, 2026 07:44 PM (8mulE)

18 Its on Tubi

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:44 PM (Ia/+0)

19 Willowed comment:

"Thune to face censure vote from SD GOP over SAVE America Act
Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM"

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at June 26, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

20 Neat-- scanning a QR code turned fans' phones into a coordinated light display.

Wait! I've seen this movie.

But Obamas head exploded so it's all good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:45 PM (G3T/K)

21 Alita Battle Angel is good because they were all mechanical.

I really wanted a sequel.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:45 PM (GP8V/)

22 Baby seal video goes to the beluga whale video, boss.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:45 PM (G3T/K)

23
In May, Her Majesty took a pile of collectibles to our National Specialty as a donation to the 50/50 auction. They appear to have been highly valued; we received today a sizable check for our 50%.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)

24 Those chop socky rugrats are being molded into a theft ring.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:48 PM (kpS4V)

25 1 pole doesn't seem enough to float on to me, guess it works

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

26 In May, Her Majesty took a pile of collectibles to our National Specialty as a donation to the 50/50 auction. They appear to have been highly valued; we received today a sizable check for our 50%.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)

Nice! So...you're buying everyone a drink, or what ??

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 07:51 PM (GD0B3)

27
Actually got the back yard mowed today using the riding mower. Sometimes it went in the direction I wanted it to go and sometimes because of the wet ground I went where the mower wanted to go.

Looks dreadful, but at least it's no longer a jungle.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 07:51 PM (O0L8i)

28 >>>I could do this but I don't feel like it.

Prediction: the girl will become very popular as she gets older.

Posted by: No Name Today at June 26, 2026 07:51 PM (8mulE)

29 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Defying all conventional wisdom and the instructions on the package, I used the "popcorn" button on my microwave.

Turns out it worked great!

Nearly every kernel was popped to perfection.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 07:51 PM (gnNyN)

30 >>"Thune to face censure vote from SD GOP over SAVE America Act

It failed.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m)

31
Nice! So...you're buying everyone a drink, or what ??

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 07:51 PM (GD0B3)

___________

No, it will be swallowed up in vet bills and handler fees.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 07:52 PM (O0L8i)

32 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 07:55 PM (77rzZ)

33 Hope you have a great weekend ACE, thanks for the weeks work.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 07:56 PM (B0dAE)

34 I wonder... maybe nurse or others can chime in...

Do they have an official catalog of each and every muscle in the body? Are they defined and named separately?

Follow-up: So, is 1,000 high or low?

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 07:56 PM (kU0PQ)

35 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 07:56 PM (d2kuJ)

36 Has all the yelling stopped yet?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

37 Willowed comment:

"Thune to face censure vote from SD GOP over SAVE America Act
Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM"

Nothing will happen.
Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at June 26, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)

If we didn't have the 17th Amendment it might matter.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 07:57 PM (kU0PQ)

38 We saw some amazing glacial cirques in Colorado, bowls carved out of mountains by descending glaciers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 07:57 PM (RIvkX)

39 Hi, Piper! Hope you are doing great, and managed to clean up all the Soup hair.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 07:59 PM (77rzZ)

40 Defying all conventional wisdom and the instructions on the package, I used the "popcorn" button on my microwave.

Turns out it worked great!

Nearly every kernel was popped to perfection.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 07:51 PM (gnNyN)

I do not do that: I hit five minutes, then stand there like Bob Wiley, "3 seconds between pops, three seconds between pops..."

Works every time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 07:59 PM (0aYVJ)

41 I just got some towels for the kiddos bathroom redo from Target. They are really heavy and soft! The Threshold brand.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 07:47 PM (OoFl2)

I can't believe I'm posting about towels but whatever, I've done dumber. Brit Lass got some Utopia towels on Amazon and they're fantastic. For anyone in the market for towels.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:00 PM (vE0+H)

42 I stopped watching movies years ago. Woke destroyed them.
Same with TV. shows. Zero good comedy anymore. Woke is bastard. But I will watch older TV and movies even if I have seen them before. At least they were good.

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 08:01 PM (IY9No)

43 I wonder... maybe nurse or others can chime in...

Do they have an official catalog of each and every muscle in the body? Are they defined and named separately?

Follow-up: So, is 1,000 high or low?
Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 07:56 PM (kU0PQ)

Over 700 named skeletal muscles, depending on how you group them there is no clear tally of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 08:02 PM (uhVAy)

44 LOL, Pug Mahon. I do 2:30 on mine, though it doesn't take that long. I have one of those silicone popping bowls, and it works great.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 26, 2026 08:04 PM (h7ZuX)

45 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

Defying all conventional wisdom and the instructions on the package, I used the "popcorn" button on my microwave.

Turns out it worked great!

Nearly every kernel was popped to perfection.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 07:51 PM (gnNyN)

-------------------

A friend (former software developer buddy) took me to The Cosmosphere international science education center and space museum in Hutchinson, KS on Monday.

We spent the whole day there, but about two hours in the fire alarm starts blaring. So everybody's heading toward the entrance to exit the building when ... we detect the ever-familiar cube farm odor and smoke of?

Yep, burnt popcorn! The firemen came and cleared the building.

My comment? "I think some employee is going to get fired today."

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 08:04 PM (o//FJ)

46 I remember this 70's TV game show, but not this episode!

https://youtube.com/shorts/fbLtgnp30BU

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 08:04 PM (qx7Zg)

47 Elon just prompted me to join X for no other reason than to thank him for Citizen Vigilante

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:06 PM (afJtY)

48 Over 700 named skeletal muscles, depending on how you group them there is no clear tally of them.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 08:02 PM (uhVAy)

So, 1,000 is a little high. Probably some bendy bits that you just can't replicate the motion with what's in the human body.

Thank you.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 08:06 PM (kU0PQ)

49 Hey, Hour of the Wolf, hou’re you?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:07 PM (77rzZ)

50 I remember this 70's TV game show, but not this episode!

https://youtube.com/shorts/fbLtgnp30BU
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

"In the butt Bob."

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 08:07 PM (+/hEQ)

51 I could have been first but I was battering my pickle.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

52 43 I wonder... maybe nurse or others can chime in...

Do they have an official catalog of each and every muscle in the body? Are they defined and named separately?

Follow-up: So, is 1,000 high or low?
Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 07:56 PM (kU0PQ)

Over 700 named skeletal muscles, depending on how you group them there is no clear tally of them.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 08:02 PM (uhVAy)
All muscles pull.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 08:09 PM (LHPAg)

53 Fried pickles and fried green tomatoes. Yes

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:09 PM (afJtY)

54 Elon just prompted me to join X for no other reason than to thank him for Citizen Vigilante
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:06 PM (afJtY)

C'mon!

You'd do it for Randolph Scott.

Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 08:09 PM (G3T/K)

55 Elon just prompted me to join X for no other reason than to thank him for Citizen Vigilante
Posted by: Ben Had

I'm looking forward to his Mobile device offering. I love the guy because he will not bow down to anyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 08:09 PM (+/hEQ)

56 Hey, Hour of the Wolf, hou’re you?
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:07 PM (77rzZ)

Doing all right. Enjoying some sunshine.

How about you? Still tutoring?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 08:10 PM (qx7Zg)

57 I’ve probably got, like, 7,000 muscles in my anxietus organ alone.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:10 PM (77rzZ)

58 You'd do it for Randolph Scott.
Posted by: Used Car Salesman

*Stands up, removes hat.*

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 08:10 PM (+/hEQ)

59 I could have been first but I was battering my pickle.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)

To each his own.

Hey, look, there's a distracting thing over here.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 08:11 PM (0aYVJ)

60
Diana was woobling and schnoobling with Her Majesty but has now gone to sleep on her bed. Silly girl.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 08:11 PM (O0L8i)

61 Busy afternoon/evening cooking! Bachelor efficiency means that I sauteed an onion (cast iron pan/EVOO), then fried up a pound of hamburger patties, then fried 2/3 lb. more scattered ground beef for spaghetti. Poured the last portion of beef with any remaining oil into the dish with the jar of spaghetti sauce and some of the sauteed onion. Boiled the noodles, now using the same pot and strainer for mac and cheese for my mom.

Minimizing cleanup per dish by making multiple consecutively in the same one is key! But then I'll be making a bean & bacon casserole for accompanying my parents to a nearby family reunion (mom's side), to go with the announced pulled pork station. Basically making it for her credit. Not what I had planned for the evening, but I don't mind.

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 08:12 PM (Sy6m/)

62 39 Hi, Piper! Hope you are doing great, and managed to clean up all the Soup hair.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 07:59 PM (77rzZ)

I was much more productive today, though there was less Saijo hair today since he was just groomed. But he did somehow get one of my tank tops on by himself. I posted a picture on X. He is crazy.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:12 PM (e8mjv)

63 56 Theoretically, yes. But, if being summer, I haven’t had many assignments lately. Plus, I had to take time off for my sister.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ)

64 I battered some shrimps too.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

65 Former “60 Minutes” executive producer Bill Owens is reportedly writing a tell-all memoir about his 37 years at CBS News, taking aim at owner Paramount, its CEO David Ellison and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, among others.

In a proposal obtained by Breaker Media, Owens describes Paramount’s decision to settle President Trump’s lawsuit over the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris as “perhaps the worst legal strategy ever employed by the worst-run media company in the history of America.”

.. guy makes a mess, then complains when his bosses clean it up

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 08:13 PM (O7XEN)

66 Piper, was Saijo the one watching the ONT while Doof was away? If so, that would explain his craziness today.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 08:14 PM (qx7Zg)

67 Thune to face censure vote from SD GOP over SAVE America Act

It failed.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m

It was a shot across the bow.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 08:14 PM (GP8V/)

68 47 Elon just prompted me to join X for no other reason than to thank him for Citizen Vigilante
Posted by: Ben Had
======
Comments on postings there are sewage but there are some good news sources posting there. Use the mute repeatedly along with I am not interested in this post or ad, the algorithm is pretty responsive in cleaning out your timeline.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:15 PM (E4rtv)

69 But I will watch older TV and movies even if I have seen them before. At least they were good.
Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 08:01 PM (IY9No)

I get the understandable desire to ignore what's actually going on.

But, the culture that matters is happening now.

Posted by: LTG at June 26, 2026 08:15 PM (+ZHEV)

70 I am going to throw this in the ring about the sex scene. There was a reason and meaning to it. It exemplified the difference between rape and sexual release where no one is the victim.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:16 PM (afJtY)

71 Hi everyone - I talked to grammie winger today and she is back in the hospital, in very serious condition. I will share a bit more on the prayer thread tomorrow, but she said I could give her mailing address to anyone who wanted it. If you already know my email address, you can write me there, or else you can write to moroncookbook at gmail dot com.

Please keep her in your prayers; she is very, very ill.

Posted by: bluebell at June 26, 2026 08:16 PM (afFes)

72 Piper, I think that “Soup” is a much cooler name than “Saijo.”

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:16 PM (77rzZ)

73 67 Thune to face censure vote from SD GOP over SAVE America Act

It failed.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m

It was a shot across the bow.
Posted by: polynikes
=====
I don't think these cossetted clowns actually know that they are getting less popular than dog shit on people's shoes until they get scraped out of office like Cassidy and Cornyn. I think they live in a bubble with their interest group cronies and senate staffers who fill them with bullshit about how great they did on this or that TV show or press conference.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:17 PM (E4rtv)

74 Does Ace need some variety of critters to spice up the cafe? Check out the Casual Geographic guy's latest video

Animals That Not Even AI Could Come Up With

https://youtu.be/hMjQV7w8DIw

Posted by: mindful webworker - not AI, probably, at June 26, 2026 08:17 PM (C8pEi)

75 66 Piper, was Saijo the one watching the ONT while Doof was away? If so, that would explain his craziness today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 08:14 PM (qx7Zg)

Not that I know of, but his Uncle Doof is concerned about the environment I am raising him in, watching all this soccer.

Speaking of, today was Mama Doof’s memorial service, we should send Doof some love.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:18 PM (BgmlQ)

76 “ But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.”

Psalm 5:11

Posted by: Marcus T at June 26, 2026 08:18 PM (K4PAh)

77 bluebell, thank you so very much.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:18 PM (afJtY)

78 Thank you, Bluebell. Prayer up for Grammie Winger.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:19 PM (77rzZ)

79 I battered some shrimps too.
Posted by: fd

Careful, some of those shrimps know kung fu.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 08:20 PM (VHUov)

80 Hi, Ben Had. I hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:20 PM (77rzZ)

81 "Careful, some of those shrimps know kung fu.
Posted by: mikeski"

The only thing these shrimps knew was cocktail sauce.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 08:21 PM (MWfyi)

82 Bulg, I am, thank you and I ardently wish the same for you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:21 PM (afJtY)

83 Please keep her in your prayers; she is very, very ill.

Thanks for the update. Prayers up for grammie.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 26, 2026 08:21 PM (vTZFs)

84 bluebell, prayers up for grammie winger.

Posted by: LTG at June 26, 2026 08:22 PM (+ZHEV)

85 Speaking of, today was Mama Doof’s memorial service, we should send Doof some love.
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:18 PM (BgmlQ)

Prayers up. May Doof and his family find peace and aid in their grief, and remember the good times and her lessons.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 08:22 PM (qx7Zg)

86 Please keep her in your prayers; she is very, very ill.
Posted by: bluebell

Done.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 08:22 PM (VHUov)

87 I won't wait for the prayer thread.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 08:24 PM (MWfyi)

88 66 Piper, was Saijo the one watching the ONT while Doof was away? If so, that would explain his craziness today.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 08:14 PM (qx7Zg)

I think Soup is funny, but Saijo is Japanese and it was to build up his psyche after his rough start. Being called the very best one after being “Dog Number 4” was the first step of his new life.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:24 PM (pZEOD)

89 Thank you for the update, bluebell, and let grammie know she's in our prayers.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 08:24 PM (qx7Zg)

90 Of course on grammie. My favorite one eyed pirate.

Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 08:24 PM (G3T/K)

91 82 Ben Had, I am doing OK, thanks. Still getting over the death of my sister.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)

92 Will definitely be praying.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:25 PM (11JP3)

93
Please keep her in your prayers; she is very, very ill.

Posted by: bluebell at June 26, 2026 08:16 PM (afFes)

____________

Thank you for letting us know. Grammie is in my prayers every day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)

94 I think JD and Rubio should run on a no coke, no SS, no income taxes.

End EBT
End SS
Go to a consumption tax pay as you go.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 08:25 PM (/+uur)

95 In the Bamyan Province of Afghanistan there is a park called Band e Amir. Magnificence blue lakes and a lot of awesome geological features. Dicey location but you can get there from Kabul. Look up the images. You won’t be dissapointed.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 26, 2026 08:26 PM (K4PAh)

96 Jesus
we need some help down here
i drink too much
people are sick
the woman in the street just touched the hem of your garment
And you...

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 08:28 PM (/+uur)

97
Being called the very best one after being “Dog Number 4” was the first step of his new life.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:24 PM (pZEOD)

___________

We had two rescue boys, brothers, who came to us with no names. It was the 4th of July and we called them Blaze and Rocket. Now at forever homes and living the life.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i)

98 91 82 Ben Had, I am doing OK, thanks. Still getting over the death of my sister.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ)

Hey Bulg? You won’t get over it. You learn to live in a new normal, but you will always miss her. And that is okay.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:28 PM (11JP3)

99 Please keep her in your prayers; she is very, very ill.

You are most definitely in my prayers, Grammie.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 26, 2026 08:29 PM (ceJ0R)

100 “ So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.”

John 16:22

Posted by: Marcus T at June 26, 2026 08:29 PM (IYMzU)

101 >>> 36 Has all the yelling stopped yet?
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ)

WHAT YELLING???

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at June 26, 2026 08:31 PM (R+iUD)

102 Fervent prayers for Grammie Winger and her loved ones.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 08:31 PM (0aYVJ)

103 We had two rescue boys, brothers, who came to us with no names. It was the 4th of July and we called them Blaze and Rocket. Now at forever homes and living the life.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i)

Those are adorable names. Saij is definitely living the life. He is a character.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 08:31 PM (11JP3)

104 98 I know, Piper. Thank you. Getting dusty as I type this.

I’m so happy that I reconciled with her before she passed.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:32 PM (77rzZ)

105 End EBT
End SS
Go to a consumption tax pay as you go.
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 08:25 PM (/+uur)

And, along with that, end all of the federal grants and other bullshit that drains the coffers.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 26, 2026 08:34 PM (h7ZuX)

106 Grammie winger was a Wiconsite.

I remember thinking Kenosha would make a great place for a Mome.

Posted by: LTG at June 26, 2026 08:35 PM (+ZHEV)

107 I’m so happy that I reconciled with her before she passed.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:32 PM (77rzZ)

That right there is the most important thing.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 26, 2026 08:35 PM (h7ZuX)

108 Happy Fri-Yay everyone!

A great weekend to Ace and the Horde!

my weekend plans: https://www.arrl.org/field-day

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 26, 2026 08:36 PM (VyBeY)

109 The Cenozoic Era. Those were good times.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 08:36 PM (u/oMr)

110 Ummmm … there are a couple vids that don't play when clicked … like the robot or the Oriental kidz … but the whale played jes' fine.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 26, 2026 08:36 PM (ayRl+)

111 She's still in Wisconsin, LTG!

Thank you all for the prayers for her, I will let her know. And remember to contact me if you want her address to send a card or note.

Posted by: bluebell at June 26, 2026 08:37 PM (afFes)

112 Thank you to all the Horde for helping me cope with life and loss.

God bless you all.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)

113 107 Yes, Dash, it is. Thank you.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:39 PM (77rzZ)

114 Losing loved ones is as much a part of life as life itself. I would rather go to a wake than a funersl.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:39 PM (afJtY)

115 Prayers Ascending for grammie winger.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 08:39 PM (u82oZ)

116 >>The Cenozoic Era. Those were good times.

Ok Boomer.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 08:42 PM (viF8m)

117 You are most definitely in my prayers, Grammie.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 26, 2026 08:29 PM (ceJ0R)
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I'm glad to see you here!

Posted by: bluebell at June 26, 2026 08:42 PM (afFes)

118 @ 42 I stopped watching movies years ago. Woke destroyed them. Same with TV. shows. Zero good comedy anymore. Woke is bastard. But I will watch older TV and movies even if I have seen them before. At least they were good.
________________________________

Same here. Only way I watch the T&V anymore is with the Roku stick my daughter gave me for Xmas about 3 years ago. If not for that, it'd be gone.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 26, 2026 08:42 PM (ayRl+)

119 114 Although I am not from a Catholic background, BenHad, I agree with you, inasmuch as this Protestant understands Catholic wakes.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:46 PM (77rzZ)

120 bluebell, you have incoming from Weasel.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:46 PM (afJtY)

121 Am praying for grammie, and so sorry I was thinking about her a couple days ago, thank you so much bluebell.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:46 PM (vE0+H)

122 I remember when grammie was an active commenter here.

Time moves on for all of us.

It is kind of amazing that ace built a place that might make it to thirty years.

Posted by: LTG at June 26, 2026 08:47 PM (+ZHEV)

123 Bulg, I will always celebrate a life before a loss.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:48 PM (afJtY)

124 Tubi , Roku, Pluto, Plex, Fawesome have thousands and thousands of free movies. Unfortunately only 5% are worth watching. Makes me think the movie business is a laundering scheme.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 08:48 PM (GP8V/)

125 116 >>The Cenozoic Era. Those were good times.

Ok Boomer.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 08:42 PM (viF8m)

I'm more of a Cambrian Explosion kinda guy ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 08:48 PM (3sXRv)

126 browndog, a super huge hug to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:49 PM (afJtY)

127 123 Ben Had, same here.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:50 PM (77rzZ)

128 Unfortunately only 5% are worth watching. Makes me think the movie business is a laundering scheme.
Posted by: polynikes

My #1 son's first job after earning his MBA was working at Universal Pictures in the Accounting Dept. "Whores in suits" is how he described them. He didn't stay long.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 08:51 PM (+/hEQ)

129 A Wiconsite is a place where Wiccans hang out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 08:51 PM (Cqx++)

130
I am very fond of grammie, I know many here are, and know her a lot better than I do I'm quite certain of that - but when she was active here she was always very kind to me.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:51 PM (vE0+H)

131 126 browndog, a super huge hug to you.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:49 PM (afJtY)

{{{Ben}}}

I owe you an email. Keep an eye out for a missive this weekend.

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 08:51 PM (3sXRv)

132 browndog, thank you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:53 PM (afJtY)

133 I'm more of a Cambrian Explosion kinda guy ...
Posted by: browndog

Paleozoic Era dude here. I discovered literally hundreds of Crinoid stem fossils while poking around in the creek yesterday. Interesting little thangs. They're small, ring-shaped little buggers.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 08:54 PM (+/hEQ)

134 I'm glad to see you here!
Posted by: bluebell at June 26, 2026 08:42 PM

Likewise! Thanks for the Grammie update and hope you are doing just fine, my friend.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 26, 2026 08:55 PM (ceJ0R)

135 Grammie was a force at life before the great migration here.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:55 PM (afJtY)

136 Oh man.

Prayers for comfort and bravery for grammie. What a lovely lady. May she have strength and courage. And be unafraid.

Such a sweet sweet lady.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 08:55 PM (qRY7w)

137 Speaking of kind people, {{{BH}}}

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:56 PM (vE0+H)

138 a force at lgf FO auto correct.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:57 PM (afJtY)

139 And hope you are well nurse.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:58 PM (vE0+H)

140 Please keep her in your prayers; she is very, very ill.

Posted by: bluebell at June 26, 2026 08:16 PM (afFes)

Thanks bluebell. Grammie is good peeps.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 08:58 PM (wVcYX)

141 then I'll be making...
Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 08:12 PM (Sy6m/)

Now I need to make another pulled pork shoulder. And maybe some pork loins (sliced into chops, with cabbage).
I should make that spaghetti squash tomorrow, too.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 08:58 PM (kU0PQ)

142
Paleozoic Era dude here. I discovered literally hundreds of Crinoid stem fossils while poking around in the creek yesterday. Interesting little thangs. They're small, ring-shaped little buggers.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 08:54 PM (+/hEQ)

Keep an eye out for the type that features a "star" shape in the center of the stem ... very rare to find.

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 08:58 PM (3sXRv)

143 ..., my shingle says fierce friend and vicious enemy.

You, darlin are a friend.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 09:00 PM (afJtY)

144
Paleozoic Era dude here. I discovered literally hundreds of Crinoid stem fossils while poking around in the creek yesterday. Interesting little thangs. They're small, ring-shaped little buggers.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 08:54 PM (+/hEQ)

Oh, and those rings are stem segments.

They're some what flower like: a long stem topped by a "Flowery / Fleshy" top

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:01 PM (3sXRv)

145 ..., my shingle says fierce friend and vicious enemy.

You, darlin are a friend.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 09:00 PM (afJtY)

I am aware, I see a lot - always have a hug ready for you even when I'm silent

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:01 PM (vE0+H)

146 It is kind of amazing that ace built a place that might make it to thirty years.

Posted by: LTG at June 26, 2026 08:47 PM (+ZHEV)

------------

Especially for a 29-year-old.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 09:02 PM (o//FJ)

147 Thune is a commie and has no illusions. He knows what’s coming.

Posted by: Accomack at June 26, 2026 09:02 PM (nLdZ2)

148 A Cro Magnon walks into a bar and orders a beer. The bartender asks ' do you want a glass or just the bottle. The Cro Magnon replies ' A glass of course. Who do you think I am. A Neanderthal?'

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:03 PM (GP8V/)

149 Skeleton Dance, showing off the wild work of Ub Iwerks. They got a lot of milage out of repeating cells. Always think about kids in 1929 seeing that wild stuff. Which, of course, continued right on through Dumbo's Pink Elephants and Fantasia's Sorcerer's Apprentice. AKA why our generation turned to recreational mind-altering substances.

Million-Lego fully functional, life-size Bugatti Chiron, just imagine that in a collision, shattering into, literally, a million pieces. Although, I suppose they cheated and glued it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - thousand muscle million Lego dancing skeleton at June 26, 2026 09:03 PM (C8pEi)

150 I came to aos in 2002 iirc. A link from another funny guy. And can't remember the site. Nuke the moon guy.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:05 PM (GP8V/)

151 >>Keep an eye out for the type that features a "star" shape in the center of the stem ... very rare to find.

Are we still talking about fossils?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)

152 I came to aos in 2002 iirc. A link from another funny guy. And can't remember the site. Nuke the moon guy.
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:05 PM (GP8V/)

Frank J... something

Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

153 Keep an eye out for the type that features a "star" shape in the center of the stem ... very rare to find.
Posted by: browndog

Shit!! I found a few of those!! They are so neat.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:07 PM (+/hEQ)

154 Frank J... something
Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 09:06 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah. He was a funny guy.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:07 PM (GP8V/)

155 …
❤️

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:08 PM (VCFK5)

156 Prayers up for grammie. Thanks for the update, bluebell.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:09 PM (nGBYI)

157 I'm loving the World Cup visitor reaction videos that I've seen so far, I'm not even looking for them, but (for example) Bridget Phetasy has been putting montages in her regular Dumpster Fires. And I read that not only did we have enough stadiums lying around that all we had to do was change up some playing surfaces, we could actually do it again without using any of the same stadiums.

Let that sink in. Wouldn't that be awesome? I am all in favor of the idea of bidding for the next available host country slot, however it works, on a platform of America's World Cup II: All Different From Last Time.

Probably lots of countries want the gig, but we can say hey, we're not even going to have any repeats. Entirely different set of stadiums that the 2026 visitors did not see, they're just sitting there waiting to be used for this, and can you say that? NO, NO YOU CANNOT.

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 09:09 PM (Sy6m/)

158 Are we still talking about fossils?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 09:05 PM (viF8m)

Yepper ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:09 PM (3sXRv)

159 Frank J Fleming. The neurons just fired.

Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 09:11 PM (zZu0s)

160 Shit!! I found a few of those!! They are so neat.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:07 PM (+/hEQ)

***Ppock eyebrow***

I've been hunting for just one since my early days in Geology

Dammmmm son !!!

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:11 PM (3sXRv)

161 Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:08 PM (VCFK5)

{{{{nurse}}}}

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:11 PM (vE0+H)

162 Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 09:09 PM (Sy6m/)

Think of just the college football stadiums...
Division II that could host the World Cup

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:12 PM (GP8V/)

163 Browndog - I'll go looking again shortly. If I find some more, I'll get one to two to you.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:12 PM (+/hEQ)

164
And I read that not only did we have enough stadiums lying around that all we had to do was change up some playing surfaces, we could actually do it again without using any of the same stadiums.

____________

The IOC and FIFA both have the US as their emergency locale because we can put on either (or both, for that matter) events in a few weeks if need be.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 09:13 PM (O0L8i)

165 Frank J Fleming. The neurons just fired.
Posted by: Used Car Salesman at June 26, 2026 09:11 PM (zZu0s)

The satisfaction you get like when a freeze headache goes away.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:13 PM (GP8V/)

166 I've been hunting for just one since my early days in Geology

---------

All I've found is a pile of schist.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 09:14 PM (u/oMr)

167 163 Browndog - I'll go looking again shortly. If I find some more, I'll get one to two to you.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:12 PM (+/hEQ)

***fistbump***

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:14 PM (3sXRv)

168 162 Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 09:09 PM (Sy6m/)

Think of just the college football stadiums...
Division II that could host the World Cup
Posted by: polynikes

Heh. Don’t let them change the color and play at Boise State.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:14 PM (VCFK5)

169 Greetings from Brandon MS. On my way to the great state of TX.

I am thankful I made it through ATL. It was awful. I don't know how i lived there for 5 years. I seem to have lost my hard-won city driving skills.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:15 PM (nGBYI)

170 They used to have a reality show called dinosaur hunters. That is a cut throat hobby /occupation. Lot of legal crap too.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:15 PM (GP8V/)

171 A brain freeze will neutralize a migraine.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:15 PM (VCFK5)

172
The minimum capacity for a stadium to be a WC venue is 40,000. We have over 100 stadiums like that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

173 Prayers for Grammie, and for all who love and care about her...thanks Bluebell, for letting us know.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 26, 2026 09:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

174 I am thankful I made it through ATL. It was awful. I don't know how i lived there for 5 years. I seem to have lost my hard-won city driving skills.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:15 PM (nGBYI)

Like any skill, it atrophies with lack of use ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:17 PM (3sXRv)

175 I always thought we had indoor arenas that could host up to 40k for concerts , smaller sporting events but I've learned the largest are less than 25k.

Of course we have retractable roof stadiums. I'm not counting those .

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:19 PM (GP8V/)

176 Maybe building stadiums is graft for those other host countries.

Posted by: davidt at June 26, 2026 09:20 PM (Q+gd/)

177 I always thought we had indoor arenas that could host up to 40k for concerts , smaller sporting events but I've learned the largest are less than 25k.

Of course we have retractable roof stadiums. I'm not counting those .
Posted by: polynikes

Alamodome holds 72k.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 09:21 PM (H/+a9)

178 Maybe building stadiums is graft for those other host countries.
Posted by: davidt at June 26, 2026 09:20 PM (Q+gd/)

It's definitely graft for our billionaires. More like extortion against the host city.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:22 PM (GP8V/)

179 World Cup at the Super Dome! Losers get eaten!

Posted by: Shep Smith at June 26, 2026 09:22 PM (Q+gd/)

180 179 World Cup at the Super Dome! Losers get eaten!
Posted by: Shep Smith at

Omg. Choking.

LOL

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:24 PM (0c4bd)

181 Like any skill, it atrophies with lack of use ...
Posted by: browndog
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And tomorrow, I have to navigate Dallas and Ft Worth. Soon as I pick up Cow Demon I'm handing over the car keys.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:24 PM (nGBYI)

182 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 09:21 PM (H/+a9)

not including dome stadiums . Admittedly I wasn't clear I was talking about traditional arenas like MSG.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:25 PM (GP8V/)

183 Paleozoic Era dude here. I discovered literally hundreds of Crinoid stem fossils while poking around in the creek yesterday. Interesting little thangs. They're small, ring-shaped little buggers.
Posted by: Tonypete

Keep an eye out for the type that features a "star" shape in the center of the stem ... very rare to find.
Posted by: browndog

So there's both plain-bellied and star-bellied crinoids? The things I learn here.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 09:25 PM (VHUov)

184 And tomorrow, I have to navigate Dallas and Ft Worth. Soon as I pick up Cow Demon I'm handing over the car keys.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:24 PM (nGBYI)

Completely understandable SiD

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:26 PM (3sXRv)

185 Do you guys know just how great this Horde is?
Y'all are special people. Even you, BC.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 09:26 PM (kU0PQ)

186 Next World Cup should be in Greenland. They can cut the fields and stands out of the ice.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 09:27 PM (qx7Zg)

187 screaming in digital, have a wonderful time. Would buy you both dinner if you are in the area

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 09:27 PM (afJtY)

188 And tomorrow, I have to navigate Dallas and Ft Worth. Soon as I pick up Cow Demon I'm handing over the car keys.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:24 PM (nGBYI)

Austin is the worst for me. Like they are intentionally trying to confuse you.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:27 PM (GP8V/)

189 Bulg, w/r/t Catholic practises, ran across a comment decades ago: we weep at the wake, we drink for the funeral. Thank you, bluebell, for the update on Grammie.

Good night, all.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 09:28 PM (NcvvS)

190 So there's both plain-bellied and star-bellied crinoids? The things I learn here.
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 09:25 PM (VHUov)

There are 4 types:

round, pentagonal, oval, or star-shaped

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:29 PM (3sXRv)

191 Austin is the worst for me. Like they are intentionally trying to confuse you.
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:27 PM (GP8V/)

I recall driving through Austin, and thinking, WTF is going on, but then, all is well. And I have no clue how I managed to navigate that stupid city.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 09:31 PM (0aYVJ)

192 (This is a test of the CBD Alarm)

My friend was the best man for his brother's wedding in Paris. At the reception, he raised his champagne glass and said "Eggs, cinnamon, bread, and maple syrup."

It was a French toast.

(This was only a test. If it was real, this post would be deleted.)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 09:32 PM (qx7Zg)

193
Alamodome holds 72k.

That's a lot of alamode!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 09:33 PM (Cqx++)

194 Ben Had, I'll mention that to him. Aside from the Rush concert I'm not completely sure of our itinerary. If we can scoot over to Corsicana, I'll drop you an email or text.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:33 PM (nGBYI)

195 I would take every cow trail to avoid Austin and DFW.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 09:34 PM (afJtY)

196 F117 Stealth bombers used to (still do?) fly out of Holloman AFB, outside Alamogordo, NM. Guessing that top shot is from then and there.

Posted by: goatexchange at June 26, 2026 09:36 PM (ZmReg)

197 screaming in digital, text is best. Steaks and libation at the ranch

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 09:36 PM (afJtY)

198 Austin is the worst for me. Like they are intentionally trying to confuse you.
Posted by: polynikes
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*makes note to avoid Austin*
I am easily confused!

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:37 PM (nGBYI)

199 @181. screaming in digital

And tomorrow, I have to navigate Dallas and Ft.Worth.

Oh, that's going to be fun. I lived out there for over 24 years. I know what it's like. Good luck.

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 09:41 PM (IY9No)

200
I recall driving through Austin, and thinking, WTF is going on, but then, all is well. And I have no clue how I managed to navigate that stupid city.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

===============

I hated getting around Austin for that reason. Someone explained it to me, "You have to get off these freeways at the right point, and then it's all parking lots. You drive through the parking lots."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 09:41 PM (XJ22o)

201
Austin is the worst for me. Like they are intentionally trying to confuse you.
Posted by: polynikes

Is that just Austin keeping it weird?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 09:41 PM (Cqx++)

202 >>F117 Stealth bombers used to (still do?) fly out of Holloman AFB, outside Alamogordo, NM. Guessing that top shot is from then and there.

Before the virus lockdown they had an airshow out of Quonset. We go float around and watch all sorts go screaming up and down the bay.

When the Stealth flew over it was different. That thing is intimidating.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 09:42 PM (viF8m)

203 When I learned that Rush was touring again, I initially thought, here we go, just two tired old guys riding it out. but I've seen vidyas of them with Anika on drums. Holy, crap, they are having a blast! Anyone able to see them live needs to do so.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 09:42 PM (0aYVJ)

204 screaming in digital, text is best. Steaks and libation at the ranch
Posted by: Ben Had
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It would be SO lovely to see you if we can work it out. Let me see what all he has in mind. He's the trip planner especially when we're in TX!

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:44 PM (nGBYI)

205 Pug, I can't wait. It will be my first Rush concert! We'll report back after Sunday night.

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:46 PM (nGBYI)

206 SiD,
What are you doing in Texas tomorrow?

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 09:47 PM (VCgbV)

207 This is quite the political ad.

https://tinyurl.com/acj4yupz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:47 PM (ndZc7)

208 My friend was the best man for his brother's wedding in Paris. At the reception, he raised his champagne glass and said "Eggs, cinnamon, bread, and maple syrup."

It was a French toast.

(This was only a test. If it was real, this post would be deleted.)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 09:32 PM (qx7Zg)

***

Toasters: The first ever pop up notification.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 09:49 PM (2WIwB)

209 screaming in digital, do you have any interaction with the NCCCLA?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 09:50 PM (afJtY)

210 SiD,
What are you doing in Texas tomorrow?
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 09:47 PM (VCgbV)

In Dallas and Ft Worth, I'd say doing about 25 mph.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 09:53 PM (2WIwB)

211 I see, going to a Rush concert. I haven't been before either but I do like them.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 09:55 PM (VCgbV)

212 Evening, Ace and Cafe diners!. Late to the party.

Columnar jointing in basalt is incredibly common.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 09:56 PM (1z8ji)

213 Pug, I can't wait. It will be my first Rush concert! We'll report back after Sunday night.
Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:46 PM (nGBYI)

Do so. I had a chance to see them in Billings way back in 1982, during their Signals tour, but my Dad had a weird blind spot regarding rock music shows. He was convinced I would take the brown acid or something. Same with Kansas, which was ostensibly a Christian rock band. I had given up when Black Sabbath and Judas Priest rolled around.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 09:56 PM (0aYVJ)

214 I'm watching Citizen Vigilante....

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 09:56 PM (VCgbV)

215 >>Columnar jointing in basalt is incredibly common.

I just said that to a friend the other day.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 09:57 PM (viF8m)

216 lin-duh, I watched it earlier. Thanks to Elon.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 09:57 PM (afJtY)

217 Glad that people are enjoying going to Rush nowadays. Pretty sad though that the number of new rock bands is pretty small nowadays. Digitizing all my music on CDs and LPs has reminded me of the heyday of rock (and other music) of days gone by.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:58 PM (E4rtv)

218 screaming in digital, do you have any interaction with the NCCCLA?
Posted by: Ben Had
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No, actually I'm not even sure what that is!

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 09:59 PM (nGBYI)

219 For the record, my favorite Rush album is Moving Pictures.

See y'all in the ONT.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 09:59 PM (0aYVJ)

220 Do so. I had a chance to see them in Billings way back in 1982, during their Signals tour, but my Dad had a weird blind spot regarding rock music shows. He was convinced I would take the brown acid or something. Same with Kansas, which was ostensibly a Christian rock band. I had given up when Black Sabbath and Judas Priest rolled around.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Saw them on that tour in Nashville. Good show. Festival seating on the floor.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:00 PM (E4rtv)

221 lin-duh, yep, Rush on Sunday night and probably some hiking. We bought the tickets long ago but the rest of this trip has been hastily planned as neither of us were sure how much time off we could take!

Posted by: screaming in digital at June 26, 2026 10:02 PM (nGBYI)

222 Got a winders 10 laptop that isn't letting me log in. Anyone know if this is BS or not (dude takes a while to get to the point, so I went to mute / CC / 2x playback speed)?
https://youtu.be/OH0E6IqlkvA

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 10:03 PM (R+iUD)

223 round, pentagonal, oval, or star-shaped
Posted by: browndog says woof at June 26, 2026 09:29 PM (3sXRv)

Which one speaks for the trees?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 10:06 PM (rbvCR)

224 WeirdDave ONT is live

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 10:14 PM (Sy6m/)

225 Lots of loose shit with the links lately…

Posted by: Brennan at June 27, 2026 11:38 AM (EJgoP)

The Week in Woke

The Texas State Board of Education voted to remove knowledge of the battle of Lexington and Concord from the corpus of knowledge that students need to know to be proficient in history.

They had to make room in the curriculum.

You see, they had to make Oprah Winfrey a required part of a historical education.

On Wednesday, the Texas State Board of Education voted to remove the American Revolution from 11th-grade U.S. History. The Battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening shots of the war that created this country, gone. In their place? Oprah Winfrey.
Let that sink in.
...

The result: the American Revolution, one of the most consequential events in human history and the founding act of this nation, was stripped from 11th-grade U.S. History. Three Republican members crossed the aisle to join five Democrats in passing this and dozens of other ill-conceived amendments.
The progressive vision of social studies curriculum treats the TEKS as a storytelling anthology, a collection of interesting characters and compelling narratives that whoever sits at the table that day can swap in and out. Every story has value, the thinking goes, so every story deserves a slot. But that is precisely the wrong framework for a standards document.
...
Oprah Winfrey is a remarkable American success story. Her place in the cultural and business landscape is undeniable.

I'll deny it. Rush Limbaugh was a more important broadcaster and businessmen and no one's including him in a high school history textbook. (And I wouldn't ask for him to be included.)

But Oprah's a Stronk Black Woman, so.

We're now choosing what counts as history by DEI "standards."

Angela Davis, the black radical murderess protected by the Democrat Establishment, learns that she is descended from one of the 101 original colonists of The Mayflower.

Court fillings confirm the persistent actions of leftist criminals to destroy a national monument.

Details of the alleged vandalism to the recently refurbished Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. were revealed in a court filing.
According to Deputy Director for the National Park Service Frank Lands, the incident took place shortly after the resurfaced pool was filled again with water on June 9, ABC News reported.
"The U.S. Park Police responded to an NPS report of damage to the reflecting pool, including a caulk over the foam sealant that was cut with a sharp knife or razor and destruction of delaminating surface material. In addition, approximately 70 fence post tops were thrown into the pool," Lands said in a declaration.
An Interior Department spokesperson said the vandalism is believed to be an isolated incident, and details weren't disclosed in order to prevent "deranged individuals" from copycatting the crime. Several days after the incident, the spokesperson said, there were recurring cases and videos of people ripping at the coating.
"We then knew this was not an isolated incident, but a new trend to attempt to damage the Reflecting Pool," the spokesperson told ABC.
As of Thursday afternoon, there have been seven arrests, seven federal citations and 18 police reports filed related to intentional damage to the pool, according to the Interior Department.

The Washington Post blames Trump for standing water being a broth for algae.

Because Trump is causing global warming and global warming causes algae. Q.E.D.

The real story about algae in the reflecting pool? Climate change. The opening paragraphs! pic.twitter.com/BKumjo1cTh
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) June 24, 2026

The left is psychologically compelled to destroy civilization in all cases, but in this specific case, they have a reason to destroy attempts to beautify a city: The left has reigned over a 100 year decline of cities into dangerous and dirty shitholes, and their excuse is, as always, "there's nothing that can be done about it, don't blame us, it's just how things go."

It is therefore imperative that they block any attempts to bring order and beauty to cities. Once their excuse is shown to be a lie, a few liberals might actually ask why they're being forced to live in a shithole due to Democrat policy choice.

Update: A scoop from Deb Heine. The pair of mutants currently protesting the pool -- yes, they're protesting a pool -- were previously seen protesting outside of Brett Kavanaugh's home.

As part of the deliberately-intimidating "protests" designed to warn Brett Kavanaugh that his safety wasn't guaranteed if he didn't vote to uphold Roe v. Wade.

Two of the "Team Algae" demonstrators photographed in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool wearing pro-algae tee shirts earlier this month, were also involved in loud and disruptive pro-abortion demonstrations outside of Justice Brett Kavanaugh home in 2022.
Pro-abort agitators terrorized the entire neighborhood for weeks after the Supreme Court's draft majority opinion overturning of Roe v. Wade was leaked to the media.
A neighbor told Fox News in June 2022 that the agitators would show up at approximately 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
"It's a horrific experience," the neighbor told Fox. "It's not great if you have kids of any age, but it's unbelievably stressful, and the kids are very upset. The kids have to be sent inside, and it's so loud you can't put your kids to sleep."
"They have drummers. They have a megaphone, and they chant. They yell all kinds of things ... They have told neighbors 'F-ck you, f-ck your children,' things like that--and, so they're abusive toward the neighbors and intimidating," the source told the outlet. "They were very, very loud, very, very aggressive. They dance in the streets as well," the person added.
In May 2022, The Atlantic published a sympathetic article supporting the agitators, titled: What's the Point of Going to Brett Kavanaugh's House? "Demonstrators have largely given up on changing the Supreme Court justices' minds. But they're still showing up," the subheader read.
"It's imperative that they know that we exist," said Karen Irwin, described as "a reproductive-rights activist who splits her time between D.C. and New York."

Gays and trannies (self-identified) demand that Minneapolis make gay sex bathhouses legal again, because they're places of "deep connection" and the straight community has gained so much from gay sexuality.

The ordinance passed, of course.

The blue hairs are coming. pic.twitter.com/ojxakLwv7R
— ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕥 (@rdbrewer4) June 25, 2026

Remember George Galloway? He was the left-wing Labour MP who was too pro-Saddam Hussein even for Labour. So he quit (or was forced out) and formed the "Respect" party, whose raison d'etre was the idea that Muslims just weren't getting enough Respect in British politics. He then is a key innovator in the Islamic-Communist political alliance.

And guess who's a Big Fan now?!

Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV)
@TheMilkBarTV
THIS is who Tucker Carlson believes should be Prime Minister of the UK and openly admires...
"I just love George Galloway."
A self-described socialist who pushed for full-blown, China-style lockdowns in the UK during COVID; praised some of the world's worst regimes, including Chávez, Castro and Saddam Hussein; worked for Russian and Iranian state media; aligned himself with Iran's theocratic regime; and backed Hamas and Hezbollah.
Tucker Carlson told Galloway on Tucker's show: "I didn't even know much we agreed on."

THIS is who Tucker Carlson believes should be Prime Minister of the UK and openly admires...

�I just love George Galloway.�

A self-described socialist who pushed for full-blown, China-style lockdowns in the UK during COVID; praised some of the world�s worst regimes, including� pic.twitter.com/x4BmklQNUA
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) June 26, 2026

🚨 LMFAO! JD Vance just CALLED OUT a leftist protesting him at the Nixon Library

"We've got people waving the Palestinian flag outside, hollering at us in SPANISH. By the WAY � the Vice President CAN'T understand what you're protesting about if you don't speak the language of� pic.twitter.com/Msua4g2a2M
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 25, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 St?

Posted by: Clay at June 26, 2026 06:33 PM (tNUnY)

2 rst?

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 06:33 PM (mTPps)

3 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 06:34 PM (+/hEQ)

4 Texas would do well to move the state capitol from Austin to an open shed in the oil patch.

Posted by: Clay at June 26, 2026 06:34 PM (tNUnY)

5 The Opray Winfrey thing is a damn disgrace. It should obviously be the harridans of The View.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 06:34 PM (Riz8t)

6 Hmmm...sounds like Texas has a commie problem too...in the Board of Education.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 06:40 PM (2WIwB)

7 No idea what the "Republicans" in the Texas Board of Miseducation were thinking. My most-charitable interpretation is that they are downplaying the role of the rest of the US because... Texas.
Texas fought two wars of independence. First against Spain, then against that guy I've noted several times here Antonio Lopez the dick tater. (I don't like him.)
So, from the Texan standpoint, yeah it's great that the Yankees did some stuff. Doesn't matter as much down here.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 06:41 PM (gKWVE)

8 My entire life, at least since I became politically aware, the media has always described the right as retrograde racists who want to keep people down. Always. Conversely, the left is always described as the good guys. Always. No story is not run through this paradigm.

Yet the right continues to exist. I guess some people are just stronger mentally to resist the propaganda that tells them not to believe their eyes or lived experiences.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 26, 2026 06:42 PM (l26NL)

9 Good news, Fallout fans

@ConwayShow 7m
The Nevada Gaming Control Board approved Terrible Herbst to operate Buffalo Bill's, Primm Valley Resort and Casino, and Whiskey Pete's, rescuing 344 jobs and employee housing

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 06:42 PM (diia5)

10
Just finished Citizen Vigilante

I tell you this
it's not a date movie

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:43 PM (+yA4w)

11 Thanks for the link to "Citizen Vigilante" at Conservative Treehouse. No, it was not "nuanced", but it wasn't nearly as cheesy and exploitative as I'd assumed it would be. The beatdowns were alarmingly satisfying.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 06:43 PM (kpS4V)

12 King of the Hill of course has an episode that mirrors this change in the school's history books.

It s amazing that there's a 90% chance that King of the Hill has an episode that covers whatever subject we're discussing. Including boobs .

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 06:43 PM (GP8V/)

13 Ha!
Angela Davis. Every so often her name pops up. An Army buddy of mine took a Psych class from her when she was teaching at Berkeley. He said it was a pretty run of the mill class. No politics. He got an A.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 06:43 PM (2WIwB)

14 The beatings will continue...

@Breaking911 1m
BREAKING: The U.S. launched airstrikes on Iranian drone, missile, and radar sites after the Strait of Hormuz ship attack, warning more strikes could follow.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 06:44 PM (diia5)

15 They don't give a flying flip if the VP understands them.

They are there to disrupt and tear down. Heck, they probably don't even know what they're protesting. It's just another day to walk around and yell angrily at people.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 06:45 PM (kU0PQ)

16 the sex scene was gratuitous

I know many of you will disagree

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:46 PM (+yA4w)

17 Yeah, Libbies want to erase Christianity and Western values. I suppose next there'll be no Christmas...maybe we can celebrate this:

https://youtu.be/7hzFEy6KfHw

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 06:46 PM (l3cgK)

18 So the Memorandum of Understanding was a complete waste of time.
The Taqiya Nation is a land of lies and there's no point in taking their promises seriously, until it returns to Zoroastrianism, which whatever its faults at least held to truth as an important value.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 06:47 PM (gKWVE)

19 the sex scene was gratuitous
I know many of you will disagree
Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back

No, I didn't fit at all in any context. Sheer exploitation. It would have been a better film without it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 26, 2026 06:48 PM (l26NL)

20 Don Black Bounces Back

Was the sex scene Moron worthy?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:48 PM (u82oZ)

21 10
Just finished Citizen Vigilante

I tell you this
it's not a date movie

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:43 PM (+yA4w)

Not very realistic...except for the parts of the police being more interested in finding him that perps, and judges making excuses to let rapists go to rape some more...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

22 America never had algae before Trump was elected. Makes you go Hmmmm...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:49 PM (guGkK)

23 Also I don't get why IRGC is misbehaving again. I mean, Trump had that fancy signing ceremony at Versailles and everything! It was in all the papers! Weird.

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:49 PM (+yA4w)

24 You get a mention in the curriculum!!
And you get a mention in the curriculum!!

Posted by: Texas Board of Edumacation at June 26, 2026 06:50 PM (wGerL)

25 gKWVE

The MOU gives us non-war reasons to enforce the provisions in the agreement. This defused the Left and PINO Senators.

After the Mid-terms, expect enforcement to go to 11.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:50 PM (u82oZ)

26 Mention of George Galloway is a real blast from the past.

Ace should dig up any relevant posts circa 2004/2005.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:50 PM (O4a1O)

27 Texas Board of Edumacation

Expect more home-schooling, Texas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:51 PM (u82oZ)

28 the sex scene was gratuitous

I know many of you will disagree

Depends. Were the knockers...prodigious?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:51 PM (guGkK)

29 >Was the sex scene Moron worthy?

Posted by: NaCly Dog

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Let's just say, the sexual predictions of this commentariat run the gamut of human experience, so there will be fans.

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:52 PM (+yA4w)

30 Cicero

You and I are focused on important cinematic details.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:52 PM (u82oZ)

31 Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:51 PM (u82oZ)

Great pioneers in homeschooling from the persons-of color community get a mention in the curriculum!!

Posted by: Texas Board of Edumacation at June 26, 2026 06:53 PM (wGerL)

32 No idea what the "Republicans" in the Texas Board of Miseducation were thinking. My most-charitable interpretation is that they are downplaying the role of the rest of the US because... Texas.

You're working too hard to excuse them. I think you're seeing the revenge of the John Cornyn Fan Club.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 06:53 PM (Riz8t)

33 Ace should dig up any relevant posts circa 2004/2005.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan

He never really properly explained why Saddam gave him 100,000 barrels of oil, did he?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 26, 2026 06:53 PM (l26NL)

34 Switching the American Revolutionary War for Russian Revolution?

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

35 Don Black Bounces Back

Good comeback. I accept that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:53 PM (u82oZ)

36 Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Mr. Kotter!

I know what will stop those Muslim-Iranians. They have to acknowledge they're on stolen land when they make an attack. If they don't, they have to give some land back to the regular Persians.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 06:53 PM (qx7Zg)

37 They have told (Kavanuagh's) neighbors 'F-ck you, f-ck your children,'
Yeah, see. A fist, or softball bat to the teeth would have nipped that behavior in the bud.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 06:54 PM (LHPAg)

38 that was supposed to be 'predilections'

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:54 PM (+yA4w)

39 You and I are focused on important cinematic details.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:52 PM (u82oZ)

Character arc and a cohesive, compelling storyline only get one so far, amirite?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:54 PM (guGkK)

40 The Battles of Lexington and Concord, the opening shots of the war that created this country, gone. In their place? Oprah Winfrey.

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We don't call The Babylon Bee the "Paper Of Record" for nothin' ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 06:54 PM (t/lcw)

41
Cruel VDH-

Jason Cohen 🇺🇸
@JasonJournoDC
·
5h
💥NEW: Victor Davis Hanson imitates Kamala Harris in brutal roast 🤣

"She knows nothing, has no detail, no memory, a vocabulary of 500 words ... I'm not trying to be malicious, but she does act inebriated."

"I can't believe being in the same room with her every day. Can you imagine?: 'What are we going to have for dinner?'"

"'Dinner. It's such a cosmic idea. I mean, think about it. Dinner. It came after lunch. But what is lunch? Who knows? But everybody cares. Let's talk about it. Think about it. We're becoming lunch and then we become dinner and that's a process of becoming breakfast. It's fascinating. And I look at the stars and it's the same thing.'"

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 06:55 PM (kX27y)

42 18 So the Memorandum of Understanding was a complete waste of time.
The Taqiya Nation is a land of lies and there's no point in taking their promises seriously, until it returns to Zoroastrianism, which whatever its faults at least held to truth as an important value.
Posted by: gKWVE

Not really. A MOU is designed to limit filibustering which is what the Iranians do in negotiations. It lists topics for discussion with no committal from either side and prevents adding additional topics to the list.

The result on Iranian tacquiya lying is blowing up the pieces of shit launching attacks and repeating that as needed to eliminate the rocket and missile sites and personnel.

We are not going to invade Iran nor are we going to make them into some sort of failed state like Libya either after Gadaffi got pushed out and murdered.

We have the time to deal with Iranians and ultimately the trump card is blowing up Kharg Island which destroys Iran's ability to export oil. It is not bombing all their cities into the stone age.

Don't assume the MOU is a treaty, it is not, it is simply the agreed topics for negotiation so we can launch strikes when the Iranians misbehave and blockade.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 06:55 PM (E4rtv)

43 Water treatment is a thing. Moose out front should have told you that.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 06:55 PM (fkjGs)

44 34 Switching the American Revolutionary War for Russian Revolution?

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

Mostly likely a discussion of maltreatment of Natives by the colonists, and how the Natives were cheated out of their lands and wantonly murdered. Those poor, peaceful, Vegan natives...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 06:55 PM (l3cgK)

45 Cicero

Now we have to include Bulg in this artistic appreciation.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:55 PM (u82oZ)

46 Angela Davis, the black radical murderess protected by the Democrat Establishment, learns that she is descended from one of the 101 original colonists of The Mayflower.

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So she's a "Black & Blue Blood?"

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 06:55 PM (t/lcw)

47 Court fillings confirm ...

court fillings > dental fillings

Posted by: anachronda at June 26, 2026 06:56 PM (oY6Yp)

48 @14 - Yep.
Tousi was live a half hour ago on this.
Also had vids of the Hezzies in the streets of Beirut protesting the govt making some kind of deal with or talking to Israel.

Lebanese govt sending in troops.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 26, 2026 06:56 PM (xI6JS)

49 It's not as much about speaking Spanish, its about foreigners coming to the U.S. to plead foreign causes on U.S. soil infecting our otherwise peaceful shores with their chaos and disorder.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:56 PM (RIvkX)

50
"'Dinner. It's such a cosmic idea. I mean, think about it. Dinner. It came after lunch. But what is lunch? Who knows? But everybody cares. Let's talk about it. Think about it. We're becoming lunch and then we become dinner and that's a process of becoming breakfast. It's fascinating. And I look at the stars and it's the same thing.'"

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 06:55 PM (kX27y)

She'll have a Venn diagram for the three meals of the day...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 06:57 PM (l3cgK)

51 Let's just say, the sexual predictions of this commentariat run the gamut of human experience, so there will be fans.
Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back

You’re not in Sales or Marketing, right?

Posted by: Kratwurst at June 26, 2026 06:58 PM (9gKa/)

52 I could honestly see an 11th grade Texas history class getting into the Mexican Revolution however. Followed by the Cristeros.
Because understanding how the Mexicans clusterfucked themselves from being a developing country into being 20th century Mexico is important.
Calles and Cardenas deserve to be studied as cautionary examples.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 06:58 PM (gKWVE)

53 Just finished Citizen Vigilante

I tell you this
it's not a date movie
Posted by: Don Black

We disagree.

Posted by: Duane "Dog" and Beth Chapman at June 26, 2026 06:59 PM (VHUov)

54
Gratuitous sex scenes and random boobage was pretty much a hallmark of all 80's films.

I'm a fan of that mainly cuz I'm tired of "nudity" being some guy's hairy butt, which seems to be mandatory in action movies these days.

No 80's gratuitous boobage, no peace!!!!

MAMGA - Make Action Movies Great Again!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 06:59 PM (iJfKG)

55 Armie Hammer eats people, right? what was the deal on that, I forget

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:59 PM (+yA4w)

56 You get a mention in the curriculum!!
And you get a mention in the curriculum!!
Posted by: Texas Board of Edumacation

Early threadwinner attempt.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 06:59 PM (VHUov)

57 San Franpsycho

Sounds like the "erase borders for Gaia" crowd. Who make trolls here seem smart. I have never heard them criticize China or India for their outsized contributions to global pollution.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)

58 The Texas SBOE is a bunch of fools, chaired by a "Republican" who decided that it was nice to compromise with the traitor rats on the Board, even though they are a deranged minority pushing anti-history. This person, a Mr. Hickman, evidently does not understand the creed of our enemies and feels that he can "compromise" with them.

Betrayal is only a "Republican" fault it seems...

Posted by: Brewingfrog at June 26, 2026 07:00 PM (zPb6m)

59 The MOU gives us non-war reasons to enforce the provisions in the agreement. This defused the Left and PINO Senators.

After the Mid-terms, expect enforcement to go to 11.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I think people want Iran solved so we can turn toward defeating the left. But part of the issue with domestic politics is the Muzzie Brotherhood and Iranians stirring up shit domestically.

And Trump is even having to fend off stupid zombie shitheads in the Senate, Cornyn, Tillis, Murcow, and Cassidy on these War Powers Act bullshit resolutions. Ditto in the House.

We took 48 years to get to dealing with Iran and I find it refreshing that we are not losing a bunch of soldiers/sailors doing it so far.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)

60 I could honestly see an 11th grade Texas history class getting into the Mexican Revolution however. Followed by the Cristeros.

You could throw in a module about the harebrained French scheme to install a Habsburg layabout as the Emperor of Mexico for comic relief.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 07:01 PM (guGkK)

61 Court fillings confirm ...

court fillings > dental fillings
Posted by: anachronda

Sotomayor fills more than her share of the court.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 07:01 PM (VHUov)

62 61 Court fillings confirm ...

court fillings > dental fillings
Posted by: anachronda

Sotomayor fills more than her share of the court.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 07:01 PM (VHUov)

I'd rather have pie filling...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:02 PM (l3cgK)

63 >You’re not in Sales or Marketing, right?

Posted by: Kratwurst
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I worked at a Radio Shack in a mall, part time, during one holiday season

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:02 PM (+yA4w)

64 The pair of mutants currently protesting the pool -- yes, they're protesting a pool -- were previously seen protesting outside of Brett Kavanaugh's home.

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"I want to tell you, Trump, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the reflecting pool and you will pay the price."

/Chuck U. Schumer calling for MOAR Assassins

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 07:03 PM (t/lcw)

65 Sotomayor fills more than her share of the court.

Creme filling > court fillings > dental fillings

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 07:03 PM (guGkK)

66 Yeah, take out the battle that eventually led to this July 4th being the 250th anniversary of independence. That's the ticket.

As for CV, my movie reviews are generally pedestrian, I like it or I don't like it. I liked it. Mainly because it's the closest we are going to get for a modern "Death Wish" movie that addresses the reality of the situation.

Yes, sex scene gratuitous (would have been better if he went in and shot a pimp). And some college or even high school level special effects. But for free, thumbs up, I didn't feel I want my 90 minutes back.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 07:03 PM (n5tGW)

67 Cicero, Maximilian was 1860s, I'm looking at 1910s-40s. Economic "populism" which meant "nationalize all the things and beat up some nuns for fun"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 07:03 PM (gKWVE)

68 whig

Yes. 7 dead by direct enemy action. Low number of wounded. Could have been much, much worse.

Compared with Vietnam, very low loss number of planes and helos.

I'm happy about the strong, effective, low casualty, US and IDF military performance.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:04 PM (u82oZ)

69 Seriously OT. I started thinking again about the sheets Mammaw had on all the bed and how they felt so much better than modern stuff. So I plugged that into Bing and one result it came back with was Percale.

So bright eyed and bushy tailed, I plugged that for a queen sized bed into Amazon. Holy crap!

$223?!?

But those were damn nice sheets...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:04 PM (G3T/K)

70 Gays and trannies (self-identified) demand that Minneapolis make gay sex bathhouses legal again, because they're places of "deep connection" and the straight community has gained so much from gay sexuality.

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BREAKING: MonkeyPox Epidemic Consumes Minnesomalia. Film at 11:00 ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 07:05 PM (t/lcw)

71 Yes, sex scene gratuitous (would have been better if he went in and shot a pimp).
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Or ATE the pimp.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:06 PM (kpS4V)

72 A World Cup reaction video posted on YT a few hours ago. The stats mentioned at the beginning of the video are mind blowing. The number of views, Internet usage, American-subject matter posted - incredible.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/y4bsrrm9

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 07:06 PM (rj6Yv)

73 Tucker Carlson told Galloway on Tucker's show: "I didn't even know much we agreed on."

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Finally a "Final Solution?"

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 07:06 PM (t/lcw)

74 Cicero, Maximilian was 1860s, I'm looking at 1910s-40s. Economic "populism" which meant "nationalize all the things and beat up some nuns for fun"

Mexican history is a blur. Centuries went by with nothing really changing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 07:07 PM (guGkK)

75 You could throw in a module about the harebrained French scheme to install a Habsburg layabout as the Emperor of Mexico for comic relief.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 07:01 PM (guGkK)
*****************************

It would have worked, if you Americans hadn't stopped me!

Posted by: Zombie Napoleon III at June 26, 2026 07:07 PM (O4a1O)

76 When Maximilian was executed by the Mexicans, he tried to bribe them not to shoot him in the face or head. That shot him in the face anyway

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:08 PM (lqjOp)

77 the straight community has gained so much from gay sexuality.

All those wives to down-low queers who brought home HIV. I'm sure they are very grateful.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 07:08 PM (gKWVE)

78 And Mammaw and Pappaw were not wealthy. Well, Pawpaw made awesome money as a tool and die maker, but they lived like they were a half step from abject poverty.

They had to have been cheaper back then, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:08 PM (G3T/K)

79 I wonder who will get the honors to take out Chuck Schumer (who's never held a job outside of government).

Sandy Cortez from Washington Heights or the guy who eats with his feet.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 26, 2026 07:08 PM (l26NL)

80 Yes, sex scene gratuitous (would have been better if he went in and shot a pimp).
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Or ATE the pimp.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:06 PM (kpS4V)

"Cannibal Vigilante"

The movie practically writes itself.

Just add gratuitous boobs and you're on your way to box office gold!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 07:08 PM (iJfKG)

81 Galloway was living in self imposed exile in Russia recently. Don't know where his grifter self is these days

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:09 PM (lqjOp)

82 Gays and trannies (self-identified) demand that Minneapolis make gay sex bathhouses legal again, because they're places of "deep connection" and the straight community has gained so much from gay sexuality.

Every Somali mosque should have a gay bathhouse in the basement.

Though putting it on the roof would be more efficient.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 07:09 PM (VHUov)

83 Could Tucker Carlson BE any more insane?

Posted by: Zombie Chandler Bing at June 26, 2026 07:09 PM (Ucgf4)

84 Well then AIDS patient zero needs respect, dontcha think? Where would the alphabet fatality movement be without xim?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 26, 2026 07:10 PM (YlWIZ)

85 the straight community has gained so much from gay sexuality.

True. Liberace sometimes did three shows a night.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 07:10 PM (guGkK)

86 "Cannibal Vigilante"

The movie practically writes itself.

Just add gratuitous boobs and you're on your way to box office gold!
Posted by: naturalfake

"I eat punks like you for breakfast."

Posted by: Cannibal Vigilante at June 26, 2026 07:10 PM (VHUov)

87 At NYP: "Iranian drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites were hit by US warplanes in retaliation for the Thursday attack on the M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship."

I suggest destroying all remaining Iranian 'drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites' ASAP. But I'm no strategist.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 07:10 PM (Jr5Lq)

88 You could throw in a module about the harebrained French scheme

You'd think it would be hard to celebrate Cinco de Mayo without covering that...

You'd be wrong, I guess.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at June 26, 2026 07:11 PM (zdLoL)

89 Oprah is 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Proof that you can stack shit 5 feet 7 inches high.

Posted by: Oprah Is Nothing But Shit at June 26, 2026 07:11 PM (og9zY)

90 I'm a single guy currently. I only use a fitted sheet . Even a decent queen fitted 600 thread count sheet at Target is $90.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:12 PM (GP8V/)

91 I don’t know how people get picked to be on that board, not many people even know it exists.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 07:13 PM (o8hG1)

92 Ok, that was Boll and branch. The off brands are a lot cheaper. Suspiciously cheaper.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:13 PM (G3T/K)

93 Dishonest comment by Vance. He and everybody else knows very well what they're protesting.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 07:13 PM (fZiTB)

94 I guess Trump will just have to negotiate a lot harder, huh

the next time it'll work- I just know it!

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:13 PM (+yA4w)

95 Tucker could bite a live bat on tv, would make him a bit more crazy

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:13 PM (Ia/+0)

96 Ok, that was Boll and branch. The off brands are a lot cheaper. Suspiciously cheaper.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Genuine Chinese Egyptian cotton.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 07:14 PM (VHUov)

97 Can Tucker Carlson get any more absurd? But does it even matter to his followers?

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 07:15 PM (fZiTB)

98 the sex scene was gratuitous

I know many of you will disagree
Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:46 PM (+yA4w)

You would be doing a great service if you'd give the time markers of these "gratuitous scenes."

So we can avoid them, I mean.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 07:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

99 86 "Cannibal Vigilante"

The movie practically writes itself.

Just add gratuitous boobs and you're on your way to box office gold!
Posted by: naturalfake

"I eat punks like you for breakfast."

Posted by: Cannibal Vigilante at June 26, 2026 07:10 PM (VHUov)

LOL, very good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)

100 Who is Tucker trying to appeal to with this direction he's going?
An Islamic, Christian-Socialist, White Nationalist, Communist coalition?

The only connecting tissue I can find is that they all hate Israel.

I can't believe I was listening to this guy a few short years ago.
Trump broke his brain in a year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

101 Could Tucker Carlson BE any more insane?
Posted by: Zombie Chandler Bing at June 26, 2026 07:09 PM (Ucgf4)

Of course he could. The only question is how much more insane.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 07:16 PM (qx7Zg)

102 Anyhoo, as to the topic of the OP, although I can argue the merits of the American Revolution to Tejano juniors...
... on teaching them about Oprah I got nada.
She's a pimp. Literally a pimp. She brought girls to Weinstein, maybe even to Epstein. Winfrey's name does not belong in a history class. In fact יִמַּח שְׁמוֹ

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 07:16 PM (gKWVE)

103 Oprah is 5 feet 7 inches tall.

Proof that you can stack shit 5 feet 7 inches high.
Posted by: Oprah Is Nothing But Shit at June 26, 2026 07:11 PM (og9zY)

Her huge noggin being fully a third of that height.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 07:16 PM (0aYVJ)

104 Iran didn't get any advantage with Trump's strategy to negotiate except to hunt down the domestic opposition. They will continue to violate any MOU and we will continue to bomb them and keep their money.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:17 PM (GP8V/)

105 @NEWSMAX
·
2h
A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the arson case against the man accused of sparking the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles after the jury said it could not agree on a verdict. Prosecutors said they will try again.

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:17 PM (+yA4w)

106 The only connecting tissue I can find is that they all hate Israel.

I can't believe I was listening to this guy a few short years ago.
Trump broke his brain in a year.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

I still say drugs combined with a bipolar disorder. Knew a guy like that. He became like a completely different person.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:17 PM (G3T/K)

107 The Washington Post blames Trump for standing water being a broth for algae.

Because Trump is causing global warming and global warming causes algae. Q.E.D.

I tried to warn you.

Posted by: Greta, the future Mrs. Hogg-Thunberg at June 26, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

108 The only connecting tissue I can find is that they all hate Israel.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt)

It's a hatred that can hold a lot of disparate factions together.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 07:18 PM (fZiTB)

109 But those were damn nice sheets...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:04 PM

3.768224 out of 5 'ettes prefer silk sheets.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

110 Gays and trannies (self-identified) demand that Minneapolis make gay sex bathhouses legal again, because they're places of "deep connection" and the straight community has gained so much from gay sexuality.

Super. They better all be on Truvada or there's going to be a massive outbreak of HIV. Bathhouses and bathhouse culture have nothing to do with "safety" and everything to do with extreme promiscuity with anonymous partners making containment that much more difficult, and creating a Petri dish for AIDS, hepatitis, gonorrhea, HPV, and all manner of nasty shit. Plus there's the drug abuse that seems to be endemic to the gay "lifestyle."

Posted by: The fuck is worn with these people? at June 26, 2026 07:19 PM (TbWk/)

111 Did you check My Pillow for sheets? Get the all cotton ones.

Posted by: notsothoreau at June 26, 2026 07:20 PM (bkuEU)

112 Oprah sounds like an amazing social studies lesson.

Homeschooling. Co-op schooling. Micro schooling. Do it. For the children.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 07:21 PM (OoFl2)

113 I hate all pundits so it's no big prediction that I thought both Tucker and Goldberg at the height of their popularity were fakes and idiots. Though I didn't predict Tucker would go full retard.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:21 PM (GP8V/)

114 You want gratuitous? Try the musical number in the middle of every Bollywood movie.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

115 Got willowed
Was watching a new video on Lahaina, and nothing much being built 3 years later. Watching now other videos of Lahaina long before.
Palisades will look like Lahaina in a couple years, nothing much rebuilt

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

116 I still say drugs combined with a bipolar disorder. Knew a guy like that. He became like a completely different person.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 07:17 PM (G3T/K)

Tucker has fallen in with the wrong crowd for clicks and cash.
He's acting like it's all a revelation to him, but he's not the only "right-wing" podcaster/influencer who has jumped on the Blame Israel train in two years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:22 PM (6ydKt)

117 willowed:

They'll have to cross interlocking fields of fire first.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 07:22 PM (Q8D76)

118 >The Washington Post blames Trump for standing water being a broth for algae.
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standing water has been a broth for algae since there was first water

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:22 PM (+yA4w)

119 You want gratuitous? Try the musical number in the middle of every Bollywood movie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

That's the best part.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:23 PM (GP8V/)

120 Hmmm. Texas has its fair share of retards too.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 07:23 PM (jEAK7)

121 Not very realistic...except for the parts of the police being more interested in finding him that perps, and judges making excuses to let rapists go to rape some more...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

That was pretty much ripped from the headlines. I think Uwe Boll alluded to a real life case in Germany during an interview. Plus, Rotherham and all the rest.

Posted by: It was a sexual emergency at June 26, 2026 07:23 PM (TbWk/)

122 Hey!! we did give you Juneteenth! c'mon

the whole juneteenth shit is really Texas finding out the south lost six weeks after the civil war was over...the only thing Texas had to do with that was Richard King (King Ranch) trading cotton for weapons with France

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 07:24 PM (8uzBS)

123 Hey, we just don't get enough respect! Yeah!

Posted by: Muhammel al-Rodney at June 26, 2026 07:25 PM (Cqx++)

124 That was pretty much ripped from the headlines. I think Uwe Boll alluded to a real life case in Germany during an interview. Plus, Rotherham and all the rest.
Posted by: It was a sexual emergency at June 26, 2026 07:23 PM (TbWk/)

Yeah a group of immigrants raped a 14 year old in Germany and they were let go after being arrested and a trial IIRC.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:25 PM (GP8V/)

125 It's a hatred that can hold a lot of disparate factions together.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 07:18 PM (fZiTB)

A lot of observant people are starting to finally understand how Germany went the way it did in the 1930s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)

126 Nostrildamus is probably due for a ridiculous outburst of paranoid delusion and narcissism soon, huh?

The Chicken Prince is hogging all the limelight this week. Can't have that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 07:25 PM (Ot/FD)

127 Let's just say, the sexual predictions of this commentariat run the gamut of human experience, so there will be fans.
Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 06:52 PM

Can we bet on these predictions?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Kalshi at June 26, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

128 The end of the film has an epilogue

dedicated to all the victims of illegal immigrant crime who have been betrayed by their governments

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:26 PM (+yA4w)

129 Hmmm. Texas has its fair share of retards too.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 07:23 PM (jEAK7)

Except this will cause a review by the powers to be and may not go forward.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:27 PM (GP8V/)

130 No wonder the Germans banned it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:27 PM (6ydKt)

131 Costco Kirkland brand makes a very nice inexpensive “hotel quality” sheet set. Less than $50. Really soft 100% cotton. 500 tc.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 07:28 PM (mo4Vo)

132 Since someone brought up Chandler Bing, it's time for Joey Tribiani

https://youtube.com/shorts/FC4DWn3d7CA

Wonder Mom!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 07:29 PM (qx7Zg)

133 The lovely and talented independent journalist Angela Rose catches up with Scottish World Cup fans in Miami. Yes, there be bagpipes.

https://tinyurl.com/y26ecm6d

Posted by: Delurker at June 26, 2026 07:29 PM (2Drhq)

134 Linen sheets are amazing right at the 5 year old mark. Getting them to that point is the problem. 😂

I have a few sets of Frette sheets. I am not gonna lie, you can tell the difference between them and my Casper sets. I just threw a bunch of Casper sheets out, they were 8 years old and getting holes. The 6 year old cotton Frette’s still look brand new, the 2 linen sets are now perfection.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 07:30 PM (Wmg4n)

135 "Cannibal Vigilante"

The movie practically writes itself.
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This needs to be made. It would be very "meta", which the young critics love. Oscar for Armie?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:30 PM (kpS4V)

136 It's easier to think someone's had an episode or a mental break than to think they were just a phony all along. Why would this firebrand continue to work for Fox after they were complicit in the phoniness of 2018 and 2020, one might have asked themselves for years...

I said it here many times, to varying degrees of reception. The truth about Tuck is he'll juggle Bibi's balls next week if you pay him enough. The fact that he'd throw in with the islamists only shows how low he'll go. Almost.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 07:30 PM (vE0+H)

137 George Galloway? Christopher Hitchens referred to him as a Popinjay.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 07:30 PM (Q8D76)

138 Cannibal Vigilante"

The movie practically writes itself.
-----

This needs to be made. It would be very "meta", which the young critics love. Oscar for Armie?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:30 PM (kpS4V)

"Take a bite out of crime"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 07:31 PM (Ot/FD)

139 From DU:

"Did anyone just hear what Katy Tur reported about Pete Buttigieg???

Apparently, someone made a false report to the police and child protective services that he and his husband were mistreating their twins. A cop and social worker actually turned up at their house and the whole thing was investigated including interviews with the 4-year-olds by themselves. In the end, it was deemed a politically motivated attack. It was an anonymous report so the person doing the calling can't be identified apparently. I've never heard of anything so outrageous."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

140 Costco Kirkland brand makes a very nice inexpensive “hotel quality” sheet set. Less than $50. Really soft 100% cotton. 500 tc.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 07:28 PM (mo4Vo)

Hi nurse, I see a 680. Is it definitely 500? In the market...

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 07:31 PM (vE0+H)

141 A lot of observant people are starting to finally understand how Germany went the way it did in the 1930s.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)

Correct. I, being naive, believed people had grown more intelligent over the last 81 years. However I was wrong. People are dumb and getting dumber and it will actually be easier for the next installment of mass murder and genocide on an industrial scale with today's technology.

Hell, the canadians are lining up right now as I type this.

Posted by: Dumb As Dirt at June 26, 2026 07:32 PM (og9zY)

142 "Take a bite out of crime"
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😂

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:32 PM (kpS4V)

143 Linen is the choice for professional artists over cotton for their canvas material. Cost more too of course.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:32 PM (GP8V/)

144 After the Mid-terms, expect enforcement to go to 11.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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He might do so before then, you simply reapply a blockade and take out the radar, speedboats, and missile sites around where the Persian Gulf narrows. And give a timeline to blowing up Kharg Island real good.

And whatever low opinion I had of Congress has decreased and I blame the Senate GOP caucus for that. Like the Bourbons, they know nothing and forget nothing.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

145 I've never heard of anything so outrageous."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

Really? They've never?

They sure about that?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 07:32 PM (Ot/FD)

146 Except this will cause a review by the powers to be and may not go forward.
Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 07:27 PM (GP8V/)

Hey, I'm looking for work . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 07:33 PM (gKWVE)

147 A lot of observant people are starting to finally understand how Germany went the way it did in the 1930s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)

I realized it in 2008. I knew the first day I heard those screaming idiots chanting mindless fluff for a hateful retard that it could happen ANYWHERE, including here. It made my skin crawl.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 07:33 PM (vE0+H)

148 They'll have to cross interlocking fields of fire first.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 07:22 PM

There is much lead in SMH's words.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (Wnv9h)

149
When Maximilian was executed by the Mexicans, he tried to bribe them not to shoot him in the face or head. That shot him in the face anyway
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:08 PM (lqjOp)

The Mexicans love shit like that. After the Battle of Goliad, the Mexican army massacred 400 or so Texicans in front of their commander, James Fannin. When they got around to executing him, he made three requests: his belongings would be sent to his family, that he was not to be shot in the face, and that he receive a Christian burial.

The soldiers stole everything in his pockets, shot him in the face and burned his body along with everyone else they'd massacred, then left the desecrated bodies in a pile for the vultures and coyotes.

Plus ca change, and all that shit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (y9nCu)

150 And whatever low opinion I had of Congress has decreased and I blame the Senate GOP caucus for that. Like the Bourbons, they know nothing and forget nothing.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 07:32 PM

In engineering terms, your opinion went from delta to epsilon?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (0sNs1)

151 "Cannibal Vigilante"

The movie practically writes itself.

----------------

“I ate Dr. Lecter's liver with some fava beans and nice chianti."

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (o//FJ)

152 Damn it! Off, blind sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (Wnv9h)

153 I watched "Cannibal Vigilante" today. It's morally confused (the guy kills random innocents as well as the guilty.) The SWAT scenes are ridiculous caricatures.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

154 Gays and trannies (self-identified) demand that Minneapolis make gay sex bathhouses legal again, because they're places of "deep connection" and the straight community has gained so much from gay sexuality.

Y'know if that's the only place they're allowed to f*ck each other and all the pride parades stop...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 26, 2026 07:35 PM (vJrRc)

155 Cafe is up, y'all.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 07:35 PM (NcvvS)

156 There is much lead in SMH's words.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (Wnv9h)

Always was.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 07:35 PM (vE0+H)

157 I said it here many times, to varying degrees of reception. The truth about Tuck is he'll juggle Bibi's balls next week if you pay him enough. The fact that he'd throw in with the islamists only shows how low he'll go. Almost.
Posted by: ...

Trust not anyone involved in the media and that includes commentators. Media is simply reality tv for news nerds and if you watch media, you get a lot less information than if you read it which is where X is becoming a powerful source for good in this world.

Just avoid the comments as they are dogshit combination of bot and Turd Worlders doing 10 cent per post or some other ridiculous ganging up crap. Same with the Assie folks whose predecessors were the Luap Nor folks shitting on every thread.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 07:36 PM (E4rtv)

158 I said it here many times, to varying degrees of reception. The truth about Tuck is he'll juggle Bibi's balls next week if you pay him enough. The fact that he'd throw in with the islamists only shows how low he'll go. Almost.

Posted by: ...
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Maybe. I think he's gone off his rocker. No one in Hollywood can portray those two diametrically opposed characters as well as he has.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (Q8D76)

159 Thune to face censure vote from SD GOP over SAVE America Act

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (lJrTV)

160 If you like revenge movies

Death Wish- the Bruce Willis one
The Brave One- Jodie Foster as Paul Kersey

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (+yA4w)

161 Tucker has fallen in with the wrong crowd for clicks and cash.
He's acting like it's all a revelation to him, but he's not the only "right-wing" podcaster/influencer who has jumped on the Blame Israel train in two years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 26, 2026 07:22 PM (6ydKt)

It only takes a drink or so in the evening for the country club republican set to reveal they have always been on the anti-semitic train.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (uhVAy)

162 In engineering terms, your opinion went from delta to epsilon?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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The Continental Congress was more productive.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (E4rtv)

163 153 Ooops, "Citizen Vigilante."

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

164 153 I watched "Cannibal Vigilante" today. It's morally confused (the guy kills random innocents as well as the guilty.) The SWAT scenes are ridiculous caricatures.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 07:34 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Not to your taste?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (kpS4V)

165 Death Wish- the Bruce Willis one
The Brave One- Jodie Foster as Paul Kersey
Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (+yA4w)
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Peppermint

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:39 PM (kpS4V)

166 >Thune to face censure vote from SD GOP over SAVE America Act

Posted by: SMOD
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you can't see cuz this is a blog and we can't post clips, but I am making the familiar 'shake weight' gesture

Posted by: Don Black Bounces Back at June 26, 2026 07:39 PM (+yA4w)

167 122 Hey!! we did give you Juneteenth! c'mon

the whole juneteenth shit is really Texas finding out the south lost six weeks after the civil war was over...the only thing Texas had to do with that was Richard King (King Ranch) trading cotton for weapons with France
Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 07:24 PM (8uzBS)
There were already 25K Texas Confederat5es by te end of 1861 and some records suggest there were perhaps 90K Texas Confederates by the end of the war. Most were cavalry, though many saw service in infantry and artillery.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 07:40 PM (LHPAg)

168 Got willowed
Was watching a new video on Lahaina, and nothing much being built 3 years later. Watching now other videos of Lahaina long before.
Palisades will look like Lahaina in a couple years, nothing much rebuilt
Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

Other neighborhoods from earlier fires in LA county are still not being rebuilt, these are pre 2020 fires.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 07:40 PM (uhVAy)

169 San Franpsycho

Sounds like the "erase borders for Gaia" crowd. Who make trolls here seem smart. I have never heard them criticize China or India for their outsized contributions to global pollution.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:00 PM (u82oZ)

Nor their own jet-setting about the world to meet up about helping Gaia.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 07:43 PM (uhVAy)

170 Not to your taste?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 26, 2026 07:37 PM (kpS4V)
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Somebody needs to alert Cannibal Bob about this movie.

Posted by: bluebell at June 26, 2026 07:45 PM (afFes)

171
I said it here many times, to varying degrees of reception. The truth about Tuck is he'll juggle Bibi's balls next week if you pay him enough. The fact that he'd throw in with the islamists only shows how low he'll go. Almost.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 07:30 PM (vE0+H)

At least with Me-Again when she flip-flops like a sea bass on the deck, she's attractive enough to make bank with her OnlyFans side hustle.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2026 07:47 PM (y9nCu)

172 Costco Kirkland brand makes a very nice inexpensive “hotel quality” sheet set. Less than $50. Really soft 100% cotton. 500 tc.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June

I just got some towels for the kiddos bathroom redo from Target. They are really heavy and soft! The Threshold brand.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 07:47 PM (OoFl2)

173
Was watching a new video on Lahaina, and nothing much being built 3 years later. Watching now other videos of Lahaina long before.
Palisades will look like Lahaina in a couple years, nothing much rebuilt
Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:21 PM (Ia/+0)

To be fair, a big part of that is the laziness of even the most industrious Hawaiian. I've talked about my own problems trying to hire a few Hawaiians for a few days during a work trip to Kawaii about 20 years ago.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2026 07:52 PM (y9nCu)

174 Citizen Vigilante
The sex scene was with a prostitute. It didn't fit. It was morally ambiguous. And worst, it took another killing (potentially) out of the movie.

Posted by: Ramseyisms at June 26, 2026 08:14 PM (q6tQZ)

175 Ramseyisms

Sorry. Sock was from a few days ago when it made sense to my gin-soaked brain.

Posted by: MkY at June 26, 2026 08:17 PM (q6tQZ)

176 Deleting the Lexington and Concord events steams my broccoli. But it is nothing new -- my now 40-something kid went to a highly rated $$$ private school through 8th grade, so 2008 or so, but never learned anything about American history. Couldn't tell you who won the Civil War, or when the two World Wars (that shaped our lives even occurred, much less who was involved or why). Pathetic. Private school teachers go to the same conferences as blue-haired public school landwhales, so they all get the same curriculum crap. Sad. At least my kid is a lifelong learner and has gained much knowledge and is passing it along to the next generation.

Posted by: Fritz at June 26, 2026 09:59 PM (J7jo9)

177 Everyone should watch Citizen Vigilante!! How long must the bullshit go on?!?
The movie is outstanding and represents a wake-up call to us all.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at June 26, 2026 10:30 PM (7aGEe)

178 Very late to this party due to whatever I was doing.

I hope they DO open gay bath houses in MN to spread monkey pox! And I would tell them!

Also, and this is very important...JD Vance does not wear eyeliner or mascara. I see weirdos still shrieking about this in the UK DM and it bugs me.

I met and fell in love with a pair of blue eyes with black eyelashes like brushes in college. They are real and they are rare (as he was). I have similar thick black lashes but with green eyes. Maybe more common with women.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 26, 2026 10:44 PM (hzuYO)

179 Hmmmm…the American Revolution should not be in TX 11th Grade history to begin with.

7th Grade - TX History
8th - US History to Reconstruction
9th - World History
10th - Geography (optional)
11th - US History from Reconstruction to the present
12th - One semester of economics. One semester of government.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 27, 2026 12:43 AM (gfO9L)

180 Hey, Rush Limbaugh WROTE history textbooks.

Posted by: MartynWW at June 27, 2026 03:02 AM (IUbKC)

Democrats Recruited Antifa As their Zombie Street Enforcers.
Now the Antifa Zombies Are Running the Show.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, founder of the pro-Hamas, pro-October 7 group CUAD and committed to -- quote -- the "total eradication of Western civilization," will soon officially be a Democrat congresswoman.

Avila Chevalier, the most overtly radical of the three, is an interesting figure because she represents a stunning triumph for modern campus progressive activism; she will be the first person elected to Congress who comes directly from that world. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D--N.Y.) is a democratic socialist and a progressive activist, but she was not a central figure in those movements until well after she graduated from Boston University. Avila Chevalier, on the other hand, was a prominent far-left activist at Columbia University throughout the 2010s and remained involved with the pro-Palestinian campus protests there in 2023 following Israel's attacks on Hamas in Gaza.
She co-founded Columbia University Apartheid and Divest (CUAD), an organization that did not merely oppose the state of Israel but also celebrated terrorism outright. After the death of Yahya Sinwar, CUAD's Substack published a glowing eulogy of the Hamas terrorist who masterminded the October 7 attack on Israelis. CUAD hailed him as a "hero of the revolution" guided by "pragmatic optimism." The group called on its followers to "reflect on how we can make ourselves more like him."
Avila Chevalier was also involved with the related group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), which explicitly celebrated the October 7th terrorist attack as a "historic win."
...
So it should come as no surprise that Avila Chevalier is not merely furious about the state of Israel. She is part of an activist movement that favors "the total eradication of Western civilization," a goal that--somehow--is not viewed as in tension with the movement's stated desire to prevent genocide. (One wonders how Avila Chevalier plans to make Western civilization go extinct without anybody getting hurt.) In keeping with her stated desire to eliminate the U.S.-led West, Avila Chevalier has previously commented in favor of Russia's invasion of Ukraine; i.e., she is not merely opposed to American involvement in the conflict (a defensible position) but affirmatively on the side of the attackers.
Indeed, Avila Chevalier's past statements on X--Twitter at the time--are a veritable gold mine of 2010-era radicalism. For instance: She wants to abolish not just the police but the very concept of policing entirely. For good measure, she views interracial relationships with suspicion, thought COVID-19 originated in France, and thinks white people are not hygienic.

Whatever you do, don't be racist. It's the worst thing in the word.

For you, I mean. For the left, it's political rocket fuel.

She refuses to answer when asked if she's a communist. So, obviously, yes. She's happy to identify herself as a terrorist. I'm not sure what's holding her back from admitting she's a communist.

Male swamp-hag James Carville freaks out over the inevitable full communization of the Democrat Party. Which has always been 40% communist.

'I'm Done, I'm Not in That F*cking Political Party': James Carville Freaks Out After Progressives Win Big in Democratic Primaries

Democratic strategist James Carville called for a "schism" in the Democratic Party, stating that he wants nothing to do with the likes of three candidates who won their Democratic primaries in New York.
...
On Wednesday's Politicon podcast, Carville freaked out at the results. He noted that Avila Chevalier, who was born to Dominican immigrants, once said white people should not be in interracial marriages.
"Lady, I ain't in the same party as you," Carville said. "I'm sorry. I'm just not. And I actually do think it's time for Democrats to talk the 's' word: schism. I really do. Everybody's always said, 'No, no. We're a coalition. We're a big tent. And there's just some sh*t I can't be in the same tent with."
Carville then insisted that despite winning their Democratic primaries, "these people are not Democrats." He then suggested that establishment Democrats "negotiate the terms of a schism" with democratic socialists in the party.
"But I'm done," he continued. "I'm not in that f*cking political party. I am totally comfortable in a political party that spends time questioning the policies of the government of Israel. In fact, I'm enthusiastic about that. I don't want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist. That's just not-- I just can't do that."

Anti-Israel.

Anti-America.

Anti-Western Civilization.

Why am I the only Democrat in the U.S. Senate that refuses to excuse this or defend any of those self-identified communists? pic.twitter.com/nKE3Yprp10
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) June 24, 2026

This is the DSA co-chair. Let me summarize what he says in this video:

We�re using the Democratic Party as a ballot-access vehicle, not because we share its goals. We build our own organization, get elected under the Democratic label, caucus with Democrats when it�s useful,� pic.twitter.com/zYwsv4J8Bt
— The Undercurrent (@NotTheirScript) June 24, 2026

Below, Jewish ultra-gay Senator Scott Wiener discovers that the new Islamic-Communist coalition doesn't like Jews very much at all, and isn't too fond of gays, either.

You can see the fear in his eyes, and while I have little in common with him, there is something relatable about this moment. It's no real consolation to point out that he tried appeasing the hatred (letting the rest of us be victimized). This is what we look like before the end. https://t.co/bwLJvRxjWM
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) June 26, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Blade?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 05:32 PM (dK+Kv)

2 I wonder from which part of Wakanda she's from?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (Lx4gz)

4 Look at me! Look at me!

I'm the party now!

Posted by: Pantifa at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

5 In a way, this is a good thing. During my, now daily, arguments with old friends, it's much easier to say: "Dems support this" - and then provide the list of Dem/Lib/Commie asshoes all the while saying 'MAGA supports this' and listing us normies.

Believe it or not, in my circle, it is having some impact.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (+/hEQ)

6
When the crazies run the asylum, eventually they take over the asylum.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (OkYzo)

7 We’re using the Democratic Party as a ballot-access vehicle, not because we share its goals. We build our own organization, get elected under the Democratic label, caucus with Democrats when it’s useful, and push our own agenda from the inside. We see the Democratic establishment as an obstacle, not a home.

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Some are trying it with the R party. But there is a heck of a lot more resistance !

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:35 PM (GD0B3)

8 Socialists attempting to "negotiate" with Bolsheviks. That's a dead-end political strategy.

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 05:35 PM (rj6Yv)

9
That DSA spokesman's thin little mustache makes him look like John Waters. It also hides the stretchmarks.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (OkYzo)

10 Don't be stupid, be a smarty!

Posted by: The Producers at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (O4a1O)

11 Seems that most (all?) of these DSA freaks come from money. She has spent the last 7 years working on a PHD. Who pays for that?

Posted by: free tibet at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (iNp3L)

12 The Democrats could go for a Canadian solution. Two parties for the lefties.

The regular Democrat Party for the regular batshit crazy like our Liberals.

And then the NDP who are more hardcore batshit crazy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)

13 We’re using the Democratic Party as a ballot-access vehicle, not because we share its goals. We build our own organization, get elected under the Democratic label, caucus with Democrats when it’s useful,
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Hmm. Sounds like me with the Republican party.

I accept that almost anybody I'm going to want to vote for is probably going to say things in keeping with the ground staked out by Republicans.

But that doesn't mean I give a shit about the party.

Posted by: Pantifa at June 26, 2026 05:37 PM (Fi81e)

14 2028 is going to be the "second time as farce" of 1972, isn't it?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:37 PM (ZOv7s)

15 ***Darializa Avila Chevalier, founder of the pro-Hamas, pro-October 7 group CUAD and committed to -- quote -- the "total eradication of Western civilization," will soon officially be a Democrat congresswoman.
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The end of civilization as we know it.
Coming to a neighborhood near you, Soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:37 PM (Q8D76)

16 Tent flap...camel's nose.
You fu*ked Dems.

But don't worry. When they try that bullshit in my town, they won't get far.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 05:37 PM (2WIwB)

17 we need to switch the colors of the Political maps, because of Tim Russert he had made Dems blue and Repub Red because he knew people would associate red with the Commies. the Dems need to be red

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:37 PM (ubCxQ)

18 11 Seems that most (all?) of these DSA freaks come from money. She has spent the last 7 years working on a PHD. Who pays for that?

Posted by: free tibet at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (iNp3L)

The college cock carousel is down to nubs.....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:38 PM (Sco7b)

19 When the crazies run the asylum, eventually they take over the asylum.
Posted by: Frank Barone

The problem is, no one ever told them they were crazies, and never put them in an asylum.

The crazier they became, the more they were told "you're normal, and the normal people are crazy."

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 05:39 PM (VHUov)

20 Akron McIntyre has saying about how the train line doesn’t stop just because you’ve reached your station.

Carville has spent his career aggressively paving the way for what is happening now. He can’t stop this movement simply because it’s gone farther than what HE wants.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 05:39 PM (4KUe5)

21 Why am I the only Democrat in the U.S. Senate that refuses to excuse this or defend any of those self-identified communists?
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Sorry, that's your party now.

There's a little bit of debt you pick up with every lie you tell the American people. Pretty soon you immobilize yourself.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:39 PM (Fi81e)

22 Of course, if she wins, she shouldn't be seated. However, the GOPe is probably to cowardly to keep her out. If the Ds take the house, then she's in and will get plum committee assignments.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 05:39 PM (1Ff7Z)

23 The democrat's communist, nazi and islamic chickens have come home to roost!

Posted by: Reverend Stepin Fetchit at June 26, 2026 05:39 PM (og9zY)

24 Carville isn't upset at the new direction that the Democrat Party is going; he is upset that they are saying the quiet part out loud.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 05:40 PM (PLxDd)

25 Socialists attempting to "negotiate" with Bolsheviks. That's a dead-end political strategy.
Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 05:35 PM (rj6Yv)
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It's the Popular Front all over again. Communists in Spain hated everyone else so much that they didn't wait until the war was over to do the purges and throw people into secret prisons. The May Days almost did George Orwell in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)

26 OK, James Carville...

Tell me you haven't read Frankenstein without telling me that you haven't read Frankenstein.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:40 PM (HmitH)

27 Seems that most (all?) of these DSA freaks come from money. She has spent the last 7 years working on a PHD.

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yep; and their army comes from elite universities where 1 year tuition is more than working class family's 1 year budget

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:40 PM (GD0B3)

28 "Darializa Avila Chevalier"

I wondered what Daria was up to nowadays,

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:41 PM (MWfyi)

29 To the Democrats: how does it feel to have your beloved institution infiltrated, subverted from way, and now worn as a skin suit by revolutionary Socialists?

Sucks, huh?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 05:41 PM (4KUe5)

30 First time I ever enjoyed watching Wiener. Weiner. Whatever, that guy is piss his pants terrified.

Posted by: huerfano at June 26, 2026 05:41 PM (VJX5o)

31 9
That DSA spokesman's thin little mustache makes him look like John Waters. It also hides the stretchmarks.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (OkYzo)

That's what I thought as well. And weird hair cut. And of course, Siddique grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, in a Bangladeshi Muslim family.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:41 PM (kX27y)

32 Socialists attempting to "negotiate" with Bolsheviks. That's a dead-end political strategy.
Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 05:35 PM (rj6Yv)
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One of the most ironic things in history is that "bolshevik" means "majority" and they weren't the majority. They just eliminated the majority until they were.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (Fi81e)

33 Yo Democrats..............

There was a young lady of Niger

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;

They returned from the ride

With the lady inside,

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (q0FlQ)

34 Their Molotov-Ribbentrop pact isn't holding up.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (XvL8K)

35 we need to switch the colors of the Political maps, because of Tim Russert he had made Dems blue and Repub Red because he knew people would associate red with the Commies. the Dems need to be red
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:37 PM (ubCxQ)
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No, the idea was that red is an angry color, and they showed the electoral map to highlight how angry and evil conservatives were, not soothing and blue like the Dems.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (ZOv7s)

36 Wonder if anyone has noted the Red Rabbits. They're DSA enforcers. Not "antifa" (narrator: they're antifa)

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)

37 They say DSA because they don't want to say Socialists.
Don't let them say DSA.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (MWfyi)

38 Old and Busted: The Reign of Terror

New and Hot: The Reign of Terrorists

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (HmitH)

39 Seems that most (all?) of these DSA freaks come from money. She has spent the last 7 years working on a PHD. Who pays for that?
Posted by: free tibet at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (iNp3L)
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Okay. Let's blame DJT and Elon Musk for that. Most of those useless miscreants would be grifting away in taxpayer-funded NGOs if it weren't for the fact that practical executives took one look at the cost-benefit charts for these Dem slush fund machines and pulled the plugs.

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (rj6Yv)

40 >>>Democrats Recruited Antifa As their Zombie Street Enforcers. Now the Antifa Zombies Are Running the Show.

It's too bad that absolutely no one saw this coming. And that there is no absolutely no historical precedent for letting young, over educated, over privileged, savage champagne socialist, temu communism nepo babies with envious chips on their shoulders, run loose like mad dogs in your political movement.

The elite left who think they deserve to rule us let their rabid dog foot soldiers run around unmuzzled, and now those foot soldiers got off their leashes and escaped the electric fences curtailing their crazy. And the rest of America has to pay for this folly.

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (gWBY1)

41 To late you made it, now eat it James Carville.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (B0dAE)

42 The end of civilization as we know it.
Coming to a neighborhood near you, Soon.

Posted by: Braenyard
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They'll have to cross interlocking fields of fire first.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 05:43 PM (Q28kH)

43 They say DSA because they don't want to say Socialists.
Don't let them say DSA.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (MWfyi)
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I read the other day that the "DSA" came out of Germany for Bernie and was founded in Berlin.

So it sounds like the A is out of place as well.

Progs are allowing Germany to meddle in our politics.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (Fi81e)

44 They say DSA because they don't want to say Socialists.
Don't let them say DSA.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (MWfyi
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Democratic Socialist American Workers Party.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

45 >>The end of civilization as we know it.

I feel fine.

Posted by: REM at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (HmitH)

46 I prefer "BCRDS". Bastard Commie Rat Democrat Socialists.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (MWfyi)

47 they should make the Democrats a festive magenta. or fuschia!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (gKWVE)

48 I wonder how many Democrat-Islamunist CongressCritters will be joining the Domestic Terrorist Caucuses in the House and Senate during the next Congressional Term?

The Over/Under Line begins at 30 ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (t/lcw)

49 I think Fetterman and Bill Maher are really the only lefties who have outright stated that a lot of the Dems are insane and scaring the normals.

The rest are standing on the toilets in the bathroom stalls hoping they don't get bullied.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (Sco7b)

50 Seems that most (all?) of these DSA freaks come from money. She has spent the last 7 years working on a PHD. Who pays for that?
Posted by: free tibet at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (iNp3L)
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Hello!

Posted by: American Taxpayers at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (O4a1O)

51 They say DSA because they don't want to say Socialists.
Don't let them say DSA.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (MWfyi
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Democratic Socialist American Workers Party.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)
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Boom.

Posted by: Guy Who Says Boom at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (Fi81e)

52 He noted that Avila Chevalier, who was born to Dominican immigrants, once said white people should not be in interracial marriages.

>>> Whatever happened to "Love is love"?

Posted by: pookysgirl at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (Wt5PA)

53 Wonder if anyone has noted the Red Rabbits. They're DSA enforcers. Not "antifa" (narrator: they're antifa)
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:42 PM (gKWVE)
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Nascent commie paramilitary units. Trained for "non-lethal" and lethal combat. Trained in first aid/field medicine. Trained in communications and street tactics.

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (rj6Yv)

54 The problem is, no one ever told them they were crazies, and never put them in an asylum.

The crazier they became, the more they were told "you're normal, and the normal people are crazy."

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 05:39 PM

The left has harnessed the crazy and been doing the carrot and stick to drag the DNC across the finish lines since at least 2010. They're tired of being teased with the carrot. They've thrown off the yoke of the DNC and are now going to take it over.

It's hilarious to watch the "moderate" dems think they can stop this. It's over for them. Nothing will stop them now.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (OkYzo)

55 "Democratic Socialist American Workers Party.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd"

The Dazis?

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)

56 > She has spent the last 7 years working on a PHD. Who pays for that?
Posted by: free tibet at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (iNp3L)

I don't know about whatever retarded pseudo-discipline she's in (and I'm 100% sure it's a retarded pseudo-discipline), but in real disciplines PhD students generally get a tuition waiver and a pittance salary in exchange for being research assistants and/or teaching assistants (as Neal Stephenson put it: "relieving the tenured faculty of burdensome chores, such as teaching students and doing research"). Those papers from that 1,000 student freshman class aren't going to grade themselves.

There's the occasional fellowship funded by Some Rich Dude or Some Rich Dude's Foundation, but those are generally just extra spending money, not enough to live on.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (IG3/x)

57 The absolute Best part about the inevitable American Pinochet is that Americans do it Bigger, Better and Longer than everyone else.

This is gonna be great.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (HmitH)

58 How does this all end? Is communism nationally accepted (by Dems) as a viable party platform?

I get that cities could fall. But how long does that last if we cut off federal funds?

Even Russia is no longer communist.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (fgSb9)

59 Every leftie who negotiated with the Bolsheviks ended up dead. Dead in the first wave of purges because commies win their civil war first.

Posted by: Accomack at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (GbONR)

60 ***I don't want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist. That's just not-- I just can't do that."
_James Carville, devout Democrat
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Car radio, notable/respected Dem: the clip,
---Mandami is securing national election for Republicans at all levels of government. They will show him and NYC images on every viewing screen in America and say, 'this is the Democrat party'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (Q8D76)

61 So Chucky Schumer are you going to refute your Jewish Roots and become a Commie Muslim for the good of the party ????

Praise Allah Chucky..... Praise Allah ........

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (q0FlQ)

62 Jewish ultra-gay Senator Scott Wiener

Who is also a capitalist, low-key. He's one of the people allowing people to build housing in the Bay Area over the objections of the rentiers and boomers ("what about my property values?!").

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (gKWVE)

63 I think Fetterman and Bill Maher are really the only lefties who have outright stated that a lot of the Dems are insane and scaring the normals.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (Sco7b)
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Snakehead has been doing his part, when he's not saying that people who voted for Trump ought to be brought out in public and spit on, that is, you know? For voting for a non-wanted candidate. There should be a corporate activity of spitting on people, you know, for voting for that guy....in a democracy.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:47 PM (Fi81e)

64 >>> Tell me you haven't read Frankenstein without telling me that you haven't read Frankenstein.
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:40 PM (HmitH)

Not to turn this thread into a movie thread... but I loved Oscar Isaac's depiction of Frankenstein in the new Guillermo adaptation. He leaned into the scientist's crazed hubris and ego, instead of sanding off the edges to make him more romantic or appealing.

I hate that liberals gleefully misinterpret all these cautionary tales (or paid someone to write their school essays about them.) Frankenstein is not an instruction manual! (Looking at you too, Fauci.)

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:47 PM (gWBY1)

65 The Dazis?
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)
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Exactly.

It's interesting watching the left go full Spanish Civil War yet again, except this time the preponderance of force is heavily against them, but they still have to purge their movement because they can't help it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:48 PM (ZOv7s)

66 ***I don't want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist. That's just not-- I just can't do that."
_James Carville, devout Democrat
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Yer in one.

Posted by: Captain Barbosa at June 26, 2026 05:48 PM (Fi81e)

67 It looks like James Carville realized that the crocodile is looking at him with murderous eyes.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 05:48 PM (qFwJc)

68 Fascism is illegal in Germany, thus ... transfer it here.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (Fi81e)

69
They say DSA because they don't want to say Socialists.
Don't let them say DSA.
Posted by: fd

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Good point. Another name someone will come to regret, like La Raza -- which is totally not about race, now that erecting some pretense about it is now the style.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (XJ22o)

70 I wonder from which part of Wakanda she's from?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b)

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The Ninth (and Deepest) Circle, known as Treachery.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (t/lcw)

71 Mandami NYC Rent Control stats in October 2026.....

1. NYC Rent prices up 500% on 1 July 2026......

2. Rental properties nonexistent in NYC..........

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (q0FlQ)

72 Marxism is not a theory of economics or a political program, it is a religious movement built on the since of envy, greed, pride and wrath, which is why they happily change their targets to whoever is available.

I can't wait for them to turn on the Clintons and Obama.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

73 ***I don't want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist. That's just not-- I just can't do that."
_James Carville, devout Democrat
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You're soaking in it!

Posted by: Madge at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (Q28kH)

74 Truman warned the Democrats about the Communists taking over the party.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (fZiTB)

75 The Jewish myth of the golem is about a monster that a Jew creates to destroy his enemies, but he can’t control it and it turns on him.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (jYRYu)

76 Frankenstein is basically the golem myth except with a little more maternalism. (It's more explicit in "Splice".)
Wiener might stand to read more about golems. If he was slightly less gay.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (gKWVE)

77 James Carville lost all credibility when he put his sanity into question with his vile rants.

He's not all there.

But, yes, his party is nuts; he's right about that.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (fgSb9)

78 Hakeem's days are leader are numbered. Same with Chuck.

The fight is no longer Republicans vs Democrats. It's American citizens vs communists. at least they aren't pretending anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m)

79 James Carville is a weathervane-in-a-hurricane kook. All over the map and saying outrageous things to get clicks while yelling "Get Off My Lawn!"

I don't take him seriously.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (oji8u)

80 Mandami NYC Rent Control stats in October 2026.....

1. NYC Rent prices up 500% on 1 July 2026......

2. Rental properties nonexistent in NYC..........

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (q0FlQ)

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3. ???

4. PROFIT!!!

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (t/lcw)

81
The only way for the DNC to beat the DSA is for Jerry Nadler & Nancy Pelosi take the Lib ring and throw it into Mount Doom.

Posted by: Lord of the Rings: The DSA Chronicles at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (OkYzo)

82 The rest are standing on the toilets in the bathroom stalls hoping they don't get bullied.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:44 PM (Sco7b)

Now that is a great statement right there. *High five*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (0aYVJ)

83 It is really kinda funny that to this day, the party that killed off the majority are remember that "The Bolsheviks".

God loves a good joke, it seems.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)

84
I think Fetterman and Bill Maher are really the only lefties who have outright stated that a lot of the Dems are insane and scaring the normals.

Posted by: Stateless

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Alan Dershowitz. He's still a lefty in many ways I'm sure, but he's now a registered Republican.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 05:51 PM (XJ22o)

85 GatewayPundit had an article several days back.

I guess that Joy Reid announced that she's not voting for any Democrat that supports Israel.

We could put her and Carville in a mud-wresting competition.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:51 PM (Sco7b)

86 62 Jewish ultra-gay Senator Scott Wiener

Who is also a capitalist, low-key. He's one of the people allowing people to build housing in the Bay Area over the objections of the rentiers and boomers ("what about my property values?!").
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (gKWVE)

Yes and a lot of folks don't like it, as you said. He also is a longtime resident of the Castro and attends the annual Folsom Street Fair in S&M garb.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:51 PM (kX27y)

87 If we had an actual news media, none of these people would get anywhere close to power.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 26, 2026 05:52 PM (CHHv1)

88 The only way for the DNC to beat the DSA is for Jerry Nadler & Nancy Pelosi take the Lib ring and throw it into Mount Doom.

Posted by: Lord of the Rings: The DSA Chronicles at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (OkYzo)
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It's always dangerous to put "Jerry Nadler" that close to "take". You don't know what's going to explode out of that.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

89 Socialists attempting to "negotiate" with Bolsheviks. That's a dead-end political strategy.

Hah! Easy-peasy!

Posted by: A. Kerensky at June 26, 2026 05:52 PM (guGkK)

90 Now that is a great statement right there. *High five*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, aka Agent Frank at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (0aYVJ)

High five back.

Back to work. I have animals to keep housed.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:52 PM (Sco7b)

91 Democratic socialism can be characterized as follows:

Much property held by the public through a democratically elected government, including most major industries, utilities, and transportation systems

A limit on the accumulation of private property

Governmental regulation of the economy

Extensive publicly financed assistance and pension programs

Social costs and the provision of services added to purely financial considerations as the measure of efficiency

Posted by: per wiki at June 26, 2026 05:52 PM (MWfyi)

92 > We could put her and Carville in a mud-wresting competition.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:51 PM (Sco7b)

I'd put my money on Tank Abrams for the Super Heavyweight title.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (IG3/x)

93 Hakeem's days are leader are numbered. Same with Chuck.

The fight is no longer Republicans vs Democrats. It's American citizens vs communists. at least they aren't pretending anymore.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (viF8m)

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Unfortunately and insanely, the Venn Diagram intersection of American Citizens and Communists appears to be accelerating and now approaching at least 50% ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (t/lcw)

94 It is really kinda funny that to this day, the party that killed off the majority are remember that "The Bolsheviks".

God loves a good joke, it seems.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)
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The "Antifa" brand making a comeback is *chef's kiss*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (ZOv7s)

95 [Babylon Bee headline:]

"Cubans Living In NYC Begin Boarding Rafts To Escape Communism Again"

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (t/lcw)

96 Stateless: "I think Fetterman and Bill Maher are really the only lefties who have outright stated that a lot of the Dems are insane and scaring the normals."

And yet Maher will still vote for them. He's a poseur for moderation but ultimately advocates through action his Lefty bona fides.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (oji8u)

97 Yu'd best start believin' in commie takeovers.

Cos, yer in one.

Posted by: Captain Barbosa at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (Fi81e)

98 >
Unfortunately and insanely, the Venn Diagram intersection of American Citizens and Communists appears to be accelerating and now approaching at least 50% ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (t/lcw)

To me, being a communist seems like prima facie evidence that one is a domestic enemy of the Constitution of the United States.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (IG3/x)

99 Some wonderful things are happening with the Iran situation, finally! Puts a lot of what's been happening in a new light, and now we finally know what Rubio has been doing!

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (edUvp)

100 On Carville, even a broken squirrel is right twice a day.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (guGkK)

101
They will show him and NYC images on every viewing screen in America and say, 'this is the Democrat party'.

Posted by: Braenyard

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I hope they superimpose his grinning face over scenes of chaos, violence, suffering, waste. That damn monkey grin needs to be constantly associated with the worst.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (XJ22o)

102 Ask not what the country can do for you,
Ask what the Communists will do to you!

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (IY9No)

103 OT, sorta, but Steam is now making the Qwerty all assmad because they are allowing customers to filter out all the rainbow stuff.
It's "censoring the reach"! youtu.be/Z4gCiulMzrE

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE)

104 Unfortunately and insanely, the Venn Diagram intersection of American Citizens and Communists appears to be accelerating and now approaching at least 50% ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (t/lcw)
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Not even close. The primaries had 10% turnout, and featured multiple candidates, so your Venn diagram is at best 5% of the electorate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)

105 "Neville Roy Singham’s Niece Says DSA’s New York Wins Could Lead to a Socialist Presidential Campaign

Alicia Singham Goodwin, the niece of far-left billionaire financier Neville Roy Singham, is a member of NYC DSA’s Steering Committee. She joined tonight’s DSA call celebrating its New York victories to discuss where the organization goes next....Then she pointed to 2028...

“If we grow and we build enough between now and then, the next year in 2028, we might be working on a campaign for a democratic socialist for president.”

Goodwin closed by asking people not just to join DSA or pay local dues, but to “become an organizer.”"

Good luck Dems!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (GD0B3)

106 >>> 100 On Carville, even a broken squirrel is right twice a day.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (guGkK)

"Even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin once a day."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (R+iUD)

107 Democratic socialism can be characterized as follows:

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Impoverishment, Misery, and eventually Death Camps.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (t/lcw)

108 99 Some wonderful things are happening with the Iran situation, finally! Puts a lot of what's been happening in a new light, and now we finally know what Rubio has been doing!
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (edUvp)

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Please explain.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:56 PM (fgSb9)

109 When you stare into the zombie, the zombie also stares into you.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 05:56 PM (ndZc7)

110 Mandami NYC Rent Control stats in October 2026.....
1. NYC Rent prices up 500% on 1 July 2026......
2. Rental properties nonexistent in NYC..........

Mamdami had to negotiate a deal with Hochul so she'd release him state money so he could "balance" the NYC budget. Any guesses what favors he promised her, what Faustian bargain took place, to get that money? Have we seen the fruits of that come out yet?

I never thought I'd say this, but in The Wire, maybe the white mayor of Baltimore who rejected the bailout by the governor was actually doing the right thing, and it wasn't just an ego trip on his part. Because the Mamdami/Hochul alliance is the opposite of that. And it will probably wreak more havoc and decay.

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:56 PM (gWBY1)

111 "Even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin once a day."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (R+iUD)

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lol

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:56 PM (t/lcw)

112 "Even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin once a day."
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (R+iUD)

Damn. If I would have worked a little harder I would have come up with a gem like that. Maybe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (guGkK)

113 It is really kinda funny that to this day, the party that killed off the majority are remember that "The Bolsheviks".

God loves a good joke, it seems.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)
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The "Antifa" brand making a comeback is *chef's kiss*
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (ZOv7s)
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Wow, "are remember that' has to be one of my all time top manglings.

Posted by: Captain Barbosa at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)

114 Singham who ? "Singham's father Archibald Singham was Sri Lankan. In his youth, Singham was a member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, a Black nationalist–Maoist group, taking a job at a Chrysler plant in Detroit in 1972 as an activist in the group"

I want the good old days when we did not let commies and nazis (islamo or otherwise) into the US.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (GD0B3)

115 We’re using the Democratic Party as a ballot-access vehicle, not because we share its goals.

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Bizarro maga - muzzies against good americans

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (znREB)

116 The Democrats could go for a Canadian solution. Two parties for the lefties.

The regular Democrat Party for the regular batshit crazy like our Liberals.

And then the NDP who are more hardcore batshit crazy.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)

That doesn't help because in our system fractional parties gain no traction and need to become a faction in a nationwide party to get any influence. It is a great moderating influence here - you have to tone down your rhetoric to sane levels. Democrats just have the problem that their factions are all batshit crazy now.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (uhVAy)

117 The left side of politics and the IQ distribution have never been good with the Law of Unintended Consequences. Only this time it just may destroy their whole party.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (xvV+O)

118 "Even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin once a day."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (R+iUD)
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Sometimes twice.

Posted by: Blind Squirrel at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)

119 I'm going to put a marker down: if the GOP holds the Senate, Fetterman will switch parties. Right now he's hedging his bets in case the Dems get lucky. But if they fail, he knows he will be primaried and lose, so jumping sides would both be plausible ("I'm putting country before party") and he will be able to forestall a strong GOP primary challenge by voting the right way and earning respect (plus GOP Senate $$$ will shore him up).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:58 PM (ZOv7s)

120 Fuckin' commies. I might hate commies worse than Illinois Nazis.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:58 PM (bl07w)

121 >>Democratic socialism can be characterized as follows:

The Velvet Glove hides the Iron Hand

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:58 PM (HmitH)

122 >>Unfortunately and insanely, the Venn Diagram intersection of American Citizens and Communists appears to be accelerating and now approaching at least 50% ...

I think it's a bit less. Aside from a few old burnouts like Bernie, the vast majority of the new vanguard is young and stupid. That's what 8 years in our finest institutions of higher learning do these days, spit out dumbass communists.

They are loud and profoundly stupid but I think the actual number of true believers is a relatively small group. Not that the threat shouldn't be taken seriously but there are still way more normal people than these Gen Stupid wannabe Maos and Stalins. We just need to start acting like it.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 05:58 PM (viF8m)

123 118 "Even a blind squirrel fucks a pumpkin once a day."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (R+iUD)
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Sometimes twice.
Posted by: Blind Squirrel at June 26, 2026 05:57 PM (Fi81e)

Get that randy little shit outta my garden already. Caddie! my suppressed .22.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:59 PM (bl07w)

124 OT, sorta, but Steam is now making the Qwerty all assmad because they are allowing customers to filter out all the rainbow stuff.

It's "censoring the reach"! youtu.be/Z4gCiulMzrE
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE)
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I've been doing that all along.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)

125 Speaking of fucking pumpkins, is AOC going to go full commie or just stay a socialist?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:59 PM (fgSb9)

126 Far-Left Billionaire Financier, who is a Maoist, or socialist or whatever commie flavor there is. What a scam! They don't give a shit about the working class. All they want is power, and their shtick is a vehicle for a totalitarian power grab. Hope they are @#!%$^&*% !

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 06:00 PM (GD0B3)

127 >>> 123
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Get that randy little shit outta my garden already. Caddie! my suppressed .22.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:59 PM (bl07w)

Wait, you Alaskans have *gub* caddies?! How does Texas not have this!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 06:00 PM (R+iUD)

128
Hakeem's days are leader are numbered. Same with Chuck.

Posted by: JackStraw

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And these smooth-brains probably think their new commie brat overlords are the Democrat version of MAGA. "The extremists in both parties are taking over!"

Not quite, boomers. MAGA succeeds because it's pragmatic and faithful to ideals. It will elevate America and draw more members from everywhere while your commie brats drag your party off a cliff.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (XJ22o)

129 I saw Fucking Pumpkins open for 4 Non Blondes at the Santa Monica Civic in '87.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (guGkK)

130 770,000 registered voters. Only about 66,000 voted in the election for the anti American Marxist.

The next time somebody tells you voting doesn’t matter, tie them to your bumper and drive into the wall

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (7kply)

131 Fuckin' commies. I might hate commies worse than Illinois Nazis.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:58 PM (bl07w)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77wKp3eywzg

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (Fi81e)

132 I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but there's no way that some legitimate governmental or law agency can't stop the money given by Neville Singham and others who are working for a color revolution in America?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (2sfNr)

133 It is all envy. These kids who think they should just walk into success are finding out that hard work is, get this, hard work, and they don't wanna do it. So, they want what you have, and you are just going to have to give it to them.

Over my dead body.

Some of them are willing to take that challenge.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (bl07w)

134 Maher will still vote for them.

Maher is the kind of Jew that isn't really kosher, but hates Christianity.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (qFwJc)

135 I saw Fucking Pumpkins open for 4 Non Blondes at the Santa Monica Civic in '87.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (guGkK)
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I hate fucking pumpkins!

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:02 PM (Fi81e)

136 OT, sorta, but Steam is now making the Qwerty all assmad because they are allowing customers to filter out all the rainbow stuff.

It's "censoring the reach"! youtu.be/Z4gCiulMzrE
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:55 PM (gKWVE)
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I've been doing that all along.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:59 PM (Fi81e)

There's a Firefox browser addon called Unwanted Twitch that let's you filter out Twitch channels. Highly useful.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 06:02 PM (dK+Kv)

137 If you are feeling a little down or depressed about the communists taking over the democrap party:

1. The donk old guard now knows it's in trouble and will fight back.
2. Buy ammo. It always makes me feel good.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 26, 2026 06:02 PM (xvV+O)

138 >>> 132 I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but there's no way that some legitimate governmental or law agency can't stop the money given by Neville Singham and others who are working for a color revolution in America?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (2sfNr)

"If they wanted to..."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 06:02 PM (R+iUD)

139 9
That DSA spokesman's thin little mustache makes him look like John Waters. It also hides the stretchmarks.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (OkYzo)

It's ironic.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 06:02 PM (CkCGs)

140 "She wants to abolish not just the police but the very concept of policing entirely."

Fine by me. We'll pile up leftist bodies in the streets like cord wood.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at June 26, 2026 06:03 PM (pE12i)

141 I love Carville...he plays the idiot so well. Today he's griping about the communists taking over the party...just the other day he was endorsing a the dude in Maine with the Nazi tattoo, and a dedication to communism.

What's not to like about disingenuous jackassery like that?

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 06:03 PM (dIske)

142 Mamdami said “ give me the money or we rape you”

Posted by: Accomack at June 26, 2026 06:03 PM (GbONR)

143 ------------

Unfortunately and insanely, the Venn Diagram intersection of American Citizens and Communists appears to be accelerating and now approaching at least 50% ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (t/lcw)
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Those appeals are to the same 33%. If they get a new recruit another drops out in disgust.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:04 PM (Q8D76)

144 Well, there's so many to chose from.

LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

Obama library attendees:

"Being black."

"Mm, right now, you know — I can't remember."

"I can't think, you caught me off guard."

"Just being there."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 06:04 PM (ndZc7)

145
Speaking of fucking pumpkins, is AOC going to go full commie or just stay a socialist?
Posted by: Seems Legit

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That very question came up on RealClearPolitics. It went unsettled, but the agreement was that her political talent is what will propel her into the Senate, regardless of where she settles on the lefty spectrum. Her energy, her looks, all that stuff is too darn good.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:04 PM (XJ22o)

146 That DSA spokesman's thin little mustache makes him look like John Waters. It also hides the stretchmarks.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (OkYzo)

It's ironic.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 06:02 PM (CkCGs)
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Huh?

Posted by: Alanis Morissette at June 26, 2026 06:04 PM (Fi81e)

147 Marxism is not a theory of economics or a political program, it is a religious movement built on the since of envy, greed, pride and wrath, which is why they happily change their targets to whoever is available.

I can't wait for them to turn on the Clintons and Obama.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

They already have, by discarding the Clinton/Obama policy of hiding what they do behind a compliant press and RINO opposition. Coming out as lawless galvanizes the people to raise true alternatives.

They already are marginalized, and old. The true believers think they can take over the party, but the fundraising and cheating parts are already showing that they don't know how to run them like the criminal Dems did.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

148 "Just being there."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 06:04 PM (ndZc7)

To be fair, most of the time that's pretty much what he did.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (bl07w)

149 The only way these commies can take control is if regular people don’t get out and vote. They keep winning because they’re organized and get enough people to the polls to beat the apathetic voters who never show up, but vastly outnumber them.

Remember that in November when little Muffie’s piano lesson is more important than voting.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (7kply)

150 I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but there's no way that some legitimate governmental or law agency can't stop the money given by Neville Singham and others who are working for a color revolution in America?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (2sfNr)
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If we had a real FEC. But we don't so it is not. And even if the FEC did something a federal district black robed tyrant would slap a nationwide injunction to stop the FEC and keep the illegal spic... money flowing to the left.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (xvV+O)

151 Not quite, boomers. MAGA succeeds because it's pragmatic and faithful to ideals. It will elevate America and draw more members from everywhere while your commie brats drag your party off a cliff.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:01 PM (XJ22o)
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Trump's "extreme agenda" in 2016 was stolen from Bill Clinton. He heavily plagiarized Bill's speeches and dared the media to call him out, but they couldn't because that would hurt Hillary.

Trump is a 90s centrist.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

152 "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

Fundamentally transforming America.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (MWfyi)

153 We are in a fight to the death- we just will not acknowledge it yet.

Note: I get why we don't, it just seems tragic to me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 06:06 PM (zZu0s)

154 One has to be utterly ahistorical to be unaware this would not happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:06 PM (RIvkX)

155 Revolutions eat their own

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)

156 *would happen

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:06 PM (RIvkX)

157 They already are marginalized, and old. The true believers think they can take over the party, but the fundraising and cheating parts are already showing that they don't know how to run them like the criminal Dems did.

One day they'll look back wistfully on the days when crime and corruption actually turned a profit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:07 PM (guGkK)

158 Obama's greatest achievement may have been helping keep Hillary from the Presidency.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:07 PM (MWfyi)

159 What Skip daid

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)

160 Speaking of fucking pumpkins, is AOC going to go full commie or just stay a socialist?
Posted by: Seems Legit

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That very question came up on RealClearPolitics. It went unsettled, but the agreement was that her political talent is what will propel her into the Senate, regardless of where she settles on the lefty spectrum. Her energy, her looks, all that stuff is too darn good.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:04 PM (XJ22o)

A lot of people have been stuck at the Congressional level while statewide office escaped them. AoC is pretty much controlled opposition now and a fundraiser for the old guard, and I'm not sure the zealots want her as part of the leadership either.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:07 PM (uhVAy)

161 Dammit

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:07 PM (RIvkX)

162 The only way these commies can take control is if regular people don’t get out and vote. They keep winning because they’re organized and get enough people to the polls to beat the apathetic voters who never show up, but vastly outnumber them.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (7kply)
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It's not even that, they are able to steal marches in safe Dem seats with long-time incumbents who've gotten complacent.

That's it. That's the secret sauce. They may actually make some of those seats competitive in the general.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 06:07 PM (ZOv7s)

163 Same radio show:
DeNiro campaigned for Mandami, helped him much. He wanted a one on one with Mandami because he thought he was taking it too far too fast. Upon request Mandami said, bugger off old man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:08 PM (Q8D76)

164 Headline (Reuters):

"Israel, Lebanon sign initial agreement after US-mediated talks"

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 06:08 PM (rj6Yv)

165 As I said this AM, when I saw the vid of Weiner I almost felt sorry for him . Then I remembered he's Scott Weiner. Sow the wind , reap the whirlwind

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 06:08 PM (lqjOp)

166 her political talent is what will propel her into the Senate, regardless of where she settles on the lefty spectrum. Her energy, her looks, all that stuff is too darn good.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:04 PM (XJ22o)

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None of those words about AOC made sense to me. Is RealClearPolitics high?

It's a legit question, will she "pivot" to communism to appeal to a non-existent base? NYC is one thing; appealing to all of New York is different. But never forget, it's who counts the votes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:09 PM (fgSb9)

167 If we had a real FEC. But we don't so it is not. And even if the FEC did something a federal district black robed tyrant would slap a nationwide injunction to stop the FEC and keep the illegal spic... money flowing to the left.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (xvV+O)
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They did not find Elton John's concert for Hillary's supporters "a thing of value".

But supposably some vague scuttlebutt from a long naturalized Armenian expat from the USSR and a Russian lawyer that the Clintons worked with a number of times who never paid off on the premise of the meeting, was definitely that.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:09 PM (Fi81e)

168 That's it. That's the secret sauce. They may actually make some of those seats competitive in the general.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Competitive for Republicans because the so-called Dem is such a nut job?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:09 PM (Q8D76)

169 Trump's "extreme agenda" in 2016 was stolen from Bill Clinton. He heavily plagiarized Bill's speeches and dared the media to call him out, but they couldn't because that would hurt Hillary.

Trump is a 90s centrist.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)

He was, but it looks like he's building a new model for us of hemispheric dominance, tariffs, and going back to the McKinley era of carrying that big stick

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (uhVAy)

170 Dems are insane. They view hatred of our own country as a virtue.

Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (FMtrg)

171 None of those words about AOC made sense to me. Is RealClearPolitics high?
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Yes, it is a website that partakes.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (Fi81e)

172 Part of the problem is no one wants to run for office except for these assholes.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (MWfyi)

173 Please explain.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:56 PM (fgSb9)

minor thing - US bombed some radar installations because Iran started to attack shipping again. They're trying to force everyone to pay a hefty fee to them for going through the straits.

Major Item: Rubio announced a major tripartite framework between Israel, Lebanon, and the US, in which Israel will gradually turn territory over to the Lebanese Army and NOT allow Hezbollah back. Now the really interesting part is that this completely negates a lot of the negotiations that Vance has been doing with Iran; in fact it pretty much tosses Vance and his team under the bus.

It's suddenly starting to look like Trump has sent Vance
and Rubio working in two different directions in the negotiations, probably to see which one got true results first. Rubio comes out looking like a champion with a solid supportable agreement, Vance like a chump with most of what he's done suddenly blown up in his face.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (edUvp)

174 Would you want to run for office?

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:11 PM (MWfyi)

175 Dems are insane. They view hatred of our own country as a virtue.

Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (FMtrg)
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They're finding their comfort level with saying it out loud.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)

176 None of those words about AOC made sense to me. Is RealClearPolitics high?

It's a legit question, will she "pivot" to communism to appeal to a non-existent base? NYC is one thing; appealing to all of New York is different. But never forget, it's who counts the votes.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:09 PM (fgSb9)

I have her pegged as Maxine Waters 2.0. Been there forever, has her uses, but no influence on party policies.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)

177 170 Dems are insane. They view hatred of our own country as a virtue.
Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (FMtrg)

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That appears to be true and it's tragic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:12 PM (fgSb9)

178 Dems are insane. They view hatred of our own country as a virtue.

Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (FMtrg)
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They're finding their comfort level with saying it out loud.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)

That's what modern colleges will do to you

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

179 Yep. Fly an American flag. It tells everyone you're definitely not a Dem.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:12 PM (guGkK)

180
Mamdami had to negotiate a deal with Hochul so she'd release him state money so he could "balance" the NYC budget. Any guesses what favors he promised her, what Faustian bargain took place, to get that money? Have we seen the fruits of that come out yet?

Posted by: LizLem

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I thought it was simply that Hochul is a confused, gutless fuddy-duddy who wants another 20 years of grifting and who sensed which way the wind was blowing. So... cave.

What's your theory, I'm curious?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:12 PM (XJ22o)

181 "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

Fundamentally transforming America.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (MWfyi)
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Transforming America's fundament.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)

182 Dems are insane. They view hatred of our own country as a virtue.
Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (FMtrg)
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They aim higher - the destruction of Western civilization.

Replaced by players to be named later.

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 06:13 PM (rj6Yv)

183 Zero point zero sympathy for Scott Weiner. He’s a vile gay pedophile who spent his entire political career trying to send people like me away in boxcars. Now the boxcar comes for him. Fuck him.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 06:13 PM (ylcOs)

184 As I said this AM, when I saw the vid of Weiner I almost felt sorry for him . Then I remembered he's Scott Weiner. Sow the wind , reap the whirlwind
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 06:08 PM (lqjOp)
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He's a sniveling coward.

He said the Israelis were guilty of genocide but saying "Free Palestine" to a thug is a bridge too far.

My friends are freaking out because I said, "Own it, Scott." Your chickens are roosting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:13 PM (RIvkX)

185 Democrats have be Communist-in-all-but-Name for decades. The Donk leadership is merely upset that the radicals have spilled the beans and are now admittedly Communist. Now we get to watch both sides consume each other in a purity spiral. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of minions of Satan.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 06:13 PM (ksbjf)

186 >>As I said this AM, when I saw the vid of Weiner I almost felt sorry for him . Then I remembered he's Scott Weiner. Sow the wind , reap the whirlwind

This will be a really interesting situation. Not only are they communists, to a person they are rabid Jew haters. Some are openly calling for Jews to be driven out of NYC. One of the best candidate the Democrats have for 28 is Governor Shapiro in PA. He has no shot now.

I'm interested to see how long Bernie remains a hero and how much self-hate he is willing to endure before he is erased. And he's probably too stupid to see it coming.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

187
I have her pegged as Maxine Waters 2.0. Been there forever, has her uses, but no influence on party policies.
Posted by: Oldcat

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Yes! That's what I've said from the beginning, except I think I called her Charlie Rangel 2.0. Loud, annoying, crazy, ultimately ineffective.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:14 PM (XJ22o)

188 It's suddenly starting to look like Trump has sent Vance
and Rubio working in two different directions in the negotiations, probably to see which one got true results first. Rubio comes out looking like a champion with a solid supportable agreement, Vance like a chump with most of what he's done suddenly blown up in his face.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (edUvp)

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I'm not sure what to think about that, unless Trump has found Rubio to be more loyal to him and his policies than Vance?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:14 PM (fgSb9)

189 Muldoon has competition

lara
@klara_sjo
14h

There once was a woman named Jill.
She gooned with a bomb for the thrill.
They found her vagina in North Carolina,
and bits of her tits in Brazil.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 06:14 PM (rbvCR)

190 Also I said Chevalier opposes mixed marriages.

Like Strom Thurmond did. But then again he was a Democrat back in the day too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:15 PM (RIvkX)

191 It's not "Weiner", it's "Wiener".
Either of them would be happy to show it to you.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 06:15 PM (gKWVE)

192 The only way these commies can take control is if regular people don’t get out and vote. They keep winning because they’re organized and get enough people to the polls to beat the apathetic voters who never show up, but vastly outnumber them.

Remember that in November when little Muffie’s piano lesson is more important than voting.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 06:05 PM (7kply)

That's very dated these days. They no longer get out actual people to vote. They just print ballots. That's been the case in big cities in states for 50+ years.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:15 PM (uhVAy)

193 The 'trilateral framework' involving Lebanon, America, and Israel assumes that the Lebanese military will take action against Hezbollah, a dubious proposition even with the United States offering an immediate $100 million to Lebanon for "humanitarian aid" and additional sums for the Lebanese military.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:15 PM (O4a1O)

194 They're finding their comfort level with saying it out loud.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:11 PM (Fi81e)

That's what modern colleges will do to you
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)
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Yep. The Laboratory for extremist politics.

Remember when they were saying that positive consent "worked in universities" so it ought to become the law outside?

Thus the state could jail you for rape because you didn't go through the correct consent process to legally obtain sex. And "mistakes" could turn retroactively into rapes.

Because it "worked at the universities".

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:16 PM (Fi81e)

195 183 Zero point zero sympathy for Scott Weiner. He’s a vile gay pedophile who spent his entire political career trying to send people like me away in boxcars. Now the boxcar comes for him. Fuck him.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 06:13 PM (ylcOs)

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I agree.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:16 PM (fgSb9)

196 Unfortunately and insanely, the Venn Diagram intersection of American Citizens and Communists appears to be accelerating and now approaching at least 50% ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:53 PM (t/lcw)

The chillren that graduated from our public indoctrination schools are becoming voting-aged now. I'm not optimistic about the future.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 06:16 PM (7dSKQ)

197 164 Headline (Reuters):

"Israel, Lebanon sign initial agreement after US-mediated talks"

Posted by: mrp
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At the office someone would always put together a football grid.
Pay a $ per square for a score or touchdowns or whatever. Day after the game there was always a winner or two.
One could put one of those together for, 'how long will it be before radical forces in Lebanon break the deal'. That would be fun.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:17 PM (Q8D76)

198 158 Obama's greatest achievement may have been helping keep Hillary from the Presidency.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:07 PM (MWfyi)
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That's absolutely accurate. It's been so long that few remember the turmoil that match up caused. Hillary refused to pull out of the primary race, and it was obvious that she was getting screwed by the DNC (especially in the caucuses). I seem to recall actual documentation that they were rigging various states against her, and she as angry. Which is how she ended up at Sec. of State as a concession.

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 06:17 PM (dIske)

199
Is RealClearPolitics high?

It's a legit question, will she "pivot" to communism to appeal to a non-existent base? NYC is one thing; appealing to all of New York is different. But never forget, it's who counts the votes.
Posted by: Seems Legit

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They considered that question, people on the panel disagreed as to how far left she already is, if she's already too tame for the commies and will get pushed out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:17 PM (XJ22o)

200 I'm not sure what to think about that, unless Trump has found Rubio to be more loyal to him and his policies than Vance?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:14 PM (fgSb9)

Probably the most and best fit skills to the task.

Vance is very good at calming raised hackles and advising what the actual choices are
Rubio is the heavy to enforce compliance.

If they are not competing, then that is a dream team.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 06:18 PM (rbvCR)

201 Tousi is reporting both IRGC and US attacks around Hormuz.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 06:18 PM (RIvkX)

202
I don't want to be in a political party that denies the right of the state of Israel to exist. That's just not-- I just can't do that."
_James Carville, devout Democrat

It's your party and you can cry if you want to.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2026 06:18 PM (Cqx++)

203 Which is how she ended up at Sec. of State as a concession.
Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 06:17 PM (dIske)

At least she did a bang-up job for America there.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 06:19 PM (guGkK)

204 Hillary lost the moment Soros endorsed Obama over her.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 06:19 PM (viF8m)

205 Probably the most and best fit skills to the task.

Vance is very good at calming raised hackles and advising what the actual choices are
Rubio is the heavy to enforce compliance.

If they are not competing, then that is a dream team.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 06:18 PM (rbvCR)

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Another interesting take.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:19 PM (fgSb9)

206 "I'm not sure what to think about that, unless Trump has found Rubio to be more loyal to him and his policies than Vance?

Posted by: Seems Legit"

There can be more than one path to success but sometimes you have to explore dead ends.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:20 PM (MWfyi)

207 It's suddenly starting to look like Trump has sent Vance
and Rubio working in two different directions in the negotiations, probably to see which one got true results first. Rubio comes out looking like a champion with a solid supportable agreement, Vance like a chump with most of what he's done suddenly blown up in his face.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (edUvp)

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I'm not sure what to think about that, unless Trump has found Rubio to be more loyal to him and his policies than Vance?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 06:14 PM (fgSb9)

I doubt this because he has always used both. Rubio has been big on the new world side, Vance was leader in flogging the EU and 'allies'. I doubt either is in eclipse so soon.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)

208 If I had to guess AOC is probably a little miffed now that "The Squad" seems to be losing the avant garde position in their party.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:20 PM (Fi81e)

209 @190 Strom opposed muxed marriages as a Dem. So he did the next best thing. He had a kid with a black woman that he kept vsecret

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 06:20 PM (lqjOp)

210 There once was a woman named Jill.
"She gooned with a bomb for the thrill.
They found her vagina in North Carolina,
and bits of her tits in Brazil.
Posted by: Kindltot"

Blew her to kingdom come.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:21 PM (MWfyi)

211 Dems are insane. They view hatred of our own country as a virtue.
Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (FMtrg)

Didn't the ancient Greeks have a saying? "Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad." Hubris followed by Nemesis is a concept milenia-old.

Communism needs to be understood as an inversion of Christianity. Communism purports to help the downtrodden, but requires the commission of the Sins of Pride, Wrath, Envy and Greed. There is no spirit of love: they merely regard people as things to be used and discarded as necessary to bring about Heaven-on-Earth(tm).

This Chevalier chick even run a lemonade stand? She's been a professional grad student for 7 years. She has the hubris to think that she can run the world, and she will gladly kill anyone in her path.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 06:22 PM (ksbjf)

212 >>> Now the really interesting part is that this completely negates a lot of the negotiations that Vance has been doing with Iran; in fact it pretty much tosses Vance and his team under the bus.
_Tom Servo
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How? What? I don't understand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:22 PM (Q8D76)

213 >>I doubt this because he has always used both. Rubio has been big on the new world side, Vance was leader in flogging the EU and 'allies'. I doubt either is in eclipse so soon.

Neither Vance nor Rubio are freelancing. More than maybe any president in my lifetime one guy is running the plays, Trump.

Trump is a dealmaker. That is his core. Not a chance in hell he outsourced this deal to anyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 06:23 PM (viF8m)

214 That's absolutely accurate. It's been so long that few remember the turmoil that match up caused. Hillary refused to pull out of the primary race, and it was obvious that she was getting screwed by the DNC (especially in the caucuses). I seem to recall actual documentation that they were rigging various states against her, and she as angry. Which is how she ended up at Sec. of State as a concession.
Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 06:17 PM (dIske)

What killed Hillary was the Superdelegates being 100 percent Obamas. It put her in a huge hole and she took months to effectively counter and start winning primary delegates. She never caught up. The Supers were restricted and nullified in subsequent elections but the moment for her was done.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:23 PM (uhVAy)

215 Blew her to kingdom come.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:21 PM (MWfyi)
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I understand about half of that sentence!

Posted by: Kamala at June 26, 2026 06:23 PM (Fi81e)

216 How can this be? I read on this very site an opinion that stated Rubio was not on board with the way things were going with Iran and that his silence on the matter was a sign of disapproval

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 06:24 PM (afJtY)

217
she ended up at Sec. of State as a concession.
Posted by: Orson

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Is it possible anyone was there who will tell us, someday, how that conversation went down? It had to have been the most raw, cynical carving up of the national interest ever.

My biggest question is, who had the upper hand?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:25 PM (XJ22o)

218 Hillary refused to pull out of the primary race, and it was obvious that she was getting screwed by the DNC (especially in the caucuses). I seem to recall actual documentation that they were rigging various states against her, and she as angry.

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 06:17 PM (dIske)
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I think Trump put it best: "She really got schlonged!"

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)

219 @186 JackStraw, yup kind of surprised that no one is pointing out that Bernie at least by birth is Jewish. Some crazed Muslim in the DS coalition will probably have at old Bernie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 06:25 PM (lqjOp)

220 How? What? I don't understand.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:22 PM (Q8D76)
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Iran insisted that Israel halt its advance against Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of the tentative peace agreement framework and reopening of the Persian Gulf, and the Trump administration made Israel comply. Since then, Iran has been shrieking that Israel must withdraw entirely from Lebanon, in exchange for nothing, and permit Hezbollah ample opportunity to recover. The 'trilateral framework' between Lebanon, America, and Israel supposedly has Lebanon's military dismantling Hezbollah, which would be a major blow to Iran - except there's little probability of it occurring.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:26 PM (O4a1O)

221 This Chevalier chick even run a lemonade stand? She's been a professional grad student for 7 years. She has the hubris to think that she can run the world, and she will gladly kill anyone in her path.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer
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This story reminds one of that idiot they elected County Judge in TX. (County Judge is big deal in TX) She was Stanford grad, cute, cute Lil' Commandante' uniforms. She may be going to prison, but every time things got tough she had a mental and went to rehab.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:26 PM (Q8D76)

222 Ben Had

Trump is the speak loudly and have trusted assistants carry out policy he decides. His deeds are revealed after the fact.

The bombast conceals ... stuff happening.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:26 PM (u82oZ)

223 in summary, our march to The Burning Times continues apace...

Posted by: weew at June 26, 2026 06:26 PM (9TspW)

224 How can this be? I read on this very site an opinion that stated Rubio was not on board with the way things were going with Iran and that his silence on the matter was a sign of disapproval

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 06:24 PM (afJtY)

Forget about it. He's on a roll.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 06:27 PM (dK+Kv)

225 It's suddenly starting to look like Trump has sent Vance
and Rubio working in two different directions in the negotiations, probably to see which one got true results first. Rubio comes out looking like a champion with a solid supportable agreement, Vance like a chump with most of what he's done suddenly blown up in his face.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (edUvp)

That is one interpretation of what's going on. I think incorrect, but you've gotten it in your head that VP Vance is a duplicitous person like Hillary Clinton and we've been defeated by the Iranians. Even though we gave them a beating of Biblical proportions.

Or, Pres. Trump has developed into a shrewd politician. The U.S. Congress and Senate have voted on the War Powers "to end the war(tm)." The MOU allows him to say, "Mute point, the war's been over for weeks." In the mean time, we keep on bombing the Iranians as necessary.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (ksbjf)

226 Blonde Morticia

Hillary was the tool the Deep State used to kneecap the EU with migrants through Libya.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (u82oZ)

227 The 'trilateral framework' involving Lebanon, America, and Israel assumes that the Lebanese military will take action against Hezbollah, a dubious proposition even with the United States offering an immediate $100 million to Lebanon for "humanitarian aid" and additional sums for the Lebanese military.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:15 PM (O4a1O)

It depends on if the newly raised 101 Lebanese Airborne Division is at the point in the movement on the ground and the last Hez leaders have missiles land on their heads. Without money and shipments from Iran or the UN, they are on borrowed time.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

228
If I had to guess AOC is probably a little miffed now that "The Squad" seems to be losing the avant garde position in their party.
Posted by: Axeman

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Funny, isn't it? And I actually haven't heard much from Ilhan lately on world events or national policy. She seems to be mostly parrying accusations of fraud.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (XJ22o)

229 By now I think even the biggest doubter agrees that the uniparty/deep state call it whatever rigs elections. Soros has been working with the CIA for decades running color revolutions and rigging elections around the globe. We all saw how they screwed Bernie in the primary. We saw what they did to Trump. Does anyone really believe Obama won the nomination the old fashion way?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (viF8m)

230 Blonde Morticia

Hillary was the tool the Deep State used to kneecap the EU with migrants through Libya.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (u82oZ)

if only the Deep State was so pro America.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

231 Me: "What is nutritional about Coca-Cola?"

FRAC Policy Director: "I am not a nutritionist."

Food Research & Action Center

Dammit Jim
I am Doctor
Not a Mason

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (/+uur)

232 which would be a major blow to Iran - except there's little probability of it occurring.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan
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Doesn't explain how the Lebanon deal blew up Vance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:29 PM (Q8D76)

233 Obama had the upper hand because he negotiated with Hillary to pay off her huge campaign debt. Then he kept carving out areas of responsibility for his various “cars” to handle certain regions.

She then got him back by setting up a shadow intel group with retired IC. And military leaders, her separate mail server, and looped Clinton Foundation with her State activities do that she could profit off of the info she had access to.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 06:29 PM (4KUe5)

234 The 'trilateral framework' involving Lebanon, America, and Israel assumes that the Lebanese military will take action against Hezbollah, a dubious proposition even with the United States offering an immediate $100 million to Lebanon for "humanitarian aid" and additional sums for the Lebanese military.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:15 PM (O4a1O)

It depends on if the newly raised 101 Lebanese Airborne Division is at the point in the movement on the ground and the last Hez leaders have missiles land on their heads. Without money and shipments from Iran or the UN, they are on borrowed time.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)

Led by Max Klinger, the unit terrifies the Hezbollah troops with devastating firepower and their fantastic fashion sense.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 06:30 PM (qx7Zg)

235 and while I have little in common with him, there is something relatable about this moment.

There is nothing, absolutely nothing relatable.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 06:30 PM (diia5)

236 That’s “czars”

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 06:30 PM (4KUe5)

237 By now I think even the biggest doubter agrees that the uniparty/deep state call it whatever rigs elections. Soros has been working with the CIA for decades running color revolutions and rigging elections around the globe. We all saw how they screwed Bernie in the primary. We saw what they did to Trump. Does anyone really believe Obama won the nomination the old fashion way?
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (viF8m)

There were students crossing into Ohio and voting there in huge numbers to push Obama over the edge in the general. So it isn't just the nomination, its the general election too.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)

238 Does anyone really believe Obama won the nomination the old fashion way?

Posted by: JackStraw
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Or the election?

Romney won.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:31 PM (Q8D76)

239 Oldcat

The Deep State is pro Feudalism, with them as the elites. I know. I have Deep Staters in my family.

They will not debate me. Tell me to shut up and lie to me is their go-to tactic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:31 PM (u82oZ)

240 The three signatories to the Lebanon deal are: Israel, Lebanon, and the US. Hezbollah sez they will not support an agreement that involves direct talks with Israel.

As for an agreement - why not? Lebanon + Israel + the US puts Hez in a box. Iran is a shadow of itself (the US launched airstrikes against Iran earlier today).

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 06:31 PM (rj6Yv)

241 Romney won.

Posted by: Braenyard "

In a crazy kind of way, we did too.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 06:32 PM (MWfyi)

242 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (edUvp)

I read the agreement that Lebanon and Israel signed under the auspices of the USA. It reads beautifully and if it works out it will be a true change. It is my understanding that both Lebanon and Israel were mighty pissed off at how Lebanon got tossed into the Iranian MOU pile, under Iranian pressure, I might add. So this new agreement completely negates Hezbos presence in Lebanon, in addition to affirming and legitimizing Israel and Lebanon's governments moves in removing and disarming Hezbos. Very good work indeed.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 06:32 PM (GD0B3)

243 The Deep State is pro Feudalism, with them as the elites. I know. I have Deep Staters in my family.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Yep. Their goal is serfdom and transnational aristocracy.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 06:33 PM (diia5)

244 After the death of Yahya Sinwar, CUAD's Substack published a glowing eulogy of the Hamas terrorist who masterminded the October 7 attack on Israelis. ... The group called on its followers to "reflect on how we can make ourselves more like him."

Dead?

Posted by: toby928(c) at June 26, 2026 06:33 PM (4NO2D)

245 No, Obama was given the nomination.
There were a lot of Hillary supporters who were angry- the PUMAs : Party Unity My Azz.

Bet most are still Democrat, though.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 06:33 PM (4KUe5)

246
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 06:29 PM (4KUe5)

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That makes sense (and I know you meant czars, not cars), but isn't it customary for the winner to retire the loser's campaign debt?

I'd like to know why he put her in his cabinet. I guess... it never hurts to score a few points from the wine moms and AWFLs?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:33 PM (XJ22o)

247 fd

Without pbho smashing Trump in his face at the WHCD, Trump would not have run.

So Trump in office started with an Obama ego-error.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:34 PM (u82oZ)

248 241 Romney won.

Posted by: Braenyard "

In a crazy kind of way, we did too.

Posted by: fd
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Thank God.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:34 PM (Q8D76)

249 Lizzy

pbho needed a fusible link for Deep State takedowns. Hillary was the tool, and the blame-shed victim.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 06:35 PM (u82oZ)

250 Doesn't explain how the Lebanon deal blew up Vance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:29 PM (Q8D76)

Forget it. Tom Servo has become irrational concerning VP Vance. According to TS, Vance is as duplicitous as Hillary Clinton and convinced Pres. Trump to surrender to the Iranians.

I usually like his comments, but on this subject, I just have take his assessment with a grain of salt.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 06:35 PM (ksbjf)

251 Doesn't explain how the Lebanon deal blew up Vance.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:29 PM (Q8D76)
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Tom Servo could explain exactly what he meant by that, but I assume it involves Lebanon taking action against Hezbollah, which causes Iran to throw a fit and terminate negotiations.

Again, I've always assessed the probability of Lebanon ever doing so in a meaningful way as quite low.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:35 PM (O4a1O)

252 Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 06:10 PM (edUvp)

I read the agreement that Lebanon and Israel signed under the auspices of the USA. It reads beautifully and if it works out it will be a true change. It is my understanding that both Lebanon and Israel were mighty pissed off at how Lebanon got tossed into the Iranian MOU pile, under Iranian pressure, I might add. So this new agreement completely negates Hezbos presence in Lebanon, in addition to affirming and legitimizing Israel and Lebanon's governments moves in removing and disarming Hezbos. Very good work indeed.
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 06:32 PM (GD0B3)

We are running a similar game in Lebanon (and Gaza) as in Iran. While "negotiations" are running the war vanishes off the headlines. When Hez gets mad and fires missiles, We go blast them some more and knock off another terrorist leader to start negotiating again. Eventually the stocks of arms, or leaders will run dry, or Lebanon will be emboldened to help crush out the terrorists.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:37 PM (uhVAy)

253 JackStraw, I believe he won the nomination on the basis of his speech at the DNC convention. The US is ready for a black president sentiment was going to put an end to the racial animus for once and all. Did he win the presidency. No

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 06:37 PM (afJtY)

254 That colorful authentic hood screaming at Scott Weiner is just moments away from own carmelloo anthony response to being 'didrespected' by Weiner.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 06:39 PM (LHPAg)

255 Without money and shipments from Iran or the UN, they are on borrowed time.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:28 PM (uhVAy)
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The peace agreement framework negotiations process is about to deliver Iran ample funds, a portion of which will be passed along to Hezbollah, assuming Iran's leadership isn't foolish enough to throw this opportunity away.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:39 PM (O4a1O)

256 Again, I've always assessed the probability of Lebanon ever doing so in a meaningful way as quite low.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:35 PM (O4a1O)
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Not alone, of course. But that won't be the case, now, with Israel and the US both being signatories. Hezbollah will essentially be cut-off from outside aid if they act up. I suspect that a LOT of US financial, political, and defense spending to subsidise Lebanon's military has been committed for the enforcement of this agreement.

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 06:40 PM (rj6Yv)

257 Tom Servo could explain exactly what he meant by that, but I assume it involves Lebanon taking action against Hezbollah, which causes Iran to throw a fit and terminate negotiations.

Again, I've always assessed the probability of Lebanon ever doing so in a meaningful way as quite low.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:35 PM (O4a1O)

If not for Lebanon, they'd just have to find another reason. I love how both the US and Iran are competing to be the one to close the straits of Hormuz. They are so mad we are stealing their hostage lines.

The main problem for the IRGC is that if they look weak by giving in, the internal army, or rebels will swamp them. There's no real chance for a long term IRGC rule there and not many places to run to with a golden parachute.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)

258 Excellent point, NaCl Dog!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 06:40 PM (4KUe5)

259 The peace agreement framework negotiations process is about to deliver Iran ample funds, a portion of which will be passed along to Hezbollah, assuming Iran's leadership isn't foolish enough to throw this opportunity away.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:39 PM (O4a1O)

Passed along how? We control what the funds are spent on, and what traffic flows into Lebanon. The UN was used to smuggle stuff in but they have been cut out recently.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)

260 That colorful authentic hood screaming at Scott Weiner is just moments away from own carmelloo anthony response to being 'didrespected' by Weiner.
Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 06:39 PM (LHPAg)

That would be ... unfortunate -- for the aptly-named Weiner the MAP. *snort*

Back when I was a cop, we classified that sort of scumbag-on-scumbag homicide as "No humans involved." It's a two-fer deal: one gets planted and one gets shipped to prison.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 06:42 PM (ksbjf)

261 Nood

Week in Woke

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 06:44 PM (ksbjf)

262 Cut U.N. out of the deal. Cut NATO out of the deal. Cut E.U. out of the deal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:44 PM (Q8D76)

263 That makes sense (and I know you meant czars, not cars), but isn't it customary for the winner to retire the loser's campaign debt?

I'd like to know why he put her in his cabinet. I guess... it never hurts to score a few points from the wine moms and AWFLs?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 06:33 PM (XJ22o)

The Clinton faction was checked, but not dead. Obama needed to build his own faction. Giving Hillary a real job to screw up in kept her from undermining him publicly and made her part of the team to take blame for foreign blunders.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:45 PM (uhVAy)

264 Passed along how? We control what the funds are spent on, and what traffic flows into Lebanon. The UN was used to smuggle stuff in but they have been cut out recently.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)
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Money is as fungible in 2026 as it was under Obama's Iran agreement, and Iran will find ways to transfer funds to Hezbollah, especially if Israel is restricted in its operations in Lebanon.

I'd love to be proven wrong by Lebanon actually becoming a sovereign state for the first time in half a century and suppressing Hezbollah, but it still seems quite unlikely to me.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 26, 2026 06:46 PM (O4a1O)

265 ___

They'll have to cross interlocking fields of fire first.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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{{{SMH at God's mercy }}}
Hey, I missed that. As long as we have you we'll be safe.
--- interlocking fields of fire, heh, sounds romantic

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 06:47 PM (Q8D76)

266 First watched a new video of Lahaina, 3 years and little rebuilding.
Now lead to a video of what was there on a walking tour

Thats what parts of LA ate going to be, years and nothing getting rebuild

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 06:49 PM (Ia/+0)

267 I don't know, Ben Had. Easy to dump on that fat old hag but in 2016 she was The One long before Obama. And she was also a first. Her nomination was going to be practically a coronation.

Democrats cleared the field for 2020 and installed Joe. That was obvious to anyone who watched it. Then they stuck him in the White House. I will always believe Obama was the nominee they wanted in 2012 because for a while his permanent suntan made him almost off limits for criticism and he and that wookie he hangs around with are every bit the corrupt money grubbers the Clintons are.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2026 06:49 PM (viF8m)

Elon Musk Posts Entire Film "Citizen Vigilante"

The Uwe Boll/Armie Hammer violent revenge thriller Citizen Vigilante has been banned in Germany for being too closely linked to actual crimes the establishment insists aren't even happening, Racists.

Action thriller "Citizen Vigilante," starring Armie Hammer, has been banned in Germany for its extreme violence and alleged anti-migrant message, according to director Uwe Boll. The film, billed as a modern-day riff on "Death Wish," is being released in the U.S. on Friday by Quiver.
"The rating system refused to give us a rating [in Germany], so now you can only watch it if you bring in a Blu-ray from Austria or Switzerland," Boll told the Daily Telegraph. "And I think they did that on purpose. It was a deliberate censorship decision. I hired a lawyer to complain about it, but we lost in a six-two vote as I was told that the film was inciting violence against migrants."

"Citizen Vigilante," which begins with a mother being stabbed to death by migrant criminals in front of her son, features Hammer as Sanders, an ordinary man who is enraged by the breakdown of law and order and decides to deliver vigilante justice to criminals and the corrupt officials that protect them. His targets are mostly, but not exclusively, migrants.
"Citizen Vigilante" was inspired by a notorious case in Hamburg in 2016, when a group of teenagers gang-raped a 14-year-old girl and left her for dead, only for the perpetrators to walk free with suspended sentences.
"If you look at what happened in Hamburg, where the rapists walked free without any penalty, the coverage in the media was like 'Oh, the poor perpetrators,'" Boll told the Telegraph. "It's as if we're living in a completely insane and absurd political environment, especially in Europe, where people have completely lost track. There is a huge difference between so-called 'hate speech' and stabbing people in the neck. But facts don't matter anymore."
"It's absurd how I feel politically," Boll added. "Now you're being told that if you're a conservative about anything -- social, sexual, political -- that you're a Nazi. But this is how things stand at the moment. If you question anything -- such as the hundreds of billions being pumped into Ukraine -- then you're either a friend of Putin or a Nazi or both." When the Telegraph asked him if he was a Nazi, Boll laughed before answering: "I am not a Nazi!"

Just because he can, Elon Musk posted the entire movie on X. I assume he worked out some kind of payment for the filmmakers to compensate them. I guess he just wants the movie seen, including in Germany.

https://t.co/yvJOwOS4xE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 25, 2026

This clip is brutal:

Vigilante to the father of the acquitted gang rapist:

�On your son�s social media he said she deserved to be raped because of her mini skirt� Are these the values you�re teaching your children?�

He then calls out the imported victim-blaming culture� pic.twitter.com/1EZNgnTJ3V
— paseq (@xpaseqx) June 22, 2026

I haven't seen the movie, but this film is not playing around.

Boy was I wrong when I said something like "the movie will probably claim the real criminals are Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein's zombie."

Here is a clip of @MattWalshBlog on Citizen Vigilante @UweBollRAWNet pic.twitter.com/del0eYXMqU
— Sasha Stone (@realsashastone) June 25, 2026

Is it too inciting?

Well, Hollywood put out an explicitly pro-terrorist/pro-antifa/pro-bombing movie last years and then showered it with Oscars.

Paul Thomas Anderson's political thriller One Battle After Another earned 13 Academy Award nominations at the 2026 Oscars. It took home six awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.Total Nominations (13)The film was the second most-nominated movie of the year, with nods in the following categories:
Best Picture - Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Director - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Adapted Screenplay - Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Actor - Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Supporting Actor - Benicio Del Toro
Best Supporting Actor - Sean Penn
Best Supporting Actress - Teyana Taylor
Best Original Score - Jonny Greenwood
Best Casting - Cassandra Kulukundis
Best Production Design
Best Film Editing
Best Sound
Best Cinematography - Michael Bauman

So I guess "Our Betters" have laid down the rule that a movie that can incite people to easily-achievable real-world violence is not only acceptable, but laudable.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 Called the Corgis.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 04:31 PM (qx7Zg)

2 One of the fun things about having more money than anyone else in the world is you get to have fun with it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 04:31 PM (gnNyN)

3 Aren’t shit videos popular in Germany? I can assure you this film wasn’t banned because of the violence

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 26, 2026 04:31 PM (xnH3S)

4 Just because he can, Elon Musk posted the entire movie on X. I assume he worked out some kind of payment for the filmmakers to compensate them. I guess he just wants the movie seen, including in Germany.

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He probably will give Boll the money that the video generates, I suspect, even though it's from Musk's account.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:32 PM (EtuJi)

5 I'm still not going to root for Uwe Boll, by the way.

I've seen Postal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:32 PM (EtuJi)

6 Seriously, it is a call to arms.
There’s no story, just retribution as he calmly explains why he does it.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:33 PM (4KUe5)

7
Reposting from the last thread. So much material to work with.

uwe boll
@BollFILMS
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1h
Citizen Vigilante 2. Coming 2027

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 04:33 PM (kX27y)

8 Frist

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 04:34 PM (XV/Pl)

9 Excellent.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 04:34 PM (n5tGW)

10 I mean, 8th is not bad.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (XV/Pl)

11
One of the fun things about having more money than anyone else in the world is you get to have fun with it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

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lol I wish he'd give me half a million dollars. That's all I need for my Idea.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (XJ22o)

12 The scene with the rapist and his family is amazing for not even trying to show them as having the least bit of redeeming qualities.

The father simply states his son behaved within the values of his culture and faith.

BOOM!

No more pretending they can be reasoned with.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)

13 Gah! Willow'd:

Philosophically, I think that the rise of Marxism and Islam shows the danger of ordinary corruption. They're essentially confidence schemes, but in polities where grift is rampant, they have lost their immune response that would have protected against it.

Action becomes Repetition becomes Habit becomes Character which, when combined with Circumstance, becomes Destiny. Corruption that is not immediately rooted out swiftly becomes endemic, and collapse will surely follow, as inevitable as Nemesis pursuing Hubris.

And then, what can anyone say? "Uh, sure the rest of us are all scammers too, but the Islamunist is worse?" That is a weak defense that they can't even attempt anyway, once the lying has become habitual.

Therefore, logically, it will fall to the anti-socialist parts of the country to support the MAGA Federal gov't in using the 14A as shield and sword for the civil rights of Americans in those benighted places. Our human instinct to let them feel the consequences that they brought on themselves is unworthy of our higher nature, and With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility.
Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 04:33 PM (Sy6m/)

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (Sy6m/)

14 Ah, the definition of "FU Money." Good on him.

Posted by: Meric at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (pxDiK)

15 So I guess "Our Betters" have laid down the rule that a movie that can incite people to easily-achievable real-world violence is not only acceptable, but laudable.

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you have a point

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:36 PM (GD0B3)

16 One Battle After Another will suck all your brains out. Citizen Vigilante will point your mind toward rightousness.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 04:36 PM (LHPAg)

17 I have to open up 2 tabs, because I'm not the techie with 2 screens like my kids 🤣

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (n5tGW)

18 Uwe Boll did the only Dungeon Siege movie we're likely to get. "In The Name of the King".
I've not seen it, but people say it rises above "shit" to "garbage". Which I guess means better than the Jeremy Irons D&D movie, maybe about as good as ... uh... Mythica?
The other vidjagaem movies Boll had done were Producers scams. Just big writeoffs to bilk the German taxpayer.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (gKWVE)

19 Hi Eromero!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (Q28kH)

20 Might be a good action film,I like Armie

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (Ia/+0)

21 18 Uwe Boll did the only Dungeon Siege movie we're likely to get. "In The Name of the King".
I've not seen it, but people say it rises above "shit" to "garbage". Which I guess means better than the Jeremy Irons D&D movie, maybe about as good as ... uh... Mythica?
The other vidjagaem movies Boll had done were Producers scams. Just big writeoffs to bilk the German taxpayer.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (gKWVE)

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There was the newer one starring Chris Pine as well. It's pretty fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (EtuJi)

22 Effetes never understand why films like this get made. Don't think I want to watch it - not interested in splatter movies, even if the victims "deserve" it. I watched Death Wish, but I'd bet it's a lot more graphic than that was.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

23 This was less a movie than a series of vignettes where based white dude kills and maims evil-doing fer-ners. No character development. Minimal dialogue. 4 stars.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (wGerL)

24 The Lone Ranger by Gore Verbinski (misunderstood genius) and costarring Armie Hammer is an okay film!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:38 PM (EtuJi)

25 One Battle After Another will suck all your brains out.
Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 04:36 PM (LHPAg)

And not in the good way.

Posted by: Angela White at June 26, 2026 04:38 PM (zZu0s)

26 23 This was less a movie than a series of vignettes where based white dude kills and maims evil-doing fer-ners. No character development. Minimal dialogue. 4 stars.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (wGerL)

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Review of Taken?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:38 PM (EtuJi)

27 yeah but Uwe Boll had nothing to do with the Forgotten Realms flick with Hugh Grant and Chris Pines. Which is why it was fun.

Posted by: gKWVE rewatched that D&D movie last Tuesday at June 26, 2026 04:39 PM (gKWVE)

28 Wait. It's a Uwe Boll movie?

I'll pass.

Already made the mistake of watching In the Name of the King because of Jason Statham and Ray Liotta, among others.

Ray Liotta became my favorite actor, but a Dark Lord from Jersey, I was not ready for.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

29 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:38 PM (EtuJi)

What is your review of Citizen Vigilante?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 26, 2026 04:39 PM (wGerL)

30 I reviewed is a couple threads back

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I thought it was kind of bad at first with lots of stuff that is offputting. But upon reflection, it is close to a perfect motivational piece. It makes it clear that there will be a lot of blood, a lot of innocents "just doing their job" killed, and a lot of imperfect heros

I don't know if it was intentional, but I am starting to think it is a brilliant masterpiece.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

244 Yes, I want to reiterate - the movie is a masterpiece. It casually mentions lots of harm that the migrants and government are doing and allowing. And it triggers the emotion just right, with the helpless father and broken victims. But it does so with realistic complications.

It is more subtle than Death Wish, but what we face now is not as easy as "3 strikes law" or mandatory minimum sentencing. What we face now is civilization destroying, and to prevent it was need to give up some of our devoutly cherished principles, like equality and freedom, as well as due process.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 01:02 PM (Rmhd1)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:40 PM (Rmhd1)

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29 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:38 PM (EtuJi)

What is your review of Citizen Vigilante?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 26, 2026 04:39 PM (wGerL)

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Haven't seen it, so I've never spoken about the film's quality.

Just that Boll sucks and the trailer looks bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:40 PM (EtuJi)

32 One Battle After Another will suck all your brains out.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 04:36 PM (LHPAg)
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Don't I know the feelin'!

Posted by: Willie Brown at June 26, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

33 Wow. I might rethink not signing up for X.

Nah.

Posted by: epador at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (TRnzq)

34 I dunno if I am a fan of Hammer's acting. Man from UNCLE was really the Henry Cavill show. Hammer was 'there' as Ilya but it was surprisingly odd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)

35 I'm going to watch it just to add to the screen count over Supergirl.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (n5tGW)

36 This movie was also banned in England, IIRC.

This same country forced school kids to watch a Netflix series called "Adolescence", where of course they race-swapped the incident it was based off of, and painted young boys (particularly white boys) as potential monsters that were being radicalized by people such as Andrew Tate (who I utterly despise for other reasons, such as being a grifter).

Posted by: Thrawn at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (KKMoa)

37 34 I dunno if I am a fan of Hammer's acting. Man from UNCLE was really the Henry Cavill show. Hammer was 'there' as Ilya but it was surprisingly odd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)

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Guy Ritchie is underappreciated. He's fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (EtuJi)

38 the scene with the Vigilante at the bar and the Cop that's hunting him is in the back, they both watch 2 dudes put date rape drugs in 2 girls drinks, the Cop does nothing it was the Vigilante that stood up and switch glasses not the cop and that's the state of Europe right now

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 04:42 PM (ubCxQ)

39 The Lone Ranger by Gore Verbinski (misunderstood genius) and costarring Armie Hammer is an okay film!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:38 PM (EtuJi)
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So good it's average!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:42 PM (amcLV)

40 So I guess "Our Betters" have laid down the rule that a movie that can incite people to easily-achievable real-world violence is not only acceptable, but laudable.

The Birth of a Nation is not only the best movie ever made about the aspirations and utter nobility of the True American Spirit, the writers, director, cameramen, and actors all deserve Congressional awards for the utter truth of the message and the utility it has on inspiring the martial and social strength of enlightened American citizens!

Posted by: Zombie Woodrow Wilson at June 26, 2026 04:42 PM (rbvCR)

41 The scene with the rapist and his family is amazing for not even trying to show them as having the least bit of redeeming qualities.

The father simply states his son behaved within the values of his culture and faith.

BOOM!

No more pretending they can be reasoned with.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)
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The villain in Taken 2 also made the same claim about his own raping, murdering son.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 04:42 PM (gnNyN)

42 There was the newer one starring Chris Pine as well. It's pretty fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (EtuJi)
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That was great.

The actor who played the paladin improvvedd the "walking in a straight line" schtick. It started out just to make the crew laugh, but they left it in.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

43 39 The Lone Ranger by Gore Verbinski (misunderstood genius) and costarring Armie Hammer is an okay film!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:38 PM (EtuJi)
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So good it's average!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:42 PM (amcLV)

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The train chase at the end is farkin' awesome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:43 PM (EtuJi)

44 Well may have to see Citizen Vigilante then.
I'm a strong proponent of vigilantism, it's more honest and just than any Western legal system today.

And I'm going to see Supergirl tomorrow. I'm not interesting in reviews, the Usual Assmongers were slagging 2025's Superman and I enjoyed that. So if I get more of the same, I'll be entertained. Plus...Lobo and hot supergirl.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:43 PM (xcxpd)

45 Guy Ritchie is underappreciated. He's fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (EtuJi)

Of his stuff, I've liked what I have seen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)

46 Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

Uwe Boll is a fascinating cinema case study because while his first films were really, really, bad, they were so bad that it was fun to watch them just to watch for mistakes. He gradually got a bit better, but that then made his movies just boring to watch without so many obvious mistakes to make fun of.

Posted by: Thrawn at June 26, 2026 04:43 PM (KKMoa)

47 "Some y'all" is not recognized, much less canonical, Southronese.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 04:44 PM (0sNs1)

48 45 Guy Ritchie is underappreciated. He's fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (EtuJi)

Of his stuff, I've liked what I have seen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:43 PM (zZu0s)

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There's a very strong thread of hatred towards him in the critical community.

And he's had bomb after financial bomb recently.

But, he's unassuming and fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:44 PM (EtuJi)

49 >>>There’s no story, just retribution as he calmly explains why he does it.

yeah that's why I included the bus ticket scene. It's just didactic. It's an angry man explaining civilization to savages.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 26, 2026 04:44 PM (1wjle)

50 The train chase at the end is farkin' awesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:43 PM (EtuJi)
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I do not disagree. It was a long slog getting to it, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:44 PM (amcLV)

51 *sigh* im going to have to buy this movie not just because I am curious but as a gesture of support, ain't I?

So be it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:44 PM (zZu0s)

52 What is the latest Guy Ritchie movie?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (GD0B3)

53 European Reacher.
Like it

Posted by: Redenzo at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (uOIND)

54 37 34 I dunno if I am a fan of Hammer's acting. Man from UNCLE was really the Henry Cavill show. Hammer was 'there' as Ilya but it was surprisingly odd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (zZu0s)

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Guy Ritchie is underappreciated. He's fun.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (EtuJi)

When he's good, he's really good (love his first two movies best). When he's bad, its Revolver. Or movies in medieval Europe featuring a guy named 'Kung Fu George'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (xcxpd)

55 The scene with the rapist and his family is amazing for not even trying to show them as having the least bit of redeeming qualities.

The father simply states his son behaved within the values of his culture and faith.

BOOM!

No more pretending they can be reasoned with.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)

***

The father stated his truth.
He got what he deserved.
Spot on Lizzy. No more pretending.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (2WIwB)

56 On the auteur scale, Russ Meyer >>>>>>> Uwe Boll.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (0sNs1)

57 Death Wish was a vigilante movie, this is a war movie.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (Rmhd1)

58
Andrew Tate (who I utterly despise for other reasons, such as being a grifter).

Posted by: Thrawn at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (KKMoa)

___________

I don't pay attention to that stuff, but Tate looks to be another no-principles card-sharper, the Tucker Carlson of the manosphere.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (O0L8i)

59
He didn't have to write any of that Muslim dialog. You can get it all straight off X, preachers saying that very stuff.

tbf, you can also get the responses on X, too!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (XJ22o)

60 Wait. It's a Uwe Boll movie?

I'll pass.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:39 PM (Fi81e)

The only real "Uwe" moment of the film was the SWAT team standing there getting blown away. Very Bloodrayne 2. But overall the movie was good, if you know how to follow a nonlinear timeline.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (idLqF)

61 Guy Ritchie is underappreciated. He's fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (EtuJi)
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Love his work.

Two Smoking Barrells was a like.

But by Snatch he was hitting on something. He sputtered for a little while, but he's been doing great since Sherlock Holmes.

The Gentlemen was a great return-to-form, and a fun movie.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)

62 ... features Hammer as Sanders, an ordinary man ...

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Far from ordinary: wealthy after inheriting his dad's business (es) and ex-Army -- likely Special Forces.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (Skn2B)

63 Thrawn: I think it was the something*positive comic (elsewhere famed for the Deliverance treants/ents) which ran a sequence in a comic/videogame convention.
One of the booths was "punch Uwe Boll". As in: Boll was in a booth and videogame/RPG fans could pay to punch him.

Posted by: the fandom did not like Boll at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (gKWVE)

64 50 The train chase at the end is farkin' awesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:43 PM (EtuJi)
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I do not disagree. It was a long slog getting to it, though.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:44 PM (amcLV)

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Very true.

My mother came to visit a couple of days ago (took Junior on a short little roadtrip to see my sister and back, he'll be back Tuesday), and she told me she watched Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die.

We'd both seemingly rushed to watch it when it got available on HULU.

Even she enjoyed it. Maybe it's not quite as gonzo insane as A Cure for Wellness, but it's real fun.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (EtuJi)

65 >>>I dunno if I am a fan of Hammer's acting. Man from UNCLE was really the Henry Cavill show. Hammer was 'there' as Ilya but it was surprisingly odd.

I loved the Cavill character in that. Even though he's actually the second lead -- I'm pretty sure that Armie Hammer had more screen time and has both the romance and character arc.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (1wjle)

66 So what's the link to watch?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (Kt19C)

67 54 When he's good, he's really good (love his first two movies best). When he's bad, its Revolver. Or movies in medieval Europe featuring a guy named 'Kung Fu George'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (xcxpd)

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King Arthur Legend of the Sword needs 5 sequels!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (EtuJi)

68 >>Wait. It's a Uwe Boll movie?

yeah but who else would do it? You need a guy with no reputation remaining to be stolen from him by critics and the media, and the ability to raise money to make cheap exploitation movies.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

69 52 What is the latest Guy Ritchie movie?
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (GD0B3)

He did a really good Netflix show THE GENTLEMAN

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (ubCxQ)

70 Yeah, public schools are such bad influences. My older child thought shoplifting from large chain stores should be considered okay because those chains can absorb the losses...but what happens when the store closes down because of all the shoplifting and all the employees are out of jobs?...

Actions have consequences.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (l3cgK)

71 >>66 So what's the link to watch?
the elon musk tweet has the full movie.

Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (1wjle)

72 61 Love his work.

Two Smoking Barrells was a like.

But by Snatch he was hitting on something. He sputtered for a little while, but he's been doing great since Sherlock Holmes.

The Gentlemen was a great return-to-form, and a fun movie.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)

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He made an Apple movie last year, Fountain of Youth. I started it, but Dolley flatly insisted we turn it off. Wasn't in the mood, or whatever.

I'll get around to it. I've heard it's...okay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:48 PM (EtuJi)

73 I am waiting for the buddy film with Armie Hammer and Brendan Fraser. It can be directed and produced by Mel Gibson.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 04:48 PM (rbvCR)

74 67 54 When he's good, he's really good (love his first two movies best). When he's bad, its Revolver. Or movies in medieval Europe featuring a guy named 'Kung Fu George'.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (xcxpd)

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King Arthur Legend of the Sword needs 5 sequels!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (EtuJi)

It needs to not be a King Arthur movie

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:48 PM (xcxpd)

75 I'm Kier Starmer, and we disapprove of this flaunting of our continental norms.

H8rs!!!

Posted by: Kier Starmer at June 26, 2026 04:48 PM (4hGKS)

76 @69, just checked , 2019 ?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:48 PM (GD0B3)

77 One Battle After Another was unwatchable.
I couldn’t get past the first 20 minutes.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:49 PM (4KUe5)

78 74 King Arthur Legend of the Sword needs 5 sequels!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (EtuJi)

It needs to not be a King Arthur movie

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:48 PM (xcxpd)

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Blend Arthur with Lovecraft with London gangsters...

Serve with a punch to the mouth.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:49 PM (EtuJi)

79 Speaking of bold moviemakers, Mel Brooks has turned 100, outliving every cast member of Young Frankenstein. All but Cloris Leachman were younger than he. She was two months older.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at June 26, 2026 04:49 PM (NYInA)

80 Resolving the migrant violence and law breaking that perpetrates our society, and others, is going to be ugly no matter how it's rectified. Our judiciary might want to do a bit of introspection as they're part of the problem.

Just sayin'

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 04:49 PM (jehhT)

81 What is the latest Guy Ritchie movie?
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (GD0B3)
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I'm not sure that he's done one. He's done two streaming series. The last one was Young Sherlock Holmes. Before that was Mobland with Tom Hardy.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:49 PM (Fi81e)

82 52 What is the latest Guy Ritchie movie?
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (GD0B3)

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In the Grey.

It came out like a month ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:50 PM (EtuJi)

83 Just because he can, Elon Musk posted the entire movie on X. I assume he worked out some kind of payment for the filmmakers to compensate them. I guess he just wants the movie seen, including in Germany.

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The gratuitous sex scene was unnecessary, added nothing to the plot (except confirming that the vigilante is not a homo), and will possibly prevent it being seen by numerous young people (have no idea what the rating systems are like these days, but most kids are likely streaming worse).

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:50 PM (Skn2B)

84 Apparently it's In the Grey 2026.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:50 PM (GD0B3)

85 So I guess "Our Betters" have laid down the rule that a movie that can incite people to easily-achievable real-world violence is not only acceptable, but laudable.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

"NOT THAT WAY!!"

/our "betters" in Media, Hollywood, and Politics.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 26, 2026 04:51 PM (XHO5P)

86 What is the latest Guy Ritchie movie?
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:45 PM (GD0B3)

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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

It's a fun watch.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:51 PM (Fi81e)

87 "Paul Thomas Anderson's political thriller One Battle After Another earned 13 Academy Award nominations at the 2026 Oscars."

This is the first time I've heard of that movie.

This is the second time I've heard of Citizen Vigilante.

So, good job Hollywood. One of your most lauded movies is less known to me than a movie that some are trying to actively censor. The Streisand Effect strikes again.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 26, 2026 04:51 PM (oji8u)

88 but what happens when the store closes down because of all the shoplifting and all the employees are out of jobs?
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Fred Meyer closed their Gateway store in Portland for exactly that reason. And because of the gangbangers constantly hanging around the parking lots.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:51 PM (amcLV)

89 78 74 King Arthur Legend of the Sword needs 5 sequels!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:47 PM (EtuJi)

It needs to not be a King Arthur movie

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:48 PM (xcxpd)

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Blend Arthur with Lovecraft with London gangsters...

Serve with a punch to the mouth.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:49 PM (EtuJi)

I'm taking back the good wishes I posted on your Malick ranking video.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)

90 Looks interesting.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 26, 2026 04:52 PM (TezPK)

91 89 I'm taking back the good wishes I posted on your Malick ranking video.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)

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You already knew my affection for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, though.

I made a whole video about it!

(Well, half a video.)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:52 PM (EtuJi)

92 "feel good movie of the summer!"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:52 PM (Rmhd1)

93 Uwe Boll made his early movies by exploiting a loophole in German tax laws that was finally closed in 2006.

Now Germany is finally banning one of his movies.

The background is more entertaining than his movies.

Posted by: Sam at June 26, 2026 04:52 PM (7jMef)

94 I remember watching movies growing up about NYC and how run down it was, You had movies like THE WARRIORS and ESCAPE FROM THE BRONX, they were low budget but because NYC was trash and they save huge amounts of money by not having to make sets, they just filmed the real stuff, which looked like a warzone

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 04:53 PM (ubCxQ)

95 I loved the Cavill character in that. Even though he's actually the second lead -- I'm pretty sure that Armie Hammer had more screen time and has both the romance and character arc.
Posted by: Lamont the Big Dummy at June 26, 2026 04:46 PM (1wjle)

This was something that came up on one of the review channels I watch the other day. They were discussing something and said the 'leading man' did not 'command the screen.'

I have been thinking about this one a bit. John Wayne certainly did. Charleston Heston. James Garner. Mel Gibson. They draw the eye and you in by acting. I may agree that they intended hammer to be the 'lead' but it was Cavill who commanded the scenes he was in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:53 PM (zZu0s)

96 91 89 I'm taking back the good wishes I posted on your Malick ranking video.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)

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You already knew my affection for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, though.

I made a whole video about it!

(Well, half a video.)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:52 PM (EtuJi)

I'D FORGOTTEN THAT MOVIE EXISTED UNTIL TODAY.

And yes, I do know you like it.

Tastes vary. I just take things too seriously. Like movies.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (xcxpd)

97 I guess we blew up a bunch of stuff in Iran, per CENTCOM. eh, might as well continue. to solidify the ceasefire!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (GD0B3)

98 Citizen Vigilante is unflinching.
Every character is who they are and Bill is offering a solution to the incompatibility of it all.

That’s why it’s getting banned.

As mentioned above, the cop’s righteous appeal falls flat because you see him ignoring all the other criminal behavior. Yup, your words are empty.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (4KUe5)

99 This is not new. Lets just get this out of the way right now.

Back in the day ... Death Wish and all that jazz was hated the most by Conservatives. Because Damned if Vigilantism was the way to go.

And you still see certain folks spout that today.

Lets just call it what it is. And call those people what they are. Because Problems never get solved until they get called out for what they are.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (6WpMV)

100 96 I'D FORGOTTEN THAT MOVIE EXISTED UNTIL TODAY.

And yes, I do know you like it.

Tastes vary. I just take things too seriously. Like movies.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (xcxpd)

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A movie? What is it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (EtuJi)

101 Allegedly Uwe Boll is a terrible director. It's hysterical that the lefts love of Islam and Islam's murderous ways will get this film seen by hundreds of millions. Try banning it more lefties it will only make it watched more
" If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 04:55 PM (lqjOp)

102 Uwe Boll made his early movies by exploiting a loophole in German tax laws that was finally closed in 2006.

Now Germany is finally banning one of his movies.

The background is more entertaining than his movies.
Posted by: Sam at June 26, 2026 04:52 PM (7jMef)
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Yeah, that's what it was. I knew that he "made movies" to make money.

Who knows now that he can't get rich being a real-life Max Bialystock, maybe he could produce an actual movie meant for viewing.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:55 PM (Fi81e)

103 It's kind of a remake of "Cather in the Rye" -- a lost fatherless hero wanting to save others.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:56 PM (Rmhd1)

104 From the People who brought you HAMILTON are doing a broadway show about THE WARRIORS

This version turns a number of them into diverse, female-dominated crews to emphasize “sisterhood” and female strength navigating danger.

This is gonna be fantastic.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 04:56 PM (ubCxQ)

105 Guess the Germans don't want to give ideas for victims of crimes

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)

106 "feel good movie of the summer!"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:52 PM (Rmhd1)
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But enough about Human Centipede!

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:56 PM (Fi81e)

107 A movie? What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (EtuJi)

It's a series of still images projected at 24 frames a second to give the illusion of movement and often a money laundering scheme but that's not important right now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:56 PM (xcxpd)

108 >>Back in the day ... Death Wish and all that jazz was hated the most by Conservatives.

This is a patently retarded claim.

Death Wish and Dirty Harry (and the like) were not hated by Conservatives. They were embraced.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (HmitH)

109 107 A movie? What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (EtuJi)

It's a series of still images projected at 24 frames a second to give the illusion of movement and often a money laundering scheme but that's not important right now.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 04:56 PM (xcxpd)

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Sorry, I can't land the plane. I have a drinking problem.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (EtuJi)

110 A movie? What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (EtuJi)

Its where couples go to sit in an air conditioned, dark theater to grope each other awkwardly- but thats not important right now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

111 A movie? What is it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (EtuJi)
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It's a visual story that is recorded on various media that can be replayed at your leisure, but that's not important right now.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (amcLV)

112 >>A movie? What is it?

I think the kids call them Goyslop, these days.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (HmitH)

113 Well may have to see Citizen Vigilante then.
I'm a strong proponent of vigilantism, it's more honest and just than any Western legal system today.

***

I believe that in a lot of places, it is the best legal system available. But it does cross the line.
Regardless,sometime in the last 5 years of not immigration, but flat out invasion, the fuse was lit. It's been quietly burning and this movie (plus the inevitable copy cat movies) will expose it.
Europe has, I believe, a bloody future ahead. There is no avoiding it.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 04:58 PM (2WIwB)

114 19 Hi Eromero!
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 04:37 PM (Q28kH
Hi SMH! How are you? I’m killin’ time before going to SAMS for gas.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 04:58 PM (LHPAg)

115 Allegedly Uwe Boll is a terrible director.

I've heard that Antonio de Santa Ana was a really bad general.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 04:58 PM (gKWVE)

116 Its where couples go to sit in an air conditioned, dark theater to grope each other awkwardly- but thats not important right now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM
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Sock off!

Posted by: Lauren Boebert at June 26, 2026 04:59 PM (Fi81e)

117 Looks to be on X for free, don't have a X account

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 04:59 PM (Ia/+0)

118 Is this a movie thread now?

I saw Masters of the Universe last night. It was corny and some of the dialogue felt like it was written by 12 year old boys, but... it was fun! A bunch of the characters said nice things about men and masculinity and the music was good! There were exciting fight scenes! It didn't give you tonal whiplash (much)!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 26, 2026 04:59 PM (vJrRc)

119 >A movie? What is it?

I think the kids call them Goyslop, these days.
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (HmitH)

Lol. I am trying to think of a witty reply, but I'd bet Hollywood has been declining in Jewish representation...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

120 ***Well, Hollywood put out an explicitly pro-terrorist/pro-antifa/pro-bombing movie last year
--

Middling
_Leni Riefenstahl

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:00 PM (Q8D76)

121 This is a patently retarded claim.

Death Wish and Dirty Harry (and the like) were not hated by Conservatives. They were embraced.
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (HmitH)

I hated the Dirty Harry movie where they made the cops killing bad guys EVIL and Harry had to stop them.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:00 PM (ubCxQ)

122 Death Wish and Dirty Harry (and the like) were not hated by Conservatives. They were embraced.
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 04:57 PM (HmitH)

Bull ... and shit. Absolutely just wrong.

You have a short memory. So short that ... other than that thing where you don't remember jack shit about the Vespa ... you choose to not remember the entire PRC and move to ban all "ugly" cinema.

Like Dirty Harry. You are willfully ignorant.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:00 PM (6WpMV)

123 Looks like a feel-good romp
I'm gonna watch this right now
CYA

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 05:01 PM (+yA4w)

124 Spring Reverb: "Back in the day ... Death Wish and all that jazz was hated the most by Conservatives. Because Damned if Vigilantism was the way to go."

I'm from back in the day. I don't recall it that way at all. In fact, we conservatives LOVED the retribution movies. Justice was the bonus prize.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 26, 2026 05:01 PM (oji8u)

125 I think the fear for a lot of countries is they can not handle what would happen if shown in public -- the audience would stand up and cheer every time he served justice. That would lead to a preference cascade.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 05:01 PM (Rmhd1)

126 Fun fact: Lin Manuel Miranda’s dad is a bigtime Democrat activist on behalf of Perto Rico. Right with the Clintons and other NYC vips.

Of course his next project is going to be uber-progressive.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 05:01 PM (4KUe5)

127 I stopped watching after the breathless TV coverage of "yet another crime committed by a migrant!!!"

Posted by: Fritz Geiger at June 26, 2026 05:01 PM (8w4jP)

128 121 I hated the Dirty Harry movie where they made the cops killing bad guys EVIL and Harry had to stop them.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:00 PM (ubCxQ)

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It was Eastwood's idea.

He didn't like how people took the first Dirty Harry as justification for vigilantism, so he insisted on giving him the outer bounds of his behavior in the sequel Magnum Force.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:02 PM (EtuJi)

129 117 Looks to be on X for free, don't have a X account

Posted by: Skip
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xcancel

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:02 PM (Q8D76)

130 I hated the Dirty Harry movie where they made the cops killing bad guys EVIL and Harry had to stop them.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:00 PM (ubCxQ)
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Magnum Force.

Posted by: Lauren Boebert at June 26, 2026 05:02 PM (Fi81e)

131 I guess we blew up a bunch of stuff in Iran, per CENTCOM. eh, might as well continue. to solidify the ceasefire!
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 04:54 PM (GD0B3)

Someone was musing the other day, "what if [the recent PETN laced] jackassery by the Iranians was actually a false flag? Not a false flag by the Russians or the Chinese to restart the fight, but a false flag by the Iranian Government and non-IRGC Army to get the Americans to launch on the IRGC units that just *won't* get with the program?"

Normally I would laugh, but this sort of upper level deviousness seems reasonable in its pure psychopathy.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 05:02 PM (rbvCR)

132 Middling
_Leni Riefenstahl
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:00 PM (Q8D76)
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Heh, I did a column on "The Savant" earlier in the week and said it was "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" as filmed by Leni Riefenstahl, "Triumph of the Will" reimagined as a romantasy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:02 PM (ZOv7s)

133 >>Bull ... and shit. Absolutely just wrong.

You have a short memory. So short that ... other than that thing where you don't remember jack shit about the Vespa ... you choose to not remember the entire PRC and move to ban all "ugly" cinema.

PMRC .. you mean that group headed by Tipper Gore?

Yeah - Conservative to the bone, that one.

Listen, you are obviously a retard and I would guess a younger retard than I am.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:03 PM (HmitH)

134
Again with the Willowed...
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116 FFS, I've been here too many years to count and I had no idea clicking on the red number of the last comment will bring that up as the top comment.
I'm dumber than AOC.
FU*K
Posted by: Seems Legit
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I think it's a semi new thing around the time we got emojis. I don't think that's been a "from jump street" feature. No way that's been live since 2008.
Posted by: rickb223

Nope. It works on this post from 2004..... remove the extra space.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/ ?blog=86&post=33857#c70199

Y'all are gonna hate on yourselves now.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 05:03 PM (QVmho)

135 Ace is correct, this movie is NOT playing.

The beginning of the movie shows a white mother having her throat slit in front of her son by a knife-wielding "African."

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:04 PM (fgSb9)

136 Citizen Vigilante is unflinching.
Every character is who they are and Bill is offering a solution to the incompatibility of it all.

That’s why it’s getting banned.
***

Spot on Lizzy...again.
It may also get Boll and Hammer added to a bunch of target lists by the ragheads.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 05:04 PM (2WIwB)

137 Looks to be on X for free, don't have a X account

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 04:59 PM (Ia/+0)

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Someone earlier said you did not need an Xwitter account to view it there.

Here's an alternative site from a blog (The Conservative TreeHouse):

https://is.gd/7wYtAq

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:05 PM (Skn2B)

138 It was Eastwood's idea.

He didn't like how people took the first Dirty Harry as justification for vigilantism, so he insisted on giving him the outer bounds of his behavior in the sequel Magnum Force.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:02 PM (EtuJi)

Makes sense, I think he also didn't like Reagan using his line GO AHEAD AND MAKE MY DAY and asked him to stop.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:05 PM (ubCxQ)

139 41 The scene with the rapist and his family is amazing for not even trying to show them as having the least bit of redeeming qualities.

The father simply states his son behaved within the values of his culture and faith.
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This is about me isn't it?
_Islam

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:05 PM (Q8D76)

140 Citizen Vigilante is unflinching.
Every character is who they are and Bill is offering a solution to the incompatibility of it all.

That’s why it’s getting banned.
***

Spot on Lizzy...again.
It may also get Boll and Hammer added to a bunch of target lists by the ragheads.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 05:04 PM (2WIwB)

I was thinking that he better have good security...

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:06 PM (GD0B3)

141 Spring Reverb: Back in the day ... Death Wish and all that jazz was hated the most by Conservatives.

I was too young and too foreign to watch all that jazz, but I remember it was hated the most by "liberals". (As they were then known.) Bloom County mocked all the superpatriotic stuff in the theaters.
Maybe National Review thought all that stuff was icky (probably just as well I wasn't reading that rag at that age, they might have wanted my ass) but if the question is, who hated Dirty Harry and Red Dawn the most; the answer is, the media establishment.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:06 PM (gKWVE)

142 124 Spring Reverb: "Back in the day ... Death Wish and all that jazz was hated the most by Conservatives. Because Damned if Vigilantism was the way to go."

I'm from back in the day. I don't recall it that way at all. In fact, we conservatives LOVED the retribution movies. Justice was the bonus prize.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 26, 2026 05:01 PM (oji8u)

Keep in mind, you are arguing with Scogg, a slapdick bumblecunt who has built his whole online identity around being tougher than all of us faggots who are afraid of freedom or whatever.

Posted by: World's Biggest Scogg Fan at June 26, 2026 05:06 PM (BXY0I)

143 I hated the Dirty Harry movie where they made the cops killing bad guys EVIL and Harry had to stop them.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:00 PM (ubCxQ)

Magnum Force.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 05:06 PM (zZu0s)

144 Vigilantism has no place in a high trust society.

Rampant and unrestricted immigration from third world shitholes has destroyed our high trust society (along with today's judiciary made up in significant part of third worlders) and made vigilantism a valid choice again.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 26, 2026 05:07 PM (idLqF)

145 Wait.

In how many movies are not characters who they are?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

146 So America was ready for an anti-hero. OK.

Some of you are just so fucking stubborn in your insistence that things were how you wish they were. Rather than how they were.

Next thing .. Andy had big ass arms. Barny took no shit. Gilligan was a steely eyed pragmatic guy that could repair any hull with just coconuts. When Ginger wasn't holding his.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:07 PM (6WpMV)

147 This is about me isn't it?
_Islam

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:05 PM (Q8D76)

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Heh

It sure as shit is. Also, let's throw in the third worlders. Like the guy who was openly masturbating at a public beach. Kids everywhere. There is explicit video of it on X.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:07 PM (fgSb9)

148 144 Vigilantism has no place in a high trust society.

Rampant and unrestricted immigration from third world shitholes has destroyed our high trust society (along with today's judiciary made up in significant part of third worlders) and made vigilantism a valid choice again.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 26, 2026 05:07 PM (idLqF)

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Death Wish is ultimately a tragedy because society has failed and one man has to become the monster in order to preserve order at a small scale, the monster that society's existence assured him was not necessary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:08 PM (EtuJi)

149 We are NOT living in a high-trust society...anymore.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:08 PM (fgSb9)

150 The Liberal Establishment has always fought to keep the notion of Violence as Action a Monopoly.

But, sure...Conservatives were Up in Arms about the notion of Righteous Justice.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:08 PM (HmitH)

151 I don't enjoy watching movies or shows where every scene or character is merely a vehicle for bludgeoning me with some leftist idea.

I probably wouldn't enjoy the same type of movie even if I agreed with the message.

Also, from the clips I've seen, Armie Hammer has the dramatic range and delivery of a fence post.

Posted by: PabloD at June 26, 2026 05:09 PM (tTZHu)

152 I'm torn about this film. In the modern era, we NEED a new breed of Dirty Harry Style, vigilante justice films, of good people (dare I say antiheroes), meting out justice when the corrupt government or political systems aren't capable of it. Street justice. It's time for a revival. (Jason Statham cannot carry this whole genre on his back, after all! Though Beekeeper was satisfying for anyone who's had an elder they love get scammed online.)

On the other hand, though, Uwe Boll is kind of a trash director (I'll never get the time I spent watching Bloodrayne back), and Armie Hammer is a gross disgusting human in his personal life, possibly cannibal curious. Hollywood tried to make him a thing, but his personal life got him canceled. I kind of hate this film might help him make a comeback.

But if this is the Streisand phenomenon film that slaps Hollywood in the face and tells them to snap out of it, make films people want to see on topics they care about, and it actually works, I'll put up with it. Or, more importantly, if it's the film that gets the young creative Gen Z indie filmmakers out there and making fresh content. And they rattle the industry and shake it up.

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:09 PM (gWBY1)

153 Spring Reverb latest name for the Man of Many
handles. Sure sounds like him. Insult fest- bah!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 05:09 PM (Yl2Ob)

154 German didn't ban the movie what they did was REFUSE to give it a rating so it can't be shown in German, it's always the bureaucrats

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:09 PM (ubCxQ)

155 FFS, I've been here too many years to count and I had no idea clicking on the red number of the last comment will bring that up as the top comment.
I'm dumber than AOC.
FU*K
Posted by: Seems Legit
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I think it's a semi new thing around the time we got emojis. I don't think that's been a "from jump street" feature. No way that's been live since 2008.
Posted by: rickb223

Nope. It works on this post from 2004..... remove the extra space.

https://acecomments.mu.nu/ ?blog=86&post=33857#c70199

Y'all are gonna hate on yourselves now.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 05:03 PM (QVmho)

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Damn. Had no idea ... where's the Published Pixy Operator's Manual written by The Hampsters?

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:09 PM (Skn2B)

156 "Reverb" is Scogg? I thought Scogg was more intelligent in his contrarianism. "Reverb" is being completely retarded in here today.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (gKWVE)

157 Keep in mind, you are arguing with Scogg, a slapdick bumblecunt who has built his whole online identity around being tougher than all of us faggots who are afraid of freedom or whatever.
Posted by: World's Biggest Scogg Fan at June 26, 2026 05:06 PM (BXY0I)

If you are his biggest fan, why are you calling him a slap dick bumblecunt? That sounds like an insult.

Its not a bad one. Makes you work it out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (zZu0s)

158 Musk, the most important citizen/philanthropist/activist in modern history. Purchasing twitter, spearheading DOGE, his financial support of Christians and conservatives persecuted by leftist lawfare (much of which goes unreported).

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (fZiTB)

159 And since he hasn't been mentioned re. Vigilante Movies, I am just going to add:

Rutger Hauer.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (HmitH)

160 Y'all are gonna hate on yourselves now.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 05:03 PM (QVmho)
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I've got my scourge at the ready.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (Fi81e)

161 158 Musk, the most important citizen/philanthropist/activist in modern history. Purchasing twitter, spearheading DOGE, his financial support of Christians and conservatives persecuted by leftist lawfare (much of which goes unreported).

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (fZiTB)

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Yeah, but he took government contracts with SpaceX, so he's enemy #1.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:11 PM (EtuJi)

162 Of course his next project is going to be uber-progressive.

Posted by: Lizzy
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Lin Manuel Miranda is pretty far out on the ledge, he goes much further he'll fall off.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Q8D76)

163 And since he hasn't been mentioned re. Vigilante Movies, I am just going to add:

Rutger Hauer.
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (HmitH)
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Amen.

One of Hollywood's best unsung (that much) actors.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

164 Death Wish is ultimately a tragedy because society has failed and one man has to become the monster in order to preserve order at a small scale, the monster that society's existence assured him was not necessary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:08 PM (EtuJi)

I was mocking someone recently about politics, when I said, "to defeat monsters, we became monsters. Then we invaded the Sudetenland, oops."

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 05:11 PM (rbvCR)

165 Ban or keep from being seen
Same difference

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (Ia/+0)

166 "The father simply states his son behaved within the values of his culture and faith.

"Oh, well, in that case, that's fine." Is that what we're supposed to think? Obviously that's a sledgehammer of a point being made. But seriously, there's a justification/rationalization from certain cultures (hint hint) that that's supposed to excuse evil behavior. Yeah, no. It's pretty clear that your culture/faith is incompatible not just with The West or modern civilization but with Humanity itself.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (oji8u)

167 "Reverb" is Scogg? I thought Scogg was more intelligent in his contrarianism. "Reverb" is being completely retarded in here today.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:10 PM (gKWVE)
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Never go completely.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

168 163 Amen.

One of Hollywood's best unsung (that much) actors.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

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He never really made the C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate into a clear image, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (EtuJi)

169 Is there another All That Jazz that I'm not familiar with?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (NYInA)

170 Hollywood/HBO made a documentary about Louigi Magione. Did anybody watch? What was the slant ?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (GD0B3)

171 Ban or keep from being seen
Same difference

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (Ia/+0)
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100%.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)

172 167 Never go completely.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

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Donald Sutherland went full retard once.

I just witnessed it.

Fanatic (or, Die! Die! My Darling!).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:13 PM (EtuJi)

173 Even more amazing re. Rutger Hauer ... that's not a Stage name.

God given.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:13 PM (HmitH)

174 I don't enjoy watching movies or shows where every scene or character is merely a vehicle for bludgeoning me with some leftist idea.

I probably wouldn't enjoy the same type of movie even if I agreed with the message.

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Said something similar to the wifey while watching: getting beat over the head and lectured is not entertaining.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:13 PM (Skn2B)

175 Wasn’t Guy Ritchie married to Madonna

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 05:14 PM (opniS)

176 Donald Sutherland went full retard once.

I just witnessed it.

Fanatic (or, Die! Die! My Darling!).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:13 PM (EtuJi)
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Bills don't pay themselves, you know.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 05:14 PM (amcLV)

177 176 Bills don't pay themselves, you know.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 05:14 PM (amcLV)

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Work is work!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:14 PM (EtuJi)

178 He never really made the C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate into a clear image, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:12 PM (EtuJi)
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Rutger is owed the credit for cutting down that monologue into the memorable one he made it.

You do get a picture, though.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)

179 175 Wasn’t Guy Ritchie married to Madonna

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 05:14 PM (opniS)

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Affirmative.

Made Swept Away remake with her starring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:15 PM (EtuJi)

180 Said something similar to the wifey while watching: getting beat over the head and lectured is not entertaining.

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I learned from someone once (maybe even TJM) that films need to show rather than say.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:15 PM (Skn2B)

181 >>Wasn’t Guy Ritchie married to Madonna

He was.

Also, I recall him writing a book that was not entirely awful.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:15 PM (HmitH)

182 Uwe says Citizen Vigilante 2 is coming out next year. The cover/movie poster is the Iryna Zarutska murder.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 26, 2026 05:15 PM (idLqF)

183 180 I learned from someone once (maybe even TJM) that films need to show rather than say.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 05:15 PM (Skn2B)

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"Rules are made to be broken!"
-Igmar Bergman, saying a whole lot

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:15 PM (EtuJi)

184 We are NOT living in a high-trust society...anymore.
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Good news is that some areas of the country are much more high-trust than others.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (Q28kH)

185 Law Abiding Citizen with Gerard Butler was a righteous "get back at the corrupt, broken system" movie. I really enjoyed that one.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (XY7MO)

186 Also, the governments and media on the left are pearl clutching over this film, when the Oscar was won last year by a propaganda film glorifying the terrorist tactics of the Weather Underground (the title comes from one of their materials). That is insanely vile to me. I'm still so angry it won. Painting the WU in a film as misguided but noble is sickening.

The Weather Underground actually bombed the capitol in the 80s, a real firebomb. And the FBI botched the evidence against terrorist Bill Ayers so he went free. His terrorist wife was imprisoned, but Clinton pardoned her before he left office. Another terrorist woman Clinton pardoned ended up leading the Black Lives Matter/Antifa grift.

Until Hollywood realizes THEY are the baddies, I can't get too mad about vigilante films telling the secret truths we know exist, but aren't allowed to talk about.

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (gWBY1)

187 I have always rejected the idea or the cautionary tale that men necessarily "become a monster" by doing what is necessary to fight monsters. It denies the moral discrimination and presumption of character in men to do what is necessary to uphold values and still maintain themselves.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (fZiTB)

188
Unauthorized??

World Cup HQ
@WorldCup26HQ
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The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (kX27y)

189 Even more amazing re. Rutger Hauer ... that's not a Stage name.

God given.
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:13 PM (HmitH)
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I think his parents had a say.

Hauer is interesting. I saw an interview where he said he went into acting school and the instructor told him that he was too intense and need to take the edge off before he could be an actor. Go join the (Dutch) Army!

So he did, and that's why he makes such a good badass/soldier type.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (ZOv7s)

190 Work is work!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 05:14 PM (EtuJi)
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Art is art.

Still, on the other hand, water is water.

And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)

191 For the love of Gawd ... go back and look at the contemporary reaction to the original Death Wish. It was as controversial as The Warriors.

And I doubt many of you have even seen it. Because the hoods rape his old lady in the original. And they show it.

At the end ? Bronson smiles. Which was a big, big problem back when that flick was released.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:17 PM (6WpMV)

192 One flaw is he says "I am starting to think the ones who came were not the best..." or something similar.

I would go a lot further -- the ones who came *are* the best. They are the warriors, the pioneers. They have a mission to conquer and are doing it. Their version of "best" and ours are inverted.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 05:17 PM (Rmhd1)

193 The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.
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Who didn't see this coming?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 05:18 PM (Q28kH)

194 Hauer is interesting. I saw an interview where he said he went into acting school and the instructor told him that he was too intense and need to take the edge off before he could be an actor. Go join the (Dutch) Army!

So he did, and that's why he makes such a good badass/soldier type.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (ZOv7s)
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I'm not surprised that somebody said Hauer was too intense. LOL.

That's what made him such a watchable actor.

Same thing, I feel, with Ed Harris (early).

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

195 The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.
Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (kX27y)
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No LGBTQ-related symbols or displays are unauthorized!

Posted by: The City of Seattle at June 26, 2026 05:18 PM (O4a1O)

196
Trump signed an executive orders to accelerate US quantum computing and mandate a federal shift to post-quantum cryptograph.
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What is that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:19 PM (Q8D76)

197 The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (kX27y)

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Posted by: Rooftops at June 26, 2026 05:19 PM (6Rf1G)

198 Who didn't see this coming?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 05:18 PM (Q28kH)

I would have thought theyd take their balls out of FIFAs pocket and say 'any' instead of 'unauthorized'. So they are ok with authorized gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 05:19 PM (G3T/K)

199 Art is art.

Still, on the other hand, water is water.

And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)
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This is so impossibly Zen that my mind has drifted away into a cloud of bluebirds.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (amcLV)

200 Who didn't see this coming?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 05:18 PM (Q28kH)

Posted that just before you.......wonder what constitutes "unauthorized"?

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (kX27y)

201 LBGTQ is for the kuffar.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (gKWVE)

202 >>Trump signed an executive orders to accelerate US quantum computing and mandate a federal shift to post-quantum cryptograph.

Bozeman Montana is going to benefit from that.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (HmitH)

203 The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.

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Good.

All of them should.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (fgSb9)

204 180 I learned from someone once (maybe even TJM) that films need to show rather than say.

Posted by: ShainS

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watch early Hitchcock -- he stressed that (and said it in interviews.) He said that it comes from his start in silent films.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (Rmhd1)

205 I have always rejected the idea or the cautionary tale that men necessarily "become a monster" by doing what is necessary to fight monsters. It denies the moral discrimination and presumption of character in men to do what is necessary to uphold values and still maintain themselves.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (fZiTB)
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That is correct. Doing what is necessary, what the authorities will not do, can in fact be a restoration of law.

The American Revolution was exactly that - a protest against unlawful activity that actually restored traditional English liberties.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:21 PM (ZOv7s)

206 Art is art.

Still, on the other hand, water is water.

And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)
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This is so impossibly Zen that my mind has drifted away into a cloud of bluebirds.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (amcLV)
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It's Groucho Marx. From Animal Crackers.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)

207 It may also get Boll and Hammer added to a bunch of target lists by the ragheads.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 05:04 PM (2WIwB)

I was thinking that he better have good security...
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:06 PM (GD0B3)

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There is irony in a muzzie killer taking out the key star and producer of a vengeance movie targeting muzzie killers.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 05:21 PM (2WIwB)

208 And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.

Stop it, Kamala is going to start sending you emojis. 🥒👄

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:21 PM (gKWVE)

209 watch early Hitchcock -- he stressed that (and said it in interviews.) He said that it comes from his start in silent films.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 05:20 PM (Rmhd1)

One reason a lot of modern films suck. They assume that you aren't paying attention so they 'tell, tell, tell.'

Film is a visual medium.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 05:21 PM (zZu0s)

210 Iranian drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites were hit by US warplanes in retaliation for the Thursday attack on the M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship.

So now we're tit for tatting?

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (kX27y)

211 What is that?

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cryptography that can withstand quantum attacks. That is, attacks from adversaries that have that capability.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (Rmhd1)

212 It's Groucho Marx. From Animal Crackers.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:21 PM (Fi81e)
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Om.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (amcLV)

213 The UK rape-gang victims included the wives and female family members as helping to perpetrate the crimes against them. The movie emphasizes that fact: there is no female empathy for “the others.”

Posted by: EveR at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (wTevN)

214 The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.
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Who didn't see this coming?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 05:18 PM

Hell, even I saw this coming.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (Wnv9h)

215 he Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.

Taking seven authorized breaks a day ... to do a little Whores Bath, take off shoes, and such ... seems dumb.

Then again ... walking out every fifteen minutes to light up a cig seems dumb.

Now tell me again ... how often do I have to listen to a woman in Islam ? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:23 PM (6WpMV)

216 'Show don't tell' isn't second screen enough.

Posted by: Modern Media at June 26, 2026 05:23 PM (O4a1O)

217 I have always rejected the idea or the cautionary tale that men necessarily "become a monster" by doing what is necessary to fight monsters. It denies the moral discrimination and presumption of character in men to do what is necessary to uphold values and still maintain themselves.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (fZiTB)
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I really think that's something that Marxist popularized to keep you from fighting back at the Marxist takeover of institutions.

That's something that always made me cringe the most in Jim Starlin comics. That pablum.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)

218 >>> 126 Fun fact: Lin Manuel Miranda’s dad is a bigtime Democrat activist on behalf of Perto Rico. Right with the Clintons and other NYC vips.

Interesting.

I will say this: his depiction of Washington in the musical Hamilton is sublime. I was mad at how the miniseries John Adams (with Paul Giommati) slandered their take on Washington to make Adams look better. The musical's depiction is so much better. He accidentally made a very pro America, pro founding fathers musical.

And I do like the music he did in Moana. The live action musical comes out next month. Still can't get used to seeing the Rock with hair in the trailers.

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:23 PM (gWBY1)

219 So now we're tit for tatting?
Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (kX27y)

Maybe we should just sit down and talk to them ? Reach some kind of understanding ?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:23 PM (GD0B3)

220 185 Law Abiding Citizen with Gerard Butler was a righteous "get back at the corrupt, broken system" movie. I really enjoyed that one.
Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (XY7MO)

The ending sucked.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 05:24 PM (gfO9L)

221 One reason a lot of modern films suck. They assume that you aren't paying attention so they 'tell, tell, tell.'

Film is a visual medium.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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THis !!

A lot of the best actors express with body and face, not words. But you have to be watching the screen to see it.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 05:24 PM (Rmhd1)

222 213 The UK rape-gang victims included the wives and female family members as helping to perpetrate the crimes against them. The movie emphasizes that fact: there is no female empathy for “the others.”
Posted by: EveR at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (wTevN)
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As evidenced by the Gazans holding the 10/7 Israelis hostage. Not a single woman tried to help them.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:24 PM (kX27y)

223 Iranian drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites were hit by US warplanes in retaliation for the Thursday attack on the M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship.

So now we're tit for tatting?
Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (kX27y)
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I think there's a deeper game being played here. Whenever some rogue Iranian pops a missile or two, CENTCOM is clear to engage targets that they've recently identified.

We stopped bombing because we ran out of targets. The ceasefire allows us to track and uncover more. Iran can't protest because that would give the game away.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)

224 Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays
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Bye-bye. I hope they walk. I mean I don't agree with any of the pride crap but this is too funny

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 05:25 PM (VCgbV)

225
I have always rejected the idea or the cautionary tale that men necessarily "become a monster" by doing what is necessary to fight monsters. It denies the moral discrimination and presumption of character in men to do what is necessary to uphold values and still maintain themselves.

Men should be willing to become what they need to to preserve their way of life. Anything else is weakness.

Posted by: GMan at June 26, 2026 05:25 PM (GfWuY)

226
The mood in the West nowcappears to be that of Eastern Europe ca 1990 just before a series of preference cascades in the various countries overthrew the system and the tyrannies collapsed.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 26, 2026 05:25 PM (VWtfl)

227 A lot of the best actors express with body and face, not words. But you have to be watching the screen to see it.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 05:24 PM (Rmhd1)

Hard to do on a two inch phone screen. That's why I only watch movies on the 54" tv.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 05:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

228 One reason a lot of modern films suck. They assume that you aren't paying attention so they 'tell, tell, tell.'

Film is a visual medium.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Wokesters feel that lecture is the only legitimate form of art.

Somebody who has read SF in that last decade told me that a lot of modern SF is about a series of changing rooms and settings to continue the Woke lecture in.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

229 Saw it. It is not the best film in cinema history. Doesn’t have to be because the story goes hard and tells the truth.

Posted by: Chunk at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM (KKkVN)

230 So now we're tit for tatting?
Obese Mexican women?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM (Kt19C)

231 So now we're tit for tatting?

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:22 PM (kX27y)
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And I cried, for I had no tats to show.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM (Fi81e)

232 >>> The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.

I read a hilarious article about the Mexican fans are chanting a "homophobic" chant in the stands at the World Cup, and FIFA will stop actual game play if they have to in order to stop the chants. The article never, ever, said or even hinted at what the slur was. You had to go the comments to get people to covertly spell it out for you so their comments would not get banned.

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM (gWBY1)

233 Somebody who has read SF in that last decade told me that a lot of modern SF is about a series of changing rooms and settings to continue the Woke lecture in.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)

If only Hordians wrote books!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

234 > Film is a visual medium.

I never understood this statement. Yes, it's visual, but it's not ONLY visual. It's also aural. We've had talkies for a while now.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 05:29 PM (mkw2N)

235 The ending sucked.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 05:24 PM (gfO9L)

That was all Jamie Foxx's doing IIRC.

Posted by: Thrawn at June 26, 2026 05:29 PM (KKMoa)

236 Bye-bye. I hope they walk. I mean I don't agree with any of the pride crap but this is too funny
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 05:25 PM (VCgbV)
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I'd totally be about (as the Marxists used to say) highlighting the contradictions in the Woke/Muslim alliance.

Throw sodomy flags on the field and watch the players spit on them. That would be great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:30 PM (ZOv7s)

237 >>> Uwe says Citizen Vigilante 2 is coming out next year. The cover/movie poster is the Iryna Zarutska murder.

Ahhhh... like a mirror universe Law and Order: SVU. A drama ripped from the headlines, but this time the rich white Christians aren't always the villains. Interesting way to start a new franchise series!

Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:30 PM (gWBY1)

238
Hollywood has made a fair share of liberal snuffs MAGA films.

This one vigilante film will cause all sorts of liberal whining.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:30 PM (OkYzo)

239 Film is a visual medium.

I never understood this statement. Yes, it's visual, but it's not ONLY visual. It's also aural. We've had talkies for a while now.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 05:29 PM (mkw2N)

Once a viewpoint's been repeated for a long time, people get anal about it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

240 If only Hordians wrote books!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I know, right?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

241 So now we're tit for tatting?

Posted by: beckster
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Double tit for every tat. Minimum.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:31 PM (Q8D76)

242 220 185 Law Abiding Citizen with Gerard Butler was a righteous "get back at the corrupt, broken system" movie. I really enjoyed that one.
Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 26, 2026 05:16 PM (XY7MO)

The ending sucked.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 05:24 PM (gfO9L)

You can blame Jamie Foxx for that one he wanted a different ending. He didn't like being the bad guy and I guess he didn't read the script before hand

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 26, 2026 05:31 PM (ubCxQ)

243 I read a hilarious article about the Mexican fans are chanting a "homophobic" chant in the stands at the World Cup, and FIFA will stop actual game play if they have to in order to stop the chants. The article never, ever, said or even hinted at what the slur was. You had to go the comments to get people to covertly spell it out for you so their comments would not get banned.
Posted by: LizLem at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM (gWBY1)
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Culero?

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:31 PM (kX27y)

244 This one vigilante film will cause all sorts of liberal whining.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:30 PM (OkYzo)
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That's kind of a constant with them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 26, 2026 05:32 PM (ZOv7s)

245 The film is in English, yes ?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 05:32 PM (GD0B3)

246 Nood.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 05:32 PM (dK+Kv)

247 Hollywood has made a fair share of liberal snuffs MAGA films.

This one vigilante film will cause all sorts of liberal whining.
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:30 PM (OkYzo)
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The rules of the game that they prefer is that you are not allowed to win. Only they can win.

Stochastic terrorism only works on the right, even if there is a lot more political violence on the left, it still only works on the right, when somebody can be connected to conservative "ideology" by some tenuous link.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)

248 We've had talkies for a while now.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Yes, the actors can talk but we go to see moving pictures.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (Q8D76)

249 As evidenced by the Gazans holding the 10/7 Israelis hostage. Not a single woman tried to help them.
Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 05:24 PM (kX27y)

Yet ... still ... the loudest here White Knight every chance they get for every nic they think if female.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (6WpMV)

250 Once a viewpoint's been repeated for a long time, people get anal about it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 05:31 PM (1Ff7Z)
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (ZOv7s)

251 Obese Mexican women?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 05:27 PM

The most fattening cake is wedding cake.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (OkYzo)

252 This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Mayor Pete at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (ZOv7s)

Well, you are the butt of jokes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

253 I watched some of citizen vigilante but its not really my cuppa

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 26, 2026 05:34 PM (dE3DB)

254 Every thread gets to guns, boobs or movies eventually

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 05:36 PM (Ia/+0)

255 Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (6WpMV)

Whatever, you're still retarded. I don't have to be a white knight to see that.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 05:37 PM (gKWVE)

256 Rampant and unrestricted immigration from third world shitholes has destroyed our high trust society (along with today's judiciary made up in significant part of third worlders) and made vigilantism a valid choice again.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at June 26, 2026 05:07 PM (idLqF)

Vigilantism happens when a judicial system is broken. Right now ours is obviously starting to crumble. I think all the guilty feelings about vigilantism is because WE did nothing when we saw our legal system decomposing right is front of us.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 05:38 PM (HZUER)

257 Whatever, you're still retarded. I don't have to be a white knight to see that.

And who, really, can logically debate that Tour de Force of Logic and Reason ? Nobody, I reckon. Its just solid. Tight.

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:41 PM (6WpMV)

258 33 Wow. I might rethink not signing up for X.

Nah.
Posted by: epador at June 26, 2026 04:41 PM (TRnzq)

I signed up for X. Didn't use it much for a year. When I tried to sign back in, X told me I had transgressed one of the rules. I could appeal. So I did. They reiterated that I had transgressed one of the rules, didn't say which one, but that I was banned forever.

Welp.

Too bad. So sad.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)

259 x showed me the Accounts of a couple of r*pe gang survivors. Their stories are harrowing.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (dE3DB)

260 Vigilantism happens when a judicial system is broken. Right now ours is obviously starting to crumble. I think all the guilty feelings about vigilantism is because WE did nothing when we saw our legal system decomposing right is front of us.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 05:38 PM (HZUER)

About a decade ago I was assaulted by some dirtbag at the Zoo in Tacoma. Dude was teaching his kid to hit the captive birds with a stick, and I asked him to stop doing that. So, he pushed me down and spit on me.

Cops came. Said they didn't want to arrest him because he had his kid with him. I pointed out that I had my kid with me, too, and hardly thought that was a good excuse.

Nothing whatsoever was done to the dirtbag.

If DH had been there, something would have happened to the dirtbag. And somebody would have been arrested.

The impulse is real, and it is becoming the only answer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (bl07w)

261 Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:45 PM (bl07w)

Obvious bullshit story. Because any Cop is a trusted civil servant. And anyone saying different is a wrecker. A liar.

Or a troll. You know - like me.

So why are you telling obvious lies like this ?

Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:47 PM (6WpMV)

262 Kinda strange movie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 05:47 PM (l3cgK)

263 Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:33 PM (6WpMV)

For goodness sake, Scogg. Stop
Wit the "I'm so much better and so
Much more intelligent than everyone else" "cr***, find an older competent conservative male counselor whom you can talk about your years of anger and disappointment over your biological family, your wife, your life. AskGod whom you don't believe in to show himself to you in ways you"ll accept. The anger is incandescent. You're a smart man and can demonstrate a good sense of humor but the whole routine gets tiring.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 05:49 PM (Yl2Ob)

264 So why are you telling obvious lies like this ?
Posted by: Spring Reverb at June 26, 2026 05:47 PM (6WpMV)

Hmmm... British? Or maybe German or Spanish?

Can't tell by the accent.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:50 PM (bl07w)

265 I signed up for X. Didn't use it much for a year. When I tried to sign back in, X told me I had transgressed one of the rules. I could appeal. So I did. They reiterated that I had transgressed one of the rules, didn't say which one, but that I was banned forever.

Welp.

Too bad. So sad.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 05:43 PM (bl07w)

That’s how FB was for me. Banned for “violating community standards.” Naturally they refused to tell me what.

Fuck Meta.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 05:54 PM (gfO9L)

266 I saw the trailer for the movie yesterday. It reminded me a lot of the late 60s/early 70s vigilante genre that sprung from the disillusion of the Vietnam war and racial chaos of the time -- the Charles Bronson and Dirty Harry movies. That whole notion of the average guy losing faith in a system that lost its way and gave up on its duty to the citizenry.

The problem is that back then, America was still American. The guardrails and underpinnings of the culture were still solidly 1950s Judeo-Christian values. So when the bad guy was rubbed out by smart-alecky vigilante, moviegoers knew it was a setting-right of things and a wake-up call to right the ship. 50 years on, I'm not sure our culture has such foundations that viewers are appealing for a return to. I fear that movies like this one will simply awaken a vengeance theme in rightly-disgruntled people. Where Clint Eastwood heralded a return to law and order through a mayor Giuliani or president Reagan, Citizen Vigilante could likely green light a rightwing version of Luigi Mangione. The imbalance of the rules-following Right and the anarchist Left has never been more stark.

Posted by: red speck at June 26, 2026 05:58 PM (Ve/HL)

267 Vigilante is a confusing mess of a movie. As a polemic, it does its job, but it could be better.
I've seen Hammer in other films, so I have to say that he has a woodenly written character, rather than blame it on a wooden performance.
If you're making an artsy-fartsy film, the choppy editing and the constant flash-forward and then flash-back scenes would be part of the attraction, puzzling out the film. Here, where I believe the storyline is key, it's a distraction.
None of the characters are deeply developed, including the protagonist. That may be a function of the run time - only 84 minutes, but it forces the film into being an plot driven action film, and there are large issues with that.
There are huge plot discrepancies. The Vigilante himself, supposedly a Hero, is depicted as callously indifferent to collateral damage. He makes fools out of the authorities with brilliant tactical skills, yet he never wears gloves, leaving fingerprints all over "crime" scenes.
Then there is a gratuitous sex scene, which advances neither the plot nor characterization. I like boobies as much as the next guy, but those 10 minutes of film could be used better.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 26, 2026 06:00 PM (1+Bny)

268 UWE FUCKING BOLL?!?!?

Seriously?

It's a piece of shit. It's a massive piece of shit. It's a piece of shit that offends other pieces of shit.

Jesus fucking wept when Uwe Boll was born. Uwe Boll is a fucking scam artist masquerading as a filmmaker. There is nothing to see here. Fuck Uwe Boll and anything that shitbag con artist touches.

Posted by: Robert wants to see Rush, dammit! at June 26, 2026 06:24 PM (dpXJq)

269 I like boobies as much as the next guy, but those 10 minutes of film could be used better.
Posted by: buddhaha at June 26, 2026 06:00 PM (1+Bny)

Those words do not make any sense.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 06:27 PM (xcxpd)

270 "No LGBTQ-related symbols or displays are unauthorized!"

Especially on stolen land!!!

Posted by: Fritz Geiger at June 26, 2026 06:30 PM (a4WGh)

271 I like boobies as much as the next guy, but those 10 minutes of film could be used better.

She wasn't super hot, but boobies are boobies. Or as the movie said, $50, and then $30 more for a second position. Same as in town.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 06:32 PM (l2Jq9)

272 Isn’t the movie supposed to be bleak? With a flat affect? That’s sort of the point, right, a protagonist who is numbed and deadened by the world he lives in.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 06:34 PM (Gqar8)

273 I will say the speech from the Interpol guy was perfect. "Vigilantes are a threat to our democracy and probably colluding with Russia." Chuck Schumer couldn't have said it better.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 06:36 PM (l2Jq9)

274 Citizen Vigilante is incredible. Very well done, for sure. Takes me back to 1974 when I ran Death Wish, as a projectionist, in a first run General Cinema theater. The audience cheered everytime a bad guy was sent to his rewards.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 26, 2026 07:55 PM (5xuJ/)

275 I watched it

Hammer is a good actor, he certainly got metoo’d to the max

Not sure how he got away with it all , the movie

But it’s getting to the point

250,000 minimum chid rape victim s
WTF British Empire

Posted by: Gonzotx at June 26, 2026 08:47 PM (nGraA)

276 the elon tweet vaporized as did the last videoe box.
too late though, this will be seen.
supersuckers get it.
https://tinyurl.com/39hp4j69

Posted by: cmeat at June 27, 2026 11:53 AM (R11M+)

277 274 they can be fun. i remember enjoying falling down despite douglas being kind of a turd.

Posted by: cmeat at June 27, 2026 12:05 PM (R11M+)

As Evidence of Gavin Newsom's Corruption Grows, He Placates the Left By Announcing He'll Support a Communist Seizure of the Estates of His Rich Enemies

Evidence of Gavin Newsom's looting of California taxpayers is mounting and becoming something that not even the monolith Democrat media can hide.

MacDonald said Tuesday that the DOJ probe "is about California Democrats' modern-day machine politics," which she described as a "feedback loop of Sacramento-corporate lobbyists-governor/wife nonprofit-behested nonprofit donations-lucrative state contracts-Sacramento."
...
"The modern Sacramento machine trades corporate compliance and nonprofit funding/donations for policy access and state business," MacDonald added, and then explained how that grift (allegedly!) worked for the Newsoms:

According to IRS Form 990 disclosures, her nonprofit frequently buys from Siebel Newsom's for-profit film company--Girls Club Entertainment LLC--writer, producer and director services and the licensing and production rights for her documentaries. Then it sells the docs to the state and public schools.
IRS records show that her nonprofit has paid her Girls Club Entertainment LLC roughly $1.64 million for these production and licensing rights since 2012, which includes a steady annual contracting fee of $150,000 since 2018.
TL;DR: Siebel Newsom produced unwatchable propaganda videos for children, for which Democrat-dominated schools then paid her handsomely. Or as MacDonald summed it up, "Over the past decade, Siebel Newsom has collected over $3.7 million in combined personal salary and LLC payouts funded by the nonprofit."
Then there are behested payments, which MacDonald explained are "a unique mechanism in California politics where an elected official asks a corporation, labor union, or wealthy individual to donate money to a specific charity, nonprofit, or government program." Unlike campaign donations, there are no caps.
As governor, Newsom requested a record $226 million in behested payments in one year. "Hundreds of thousands of dollars went to the California Partners Project," MacDonald wrote, "a nonprofit founded by his wife."
"Many of the biggest donors were corporate giants (like health insurers and utility companies) actively bidding for lucrative state contracts or fighting state regulations."

City Journal reports that Newsom's inner circle is a Murderer's Row of graft.

As federal agents examine Newsom's connections, we decided to do the same. We reviewed records dating back to his tenure as mayor of San Francisco. They reveal that, over nearly three decades in politics, Newsom has amassed a network of appointees, employees, and associates implicated in a range of ethical violations and criminal offenses--including, in some cases, serious felonies.
Newsom has suggested he wants to improve California's culture of self-dealing. Last year, his spokesperson said that "the governor expects all public servants to uphold the highest standards of integrity." Our review reveals that, in fact, Newsom has surrounded himself with corruption and criminals.
This is Gavin Newsom's circle of corruption.
Dana Williamson
Governor Newsom appointed Dana Williamson, a "bareknuckle political brawler," as chief of staff in January 2023. Less than two years later, she left the governor's office after becoming the subject of a federal corruption probe. Last month, she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud, among other charges.
Williamson was involved in multiple corrupt schemes that began before she joined Newsom's office. In one, prosecutors say, she and two others conspired to drain $225,000 from a dormant campaign account belonging to Xavier Becerra. In another, Williamson claimed bogus business expenses worth $1.7 million, which she used to purchase luxury vacations and "private jet travel."
She also faced a charge stemming from the investigation itself. Last month, Williamson pleaded guilty to having made false statements to federal agents. The DOJ reported that Williamson had hoped to distract the FBI from her criminal conduct by, among other things, concealing her "involvement in passing information to former clients . . . to give them an advantage in litigation against the state."
According to one Democratic consultant, Williamson operated "like a mafia boss."
...
Mohammed Nuru
Mohammed Nuru was a public works official under Mayor Newsom. For years, Nuru was a major figure in city politics, exercising "substantial power and influence over" San Francisco's "business and policy, including its public contracts, permits, and construction projects."
In 2020, Nuru was arrested for his role in a massive bribery and corruption scandal. For more than a decade, he had orchestrated a bribe-and-kickback racket, exercising his political power in exchange for cash and gifts. In 2022, Nuru pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Newsom's ties to Nuru predate his mayoralty. Nuru had reportedly volunteered on Newsom's first mayoral campaign while serving in city government. In 2003, Nuru allegedly helped orchestrate a coercive voting scheme through the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG), a city-funded nonprofit under contract with his department.
The alleged scheme involved coercion. In January 2004, nine SLUG street cleaners spoke to the San Francisco Chronicle and claimed that Nuru pulled them off work to campaign door-to-door. Four workers said that SLUG "crew chiefs" requested their voting receipts. "I felt like I was in another country, like it was some kind of dictatorship," one said.
Newsom won a narrow runoff. He received roughly 25,600 more absentee votes than his opponent--the same ballot type that nine workers alleged they were coerced into casting for Newsom. San Francisco's city attorney later confirmed that SLUG had misused city funds to influence an election, and the nonprofit was barred from receiving future city contracts.
....
"For at least twelve years, Nuru shook down contractors eager for City business, trading his authority and influence for millions of dollars in cash, construction work, travel, meals, and gifts," U.S. Attorney Stephanie Hinds said in a statement after Nuru's sentencing. "His abhorrent conduct erodes the public's trust in its government, and this case demonstrates the justice system can and will punish corrupt public officials."

You get the idea. Read the whole thing for more.

Now that the hard left has almost completely taken over the Democrat Party, Newsom is giving up his former resistance to a communist seizing of the estates and embracing it.

And he needs to -- he needs to change the topic of conversation from "Newsom is a corrupt caudillo" to "Newsom is a communist."

He'd rather have the latter argument -- at least there's a growing constituency for communism in the Democrat Party.

CNN somehow got the first word from Newsom:

Gavin Newsom opposes a California wealth tax. He's proposing a national billionaire tax instead
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a national tax on billionaires that he says is the first part of an "economic reset for America" agenda, which aides explicitly say is part of his considering to launch a presidential campaign.
"The system America's founders built was designed to prevent the concentration of power in a few hands, but we have allowed that concentration to happen anyway, slowly, in plain sight, over decades," Newsom writes. "We can reverse it together, as a country."
It is extremely early in the presidential campaign cycle for a policy proposal -- but comes as Democrats continue to embrace economic populism

"Economic populism," CNN? Isn't there a more accurate term for the confiscation of the estates of the wealthy?

and moves against the wealthy. It also comes as California voters in November will decide on a billionaires' tax after the governor and opponents of the tax late Thursday failed to reach a deal to keep it off the ballot.
Newsom, who is term-limited in California and will leave office in January 2027, lays out his proposal in a Substack post that went live on Friday morning, calling for a minimum tax on anyone worth more than $100 million so that they pay at least the same rate, rather than less, than the average American worker who doesn't have loopholes and other maneuvers to benefit from.

Newsom's shift is an important moment in Democrat-Communist Politics. He would allegedly be considered an "establishment" Democrat, meaning, as David Strom says, he's part of the Organized Crime Democrat Party that Hillary Clinton belongs to, the wing that's primarily interested in extorting money from corporations and putting it into their own pockets.

By now siding completely with the DSA communists, he's announcing that the Democrat establishment is now fully communist as well.

Robert Sterling
@RobertMSterling
Three things:
1. "It's time for an economic reset" is the most terrifying thing I've ever heard an American politician say. If you don't get what those words portend, you don't understand 20th century history.
2. Among Democrats, Newsom is considered a moderate, not a progressive. His endorsement of a wealth tax makes it an official part of the Democratic Party platform for moderates and progressives alike; the policy is now table stakes for any Democrat seeking office at any level and in any region. We are no longer going to be able to escape this by simply claiming it's the fringe left advocating for it.
3. Notice that Newsom calls it a "billionaires tax" but references the wealth of the top 10%. If you think a tax such as this would be limited to billionaires, you are delusional (remember that the income tax originally applied to less than 1% of earners). Billionaires have an entire industry of wealth managers, lawyers, and tax advisors helping them shelter assets. When this "billionaires tax" fails to collect even a small percentage of what Democrats promise it will, they will quickly expand it to apply to anyone with even $5M of assets (which is a top 2% net worth). Ordinary people far below the level of the ultra-wealthy--main street small business owners, mom-and-pop real estate investors, farmers, anyone with a decent-size nest egg in their IRA or 401k account--will quickly feel the pain as well.
Pay attention. This is serious, it's not going away, and it's going to come for all of us, billionaire or not.

Below, Gavin Newsom femsplains that he's only being accused of corruption (originally by the Biden DOJ!) because, unlike the right, the left has no media machine to amplify political attacks on their enemies.

Gavin Newsom says he doesn�t think there�s a Democrat-friendly media ecosystem.
I�m beginning to admire Newsom on a sheer-balls level pic.twitter.com/ycjnTzPIUe
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) June 25, 2026

Bonus:

🚨 LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

Obama library attendees:

"Being black."

"Mm, right now, you know � I can't remember."

"I can't think, you caught me off guard."

"Just being there."

💀💀

HE WAS A FAILURE! pic.twitter.com/zNnCooM5fG
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 26, 2026

Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

I sure hope it's not going to be this slow through the week of July 4.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

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1 FIrstis

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (MWfyi)

2 The Blade. No more words need be spoken.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (iFTx/)

3 Called the Corgis

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (qx7Zg)

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (MWfyi)

5 C'mon guys, we've been trying to get rid of Newsom for years -- lets us unload on the nation at large!

Posted by: zombie at June 26, 2026 03:32 PM (Av6i5)

6 As Evidence of Gavin Newsom's Corruption Grows, He Placates the Left By Announcing He'll Support a Communist Seizure of the Estates of His Rich Enemies

You first, you oleaginous snake.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

7 With a name like Mohammed Nuru, it's got to be good.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 03:33 PM (MWfyi)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:33 PM (2YhKe)

9 In 2020, Nuru was arrested for his role in a massive bribery and corruption scandal. For more than a decade, he had orchestrated a bribe-and-kickback racket, exercising his political power in exchange for cash and gifts. In 2022, Nuru pleaded guilty to federal charges and was sentenced to seven years in prison.

Isn't there a massage named after him?

Posted by: Wait, different nuru at June 26, 2026 03:33 PM (TbWk/)

10 If the commies don't take your property, they'll...

@FoxNews 2h
BREAKING: Judge in Palisades Fire trial declares mistrial, with jurors unable to reach unanimous decision; 10 jurors set on not guilty verdict for Jonathan Rinderknecht and 2 set on guilty verdict

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (diia5)

11 I think this is the one I saw earlier that was all link.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

12 I saw a of independents this morning. They started June +16 D. They are now +4 D.

I think Democrats should keep doing what they’re doing. They’ve become a skin suit for communists.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (PM/iv)

13 *poll

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 03:35 PM (PM/iv)

14 The amount of estrogen being circulated in that Newsom interview is off the charts.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:35 PM (fgSb9)

15 "Gavin Newsom opposes a California wealth tax. He's proposing a national billionaire tax instead."

Eh. He has no power to do anything on a national level. Nothing is easier than calling for someone else to do something you have no power to do.

This is just more grandstanding and trying to change the subject away from his and his putaslut wife's breathtaking corruption.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

16 Watch how fast the entire Democrat Party turns total blatant communist because it's "what the people want". Look how quickly Jew Hate became a writ.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (l9DAo)

17 That trial in California is why if you catch a perp in the act, you hang him from a lamppost.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (PM/iv)

18 Ace, how’s about you favor us with a fulsomely detailed crow update on this slow news day?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

19 ...but has Gavin ever said to grab 'em?

Posted by: Cray Cray at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (RmciC)

20 16 Watch how fast the entire Democrat Party turns total blatant communist because it's "what the people want". Look how quickly Jew Hate became a writ.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (l9DAo)

The people want it as much as the KKK exists independent of the SPLC

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (l3cgK)

21 This is the point where newsome pulls a Krispy Kreme and starts vetoing all sorts of left wing bills, especially gun control ones. All to burnish his "centrist" street cred for his november 2028 presidential run.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 26, 2026 03:37 PM (0N4FZ)

22 >>>I'm dying over here.

wut

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:37 PM (6wpGE)

23 "The system America's founders built was designed to prevent the concentration of power in a few hands, "
--
Yes, they did.

Those "hands" being the government, you fucking scumbag.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:37 PM (73/SM)

24 19 ...but has Gavin ever said to grab 'em?

Posted by: Cray Cray at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (RmciC)

Although he's married to a woman, I'd say he'd never grab someone by the pussy. Penis, maybe.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:37 PM (l3cgK)

25 California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a national tax on billionaires that he says is the first part of an "economic reset for America" agenda

That has a very "Year Zero" air to it.

Posted by: Going to Pot. Pol, that is. at June 26, 2026 03:37 PM (TbWk/)

26 I don’t thin Newsom has a prayer of getting the nomination. Last I looked he’s not even top
3.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (PM/iv)

27 On Wednesday morning, Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) appeared as a guest on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to discuss the primary results with the show’s host, Joe Kernen.

Finally, frustrated by Blunt Rochester’s continued deflection, Kernen cut right to the heart of the matter. He asked, “Where has socialism ever worked, Senator?”

Looking like a deer in the headlights, she joked, “Is that another question, or is that for the next interview?”

It was a stupid remark, and an obvious attempt to dodge the question because the honest answer, of course, is nowhere.

“Oh, that’s definitely for you,” Kernen replied. “I just want to know one place where socialism has been beneficial.”

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (RHGPo)

28 Is t this an example of actual fascism? Ostensibly private corporations bending to the will of the government due to regulations and tight control? Pretty please, with graft on top.

Posted by: InZona at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (CtD39)

29 Democratic socialism can be characterised as follows:

Much property held by the public through a democratically elected government, including most major industries, utilities, and transportation systems

A limit on the accumulation of private property

Governmental regulation of the economy

Extensive publicly financed assistance and pension programs

Social costs and the provision of services added to purely financial considerations as the measure of efficiency

Posted by: per wiki at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (MWfyi)

30 18 Ace, how’s about you favor us with a fulsomely detailed crow update on this slow news day?
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

YES!

Ace, did you know that crows are tied to longevity?

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (6wpGE)

31 19 ...but has Gavin ever said to grab 'em?
Posted by: Cray Cray at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (RmciC)

The only thing he wants to grab is Obama's shriveled balls.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (bl07w)

32 Maybe POTUS will give Ace a hand with boring news and tweet out a terrible insult to Starmer or Macron or Meghan Markle. That last one could be fun.

Posted by: Jmel at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (3TlS+)

33 th

Posted by: Bosk at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (VMFAF)

34 LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"
Obama library attendees:
...
"Being black."

LOL. And they're not even half right about that either. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (l3cgK)

35 I'm dying over here.

You're not on another one of those 30 day water fasts are you?

Posted by: Some ewoks never learn at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (TbWk/)

36 Elon Musk put the entire "Citizen Vigilante" movie on X last night. This seems to be upsetting all the right people.

From "Slate": Citizen Vigilante Is One of the Most Disturbing Movies I’ve Seen Lately
Armie Hammer is back in a notorious director’s new film that’s being celebrated by right-wing trolls.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (Apzx6)

37 And the former Mayor dated Mohammed, all part of the grifting circle:

San Francisco Mayor London Breed acknowledged that she dated Mohammed Nuru, the city's former Public Works Director, for a brief period about two decades ago.Breed disclosed their past relationship in February 2020 amid a federal corruption investigation into Nuru.

While addressing the situation, she noted they had been close personal friends for over 20 years. At the time of her disclosure, she also revealed that she had received approximately $5,600 from Nuru to cover personal car repairs. This led to a subsequent investigation by the San Francisco Ethics Commission, resulting in Breed agreeing to pay penalties for violating city gift laws.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (kX27y)

38 25 California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a national tax on billionaires that he says is the first part of an "economic reset for America" agenda

-----

Just once, just for fucking once, I'd like one of these blowhards to do the math on these stupid declarations.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (fgSb9)

39 "The system America's founders built was designed to prevent the concentration of power in a few hands, but we have allowed that concentration to happen anyway, slowly, in plain sight, over decades," Newsom

Oh this is funny, Pelosi’s nephew.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (OoFl2)

40 No, it's not, but hey....I must've hallucinated. It happens.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (2YhKe)

41 During a recent interview with People Magazine, former First Lady Michelle Obama said that her husband is uncomfortable with his new presidential center being all about him. Was she trying to make us laugh? It’s working.

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (RHGPo)

42 30 18 Ace, how’s about you favor us with a fulsomely detailed crow update on this slow news day?
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

YES!

Ace, did you know that crows are tied to longevity?

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (6wpGE)

Of crows, maybe.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)

43 And I expect it will be candy coated communism from the most patriotic and compassionate and smart and fair-minded people to ever exist.

While some of them shout and drool like mental patients at podiums, probably banging on them like Hitler to astroturfed roaring crowds.

And the media will tut tut a little and say it's Democrat MAGA and it's just getting soooooooo popular.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (l9DAo)

44 38 25 California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a national tax on billionaires that he says is the first part of an "economic reset for America" agenda

-----

Just once, just for fucking once, I'd like one of these blowhards to do the math on these stupid declarations.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (fgSb9)

But not on this blog.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (6wpGE)

45 Nothing but a crime syndicate.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (F8sQr)

46 Take and hour and a half and watch the feel good movie of the summer: Citizen Vigilante.

Posted by: connected and litigious at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (cS1cw)

47 The left is getting into a frenzied state because they are worried their grift might be curtailed for the first time in 100 years.

So they are instead trying to bribe the illegals and antifa types with the promise of taking the wealth of Americans and giving it directly to them

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

48 41 During a recent interview with People Magazine, former First Lady Michelle Obama said that her husband is uncomfortable with his new presidential center being all about him. Was she trying to make us laugh? It’s working.

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (RHGPo)

This is not the Sandcrawler you're looking for...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (l3cgK)

49
Willowed, but it's good cause.
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Every time I comment and the page refreshes back to the top I read "Former Colorado DNA Analyst Pleads Guitly to Mansplaining Evidence"
Posted by: Reforger
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Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (QVmho)

50 I like how Michelle says Barack is a little embarrassed the library is all about him.

yes, yes: Just like Narcissis was embarrassed they named a flower after him.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (73/SM)

51 Willowed:
---
Too many people assume that the Lord's plan is the same as ours. And some believe the Lord is a Pez dispenser with goodies for the good and bad things for the bad---or if you pray you get and they get disillusioned when no such quid pro quo exists.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)
---
Job should disabuse people of that.

But what is more interesting in Job is that Job is renown for his godliness. And Job utters his sense of good. He cites that he fed people who were hungry, and gave shelter to people who were without a roof for a time. He gave to those who had need.

His peers just see calamites as "God's judgment" and "righteous punishment" and feel godly as some sort of participant in "God's chastisement".

So we see a sharp difference between Job's idea of righteousness and the other prominent men of his society. Job even expresses why shouldn't he be made to suffer something along with everybody else.

The prickly parts of Job can never be completely ironed out for human palatability, and from a human perspective, but it allows us incremental insight into God himself and what he considered admirable.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

52 Maybe POTUS will give Ace a hand with boring news and tweet out a terrible insult to Starmer or Macron or Meghan Markle. That last one could be fun.
Posted by: Jmel at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (3TlS+)

Megan Markle is a model Democrat. She marries a rich man, emasculates him, sucks his money dry, then whines that he's a loser.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (qx7Zg)

53 Johnny from Jesse Waters also showed the "Women's Garden" at Obama's monstrosity. Just grass. No flowers. Just grass.

But it was mowed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (bl07w)

54 If the commies don't take your property, they'll...

@FoxNews 2h
BREAKING: Judge in Palisades Fire trial declares mistrial, with jurors unable to reach unanimous decision; 10 jurors set on not guilty verdict for Jonathan Rinderknecht and 2 set on guilty verdict
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (diia5)
_________

As I commented earlier, this was a tough case for the prosecution. I don't think they'll ever find a jury to convict.

All the evidence against him is circumstantial and mostly refutable.

Despite what you may have read, nobody saw him set the fire. There were multiple people setting off fireworks in the same area. The prosecution was unable to prove that the fire wasn't started by one of them.

He also apparently called 911 when he first saw the flames. That's odd conduct for an arsonist.

Plus, the fire he was accused of setting was not the fire that eventually destroyed Palisades. The first he allegedly set was much smaller. That was put out by the LAFD. But they fucked the pig and it restarted a few days later.

Tough case for prosecution.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

55 "Gavin Newsom says he doesn’t think there’s a Democrat-friendly media ecosystem."

Hey, I've seen that same sentiment sometimes when I've slummed at Kos. The general feeling that the news media is just somehow out to get the Dems and is on the side of the conservatives.

Needs more trannies I guess...

Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 03:42 PM (Sco7b)

56 "In another, Williamson claimed bogus business expenses worth $1.7 million, which she used to purchase luxury vacations and "private jet travel."

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"Piker!"

-- BLM (what, "Kill Whitey wasn't available?) Co-Founders Alicia Garza & Patrisse Cullors

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:42 PM (t/lcw)

57 a16z's @bhorowitz says the California wealth tax is the "best strategy" to dismantle Silicon Valley that he's ever seen.

"It's been so hard to break the Silicon Valley network effect, but this is the best strategy I've seen."

"Norway has an unrealized capital gains tax. Norway's got a lot of extremely smart people, great entrepreneurs, but they all left."

"When you talk to entrepreneurs in Norway, they're like, 'I literally can't pay the tax because the company got marked up, and I own a lot of it, and I can't get that money out.'"

"'It's a private company. I'm stuck. So, I have to leave the country.'"

"There are basically no tech entrepreneurs in Norway now."

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:42 PM (RHGPo)

58 LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"
Obama library attendees:
...
"Being black."

LOL. And they're not even half right about that either. LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (l3cgK)
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Only about a 3rd right.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:42 PM (Fi81e)

59 Dear Gavin,
The Socialists will eat you, too.
They have no allegiance to your party or its current “stars.” You’re just one more rich, privileged white man to topple.
Good luck with that!
The Rest of the Country

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 03:42 PM (4KUe5)

60 52 Maybe POTUS will give Ace a hand with boring news and tweet out a terrible insult to Starmer or Macron or Meghan Markle. That last one could be fun.
Posted by: Jmel at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (3TlS+)

Megan Markle is a model Democrat. She marries a rich man, emasculates him, sucks his money dry, then whines that he's a loser.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (qx7Zg)

You only need to suck their money dry?

Posted by: Kumala Whoris at June 26, 2026 03:42 PM (l3cgK)

61 In 2003, Nuru allegedly helped orchestrate a coercive voting scheme through the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG) ...

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More like "San Francisco League of Urban Groomers (SLUG)," amirite?

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:43 PM (t/lcw)

62 53 Johnny from Jesse Waters also showed the "Women's Garden" at Obama's monstrosity. Just grass. No flowers. Just grass.

But it was mowed.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (bl07w)

What kind of woman's garden isn't mowed?
Like a ballroom floor.

Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 03:43 PM (Sco7b)

63 By the nature of things, people entering retirement have generally saved more wealth than those who have just entered the work place (duh). As this wealth tax expands to the top 5% or 10%, it will be basically amount to stripping retirement savings from those retirees who were responsible and saved money, while the younger (less white) population, many of whom don't work, will cheer like its the french revolution. Those in or near retirement who failed to save anything will be validated for their irresponsible choices.

Posted by: Lurkyloo at June 26, 2026 03:44 PM (PZ7h8)

64 Tough case for prosecution.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

Yes, been following the case and if I were on the jury, I would have been one of the 10. I don't know if you saw my other post but one juror (#4) said the whole thing was bullshit.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:44 PM (kX27y)

65 War may be nearer than we think.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 03:44 PM (LHPAg)

66 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

I sure hope it's not going to be this slow through the week of July 4.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

Hmmm. Lack of calamity is not a problem.

1) find a girlfriend and blog about her cheating on you. (Or boyfriend, whatever.)

2) get into Taylor Sheridan shows and get the glazed over look of a zealot when you tell us how great they are.

3) get into some video game like GTA 6 and tell us how the $80 price tag is not that bad and the extra 20 to access all the content is really cheap, honestly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:44 PM (zZu0s)

67 This shit has been going on for so long in California, Oregon and Washington that corruption has become the actual policy.

They literally do nothing but take care of their friends and family with public money. Their friends and family in turn take care of them with a portion of that public money.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 03:44 PM (THY4u)

68 Maybe Newsom's first wife divorced him because she didn't want to go to Fed Pen.

Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 03:44 PM (KtOUo)

69 Whenever a democrat says tax the rich, the middle class better grab their wallet.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)

70 41 During a recent interview with People Magazine, former First Lady Michelle Obama said that her husband is uncomfortable with his new presidential center being all about him. Was she trying to make us laugh? It’s working.
Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (RHGPo)

I have to admit that my go to response for any time I see or hear that bitch is to point and laugh.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (bl07w)

71 Willowed:
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Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)
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Wow. How many years I have been here, and I did not know that little trick.

Also keeps you uncontaminated from the content. And unimpeded by Ace's updates.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)

72 But not on this blog.
Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (6wpGE)

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Correct.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (fgSb9)

73 The amount of estrogen being circulated in that Newsom interview is off the charts.

Posted by: Seems Legit

Wait till you find out how much liquid testosterone is in his asshole.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (2bI9E)

74 "His abhorrent conduct erodes the public's trust in its government, and this case demonstrates the justice system can and will punish corrupt public officials."

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This guy's on the short-list for the 2032 Democrat-Communist POTUS Nomination.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (t/lcw)

75 Obama’s accomplishments?

You can only answer that if you are willing to understand his true goals as president.

Number 1: Destroyed healthcare
Number 2: Flooded the country with foreigners, particularly Muslims
Number 3: Third term shadow presidency via Biden
Number 4: Nearly succeeded in coup attempt on Trump
Number 4: Complete

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (4KUe5)

76 Women's Garden
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I don't know what one of those is.

Posted by: Judge Ketanji at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (l9DAo)

77 Gavin Newsom femsplains

Such a casual burn, Ace.

Posted by: toby928(c) at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (4NO2D)

78 69 Whenever a democrat says tax the rich, the middle class better grab their wallet.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)
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That's why I'm out of CA next year. I bet the new tax will pass on the fall ballot - predict the usual 65-35 split.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (kX27y)

79 Hey, I've seen that same sentiment sometimes when I've slummed at Kos. The general feeling that the news media is just somehow out to get the Dems and is on the side of the conservatives.
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yeah, it's like this:
- all media is owned by corporations
- all corporations are owned by capitalists
- all capitalists are conservatives
-- therefore, all media is conservative.

So yes, MSNBC is a conservative news network.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (73/SM)

80 War may be nearer than we think.
Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 03:44 PM
****
You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.

Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (KtOUo)

81 I guess I shouldn't be surprised that "Liquidate the Kulaks" is now an official democratic party campaign slogan

Posted by: Josephistan at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (y9ksN)

82 I would love for all these limousine liberals to lead by example and GIVE everyrhing they own to the government and live in a box under the freeway.

Better yet, killl themselves and donate the carbon credits.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (X8Oaa)

83 Whenever a democrat says tax the rich, the middle class better grab their wallet.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)
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Some of them are smart enough to know that the cannot get by even taking 100% from the rich.

Which is why they want to tax everybody's unrealized gains.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:47 PM (Fi81e)

84 Obama brought us Joe, an even worse president than he was.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 03:47 PM (MWfyi)

85 The left not only reads 1984 as an instruction manual, but they read the grasshopper and the ant as a warning in not letting your serfs have enough power to stop you

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

86 He also apparently called 911 when he first saw the flames. That's odd conduct for an arsonist

Yeah.
Say there's some wannabe gangbanger with a rap sheet and neck tats. He still lives in da hood. Maybe he's even scouting around parked cars for a breakin at the time. Then he sees a mugging and calls it in.
It's possible that Methy Gonzalez here should still be in prison or maybe pulled in for some other crime.
But he didn't do the crime he called in. Why would he be so dumb as to call it in? It's a huge risk for him.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 03:47 PM (gKWVE)

87 What kind of woman's garden isn't mowed?
Like a ballroom floor.
Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 03:43 PM (Sco7b)

Rosie O'Donnell?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:47 PM (bl07w)

88 71 Willowed:
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Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)
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Wow. How many years I have been here, and I did not know that little trick.

Also keeps you uncontaminated from the content. And unimpeded by Ace's updates.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)

Doesn't save you when you post, however

Posted by: Kumala Whoris at June 26, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

89 Wow. How many years I have been here, and I did not know that little trick.

Also keeps you uncontaminated from the content. And unimpeded by Ace's updates.
Posted by: Axeman

I just learned that trick last year.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 03:48 PM (Dvo57)

90 That's a lot of info to digest. Sorta makes me feel like throwing up.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 03:48 PM (1Ff7Z)

91 As this wealth tax expands to the top 5% or 10%, it will be basically amount to stripping retirement savings from those retirees who were responsible and saved money, while the younger (less white) population, many of whom don't work, will cheer like its the french revolution.
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It'd be so easy for 401k's. That early withdrawal penalty of 10%?

That becomes "for any type of withdrawal".

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 03:48 PM (G0vdT)

92 "What kind of woman's garden isn't mowed?
Like a ballroom floor.
Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 03:43 PM (Sco7b)

Rosie O'Donnell?
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Yer gonna need a bush hog.

Posted by: guy on a tractor at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (MWfyi)

93 OT - I have an interesting point.

Other presidents have done negotiations like a stage performance facing the American Public. They make moves and statements for that audience to gain support and votes. It turns into a performance though and we never know what is going on backstage so the other negotiating party (foreign or domestic) can take advantage knowing that they will get what they want as long as it looks good to the front of the house.

Trump does the opposite -- he negotiates facing the opposition, and the American public become the peons doing all the work backstage, but never seeing what is really happening. We see him gladhanding tyrants and saying that our enemies are "a really terrific guy" and it feels like an insult to us, but he is doing that for their benefit and he does not care how it looks.

I Need to think on this more.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (Rmhd1)

94 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

Perfect time to finish off the last three-quarters of The Hound of The Baskervilles.

Posted by: far cry at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (pBJ6M)

95 The only sure way to achieve 100% recidivism rate is to employ the death penalty.

Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (KtOUo)

96 Here is the thing, the left wants to steal as much wealth from the productive class and eliminate anyone that resists.

Meanwhile on the right side politically we treat this as merely a disagreement in the tax rate we need to maintain our basic society.

We will lose if we don't change the way we handle this.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

97 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Posted by: Slow Newsday Gorn at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (4NO2D)

98 Anybody who has a 401(k) is a capitalist

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (RHGPo)

99 Now I understand the Jennifer Seibel Newsome speaking tour. They were trying to get ahead of this and make her too loved to have any of this resonate with the public. Much to the dismay of mainly Jen, the populace found her incredibly grating, tone deaf and rivaling Hillary on the likeability scale. No wonder she disappeared as quickly as her sudden love bombing. It was making this worse.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (OoFl2)

100 Hey, I've seen that same sentiment sometimes when I've slummed at Kos. The general feeling that the news media is just somehow out to get the Dems and is on the side of the conservatives.
---
yeah, it's like this:
- all media is owned by corporations
- all corporations are owned by capitalists
- all capitalists are conservatives
-- therefore, all media is conservative.

So yes, MSNBC is a conservative news network.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:46 PM (73/SM)
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Yup. Heard that 1000 times.

Never believed it.

Because such a case is not exhibited.

Ask them how CBS lost the case that they were promoting Harris in an election year. How did CBS get proven fraudulent trying to say that GWB was "awol" from the Texas Air Guard?

How do the mistakes all go for the Democrats and against Republicans?

Here's where they will typically resolve the record against the theory.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)

101 Government can only screw us so many times...and then movies like Citizen Vigilante get made...and the response is staggering. I wonder if politicians are seeing this?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (2WIwB)

102 Be kind to yourself. Its "document dump" Friday; every gov't worker is already in Ocean Beach,Va. Beach-etc. Summer vacay, bro...

Posted by: pahound at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (AjR4+)

103 I saw The Corrupt Caudillos open for The Popular Front at The Stone Pony in '09.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (t/lcw)

104 42 30 18 Ace, how’s about you favor us with a fulsomely detailed crow update on this slow news day?
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

YES!

Ace, did you know that crows are tied to longevity?

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:38 PM (6wpGE)

Of crows, maybe.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:40 PM (l3cgK)

hmm
mebbe

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (6wpGE)

105 The prickly parts of Job can never be completely ironed out for human palatability, and from a human perspective, but it allows us incremental insight into God himself and what he considered admirable.
Posted by: Axeman

You see the same distinction made in early Christianity and why the schism in the West occurred over indulgences. None of us are 'good' in the sense of not sinning at all. So it takes divine grace to be admitted to heaven and if you are a Christian, belief in Jesus who was the divine sacrifice of atonement for all our sins.

But one still has to try to behave as Jesus and much of the the OT proclaims as the Lord's law, despite our natural sinful nature, and beg for forgiveness of our sins when we violate divine precepts.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

106 FFS, I've been here too many years to count and I had no idea clicking on the red number of the last comment will bring that up as the top comment.

I'm dumber than AOC.

FU*K

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (fgSb9)

107 Rosie O'Donnell?
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Yer gonna need a bush hog.
Posted by: guy on a tractor at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (MWfyi)

She IS a bush hog.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (bl07w)

108 It's possible that Methy Gonzalez here should still be in prison or maybe pulled in for some other crime.
But he didn't do the crime he called in.

Why would he be so dumb as to call it in? It's a huge risk for him.
Posted by: gKWVE

Cold feet after realizing what he had done? The world is full of stupid people doing dumb shit and then going, "oops".

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (Dvo57)

109 So if Newsom is getting all this skim, what is he doing with it? Where's his secret volcano lair and private 747?

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 03:51 PM (+yA4w)

110 "Economic populism," CNN? Isn't there a more accurate term for the confiscation of the estates of the wealthy?

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Envy?

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:51 PM (t/lcw)

111 Rosie O'Donnell?
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Yer gonna need a bush hog.
Posted by: guy on a tractor at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (MWfyi)

Nothing a DR Mower couldn't take care of.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:51 PM (2YhKe)

112 Anybody who has a 401(k) is a capitalist

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (RHGPo)
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"Capitalist" = somebody who believes, like 90% of all human governments throughout the ages, in personal property, vs. the smidgen of dumpster fires that tried to make it not a thing.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

113 "Economic populism," CNN? Isn't there a more accurate term for the confiscation of the estates of the wealthy?

Da Comrade!

Posted by: Some Red Guard ushering gulag to a pit he will shoot them into at June 26, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

114 83 Whenever a democrat says tax the rich, the middle class better grab their wallet.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)
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To wit:

I read the CA language on their wealth tax proposal. Um yeah, every single taxpayer, rich or dirt poor, has to file a wealth statement each year (investments, housing, cars, Trusts) The whole shebang.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 03:52 PM (G0vdT)

115 Dials up " Money"
grab the cash with both hands is a liberal mantra

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 03:52 PM (afJtY)

116 FFS, I've been here too many years to count and I had no idea clicking on the red number of the last comment will bring that up as the top comment.

I'm dumber than AOC.

FU*K
Posted by: Seems Legit

I think it's a semi new thing around the time we got emojis. I don't think that's been a "from jump street" feature. No way that's been live since 2008.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (Dvo57)

117 "It's time for an economic reset" is the most terrifying thing I've ever heard an American politician say. If you don't get what those words portend, you don't understand 20th century history.

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"Hey Hillary, can I borrow your "RESET" button?"

/Gruesome Newscum

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (t/lcw)

118
Gavin Newsom opposes a California wealth tax. He's proposing a national billionaire tax instead

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I don't get this -- why opposite it in California but not nationwide? -- but maybe I'm not supposed to. Newsom said he'll veto that Billionaire's Tax if it passes. Considering he's on his way out in Cali, the only reason I can imagine for him to veto it is for signaling purposes for his presidential campaign.

Now that he's adopting the DSA way, I'm getting kind of concerned. That Billionaire's Tax bill literally has provisions that allow it to be expanded infinitely.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (XJ22o)

119 More bodycam from the Henry Nowak murder came out, and it keeps getting worse.

Even after Nowak was dead and they'd identified Digwa as the killer, they STILL didn't handcuff Digwa. They were johnny on the spot to handcuff a mostly non-responsive Nowak, but Digwa still got kid glove treatment.

http://tiny.cc/1ep5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (mkw2N)

120 49
Willowed, but it's good cause.
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Every time I comment and the page refreshes back to the top I read "Former Colorado DNA Analyst Pleads Guitly to Mansplaining Evidence"
Posted by: Reforger
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Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (QVmho)

I did not know this.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (6wpGE)

121 Gavin Newsom is evil. So is his wife.

Talk about the smell of sulfur.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

122 Much to the dismay of mainly Jen, the populace found her incredibly grating, tone deaf and rivaling Hillary on the likeability scale

Gentle reminder that this was the woman who failed to prove to a jury of Harvey Weinstein's guilt. Weinstein was guilty of a lot. But the jury took a look at this social-climbing starf0cker and said - yeaaaah right, you'd blow a horse if you thought it would increase your rank.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (gKWVE)

123 FFS, I've been here too many years to count and I had no idea clicking on the red number of the last comment will bring that up as the top comment.

I'm dumber than AOC.

FU*K
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (fgSb9)

It doesn't always work. Especially if there's a lot of X posts in the text. Look at WD's ONT. The post always bounces around after a refresh.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 Newsom, who is term-limited in California and will leave office in January 2027, lays out his proposal in a Substack post that went live on Friday morning, calling for a minimum tax on anyone worth more than $100 million so that they pay at least the same rate, rather than less, than the average American worker who doesn't have loopholes and other maneuvers to benefit from.

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One of these "loopholes" is where rich people (their business entities) take profits and distribute them as bonuses to their employees*. Another is where they take their profits and reinvest in the their companies. These "loopholes" create a better place to work, more jobs and stronger companies.

*personal income taxes are collected on bonuses. The government is mad that they can't tax this money twice

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 26, 2026 03:54 PM (THY4u)

125 Do any of the equity trading companies have securities that exclude California ?

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 03:54 PM (RHGPo)

126 Here is what I don't get.

Newsom spent $$$ on a railroad over more then a decade and there is no railroad. Why isn't that by itself a crime and since it involved federal dollars a federal one?

If at work I got money to build a new facility and after more then a decade that money had...disappeared...and no new facility was even started they would not just fire me but arrest me too

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

127 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Posted by: Slow Newsday Gorn at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (4NO2D)

His cloaca pulsed wetly ...

Posted by: far cry at June 26, 2026 03:54 PM (pBJ6M)

128 Remember when Trump jumped on the scene the vast majority of Republicans scrambled to sound nothing like him. Degraded, insulted and attempted to destroy him, too.

They only tried over time to do something different as he gained in genuine popularity and flat refused to go away.

Watch when the exact opposite happens with this "organic" Democrat movement. No personal destruction, some tut tutting, some "oh you, but I think killing ALL Jews is going too far, let's just compromise for now and do half the Jews and make sure we get all the rich ones"... and a lot of "this (straight up communism) is just Populist Democrat MAGA".

I expect after making MAGA a veritable curse word they try to leverage every ounce of what Trump put into it. Sort of like how they didn't want to touch Epstein and then suddenly he was the most important thing in the world.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:54 PM (l9DAo)

129 Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)

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What browser are you guys using, Compuserve?

Every browser I have used goes to the bottom of the page upon refresh without using any trick. Of course, it bounces around as stuff loads and is always off by a few, but it is not at the Ottoman Revulsion Top of Page. (Or that JJ shit. Thanks for calling that out. I mean, today it was literal shit. Yikes.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 03:55 PM (Rmhd1)

130 127 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Posted by: Slow Newsday Gorn at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (4NO2D)

His cloaca pulsed wetly ...
Posted by: far cry at June 26, 2026 03:54 PM (pBJ6M)

ewww

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:55 PM (6wpGE)

131 Now that he's adopting the DSA way, I'm getting kind of concerned. That Billionaire's Tax bill literally has provisions that allow it to be expanded infinitely.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (XJ22o)
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I think those last two words are the entire point of the bill.

I'm nowhere near "Billionaire's Row" but I'm sure it'll trickle down to me eventually.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 03:55 PM (gnNyN)

132 Even after Nowak was dead and they'd identified Digwa as the killer, they STILL didn't handcuff Digwa. They were johnny on the spot to handcuff a mostly non-responsive Nowak, but Digwa still got kid glove treatment.

http://tiny.cc/1ep5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (mkw2N)

Well, he may be a murderous dickhead, but he's OUR murderous dickhead....

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:55 PM (bl07w)

133 111 Rosie O'Donnell?
Posted by: tcn in AK"

Yer gonna need a bush hog.
Posted by: guy on a tractor at June 26, 2026 03:49 PM (MWfyi)

She's supposed to be guest hosting when Kimmel goes on vacation.

And I did see her on an episode of 'Mom' from 10 years ago. She didn't look horrible. Trump has REALLY aged her.

Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (Sco7b)

134 SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Posted by: Slow Newsday Gorn

His cloaca pulsed wetly ...
Posted by: far cry

Somewhere in the distance, a dog barked...

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (Dvo57)

135 If Newsom had a billion dollars would he back a huge tax on billionaires? Why billionaires, why not millionaires? Oh, Aunt Nancy, she would not be pleased.

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (IY9No)

136 The world is full of stupid people doing dumb shit and then going, "oops".
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (Dvo57)

A cromulent point! Problem here is that now you have to go to reasonable-doubt. Doubt is not reasonable with (say) Karmelo Anthony. Seems more so here.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (gKWVE)

137 Ordinary people far below the level of the ultra-wealthy--main street small business owners, mom-and-pop real estate investors, farmers, anyone with a decent-size nest egg in their IRA or 401k account--will quickly feel the pain as well.

Pay attention. This is serious, it's not going away, and it's going to come for all of us, billionaire or not.

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If this ever happens, that "giant sucking sound" you hear will be literally millions of Americans -- who've worked & saved their asses off for decades building a nest egg -- exiting stage right as ex-pats.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (t/lcw)

138
Gavin is just like you: He don't read too good.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)

139 Marx and Engels, in "The Principles of Communism" describe Democratic Socialists as "proletarians who are not yet sufficiently clear about the conditions of the liberation of their class" or "representatives of the petty bourgeoisie".

Posted by: guy on a tractor at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (MWfyi)

140 You can do a World Cup thread with how Europeans think America is great...just a thought...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (tOcjL)

141
If this ever happens, that "giant sucking sound" you hear will be literally millions of Americans -- who've worked & saved their asses off for decades building a nest egg -- exiting stage right as ex-pats.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (t/lcw)

If they're allowed to...

Posted by: Kumala Whoris at June 26, 2026 03:57 PM (l3cgK)

142
You can't prove to me that "High Speed Rail" isn't Gavin's term for his wallet.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

143 If this ever happens, that "giant sucking sound" you hear will be literally millions of Americans -- who've worked & saved their asses off for decades building a nest egg -- exiting stage right as ex-pats.
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (t/lcw)
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And go where?

Where can they go where they will NOT be treated the same way?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (gnNyN)

144 So yes, MSNBC is a conservative news network.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Most of those people cannot actually enunciate Marxist theory but simply wing it on capitalism bad, socialism/gubmint good. That is because profit is bad because someone got cheated, non profit is good because no investor got a 'profit' by cheating.

Of course, they ignore multi million dollar salaries and bennies at 'non-profits' . If anything from being around a fair number of non profits, they tend to scrimp on salary and benefits for those low on the totem pole more than businesses do. The higher ups do all right in a lot of them.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

145 "I did not know this.
Posted by: m"

You poor people have been suffering all this time?? Let's ask Pixy for a User Manual.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (MWfyi)

146 138
Gavin is just like you: He don't read too good.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)

He also thinks his shit don't stink.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (bl07w)

147 They say Newsom was from the Hillary Clinton Organized Crime faction of the Dem party. Now he's joining the communists.
The communists are an organized crime faction as well. The just want to take the billionaires money and make it their own. Much more direct than Hildabeast

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (lqjOp)

148 101 Government can only screw us so many times...and then movies like Citizen Vigilante get made...and the response is staggering. I wonder if politicians are seeing this?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (2WIwB
I watched CV this morning, and have to say other than the nudity, I’d reccomend it to everybody. It felt like rightousness. It felt like winning.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (LHPAg)

149 You can do a World Cup thread with how Europeans think America is great...just a thought...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (tOcjL)

It's been done already, on an ONT at least.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (1Ff7Z)

150 Don't think of the British cops as tradition police.

Think of them as colonial authorities on behalf of Digwa and his people.

Then it all makes sense no?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)

151 If this ever happens, that "giant sucking sound" you hear will be literally millions of Americans -- who've worked & saved their asses off for decades building a nest egg -- exiting stage right as ex-pats.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (t/lcw)
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If Kamala is not around...

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

152
Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi

Gavin Newsom says he doesn’t think there’s a Democrat-friendly media ecosystem.

I’m beginning to admire Newsom on a sheer-balls level

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Right up there with Tommy Flanagan (the SNL Pathological Liar character played by Jon Lovitz).

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:58 PM (t/lcw)

153 More usual suspects and UK female cops.

https://tinyurl.com/54pwrmbc

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 03:59 PM (n5tGW)

154 The world is full of stupid people doing dumb shit and then going, "oops".
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 03:50 PM (Dvo57)

A cromulent point! Problem here is that now you have to go to reasonable-doubt. Doubt is not reasonable with (say) Karmelo Anthony. Seems more so here.
Posted by: gKWVE

That's just a possibility. I thought he was against "the rich". I didn't know people were popping off fireworks in the area. That adds a whole new layer to the mix.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 03:59 PM (Dvo57)

155 If this ever happens, that "giant sucking sound" you hear will be literally millions of Americans -- who've worked & saved their asses off for decades building a nest egg -- exiting stage right as ex-pats.

Posted by: ShainS

Look for exit taxes. A prominent professor in Canada moving to the US is facing a huge wealth tax before exiting Canada.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (E4rtv)

156
OT: Citizen Vigilante is on teh torrentz now...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (5ZSha)

157 oof, off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (l3cgK)

158 If this ever happens, that "giant sucking sound" you hear will be literally millions of Americans -- who've worked & saved their asses off for decades building a nest egg -- exiting stage right as ex-pats.

Gad Saad has been commenting recently on his attempts to leave the Canuck Reich. They are demanding half his savings.

That would be the flip side of stealing Americans savings...they won't let you leave with your money

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

159 LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

Obama library attendees:

"Being black."

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The judges would have also accepted "Being gay."

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (t/lcw)

160 You can do a World Cup thread with how Europeans think America is great...just a thought...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (tOcjL)
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I've been told that's just "right-wing propaganda".

I'm not sure how it relates, but specifically because one of the chicks has an OnlyFans account and conservatives hate OnlyFans.

Some assembly required.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)

161 2 open threads. a Cafe and you are done for the week, ace

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (afJtY)

162 "Economic populism,"

1. I thought populism was bad?
2. What other kind of populism is there? It's always been all economic. MAGA wants less migration because they are costing us money and jobs and security. That sounds economic to me. And it is what the majority want (popular)
3. Is socialism populism? Methinks this is bullshit, as socialism is putting a central committee in charge and that is the opposite of populism.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (Rmhd1)

163
And I did see her on an episode of 'Mom' from 10 years ago. She didn't look horrible. Trump has REALLY aged her.
Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (Sco7b)

No. She aged her own dumbass being such an unmitigated bitch injecting herself into shit she had no qualifications for whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)

164 The Bahamas and Cyprus will be happy to hold their money. Caymans and others too.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 04:01 PM (n5tGW)

165 Gad Saad has been commenting recently on his attempts to leave the Canuck Reich. They are demanding half his savings.

That would be the flip side of stealing Americans savings...they won't let you leave with your money
Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)
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The Canuck Reich happened so fast. They're not even Sooreee!

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:01 PM (Fi81e)

166 I watched CV this morning, and have to say other than the nudity, I’d reccomend it to everybody. It felt like rightousness. It felt like winning.
Posted by: Eromero

Good? Bad? Rosie O ugly? Hot?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 04:01 PM (Dvo57)

167 I think Bill Clinton was the first gay president. He even got a plaque or something.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 04:01 PM (MWfyi)

168 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

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How 'bout a flaming skull with a 'stache to celebrate Bolton's guilty plea?

/I wouldn't be surprised if the Deep State Trump-H8R gets no jail time ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:02 PM (t/lcw)

169 Ordinary people far below the level of the ultra-wealthy--main street small business owners, mom-and-pop real estate investors, farmers, anyone with a decent-size nest egg in their IRA or 401k account--will quickly feel the pain as well.
Pay attention. This is serious, it's not going away, and it's going to come for all of us, billionaire or not.

Agreed. The US of A is broke and trillions in debt. They will come for the money, where ever it be, spend it and still go further into debt. I am old so no shits to give and I fart in their general direction.

Posted by: It's A Swindle, A Swindle at June 26, 2026 04:02 PM (og9zY)

170 I like how Michelle says Barack is a little embarrassed the library is all about him.

yes, yes: Just like Narcissis was embarrassed they named a flower after him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (73/SM)

I'm surprised they didn't just design the whole complex to spell out his name in gigantic flashing neon block letters.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 26, 2026 04:02 PM (k9OZB)

171 On the other side of investing, I bet they will cap "Unrealized capital losses"

My state caps ""realized capital losses" to no more than ""realized capital gains" (they will take but not give) so I see no reason they would let the market empty the state's bank account.

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 04:02 PM (RHGPo)

172 Oh, relevant to one of yesterday's discussion, Insty has a link to an article about our terraforming Mars.

TLDR: It ain't happening anytime soon.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)

173 >>>record $226 million in behested payments in one year.

Hang them all.

Or don't. It's CA.

Let them take out their garbage. Or not.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 04:03 PM (dK+Kv)

174 168 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

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How 'bout a flaming skull with a 'stache to celebrate Bolton's guilty plea?

/I wouldn't be surprised if the Deep State Trump-H8R gets no jail time ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:02 PM (t/lcw)

5 years
3 years supervision
something like 2 million dollars
lost his pension

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:03 PM (6wpGE)

175
@bhorowitz says the California wealth tax is the "best strategy" to dismantle Silicon Valley that he's ever seen.

Posted by: SMOD

==================

Oh, perfect. First they succeeded in dismantling the showbiz industry in California.

Now Silicon Valley? These people are marvelous. They are simply fact-proof.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:03 PM (XJ22o)

176 "Economic populism,"

1. I thought populism was bad?
2. What other kind of populism is there? It's always been all economic. MAGA wants less migration because they are costing us money and jobs and security. That sounds economic to me. And it is what the majority want (popular)
3. Is socialism populism? Methinks this is bullshit, as socialism is putting a central committee in charge and that is the opposite of populism.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (Rmhd1)
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I thought populism was populism?

Segmented populism kinda refutes itself.

"The majority should have what they want--except for _____!!!!"

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Fi81e)

177 By the way, I didn't know that trick either.

So thank you!

It opened up my world.
It was like discovering how to post ampersands - && - for the first time.

I am renewed.

Oh, I took Ralphy to Tim Horton's and brought one of my late Mother's dear friends a muffin and Ralphy. She loves Ralphy so that made her day.

She's in her 90's.

And then I realised, she's not much older than most of the Dems in control. Or those just cl___ing to power.

Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 04:03 PM (Sco7b)

178 " I like how Michelle says Barack is a little embarrassed the library is all about him."

Yeah, sure, I'd be embarrassed by that 750 million dollar monolith too.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 04:03 PM (MWfyi)

179 And I did see her on an episode of 'Mom' from 10 years ago. She didn't look horrible. Trump has REALLY aged her.
Posted by: Stateless
=======
All aging leftists, male or female, revert to the aging lesbian face--see Bruce Springstain for example.

It is as if they are truly being revealed. Physiognomy

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (E4rtv)

180 Saw Ewe Bol video he posted on X yesterday, and he looked quite happy. Said it was his birthday and he felt so strongly about his film (statement, more like) that he funded it himself.

Seems like the dude is on a mission to wake up Europe before it’s too late. Would not be surprised if he helped get it posted on X and torrent(?).

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (4KUe5)

181 what we need is a nomenklatura tax

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (RHGPo)

182 Good morning fellow grey boxers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (Q8D76)

183 Even after Nowak was dead and they'd identified Digwa as the killer, they STILL didn't handcuff Digwa. They were johnny on the spot to handcuff a mostly non-responsive Nowak, but Digwa still got kid glove treatment.

http://tiny.cc/1ep5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 03:53 PM (mkw2N)

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What are they teaching these idiots at their Police Academies? It has to be shite.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (fgSb9)

184 I would have thought this is part of the laws already, guess not:

Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst plans to introduce legislation that would require alleged fraudsters to surrender their passports as a condition of pretrial release, the Daily Caller News Foundation learned Friday.

The “Preventing Fugitive Fraudsters Act” would require defendants accused of government program fraud to surrender their passports upon pretrial release to ensure they cannot flee the U.S. Many defendants accused of fraud were released on bail and fled the U.S. despite warnings that they posed a flight risk.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)

185 The Democrats have been salivating over our 401(k) money for years, but they hadn't moved the window enough yet. Now they've got their public champions and a sufficient number of brainwashed proles to support it. It'll be the largest single confiscation of wealth since FDR took everyone's gold.

Posted by: Nothing new under the sun at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (TbWk/)

186 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

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You could do a post on Anna Paulina Luna and Brandon Gill. APL is trying to close down all House votes, and BG and his getting a government talking head to admit that SNAP recipients need sugar soda.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (qx7Zg)

187 "5 years
3 years supervision
something like 2 million dollars
lost his pension
Posted by: m"

That's fine and dandy but there are much bigger demorats still running free in DC.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 04:05 PM (MWfyi)

188 178 " I like how Michelle says Barack is a little embarrassed the library is all about him."

Yeah, sure, I'd be embarrassed by that 750 million dollar monolith too.
Posted by: fd

Their celebutard card should have been revoked about 6 years ago.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 04:05 PM (E4rtv)

189 Ace, we can play nicely among ourselves.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:05 PM (6wpGE)

190 Is Obama capable of embarrassment?

Srsly, he has had no shame throughout his career.
Narcissist gotta narcissist, yo!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:05 PM (4KUe5)

191 180 Saw Ewe Bol video he posted on X yesterday, and he looked quite happy. Said it was his birthday and he felt so strongly about his film (statement, more like) that he funded it himself.

Seems like the dude is on a mission to wake up Europe before it’s too late. Would not be surprised if he helped get it posted on X and torrent(?).

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (4KUe5)

I think the budget was 7 or 8 million. Which is practically nothing for a feature length movie.

Posted by: Put his money where his mouth is. Respect. at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (TbWk/)

192 187 "5 years
3 years supervision
something like 2 million dollars
lost his pension
Posted by: m"

That's fine and dandy but there are much bigger demorats still running free in DC.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 04:05 PM (MWfyi)

Some of them were pardoned.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (6wpGE)

193 I'm closing in on the end of The Journal of David Q Little. It's reading like recent headlines. What a black pill!

Posted by: InZona at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (CtD39)

194 You could do a post on Anna Paulina Luna and Brandon Gill. APL is trying to close down all House votes, and BG and his getting a government talking head to admit that SNAP recipients need sugar soda.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (qx7Zg)
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The talking head said "she's not a nutritionist' when Gill asked her why they need to buy soda.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (kX27y)

195
So if Newsom is getting all this skim, what is he doing with it? Where's his secret volcano lair and private 747?
Posted by: Don Black Steps Out

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It takes money to steal votes. From the content:

>>In 2003, Nuru allegedly helped orchestrate a coercive voting scheme through the San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG), a city-funded nonprofit under contract with his department.
...
Newsom won a narrow runoff.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (XJ22o)

196 The judges would have also accepted "Being gay."

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (t/lcw)

LOL

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (l9DAo)

197 Has anyone found the billions (or is it trillions) that were supposed to go to high-speed rail in CA?

Oh, I forgot they passed a law that you can no longer look for corruption.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 04:07 PM (fgSb9)

198 >>>LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

>>>Obama library attendees: "Being black."

OMFG, Truth hurts.

Chocolate Jesus' only accomplishment is being born. And it was all downhill from there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 04:07 PM (dK+Kv)

199 Always appreciate your efforts Ace even on slow news days. As always thx

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 04:07 PM (lqjOp)

200 200

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:07 PM (6wpGE)

201 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

How about an Angine de Poitrine video.

https://youtu.be/t7OIc-DBRXM

Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (C8QQs)

202 159 LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

Obama library attendees:

"Being black."

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The judges would have also accepted "Being gay."
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (t/lcw)

Weight-lifting videos.
Teaching us the correct pronunciation of Pokistan.

Keeping the drooling press waiting around for scheduled pressers like the bitch-slapped whores that they were.

Getting mentioned in the last episode of 'Gilmore Girls.'
Giving the Queen his speeches.

Mastering umbrellas through gates.
Successfully being a beard for Mooch.

The man gave and gave...

Posted by: Stateless - He's not heavy, he's my dog! at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b)

203 The talking head said "she's not a nutritionist' when Gill asked her why they need to buy soda.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (kX27y)
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I'm not a doctor, so I couldn't possibly tell you why it's bad to put a gator to your face.

Nobody should believe me when I say it's ill advised.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)

204 159 LMAO!! "What has been Obama's greatest accomplishment?"

Obama library attendees:

"Being black."

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The judges would have also accepted "Being gay."
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:00 PM (t/lcw)

You might win comment prizes.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (6wpGE)

205 185 The Democrats have been salivating over our 401(k) money for years, but they hadn't moved the window enough yet. Now they've got their public champions and a sufficient number of brainwashed proles to support it. It'll be the largest single confiscation of wealth since FDR took everyone's gold.
Posted by: Nothing new under the sun
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That is more likely to get into a breakup of the Union before even confiscating arms door to door. And they will end up dead and defeated if they try it. You cannot run a revolution from the cities, it takes holding the countryside from folks armed to the teeth and too spread apart to actually focus military force on them.

The smarter Democrats were trying to do the same thing by inflation and deficit spending leading to inflation of the national debt away rather than tax increases.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv)

206 >" I like how Michelle says Barack is a little embarrassed the library is all about him."
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no he's not
his bulbous parts are engorged and tingling, his back arched ever so slightly...

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (+yA4w)

207 190 Is Obama capable of embarrassment?

Srsly, he has had no shame throughout his career.
Narcissist gotta narcissist, yo!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:05 PM (4KUe5)

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Great point. The guy has done nothing and loves taking credit for it. I wonder what he did with the Peace Prize money? lol

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (fgSb9)

208 San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG)

A step up from the welfare slugs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (F8sQr)

209 Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)

I guess I gotts mansplain it to you.
I can use the numbers to keep up with comments but when I comment it goes to the top of the page. Phone thing I guess. Giggle can't keep up with our cutting edge technology here.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (mTPps)

210 OMFG, Truth hurts.

Chocolate Jesus' only accomplishment is being born. And it was all downhill from there.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Much to Obammy's dismay, he is only half black so that makes his grade of 50 percent a failure.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (E4rtv)

211 175
@bhorowitz says the California wealth tax is the "best strategy" to dismantle Silicon Valley that he's ever seen.

Posted by: SMOD

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Liberal analyst on radio yesterday said Mandami is best strategy to destroy Democrats in all national elections and have Pubbies forever, "they've gone too far".

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (Q8D76)

212 Remember, the people of California are poised to return the people that are responsible for burning down The Pacific Palisades back to power.

You can't fix that level of lunacy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (XV/Pl)

213 201 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

How about an Angine de Poitrine video.

https://youtu.be/t7OIc-DBRXM
Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (C8QQs)

Interdimensional microtonal polyrhythmic prog fusion shnozz rock gives me chest pain.

Posted by: And it's FRENCH CANADIAN! at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

214 Oh, I forgot they passed a law that you can no longer look for corruption.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 04:07 PM (fgSb9)
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What are you? A conspiracy theorist?!

(A year ago or so I learned that you would be hard pressed to find the words "conspiracy theory" before the Kennedy assassination. It's one of the best tricks the IC ever pulled, apparently)

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (Fi81e)

215 You could do a post on Anna Paulina Luna and Brandon Gill. APL is trying to close down all House votes, and BG and his getting a government talking head to admit that SNAP recipients need sugar soda.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 04:04 PM (qx7Zg)
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The talking head said "she's not a nutritionist' when Gill asked her why they need to buy soda.
Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 04:06 PM (kX27y)

She also admitted she took money from snack companies.

Part of the reason I added it was to provide a good looking guy for the 'Ettes while the guys get Anna.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (qx7Zg)

216 209 Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)

I guess I gotts mansplain it to you.
I can use the numbers to keep up with comments but when I comment it goes to the top of the page. Phone thing I guess. Giggle can't keep up with our cutting edge technology here.
Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (mTPps)

Price to pay.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (6wpGE)

217 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.
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Get off the kitchen floor, Ace.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (Fi81e)

218 I wonder what he did with the Peace Prize money? lol
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Purchased a few bathhouses as a little gift for himself for his retirement.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (E4rtv)

219 I don't get this -- why opposite it in California but not nationwide?

Because he wants it to be a lot harder to escape. It's no use if it's just in California. That'll just go to 3 centimeters of high speed rail and a learing center. Nationwide they can use it to arm the Palestinians or something really dramatically stupid like that.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (qRNmP)

220 Marx and Engels, in "The Principles of Communism" describe Democratic Socialists as "proletarians who are not yet sufficiently clear about the conditions of the liberation of their class" or "representatives of the petty bourgeoisie".
Posted by: guy on a tractor

I would just like to point out that "the bourgeoisie" are the middle class

The people who make a living by building businesses that the lower classes can work, and by providing services that people pay to use, and by selling the goods that they or their employees make.

The entire point of Marxism is aristocrats - like Marx and Engels - using the lower class to destroy the middle class that threatens the aristocracy's dignity by being prosperous and dressing well enough that you can't tell them from the aristos.

The sudden emergence of "bougie" as some kind of put-down concerns me greatly, for this very reason.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 26, 2026 04:11 PM (vJrRc)

221 Great point. The guy has done nothing and loves taking credit for it. I wonder what he did with the Peace Prize money? lol

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (fgSb9)

Remember his $600M obamacare website that crashed ceremoniously? Dude was a DaVinci-like tool of government graft and weaponization.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 04:11 PM (dK+Kv)

222 Obama wishes you all would stop talking about how Obama wishes you would all stop talking about him.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 04:11 PM (l9DAo)

223 Liberal analyst on radio yesterday said Mandami is best strategy to destroy Democrats in all national elections and have Pubbies forever, "they've gone too far".

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (Q8D76)
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TRRUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMPPPPP!!!!!

Posted by: Captain James T. Kirk at June 26, 2026 04:12 PM (Fi81e)

224 California also discovered signature checking during Newscums recall election. He was recalled and they cheated his way out of it. This after election day counting shit has to end.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 04:12 PM (mTPps)

225 The mamdani stuff is kind of hilarious. People seem surprised. He's a rabid communist. You have not killed him yet. He will destroy you if you don't. Act as you will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:12 PM (zZu0s)

226 Interdimensional microtonal polyrhythmic prog fusion shnozz rock gives me chest pain.
Posted by: And it's FRENCH CANADIAN! at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

That's why I've avoided it thus far. I can handle microtonal polyrhythmic prog fusion etc, but I will not abide French Canadian.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 04:12 PM (qRNmP)

227 201 How about an Angine de Poitrine video.

angina > angine

https://youtu.be/2Kv2BklVTLQ?is=gIXWIbPyCEiyXpkb

Posted by: anachronda at June 26, 2026 04:12 PM (nJGK8)

228 When Obama goes home at night, he goes home to Michelle.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:13 PM (6wpGE)

229 The answer on all this is tax simplification and reduction.

10% national sales tax with all other taxes banned in an amendment.

Everyone pays. Everyone pays the same percent.

No games.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

230 *cackles*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:13 PM (EtuJi)

231 I don't care who you like or hate, but the greatest thing to happen in this administration is DOGE.

It should be the best-funded and have the most motivated employees in the Country. Either by pay, accolades, incentives, or anything else. Hookers? Yes. Blow? Yes, whatever they need to stay awake and find the graft.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 04:14 PM (fgSb9)

232 That's why I've avoided it thus far. I can handle microtonal polyrhythmic prog fusion etc, but I will not abide French Canadian.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 04:12 PM (qRNmP)
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We give up!

Posted by: French Canada at June 26, 2026 04:14 PM (Fi81e)

233 "How about an Angine de Poitrine video.

https://youtu.be/t7OIc-DBRXM
Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 04:08 PM (C8QQs)

Interdimensional microtonal polyrhythmic prog fusion shnozz rock gives me chest pain.
Posted by: And it's FRENCH CANADIAN! "

They need that apple cat playing with them.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 04:14 PM (MWfyi)

234
Here is what I don't get.

Newsom spent $$$ on a railroad over more then a decade and there is no railroad. Why isn't that by itself a crime and since it involved federal dollars a federal one?

If at work I got money to build a new facility and after more then a decade that money had...disappeared...and no new facility was even started they would not just fire me but arrest me too
Posted by: 18-1

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The feds FINALLY cut him off from any more handouts -- supposedly, I'm not sure if a Hawaiian judge has reversed it or the feds have clawed any of it back, which they were also threatening and entitled to do.

But he made some big announcement recently about laying a bunch of track, I'm sure so that he can have some Potemkin train service up and running in time for his (official) presidential campaign.

As for your question about criminality, such financial malfeasance never seems to apply to government.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:14 PM (XJ22o)

235 222 Obama wishes you all would stop talking about how Obama wishes you would all stop talking about him.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 04:11 PM (l9DAo)

Nice.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 04:14 PM (6wpGE)

236 How do you know when Obama wants you to stop talking about him?

A: He calls a press conference.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 04:15 PM (l9DAo)

237 I'm surprised they didn't just design the whole complex to spell out his name in gigantic flashing neon block letters.
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Almost.

not only did they put quotes--that no one remembers--on the outside, inside there is some sort of weird, converging tunnel that's blue at the top.
The blue being his speeches in full.

But he's totally not a narcissist.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 04:15 PM (73/SM)

238 I guess I gotts mansplain it to you.
I can use the numbers to keep up with comments but when I comment it goes to the top of the page. Phone thing I guess. Giggle can't keep up with our cutting edge technology here.
Posted by: Reforger

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This is the thing. You can't use that trick when you hit "post", so it is no different from hitting refresh. Either way, I make sure to note number of last comment so I can find my place again. I write it on a post-it and stick it to the monitor, then I hit refresh.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 04:15 PM (Rmhd1)

239 @tedcruz
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4h
James Talarico says Christianity is “the most violent religion” and has done “more damage” than Islam.

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 04:15 PM (+yA4w)

240 225 The mamdani stuff is kind of hilarious. People seem surprised. He's a rabid communist. You have not killed him yet. He will destroy you if you don't. Act as you will.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:12 PM (zZu0s)

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Interesting data out of the primaries this week.

The Mamdani candidates got minority support from minorities. They didn't like him.

It was Assad levels of support from downwardly mobile whites that voted for his slate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:15 PM (EtuJi)

241 Maybe Ace could insert the X link video to the movie. It's AoS Friday at the movies!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 04:17 PM (n5tGW)

242
Because he wants it to be a lot harder to escape. It's no use if it's just in California. That'll just go to 3 centimeters of high speed rail and a learing center. Nationwide they can use it to arm the Palestinians or something really dramatically stupid like that.
Posted by: Ian S.

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Yeah, but why not both?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:17 PM (XJ22o)

243 239 @tedcruz
·
4h
James Talarico says Christianity is “the most violent religion” and has done “more damage” than Islam.

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 04:15 PM (+yA4w)

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That's enough for Talarico to raise another $4 million from Los Angeles progressives.

And lose another 0.5% support from potential voters in Texas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:17 PM (EtuJi)

244 208 San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG)

A step up from the welfare slugs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 04:09 PM (F8sQr)

From "Team America: World Police", Film Actors Guild (FAG)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 04:17 PM (l3cgK)

245 For Mamdani, I prefer Islamunist

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 04:17 PM (l9DAo)

246 Guy Mohawk, seconded

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 04:18 PM (afJtY)

247 James Talarico says Christianity is “the most violent religion” and has done “more damage” than Islam.

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 04:15 PM (+yA4w)
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He's playing to historical illiterates with feelz.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:18 PM (Fi81e)

248 245 For Mamdani, I prefer Islamunist

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 04:17 PM (l9DAo)

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I go with retard.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:18 PM (EtuJi)

249 Every Democrat in California is a trillionaire, and if they say otherwise, yhey are a tax dodger.

Prove me wrong

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 04:18 PM (RHGPo)

250 The entire point of Marxism is aristocrats - like Marx and Engels - using the lower class to destroy the middle class that threatens the aristocracy's dignity by being prosperous and dressing well enough that you can't tell them from the aristos.

Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Marx thought the proles would do it spontaneously. Lenin came up the necessity of an elite vanguard to prod them.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 04:18 PM (XvL8K)

251 Oh, I forgot...

-the halo pictures
-giving us the term shit-Midas
-and not letting Bin Laden go.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 04:19 PM (Sco7b)

252 Last I heard, Jesus is very popular in Tejas

who is this guy signalling to

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 04:19 PM (+yA4w)

253 250 Marx thought the proles would do it spontaneously. Lenin came up the necessity of an elite vanguard to prod them.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 04:18 PM (XvL8K)

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Weird that Marx's understanding of humanity was deficit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:19 PM (EtuJi)

254 James Talarico says Christianity is “the most violent religion” and has done “more damage” than Islam.

hoti ouk oidasin ti poiousin

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 04:20 PM (gKWVE)

255 252 Last I heard, Jesus is very popular in Tejas

who is this guy signalling to

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 04:19 PM (+yA4w)

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I'm sure it's a quote from his time as an Austin rep from a couple of years ago or so.

He was appealing to Austinites.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:20 PM (EtuJi)

256
To tell you the truth, [mumble] years ago when I was 17, I really thought progressivism would be more self-limiting than what it's turned out to be.

I can just start to see the bow of that self-limiting effect cresting over the horizon.

But I didn't factor the stupidity that I have found along the way. And the repeated mass stupidity.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)

257
Interesting data out of the primaries this week.

The Mamdani candidates got minority support from minorities. They didn't like him.

It was Assad levels of support from downwardly mobile whites that voted for his slate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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Interesting. How far down can they go before they turn on him?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (XJ22o)

258 Last I heard, Jesus is very popular in Tejas
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Jesus just left Chicago.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)

259 Some y’all already started drinking, didn’t you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (NdwD/)

260 He's appealing to the muslim vote.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (n5tGW)

261 The answer on all this is tax simplification and reduction.

10% national sales tax with all other taxes banned in an amendment.

Everyone pays. Everyone pays the same percent.

No games.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

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+1

My favorite feature of a consumption or national sales tax (provided it cannot be illegally avoided by corrupt scumbags, admittedly a high bar) is that profligate-spending criminals ALSO pay taxes on there ill-gotten booty like the rest of us law-abiding suckers.

My second-favorite features that encourages saving instead of spending.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (Skn2B)

262 257 Interesting. How far down can they go before they turn on him?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (XJ22o)

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Carville making noises about a schism is probably related to how black support for the hard-left progressives of today is so low.

The schism won't happen.

Blacks will just stay home and stop engaging with politics.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:22 PM (EtuJi)

263 nurse, not yet but I'm close.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 04:22 PM (afJtY)

264 *THEIR ill-gotten booty

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:23 PM (Skn2B)

265 A sequel! Can't be lacking for material.

uwe boll
@BollFILMS
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1h
Citizen Vigilante 2. Coming 2027

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 04:23 PM (kX27y)

266 Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.
I sure hope it's not going to be this slow through the week of July 4.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

Yeah? Be careful what you wish for. In my life, "excitement" has usually been accompanied by a hospital visit or a chat with law enforcement, or an economic collapse, or a massive terror attack.

Boring is good.

Posted by: Grouchy Marx at June 26, 2026 04:23 PM (zafwz)

267
The entire point of Marxism is aristocrats - like Marx and Engels - using the lower class to destroy the middle class that threatens the aristocracy's dignity by being prosperous and dressing well enough that you can't tell them from the aristos.

Posted by: FeatherBlade

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I've never heard this explanation. Were Marx and Engels resentful aristos?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:23 PM (XJ22o)

268 Some y’all already started drinking, didn’t you.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Already?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 04:23 PM (XvL8K)

269 Remember, the people of California are poised to return the people that are responsible for burning down The Pacific Palisades back to power.

You can't fix that level of lunacy.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 04:10 PM (XV/Pl)
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Given the obvious fraud in the late mayoral election, are they really?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:24 PM (amcLV)

270 @bhorowitz says the California wealth tax is the "best strategy" to dismantle Silicon Valley that he's ever seen.

B Horowitz? B for Barry? I'll bet he's patting himself on the back for that bit of insight.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 04:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

271 269 Given the obvious fraud in the late mayoral election, are they really?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:24 PM (amcLV)

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So, at what point in this accelerationist scenario do the people of LA rise up in revolution?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:24 PM (EtuJi)

272 266 Boring is good.

indeed.

Posted by: elon musk, noted boring co. founder at June 26, 2026 04:25 PM (oY6Yp)

273 259 Some y’all already started drinking, didn’t you.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 04:21 PM (NdwD/)

Sort of. I went to get a beer from the store and on habit opened it in the shop. Problem is I gotta be at work in 20 minutes. So after work beer is already cracked.
Dammit.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 04:25 PM (mTPps)

274
Blacks will just stay home and stop engaging with politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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But these downwardly mobile whites? How far down do they mobilize before they start looking for another savior? Or -- less likely -- wise up?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:25 PM (XJ22o)

275 274
Blacks will just stay home and stop engaging with politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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But these downwardly mobile whites? How far down do they mobilize before they start looking for another savior? Or -- less likely -- wise up?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:25 PM (XJ22o)

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Politics is their religion. They will replace one savior for another, blaming everyone for their inability to turn their worthless degrees into the sinecures they were promised. The world will move on, but they will remain stuck in the 2020s like the New Left never left the 1960s.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:26 PM (EtuJi)

276 How did Peaceful Islam, starting from Arabia, end up taking over the Holy Lands (not in Arabia) so that the Pope had to pay Muslim warlords protection money not to sell pilgrims into slavery in the Holy Lands?

I think it's by not being peaceful. And why was Peaceful Islam way up in Constantinople seiging it 400 years before the Crusades?

And why was oh-so-peaceful Islam knocking on the door of Vienna right before the Crusades? (Having been pushed back from Vienna to Istanbul 200? years prior.)

What, pray tell--what?-caused Peaceful Islam to be that far into fucking Europe before the Crusades?

The Crusades was a smack in the mouth the Muslims well deserved by the time that blow was swung.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:27 PM (Fi81e)

277 But these downwardly mobile whites? How far down do they mobilize before they start looking for another savior? Or -- less likely -- wise up?

They haven't yet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2026 04:27 PM (F8sQr)

278 Hmmm, ace live blogging Citizen Vigilante!

Have not done that in a while.

I endorse!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 04:27 PM (zZu0s)

279 James Talerico says Christianity is the most violent religion?

Does this man have brain damage? Was he molested by a flock of priests when he was a kid?

This is an absurd comment, not even coming close to being some sort of “tough love” type criticism of his claimed faith.

He truly hates Christianity, Christians, and most obviously, Jesus. Black heart to say something that inflammatory. Fr fr.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:28 PM (4KUe5)

280 I've never heard this explanation. Were Marx and Engels resentful aristos?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:23 PM (XJ22o)
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Was Vladimir Ulyanov an out of secession noble?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:28 PM (Fi81e)

281 229> Shilling for the worst possible tax

• A national sales tax benefits foreigners by no longer taxing income that they send home in remittances.

• punishes by double-taxation people who have paid taxes on their income and investments.

• absolutely guarantees money flight out of the US as those who saved will flee to retirement friendly nations (which will crop up like mushrooms) taking trillions with them.

• absolute guarantee to crash the automobile and housing markets as people will end up paying thirty year mortgages financing taxes, and as many as ten years on automobile taxes.

It is the most evil and depraved form of taxation devised coming in ahead of a wealth tax.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (9s47C)

282 We will never know what the people of CA think or want until they achieve honest elections.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (Q8D76)

283 So, at what point in this accelerationist scenario do the people of LA rise up in revolution?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Lebanese Shi'ites broadcast their misery when the PLO invaded in the 1970s. Israel rolled in to protect them. Israel were then the targets (and so was the US).
Afghans broadcast their misery under the Taliban. The US invaded. The US was then the target.
Actually about the same happened when the US toppled Saddam from Iraq. Except from both the Sunnis AND from the Shi'ites!

Angelenos should be told that the thread of prophecy is severed. Persist in the doomed world you have created.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (gKWVE)

284 Last I heard, Jesus is very popular in Tejas

who is this guy signalling to

Posted by: Don Black Steps Out at June 26, 2026 04:19 PM (+yA4w)

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After all, he (Talafreako) is The Son of The Father of Lies.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (Skn2B)

285 So, at what point in this accelerationist scenario do the people of LA rise up in revolution?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:24 PM (EtuJi)
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Good question. TJ sez: and accordingly, all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (amcLV)

286 279 James Talerico says Christianity is the most violent religion?

Does this man have brain damage? Was he molested by a flock of priests when he was a kid?

This is an absurd comment, not even coming close to being some sort of “tough love” type criticism of his claimed faith.

He truly hates Christianity, Christians, and most obviously, Jesus. Black heart to say something that inflammatory. Fr fr.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:28 PM (4KUe5)

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He's an anti-Christian who hates the religion and has taken on the mantle of it in order to destroy it from the inside out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (EtuJi)

287 James Talerico says Christianity is the most violent religion?
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He lies like his father, the father of lies.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (Q28kH)

288 I wish I was already drinking, lol!
Work. Kinda.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (4KUe5)

289 285 Good question. TJ sez: and accordingly, all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 04:29 PM (amcLV)

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Plus, they can move out of the county, into the countryside.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 04:30 PM (EtuJi)

290 >>>Sorry guys, it's a slow news day. I'm dying over here.

I sure hope it's not going to be this slow through the week of July 4.

Illegal Alien Gets 8 Years in Prison for $89 Million Payroll Scheme Employing Illegal Alien Construction Workers

Breitbart--An illegal alien has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his involvement in an $89 million fraudulent payroll scheme that saw illegal alien construction workers and their employers evade taxes.

https://tinyurl.com/kxfkjewz

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 04:30 PM (rbvCR)

291 NOOD Citizen Vigilante

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 04:31 PM (qx7Zg)

292 Exactly, TJM and SMH.

That latest statement is gobsmacking.
Flaunting how much he hates while pretending to be a Christian.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 04:31 PM (4KUe5)

293
So, at what point in this accelerationist scenario do the people of LA rise up in revolution?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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Just spitballing, but there's a chance more of them split off and write their own charters, like Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Malibu, etc. Hard to say in such a blue area, but maybe NIMBYism could drive them away from Nithya Raman's socialist borg so they can form their own socialist mini-borgs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:32 PM (XJ22o)

294 Jane Seymour as the next Bond?

Not Bond girl.

Bond. 007.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 04:32 PM (0Ivlr)

295 274
Blacks will just stay home and stop engaging with politics.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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That could be interpreted as a step toward normalization.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 26, 2026 04:33 PM (Q8D76)

296 Philosophically, I think that the rise of Marxism and Islam shows the danger of ordinary corruption. They're essentially confidence schemes, but in polities where grift is rampant, they have lost their immune response that would have protected against it.

Action becomes Repetition becomes Habit becomes Character which, when combined with Circumstance, becomes Destiny. Corruption that is not immediately rooted out swiftly becomes endemic, and collapse will surely follow, as inevitable as Nemesis pursuing Hubris.

And then, what can anyone say? "Uh, sure the rest of us are all scammers too, but the Islamunist is worse?" That is a weak defense that they can't even attempt anyway, once the lying has become habitual.

Therefore, logically, it will fall to the anti-socialist parts of the country to support the MAGA Federal gov't in using the 14A as shield and sword for the civil rights of Americans in those benighted places. Our human instinct to let them feel the consequences that they brought on themselves is unworthy of our higher nature, and With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility.

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 04:33 PM (Sy6m/)

297 This story is part of the answer I would give to the socialism-curious millennial who was commenting earlier today.

Socialism doesn't get rid of greed. It just makes it easier for greedy people in the political class to skim public money. Also, socialism restricts avenues of access to things we all need, and some people use this power to punish and reward the populace.

Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 04:34 PM (FMtrg)

298 Another misconception. This one about the Inquisition.

The civil charge was Heresy. The civil authorities brought in the Church (experts, one would say) to determine heresy.

There's a reason why it was called "The Inquisition" and not the "Prosecution". They were experts recruited for their their discernment of heresy.

What is telling is that there are many cases in which THE INQUISITION recommended leniency and the secular authorities decided to torture a named heretic. And IIRC, it influenced the church gradually to not find heresy, because the kings and the princes would not heed the leniency recommendations.

Secular rulers were worried about heresy as a kind of pseduo-treason.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 04:35 PM (Fi81e)

299 Some y’all already started drinking, didn’t you.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Already?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 04:23 PM (XvL8K)

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It's ALWAYS Happy Hour somewhere on the planet.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 04:36 PM (Skn2B)

300 Yeah, but why not both?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 04:17 PM

The power, the majesty, the beauty of AND is not infrequently recognized here amongs the Commentariat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 04:42 PM (0sNs1)

301 You can do a World Cup thread with how Europeans think America is great...just a thought...
Posted by: Nova Local at June 26, 2026 03:56 PM (tOcjL)

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Compared to what they have it is fabulous.

Posted by: Decaf at June 26, 2026 05:14 PM (ZNpJk)

302 Be careful what you wish for Ace!

Posted by: epador at June 26, 2026 05:30 PM (TRnzq)

303 Seems like we should be seizing the wealth of all Democrats.

Posted by: OnPoint at June 26, 2026 05:32 PM (RK/h9)

304 Ace even if news is slow next week you can probably find celebration videos to post.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

305 "We can reverse it together, as a country."

That consolidation of power at the national level is due to the LEFT (Democrats, Progressives).

And Noisome's proposal won't reverse the consolidation. It will accelerate it. A lot.

Can we start sending the commies to camps, yet?

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 06:22 PM (kU0PQ)

306 NewScum think's he's Robespierre but he almost certainly doesn't know how things turned out for old Robes.

Posted by: Texas Zombie at June 26, 2026 10:41 PM (kN1Fs)

Former Colorado DNA Analyst Pleads Guitly to Manipulating Evidence

This doesn't seem to be the situation we've seen in the past of an "expert" altering test results to secure a conviction.

This woman deleted DNA evidence in rape cases.

She pled guilty to four counts of falsifying evidence to influence a public official but she was actually accused of 1,003 of deliberate alterations.

Former Colorado DNA analyst pleads guilty to manipulating data in agreement with prosecutors

A former DNA analyst with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation changed her plea to guilty in court on Tuesday to four charges, as part of an agreement in which prosecutors dropped 100 other counts she was facing.
Yvonne "Missy" Woods reached a plea agreement with prosecutors after she was accused of mishandling or manipulating data in dozens of criminal investigations, casting doubt on many cases in which she was involved. She pleaded guilty to one count each of cybercrime, perjury, attempt to influence a public servant and forgery.
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Woods agreed to a stipulated sentence of between eight and 16 years of prison as part of the guilty plea agreement.
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CBI said it launched an investigation into over 1,000 cases in which Woods had some sort of involvement. The agency said it looked at cases from 1994 to 2023, when she was placed on administrative leave and then retired.
According to an arrest affidavit, investigators said Woods intentionally left DNA samples out of tests or reports and sometimes would test samples until the results showed what she wanted....

Investigators alleged that Woods deleted some findings of what are called "specific values" in more than 30 sexual assault cases. She was accused of submitting reports that said no male DNA was found, when there was, in fact, male DNA or possible contamination that should have been retested.
Woods worked at CBI's Denver regional laboratory in Lakewood until the facility moved to Arvada in 2016, where she worked until she retired in 2023.

Her shoddy work resulted in a convicted murderer going free. I don't know if he was actually innocent and framed, or if this woman's incompetence freed a guilty man.

A Colorado man convicted of murder over a decade ago in Boulder was released from prison in April 2025 after his lawyers say DNA evidence in the case was mishandled by Woods. Michael Clark spent 12 years behind bars but always maintained his innocence in the 1994 murder of Marty Grisham.
The district attorney in Boulder, Michael Dougherty, says the DNA evidence wasn't the only problem with the case.
"The Clark case I look at somewhat differently, because in addition to the concerns we had about Missy Wood's involvement, we also had really significant concerns about juror misconduct, also ineffective assistance of counsel," said Dougherty. "But there are other cases where the DNA evidence played a really important role, and the misconduct by Missy Woods had an incredibly damaging effect on our ability to do justice for the case. And it's caused us to revisit different cases and open old wounds for victims and their families, and that's true in offices around the metro area."
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"She doctored testing results to avoid testing," pointed out Jud Lohnes, an attorney with the Korey Wise Innocence Project at CU Boulder Law. "And that has a dramatic effect on both defendants and victims. Defendants who may have been deprived of DNA testing that could have proved their innocence, and victims of crimes who, whose cases may have withered on the vine because she didn't conduct the DNA testing that could have brought the true perpetrator to justice."

This account says that she deleted DNA results not to swing an investigation one way or the other, but just because she was lazy and didn't want to do the additional steps needed if she admitted there was DNA present.

The bureau's investigation revealed that Woods' misconduct impacted a total of 1,003 cases. A second internal affairs investigation report, which says Woods admitted to purposefully deleting data, states she omitted facts in criminal justice records and tampered with DNA testing by altering or omitting test results from case files.
According to the CBI's investigation report, an intern found an anomaly in Woods' past DNA work during a research project on sex assault kits, which triggered the internal affairs investigation.
According to the 35-page arrest affidavit, Woods admitted to investigators that she deleted data in some cases to avoid taking additional steps. This included reporting she had not found male DNA in several sexual assault cases, despite having found small amounts.
Woods admitted she purposefully deleted data, according to an internal affairs investigation conducted by a team in Kansas. That investigation found she omitted facts in criminal justice records and tampered with DNA testing by altering or omitting test results from the case file. The internal affairs investigation did not find evidence Woods falsified DNA matches, but instead that she deviated from standard testing protocols.

This woman should receive the same sentence that everyone else did who was innocent and spent time behind bars, simultaneously. Pure evil. pic.twitter.com/9XfHqP3U3z
— The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe) June 26, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:28 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Angel Reese at June 26, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

2 Whellshit......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

3 LMMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

4 All guesses in the last thread were wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

5 Off to lum.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

6 Otters called

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (Sy6m/)

7 Duly nooded. Dammit, Sponge, your Johnny Hart hash is missed!

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (NcvvS)

8 I went to lum, but NOOD's were already there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

9 She pled guilty to four counts of falsifying evidence to influence a public official but she was actually accused of 1,003 of deliberate alterations.

There's a Queensrÿche lyric out there somewhere for this instance. I'm sure of it.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)

10 I went to lum, but NOOD's were already there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

Wait. So pants optional of dead threads?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 I first got into word origins with the word "forensics". I wanted to know what the root "for" was.

I thought at the time that *maybe* it was "for" as in what happened "before"?? But that was a guess.

Turns out it's the same "for" as forum. As in forensics was to be a *public* examination at trial. I find it fascinating.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (l9DAo)

12 Duly nooded. Dammit, Sponge, your Johnny Hart hash is missed!
Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (NcvvS)

Blame Frontier, a Verizon company.

They MADE me get a new router.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)

13
Wait. So pants optional of dead threads?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

Pants are only required for the Book and Gardening threads, I think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

14 Corruption in our justice system!?!?

Why, I'm SHOCKED!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 26, 2026 02:32 PM (XHO5P)

15 OH, I think you know what you've done, Missy.

Posted by: huerfano at June 26, 2026 02:32 PM (VJX5o)

16
Always trust States Evidence. Only the best.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 02:32 PM (OkYzo)

17 Trust the Experts

...or, some shit.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (HmitH)

18 Why go to such lengths to protect rapists?!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (rii+a)

19 There's a Queensrÿche lyric out there somewhere for this instance. I'm sure of it.......
Posted by: Sponge

Wasn't it in the spoken-word background on "Empire?"

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (K00qy)

20 How did she not get a job with the FBI?

Posted by: huerfano at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (VJX5o)

21 I think there was an L&O ep about a medical examiner fooling around with DNA evidence.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (77rzZ)

22 >>Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)

Lucked out here: when my last router bit the dust, the IP address didn't change. My hash is nothing at all interesting.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (NcvvS)

23 All guesses in the last thread were wrong.
Posted by: Sponge
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Hey, I'm sure this chick thought she was Supergirl. Truth, justice, whatever.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (XvL8K)

24 Pants are only required for the Book and Gardening threads, I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

Well, which is it? Don't leave us hanging here pantsless.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

25 "This woman should receive the same sentence that everyone else did who was innocent and spent time behind bars, simultaneously. Pure evil."

The word you are looking for is "consecutively". Not simultaneously.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 26, 2026 02:34 PM (XHO5P)

26 NYS Police had the same problem a few years ago
An attorney I know convinced his client to take a deal despite his pleas of innocence because the NYS Police lab report said they had the guys DNA. It was a lie. Guy served 6 mths. He had other convictions but he got screwed.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 02:34 PM (ik64N)

27 Part of liberals plan is to undermine trust in our institutions.

They are doing this in the judiciary.

They are doing it in DA’s offices.

They are doing it with juries.

They are doing it in public health.

And now they are trying to take control of our government to use it against us.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (1zcQ9)

28 Defendants who may have been deprived of DNA testing that could have proved their innocence, and victims of crimes who, whose cases may have withered on the vine because she didn't conduct the DNA testing that could have brought the true perpetrator to justice."

She needs to be put in a prison with some guys that she deprived tests that would have exonerated them that were convicted of rape.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (0N4FZ)

29 Wow, if I’m reading this correctly, this is the worst kind of corruption of all. She wasn’t trying to help anyone; she just wanted to collect a paycheck for pretending to do her job.

And rapists were walking free because she was too lazy to care about it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (o8hG1)

30
Blame Frontier, a Verizon company.

They MADE me get a new router.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)

AT&T did the same to me. All I wanted to do was removed my deceased wife's name from the account and put my name in its place. Nope. Must cancel the account and create a new one in my name. New equipment.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (J4Dwc)

31 "I killed him"
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"I don't think you have, mate"
-Missy

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (n5tGW)

32 And going back to the content, what is the likelihood that her supervisors & associates really didn't know what she had done?

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (NcvvS)

33
Wasn't it in the spoken-word background on "Empire?"
Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (K00qy)

No......I could tell you but then I'd have to be banned for eternity and my entire persona wiped from existence.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (2YhKe)

34
Well, which is it? Don't leave us hanging here pantsless.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

The Book Thread, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:36 PM (2YhKe)

35 Pants are only required for the Book and Gardening threads, I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

Well, which is it? Don't leave us hanging here pantsless.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:34 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Don't pretend that you don't know...Bob at the NSA has a file...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 02:36 PM (gnNyN)

36 Evil has a face.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 02:36 PM (LHPAg)

37 Why go to such lengths to protect rapists?!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (rii+a)

Actually, I know exactly why.

Pull her donations records and then pull the demographic data of the subjects she helped keep on the streets.

My guesses:
Donations - >90% far left.
Demographics - >70% black men.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:37 PM (rii+a)

38 but just because she was lazy and didn't want to do the additional steps needed if she admitted there was DNA present.
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Yeah, that's the impression that built on me as I read, too.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:37 PM (Fi81e)

39 We should not be giving any quarter to the enemies of our democratic republic. None.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 02:37 PM (Mb3nF)

40 AT&T did the same to me. All I wanted to do was removed my deceased wife's name from the account and put my name in its place. Nope. Must cancel the account and create a new one in my name. New equipment.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (J4Dwc)

To be fair, the router I had was quite old and they claimed it was EoL and a security risk......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

41 This account says that she deleted DNA results not to swing an investigation one way or the other, but just because she was lazy and didn't want to do the additional steps needed if she admitted there was DNA present.
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Or she was paid to do several or more alterations and then did even more so as to make the trail harder to trace, where she could just claim laziness. I presume they have checked her finances?

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:37 PM (l9DAo)

42 Only the best, brightest, and most highly motivated work for the criminal justice apparatus. Swearsies.

Posted by: I give you the F. B. I. at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)

43 Maybe defense attorneys should start getting their own DNA experts.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (77rzZ)

44 As far as motivations go, between malice and laziness, always bet on laziness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (zZu0s)

45 >>Well, which is it? Don't leave us hanging here pantsless.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:34 PM (1Ff7Z)

Seems OrangeEnt has made an early start on the weekend.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (NcvvS)

46 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (Ia/+0)

47 *the MA state drug lab has entered the chat*

Annie Dookhan, call your office...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (Wnv9h)

48 This account says that she deleted DNA results not to swing an investigation one way or the other, but just because she was lazy and didn't want to do the additional steps needed if she admitted there was DNA present.

By definition, deleting results of DNA evidence WILL, in fact, swing an investigation one way or another.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (2YhKe)

49 Well I guess this went straight into her permanent record!

Posted by: Weasel at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (gNDS4)

50 Skipped reporting to avoid work, probably a union member.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (B0dAE)

51 It’s part of the attack on white males by the aggrieved white women cult. It’s why they cut off their son’s dicks and put them in a dress. It’s a way for them to satiate, their sick, evil, twisted psychosis.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (Mb3nF)

52 We should not be giving any quarter to the enemies of our democratic republic. None.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 02:37 PM (Mb3nF)
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Does that mean judges from lampposts?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (Fi81e)

53 Of you can't trust a scientist, then who can you trust?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (guGkK)

54 The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (Ia/+0)

Then I don't feel guilty cracking my first cold one of the weekend.

THANKS!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (2YhKe)

55 >>>This woman should receive the same sentence that everyone else did who was innocent and spent time behind bars, simultaneously. Pure evil.

The opposite outcome seems to be the predominant case. Lazy, discarding evidence of guilt.

Yikes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (dK+Kv)

56 Is there no mention of the demographics and citizenship status of the men who's DNA was omitted? Seems a bit of an oversight if so....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 02:40 PM (jehhT)

57 Cut the broads hands off, she will be fine. If not, who cares?

Posted by: connected and litigious at June 26, 2026 02:41 PM (cS1cw)

58 Perhaps I'm too young to be so cynical, but since this is Colorado I wonder if she really did these things or if she's being prosecuted not so much for the actual crime as for failing to fulfill the duties of a uniparty member.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 02:41 PM (R+iUD)

59 I am low on sympathy with this one! I think she should get capital punishment for depraved indifference to human life. People lost years of their lives in jail because she proved that they should.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 02:41 PM (6wpGE)

60 Is there no mention of the demographics and citizenship status of the men who's DNA was omitted? Seems a bit of an oversight if so....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 02:40 PM (jehhT)

Rest assured, you'd damn sure know if she was white.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)

61 I will admit the story as written is conspicuous in what it does not say and is not curious about. The stress that she was just lazy and was not trying to swing cases a specific way seems.... suspicious.

My immediate thought when presented with these is 'oh, so she was trying to swing cases (or cases she altered or deleted date had a conspicuous cominality) but you just do not want to say what that commonality was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)

62 If she were ditching exculpatory evidence it would have no effect on the trial as there is no way any prosecutor would ever charge anyone who did not do it, nor would a jury convict because (obviously) it is not possible to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that one who did not do it, did.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (/lPRQ)

63 This is the same CO that now insists by threat of prison that its coroners use the deceased 'preferred pronouns', right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (R+iUD)

64 Pants are only required for the Book and Gardening threads, I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:32

Fancy pants required when reading the fashion segment of the ONT.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (Wmg4n)

65 46 The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip

Freyrday, right? Tomorrow's Surtrday!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (gKWVE)

66 The dirty little secret about DNA testing is that it's not nearly as accurate as it's portrayed in the cop shows.

Yes, it's deadly accurate if it's all done right, from proper collection, to storage, to testing, to reporting the results. It's not hard to get contamination or for one of these steps to be duck-fucked.

It's also not hard, as we've seen, for the process to get corrupted by human assholes who want to generate a certain result.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

67 >>>This woman should receive the same sentence that everyone else did who was innocent and spent time behind bars, simultaneously.

Close, but:

This woman should receive the same sentence that everyone else did who was innocent and spent time behind bars, consecutively.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (6wpGE)

68 It’s part of the attack on white males by the aggrieved white women cult. It’s why they cut off their son’s dicks and put them in a dress. It’s a way for them to satiate, their sick, evil, twisted psychosis.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (Mb3nF)
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As I look at it, only the Lord knew how unhinged Man could become "going it on his own".

To us moderns and semi-moderns, it's almost like the lack of necessity of it going this way is almost a shield against it happening.

But that's not how necessity works.

It's like the atheist argument that there is nothing that atheism requires or implies other than a lack of a belief in God. History is shaped by the forces that shape it.

It doesn't matter that atheism is not constrained by simple disbelief in any one direction, but that does not mean that absent a faith in God there aren't other forcers.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:43 PM (Fi81e)

69 Woods intentionally left DNA samples out of tests or reports and sometimes would test samples until the results showed what she wanted

Repeated testing to achieve a desired outcome is not attributable to laziness.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 02:43 PM (C8QQs)

70
Fancy pants required when reading the fashion segment of the ONT.
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (Wmg4n)

Guess I can't take part. For shame.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:43 PM (2YhKe)

71 There was a major scandal up here about 8 years ago that there were rape kits stacked up untested for years, because of budget cuts by previous governors. Guess which party those governors belonged to?

Apparently prosecuting rape is not a priority for some jurisdictions. Plan accordingly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (bl07w)

72 Yvonne 'Missy' Woods

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/wp-
content/uploads/2026/06/062426-dg-
news-Woods-1-1024x681.jpg

White, older, school marm look.

BTW, do not do an image search with that name. At least with safe search off at work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)

73 I remember Lumpy said he ran for Lt Governor to get criminals out of jail

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (Ia/+0)

74 I wonder who she was sleeping with?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (2WIwB)

75 If she were ditching exculpatory evidence it would have no effect on the trial as there is no way any prosecutor would ever charge anyone who did not do it, nor would a jury convict because (obviously) it is not possible to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that one who did not do it, did.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
____________

She could also have been ditching evidence on other suspects.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (XvL8K)

76 Repeated testing to achieve a desired outcome is not attributable to laziness.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 02:43 PM (C8QQs)

Correct

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (l9DAo)

77 Fancy pants required when reading the fashion segment of the ONT.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (Wmg4n)

Dresses are not pants, and the fashion segment of the ONT is very dress-specific...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (rii+a)

78 I was betting on "fat black chick" and ended up with "twisted old crone".

We need more women in STEM.

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (dIske)

79 White, older, school marm look.

BTW, do not do an image search with that name. At least with safe search off at work.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)

I was wrong. Shocking no one.

However, she has the look of a liberal voter who grows weed in her closet at home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (2YhKe)

80 I will admit the story as written is conspicuous in what it does not say and is not curious about. The stress that she was just lazy and was not trying to swing cases a specific way seems.... suspicious.

My immediate thought when presented with these is 'oh, so she was trying to swing cases (or cases she altered or deleted date had a conspicuous cominality) but you just do not want to say what that commonality was.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:41 PM (zZu0s)

Laziness of a state worker seems to be a self-evident and convincing case.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (dK+Kv)

81 64 Pants are only required for the Book and Gardening threads, I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:32

Fancy pants required when reading the fashion segment of the ONT.
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (Wmg4n)

I mostly don't wear pants at all. Where does that leave me?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)

82 , do not do an image search with that name. At least with safe search off at work.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Somewhere there's a Jennifer Jameson who is really, REALLY finding hard to get a serious look at her resume.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (gKWVE)

83 18 Why go to such lengths to protect rapists?!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (rii+a)

What lengths? She was avoiding work.

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 02:46 PM (Sy6m/)

84 prison, and make her pay back every dollar she collected for not doing her job, plus all the other people's hours wasted by her not giving real results. sheesh ...

Posted by: illiniwek at June 26, 2026 02:46 PM (vbXSk)

85 The dirty little secret about DNA testing is that it's not nearly as accurate as it's portrayed in the cop shows.

Yes, it's deadly accurate if it's all done right, from proper collection, to storage, to testing, to reporting the results. It's not hard to get contamination or for one of these steps to be duck-fucked.

Yes, and the jury doesn't know any of that. All they hear is "DNA evidence proves..." and they're mentally out the door. The DNA, which is platinum standard truth and fact, settled the case. We're done here.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 02:46 PM (mkw2N)

86
I mostly don't wear pants at all. Where does that leave me?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)

HOT!

Posted by: Yeah, That Guy at June 26, 2026 02:46 PM (2YhKe)

87 @13. Pants are only required for the Book and Gardening threads.....

Those Book people, all serious and snobs about their reading and education. When we know mostly what they read is trashy novels with pictures. We know they don't have their pants on, they ain't fooling anyone.

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (IY9No)

88 Seems OrangeEnt has made an early start on the weekend.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:38 PM (NcvvS)

It's always the weekend when you're retired. I'm just surprised Sponge and Perf missed the word play. Guess they're too busy with work.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

89 I wonder who she was sleeping with?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (2WIwB)

Look at the picture. I'd say she was not sleeping with enough people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

90 Bullshit government job with required degree in bullshit occupation from bullshit college in large blue state.
Chances of this being a white women 0.10%.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (mTPps)

91 No idea if her intention was to sway certain cases toward a particular result for some reason, or if she was just lazy. A lot of this stuff, in my worthless opinion, comes from laziness (and stupidity) like when a BOLO comes in for a 6'1 black male with dreads in gray hoodie and jeans, and the cops jump on some 5'8" black guy with a fade, wearing a red tank top and shorts out for him morning jog. Do I think it's racially motivated? No I think it's more likely lazy, stupid, and incompetent.

Posted by: But it looks really bad anyway at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (TbWk/)

92
The human factor. Always the weakest link.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (XJ22o)

93 A thousand cases she did this. I'm guessing personal politics one way or the other.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (n5tGW)

94 I mostly don't wear pants at all. Where does that leave me?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)
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I'm guessing, out of dress threads!

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (Fi81e)

95 I don't recall seeing this important SCOTUS case discussed yesterday...and it somewhat relates to the justice system!

Supreme Court, 6-3: Prison guards who forcibly shaved a Rastafarian inmate's head can't be sued for damages. Damon Landor is a Rastafarian whose faith requires that his hair go uncut. Near the end of a Louisiana sentence, he handed intake officers a copy of binding Fifth Circuit precedent holding that RLUIPA bars prisons from cutting Rastafarians' hair; he alleges the officers threw it in the trash and shaved his head anyway. He sued the officers personally for damages. The Court held his suit cannot proceed: because RLUIPA rests on Congress's spending power, it works like a contract, binding only those who voluntarily agree to its terms. Louisiana's prison system accepted federal funds and agreed to answer RLUIPA suits — but the individual officers signed no such agreement, so they cannot be held personally liable.

I don’t care enough to dig deeper and form an opinion...I just like the idea of guards trashing some BS "exemption" and shaving some dirty rasta felon's hair.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (NPq7f)

96 Send her to the field of the impaled. This is the way.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (snZF9)

97 Those Book people, all serious and snobs about their reading and education. When we know mostly what they read is trashy novels with pictures. We know they don't have their pants on, they ain't fooling anyone.
Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (IY9No)

Picture books are books too!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (2YhKe)

98 Somewhere there's a Jennifer Jameson who is really, REALLY finding hard to get a serious look at her resume.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (gKWVE)

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (zZu0s)

99 78 I was betting on "fat black chick" and ended up with "twisted old crone".

We need more women in STEM.
Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM (dIske)

Sure, because no men in STEM have ever been lazy or malevolent. Because of that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (bl07w)

100
By definition, deleting results of DNA evidence WILL, in fact, swing an investigation one way or another.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

I think what they are saying is there was no rhyme or reason behind what she was doing. She didn’t do it to protect a certain class of person, or certain person in general. She didn’t care who she was freeing (or putting in prison because dna that might exonerate was not processed), so long as she got to collect her paycheck and go home on time.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (Wmg4n)

101 She seems nice.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (wBaIH)

102 53 Of you can't trust a scientist, then who can you trust?
Posted by: Cicero

Dr. Fauci.

"I AM THE SCIENCE!"

Posted by: Auspex at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (Y8DZL)

103
I wear the pants in my family.

Except when I'm on AoSHQ.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

104 White, older, school marm look.

BTW, do not do an image search with that name. At least with safe search off at work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)

I don't know what you've been searching or what you've gotten yourself into, but my search of "Yvonne 'Missy' Woods" turns up benign, apt results.

Weirdo.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)

105
It's always the weekend when you're retired. I'm just surprised Sponge and Perf missed the word play. Guess they're too busy with work.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

I'm surprised me not catching on to something surprises anyone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (2YhKe)

106 She got stoned and she missed it

Posted by: DrHook at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (twS2i)

107 Do swim trunks count as pants? What about gym shorts?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (77rzZ)

108 >>> 66 The dirty little secret about DNA testing is that it's not nearly as accurate as it's portrayed in the cop shows.

Yes, it's deadly accurate if it's all done right, from proper collection, to storage, to testing, to reporting the results. It's not hard to get contamination or for one of these steps to be duck-fucked.

It's also not hard, as we've seen, for the process to get corrupted by human assholes who want to generate a certain result.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

istr a case where a reporter worked with a set of twin sisters who sent their DNA in to the then "big three" of home test kits and at least one failed to identify them as related at all. The no-match result may have been from 23 And Me, which I think is the one absorbed by Ancestry, but I can't remember the other two companies at all.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (R+iUD)

109 You have to type 'Missy Woods XXX' into the Googles to get the naughty one.

So a friend tells me.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (J4Dwc)

110 This doesn't look politically motivated. Looks like she was a lazy bitch and didn't want to do any work.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

111 What lengths? She was avoiding work.

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 02:46 PM (Sy6m/)

Testing something over and over to get desired results is not avoiding work.

Saying there was no male DNA found when there was, in fact, male DNA present is actively defending rapists.

Why? The suspects had to have been illegal or black.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (rii+a)

112 And going back to the content, what is the likelihood that her supervisors & associates really didn't know what she had done?

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM

Pretty sure they didn't care what she did as long as she checked all of the boxes, filled out all of the mandatory forms and completed the required minimum number of tests that she was assigned.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (0N4FZ)

113
There was a huge case like this in some southern city several years ago. The guilty party was what you'd expect -- what I suspected this one would be, tbh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (XJ22o)

114 79 White, older, school marm look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)

90 Bullshit government job with required degree in bullshit occupation from bullshit college in large blue state.
Chances of this being a white women 0.10%.
Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (mTPps)

Oofff. I didn't say 0% chance.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (mTPps)

115
I think what they are saying is there was no rhyme or reason behind what she was doing. She didn’t do it to protect a certain class of person, or certain person in general. She didn’t care who she was freeing (or putting in prison because dna that might exonerate was not processed), so long as she got to collect her paycheck and go home on time.
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (Wmg4n)

Then they should've SAID that. Sheesh........

Stop yelling at me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (2YhKe)

116 85 The dirty little secret about DNA testing is that it's not nearly as accurate as it's portrayed in the cop shows.

Yes, it's deadly accurate if it's all done right, from proper collection, to storage, to testing, to reporting the results. It's not hard to get contamination or for one of these steps to be duck-fucked.

Yes, and the jury doesn't know any of that. All they hear is "DNA evidence proves..." and they're mentally out the door. The DNA, which is platinum standard truth and fact, settled the case. We're done here.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 02:46 PM (mkw2N)

It's the CSI effect, or the Bones effect. Forensic evidence is not at all like it's shown on TV where they put a piece of dirt into some Buck Rogers looking machine and it provides a holographic projection of the crime scene as events unfolded. It's mostly boring, tedious, highly labor-intensive, and not necessarily probative. Then you also get jurors who want to know where all the DNA and holographic projection evidence is when it's an open and shut armed robbery caught on an Uber driver's dash cam.

Posted by: People are dumb at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (TbWk/)

117 Sure, because no men in STEM have ever been lazy or malevolent. Because of that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (bl07w)

As you are aware, or should be aware, only women leaders are bad, only women vote for stupid things, and they only want to date men out of their league. 😂

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (Wmg4n)

118 No I think it's more likely lazy, stupid, and incompetent.
Posted by: But it looks really bad anyway at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (TbWk/)

My folks lived in Fairbanks for a couple of years in the late '50's. When the temperature dropped below zero for days on end, everybody wore these big insulated parkas from Army Navy Surplus, so they were all OD green with huge hoods with fur ruffs, so you couldn't really see any faces. Somebody robbed a bank, and my dad was walking down to City Hall to file a construction permit. They picked him up because he matched the description of the robber. 5'8", wearing an OD green jacket..... Just like everyone else.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (bl07w)

119 Fancy pants required when reading the fashion segment of the ONT.
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:42 PM

When was this promulgated?

I mostly don't wear pants at all. Where does that leave me?
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:45 PM

Cold?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (0sNs1)

120 Looking at the name, I see Missy "the AWFL Yuppie" Woods.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (qx7Zg)

121 Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (Wmg4n)

I think there's a good possibility several were targeted and she did the rest to cover up which specific ones. Just my theory but I can sometimes occasionally, once in a while, overthink things.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (l9DAo)

122 69 "Woods intentionally left DNA samples out of tests or reports and sometimes would test samples until the results showed what she wanted"

Repeated testing to achieve a desired outcome is not attributable to laziness.
Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 02:43 PM (C8QQs)

I read it as, she would repeatedly test for the presence of DNA until the result was negative, to avoid the much harder work of sequencing it.

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (Sy6m/)

123 Nobody ever examined me for DNA evidence.

Posted by: The Moroccan Donkey at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (0sNs1)

124 As you are aware, or should be aware, only women leaders are bad, only women vote for stupid things, and they only want to date men out of their league. 😂
Posted by: Piper

And only women are shitty parents or spouses. And only women suck at driving.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (nwXO5)

125 Still don't get why Marxists want criminals set free other than to run amok in society.

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (Ia/+0)

126 60 Is there no mention of the demographics and citizenship status of the men who's DNA was omitted? Seems a bit of an oversight if so....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 02:40 PM (jehhT)

Rest assured, you'd damn sure know if she was white.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:41 PM (2YhKe)

She is white.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 02:53 PM (6wpGE)

127 I'm surprised me not catching on to something surprises anyone.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (2YhKe)

Huh? I thought you were the pinnacle, the very sharpest blade here among the commentariat. You even have an impostor who thinks he's the sharpest. Now, I don't know what to think. Next thing you know, someone will tell me Kamala got to where she's at by trading sexual favors!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

128 105
It's always the weekend when you're retired. I'm just surprised Sponge and Perf missed the word play. Guess they're too busy with work.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

I'm surprised me not catching on to something surprises anyone.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (2YhKe)

Nothing wrong with just holding on tight and soaking it all in.

Posted by: I mean, you kind of have to at June 26, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)

129 And only women spend too much money on stupid shit they don’t need.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 02:54 PM (nwXO5)

130
she was lazy and didn't want to do the additional steps needed if she admitted there was DNA present.
---
Yeah, that's the impression that built on me as I read, too.
Posted by: Axeman

===============

But there was all this altering, tampering, and deleting. Doesn't that take effort? Oh well, she's confessed, and I don't know how things work in forensics labs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:54 PM (XJ22o)

131 As you are aware, or should be aware, only women leaders are bad, only women vote for stupid things, and they only want to date men out of their league. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM

We'll vouch for one of those!

Posted by: Incels at June 26, 2026 02:54 PM (0sNs1)

132 Where would we be without "experts"?

Posted by: pookysgirl, not credentialed at June 26, 2026 02:54 PM (Wt5PA)

133 121 Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (Wmg4n)

I think there's a good possibility several were targeted and she did the rest to cover up which specific ones. Just my theory but I can sometimes occasionally, once in a while, overthink things.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (l9DAo)

Like shooting five people to make a targeted assassination look like an unfocused murder spree.

Posted by: Calm down, I saw it in "Reacher" at June 26, 2026 02:54 PM (TbWk/)

134 124 As you are aware, or should be aware, only women leaders are bad, only women vote for stupid things, and they only want to date men out of their league. 😂
Posted by: Piper

It's true.... For Lib women

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (SbjuD)

135 Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

I would never yell at you! Because I don’t yell. If I am yelling, it’s really, really bad. 😂

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

136 She's going to get a lesser sentence than Tina Peters, isn't she?

Posted by: Texas Zombie at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (kN1Fs)

137 As you are aware, or should be aware, only women leaders are bad, only women vote for stupid things, and they only want to date men out of their league. 😂
Posted by: Piper

And only women are shitty parents or spouses. And only women suck at driving.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (nwXO5)

This is good. We can take the rest of the day off.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (l9DAo)

138
I read it as, she would repeatedly test for the presence of DNA until the result was negative, to avoid the much harder work of sequencing it.
Posted by: SciVo

==============

Aha. Thanks for some scientific clarification.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (XJ22o)

139 It's the CSI effect, or the Bones effect. Forensic evidence is not at all like it's shown on TV where they put a piece of dirt into some Buck Rogers looking machine and it provides a holographic projection of the crime scene as events unfolded. It's mostly boring, tedious, highly labor-intensive, and not necessarily probative. Then you also get jurors who want to know where all the DNA and holographic projection evidence is when it's an open and shut armed robbery caught on an Uber driver's dash cam.
Posted by: People are dumb at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (TbWk/)

Enhance and zoomify!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (2YhKe)

140 Laziness angle doesn't scan so I go looking for another explanation. That is reasonable. But no way to really know what that is.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:56 PM (l9DAo)

141 Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

All that kale causes additional emotional dysregulation on top of standard female irrationality. You might as well tell her to "calm down."

Posted by: Don't get hysterical now at June 26, 2026 02:56 PM (TbWk/)

142 Sure, because no men in STEM have ever been lazy or malevolent. Because of that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:48 PM (bl07w)

As you are aware, or should be aware, only women leaders are bad, only women vote for stupid things, and they only want to date men out of their league. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM (Wmg4n)
______

"I'm worth it!"

-- Rando Internet THOT No. 767

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

143
She is white.
Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 02:53 PM (6wpGE)

Yeah, I'm sitting here, corrected.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:57 PM (2YhKe)

144 "I'm worth it!"

-- Rando Internet THOT No. 767
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

Which coincidentally is her weight in pounds.

Posted by: GORLOCK THE DESTROYER at June 26, 2026 02:57 PM (TbWk/)

145 > A lot of this stuff, in my worthless opinion, comes from laziness (and stupidity) like when a BOLO comes in for a 6'1 black male with dreads in gray hoodie and jeans, and the cops jump on some 5'8" black guy with a fade, wearing a red tank top and shorts out for him morning jog. Do I think it's racially motivated? No I think it's more likely lazy, stupid, and incompetent.

Like the Christopher Dorner incident where the cops were looking for a gray Nissan Titan. Someone reported a pickup truck creeping along. Police responded. It was a blue Toyota Tacoma. The police shot the shit out of the truck firing over 100 rounds without making any sort of announcement.

A 71 year old woman and her daughter were delivering newspapers in the Tacoma. The 71 was shot in the back and her daughter was shot in the hand.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 02:58 PM (mkw2N)

146 She is white.
Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 02:53 PM (6wpGE)

Yeah, I'm sitting here, corrected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:57 PM (2YhKe)

And white.

Posted by: Which is racist, you know. at June 26, 2026 02:58 PM (TbWk/)

147 I hope loss of pension is part of the plea agreement

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 02:58 PM (PFg0D)

148 Then you also get jurors who want to know where all the DNA and holographic projection evidence is
Posted by: People are dumb at June 26, 2026 02:51 PM

Dude. Come to the TXMoMe, and watch that at eleventy when carrots are detected in the chili.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)

149 Someone who abuses their office ad authority like this must be made an example of. Over a thousand cases? I'd say justice for those wronged demand she get no chance to ever walk the streets again, subvert justice, or allow the innocent to go to jail nor the guilty to walk free because of her opinions.

Rope-Tree.

Posted by: TJ jackson at June 26, 2026 02:58 PM (9on0R)

150 This woman should receive the same sentence that everyone else did who was innocent and spent time behind bars, simultaneously.

This. I feel the same way about prosecutors that purposefully hide exculpatory evidence and judges that are dirty.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 02:59 PM (l3cgK)

151 This thread is scary and there is no sandwich in front of me.
Something is .&'
* oof.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 02:59 PM (mTPps)

152 Yeah, I'm sitting here, corrected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:57 PM

Sitting, corrected >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sitting, constipated

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 02:59 PM (0sNs1)

153 I think there's a good possibility several were targeted and she did the rest to cover up which specific ones. Just my theory but I can sometimes occasionally, once in a while, overthink things.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:52 PM (l9DAo)

The sign of a creative mind. But sometimes the sea is just the sea.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:59 PM (pZEOD)

154 This account says that she deleted DNA results not to swing an investigation one way or the other, but just because she was lazy and didn't want to do the additional steps needed if she admitted there was DNA present.

This is the most "good enough for government" type of quality I could imagine

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (sKqQm)

155
I think there's a good possibility several were targeted and she did the rest to cover up which specific ones. Just my theory but I can sometimes occasionally, once in a while, overthink things.
Posted by: ...

=============

Reminder: When analyzing a government official's behavior, never attribute to
1) intricate conspiracy
that which can be explained by
2) incompetence or laziness.

That said, we'll have to throw in
3) a psychopathic indifference to human suffering
for this bitch.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (XJ22o)

156
Missed the last thread because I was trying to knock the grass back. Are this and the Euro Parliament voting for repatriation organic decisions or are we seeing a Trump-sparked preference cascade against the foreign invasions?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (O0L8i)

157 Dude. Come to the TXMoMe, and watch that at eleventy when carrots are detected in the chili.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 02:58 PM (0sNs1)

I would expect that scene to make an Oakland "teen takeover" look like a square dance.

Posted by: Carrots in chili is beyond the pale, sir! at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (TbWk/)

158
Huh? I thought you were the pinnacle, the very sharpest blade here among the commentariat. You even have an impostor who thinks he's the sharpest. Now, I don't know what to think. Next thing you know, someone will tell me Kamala got to where she's at by trading sexual favors!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

I aim to please.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (2YhKe)

159 Falling asleep

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (Ia/+0)

160 Willowed:
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Is there a Christian denomination that provides a satisfying, non-circular, non-obfuscatory explanation for the motivations of God beyond "for His glory" or "because it was in His good pleasure to do so" or "His ways are not our ways"? I'm deadly serious, I would like to know which denomination and what analytical tools they apply in order to make such a determination.

Posted by: I really would like to know at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (TbWk/)
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I don't think it's a denomination. I don't know of any denomination that I could recommend--especially as a non-denominationalist since I said "Yes".

I just meditate on the Lord and Man, and try to learn more scripture and apply more scripture as an "overlay" to learning about the world.

Let's dispose of the idea of basing your life on Christian say-so. But let's suppose that Western Civilization was built by the Holy Spirit, working ages with men who at least had a portion of an ear to hear him.

Western Civilization is basecamp to the full understanding of God, but it's principles are demonstrably "higher" than non-Christian cultures, even though many elements in other cultures are not by necessity worse.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)

161 135 Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

I would never yell at you!
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

There's an exclamation point being wielded right there at the end of that sentence.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:01 PM (6wpGE)

162
I would never yell at you! Because I don’t yell. If I am yelling, it’s really, really bad. 😂
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

Never say never......I can bring out the worst in people at times.

Just ask Doof.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

163
There's an exclamation point being wielded right there at the end of that sentence.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:01 PM (6wpGE)

Thank you for having my back at this particular moment in time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

164 Every time I comment and the page refreshes back to the top I read "Former Colorado DNA Analyst Pleads Guitly to Mansplaining Evidence"

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 03:02 PM (mTPps)

165
Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

I would never yell at you!
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

___________

SHUT UP, EVERYONE!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:02 PM (O0L8i)

166 I guess I should care but it's Colorado so.....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 03:03 PM (SbjuD)

167 165
Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

I would never yell at you!
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

___________

SHUT UP, EVERYONE!!!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:02 PM (O0L8i)

Oh shit, he's going to turn this car around.

Posted by: Or start swinging the whiffle ball bat at June 26, 2026 03:03 PM (TbWk/)

168 Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

I would never yell at you!
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM

Restore your equanimity, stat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 26, 2026 03:03 PM (0sNs1)

169 The sign of a creative mind. But sometimes the sea is just the sea.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:59 PM (pZEOD)

Sometimes to gain sympathy and a favorable ruling you go with the benign identifiable defense instead of the one that indicates personal gain or something even worse.

But yeah I make no warranty that my various theories are worth a shit. Past results are not a guarantee of future success. Sometimes a cigar is a cigar. And sometimes that dream about being sucked into a giant wet gaping hole is just geologic.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:03 PM (l9DAo)

170 161 135 Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

I would never yell at you!
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

There's an exclamation point being wielded right there at the end of that sentence.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:01 PM (6wpGE)

That's not yelling! THIS IS YELLING!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:04 PM (l3cgK)

171 Disgusting - Mamdani thinks he's above the Supreme Court.

Libs of TikTok reposted

🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸
@mrddmia
Let's get this straight:

The foreign-born leader of our nation's largest city--elected largely by foreign-born noncitizens--states he is going to stop federal law enforcement from enforcing federal law?

Even after a Supreme Court ruling?

Seditious conspiracy.

Insurrection.
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Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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BREAKING: Mamdani vows to protect illegal alien Haitians and Syrians following SCOTUS ruling.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)

172 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (XJ22o)

All true!!!

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l9DAo)

173 BREAKING: Mamdani vows to protect illegal alien Haitians and Syrians following SCOTUS ruling.
Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)

Which is why the rest of them should all head to NYC...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (SbjuD)

174 Searching for her name and Colorado, I found a video online showing a man let out of prison, going back to his family. Imagine the repairing of relationships that is going to be needed.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (6wpGE)

175 STOP YELLING!
I SAID I WAS TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP!

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (Ia/+0)

176 BREAKING: Mamdani vows to protect illegal alien Haitians and Syrians following SCOTUS ruling.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)

Translation: Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

177 Stop yelling at me.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June

All that kale causes additional emotional dysregulation on top of standard female irrationality. You might as well tell her to "calm down."
Posted by: Don't get hysterical now at June 26, 2026 02:56 PM (TbWk/)

That mention of kale made me think of this:

https://youtu.be/9gfv_E5KKrY

Hilarious

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 03:06 PM (ugElV)

178 She looks like she could be fixed.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 26, 2026 03:06 PM (2ap+5)

179 Translation: Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

Why not? They know there's going to be no cost to it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 03:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

180 Is there a Christian denomination that provides a satisfying, non-circular, non-obfuscatory explanation for the motivations of God beyond "for His glory" or "because it was in His good pleasure to do so" or "His ways are not our ways"? I'm deadly serious, I would like to know which denomination and what analytical tools they apply in order to make such a determination.

Posted by: I really would like to know

Depending on what specific situation you're talking about, you're not going to get a better answer, because they're quoting what God Himself said were His motivations.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 26, 2026 03:07 PM (vJrRc)

181 176 BREAKING: Mamdani vows to protect illegal alien Haitians and Syrians following SCOTUS ruling.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)

Translation: Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

======

He's going to fund a bunch of left-leaning lawyers with city funds to perform work that will certainly fail but make him look good for trying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 03:07 PM (EtuJi)

182 NY City wants to secede from the Union?

Bye bye

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)

183 That mention of kale made me think of this:

https://youtu.be/9gfv_E5KKrY

Hilarious
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 03:06 PM (ugElV)

Heh. That is funny.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)

184 Not a bad idea......if only.

Libs of TikTok reposted

Robby Starbuck
@robbystarbuck
·
4h
Cool, Trump should call his bluff and dare him to defy both the executive branch and the Supreme Court. Then arrest him for insurrection. Examples must be set for these communists to learn.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:08 PM (kX27y)

185 Translation: Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

Tell me again, how many divisions does Mamdani have?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 03:08 PM (o8hG1)

186 Well, I don't know who's to blame for this but I know who DIDN'T do it!

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 03:09 PM (mTPps)

187 God is the pinnacle. We may never get there. I venture to say we probably never will. That will perhaps ever be part of our relationship.

But, I believe--from what I have experienced--that there are always higher rungs on which we can stand.

I reject the "glory" term of Calvinism because it narrows down the fullness of scripture.

Scripture: God wishes no man to perish.
Calvinism: People were chosen from the beginning for His Wrath "for His Glory".

If the Calvinist principle is pressed too hard, that's a different person! And Calvinism appeals to me as simplification so that I can claim to have a closer to equal understanding to God, rather than remain open to his lifting.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

188 185 Translation: Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

Tell me again, how many divisions does Mamdani have?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 03:08 PM (o8hG1)

With Aunti-Fa, more than the Supremes do...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)

189 Sorry, Skip.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 03:09 PM (OoFl2)

190 Well, I don't know who's to blame for this but I know who DIDN'T do it!
Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 03:09 PM (mTPps)

That's exactly what someone who DID do it would way.

Posted by: Your denial is suspicious at June 26, 2026 03:09 PM (TbWk/)

191 Because He loves us is NOT the same as because He said so - and is not circular.

Understood mainly through the teachings and actions of Jesus. But from the outside maybe it will look circular or deceptive. It is neither.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:09 PM (l9DAo)

192 185 Translation: Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

Tell me again, how many divisions does Mamdani have?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 03:08 PM (o8hG1)

haha

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:10 PM (6wpGE)

193 > BREAKING: Mamdani vows to protect illegal alien Haitians and Syrians following SCOTUS ruling.
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Great, let NYC pick them up and park them wherever in the city. Then arrest them, and Mamdani as he's providing sanctuary for them, against the law.

Keep him on ice (SWIDT) as a flight risk until the case is resolved. Make his confinement "uncomfortable" in a federal facility with no A/C or running water. Maybe park a few Haitians in his cell with him. That'd be fun.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 03:10 PM (jehhT)

194 Yep.

Libs of TikTok reposted

Breanna Morello
@BreannaMorello
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6h
If our government worked properly, Zohran Mamdani would have his citizenship yanked and he’d be on the next flight out.

We allowed communists into our country.

Mamdani’s only purpose is to destroy us.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:10 PM (kX27y)

195 Piper I should try and stay awake and go to bed at my usual time, even though no work tomorrow

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)

196 I'm going to take a bold stand here and say the "until she got the results she wanted" is code for "the poor, oppressed POC didn't do nothing."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:11 PM (73/SM)

197 If there’s going to be all this yelling, can it at least be over something substantive, like Ginger or Maryanne?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

198 Enhance and zoomify!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:55 PM

Hicks: Can you get a feature scan and pattern matching on him?
Van: No, he's smart, he never looks up.
Jones: Why does he have to look up?
Fiedler: The satellite is 155 miles above the Earth. It can only look straight down.
Jones: That's a bit limited, isn't it?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 03:11 PM (Wnv9h)

199 and Missy Woods would have got away with it if not for that darn meddling kid (intern) who was trying to polish their resume I suppose.

That is the scary thing to me. TV, and that one Hillary interview that came out in 2016 gave me the impression that the defense attorney can demand to run their own tests if they suspect the state forensics team messed up. Hillary got a (highly likely) rapist off because the state had lost the sample as I recall.

Apparently none of these defense attorney's really believed their client was innocent and paid for independent testing. Were all of the convictions of people who couldn't pony up money to have indedendent testing done.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 26, 2026 03:11 PM (PV+Zw)

200 200

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:11 PM (6wpGE)

201 BREAKING: Mamdani vows to protect illegal alien Haitians and Syrians following SCOTUS ruling.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)
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Speaking of Mamdani, I saw an interesting point being made on X.

Mamdani announced a few months ago he would confiscate slumlord properties.

Then yesterday he announces a rent control freeze. And how do you create more slumlord properties? Freeze the rents but not the expenses.

I'm going to guess that once the city takes over a property and then hands it over to a friendly commie NGO, they'll get a special "rent adjust".

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 03:11 PM (G0vdT)

202 197 If there’s going to be all this yelling, can it at least be over something substantive, like Ginger or Maryanne?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

I've cooked with Ginger, but never with Maryanne...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (l3cgK)

203
1863: Draft Riots

2026: ICE Riots

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (O0L8i)

204
Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

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I am so fucking sick of these Dems boasting of their intent to break the law with impunity -- to say nothing of the fact that it's usually underway. I'd like to see lightning-swift, severe, large-scale smackdowns on these cities. Seriously, like something out of an action movie, or even sci-fi!! Smack the shit out of them, someone, and leave Mamdani sputtering at his mic every ten minutes as another operation carts off another dozen illegals.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (XJ22o)

205 BREAKING: Mamdani vows to protect illegal alien Haitians and Syrians following SCOTUS ruling.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:04 PM (kX27y)

Translation: Mandami has unilaterally decided NYC is going to defy Federal Law and the Supreme Court...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

======

He's going to fund a bunch of left-leaning lawyers with city funds to perform work that will certainly fail but make him look good for trying.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 03:07 PM (EtuJi)
______

He might not even do that. Did anyone actually read what he actually said, rather than rely on hair-on-fire twatter reporting?

He -- and Hochul and a bunch of other assholes -- ranted and raved and pissed and shitted about how this was the worst thing in the history of worst things. But when it came time to say what he would actually do about it, he literally said ... Imma gonna get back to you on that.

Grandstanding bullshit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

206 Life sentence would be the easy way out for her. She should be fed to the wolves.

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (8uzBS)

207 istr a case where a reporter worked with a set of twin sisters who sent their DNA in to the then "big three" of home test kits and at least one failed to identify them as related at all. The no-match result may have been from 23 And Me, which I think is the one absorbed by Ancestry, but I can't remember the other two companies at all.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (R+iUD)

it is possible if unlikely that sibs could have 0 shared DNA if they are fraternal twins. it would be very unlikely, but the half of the dad's DNA and half the mom's DNA could be entirely disjoint sets.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)

208 Is there a Christian denomination that provides a satisfying, non-circular, non-obfuscatory explanation for the motivations of God beyond "for His glory" or "because it was in His good pleasure to do so" or "His ways are not our ways"? I'm deadly serious, I would like to know which denomination and what analytical tools they apply in order to make such a determination.

Posted by: I really would like to know

Depending on what specific situation you're talking about, you're not going to get a better answer, because they're quoting what God Himself said were His motivations.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 26, 2026 03:07 PM (vJrRc)

Indeed… it’s all over the Bible. Just one example Isaiah 46:9-11

I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure’ [or ‘I will do all that I please’]. … I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.

God is God and we are not. We would do well to worship him rather than try to use our human logic to fully understand him

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 03:13 PM (YXvTV)

209 I am so fucking sick of these Dems boasting of their intent to break the law with impunity -- to say nothing of the fact that it's usually underway. I'd like to see lightning-swift, severe, large-scale smackdowns on these cities. Seriously, like something out of an action movie, or even sci-fi!! Smack the shit out of them, someone, and leave Mamdani sputtering at his mic every ten minutes as another operation carts off another dozen illegals.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (XJ22o)

Send in Snake Plissken and Judge Dredd and just waste them all.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 03:14 PM (snZF9)

210 She's 65, and the sentencing options have been reported to be between 8 and 16 years.

65 + 8 = not long enough
65 + 16 = not long enough

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:14 PM (6wpGE)

211 FSJ and Gertie headed to the vet for shots and a checkup.

Posted by: Weasel at June 26, 2026 03:15 PM (gNDS4)

212
NY City wants to secede from the Union?

___________

Wouldn't be the first time. On January 7, 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood told the NY Board of Aldermen that New York City should secede from the state and the Union and join the Confederacy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:15 PM (O0L8i)

213
I'm going to guess that once the city takes over a property and then hands it over to a friendly commie NGO, they'll get a special "rent adjust".

Posted by: WisRich

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Yes. Either quietly and invisibly, or accompanied by the patented leftist chortle. "It turns out those jobs weren't so shovel-readeh!" snork-snork

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:15 PM (XJ22o)

214 180 Is there a Christian denomination that provides a satisfying, non-circular, non-obfuscatory explanation for the motivations of God beyond "for His glory" or "because it was in His good pleasure to do so" or "His ways are not our ways"? I'm deadly serious, I would like to know which denomination and what analytical tools they apply in order to make such a determination.

Posted by: I really would like to know

Isaiah 55:8-9: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts"

You really can’t get around that if you take the scripture as the basis of your faith.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 03:15 PM (o8hG1)

215 I hope her family disowns her.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:15 PM (6wpGE)

216 He might not even do that. Did anyone actually read what he actually said, rather than rely on hair-on-fire twatter reporting?

He -- and Hochul and a bunch of other assholes -- ranted and raved and pissed and shitted about how this was the worst thing in the history of worst things. But when it came time to say what he would actually do about it, he literally said ... Imma gonna get back to you on that.

Grandstanding bullshit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

======

I do not at all think it is beyond him and the city council to find a way to waste another $50-100 million paying for left-leaning lawyer services that will lead to nothing while virtue signalling about how great they are.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (EtuJi)

217 She looks like she probably was attractive decades ago.

And that's where she learned to get by being lazy, I would guess.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

218 Then yesterday he announces a rent control freeze.
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I don't know for sure, but I guess that there is a SCOTUS case that says a rent control is not a takings.

But, I'll bet this duffus is doing it stupid enough to push the issue back to SCOTUS.

Do you know how delicious it'd be to see rent control ruled a takings?
And retroactive?
All these lefties cities being sued for hundreds of millions. Plus interest.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (73/SM)

219 Believe all women.

Posted by: Distant Observer at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (T7P04)

220 NY City wants to secede from the Union?

___________

Wouldn't be the first time. On January 7, 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood told the NY Board of Aldermen that New York City should secede from the state and the Union and join the Confederacy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:15 PM (O0L8i)

Good, let them. Then we can cave the tunnels, blow the bridges, and mine the frigging harbor.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (snZF9)

221 Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

LMAO

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (l9DAo)

222 210 She's 65, and the sentencing options have been reported to be between 8 and 16 years.

65 + 8 = not long enough
65 + 16 = not long enough
Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:14 PM (6wpGE)

She was allowed to retire before SHTF. I wonder if she is still getting her check.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (mTPps)

223 Never say never......I can bring out the worst in people at times.

Just ask Doof.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:02 PM (2YhKe)

The lady in the story was white, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)

224 If you want some kind of rational answer, it’s because God knows what the consequences of every action today will be a thousand years from now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (o8hG1)

225 NY City wants to secede from the Union?

___________

Wouldn't be the first time. On January 7, 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood told the NY Board of Aldermen that New York City should secede from the state and the Union and join the Confederacy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:15 PM (O0L8i)

Lincoln heard and commented "I don't think its a good idea for the front door to set up shop on its own"

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

226 @135. Stop yelling at me.-Sponge

I would never yell at you! Because I don't yell.-Piper

Ohhhhhh, what a lie! God will get you for that, Piper.

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 03:18 PM (IY9No)

227
I'm not sure I'd call her a scientist. More like a technician. Minimal education required.

Somebody mentioned her repeated testing to get a specific outcome as evidence of an agenda. Maybe it was preliminary testing to see if DNA were present, and she wanted a negative result so she wouldn't have to do a full test. So, lazy.

Bad forensics labs appear to be a nationwide problem. That includes the 'legendary' FBI forensics lab.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 26, 2026 03:18 PM (dtlw7)

228 Do you know how delicious it'd be to see rent control ruled a takings?
And retroactive?
All these lefties cities being sued for hundreds of millions. Plus interest.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (73/SM)
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I'd love it but rent control has been around for decades.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 03:18 PM (G0vdT)

229 Speaking of pants, I'm watching a review of Obsession where the NYC reviewer has to admit she didn't watch the last five minutes. Why not?
Because some dude up front stripped off all his clothes such that everyone left. They all got movie vouchers though.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 03:19 PM (gKWVE)

230 He might not even do that. Did anyone actually read what he actually said, rather than rely on hair-on-fire twatter reporting?

He -- and Hochul and a bunch of other assholes -- ranted and raved and pissed and shitted about how this was the worst thing in the history of worst things. But when it came time to say what he would actually do about it, he literally said ... Imma gonna get back to you on that.

Grandstanding bullshit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

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I do not at all think it is beyond him and the city council to find a way to waste another $50-100 million paying for left-leaning lawyer services that will lead to nothing while virtue signalling about how great they are.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (EtuJi)
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Sure, why not? There's gonna be piles of NGO and "charity" money flowing into leftwing legal advocacy groups. They'll steal most of the money. I doubt they stop any deportations.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

231 Bad forensics labs appear to be a nationwide problem. That includes the 'legendary' FBI forensics lab.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 26, 2026 03:18 PM (dtlw7)

Was that the lab that shelved hundreds (maybe even thousands) of rape kits and never tested them? Or was that another incompetent derelict crime lab?

Posted by: Too many of them for my tastes at June 26, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)

232 Were all of the convictions of people who couldn't pony up money to have indedendent testing done.
Posted by: PaleRider
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That is an issue for anyone involved in self defense. State labs often do shoddy work and to best counteract state's evidence, it often requires the defense to have its own expert witnesses plus the money to have independent labs check the state lab results. Gun shot residue, GSR, is one of the ways that you can crosscheck distance from the shooting and positions of the shooter and the shootee. Same with blood splatter analysis.

You run into this in complicated motor vehicle cases as well. Immediate relative was a top criminal defense lawyer and the particular case involved made Dateline back in the day. Took a family 600k to keep their kid out of prison which took a three person team of lawyers, dna checking of a condom wrapper that the police did not check at the scene of the murder and sexual assault, and a private investigator to point out the likely culprit lived in the same apartment complex and had been sent to the state pen for a similar crime but was out.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:20 PM (E4rtv)

233 I'm deadly serious, I would like to know which denomination and what analytical tools they apply in order to make such a determination.

Posted by: I really would like to know

What you are asking is the opposite of faith. This is the desire for a useful God, instead of a powerful, truthful one. We don’t need to know, and many times we can’t know. We need to have faith in God’s love for us, especially when we don’t understand why.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 03:20 PM (OoFl2)

234 Did she guzzle the jissim?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 03:20 PM (Kt19C)

235 She's 65, and the sentencing options have been reported to be between 8 and 16 years.

65 + 8 = not long enough
65 + 16 = not long enough
Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:14 PM (6wpGE)

This is solid math approved by this blog.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)

236
Was that the lab that shelved hundreds (maybe even thousands) of rape kits and never tested them? Or was that another incompetent derelict crime lab?

Posted by: Too many of them for my tastes at June 26, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)

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Thought that was Harris County, TX.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:21 PM (O0L8i)

237 Feminists: Rape is a tool men...all men...use to oppress us

Some random feminist working the government: Ah who cares if I let a bunch of rapists escape justice, by reservation an Applebees means I need to leave now

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

238 Do you know how delicious it'd be to see rent control ruled a takings?
And retroactive?
All these lefties cities being sued for hundreds of millions. Plus interest.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:16 PM (73/SM)
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I'd love it but rent control has been around for decades.
Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 03:18 PM (G0vdT)
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Rent control really doesn't exist any more. It's all rent stabilization now. Much more generous to landlords.

I looked at this "rent freeze." I laughed. I doubt it actually helps more than a handful of tenants. Landlords won't lose anything.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)

239
The lady in the story was white, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)

Wait....what?

What are we talking about here. I'm lost.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (2YhKe)

240 65 + 8 = not long enough
65 + 16 = not long enough

Damn she must be blown out down there.

Posted by: I guess size does matter at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (TbWk/)

241 Was that the lab that shelved hundreds (maybe even thousands) of rape kits and never tested them? Or was that another incompetent derelict crime lab?
Posted by: Too many of them for my tastes at June 26, 2026 03:20 PM (TbWk/)

Ah yes, both and all.
The classic "it costs $10,000 to test a rape kit" ploy.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (mTPps)

242 230
Sure, why not? There's gonna be piles of NGO and "charity" money flowing into leftwing legal advocacy groups. They'll steal most of the money. I doubt they stop any deportations.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

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I want the left to fund habeus petitions for every single Haitian.

$10,000, minimum, each, to all get rejected after a couple of weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (EtuJi)

243 231 Bad forensics labs appear to be a nationwide problem. That includes the 'legendary' FBI forensics lab.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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FBI has made up 'science' before like the claim that they could specify the box of ammo that a lead bullet came from by analysis. In fact, it was bullshit.

I think a case coming before Scotus involves an attempt to weaken the Daubert standard for expert witness testimony and tests allowed.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

244 I can bring out the worst in people at times.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Same.
I actually think I might be a demon.

Posted by: Calvin would tell me to get in line at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (gKWVE)

245 Mammy and Ho-chul have no choice. Federal law is preeminent and their buddies tested the waters by going to SCOTUS. They lost- as if there was ever a question about the executive branch’s supremacy over immigration matters. With legal status ended for TPS groups they are no longer able to receive federal benefits and are automatically subject to removal orders. The state can try to forestall removal but the clock is ticking. The feds already know who these people are because all of them are collecting some type of federal benefit. That gets cut off first. Then the Feds show up if you don’t take their offer of a plane ticket out and $2,600. It’s over. Just a matter of when. They have no more appeals to file.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (PM/iv)

246 237 Feminists: Rape is a tool men...all men...use to oppress us

Some random feminist working the government: Ah who cares if I let a bunch of rapists escape justice, by reservation an Applebees means I need to leave now

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

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It's almost like feminists don't actually believe a single thing they say.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (EtuJi)

247 Is there a Christian denomination that provides a satisfying, non-circular, non-obfuscatory explanation for the motivations of God beyond "for His glory" or "because it was in His good pleasure to do so" or "His ways are not our ways"? I'm deadly serious, I would like to know which denomination and what analytical tools they apply in order to make such a determination.

Posted by: I really would like to know
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This is a question for the heart, not the head. It's likely no answer could be put in the form of words or analysis.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (XvL8K)

248 Wait....what?

What are we talking about here. I'm lost.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (2YhKe)

Its ok. Here's some ice cream, Mr president.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

249 FIFA won't ban "Pride,( Marxists )" Flags at Egypt-Iran game
Should be fun to watch

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (Ia/+0)

250 206 Life sentence would be the easy way out for her. She should be fed to the wolves.

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (8uzBS)

Before or after the woodchipper?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

251 The lady in the story was white, btw.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:17 PM (zZu0s)

She has the bloodless stare of a reptile...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 03:24 PM (nbLIj)

252 I'd hit it.

Posted by: Emmanuel Macron at June 26, 2026 03:24 PM (pBJ6M)

253 Ah yes, both and all.
The classic "it costs $10,000 to test a rape kit" ploy.
Posted by: Reforger
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Costs have come down on the hardware side significantly but personnel costs have risen over time. But there are simply so many crimes that inevitably state labs fall behind which means often cutting corners.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:24 PM (E4rtv)

254 Yvonne "Missy" Woods is just the tip of the iceberg. We all know that, right?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:24 PM (iFTx/)

255 I'd love it but rent control has been around for decades.
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So had Roe.
So had Chevron deference.
So had (fingers crossed) birthright citizenship.

Bad law doesn't mature into good law just because of the passage of time.

From time to time, I like to remind folks that Thomas has been waiting for near 30 years to overturn the Slaughterhouse Case, that one goes back to the 1920s.
Almost all economic regulations would be swept aside if so.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (73/SM)

256 On motivations of god, like "why to bad things happen to good people?" I don't think there is a full logical explanation. There is a the parable that a weed (evil) may be left because pulling it would kill the wheat growing aound it. And then there is Job. The one takeaway I have from Job is that it is human nature is to say "well if God is letting bad things happen to you, you must deserve it somehow" (that is what Job's senior friends are saying) and that that is not so.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (PV+Zw)

257
when it came time to say what he would actually do about it, he literally said ... Imma gonna get back to you on that.

Grandstanding bullshit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Any chance his adoring fans will follow up? Or is their attention span too short and his cries of "Squirrel!" too distracting?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (XJ22o)

258 How many baby-daddies and baby-mommas are second guessing the verdicts from the Maury Povich show?

That's your baby!

The hell it is.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (fkjGs)

259 Life sentence would be the easy way out for her. She should be fed to the wolves.

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (8uzBS)

Before or after the woodchipper?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

I don't think wolves will eat a meat slurry.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

260 "Freeze the rent? Howzabout getting the bum landlord to turn on the heat. Even Norton and Trixie get more than me and Alice. We're the ones freezing".

Ralph Cramden, Transit Worker, Chauncey St, NYC

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 26, 2026 03:26 PM (gm9Sb)

261 [
Its ok. Here's some ice cream, Mr president.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

MY BUTT'S BEEN WIPED!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

262 I can bring out the worst in people at times.
Posted by: Sponge

So you are the guy that Charles Dickens warned us about--it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

263 207 istr a case where a reporter worked with a set of twin sisters who sent their DNA in to the then "big three" of home test kits and at least one failed to identify them as related at all. The no-match result may have been from 23 And Me, which I think is the one absorbed by Ancestry, but I can't remember the other two companies at all.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (R+iUD)

it is possible if unlikely that sibs could have 0 shared DNA if they are fraternal twins. it would be very unlikely, but the half of the dad's DNA and half the mom's DNA could be entirely disjoint sets.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)

That is true...statistically unlikely, but possible. I won't math it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:26 PM (l3cgK)

264 What you are asking is the opposite of faith. This is the desire for a useful God, instead of a powerful, truthful one. We don’t need to know, and many times we can’t know. We need to have faith in God’s love for us, especially when we don’t understand why.
Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 03:20 PM (OoFl2)
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But see, I started out a complete rebel (perhaps minimalist) in my faith. And I believe the Holy Spirit has continually brought me onto plateaus of greater insight into the Lord.

I don't know if it's because I took the advice not to LEAN on my own understanding, and simply, once chastened enough by the HS, let God be God.

Jonah knew things about God, but his end is that he refused to learn what God was trying to teach him at that point. He wanted Jonah to get his point about the Ninivites being "children" who do not know what is right. And Jonah preferred to stir in his hatred of the Ninivites.

Jonah knew that the Lord was forgiving. He hated the Ninivites so much that he did not want to be part of a plan of the Lord's "reconsideration" of the destruction of Nineveh.

"I know you" is a curious key in scripture.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)

265 Tough call.
Basically the lab rat was just wasting tax payer dollars.

Posted by: Operator Error at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (R/1CN)

266 Mammy and Ho-chul have no choice. Federal law is preeminent and their buddies tested the waters by going to SCOTUS. They lost- as if there was ever a question about the executive branch’s supremacy over immigration matters. With legal status ended for TPS groups they are no longer able to receive federal benefits and are automatically subject to removal orders. The state can try to forestall removal but the clock is ticking. The feds already know who these people are because all of them are collecting some type of federal benefit. That gets cut off first. Then the Feds show up if you don’t take their offer of a plane ticket out and $2,600. It’s over. Just a matter of when. They have no more appeals to file.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (PM/iv)
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Yea, see my comment above. This is why his big press conference was a loud version of "I FEEL YOUR PAIN," with no plans at all to actually do anything.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

267 This account says that she deleted DNA results not to swing an investigation one way or the other, but just because she was lazy and didn't want to do the additional steps needed if she admitted there was DNA present.

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You'd think there'd be protocols in place to prevent shit like this -- e.g., redundancy, oversight, and fault-tolerance (like having evidence checked by three different & independent individuals).

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (t/lcw)

268 Ohhhhhh, what a lie! God will get you for that, Piper.
Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 03:18 PM (IY9No

I really don’t. I am not a yeller and it takes a lot to make me genuinely angry. I am not perfect, of course, but it takes a lot of energy to be hateful. I tend to go the other way and get very quiet, which is a bad sign if you know me. lol.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (OoFl2)

269 How many baby-daddies and baby-mommas are second guessing the verdicts from the Maury Povich show?

That's your baby!

The hell it is.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (fkjGs)

I hated/hate those. Its all just horrifying. Either way it goes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (zZu0s)

270 The hell it is.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (fkjGs)

* Throws chair.
Comercial break.
Next on Ricky Lake.
"MY boob implant blah blah blah..."

Unemployment in the 90's sucked.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 03:28 PM (mTPps)

271 This is about as bad as it gets. Innocent people went to jail and now jailed scum can get out if she had anything to do with their DNA.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:28 PM (fgSb9)

272 Imagine being an assault victim of someone who should have been in jail, but the system that we cannot opt out of let them go free.

Posted by: Cray Cray at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (RmciC)

273 .
.
Trust the science.
.

Posted by: Marooned at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (kt8QE)

274 263 207
That is true...statistically unlikely, but possible. I won't math it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:26 PM (l3cgK)

Thank you.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (6wpGE)

275 when it came time to say what he would actually do about it, he literally said ... Imma gonna get back to you on that.

Grandstanding bullshit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Any chance his adoring fans will follow up? Or is their attention span too short and his cries of "Squirrel!" too distracting?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (XJ22o)
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There's always a new squirrel. His fans are all young white creeps and losers who aren't affected by TPS. They will very quickly get bored with the issue.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (iFTx/)

276 256 On motivations of god, like "why to bad things happen to good people?" I don't think there is a full logical explanation. There is a the parable that a weed (evil) may be left because pulling it would kill the wheat growing aound it. And then there is Job. The one takeaway I have from Job is that it is human nature is to say "well if God is letting bad things happen to you, you must deserve it somehow" (that is what Job's senior friends are saying) and that that is not so.
Posted by: PaleRider
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Too many people assume that the Lord's plan is the same as ours. And some believe the Lord is a Pez dispenser with goodies for the good and bad things for the bad---or if you pray you get and they get disillusioned when no such quid pro quo exists.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

277
How many baby-daddies and baby-mommas are second guessing the verdicts from the Maury Povich show?

That's your baby!

The hell it is.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

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You forget: this wasn't government work. That right there raises the reliability factor.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (XJ22o)

278 Life sentence would be the easy way out for her. She should be fed to the wolves.

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (8uzBS)

I'll trust that the Lord grants her a beefy cellmate with a family member killed during a rape that remarkably had no DNA evidence...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (nbLIj)

279 This is about as bad as it gets. Innocent people went to jail and now jailed scum can get out if she had anything to do with their DNA.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 26, 2026 03:28 PM (fgSb9)

This was also the plot to the Bone Collector.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (zZu0s)

280 Bolton had to forfeit his pension. She should have to forfeit hers, too.

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (6wpGE)

281 And then we have this - mistrial for the LA firebug:

A juror in the case of alleged Palisades firebug Jonathan Rinderknecht didn’t mince her words when describing the case brought against him, calling the whole thing “Bulls–t.”

Juror #4, a woman named Bryana from Lompoc, Calif., told The California Post that she felt the government didn’t present a convincing enough case and wasted jurors’ time.

“It’s disappointing because of how much money and time they put into the same thing. I don’t know … but like, yeah, bullsh–t,” she said.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (kX27y)

282 The article was real vague as to this woman's motive. It mentions "to avoid testing" but I did notice that the guy that she apparently railroaded for murder was a white guy. Is she yet another AWFL that saw herself as a crusader to keep black people out of prison, regardless of the evidence?

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (ksbjf)

283
Imagine being an assault victim of someone who should have been in jail, but the system that we cannot opt out of let them go free.
Posted by: Cray Cray

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Rape victims all over Europe.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (XJ22o)

284 >> Yea, see my comment above. This is why his big press conference was a loud version of "I FEEL YOUR PAIN," with no plans at all to actually do anything.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

Most of these people were already informed that TPS was ending before the lawsuit was filed. The Feds know who they are and where they are. I can’t even think what you could file to delay that removal at this point. Asylum claims and any other similar motion are pretty much moot points now.

They should take the money go home and file an application for legal immigration.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (PM/iv)

285
From time to time, I like to remind folks that Thomas has been waiting for near 30 years to overturn the Slaughterhouse Case, that one goes back to the 1920s.

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1870s actually.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (O0L8i)

286 NOOD Newsom

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (qx7Zg)

287 Jonah knew that the Lord was forgiving. He hated the Ninivites so much that he did not want to be part of a plan of the Lord's "reconsideration" of the destruction of Nineveh.

"I know you" is a curious key in scripture.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)

The destruction was only delayed...by 80 years.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

288 noodist

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (MWfyi)

289 You'd think there'd be protocols in place to prevent shit like this -- e.g., redundancy, oversight, and fault-tolerance (like having evidence checked by three different & independent individuals).
Posted by: ShainS

Which is likely what would happen with a commercial lab because of lawsuits but state and its agents (qualified for the agents) are mostly protected by sovereign immunity.

Quality is the same hodge podge as government schools.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)

290 Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (OoFl2)

Like Paolo I have a long fuse. It takes a lot to try me. I sometimes wish I had less patience because when I do go, it's a show. For this reason I will always give fair warning.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (l9DAo)

291 286 NOOD Newsom

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (qx7Zg)

EWWW

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

292 282 The article was real vague as to this woman's motive. It mentions "to avoid testing" but I did notice that the guy that she apparently railroaded for murder was a white guy. Is she yet another AWFL that saw herself as a crusader to keep black people out of prison, regardless of the evidence?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (ksbjf)

How much does motive matter in this? (I really don't know.)

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:32 PM (6wpGE)

293 Peter, what's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports. Did you get the memo?

Posted by: Bill Lumbergh at June 26, 2026 03:32 PM (TbWk/)

294
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM (ksbjf)

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SciVo explained, she was plain slacking off. If the sample doesn't have reliable DNA, you don't have to do the much more difficult and time-consuming work of confirming or not confirming a match. So, she just deleted samples or effed with them until they "couldn't" be read.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:32 PM (XJ22o)

295 "I know you" is a curious key in scripture.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)
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Jonah says it when the Lord asks him to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh.

Abram says it when he pleads for the sake of the denizens of Sodom and Gomorrah.

In almost all cases, the person with a personal relationship with God says "I know you" expressing God's sense of lovingkindness and longsuffering and capacity to forebear.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)

296 You forget: this wasn't government work. That right there raises the reliability factor.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 03:29 PM (XJ22o)

Not only that it's easy to retest and verify lineage. Today, tomorrow, whenever. Crime scene evidence OTOH is province of the state.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 03:33 PM (l9DAo)

297 The one takeaway I have from Job is that it is human nature is to say "well if God is letting bad things happen to you, you must deserve it somehow" (that is what Job's senior friends are saying) and that that is not so.
Posted by: PaleRider at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (PV+Zw)

What I always found interesting about the story of Job is even at the end of the book when Job’s wealth has been restored and he’s been given a new family… God never gives Job an explanation of why it all happened. In fact, Job kinda asks and God’s answer is (I paraphrase): don’t question me, I’m God and you’re not. See Job chapters 38-41

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (ugElV)

298 Life sentence would be the easy way out for her. She should be fed to the wolves.

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 03:12 PM (8uzBS)

Before or after the woodchipper?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

I don't think wolves will eat a meat slurry.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 26, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

Or shit stew.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (snZF9)

299 I ain't running to watch nood newsom(e).

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (6wpGE)

300 That is true...statistically unlikely, but possible. I won't math it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 03:26 PM (l3cgK)

I worked with triples. Two Identical and one looks like a different father altogether but sam father. So two eggs fertalized at the same time then one split.
Funny group. They finish each others sentences. Go everywhere together. One got fired the other two stopped showing up.
I used to joke they were never seperated at the womb.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (mTPps)

301 300

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:34 PM (6wpGE)

302 *sad

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:35 PM (6wpGE)

303
281 And then we have this - mistrial for the LA firebug:

A juror in the case of alleged Palisades firebug Jonathan Rinderknecht didn’t mince her words when describing the case brought against him, calling the whole thing “Bulls–t.”

Juror #4, a woman named Bryana from Lompoc, Calif., told The California Post that she felt the government didn’t present a convincing enough case and wasted jurors’ time.

“It’s disappointing because of how much money and time they put into the same thing. I don’t know … but like, yeah, bullsh–t,” she said.

Posted by: beckster at June 26, 2026 03:30 PM

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Mistrial, or juror replaced with an alternate?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 26, 2026 03:36 PM (biznJ)

304
Every time I comment and the page refreshes back to the top I read "Former Colorado DNA Analyst Pleads Guitly to Mansplaining Evidence"
Posted by: Reforger

Dude. Just click the red number next to the last comment, page refreshes, and that comment is now your top post. This a defense mechanism against CBD's fat bastard on an ottoman art and JJ's fat woman in a leather outfit in a cold environment.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 26, 2026 03:39 PM (QVmho)

305 noodo

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 03:41 PM (gKWVE)

306 You'd think there'd be protocols in place to prevent shit like this -- e.g., redundancy, oversight, and fault-tolerance (like having evidence checked by three different & independent individuals).
Posted by: ShainS
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The lab's QC and QA managers were both phoning it in too.

Posted by: Operator Error at June 26, 2026 03:42 PM (R/1CN)

307
The wymyns are revolting!

Posted by: Auspex at June 26, 2026 05:29 PM (Y8DZL)

308 prosecutors dropped 100 other counts she was facing.

I want this crap to stop. Try her on ALL of the counts. If she did enough to justify that, then she should got to prison for all of it.

It's not justice if they don't take the hit for all the crimes they did.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 06:13 PM (kU0PQ)

Denmark's Left-Wing Government Plans to Ban the Islamic Call to Prayer, Saying That Parts of Denmark Feel Like "a Suburb of Islamabad"

The left-wing government, huh?

Seems like Islam has burned most of its bridges.

Islamic call to prayer faces ban under Left-wing Danish government
Parts of country feel like 'a suburb of Islamabad', says immigration minister

Denmark's immigration minister has announced plans to ban the Islamic call to prayer, claiming parts of the country felt like "a suburb of Islamabad".
Morten B�dskov, a member of the centre-Left Social Democrats party, said the new government would resume an investigation into the legality of imposing a ban.
"The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops," the minister told news outlet Ritzau. "It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn't be in any doubt whether you've ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark."

Denmark has previously prided itself as being "the happiest place on earth," according to polls about satisfaction with the country.

In parts of the country, such as Copenhagen, bylaws already forbid the call to prayer being broadcast from loudspeakers in minarets because of strict noise limits.
Mr B�dskov also claimed that a creeping "Islamisation" in Denmark was "taking up too much of the public space".
The Adhan, or call to prayer, is performed five times a day to summon Muslim worshippers to their mosque, traditionally via loudspeakers in minarets.
It is the third time a Danish immigration minister has tried to build a legal framework for banning the call to prayer, after similar attempts by the Social Democrats in 2020 and 2025.
Denmark has imposed some of the toughest migration rules in Europe under Mette Frederiksen, the country's Left-leaning prime minister, who began her third term earlier this month.
Under its so-called "ghetto" laws, Danish authorities are allowed to force migrants to relocate from a neighbourhood if it has too many foreign residents.
In some cases, asylum seekers are required to give up their jewellery and other valuable possessions to cover their housing costs, and they receive no financial support if their claim is rejected.

🇩🇰 The Danish Minister of Immigration announced plans to ban the Islamic call to prayer, stating that some areas of the country resemble the �suburbs of Islamabad�

�The call to prayer should not sound from the roofs of Danish houses,� the minister told the news outlet Ritzau.� pic.twitter.com/U5JUUvQvdL
— Visegr�d 24 (@visegrad24) June 25, 2026

�To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.�

Political commentator Fahima Mahomed reacts to proposals in Denmark to ban the Muslim call to prayer as part of a crackdown on �Islamisation�.

📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 pic.twitter.com/75fTfKLBLj
— GB News (@GBNEWS) June 25, 2026

�Are you really saying this is the noise pollution?�

Human Rights Lawyer Shoaib Khan debates that the call to prayer is similar to church bell ringing, as Denmark seeks to ban the Muslim call.

📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 pic.twitter.com/n1T35GtdQq
— GB News (@GBNEWS) June 25, 2026

🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark

During Christmas an angry Dane who was sick of hearing Islamic Prayer bellow out across his city 5 times a day - made a sign.

Now the Danish government are seeking to ban outside Islamic Prayer. pic.twitter.com/Ct67BByvhN
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) June 26, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:22 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 26, 2026 01:22 PM (Lx4gz)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 26, 2026 01:23 PM (Lx4gz)

3 Nooding

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 26, 2026 01:23 PM (Lx4gz)

4 Thanatopsis has nooded.

Posted by: zombie Karen Carpenter at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (NcvvS)

5 Holy McGillicuddy !! SUPERSIZED LINK!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3)

6 ummm

wtf

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

8 All your link are belong to Ace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

9 Ban the Islamic Call to Prayer

Yeah baby

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (Kt19C)

10 /off lovely-voiced sock.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (NcvvS)

11 I think probably the first part is not supposed to be there or something

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

12 Closing rag

Posted by: Brennan at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (rb6sz)

13 He made it one post before the fail.......

You OK man? Crows got your eyes?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

14 Parts of country feel like 'a suburb of Islamabad', says immigration minister

Fuck you. Suck it.

You were warned.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (Dvo57)

15 One of the nastier things about the Adhan is it's not every day at the same times. It's is based on sun position I believe. Point is - to keep you on your toes.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (l9DAo)

16 European Leftist parties have noticed that Muslims have started voting in their own candidates in the UK, instead of approved leftist party candidates, so they're going to need to leave now.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (0MjtC)

17 Don't stop with eliminating the muslim call to prayer.

Eliminate the muslims.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (jehhT)

18 ‘To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’

* sigh * OK fine, the Lutherans are banned from their call to prayer too.

"Ooh, dat's a lovely hot dish ya goht dere."

Posted by: Oddbob at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (vTZFs)

19 Denmark has previously prided itself

During pride month?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (Kt19C)

20 I don't believe that a ban on one particular religion would be an establishment of one, but SCOTUS may disagree, in which case I would support a Constitutional amendment to ban Islam.

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (Sy6m/)

21 This has me seeing red.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (jGGMD)

22 Speaking of crazy California regulations, apparently it's illegal to ship pre-build high performance gaming machines to California. Something something high power consumption?

http://tiny.cc/o8p5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (mkw2N)

23 What did they think would happen if they brought third world islamic savages inside the house?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:27 PM (GD0B3)

24 *updates range card*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:27 PM (Q28kH)

25 Of course, we are plagued with the same problems...

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:27 PM (GD0B3)

26 My beagle sounded a little like the call to prayer, but more soulful.

Posted by: huerfano at June 26, 2026 01:27 PM (VJX5o)

27 I'm gonna do an app that plays white noise at high volume at the designated call times for the length of the "call". Keep it in your house. Fun for the whole family!

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (l9DAo)

28 Release feral hogs into the town square and give them protected wildlife status.

Posted by: Bill Lumberg at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (6Rf1G)

29
I appreciate the direction, if not completely the measure.

But it's up to the citizens of that country or city to decide for themselves what they'll put up with.

I'm always pro self-rule.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)

30 One of the nastier things about the Adhan is it's not every day at the same times. It's is based on sun position I believe.

Point is - to keep you on your toes.
Posted by: ...

And to keep you from working. Kinda hard to work if you have to shut down every two hours.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (Dvo57)

31 The real conversation needs to about how Islam is political system disguised as a religion. Then we can segue into the discussion about it's incompatibility with western culture.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (3Ope8)

32 Call to the Heart >>> Call to Prayer

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

33 "Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump's hit list," Newsom practically boasted on Monday. "He has directed his Department of Justice to investigate us. They have not found a crime -- they are simply trying to find one."

Lying asshole.

Biden started the investigation into you.

All they have is lies. Even Qatucker Qatarlson said that he's never been in the presence of someone who could lie so freely and unrepentantly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (2YhKe)

34 European Leftist parties have noticed that Muslims have started voting in their own candidates in the UK, instead of approved leftist party candidates, so they're going to need to leave now.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (0MjtC)

I believe that particular camel's nose has sailed

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (l9DAo)

35 Release feral hogs into the town square and give them protected wildlife status.
Posted by: Bill Lumberg at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (6Rf1G)

Declare all public spaces in the town to be dog-friendly.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (jGGMD)

36
"FUCK ISLAM" on a sign in Denmark?

lol I love the way English is recognized as the International Language of Commerce & Diplomacy and also Fucking Islam.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (XJ22o)

37 Cut and Paste error?

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (HmitH)

38

Solvang has been described as "The Danish Capital of America".

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (Kt19C)

39 I believe that particular camel's nose has sailed

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (l9DAo)
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LOL. Love the mixed metaphor.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)

40 OT: A solid Florida Man: Breaks truck window to save kids from heat.

https://tinyurl.com/4mc2df7z

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 01:30 PM (qx7Zg)

41
I prefer the Call to Dinner.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)

42 What did they think would happen if they brought third world islamic savages inside the house?
Posted by: runner
___

Some of us had a pretty good idea what would happen, since we were fighting them...over there. So we wouldn't have to fight them...here.

Not only are certain entities bringing them over here, they're being elected to office.

So yeah, I'm only half joking about updating my range card, and sectors of fire.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:31 PM (Q28kH)

43 There is no need for an external speaker making a "call to prayer." It is a sign of dominance and has nothing to do with piety. Use your damn phones. And, to be honest, I'm not fond of church bells either. It's invasive.

NYC collectes millions using what they call "sound cameras" by photographing cars making too much noise. And yet, Mosques in NYC can have external speakers doing the prayer calls 5 times a day without a permit.

Regina, Saskatchewan just approved Mosques using external speakers to do their "call to prayer" without input from the residents that are predominately NOT Muslim.

It's a dominance move....invasive and and direct effort to make claim on a society.

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 01:31 PM (dIske)

44 Europe is going to go critical mass very soon.

Bloody times ahead.

Posted by: alanon at June 26, 2026 01:31 PM (jHMkm)

45 This has me seeing red.

Posted by: Dr. T at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (jGGMD)
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Don't look in the sidebar.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:31 PM (Fi81e)

46 Something happened........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

47 Is that sign guy still alive?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 01:31 PM (1Ff7Z)

48 That ridiculous sound is in no way the same as church bells. Secondly, they are not 5 times a day.

Also asshole neighbor decided to mow his lawn at 730 am this morning.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)

49 35 Release feral hogs into the town square and give them protected wildlife status.
Posted by: Bill Lumberg at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (6Rf1G)

Declare all public spaces in the town to be dog-friendly.
Posted by: Dr. T at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (jGGMD)

......

Play episodes of The View on a Jumbotron in the center of town.

Posted by: Bill Lumberg at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (6Rf1G)

50 I hate this bell ringing is the same as the call to prayer argument.

The call to prayer is five times a day, every day of the damn week. It lasts three to five minutes.

Danish church bells are on Sunday before normal services. They often will ring at 8am and sunset too, but that's not a religious tradition. It marks the beginning and end of day.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (mkw2N)

51 Apropos of this thread's topic -

I had bacon from breakfast.

Does it seems that lately there are all kinds of MAGA wins? Some big, some small but meaningful nonetheless. I think we have broken the minds of many leftists and they are coming unglued.

Oh may it continue, this we pray.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (+/hEQ)

52 FUCK ISLAM

Well... it's kind of their turn.

Posted by: Rotherham at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (gKWVE)

53 The call to prayer cat in a blender should NEVER be played out loud in public outside of islhamic shithole countries. Period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)

54
I don't think the "Call to Prayer" a few times a day is the culprit, just a very clear symbol of how far you've let your country go.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:33 PM (Fi81e)

55 http://tiny.cc/o8p5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (mkw2N
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It's illegal in VT too. Gaia uber alles, man

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 01:33 PM (sM50u)

56 Well the European leaders thought it was a good idea until it wasn't. Same dumbass crap going on here.
Look people, we made a mistake, you go home now.

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 01:33 PM (IY9No)

57
It's also amusing the way the Danish minister throws major shade. "a suburb of Islamabad" contrasted with a peaceful Danish neighborhood.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (XJ22o)

58 Aloha Akkbarred.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (diia5)

59 >>I prefer the Call to Dinner.

While growing up, neighbour with 3 daughters did not want to have to shout for them to come home for dinner. Instead, she would ring (loudly) a cowbell. Which led to the neighbourhood smartasses responding with a yell: 'All cows report!'.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (NcvvS)

60 The Adhan, or call to prayer, is performed five times a day to summon Muslim worshippers to their mosque, traditionally via loudspeakers in minarets.
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Traditionally, some poor sap had to climb the minarets five times a day to yell out the call to prayer.

If they can't ban the Adhan entirely, at least make them forfeit their ability to use technology they could never have invented on their own.

Also, don't most people have smart phones? With apps? Shouldn't an app be able to perform the same function? Without disturbing the neighbors?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (gnNyN)

61 I would go insane if subjected to that call to prayer. I would also feel conquered.

Posted by: connected and litigious at June 26, 2026 01:35 PM (cS1cw)

62 Well the European leaders thought it was a good idea until it wasn't. Same dumbass crap going on here.
Look people, we made a mistake, you go home now.

Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 01:33 PM (IY9No)
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Human's have a hard time course-correcting.

I really think that's the psychology of the call to "repent" (i.e. completely "hang" yourself in a different way).

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)

63 The call to prayer cat in a blender should NEVER be played out loud in public outside of islhamic shithole countries. Period.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (2YhKe)
___

This^^^

I despised hearing that when I was downrange.

If I ever hear it, here in the Ozarks, just know that I won't hear it for long.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:35 PM (Q28kH)

64 While growing up, neighbour with 3 daughters did not want to have to shout for them to come home for dinner. Instead, she would ring (loudly) a cowbell.

They didn't fear the reaper.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 01:35 PM (gKWVE)

65 The demons in charge of these countries are just doing the small tactical retreat while the encroachment of destruction is still 90% there. The Erupoean people need to swing for the fences of ejecting the invaders and the people who opened the gates.

Posted by: Cray Cray at June 26, 2026 01:35 PM (RmciC)

66 I prefer the Call to Dinner.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:30 PM (Fi81e)

And the call for quitting time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 01:35 PM (23nCe)

67

In Hamtramck MI, a post-hipster town near Detroit, the Islamists won't allow PRIDE shit in thei town.

You would think the insane lesbo AG and fat pig Gretch would send lawyers after them.

But not a peep out of them. Nothing. Kinda strange. They usually are on top of attacking people for not being gay enough.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 26, 2026 01:36 PM (HJTRJ)

68 This should be done here.

Islam is not a religion, so the First does not apply.

Islam is a political system which leverages the trappings of religion in order to enforce its legal system.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:36 PM (rii+a)

69 While growing up, neighbour with 3 daughters did not want to have to shout for them to come home for dinner. Instead, she would ring (loudly) a cowbell. Which led to the neighbourhood smartasses responding with a yell: 'All cows report!'.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (NcvvS)
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We lived across from a park, and my mother would ring a handbell.

Everybody nearby knew when my family was having dinner.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)

70
Also, don't most people have smart phones? With apps? Shouldn't an app be able to perform the same function? Without disturbing the neighbors?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

===============

Yes, and such apps and alarm-clock things have been available for a long time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:36 PM (XJ22o)

71 Well the European leaders thought it was a good idea until it wasn't. Same dumbass crap going on here.
Look people, we made a mistake, you go home now.
Posted by: Case at June 26, 2026 01:33 PM (IY9No)

......

It was no mistake.

It was intentional. To destroy the native white population.

But the whites have had it.

Stop with the "we thought bringing in murderous retards en masse would work out and couldn't have foreseen what would happen" bullshit.

Posted by: Bill Lumberg at June 26, 2026 01:36 PM (6Rf1G)

72 Without disturbing the neighbors?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (gnNyN)

FNAB

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:37 PM (l9DAo)

73 While growing up, neighbour with 3 daughters did not want to have to shout for them to come home for dinner. Instead, she would ring (loudly) a cowbell.

They didn't fear the reaper.
Posted by: gKWVE

THE Bruce Dickinson was your neighbor?

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 01:37 PM (+/hEQ)

74 > And, to be honest, I'm not fond of church bells either. It's invasive.

Yeah, apparently in Denmark the church bells ring for five to fifteen minutes three separate times before normal church services on Sunday. I love the Lord, and I like the sound of church bells, but I think I'd go batty if I lived close to that.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:37 PM (mkw2N)

75 Here's a possible solution. Install large gas turbine generators next to a mosque. Start a test somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes before the call to prayer is expected, and let it run for 60-90 minutes.

Alternatively, build a data center with these generators as its sole power source in the same area.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 01:37 PM (qx7Zg)

76 It is my understanding that "the call" is now commonplace in NY?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (GD0B3)

77 >>They didn't fear the reaper.

*golfclap* Also, long before BOC.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (NcvvS)

78 While growing up, neighbour with 3 daughters did not want to have to shout for them to come home for dinner. Instead, she would ring (loudly) a cowbell.

They didn't fear the reaper.
Posted by: gKWVE

THE Bruce Dickinson was your neighbor?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 01:37 PM (+/hEQ)
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He would call to request more cowbell.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

79 ‘To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’

It's not.

The amplified ringing of church bells to call the faithful has been banned all over the place.

So you guys can keep your dude on the roof shouting, but no microphones.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (rii+a)

80 They didn't fear the reaper.

*golfclap* Also, long before BOC.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (NcvvS)
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Now you're messing with a son of a bitch.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)

81 The Euro leftist parties got good and spooked by the Belfast firey-but-mostly-peaceful riots, and they've started noticing that Muslims are discarding the leftist parties in favor of consolidating their own power. (DSA in the US is, for all intents and purposes, a Muslim party).

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)

82 >>>To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again

How about a morning Call of Ktulu?

https://youtu.be/3vSH9pMzHm0

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:39 PM (dK+Kv)

83 Yes, and such apps and alarm-clock things have been available for a long time.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:36 PM (XJ22o)
______________________

You could put something as simple as a "home alarm" inside your house that would be activated by calling a single telephone number.

But, it's about societal dominance...and pushing pushing pushing towards the goal.

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 01:39 PM (dIske)

84 >>Everybody nearby knew when my family was having dinner.

Yep. Not much privacy when that stuff is announced at high volume.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:39 PM (NcvvS)

85 They come to rule. That is their religion.

We turn the other cheek. That is our religion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 01:39 PM (RIvkX)

86 It is my understanding that "the call" is now commonplace in NY?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (GD0B3)

Out: Never Forget

In: لا تنسى أبدا

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (l9DAo)

87 "Political commentator Fahima Mahomed reacts to proposals in Denmark to ban the Muslim call to prayer as part of a crackdown on ‘Islamisation’."
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Sorry, babe, the Cross on the flag should have told ye.

Posted by: mrp at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (rj6Yv)

88 Church bells are music! Islamic call to prayer is call to enslavement and submission. This is a majority Christian country. Let the call play in majority Islamic countries. No one is forcing Muslims to eat pork. Why should they force us to submit to their thing.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (GD0B3)

89 There's a tiny Islamic meeting group 35 miles away from us. For a real mosque, one has to go about 70+ miles.

gotta luv the South.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (+/hEQ)

90
Denmark is an oddity as a European nation. IIRC they were one of the first countries to say that socialism wasn't all it was hyped to be, and they preferred to think of themselves as more of a free economy.

So, that they are the first to break on rolling back Islamic cultural expansion doesn't surprise me that much.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

91 Islam is a political system which leverages the trappings of religion in order to enforce its legal system.

The Democrat Party is a religion which leverages the trappings of a political system in order to enforce its religion.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (2ocoG)

92 The Euros are somewhat awakening . Particularly the political class realize it is getting dangerous for their health.

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (YwEeS)

93 ‘To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’

So? Go home then.

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (F6e7a)

94 It is my understanding that "the call" is now commonplace in NY?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (GD0B3)
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The Walls Came Down

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (Fi81e)

95 Can't they just text everyone on their phone that its prayer time? Oh yeah then they wouldn't be forcing everyone to hear it five times a day.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (+BtIE)

96 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:39 PM (dK+Kv)

I nearly posted that about 4 minutes ago.

I swear I don't even need to be here.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (l9DAo)

97 Why should they force us to submit to their thing.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (GD0B3)

Because forcing you to submit is the ENTIRE POINT. Islam literally means 'submission.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (rii+a)

98 My ears would bleed hearing this "Call to Prayer."
several times a day.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (NpAcC)

99 The call to prayer sounds like “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly “ theme song.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (21WNI)

100 It is intruding with other religions.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (GD0B3)

101 Their stupid argument is " Well you have church bells!" Like as if that is remotely the same as caterwauling 5 times a day in gibberish.

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:42 PM (YwEeS)

102
I wonder how the Muslims in Manhattan like walking around in a Jewish "house"?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

103 >>THE Bruce Dickinson was your neighbor?

Oh, my. The dad seemed a pretty good guy; the mom/bellringer was, um, Wagnerian in build & temperament. Lost track of the girls a long time ago, but pretty sure 2 of them married guys from my high school class.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:42 PM (NcvvS)

104 Aka Obama's " most beautiful sound in the world"

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (YwEeS)

105 You know the one thing, the one tiny thingg missing from Obama's Library of Doom?

Call to prayer over loudspeakers.

The most beautiful sound on Earth I once heard.
The selfless man keeps giving...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (Sco7b)

106 Their stupid argument is " Well you have church bells!" Like as if that is remotely the same as caterwauling 5 times a day in gibberish.

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:42 PM (YwEeS)
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I think they're comparable. So allow the community to decide.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)

107 [WILLOWED:]

Where ya been man. If you say working my whole opinion of you is going to take a hit

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (l9DAo)

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Busy doing a lot of hiking including a snake bite last month (gotta get outta the house) and on a road trip the past week with a friend.

Was wondering if anybody would miss me; figured at least you would.

Cheers!

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (t/lcw)

108 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:39 PM (dK+Kv)

I nearly posted that about 4 minutes ago.

I swear I don't even need to be here.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (l9DAo)

lol

Shouldn't you be off doing our chores?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (dK+Kv)

109 @97 my question was hypothetical

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (GD0B3)

110 Islam is forever at war with Christianity.

Nice to see MAYBE some idiots are waking up to that fact.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (xcxpd)

111 >>Now you're messing with a son of a bitch.

Hey, seriously 29 here.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:44 PM (NcvvS)

112
Out: Never Forget

In: لا تنسى أبدا
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (l9DAo)

NYC: YOU'RE NOT MY MOM!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)

113 Was wondering if anybody would miss me; figured at least you would. Cheers!

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (t/lcw)

I did but I'm over it now

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:44 PM (l9DAo)

114 79 ‘To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’

It's not.

The amplified ringing of church bells to call the faithful has been banned all over the place.

So you guys can keep your dude on the roof shouting, but no microphones.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:38 PM (rii+a)

Absolutely

Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 01:44 PM (GxJkO)

115 I will make a bold statement.I preferred Iron Maiden with Paul D'Anno

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:44 PM (YwEeS)

116 Perhaps christian churches should take up ringing their bells for 20 minutes after the Islamic call.call it the cleansing of the bells. Its all good.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 26, 2026 01:44 PM (+BtIE)

117
Again and again and again:

Build a church and toll the Angelus at 6, 12, and 6 in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran, etc, and tell pissed-off locals to respect the newcomers' culture.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:45 PM (XJ22o)

118 93 ‘To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’

So? Go home then.
Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 01:41 PM (F6e7a)

When Christian churches and the ringing of church bells are permitted and protected in every muslim shithole country, we'll take up this conversation again. Until then, you can fuck right off.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 01:45 PM (guGkK)

119 Put a thousand cats in a big wooden crate and set it on fire. Their screams would be more peaceful than that muslim screeching.

Posted by: Cosda at June 26, 2026 01:45 PM (bK+TD)

120 Shouldn't you be off doing our chores?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:43 PM (dK+Kv)

LOL, if that's a reference to my wife... inappropes

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:45 PM (l9DAo)

121 I believe that particular camel's nose has sailed
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (l9DAo)

Yup. But Socialists never admit that their cunning plans have gone awry. They'll try to get back control, but it's way too late without taking drastic measures.
Thankfully, European Socialists never, ever resort to drastic measures when they feel their hold on power is being threatened.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (0MjtC)

122 Islam is forever at war with Christianity.

Seems you misspelled 'everything, everywhere, all the time.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)

123 Solvang has been described as "The Danish Capital of America".
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (Kt19C)

I threw up in Solvang once.

Cute little place, they had a parade going that day. Maybe they have one every weekend, they were good at it.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (uhVAy)

124 ShainS, I want to thank you, and Elon Musk, for linking Citizen Vigilante this morning.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (LHPAg)

125 Walt Disney wants a word with Denmark over Trademark infringement.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (TezPK)

126 103 >>THE Bruce Dickinson was your neighbor?

Oh, my. The dad seemed a pretty good guy; the mom/bellringer was, um, Wagnerian in build & temperament. Lost track of the girls a long time ago, but pretty sure 2 of them married guys from my high school class.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:42 PM (NcvvS)

I hear he puts his pants on one leg at a time, just like anyone else. The difference is, when his pants are on, he make gold records.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (xcxpd)

127 Their stupid argument is " Well you have church bells!" Like as if that is remotely the same as caterwauling 5 times a day in gibberish.

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:42 PM (YwEeS)

Yes.

But it's illegal to AMPLIFY those church bells.

He can call Muslims to prayer - he just can't use a microphone. 14th Amendment, motherfuckers. Equal protections.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (rii+a)

128 You could put something as simple as a "home alarm" inside your house that would be activated by calling a single telephone number.

But, it's about societal dominance...and pushing pushing pushing towards the goal.
Posted by: Orson

If it wasn't a violent, supremacist ideology, I'd suggest a micro-radio station that locals could tune into like a weather station. But there is no accommodation with the aKKKmeds.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (diia5)

129 Perhaps christian churches should take up ringing their bells for 20 minutes after the Islamic call.call it the cleansing of the bells. Its all good.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 26, 2026 01:44 PM (+BtIE)

Same time AND for 20 minutes after.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (l9DAo)

130 Some of us had a pretty good idea what would happen, since we were fighting them...over there. So we wouldn't have to fight them...here.

Not only are certain entities bringing them over here, they're being elected to office.

So yeah, I'm only half joking about updating my range card, and sectors of fire.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:31 PM (Q28kH)

yeah , getting elected with the help of Qatar, Turkey and Paki bots. but then there is this !

US Senator Tim Sheehy:

https://tinyurl.com/46jup89v

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (GD0B3)

131 Good on the Danes. Oh and the Muslim call to enslavement is not the same as church bells. Church bells are part of Western culture . Our culture

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (ik64N)

132 "So you guys can keep your dude on the roof shouting, but no microphones."

There are Islamic sects who literally go around blowing up loudspeakers because according to Islam, you build another mosque when you can no longer hear the azan....so when everyone uses loudspeakers and you can hear multiple mosques, the rules have been broken.

Posted by: Harun at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (IuIym)

133 They come to rule. That is their religion.

We turn the other cheek. That is our religion.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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My religion is that Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, has already defeated Satan and death, because He lives. And , He's coming back. Soon. And even those who profess Allah as their god will take a knee when He does.

Turning the other cheek does not mean submitting to evil.
From a biblical standpoint, "turn the other cheek" is a command from Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:38-39) to reject personal retaliation and refuse to respond to evil with evil.
It does not preclude self-defense or the defense of the helpless.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (Q28kH)

134 81 The Euro leftist parties got good and spooked by the Belfast firey-but-mostly-peaceful riots, and they've started noticing that Muslims are discarding the leftist parties in favor of consolidating their own power. (DSA in the US is, for all intents and purposes, a Muslim party).
Posted by: Ian S.

Pretty sure the left in Denmark has understood for awhile now that in order to retain power for the long-term, they need to serve their constituents. One of the few places where the left is betting that the winning side is the native population and not the invading muslim horde. Or maybe Soros/WEF/Globalist/Qatari mininons and the US taxpayer (USAID) hasn't paid them enough to accept the goatfuckers as their new overlords yet.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)

135 Solvang has been described as "The Danish Capital of America".
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 01:29 PM (Kt19C)

Great split-pea soup at Andersons.

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (TezPK)

136
Giving Islam a foothold anywhere is bad for everyone involved. it never ends well.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (OkYzo)

137 I wonder how the Muslims in Manhattan like walking around in a Jewish "house"?
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)

HYMIETOWN!!!!

Posted by: Zombie Revuhruhnd at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (2YhKe)

138 The 'Stache pleads guilty.

https://tinyurl.com/399bk8fc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (ndZc7)

139 HAH!

@Polymarket 3h
JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (diia5)

140 When Christian churches and the ringing of church bells are permitted and protected in every muslim shithole country

For awhile, the Assads were protecting this in Syria.
Of course they were Alawites whose prime interest was in ensuring that the Sunni majority didn't get uppity.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (gKWVE)

141 Denmark is an oddity as a European nation. IIRC they were one of the first countries to say that socialism wasn't all it was hyped to be, and they preferred to think of themselves as more of a free economy.

So, that they are the first to break on rolling back Islamic cultural expansion doesn't surprise me that much.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)

I think that was Sweden when the press was trying to claim that Sweden was a sign that socialism worked.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (uhVAy)

142 The plan of the islamic cult is to use Western laws and liberties to effectuate their invasion and takeover of our societies.

This is part of it.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 01:49 PM (AhCY4)

143 ‘To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’

islham is not a religion. It's a 7th century barbaric death cult.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

144 up. But Socialists never admit that their cunning plans have gone awry. They'll try to get back control, but it's way too late without taking drastic measures.
Thankfully, European Socialists never, ever resort to drastic measures when they feel their hold on power is being threatened.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (0MjtC)
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Not that Marxists are very good at figuring and planning, but it would have been to their benefit to have figured that Muslims were much committed to their path, even expressed overtly, that crypto-socialism didn't stand a chance against it.

Plus craftiness has a value in Semitic culture, that European culture can't match.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)

145 @Polymarket 3h
JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (diia5)

All 13 of them will be unemployed by their next election. The left does not brook ANY dissent.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:49 PM (rii+a)

146 @Polymarket 3h
JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (diia5)

BWWWWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

147 Islam is forever at war with Christianity.
___

Darkness will always have enmity with the Light.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (Q28kH)

148 JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.

honestly glad to see this

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (j+aD2)

149 To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’
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Is assface aligning himself with the Holocaust that didn't happen or did I miss some context?

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (l9DAo)

150 The plan of the islamic cult is to use Western laws and liberties to effectuate their invasion and takeover of our societies.

This is part of it.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 01:49 PM (AhCY4)
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Yup. Islam has been a lot more effective in using Christian sentiment against Christians than commies were in using "Capitalism" to sell them the rope that would hang us.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)

151 If it wasn't a violent, supremacist ideology, I'd suggest a micro-radio station that locals could tune into like a weather station. But there is no accommodation with the aKKKmeds.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (diia5)

A free app seems more reasonable now. Download to your phone or tablet, let the mosque signal the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)

152 @Polymarket 3h
JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (diia5)

BWWWWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge
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*snort*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (Q28kH)

153 Turning the other cheek does not mean submitting to evil.

This.
There are even readings of this passage that the cheek-slap was done backhanded. So, turning the other cheek was more like saying, "no, asshole, I'm your equal, so if you want to start something, start something huckleberry".
I don't know if anything like this exists in Jewish tradition...

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (gKWVE)

154 138 The 'Stache pleads guilty.

......

He should be shoved in a van and sent to the front lines in Ukraine as a punishment.

Posted by: Bill Lumberg at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (6Rf1G)

155
Solvang has been described as "The Danish Capital of America".
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

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And I've never been able to sort out the crappy bakeries from the legitimately good ones. So much tourist shit in the way and the only way to find out is to fuck around with awful pastries, just like in Fredericksburg, TX.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (XJ22o)

156 I once saw a moderate Democrat. He was riding a unicorn and having a conversation with the Tooth Fairy.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (l9DAo)

157 *snort*
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (Q28kH)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (2YhKe)

158 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (Q28kH)

Well said . Thanks!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 01:52 PM (2sfNr)

159 >>Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (xcxpd)

Guessing Bruce is about 25 years younger than the neighbour guy, and expect a whole lot more talented musically.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 01:52 PM (NcvvS)

160 I once saw a moderate Democrat. He was riding a unicorn and having a conversation with the Tooth Fairy.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (l9DAo)

...while towing a naked boy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

161 @Polymarket 3h
JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
___________

"Fight" means telling them to just pipe down a little about the agreed goal. They're scaring the normies.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 01:52 PM (XvL8K)

162 Turning the other cheek does not mean submitting to evil.

This.
There are even readings of this passage that the cheek-slap was done backhanded. So, turning the other cheek was more like saying, "no, asshole, I'm your equal, so if you want to start something, start something huckleberry".
I don't know if anything like this exists in Jewish tradition...

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (gKWVE)

The absolute last instruction Jesus gave his disciples was to arm themselves.

"Let he who is without a sword sell his cloak and buy one."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:52 PM (rii+a)

163 @Polymarket 3h
JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:48 PM (diia5)
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It's just a party that doesn't want to appeal to no more than a third of American voters, and seem radical to about half.

Marxism is not a suicide pact, to them.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)

164 BREAKING: All three mugshots have been released of the individuals who assaulted Sammie Lee at Whiskey J's nightclub.

On June 25, Dejae Brown and Alana Mumphrey voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement.

Sammie says that while she was being beaten, the girls were yelling “Free Karmelo” and stating that they were going to target “the smallest white girl they could find.”

The "keep your hands to yourself" KA crowd is totally silent.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (Dvo57)

165 "Fight" means telling them to just pipe down a little about the agreed goal. They're scaring the normies.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 01:52 PM (XvL8K)
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Bingo.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (Fi81e)

166 They'll drop the "Democratic" part soon enough.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (MWfyi)

167 I liked the part in Citizen Vigilante where he killed the muzzie wife and daughter.

Because anyone who knows about islam, knows it is the women that are the nasty, behind-the-scenes ones pushing the radicalism--while they smile smugly in public pretending to be innocent.

It was women arresting, and holding down the girls and women Iran was raping and killing.
It is the women who hide the rapists and killers among them, just as much as the men.

There are no innocents in islam--they are all terrorists, just by degree.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (73/SM)

168 > JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.
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Probably similar to the GOP vowing to fight against.... well, nothing actually. It's not who they are.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (jehhT)

169 Here in our tiny town, the churches take turns to play hymns on their carillons at noon and 6 pm for about five minutes. It's so quiet here, you can hear it for pretty far away. I like it because it reminds me to say the Angelus, if I'm outside.

Posted by: sal at June 26, 2026 01:54 PM (f+FmA)

170 13 moderate Dems found stuffed into sewers in DC with their throats cut. Additionally, said police, their underwear was pulled up in "atomic wedgie " fashion

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 01:54 PM (ik64N)

171 156 I once saw a moderate Democrat. He was riding a unicorn and having a conversation with the Tooth Fairy.
Posted by: ...

So was it siding with the Greys, Nordics or Reptilians?

Posted by: Auspex at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (Y8DZL)

172 Because anyone who knows about islam, knows it is the women that are the nasty, behind-the-scenes ones pushing the radicalism--while they smile smugly in public pretending to be innocent.

There are multiple videos out there of the islhamic c*ntbags picking fights with people, recording it, then posting it online to show 'islhamophobia' and getting people fired.

All members of islham are evil, Devil worshiping pricks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (2YhKe)

173 162 Turning the other cheek does not mean submitting to evil.

This.
There are even readings of this passage that the cheek-slap was done backhanded. So, turning the other cheek was more like saying, "no, asshole, I'm your equal, so if you want to start something, start something huckleberry".
I don't know if anything like this exists in Jewish tradition...

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 01:51 PM (gKWVE)

The absolute last instruction Jesus gave his disciples was to arm themselves.

"Let he who is without a sword sell his cloak and buy one."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:52 PM (rii+a)

I endorse gunning up, or swording up, but that's not literally true. The Great Commission is his last

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (xcxpd)

174 Turn the other cheek has been misconstrued and misused at times but I'm certain a fair part of it is letting the enemy know his strike did not accomplish the intended goal. Nothing infuriates a certain type of aggressor as much, and Jesus absolutely meant that.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (l9DAo)

175 Because anyone who knows about islam, knows it is the women that are the nasty, behind-the-scenes ones pushing the radicalism--while they smile smugly in public pretending to be innocent.

Another thing Islam has in common with Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (2ocoG)

176 FoxNews------President Trump just started speaking at Faith and Freedom.

MS Now - DeLauro - purple hair lady Dem. Pants optional.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (Sco7b)

177 There are no innocents in islam--they are all terrorists, just by degree.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (73/SM)

In Islam there are only three possibilities:

1 - Soldiers
2 - Soldiers-in-waiting
3 - Soldier factories

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (rii+a)

178 If it wasn't a violent, supremacist ideology, I'd suggest a micro-radio station that locals could tune into like a weather station. But there is no accommodation with the aKKKmeds.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:46 PM (diia5)

A free app seems more reasonable now. Download to your phone or tablet, let the mosque signal the time.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 01:50 PM (uhVAy)

They already exist, all over the place. I wouldn't be surprised if some of them were paid apps, just because they can.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 01:56 PM (qx7Zg)

179 Inch by inch I suppose for Denmark. The real solution of course is cutting off the money and housing. Well, and kicking them out.

I saw another report that in neighborhoods over 50% muslim, Denmark is tearing down housing projects. It's a weird solution, it just disperses them everywhere. Just kick them out, park is full.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 01:56 PM (n5tGW)

180 MS Now - DeLauro - purple hair lady Dem. Pants optional.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (Sco7b)
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Trying to appeal to the Horde?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (Fi81e)

181 Islam isn't just at war with Christianity, it's at war with everyone. Including themselves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (ik64N)

182 I endorse gunning up, or swording up, but that's not literally true. The Great Commission is his last

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (xcxpd)

You're right, of course.

I'll clarify: The last instruction Jesus gave before he was killed was to arm themselves.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (rii+a)

183 143 ‘To have a blanket ban again is picking on one religion again.’

islham is not a religion. It's a 7th century barbaric death cult.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)

It's an Op by the Devil. A bafflingly successful one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)

184 I wish we still had Scott Pelley to tell us how to think about all this...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (B0NCh)

185 Islam isn't just at war with Christianity, it's at war with everyone. Including themselves

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (ik64N)

Just like leftardism.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:58 PM (l9DAo)

186 I saw an amusing thread on a lefty site.

Someone asked the various AI tools political questions and they mostly gave leftwing answers. So in the thread there were a bunch of lefties arguing this is because "reality has a leftwing bias" and "AI only looks at objective facts"

And so they had fun until someone else reminded them "AI is racist" and pointed to studies showing AI gave unpolitically responses on questions involving race at which point all the same people chimed in to note that of course AI only gives me answers based on the data given to it and obviously the people feeding data to the AI are racist.

And no they did not notice how conflicting their two sets of arguments are.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

187 All members of islham are evil, Devil worshiping pricks.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:55 PM (2YhKe)
__

Most of them are lost and deluded, and need Jesus just as much as anyone else.

But since this is a demonic ideology, the more devout ones need to be taken into account, and prepare accordingly.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (Q28kH)

188 "Sshhh!!! You're BLOWING IT!!" -- "Centrist Democrats" to Democratic Socialists of ~~America~~Germany.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (Fi81e)

189 Islamic prayer alarm and Mecca locator apps have been available forever.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

190
"To have a blanket ban is to pick on one religion again."

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Yes. Absolutely. We can't have the bad one messing it up for the rest. I hope you'll understand why you're being shown the other side of the door. But, if not, that's ok too... convert or swim.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (BI5O2)

191
Ah, fuck all this justification for banning the call to prayer and permitting church bells.

Time to restore the law of Because I Said So.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (XJ22o)

192 In Islam there are only three possibilities:

1 - Soldiers
2 - Soldiers-in-waiting
3 - Soldier factories
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

I've said that for years. Want to end islam?
Take out 2 & 3.
Set back 1 for generations.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (Dvo57)

193 Here's the platform of the "moderate" 13. If I believed they intended to follow through, I'd be impressed.

Capitalism over Socialism: Emphasizes economic growth, competition, and broad prosperity.Safety over Lawlessness:

Supports orderly immigration, strong borders, and safe communities.
Fiscal Responsibility: Stresses balancing the budget and paying down the national debt.
Effective Governance: Focuses on competent public institutions that solve problems.
Mainstream over Extreme: Promotes moderation, democratic pluralism, and persuasion over purity tests and cultural division.
Confident Patriotism: Advocates for American exceptionalism and taking pride in the nation

Posted by: Hollywood at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (Riz8t)

194 Mistrial in the Palisades Fire trial.

Jury deadlocked at 10-2 not guilty.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (rii+a)

195 And no they did not notice how conflicting their two sets of arguments are.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)

Because it's not a conflict.......

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (l9DAo)

196 all the same people chimed in to note that of course AI only gives me answers based on the data given to it and obviously the people feeding data to the AI are racist.

At which point you bring up that Reddit is one of the major sources of AI training data.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)

197 It's an Op by the Devil. A bafflingly successful one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)
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A religion based on bloodlust and neverending orgies in the afterlife.

Not too baffling why it was so successful.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (Q28kH)

198 Just like leftardism.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:58 PM (l9DAo)
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The Neo-colonialism of the West.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:01 PM (Fi81e)

199 Islamic prayer alarm and Mecca locator apps have been available forever.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

If that stupid twerp Ahmed could construct a clock out of a box and another clock, it seems like muslims should be able to come up with an app that sends out an alarm five times a day.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 02:01 PM (guGkK)

200 Sucks to be you.

https://tinyurl.com/yc62ndbf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 02:01 PM (ndZc7)

201 In Islam there are only three possibilities:

1 - Soldiers
2 - Soldiers-in-waiting
3 - Soldier factories
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
_________

And western janissaries.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 02:01 PM (XvL8K)

202 From David Heinemeir Hansson (the Basecamp/Omarchy guy). He's Danish, has kids and sounds downright conservative.

https://tinyurl.com/5bwndxwp

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (bkuEU)

203 Time to restore the law of Because I Said So.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (XJ22o)

Don't laugh but when I researched Islam almost every question about it distills down to "Because Allah Said So". In Christianity the answers to questions are pretty wide and varied. God has his moments and you do get the "His ways are higher" thing but it ain't close to the answer to every question. But in Islam that's where every answer leads.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (l9DAo)

204 The Karmelo Anthony supporters are just using him as a hew excuse to do what they want to do, assault white people.

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (YwEeS)

205 > DeLauro - purple hair lady Dem.
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It got into a verbal fight with some administration official yesterday at a hearing. What sort of pissed me off was the chairman, a Republican, dressed the official down for pushing back against this thing's verbal attacks.

The rank and file Republicans are still worthless shits most of the time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (jehhT)

206 If I was gonna die for a word, mine would be poontang.

Posted by: Animal Mother at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)

207 Mistrial in the Palisades Fire trial.

Jury deadlocked at 10-2 not guilty.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL!

Take me now, Jesus. I'm ready.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 02:03 PM (ndZc7)

208 Because it's not a conflict.......

Actually that is a good point. Most lefties believe what they call is racism is in fact true they just want to cancel anyone not of the body for saying it.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 02:03 PM (sKqQm)

209 Here's the platform of the "moderate" 13. If I believed they intended to follow through, I'd be impressed.

==

Right??? that platform sounds not insane, like the D of old. At least they recognize there is a Problem. And that is the first step.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 02:03 PM (GD0B3)

210 194 It would be a victory for Trump to convict this left winger
Left wing jurors probably

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 02:03 PM (YwEeS)

211 Can't they just text everyone on their phone that its prayer time? Oh yeah then they wouldn't be forcing everyone to hear it five times a day.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

A couple of years ago while sitting in the waiting area of my local SSA office a couple of Muslims started playing their awful calls to prayer on their cell phones. To his credit, the security guard got up and told them to take it outside. I smiled at him just the tiniest bit.

Posted by: Tuna at June 26, 2026 02:04 PM (lJ0H4)

212 197 It's an Op by the Devil. A bafflingly successful one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)
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A religion based on bloodlust and neverending orgies in the afterlife.

Not too baffling why it was so successful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (Q28kH)

I was more musing on the Divine Will and why this 'nation' which has persecuted and massacred millions of Christians has been suffered to last so much longer than the, oh say, Hittites or Persians. 1300 years is a long time.

But yes, it is perfectly designed for barbarians, war against 'infidels' is win/win...either they win the fight and get to loot and rape or they die and get booze and sex forever.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:04 PM (xcxpd)

213 I mean seriously, these people are cheering for ALGAE they hate Trump so much.

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 02:04 PM (YwEeS)

214 Algae rights!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (GD0B3)

215 206 If I was gonna die for a word, mine would be poontang.
Posted by: Animal Mother at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)

And we're back to Islam

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (xcxpd)

216 Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, austere Cuban murderer, Dies at 94

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (RHGPo)

217
It's an Op by the Devil. A bafflingly successful one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)

It spreads by fear and lies. They get you to convert by promising all this shit, then kills you if you leave. It's the only 'religion' in world history that kills you for leaving it.

The fact that women around the world are supporting it baffles my f*cking mind.

You spend all your time bitching and screaming about 'rights and freedom' yet you're willing to support a barbaric cult system that thinks you're a slave, mutilates your clitoris so you gain no pleasure from sex and treats you like 1/3 a human.

The left is baffling to say the least.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)

218 Here are the signatories:

The following 13 individuals have reportedly signed the “Promise to America” pledge as of June 26, 2026:

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) — Co-leading the initiative
Rep. Adam Gray (D-CA) — Co-leading the initiative
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)
Rep. Don Davis (D-NC)
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX)
Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY)
Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-OR)
Rep. Kristin McDonald Rivet (D-MI)
Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
Jessica Killin (candidate)
Marlene Galán Woods (candidate)
Bobby Pulido (candidate)

Posted by: Hollywood at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (Riz8t)

219 "Because our religion is the one true religion, we have the right (and duty) to IMPOSE our beliefs and all our traditions on all infidels. (not to mention our right to rape/enslave/kill any infidel)"

Most Muslim Supremacists

Posted by: illiniwek at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (vbXSk)

220 Here's an interesting thought experiment. Let's assume that Islam takes over the world, and no other religion is left.

How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (qx7Zg)

221 Suozzi from Long Island is the leader of the 13 "moderate" Dems. He was executive of Nassau county and ran for governor twice. He's a liberal and this is him trying to position himself for higher office

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 02:06 PM (ik64N)

222 A religion based on bloodlust and neverending orgies in the afterlife.

Not too baffling why it was so successful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (Q28kH

Orgies with kids though. I mean the age of these "virgins" is never specified is it. So maybe a LITTLE baffling!! BTW hi hello {{{

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:06 PM (l9DAo)

223 Mistrial in the Palisades Fire trial.

Jury deadlocked at 10-2 not guilty.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL!

10 NOT guilty? Really?

FFS......Wherefore art thou, San Andreas?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:06 PM (2YhKe)

224
Take me now, Jesus. I'm ready.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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Not yet. Prosecutors are going to retry it.

Posted by: Jesus at June 26, 2026 02:07 PM (XJ22o)

225 Oooh. Rock me San Andreas.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

226 This is why defeatist cynicism must be rejected. Don’t wear rose colored glasses but don’t be 100% doom and gloom all the time either.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 02:07 PM (gfO9L)

227 222 A religion based on bloodlust and neverending orgies in the afterlife.

Not too baffling why it was so successful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (Q28kH

Orgies with kids though. I mean the age of these "virgins" is never specified is it. So maybe a LITTLE baffling!! BTW hi hello {{{
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:06 PM (l9DAo)

Oh it's worse than that, in addition to Houris, Paradise is filled with 'enternally youthful boys'. So....fuck Arabs.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:07 PM (xcxpd)

228 >>mutilates your clitoris so you gain no pleasure from sex

The Paolo, how you say, has many times been accused of this.

Posted by: The Paolo at June 26, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)

229 How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (qx7Zg)
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I'll say three generations. No one will know how technology works or how to keep it running after a couple of decades.

Civilization will collapse very, very quickly after that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 02:07 PM (gnNyN)

230 Gov. Gavin Newsom declares war on America’s billionaires while bizarrely opposing California wealth tax

... but that's all wrong .. what we need is a nomenklatura tax

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (RHGPo)

231 Most of them are lost and deluded, and need Jesus just as much as anyone else.

But since this is a demonic ideology, the more devout ones need to be taken into account, and prepare accordingly.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:59 PM (Q28kH)
There are indeed those among Islam who were chosen before time to become Christian at some point. Not my call, I can only pray.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (LHPAg)

232 220 Here's an interesting thought experiment. Let's assume that Islam takes over the world, and no other religion is left.

How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (qx7Zg)

And that would suit The Devil just fine.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (xcxpd)

233
Posted by: Hollywood at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (Riz8t)

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Others will surely join. Fetterman, Dean Phillips...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (XJ22o)

234 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (2YhKe)

Look how fast a large subset of women in this very country has switched from "All Men Rape" to "Let In All the Rapists Now Or I Will Scream and Cry".

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (l9DAo)

235 Here's an interesting thought experiment. Let's assume that Islam takes over the world, and no other religion is left.

How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26,

Islamists are generally stupid and lazy. A world ruled by them will quickly burn to the ground.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (og/kT)

236 If I was gonna die for a word, mine would be poontang.

Posted by: Animal Mother at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)

*thrusts up Devil horns*

https://youtu.be/UAc3MzAfL-o

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (2YhKe)

237 In Christianity the answers to questions are pretty wide and varied. God has his moments and you do get the "His ways are higher" thing but it ain't close to the answer to every question. But in Islam that's where every answer leads.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (l9DAo)
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The principle of the Lord (I find) is that he has ample reasons for doing what he does, and if you look for them, you can inch closer to feeling their wisdom.

So I summarize God's policy toward humans as such: He would like your love and fellowship, but he'll take your fear (if it restrains harm).

This is what may be illustrated in arguing that fellowship and obedience to Christ is greater than The Law. And how Paul proclaims that we are no longer under the Law once we have committed to fellowshipping with Christ.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (Fi81e)

238 A couple of years ago while sitting in the waiting area of my local SSA office a couple of Muslims started playing their awful calls to prayer on their cell phones. To his credit, the security guard got up and told them to take it outside. I smiled at him just the tiniest bit.
Posted by: Tuna at June 26, 2026 02:04 PM (lJ0H4)

Wait til you hear it live as I have in Iraq, Bahrain and Afghanistan (but oddly not in Qatar).

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 02:09 PM (gfO9L)

239 The rank and file Republicans are still worthless shits most of the time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 02:02 PM (jehhT

The bint at MS Now was focusing on him holding a stress ball.

Yeah, ignore the 450,000 children. Stupid...
Time for a second coffee.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 02:09 PM (Sco7b)

240 fuck Arabs.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:07 PM (xcxpd)

Not even with your dick, big man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:09 PM (2YhKe)

241 @Sponge

Ah, the Handmaiden's Tale fans....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (xcxpd)

242 Hey ellipsis!

How any woman could follow a religion that puts them in trash bags will always puzzle me.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (Q28kH)

243 There is no shortage of Islamic countries. If this is the be all and end all, show us there first. We will wait.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (OoFl2)

244
Here's an interesting thought experiment. Let's assume that Islam takes over the world, and no other religion is left.

How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

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Why would everyone be roving around with weapons? We'd all be Muslims.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (XJ22o)

245 Look how fast a large subset of women in this very country has switched from "All Men Rape" to "Let In All the Rapists Now Or I Will Scream and Cry".
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (l9DAo)

Batshit Cray.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)

246 It's an Op by the Devil. A bafflingly successful one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (xcxpd)
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A religion based on bloodlust and neverending orgies in the afterlife.

Not too baffling why it was so successful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (Q28kH)
______

Yea, Islam caters to mankind's worst and most base instincts. There will always be a long line out the door for that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

247 230 Gov. Gavin Newsom declares war on America’s billionaires while bizarrely opposing California wealth tax

... but that's all wrong .. what we need is a nomenklatura tax
Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (RHGPo)

I admire his spirit. He can start by surrendering his wealth to the point where neither he nor his wife have anything left than the clothes on their backs.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (gfO9L)

248
Thus it is, in one sense, "Because I said so."

But it has deeper levels of comprehension as one gains fellowship with the Lord.

We cannot have his wisdom, but if we listen with humility we may glimpse a new harmony with everything that we already believe as "higher".

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

249 Here's an interesting thought experiment. Let's assume that Islam takes over the world, and no other religion is left.

How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

===============

Why would everyone be roving around with weapons? We'd all be Muslims.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (XJ22o)

Food. Acquire mates. The other tribe is the wrong kind of muslim.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 02:11 PM (qx7Zg)

250 I'm placing my bet on the next thread being about Newsome lying about the investigation into he and his wife's tax theft schemes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:12 PM (2YhKe)

251 Here's an interesting thought experiment. Let's assume that Islam takes over the world, and no other religion is left.

How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

===============

Why would everyone be roving around with weapons? We'd all be Muslims.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (XJ22o)

Muslims kill other Muslims WAY more than Christians (or Buddhist) do. They aren't supposed to but...it's been like that since 633 AD.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:12 PM (xcxpd)

252 How many who signed that thing are DSA plants?

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:12 PM (l9DAo)

253 Why would everyone be roving around with weapons? We'd all be Muslims.
____

You might run into another muslim that doesn't believe in allah in exactly the way your tribe believes in allah. You need to be ready to fight these infidels as allah instructs - smite them in their necks.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 02:12 PM (Dv3i1)

254 Here's an interesting thought experiment. Let's assume that Islam takes over the world, and no other religion is left.

How many generations until humanity is back to roving tribes, with hand-made weapons and only an oral history?

I suspect it's no more than 10, but likely fewer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 02:05 PM (qx7Zg)

Islam had a 'Golden Age' where the wars between states in the Levant and Persia were wiped away and cross fertilization led to some continuation of Roman and Greek science while Europe had its Dark Ages. As you say in a few centuries fundamentalism took over and new fissures appeared and it was pretty much over.

The early part of the Renaissance in Europe was partly fed by these works getting back into circulation there.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 02:12 PM (uhVAy)

255
How any woman could follow a religion that puts them in trash bags will always puzzle me.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (Q28kH)
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Western female psychology is a fiction.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

256 221

Prior to the current redistricting, Suozzi also was one of the rarest critters in Congress: he represents (or used to)
an honest-to-God swing district, contested furiously by both parties.

Swing-y districts have mostly gone the way of the dodo & passenger pigeon now.

I'm gonna take a wild guess that all 13 of those moderate DEMs are from hotly contested districts, where they have to worry about actually losing to a GOP challenger.

Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (RCjYY)

257 Yea, Islam caters to mankind's worst and most base instincts. There will always be a long line out the door for that.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)
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Yep.
Exactly.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (Q28kH)

258
Ah, the Handmaiden's Tale fans....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (xcxpd)

They THINK that's conservatives.

They LEARN it's islham as they get their pussies smashed and filled with goatshit stained minicocks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (2YhKe)

259 164 BREAKING: All three mugshots have been released of the individuals who assaulted Sammie Lee at Whiskey J's nightclub.

On June 25, Dejae Brown and Alana Mumphrey voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement.

Sammie says that while she was being beaten, the girls were yelling “Free Karmelo” and stating that they were going to target “the smallest white girl they could find.”

The "keep your hands to yourself" KA crowd is totally silent.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 01:53 PM (Dvo57)

Why the ‘smallest white girl” I wonder.

Sounds a bit like…cowardice.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (gfO9L)

260 250 I'm placing my bet on the next thread being about Newsome lying about the investigation into he and his wife's tax theft schemes.

lol you might be on to something!

meanwhile on Insty there's a new post saying Tucker is pro Islam

shockingly

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (j+aD2)

261 How any woman could follow a religion that puts them in trash bags will always puzzle me.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (Q28kH)

The desire to keep all the other women in trash bags outweighs their own sense of dress.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:14 PM (l9DAo)

262 Why the ‘smallest white girl” I wonder.

yeah try this with Ilona Maher

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 02:14 PM (j+aD2)

263 How any woman could follow a religion that puts them in trash bags will always puzzle me.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (Q28kH)
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Western female psychology is a fiction.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (Fi81e)

it isn't entirely a fiction that hijab protects them from getting raped.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

264 They LEARN it's islham as they get their pussies smashed and filled with goatshit stained minicocks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (2YhKe)

Tell me about it, brother!

Posted by: Microdick Graham Platner (D-ME) at June 26, 2026 02:14 PM (rii+a)

265 How any woman could follow a religion that puts them in trash bags will always puzzle me.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 02:10 PM (Q28kH)

INCLUSION, yo.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (2YhKe)

266 I'm placing my bet on the next thread being about Newsome lying about the investigation into he and his wife's tax theft schemes.
Posted by: Sponge
_________

I'm going with Supergirl tanking at the box office.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (XvL8K)

267 They need a Minister of Deportation.

Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (KtOUo)

268 Yesterday, the three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the lower court’s dismissal of her constitutional claims and remanded for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta.

Vitsaxaki v. Skaneateles Central School District:

To recap briefly, New York mother Jennifer Vitsaxaki sued the Skaneateles Central School District in 2024, alleging school staff had treated her 12-year-old daughter “Jane” as a boy, referring to her by a new masculine name and new third-person pronouns—all without her parents’ knowledge or consent.

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (RHGPo)

269 Deep Thoughts With Dan Bongino.

Dan Bongino
@dbongino
Libs, and their media sycophants, genuinely hate your guts.
They hate you, this country, freedom, liberty, democracy and anything else that makes us peerless.
You’re blind or ignorant if you fail to see this as it kicks you in the balls.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (ndZc7)

270 Great split-pea soup at Andersons.
Posted by: Joe Mama at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (TezPK)

Pea Soup Andersen's isn't in Solvang anymore. Just Santa Nella?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

271 Part of immigrating means adopting the norms and culture of the society you wish to join.

Don’t want to do that? Bye.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (gfO9L)

272 Prior to the current redistricting, Suozzi also was one of the rarest critters in Congress: he represents (or used to)
an honest-to-God swing district, contested furiously by both parties.

Swing-y districts have mostly gone the way of the dodo & passenger pigeon now.

I'm gonna take a wild guess that all 13 of those moderate DEMs are from hotly contested districts, where they have to worry about actually losing to a GOP challenger.

Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (RCjYY)

They also have to worry is that if the Socialists continue to grab the strings of power in the DNC they will be out the door no matter who wins in the end.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (uhVAy)

273 SMH I agree with your point of course, I was poking fun at those who think it is indeed what it means.

The Jewish view is "when someone comes to kill you, you must rise up and kill him first."
-Sanhedrin 72a

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (RIvkX)

274 The desire to keep all the other women in trash bags outweighs their own sense of dress.
____

The patriarchy includes a component of looking outward - exploration, innovation, etc. A matriachy would largely look inward - social codes, enforcement of these social codes, etc.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (Dv3i1)

275 168 > JUST IN: 13 moderate Democrats have signed a “Promise to America” pledge vowing to fight against Democratic socialists.
-------------

This is just giving them cover until mid-terms. After that, they'll vote the way the socialists want them to vote.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (G0vdT)

276 >>Wait til you hear it live as I have in Iraq, Bahrain and Afghanistan (but oddly not in Qatar).

Indeed. I listened to it five days a day when detached from DGAR to Masirah Island back in the day.

Posted by: The Paolo at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (J4Dwc)

277 it isn't entirely a fiction that hijab protects them from getting raped.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

When I was over there, there were several stories of our docs examining a woman and finding something weird (blue-ish spots, in one case), and asking the husband about them.

He'd never seen them.

They don't even take their bags off at home.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (rii+a)

278 Western female psychology is a fiction.
Posted by: Axeman

Abby Normal Psychology?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (ndZc7)

279 Dammit, Paolo

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (J4Dwc)

280
Mystic River dramatizes an often hidden sense of females.

Jimmy's (Penn) wife (played by Laura Linny) loves him, as a big reveal, precisely because he is "a lion". He gets mega protector vibes from that.

She ultimately does not care who he hurts (Robbins).

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (Fi81e)

281 Look how fast a large subset of women in this very country has switched from "All Men Rape" to "Let In All the Rapists Now Or I Will Scream and Cry".
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:08 PM (l9DAo)

They have no principles, or truth, or facts - just whatever narrative happens to serve their purposes at a particular moment, no matter how contradictory, insane, or self-destructive.

Posted by: Stronk independent boss babes, yo at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (TbWk/)

282 Why the ‘smallest white girl” I wonder.

In the WNBA it is the straightest white girl they beat up....

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (YwEeS)

283
This is just giving them cover until mid-terms. After that, they'll vote the way the socialists want them to vote.
Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (G0vdT)

It's all they are. Even Fetterman of Stroked Out Lump talks a mean, moderate game yet votes straight up Dem, regardless of extreme leftwing dipshittery.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:18 PM (2YhKe)

284 it isn't entirely a fiction that hijab protects them from getting raped.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 02:14 PM (uhVAy)

Tell that to the political prisoners in Iran. The mullahs have them raped before execution because then they can't go to paradise once they are dead.

They are women. They deserve it.

/spit

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:18 PM (bl07w)

285 Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:11 PM (Fi81e)

There is infinitel love and creation in between Why? and the Lord's "because I said so." and He wants us to experience it.

In the case of Allah he is proclaimed to be good and merciful and how do you know he is good and merciful? Because it says in the book he is the "good and merciful Allah". It's told, not shown. A lot.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:18 PM (l9DAo)

286 Why the ‘smallest white girl” I wonder.

In the WNBA it is the straightest white girl they beat up....
Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (YwEeS)

And the one that wants them to play basketball.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 02:18 PM (uhVAy)

287 Mistrial in the Palisades Fire trial.

Jury deadlocked at 10-2 not guilty.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 02:00 PM (rii+a)
________________

They aren't gonna convict the guy. All the evidence is circumstantial. Nobody saw him set the fire. There were multiple people setting off fireworks in the same area. He also apparently called 911 when he first saw the flames.

Plus, the fire was put out by the LAFD, but they fucked the pig and it restarted a few days later.

Tough case for prosecution.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

288 266 I'm placing my bet on the next thread being about Newsome lying about the investigation into he and his wife's tax theft schemes.
Posted by: Sponge
_________

I'm going with Supergirl tanking at the box office.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (XvL8K)

That's "sun rises in the East" level stuff. Surely ace is better than that.

Posted by: Then again it is Friday at June 26, 2026 02:19 PM (TbWk/)

289 We miss you, Paolo.

Posted by: Ladies of Masirah Island at June 26, 2026 02:19 PM (mTPps)

290 >>Yea, Islam caters to mankind's worst and most base instincts. There will always be a long line out the door for that.

Harry Turtledove wrote an alternate-history story a long time ago about the ruler of Bulgaria making the choice between Christianity and Islam. The ruler was appalled that Islam forbade alcohol; appalled, too, that Christianity demanded monogamy. He chose Islam.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:20 PM (NcvvS)

291 The Jewish view is "when someone comes to kill you, you must rise up and kill him first."
-Sanhedrin 72a
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (RIvkX)

Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back!

Posted by: Capt. Malcolm Reynolds at June 26, 2026 02:21 PM (TbWk/)

292 Them Here
There Here

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 02:21 PM (/+uur)

293 They have no principles, or truth, or facts - just whatever narrative happens to serve their purposes at a particular moment, no matter how contradictory, insane, or self-destructive.
Posted by: Stronk independent boss babes, yo at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (TbWk/

Right up until, of course, they get beat up or raped. Then they have lots of facts.

So long as it is just OTHER women who get abused, everything is just fine.

It is the logical extension of rich white people voting against their self interest to virtue signal to other rich white people. They never have to face the consequences of their choices. They buy their way out.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:21 PM (bl07w)

294 Some thoughts on the reflecting pool:

https://tinyurl.com/4ewth9tz+

https://tinyurl.com/4hdmsdf7+

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 02:21 PM (qx7Zg)

295 Take me now, Jesus. I'm ready.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

==============

Not yet. Prosecutors are going to retry it.
Posted by: Jesus

Change of venue. Move the trial to Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 02:21 PM (Dvo57)

296 291 The Jewish view is "when someone comes to kill you, you must rise up and kill him first."
-Sanhedrin 72a
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (RIvkX)

Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back!
Posted by: Capt. Malcolm Reynolds at June 26, 2026 02:21 PM (TbWk/)

Turn the other ass cheek
So I can kick that one too

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 02:22 PM (/+uur)

297 The Euroweenie commies should've paid attention to what happened in Iran once the Shah was ousted. Why they think they would prevent the brutal, bestial Islamists from slaughtering them wholesale is a mystery for the ages.

Posted by: JuJuBee at June 26, 2026 02:22 PM (tM5h4)

298
Harry Turtledove wrote an alternate-history story a long time ago about the ruler of Bulgaria making the choice between Christianity and Islam. The ruler was appalled that Islam forbade alcohol; appalled, too, that Christianity demanded monogamy. He chose Islam.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:20 PM (NcvvS)

What CAN'T pussy ruin?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

299 Why they think they would prevent the brutal, bestial Islamists from slaughtering them wholesale is a mystery for the ages.

Posted by: JuJuBee at June 26, 2026 02:22 PM (tM5h4)

They think brown people are stupid and can be controlled.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:23 PM (l9DAo)

300 I'm placing my bet on the next thread being about Newsome lying about the investigation into he and his wife's tax theft schemes.

==

My guess - Scott Pressler (yes that one) dissed by the so called Republican Leader.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 02:23 PM (GD0B3)

301 The Jewish view is "when someone comes to kill you, you must rise up and kill him first."
-Sanhedrin 72a
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (RIvkX)

Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back!
Posted by: Capt. Malcolm Reynolds

Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?
Posted by: Josey Wales

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 02:24 PM (Dvo57)

302 Solvang has been described as "The Danish Capital of America".
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Wife and a couple of friends got a key to the city from the mayor 25 years ago. Back when I was 4

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 26, 2026 02:24 PM (FxH7T)

303 282 Why the ‘smallest white girl” I wonder.

In the WNBA it is the straightest white girl they beat up....
Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 02:17 PM (YwEeS)

You'd think those black bitches would spend more time learning to play the game than beating up the goose that laid the golden egg, but I guess their need to keep up their "street cred" overrides their need to excel at something besides thuggery.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:24 PM (bl07w)

304
They think brown people are stupid and can be controlled.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:23 PM (l9DAo)

But, where are the 'brown' people controlled? There are bombings and death in every islhamic country almost every day.

Even THEY don't get along with themselves. It's like Chitcago's south side.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

305 Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?
Posted by: Josey Wales
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 02:24 PM (Dvo57)

Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!
Posted by: Rooster Cogburn

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (bl07w)

306 https://tinyurl.com/3mtbk6s8

One last F U from Starmer. Actually on topic for the thread

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (n5tGW)

307 You'd think those black bitches would spend more time learning to play the game than beating up the goose that laid the golden egg, but I guess their need to keep up their "street cred" overrides their need to excel at something besides thuggery.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:24 PM (bl07w)

It's really not required.

Posted by: Angel Reese at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

308 In the case of Allah he is proclaimed to be good and merciful and how do you know he is good and merciful? Because it says in the book he is the "good and merciful Allah". It's told, not shown. A lot.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:18 PM (l9DAo)
---
Just as cryptic as (...looks both ways and weighs whether to start this war) ... "glory" for Calvinists.

Why does God do X? For His Glory.
What is to God's Glory? Whatever He wants to do.
What if we don't want to give him glory for what he decides to do? Then he has already chosen to destroy you for His Glory.

Who's glorifying him? The people He chose that would give Him Glory eternally!

I'm not saying Calvinists cannot describe a real condition, I'm just saying the word "glory" describes nothing non-circular. And they need a better "explanation", if they're even going to argue that it can be explained.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)

309 I'm going with Supergirl tanking at the box office.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (XvL8K)
---------

I'd like to hear the casting director why it had to be her. How does a, um, "breathtaking" (hit tip Seinfeld) girl help achieve the goal.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (G0vdT)

310 >>What CAN'T pussy ruin?

Rulers ain't supposed to think with the little head.

HAH! Couldn't get through that with a straight face. Lookin' at you, Starmerbahnfuhrer!

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:26 PM (NcvvS)

311 Bacon and beer are banned in Islam. Nothing else needs to be said

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 02:26 PM (ik64N)

312 Plus, the fire was put out by the LAFD, but they fucked the pig and it restarted a few days later.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

+1000%

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 26, 2026 02:26 PM (FxH7T)

313
You might run into another muslim that doesn't believe in allah in exactly the way your tribe believes in allah. You need to be ready to fight these infidels as allah instructs - smite them in their necks.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 02:12 PM (Dv3i1)

That’s all the Arab tribes ever were, until God played the world’s biggest practical joke and put a sea of oil underneath them. As shown in “Lawrence of Arabia”, Lawrence’s biggest challenge was in talking them into stopping killing each other long enough to go kill some Turks instead.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 02:26 PM (o8hG1)

314
No! YOU'RE a racist!

Posted by: Auspex at June 26, 2026 02:27 PM (Y8DZL)

315 But, where are the 'brown' people controlled? There are bombings and death in every islhamic country almost every day.

Even THEY don't get along with themselves. It's like Chitcago's south side.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe

Blacks are still at 12% population here and haven't exactly gotten a foothold in high society. The "elite" here and there are pasty white.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 02:27 PM (l9DAo)

316 You'd think those black bitches would spend more time learning to play the game than beating up the goose that laid the golden egg, but I guess their need to keep up their "street cred" overrides their need to excel at something besides thuggery.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 26, 2026 02:24 PM (bl07w)

It's really not required.
Posted by: Angel Reese

Shush Sid. The adults are talking.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 02:28 PM (Dvo57)

317 Nood!

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 02:28 PM (NcvvS)

318 Nood, corrupt forensics

Posted by: SciVo at June 26, 2026 02:28 PM (Sy6m/)

319 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)

320 312 Plus, the fire was put out by the LAFD, but they fucked the pig and it restarted a few days later.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

+1000%
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 26, 2026 02:26 PM (FxH7T)

Notice when Welfare and EBT and Social Justice become the main goals of Big Govt then basic govt functions like Fire, Police, Borders, and Defense are thrown to the wayside.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 02:30 PM (/+uur)

321 310 >>What CAN'T pussy ruin?

As was told to me by an old WWII vet co worker at my first job while still in high school

"That little patch of hair has been the ruin of many a good man"

Posted by: Edison at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (HcoTw)

322 Wife and a couple of friends got a key to the city from the mayor 25 years ago. Back when I was 4
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 26, 2026 02:24 PM (FxH7T)

I got a key to Nottingham once.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (/+uur)

323 Plus, the fire was put out by the LAFD, but they fucked the pig and it restarted a few days later.

Tough case for prosecution.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

I mostly agree, he looks like a convenient scapegoat - round up the usual suspects kind of thing. Bass is the one who should be on trial.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 02:31 PM (o8hG1)

324 @GavinNewsom
·
Follow
It's time for a national billionaires tax and a new social contract.

May I get a copy of this so-called contract for my barrister to review?

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 02:33 PM (/+uur)

325 When I was over there, there were several stories of our docs examining a woman and finding something weird (blue-ish spots, in one case), and asking the husband about them.

He'd never seen them.

That's so bizarre. My wife sometimes finds scrapes or bruises on me I didn't know were there.

Her: "How'd this happen?"
*points to bruise*

Me: "Oh, that's weird."

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (mkw2N)

326 I have a theory that Muslims, in praying with foreheads pressed to the pavement and backsides in the air they are presenting to al-Zutts.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (og/kT)

327 Who's glorifying him? The people He chose that would give Him Glory eternally!

I'm not saying Calvinists cannot describe a real condition, I'm just saying the word "glory" describes nothing non-circular. And they need a better "explanation", if they're even going to argue that it can be explained.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 02:25 PM (Fi81e)

Is there a Christian denomination that provides a satisfying, non-circular, non-obfuscatory explanation for the motivations of God beyond "for His glory" or "because it was in His good pleasure to do so" or "His ways are not our ways"? I'm deadly serious, I would like to know which denomination and what analytical tools they apply in order to make such a determination.

Posted by: I really would like to know at June 26, 2026 02:35 PM (TbWk/)

328 Interesting take by the weak...Grandfather Clock just like call to muslim prayer.

So very reasonable.

Posted by: connected and litigious at June 26, 2026 02:39 PM (cS1cw)

329 Now you're messing with a son of a bitch.

Expect no mercy!

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 26, 2026 02:49 PM (yV23c)

330 Just wait until they start tossing gayes off roofs.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 26, 2026 03:07 PM (TXNyz)

331 How Islamophobic.

Posted by: red speck at June 26, 2026 04:01 PM (Ve/HL)

DHS General Counsel: It's Closing Time. Haitians Don't Have to Go Home, But They Can't Stay Here

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_

NEW: I asked DHS General Counsel James Percival if DHS will allow a grace period for the 300,000+ Haitians who are having their TPS terminated to leave the country, or will arrests and deportations begin immediately?
"It's closing time, they don't have to go home, but they can't stay," Percival said.
He urged the Haitians to use the CBP Home app and take advantage of a $2,600 payment to self deport instead of being subjected to ICE arrest & detention.
@DHSGenCounsel

�The T in TPS stands for temporary�It is closing time. You don�t have to go home but you can�t stay here. The good news is it�s not too late to get a $2,600 check and a free flight home.� @DHSGenCounsel https://t.co/YGo3uuNvrE pic.twitter.com/JDClLseFgA
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 26, 2026

Immigration promoters claim it's not safe to send them back to Haiti, because the aftershocks of that 1993 earthquake are still being felt.

But this is yet another lie. They didn't come from Haiti. Most of the Haitians let into the United States took shelter in other third-party countries, but then tore up their documentation to make asylum claims in America.

Jessica Vaughan
@JessicaV_CIS
A large share of Haitians (and Cubans & Venezuelans) who were allowed in under Biden did not come from their home countries but from 3rd countries like Chile, Brazil and Spain, where they had residency & work permits. So they can return there if they don't want to go home.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
100% correct. When I was at the Del Rio, TX Haitian bridge camp in 2021, many of the Haitians told me they had been living in Chile & Brazil for years before coming to the US illegally for economic (not safety) reasons. The Haitians were dumping & tearing up their Chilean documents at the river's edge hide this fact from the US so it wouldn't hurt their fraudulent asylum claims.
The idea that all these Haitians came directly from Haiti after an earthquake or assassination is false. Many of them were living happily and safely for years in South America until Biden's open border policies became too attractive to pass up. Others also flew into the US via Biden's CHNV mass parole program which was supposed to be for only 2 year humanitarian parole grants. Of course, most never left.

100% correct. When I was at the Del Rio, TX Haitian bridge camp in 2021, many of the Haitians told me they had been living in Chile & Brazil for years before coming to the US illegally for economic (not safety) reasons. The Haitians were dumping & tearing up their Chilean� https://t.co/KbbX55bKda pic.twitter.com/okEZkjRoqI
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 26, 2026

Happy Friday!

It's a slow news day and a lot of these items are going to be meh.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

Comments

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1 Well... Bye.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (rii+a)

2 MHGA.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:11 PM (oUQlg)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

4 There are currently firefights between Marines and Haitians at our embassy there.

Are those fights linked with the decision to kick these temporary parasites out?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:11 PM (rii+a)

5 1 Well... Bye.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (rii+a)

Do let the door hit you on the way out...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 12:11 PM (SbjuD)

6 Barbeque needs food.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

7 Whoaaaa. Haitians know how to work the system (rather than improve their home)? Mind blown!
Imagine if Haitians put this savvy to work on fixing, I dunno, part of a Caribbean island. That place would be awesome!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (gKWVE)

8 There are currently firefights between Marines and Haitians at our embassy there.

Are those fights linked with the decision to kick these temporary parasites out?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:11 PM (rii+a)

FAKE NEWS!!!

I can't read dates on nes articles. The firefights were last year.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (rii+a)

9 Send them to France. Haiti is THEIR mess, after all.

Posted by: weew at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (9TspW)

10 300,000 x $2,600 = $780,000,000. That can help rebuild a place like Haiti when spent by industrious and forward-looking people.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (DZ9Lv)

11 Don't let the screen door hitcha... on the way out

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (XuXeR)

12 It's a slow news day and a lot of these items are going to be meh.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

As opposed to?

I'm kidding....I'm a kidder.

Congrats on getting through the first post of the day unscathed!

*raises glass*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (2YhKe)

13 Ace:

But this is yet another lie. They didn't come from Haiti. Most of the Haitians let into the United States took shelter in other third-party countries, but then tore up their documentation to make asylum claims in America.
-------

Huh, learn something new every day.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (G0vdT)

14 No so fast scotus and potus.
I run things around here and I say they can stay after all.

/ Hawaiian Judge, soon

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (5ZewQ)

15 It’s Pride Match Day for the eurofag kickball tournament here in Seattle!

Iran vs Egypt.

Starts at 8pm PST. I will be home with popcorn and Irish. Whoot!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (F0VZ9)

16 That place would be awesome!"

Haiti - Home of Pulled Long Pork BBQ!

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 12:14 PM (XuXeR)

17 Mandani says he will protect them and the Syrians in NYC... I suggest they head there now

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 12:14 PM (SbjuD)

18 Are those fights linked with the decision to kick these temporary parasites out?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:11 PM (rii+a)

One thing the SPLC lear'ed to do was to leverage their cash wisely.
Pay some grand dragon fresh outta the joint, still with a dab of Ed Norton's poo on his unit, maybe $150000 to hang some flyers and make a fool of hisself. Now all the news outlets show this ex-con's ugly tatted mug all over the US. Watch the donations and grants flow in.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:14 PM (gKWVE)

19 Ace, maybe you could favor us with a crow update on this slow news day.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 12:14 PM (77rzZ)

20 Don't let the screen door hitcha... on the way out
Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (XuXeR)

....where the good Lord splitcha.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)

21 Don't let the door hit your skinny ass on the way out...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (jehhT)

22 Did I vote for this?

You're damned right I did.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (wtvvX)

23
Iran vs Egypt.

Starts at 8pm PST. I will be home with popcorn and Irish. Whoot!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (F0VZ9)

Will the arena be flying the pride flag? Will they have a tranny parade at halftime?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)

24 "[A] lot of these items are going to be meh."

Oh, I don't know about that! Today is the only World Cup game that I am interested in - the Pride Game between Iran and Egypt!

Wonder what the tie-breaker would be for a Pride Game?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (Vpqw1)

25 Aww come on now... Haiti is a beautiful and safe country, you racist racists!

Posted by: Conan O'Brien at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (9TspW)

26 I've always hated Semisonic. They were better when they were Trip Shakespeare.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 26, 2026 12:16 PM (bNf8H)

27
Imagine if Haitians put this savvy to work on fixing, I dunno, part of a Caribbean island. That place would be awesome!
Posted by: gKWVE

================

This is always the way with lefties and lazies. Just appropriate someone else's hard-won stuff instead of building your own.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:16 PM (XJ22o)

28 I don't understand, Haiti is fine! Bill and Hillary fixed it after the earthquake! Just like Hillary and Barak fixed Libya after that minor unpleasantness with Kaddafi. Or like Chicago, imagine just how bad Chicago would be if Barak had not spent all that time and effort organizing it in the 90's. There might be gunfights in the streets!

Posted by: JB1000 at June 26, 2026 12:16 PM (Lv8NC)

29 where the good Lord splitcha."

It's the smoke of a distant fire....

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 12:16 PM (XuXeR)

30 I wonder when the Supreme Court birthright butt-fucking decision will come down?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 26, 2026 12:17 PM (yV23c)

31 Wonder what the tie-breaker would be for a Pride Game"

Penalty kicks.

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 12:17 PM (XuXeR)

32 Aww come on now... Haiti is a beautiful and safe country, you racist racists!
Posted by: Conan O'Brien at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (9TspW)

F*ck off.......

Posted by: Dominican Republic at June 26, 2026 12:17 PM (2YhKe)

33 Thought of this song when I read this post: "Closing Time" by Semisonic.

https://tinyurl.com/4tckurb5

IIRC, the double meaning of this song is about childbirth, about the kiddo being "bounced" from the womb.

Posted by: Thrawn at June 26, 2026 12:17 PM (KKMoa)

34 Can't we just take all of Elons money and give it to them?

Posted by: Pawl at June 26, 2026 12:17 PM (H9Cla)

35 "Immigration promoters claim it's not safe to send them back to Haiti, because the aftershocks of that 1993 earthquake are still being felt."

"INORITE?"

-- Dude buried under Vesuvius eruption

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

36 birthright butt-fucking decision"

"Send whatever comes out to Princeton"

/old joke

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (XuXeR)

37 Do they have a tower set up for penalty kicks?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (oUQlg)

38 Pride game halftime show will be a bi-athlon

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (ot8Q5)

39 "If too many Haitians flood home, the island of Hispaniola will tip over! This is straight-up genocide ..."

/obligatory Hank Johnson, certified genus

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (t/lcw)

40 Who will eat the dogs?
Who will eat the cats?

Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (KtOUo)

41 23
Iran vs Egypt.

Starts at 8pm PST. I will be home with popcorn and Irish. Whoot!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (F0VZ9)

Will the arena be flying the pride flag? Will they have a tranny parade at halftime?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)

Please let their be drag queens and assless chaps in the stands.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (wtvvX)

42 Mamdami sez sending the Haitians back to Haiti, Chili, or France puts their freedom in jeopardy.

Pardon? How is their freedom in jeopardy?

http://tiny.cc/j3p5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (mkw2N)

43 Hey I know. Get your Haitian shit together, clean up your capital city and local beaches. Throw in 4 cruise docks and have 20,000 tourists a day show up and dump port fees and cash into your economy.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 26, 2026 12:19 PM (+BtIE)

44 Haitians were always the worst of the worst, imho. Somali's are the most outrageous fraudsters, but the Haitans are savages.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 12:19 PM (edUvp)

45 Didn't everything fall down in 93 because there was no mortar between the bricks?

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 12:19 PM (mTPps)

46 We need trials to determine the nation of origin of anyone being deported, to verify their TPS was actually terminated. How can we tell these are not actually Koreans or Poles without giving them a trial? Docket the calendar for May 2047, for setting a trial date.

Posted by: Sparkle at June 26, 2026 12:19 PM (wGerL)

47 Everyone knows THAT one Semisonic song. Their better hit is Singing in My Sleep. Not sure if it’s even a hit. But it’s a great song.

Also THAT song is about the birth of the singer’s baby. His wife was pregnant when he wrote it. Listen to the song knowing that and the lyrics all take on a new meaning.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 12:19 PM (5ZewQ)

48
Mandani says he will protect them and the Syrians in NYC... I suggest they head there now
Posted by: It's me donna

===============

Good suggestion. After a couple hundred are rounded up and detained, ICE should hold a press conference and thank their partner, Mayor Mamdani, for his good work in concentrating the illegal population in one area to make law enforcement easier.

BWAHAHA

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:19 PM (XJ22o)

49 Are any Amuricans in the stands?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:19 PM (oUQlg)

50 Willowed:

Speaking of furriners in the US...

I watched the US/Turkey soccer game last night.

Not a big soccer guy so I might have this wrong but it looked like the (probably)muslim ref from Algeria had his thumb on the scales for the (probably) muslim Turkey team.

Almost every time the US got momentum near the net, he whistled them for offsides, which often looked pretty questionable.

To be fair though, the TurkaaaaaYYYYs, played with much more enthusiasm and aggression than the US team. They clearly wanted the win while the US was kind of ambivalent to go by their play last night.

Anyway, now that people were paying attention, this was the US Team's chance to show everyone how good the were and up the opinion in the US of Soccer.

They didn't.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (iJfKG)

51
Plus, 'stache Bolton just plead guilty to one count of mishandling classified intel, felony charge with over $2M fine and 60 months possible prison time.

Ha, ha! Trump's settling family business, Corleone-style.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (y9nCu)

52 300,000 x $2,600 = $780,000,000. That can help rebuild a place like Haiti when spent by industrious and forward-looking people.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (DZ9Lv)

There's always a catch, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (1z8ji)

53 42 Mamdami sez sending the Haitians back to Haiti, Chili, or France puts their freedom in jeopardy.

Pardon? How is their freedom in jeopardy?

http://tiny.cc/j3p5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (mkw2N)

Again with the leftists varing more about non citizens than you know actual citizens.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (+BtIE)

54 24 "[A] lot of these items are going to be meh."

Oh, I don't know about that! Today is the only World Cup game that I am interested in - the Pride Game between Iran and Egypt!

Wonder what the tie-breaker would be for a Pride Game?

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (Vpqw1)

First team to 69 wins.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 26, 2026 12:21 PM (wtvvX)

55 Over-under on when Semisonic starts whining that DHS is using the lyrics to their song? I know nothing about the band other than they played the song 7 million times a day in the late 1990s. But I assume they're all whiny commie effetes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)

56 Mamdami sez sending the Haitians back to Haiti, Chili, or France puts their freedom in jeopardy.

Um......that's not how this works. They left a country and illegally entered an actual free country.

They stole freedom they weren't entitled to, so they put themselves in jeopardy.

F*cking communist asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:21 PM (2YhKe)

57 Afternoon Ace.
People screaming at the Haitian eviction are the same dummies who said Somalis helped this country. Somalis and Haitians couldn't build there own countries

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 12:21 PM (ik64N)

58 The Algerian ref might as well have been wearing a Turkeeeaaaahhhh jersey. It’s was disgusting.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 12:21 PM (5ZewQ)

59 How did the US manage to tie Turkey?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:22 PM (oUQlg)

60 Who will eat the dogs?
Who will eat the cats?
Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM

We right heah, you know.

Posted by: Dodgy Chinese Restaurants at June 26, 2026 12:22 PM (Wnv9h)

61 Anyway, now that people were paying attention, this was the US Team's chance to show everyone how good the were and up the opinion in the US of Soccer.

They didn't.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (iJfKG)

They also sat nearly half of their starting lineup to save them for the knockout rounds.

You were watching America's JV team play the Turkish varsity squad.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:22 PM (rii+a)

62 We need more ICE officers because we have a lot more that have to leave.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 26, 2026 12:23 PM (XHO5P)

63
Not a big soccer guy so I might have this wrong but it looked like the (probably)muslim ref from Algeria had his thumb on the scales for the (probably) muslim Turkey team.

Almost every time the US got momentum near the net, he whistled them for offsides, which often looked pretty questionable.

Offside is called by a side judge, not the official on the field. They would likely not have influence on the calls unless of course the did the typical islhamic thing and threatened to blow up his family if he didn't conform to demands.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

64 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
TGIF

There must be a Leftist Hell Hkle who will keep them from leaving

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 12:23 PM (sgkY8)

65 Haitians turning Mamdani into a zombie would be an improvement.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 12:23 PM (CmCN0)

66 If any 18+ hot, biologically female Haitians need a place to stay, I have room.

I keep the house cold.

Bring your girlfriends.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

67 Moving to NYC puts one's freedom (and life) in jeopardy

Posted by: weew at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (9TspW)

68 Happy Friday!
---
Good man!

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Fi81e)

69 "Send them to France. Haiti is THEIR mess, after all."

Not really. When every Frenchman was killed in the Slave Revolt, France their hands of it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (qFwJc)

70 Thought of this song when I read this post: "Closing Time" by Semisonic.

https://tinyurl.com/4tckurb5

Ugh, that song sucks.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (2YhKe)

71 $2,600 in Haiti could get them a nice wooden shack.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (CmCN0)

72 Pride game halftime show will be a bi-athlon

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (ot8Q5)

------------

Have there been any Hawaiian Iron-trans competitions yet?

/Envisions trying to iron pleats into hula grass skirts ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (t/lcw)

73 Six Pack To Go is a better closing time tune.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (XvL8K)

74 Get ready for all the sob stories...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (SbjuD)

75 Haitians turning Mamdani into a zombie would be an improvement.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 12:23 PM (CmCN0)
---
Mamzombie.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Fi81e)

76 Lock them up someplace to keep them safe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (oUQlg)

77 Thought of this song when I read this post: "Closing Time" by Semisonic.

https://tinyurl.com/4tckurb5

Ugh, that song sucks.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (2YhKe)
---
It does not.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (Fi81e)

78 66 If any 18+ hot, biologically female Haitians need a place to stay, I have room.

I keep the house cold.

Bring your girlfriends.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

Dangerous proposition, my friend.

You'll wake up screaming in pain with at least your Staff of Decadence and possibly other organs removed and sacrificed to the dark gods.

Posted by: Thrawn at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (KKMoa)

79 Haitians turning Mamdani into a zombie would be an improvement.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 12:23 PM (CmCN0)
---
Mamzombie.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Fi81e)

Zomdami.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (rii+a)

80 Anyway, now that people were paying attention, this was the US Team's chance to show everyone how good the were and up the opinion in the US of Soccer.

They didn't.

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (iJfKG)

They also sat nearly half of their starting lineup to save them for the knockout rounds.

You were watching America's JV team play the Turkish varsity squad.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:22 PM (rii+a)

Well, that makes sense.

*blows whistle*

*gives self yellow card for half-assed commentary*

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (iJfKG)

81 Letting in Haitians is another case of Democrats trying to clean up after the French. That has never ended well in the history of ever.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)

82 ---
It does not.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (Fi81e)

It really does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

83 60 Who will eat the dogs?
Who will eat the cats?
Posted by: torabora at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM

We right heah, you know.
Posted by: Dodgy Chinese Restaurants at June 26, 2026 12:22 PM (Wnv9h)

Hot diggity dog!

Posted by: Barky o numbnutz at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (+BtIE)

84 How does the DR manage to keep them out?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:26 PM (oUQlg)

85 Over/under on Mamdami overturning term limits for NY city Mayor ? Because Socialists are predictable.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:26 PM (GD0B3)

86 ---
Mamzombie.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Fi81e)

Zomdami.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (rii+a)

Now I want to drive the Zamboni.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:26 PM (2YhKe)

87 Another Citizen Vigilante clip drops:
youtube.com/watch?v=bZIuFMaYm9Y

Bad dialogue, wooden delivery. IMHO.

Movie hasn't hit the torrentz yet, AFAIK.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

88 Afternoon Ace.
People screaming at the Haitian eviction are the same dummies who said Somalis helped this country. Somalis and Haitians couldn't build there own countries
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 12:21 PM (ik64N)

Can we please call it "The Haitian Divorce" instead?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 12:26 PM (rbvCR)

89 Somewhat related, have you seen the video out of Italy of a bunch of people who got fed up with an African reprobate masturbating in front of everyone at a public swimming pool?

Some guys took it upon themselves to teach him a lesson in terms he could understand.

Then a woman jumped in to protect the poor dear.

http://tiny.cc/b4p5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (mkw2N)

90 Mamzombie.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Fi81e)

Zomdami.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (rii+a)
------

The Bro v The Manziere vibe. Love it

Posted by: 496 at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (S3UZK)

91 The Dominican Republic was building a wall on the border with Haiti. Don't know if it's finished. A view of Hispaniola from a satellite is weird. DR is green and Haiti is brown, having been denuded of trees. Haiti is a hopeless mess and no matter what it ain't getting better

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (ik64N)

92 If this is the case, can we, and I'm just spit-balling here, deport liberals to Liberia?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (M0V4/)

93 Over/under on Mamdami overturning term limits for NY city Mayor ? Because Socialists are predictable.
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:26 PM (GD0B3)

That's a Republican thing.

They've been telling me so since George W. Bush.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)

94 >>1993 earthquake

The earthquake was in 2010. Remember, bill clinton was out of office and ran the scam with gwb.

You might be thinking of the Somalians, who I think got their TPS in 1993

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (Rmhd1)

95 *gives self yellow card for half-assed commentary*

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (iJfKG)

*falls over and fails, in obvious physical distress*

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (rii+a)

96 He brings in deportee candidates from other states, they vote for city council candidate that align with him. And there you go.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (GD0B3)

97 Over-under on when Semisonic starts whining that DHS is using the lyrics to their song? I know nothing about the band other than they played the song 7 million times a day in the late 1990s. But I assume they're all whiny commie effetes.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:21 PM (iFTx/)
---
That's a classic bartender line.

They have no purchase on it.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (Fi81e)

98 They knew who was advancing before the third game. Silly system. Kickball.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (oUQlg)

99
Jobu no like Haiti. Moved to Coobah.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (y9nCu)

100 Au revoir! (or whatever is French Creole for adios!)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 12:28 PM (Dv3i1)

101 Anyway, now that people were paying attention, this was the US Team's chance to show everyone how good the were and up the opinion in the US of Soccer.

—

The 4-1 game did that. As did the 2-0 game.

This game while the score wasn’t optimal was about as exciting a game as you’ll see. If someone watched that and walked away thinking soccer is boring, there’s nothing that will ever persuade them otherwise.

Plus this was basically the B team. The best player Pulisic only played about 30 mins and came about a foot from scoring. Dest played like 20 mins. And Balogun was out the entire game.

It was a “meaningless” game so I get the coach not taking chances with injuries. But at the same time going 3-0 would have been a massive morale boost.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 12:28 PM (5ZewQ)

102 CBP Home app and take advantage of a $2,600 payment to self deport instead of being subjected to ICE arrest & detention.

So, does a family of 4 get 10,400? they can live pretty good on that amount in quite a few countries...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (B0dAE)

103 France sucked as a colonizer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (oUQlg)

104 Everyone knows THAT one Semisonic song. Their better hit is Singing in My Sleep. Not sure if it’s even a hit. But it’s a great song.

I don't.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (wVcYX)

105 Lots of Haitians in Miami, no?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (GD0B3)

106 > $2,600 in Haiti could get them a nice wooden shack.

Oooh, fancy! That's a big upgrade from the standard corrugated metal.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (mkw2N)

107 Au revoir! (or whatever is French Creole for adios!)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 12:28 PM (Dv3i1)

Gophair......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (2YhKe)

108 It does not.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (Fi81e)

It really does.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
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Does not.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (Fi81e)

109 $2,600 would go a long way in Rwanda.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (oUQlg)

110
I don't.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (wVcYX)

Lucky bastard......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (2YhKe)

111
*gives self yellow card for half-assed commentary*

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (iJfKG)

*falls over and fails, in obvious physical distress*
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (rii+a)

Nearsider is from Brazil?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (y9nCu)

112 How did the US manage to tie Turkey?
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:22 PM (oUQlg)

With that kitchen twine stuff you can only find in stores at Thanksgiving, naturally.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (k9OZB)

113 Does not.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (Fi81e)

Yes. It does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (2YhKe)

114 Will the arena be flying the pride flag? Will they have a tranny parade at halftime?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I hope they make all the little kids who march out holding hands with the players carry a fag flag.

And I hope there’s a huge fag flag flying over the stadium. And perhaps painted on the field.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (n1LfN)

115 Didn't Spain just hand out citizenship to a million illegals? Sounds like they're open.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (YGzaL)

116 France sucked as a colonizer.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:29 PM (oUQlg)
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Was it a Frenchie who wrote the hymn "I Surrender All"?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)

117 Slow News Day?

Let's watch some Mt Bike Crashes...

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=kQxnsQaSMKg

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 12:31 PM (HmitH)

118
Anyway, this answers a question I was asking yesterday, which was When does this go into effect?

Next come the sob stories. Michel fled to America for a better life and started a rug-cleaning business. Now he faces uncertainty.

I've not yet seen a Haitian wearing a sweater and gazing out a window as they contemplate their future in their, uh (searching for synonym for "shithole") "poverty-ravaged" home country, but the time has come.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:31 PM (XJ22o)

119 Confessed Felon, John Bolton, is back in the news...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:31 PM (rii+a)

120 Does not.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (Fi81e)

Yes. It does.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (2YhKe)
---
Are you paying for the hour, or just the 5 minutes?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:32 PM (Fi81e)

121 France had Haiti and Vietnam.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:32 PM (oUQlg)

122 Wonder what the tie-breaker would be for a Pride Game?
Posted by: CTHillary

Losing team gets thrown off the roof of the Space Needle

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (vJrRc)

123 Bolton is taking the plea. Must have some damning evidence.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (oUQlg)

124 And I hope there’s a huge fag flag flying over the stadium. And perhaps painted on the field.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 12:30 PM (n1LfN)

FIFA announced yesterday that Pride flags will, in fact, be flown in the stadium during the Iran v. Egypt game.

It's going to be a shit show.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (rii+a)

125 Somewhat related, have you seen the video out of Italy of a bunch of people who got fed up with an African reprobate masturbating in front of everyone at a public swimming pool?

Posted by: bonhomme

Crowder showed it yesterday. The consensus was that the men should have either A) hit her too, or B) gifted her to the reprobate.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (M0V4/)

126 It’s Pride Match Day for the eurofag kickball tournament here in Seattle!

Iran vs Egypt.

Starts at 8pm PST. I will be home with popcorn and Irish. Whoot!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (F0VZ9)

What's the local betting on how many "Pride" people learn to fly today?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (qx7Zg)

127 ---
Are you paying for the hour, or just the 5 minutes?
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:32 PM (Fi81e)

Reparations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (2YhKe)

128 "My name, Pierre DuPont. I former Colonel in Ton Ton Macoute. I be running for city council in New York City. How you deport me now?"

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 26, 2026 12:34 PM (gm9Sb)

129 I watched the US/Turkey soccer game last night.

Not a big soccer guy so I might have this wrong but it looked like the (probably)muslim ref from Algeria had his thumb on the scales for the (probably) muslim Turkey team.

Almost every time the US got momentum near the net, he whistled them for offsides, which often looked pretty questionable.

To be fair though, the TurkaaaaaYYYYs, played with much more enthusiasm and aggression than the US team. They clearly wanted the win while the US was kind of ambivalent to go by their play last night.

Anyway, now that people were paying attention, this was the US Team's chance to show everyone how good the were and up the opinion in the US of Soccer.

They didn't.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (iJfKG)
_______________

Probably half the USA team is foreigners. LOL.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

130 No boobs? No dog? Wait, that was the art thread.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 12:34 PM (Kt19C)

131 Woohoo, meh news items are my favorite!

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:35 PM (ftFVW)

132 I can guarantee you that I would not recognize any song by Semisonic that you might play for me.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 12:35 PM (1z8ji)

133 Everything that's happened since 2020 reminds me of the song "The Universal" by blur.

Since we're doing 90s bands.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 12:35 PM (YGzaL)

134 Almost every time the US got momentum near the net, he whistled them for offsides, which often looked pretty questionable.

==

Trump really should rethink the sale of engines and f-35s to that corrupt Islamist shithole.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:35 PM (GD0B3)

135 - If we deport all these people, who will build the houses we need for our massively growing population?
- 18% of health care workers are immigrants - if we deport them, who will help our hospitals deal with all these new 3rd world diseases that are on the uprise?
- And who will man the social services sectors with so many people enroled?
- What about translators -- we need them to translate everything for non-English speakers. Americans aren't gonna do that.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 12:36 PM (Rmhd1)

136 Ace of Spades HQ

Come for the Smart Military Blog

Stay for the meh

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at June 26, 2026 12:36 PM (7+2sh)

137 I can guarantee you that I would not recognize any song by Semisonic that you might play for me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 12:35 PM (1z8ji)

The one song I have heard was bad enough, it removed any desire I might've had at any point to listen to anything else they'd ever done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:36 PM (2YhKe)

138 Bolton is taking the plea. Must have some damning evidence.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (oUQlg)
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Ironically Bolt-on should be Kerry's last name.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:37 PM (Fi81e)

139 Trump really should rethink the sale of engines and f-35s to that corrupt Islamist shithole.
Posted by: runner

Indeed. Turkey is not our friend.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:37 PM (ftFVW)

140 Movie hasn't hit the torrentz yet, AFAIK.

I'll say this much - the public hunger for such a movie is so great that it promoted this steaming pile of crap far beyond what it deserves as a "movie". It's f'in terrible IMHO.

BUT I relished the parts where the deserving parties got what they deserved.

It's no [Death Wish or Law Abiding Citizen, not by a long shot... but it's a start. If anything it's clearing the way for a real filmmaker to make a decent movie.

Posted by: weew at June 26, 2026 12:37 PM (9TspW)

141 there's more to bill melugin than great hair.

Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 12:37 PM (2ap+5)

142 The one song I have heard was bad enough, it removed any desire I might've had at any point to listen to anything else they'd ever done.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

C'mon man! If you were a teen when "Closing Time" was popular it was your anthem.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:38 PM (ftFVW)

143 whew I almost bought a ticket to the barrel

Posted by: weew at June 26, 2026 12:38 PM (9TspW)

144 Was it a Frenchie who wrote the hymn "I Surrender All"?
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)

I liked the joke,😉 but since you mentioned the name. you must know that hymn which is about surrender all to Jesus. It was written by Judson Van Deventer in 1896 and he was struggled as to whether to be involved in evangelistic work or music. He found that he could do both.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 12:39 PM (9OXCQ)

145
Mamdami sez sending the Haitians back to Haiti, Chili, or France puts their freedom in jeopardy.

Posted by: bonhomme

================

Freedom from what? What's France going to do to them? Chile? Haiti, haha, that makes sense, but you'll have to say something nasty about how POC govern themselves.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

146 94 >>1993 earthquake

The earthquake was in 2010. Remember, bill clinton was out of office and ran the scam with gwb.
You might be thinking of the Somalians, who I think got their TPS in 1993
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 12:27 PM (Rmhd1)

You are correct.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 12:39 PM (mTPps)

147 108 It does not.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (Fi81e)

It really does.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
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Does not.

I came here for an argument.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 26, 2026 12:39 PM (yV23c)

148 Kinda the anti-90s-electric pop:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmauYERLTgo

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:40 PM (Fi81e)

149 Anyway, now that people were paying attention, this was the US Team's chance to show everyone how good the were and up the opinion in the US of Soccer.

They didn't.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (iJfKG)
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I was just glad there were three goals before 1st half water break. Action! I was done after that.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 12:40 PM (G0vdT)

150 Movie hasn't hit the torrentz yet, AFAIK.
Posted by: gp

I watched it free on X (nee, Twitter) last night. Elon is giving it away to the world until Saturday!

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2070157480915538098

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 12:40 PM (Rmhd1)

151 It does not.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (Fi81e)

It really does.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)
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Does not.

I came here for an argument.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 26, 2026 12:39 PM (yV23c)
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The full hour or just the five minute introductory?

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:40 PM (Fi81e)

152 Indeed. Turkey is not our friend.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Well they're an islamic country so . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 12:41 PM (+/hEQ)

153
C'mon man! If you were a teen when "Closing Time" was popular it was your anthem.
Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:38 PM (ftFVW)

It came out in '98, so thankfully I was spared a teenage suffering of such shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:42 PM (2YhKe)

154 Indeed. Turkey is not our friend.
Posted by: She Hobbit
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Turkie-i-e-i-yo.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:42 PM (Fi81e)

155 Who will eat the dogs?

Wo-wo-wo-wo...

Who will eat the cats?

Meow-meow-meow-meow...

Thanks for the earworm, tora. Now you get to have it too.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 26, 2026 12:42 PM (vTZFs)

156 Bolton is taking the plea. Must have some damning evidence.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:33 PM (oUQlg)

Too bad he didn't ask for Trial By Combat.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

157 "I watched it free on X"

I don't have an X acct. All my attempts at working around that are stymied by 18+ age restriction for folx without X accts.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

158 C'mon man! If you were a teen when "Closing Time" was popular it was your anthem.
Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:38 PM (ftFVW)

The Leonard Cohen song by that name? Which is pretty good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 12:43 PM (1z8ji)

159
there's more to bill melugin than great hair.
Posted by: Diego Taylor

===============

Before he got his current beat with Fox News, he was a local reporter at the Fox station in LA and he was fire then. I used to think of him when I contemplated the utter shitty work of a small-market news station I worked at briefly, where the reporters were always desperate for something to happen. There were tons of stories lying on the ground if they hadn't been so touchy about race, criminality, and the constant backfiring of the locals' soft-headed liberalism.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:43 PM (XJ22o)

160 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:42 PM (2YhKe)

The only bit I know from
That song was the phrase "Closing time", I was not a teenager in 1998.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 12:43 PM (9OXCQ)

161 It came out in '98, so thankfully I was spared a teenage suffering of such shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I bet you don't like Goo Goo Dolls either. Pffft

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:44 PM (ftFVW)

162 >>>I keep the house cold.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 12:24 PM (Sco7b)

You are filtering for 50+ post mp gals there. 50 way too hot.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 26, 2026 12:44 PM (3uBP9)

163 I don't have an X acct. All my attempts at working around that are stymied by 18+ age restriction for folx without X accts.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

I don't have an X account and went to the link someone posted for it yesterday and it just started playing just fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

164
They didn't.

Sad.
Posted by: naturalfake at

We won our group, we are advancing. We did not play our A team and gave Turkey a run for their money to the bitter end. Would I have liked a win? Well yes! I am an American!

We aren’t going to win this thing, of course. It would take divine intervention for that to happen. We will need to ultimately switch allegiance to Team Argentina. Even you Team Deutschlanders.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 12:44 PM (Wmg4n)

165 I always forget pixy eats relational operators.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (3uBP9)

166 >>>"It's closing time, they don't have to go home, but they can't stay," Percival said.

>>>He urged the Haitians to use the CBP Home app and take advantage of a $2,600 payment to self deport instead of being subjected to ICE arrest & detention.

F yeah, I voted for this.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (dK+Kv)

167 "I don't have an X account and went to the link someone posted for it yesterday and it just started playing just fine."

Yes, but you are over 18 years old.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

168 I'll say this much - the public hunger for such a movie is so great that it promoted this steaming pile of crap far beyond what it deserves as a "movie". It's f'in terrible IMHO.

BUT I relished the parts where the deserving parties got what they deserved.

It's no [Death Wish or Law Abiding Citizen, not by a long shot... but it's a start. If anything it's clearing the way for a real filmmaker to make a decent movie.
Posted by: weew at June 26, 2026 12:37 PM (9TspW)

It's not even a Harry Brown, which if you haven't seen it you should.

I watched on X. As a movie, it's not a good movie, as one would expect from a Uwe Boll written and directed film. The stage-setting in the first four minutes, the delivery of some much-needed comeuppance in the last few minutes, and the powers that be giving a bunch of muslim/north african gang rapists a pass because they haven't adjusted to society yet were good moments. But overall a missed opportunity.

Posted by: Good idea poorly executed at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (TbWk/)

169 Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:40 PM (Fi81e)

That is a good bit by Monty Python. Have watched it online several times.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (9OXCQ)

170 > Was it a Frenchie who wrote the hymn "I Surrender All"?

I find it darkly funny that France has a history of being an absolute military powerhouse, but now they're a joke because of their shockingly bad performance in WWII.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (mkw2N)

171
"They don't have to go home." Somehow, illegal alien huggers always miss this.

Since America is a known xenophobic hellhole, surely there's another country on this globe that will step up and take in these wretches.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (XJ22o)

172 What’s “get the fuck out of my country “ in Creole?

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (xnH3S)

173 New source of Medicaid fraud found: Funeral Homes.

A former Milwaukee funeral home director is accused of defrauding Medicaid for $900K. He's already been charged with embezzling from customers.

Four others have also been charged

https://tinyurl.com/mrh5s7wa

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:46 PM (qx7Zg)

174
I bet you don't like Goo Goo Dolls either. Pffft

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:44 PM (ftFVW)

They might've done one thing that I found tolerable, so there's that.

Couldn't tell ya what it was, tho......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

175 Too bad he didn't ask for Trial By Combat.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Trial by stone!

Posted by: Lord Chamberlain Skeksis at June 26, 2026 12:46 PM (ftFVW)

176 I'm feeding the
x.com/elonmusk/status/2070157480915538098
link to the ssstwitter.com downloader.
It may be working. The wheels are spinning.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

177 169 Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:40 PM (Fi81e)

That is a good bit by Monty Python. Have watched it online several times.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (9OXCQ)

No you haven't.

Posted by: Five quid please at June 26, 2026 12:47 PM (TbWk/)

178 He's already been charged with embezzling from customers.

Four others have also been charged

https://tinyurl.com/mrh5s7wa
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:46 PM (qx7Zg)

He's been stiffing them?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 12:47 PM (1z8ji)

179 wow I didn't think the film was bad at all

I watch a lot of genre and B movies tho I guess

it's a must watch

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 12:47 PM (j+aD2)

180 I don't have an X acct. All my attempts at working around that are stymied by 18+ age restriction for folx without X accts.
Posted by: gp

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I watched it without signing in, but maybe in my jurisdiction they don't care. When needed, I do sign in on different browser with my unused google account. You should do that - get throwaway email account and only use it on separate browser so you can control when you are tracked by them

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 12:47 PM (Rmhd1)

181 "Last Call" by David Lee Roth comes to mind......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:47 PM (2YhKe)

182 176 I'm feeding the
x.com/elonmusk/status/2070157480915538098
link to the ssstwitter.com downloader.
It may be working. The wheels are spinning.

oh this is an excellent idea

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 12:47 PM (j+aD2)

183 172 What’s “get the fuck out of my country “ in Creole?
Posted by: UGAdawg at June 26, 2026 12:45

“go on now, git”

Actually, probably Jween soti.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 12:47 PM (Wmg4n)

184 >>> Well they're an islamic country so . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 12:41 PM (+/hEQ)

We seem to have a lot of islamic countries on our ally list. England, ireland, scottland, france, sweden, ...

Posted by: banana Dream at June 26, 2026 12:48 PM (3uBP9)

185
I like a lot of the 90s electric pop stuff. I just do. Especially the "jangly" variety, like Toad the Wet Sprocket or (especially) Gin Blossoms.

Prog will always be my favorite, but I don't look down on well-put-together listenable tunes.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:48 PM (Fi81e)

186 A small plane crashes into a 109-story skyscraper in Beijing, sending debris down the building's side.

Local reports say the pilot Liu Junhua was conducting a solo flight in the local airspace, took off from Shifosi Airport at 17:30, and at 17:40 prepared to return for landing. While joining the westbound route for Runway 18, the aircraft did not join the approach, deviated from the local airspace and continued flying on a constant heading of 270 degrees.

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)

187 I mean, when you have the lyric "How do you get into those tight blue jeans?" "For starters you can buy me a drink."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

188 It came out in '98, so thankfully I was spared a teenage suffering of such shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I bet you don't like Goo Goo Dolls either. Pffft
Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 12:44 PM (ftFVW)
____________

Fuck the Goo Goo Dolls, they can suck my balls.
They look like the dorks that hang out at the mall.

Eminem can suck it, so can Dr. Dre.
They can suck each other just because they’re gay.

They can suck a dick, they can lick a sack.
Everybody shout, "Heavy metal’s back!"

DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:48 PM (iFTx/)

189 one of my clients is losing a whole bunch of factory workers who were Haitian

oh well! lol

none of them had been here less than ten years and none of them spoke English yet

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 12:49 PM (j+aD2)

190 What’s “get the fuck out of my country “ in Creole?

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (xnH3S)
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[unintelligible]

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

191 > DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL

What about death metal?

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:50 PM (mkw2N)

192 What’s “get the fuck out of my country “ in Creole?

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (xnH3S)
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[unintelligible]
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:49 PM (Fi81e)

Thread winner.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)

193 I watched on X. As a movie, it's not a good movie,

Posted by: Good idea poorly executed

------------
I thought it was kind of bad at first with lots of stuff that is offputting. But upon reflection, it is close to a perfect motivational piece. It makes it clear that there will be a lot of blood, a lot of innocents "just doing their job" killed, and a lot of imperfect heros

I don't know if it was intentional, but I am starting to think it is a brilliant masterpiece.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 12:50 PM (Rmhd1)

194 186 Temu knock off of a Cessna 150, bamboo frame and drywall air surfaces.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 26, 2026 12:51 PM (gm9Sb)

195 I find it darkly funny that France has a history of being an absolute military powerhouse, but now they're a joke because of their shockingly bad performance in WWII.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (mkw2N)

In all fairness the Germans pulled a dirty trick on them. They marched in backwards and the French thought they were leaving so they left their posts and went back to what they normally do when not defending their country - drinking wine, eating cheese...

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 26, 2026 12:51 PM (INplz)

196
Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 12:48 PM (RHGPo)

================

wtf? Beijing's tallest building, in tightly controlled airspace according to Chat.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:51 PM (XJ22o)

197 These really are the worst of the worse. They bring absolutely nothing to our country except crime and fraud.

Posted by: Hudson at June 26, 2026 12:51 PM (kRhM/)

198 "176 I'm feeding the"

OK, that worked. I downloaded the 480x270 version. 69MB MP4, appears to be playable and complete.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

199 none of them had been here less than ten years and none of them spoke English yet

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 26, 2026 12:49 PM (j+aD2)

Because nothing compels them to.

When my great-grandparents came here from Germany, they forbade their children from speaking German in the house.

"This is America, and here, they speak English. We are now Americans, so now we will speak English."

My great's never really learned English but their kids sure as shit did.

That attitude of assimilation (the Melting Pot) has been completely cast overboard.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (rii+a)

200 Death by zug zug!

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OkYzo)

201 > What’s “get the fuck out of my country “ in Creole?

I was a LDS missionary in Montreal, Canada a few decades ago. The Quebecois dialect and accent was weird, but I got used to it. Creole was just wacky. I could never figure it out.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (mkw2N)

202 Now I have that stupid song stuck in my head.

*concentrates* Brain, play a Slayer song. *waits*

Crap.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (PSEDc)

203 Death by zug zug!
Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OkYzo)

Is that that tranny cult Ace posted about yesterday?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

204 A small plane crashes into a 109-story skyscraper in Beijing, sending debris down the building's side.

Local reports say the pilot Liu Junhua ...

------------

Whatever happened to "Wi Tu Lo?"

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (t/lcw)

205 So they got Bolton, who worked for TRUMP! This is an example of something happening.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (MWfyi)

206
Thread winner.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)
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Thank you. I really have to thank James Carville as my inspiration on this one.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (Fi81e)

207 Those fiendish Boche!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (INplz)

208 "Wonder what the tie-breaker would be for a Pride Game?"

Losers get thrown off stadium roof. Or winners? Maybe both.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 26, 2026 12:53 PM (tD8H2)

209 So they got Bolton, who worked for TRUMP! This is an example of something happening.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (MWfyi)
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Just like Paul Manafort!

The walls are closing in...

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:53 PM (Fi81e)

210
*concentrates* Brain, play a Slayer song. *waits*

Crap.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (PSEDc)

"Angel of Death" FTW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:53 PM (2YhKe)

211 They marched in backwards and the French thought they were leaving so they left their posts and went back to what they normally do when not defending their country - drinking wine, eating cheese...

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 26, 2026 12:51 PM (INplz)

And making love with their own faces.

Posted by: General Webb, at Fort William Henry at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (rii+a)

212 >>DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL

*sobs*

Posted by: zombie Karen Carpenter at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (NcvvS)

213 why do people in Ohio keep electing DeWines? They are liberal dems.

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (8uzBS)

214 202 Now I have that stupid song stuck in my head.

*concentrates* Brain, play a Slayer song. *waits*

Crap.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (PSEDc)

Hubba hubba zoot zoot

Posted by: Deba ooba zut zut a nom nom at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

215 I find it darkly funny that France has a history of being an absolute military powerhouse, but now they're a joke because of their shockingly bad performance in WWII.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:45 PM (mkw2N)

In all fairness the Germans pulled a dirty trick on them. They marched in backwards and the French thought they were leaving so they left their posts and went back to what they normally do when not defending their country - drinking wine, eating cheese...
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 26, 2026 12:51 PM (INplz)

Funny race, the French. They fight with their feet and f*ck with their face.

Posted by: Zombie Winston Churchill at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (wVcYX)

216 Saw the Goo Goo Dolls at The Chance in Poughkeepsie just as A Boy Named Goo came out. Good show, then they got huge. Rzeznik is a big lefty from Buffalo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (ik64N)

217 Some Dem congresswoman has a tweet "they deserve to be here."

When in the F are Dems going to care as much about Americans as the do about people who are not Americans?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (73/SM)

218 ---
Thank you. I really have to thank James Carville as my inspiration on this one.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (Fi81e)

Credit where credit is due. That's stand up, man. Well done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (2YhKe)

219 > In all fairness the Germans pulled a dirty trick on them. They marched in backwards and the French thought they were leaving so they left their posts and went back to what they normally do when not defending their country - drinking wine, eating cheese...

France had feckless, rigid leadership. There were massive issues with different factions infighting. They also had a bunch of wooden-brained leaders who were stuck in WWI doctrine and would not budge from it.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (mkw2N)

220 Death by zug zug!

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OkYzo)

I think I'd prefer bunga bunga.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:55 PM (rii+a)

221
Whatever happened to "Wi Tu Lo?"
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (t/lcw)

Banned from flying after the mishap in San Francisco.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:55 PM (2YhKe)

222 Some linguistics believe that Haitian is an African language that got most its vocab swapped out for badly pronounced French.
We speaking English shouldn't laugh too hard, since the Normans nearly did that to us too. Same with the Parthians to old Armenian.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:55 PM (gKWVE)

223 Wait a minute, democrats told me that all the other countries are better than the U.S. Shouldn't they WANT the Haitians to go back so they will be better off? Why are democrats encouraging Haitians to stay? Are they trying to make slaves of them?

Democrats! Let Hatians go home! Release them!

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at June 26, 2026 12:55 PM (+48wn)

224 "Last Call" by David Lee Roth comes to mind......
Posted by: Sponge
__________

I anticipated this whole argument at 73. Hank Thompson for the win.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (XvL8K)

225 [O/T:]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Numerous European Countries have been discussing the imminent implementation of a Digital Services Tax on American Companies. Some of these Countries are close to actually doing this. Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America. This TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not. Additionally, the 100% TARIFF will be immediately imposed, if they proceed. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/
posts/116817320899062447

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (/uk1N)

226 Oh, no! (grins) We have another flouncer from the GOP!

MTG has left the party.

https://tinyurl.com/3mc79su3

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (qx7Zg)

227 That's all very well, but the big question is did they use the revised cover sheets for their TPS?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (amcLV)

228
one of my clients is losing a whole bunch of factory workers who were Haitian

oh well! lol

none of them had been here less than ten years and none of them spoke English yet
Posted by: Black Orchid

==============

Painful adjustments at hand as we correct years of allowing illegal aliens to dominate our labor market. Everyone knew it was coming, and now it's here. No, we're not going to kick the can further down the road and end it with blanket amnesty this time.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 26, 2026 12:57 PM (XJ22o)

229 France had feckless, rigid leadership. There were massive issues with different factions infighting. They also had a bunch of wooden-brained leaders who were stuck in WWI doctrine and would not budge from it.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 12:54 PM (mkw2N)

Yes. They had a Maginot Line mindset - a seemingly impregnable line of forts. The Germans simply thought outside the box and went around them - through The Ardennes, through Belgium and rolled up and defeated the French Army in something like 10 days or so.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at June 26, 2026 12:57 PM (INplz)

230 Death by zug zug!

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (OkYzo)

I think I'd prefer bunga bunga.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:55 PM

So, snu snu isn't a thing anymore?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 12:57 PM (Wnv9h)

231 MTG has left the party.

https://tinyurl.com/3mc79su3
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (qx7Zg)

Oh NOES!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway.........

*looks at jar of f*cks*

*decides none can be spared*

*gives no f*cks*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:58 PM (2YhKe)

232 Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Numerous European Countries have been discussing the imminent implementation of a Digital Services Tax on American Companies. Some of these Countries are close to actually doing this. Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America. This TARIFF will supersede Trade Deals made with the Country, whether implemented, signed, or not. Additionally, the 100% TARIFF will be immediately imposed, if they proceed. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/
posts/116817320899062447
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (/uk1N)
_______

It's not just digital taxes and bullshit like this. The European courts are preying on big American companies and constantly suing them for billions over bullshit in a rigged system. Apple and Google are very popular and frequent targets.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:58 PM (iFTx/)

233
So, snu snu isn't a thing anymore?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 12:57 PM (Wnv9h)

Canoe Canoe?

Posted by: Fragrance Commercial of Yesteryear at June 26, 2026 12:58 PM (2YhKe)

234 In other news, the celebration for Bob Uecker's memorial mural is set for June 30th.

https://tinyurl.com/y3v38vwa

From the photo's, it's nicely done.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:58 PM (qx7Zg)

235 Lots of cats in Springfield Ohio will be happy to hear the news

Posted by: MAC V SOG at June 26, 2026 12:59 PM (P4Pk9)

236 Happy Friday, Morons

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 12:59 PM (xcxpd)

237
I anticipated this whole argument at 73. Hank Thompson for the win.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (XvL8K)

You did, and it took my brain way too long to respond.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)

238 Happy Friday, Morons
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 12:59 PM (xcxpd)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)

239 208 "Wonder what the tie-breaker would be for a Pride Game?"

Losers get thrown off stadium roof. Or winners? Maybe both.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 26, 2026 12:53 PM (tD8H2)

Goat costumes. Rainbow colored.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 01:00 PM (N39Ws)

240
https://tinyurl.com/y3v38vwa

From the photo's, it's nicely done.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:58 PM (qx7Zg)

He is a true, one of a kind legend.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:01 PM (2YhKe)

241 > So, snu snu isn't a thing anymore?

Dead bedrooms are a tragedy.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:01 PM (mkw2N)

242 I thought it was pretty cool to hear What A Friend at closing time.

Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 01:01 PM (2ap+5)

243 Yeah, it is ironic how the French, formidable for a good chunk of history, are now known as surrender monkeys.

I remember a map history of France's wars with Britain. France could make huge inroads on England, but England could manage to hold the area around Calais for a while.

Napolean, who was not a Frenchie, was France's flame-out finale as a significant military power, though.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:02 PM (Fi81e)

244 Yes, I want to reiterate - the movie is a masterpiece. It casually mentions lots of harm that the migrants and government are doing and allowing. And it triggers the emotion just right, with the helpless father and broken victims. But it does so with realistic complications.

It is more subtle than Death Wish, but what we face now is not as easy as "3 strikes law" or mandatory minimum sentencing. What we face now is civilization destroying, and to prevent it was need to give up some of our devoutly cherished principles, like equality and freedom, as well as due process.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 01:02 PM (Rmhd1)

245 Canoe Canoe?
Posted by: Fragrance Commercial of Yesteryear at June 26, 2026 12:58 PM

Nice retro shout out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 01:02 PM (Wnv9h)

246 I saw Dead Bedrooms open for The Dead Kennedy's at The Lubbock Amphitheater in '91.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:03 PM (2YhKe)

247 Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (/uk1N)

All that was missing was a hamster photo

Posted by: Ann at June 26, 2026 01:03 PM (SHHm+)

248 246 I saw Dead Bedrooms open for The Dead Kennedy's at The Lubbock Amphitheater in '91.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:03 PM (2YhKe)

*Dead Milkmen kick grass sadly*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:03 PM (xcxpd)

249
Goat costumes. Rainbow colored.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 01:00 PM (N39Ws)

LULULULULULU!!!!

*sodomy*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhKe)

250 https://youtu.be/AZUOzCTUTz8

A closing time song?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 01:04 PM (1z8ji)

251 MTG has left the party.

https://tinyurl.com/3mc79su3

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 12:56 PM (qx7Zg

I saw her on some of the news channels. I'm thinking it was MS Now.

MTG - she makes it very easy to not want to stick your dick in crazy.

Or stupid.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 01:04 PM (Sco7b)

252
*Dead Milkmen kick grass sadly*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:03 PM (xcxpd)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhKe)

253 I saw the Gin Blossoms a bunch of times. They were really more country than pop. The only real album is New Miserable Experience. I heard about the guitarist/songwriter Doug Hopkins, whom I had shared shots with a couple of times killing himself while I was in Somalia. I had the CD he had signed for me there.
The rest of the band tried to continue and made money but they were never the same. Doug was unique, he was the band and damn could he drink.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 01:05 PM (mTPps)

254 OwO

@FoxNews BREAKING: Utah judge denies Tyler Robinson request to remove death penalty from Charlie Kirk murder case

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)

255 MTG has left the party.

https://tinyurl.com/3mc79su3

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (MWfyi)
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She didn't even do one encore.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (Fi81e)

256 238 Happy Friday, Morons
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 12:59 PM (xcxpd)

*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)

How you doing this fine Friday? Has your week been ok?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (xcxpd)

257 What was that Skid Row song?

No need to whimper, no need to shout
The party's over, so get the fuck out

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (snZF9)

258 F the left. The decision has been made, don't care what you think. Afterall, I am going to have to live with what I think will be the wrong decision on birthright citizenship.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (n5tGW)

259 There is an island off the coast of Haiti that cruise ship companies have tried to use off and on.

Why not drop them all off there?

If they can even manage an area to the normal incompetent standards of Caribbean countries they can make a nice life off of tourism

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)

260 >> I saw the Gin Blossoms a bunch of times. They were really more country than pop.

Have you met The Meat Puppets?

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (HmitH)

261 255 MTG has left the party.

https://tinyurl.com/3mc79su3

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (MWfyi)
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She didn't even do one encore.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (Fi81e)

I hear she does....other stuff

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (xcxpd)

262 > MTG has left the party.

She's been off the rails for a while. This is not surprising.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (mkw2N)

263 They need to offer bounties on illegals.

Any American that captures and delivers an illegal to ICE receives one year income tax exemption (up to the estimated cost of supporting an illegal).

Multiple captures result in multiple rewards.

50 captures gets a lifetime personal income tax exemption.

1000 captures gets a federal highway named after you.

10,000 captures gets a military vessel named after you.

Posted by: Outside the Box at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (6Rf1G)

264 260 >> I saw the Gin Blossoms a bunch of times. They were really more country than pop.

Have you met The Meat Puppets?
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (HmitH)

I tried but they were too high to die.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (xcxpd)

265 260 >> I saw the Gin Blossoms a bunch of times. They were really more country than pop.

Have you met The Meat Puppets?
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (HmitH)

Or meat the Met Puppets?

Posted by: I'm just ad libbing here... at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (TbWk/)

266 MTG has left the party.

==

After she was kicked out. They keep doing this. Massie is next!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)

267 MTG has left the party.

Left forums alternate between calling her trailer park trash and "one of the few reasonable Republicans"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)

268 Apple and Google are very popular and frequent targets.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Hostile as I am to Eurotrash judges enforcing Marxism on American companies, if they choose to target Google I would help them pin the bullseye to their back.

Posted by: Auspex at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (Y8DZL)

269 261 255 MTG has left the party.

https://tinyurl.com/3mc79su3

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at June 26, 2026 12:52 PM (MWfyi)
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She didn't even do one encore.
Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (Fi81e)

I hear she does....other stuff
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (xcxpd)

She got a consulting job with Orbital Joo Lasers.

Posted by: It's the small hats! The small hats did it! at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (TbWk/)

270 How you doing this fine Friday? Has your week been ok?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (xcxpd)

I'm doing alright. It's Fryday, so.....

Week went well. Got work things accomplished. Actually got off my ass and did some work in the bathroom, which I hope to continue and have it ready for paint by next week.

Got the kid another car, which I'm working on to get it as tip top as I can. Got time, tho, since her license is suspended.......

How about you?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (2YhKe)

271 121 France had Haiti and Vietnam.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:32 PM (oUQlg)

Vietnam is doing well.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (GxJkO)

272 Friday? It's shower day!

Posted by: Karmelo Anthony at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (wVcYX)

273 Have you met The Meat Puppets?
Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (HmitH)

No.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (mTPps)

274 MTG will join Solve the JQ Problem Party!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (GD0B3)

275
I hear she does....other stuff
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (xcxpd)

In the butt, Bob.

Posted by: Newlywed Game Contestant at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (2YhKe)

276 >>I tried but they were too high to die.

The recent re-release of that was well made...but, that was definitely a made for market Puppets LP.

Up on the Sun / Huevos are a bit more Country-Fried.

Posted by: garrett at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (HmitH)

277 They all get a Haitian Vacation.

https://youtu.be/EIE4UqpuU6w

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (K00qy)

278 They need to offer bounties on illegals.

Any American that captures and delivers an illegal to ICE receives one year income tax exemption (up to the estimated cost of supporting an illegal).

Multiple captures result in multiple rewards.

50 captures gets a lifetime personal income tax exemption.

1000 captures gets a federal highway named after you.

10,000 captures gets a military vessel named after you.

Posted by: Outside the Box at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (6Rf1G)

How many to be crowned System Lord?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (snZF9)

279 Vietnam is doing well.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (GxJkO)

Because we killed sufficient numbers of commies. N. Korea, not so well.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

280 Seattle’s Sky-High Minimum Wage for Delivery Drivers

Now Seattle residents complain about prices. “I ordered a $12 sandwich…$12 grew to $32!” complains one in my new video. “I just deleted the app.”

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (RHGPo)

281 Vietnam is doing well.
Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (GxJkO)

Vietnamese people are friendly and industrious.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (1z8ji)

282 Think you're having a bad day?

https://tinyurl.com/mv86xxws

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 01:11 PM (ndZc7)

283 Haiti was playing in the world cup the other night and I was wondering how such poor people were able to travel to it.Oh, they are already here ...

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:11 PM (YwEeS)

284 I saw the Gin Blossoms a bunch of times. They were really more country than pop. The only real album is New Miserable Experience. I heard about the guitarist/songwriter Doug Hopkins, whom I had shared shots with a couple of times killing himself while I was in Somalia.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 01:05 PM (mTPps)
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The follow up album isn't NME, but it's not that bad.

But, I believe he died after he was voted out of the group because of his constant drunkenness (not showing up, sloppiness during practice,etc.).

All the same, Hopkins was the genius.

(Interestingly enough, all similar reasons that Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley entertained firing Ace Frehley before Destroyer. Apparently punctuality and professionalism was big in Kiss.)

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)

285
After she was kicked out. They keep doing this. Massie is next!
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 01:07 PM (GD0B3)

Seems someone should remind her Xcrement feed of this.

It's kinda sad to see all these never was become has beens.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:11 PM (2YhKe)

286
This is our Haitian Divorce.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)

287 $2600 plus the free flight ... sounds like a lot, but the cost to forcibly remove them must be much more than that.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (vbXSk)

288 Wouldn't $2600 make you in the top 1% in Haiti? Living like a king I tell you!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (n5tGW)

289 it means the Ninth Circuit is done..

for years the Ninth Circuit blocked every TPS termination.. every metering policy.. every turnback order.. judges in San Francisco and D.C. issued injunctions the same week DHS tried to enforce anything..

that was the strategy.. not the law.. the injunctions..

the metering policy was blocked for nearly a decade.. it's back today with Supreme Court backing..

this is the same playbook that ended in 1954 when the court finally gave the executive branch back its immigration authority.. and it took 30 years of litigation to get there..

"the courts cannot stop it" doesn't mean Trump won a policy fight.. it means the legal infrastructure the other side built to slow enforcement for years just got ruled unconstitutional..

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (RHGPo)

290 delivers an illegal to ICE

Can't we just deliver the ears?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (Kt19C)

291 274 MTG will join Solve the JQ Problem Party!
Posted by: runner

She's certainly not in the running for the Solve The Riemann Hypothesis Party

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (gKWVE)

292 MTG has left the party.

Left forums alternate between calling her trailer park trash and "one of the few reasonable Republicans"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)

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Which is fully consistent in their minds.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (t/lcw)

293 Over-under on when Semisonic starts whining that DHS is using the lyrics to their song?

The way that usually goes is the band doesn't know and doesn't care, the media descends like locusts demanding comment, and they press until they get something disapproving of Orange Man.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG)

294 Think you're having a bad day?

https://tinyurl.com/mv86xxws
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 01:11 PM (ndZc7)

I have longer chains than that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)

295 Vietnam is doing well.
Posted by: Easy the Elder

French DNA + Asian DNA = hot girls

Horde-acceptable maths.

Posted by: mikeski at June 26, 2026 01:13 PM (K00qy)

296 Seattle’s Sky-High Minimum Wage for Delivery Drivers

Now Seattle residents complain about prices. “I ordered a $12 sandwich…$12 grew to $32!” complains one in my new video. “I just deleted the app.”

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 01:10 PM (RHGPo)

Ahhhhhhh ha ha haha ha.

F'ing retards. We told you so. And yet you f'd it up statewide with your stupid minimum wage laws for unskilled labor, and you'll be the end of those jobs in rural areas as well.

Dumb asses.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:13 PM (dK+Kv)

297 The way that usually goes is the band doesn't know and doesn't care, the media descends like locusts demanding comment, and they press until they get something disapproving of Orange Man.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG)

Which is stupid.

"Did he pay the licensing fees? Well, I'm making money, so it is what it is."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)

298 The French opened the back door and let them in

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (l9DAo)

299 Think you're having a bad day?

https://tinyurl.com/mv86xxws
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 01:11 PM (ndZc7)

Long tow straps FTW.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (1z8ji)

300 delivers an illegal to ICE

Can't we just deliver the ears?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (Kt19C)

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Make Bounties Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (t/lcw)

301 I think this Louisiana pastor is much better at beat downs than I am. He goes after nutcase threatening to rape his wife and daughters:

https://tinyurl.com/yt22u4m9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (8Cor4)

302 298 The French opened the back door and let them in
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (l9DAo)

Ooo la la!

Posted by: French mistake at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (TbWk/)

303 *Dead Milkmen kick grass sadly*

We feel ya.

Posted by: Dead Schembechlers at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (J4Dwc)

304 > I hear she does....other stuff

The rumor was she was going butt wild with a couple of guys at her CrossFit gym while she was married. She denied it. I dunno if it had any merit. It might have been a media hit job.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (mkw2N)

305 MTG has left the party.

Left forums alternate between calling her trailer park trash and "one of the few reasonable Republicans"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)
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Yeah, they never know what to do with our crossovers.

As judgmental and harsh Christians, we welcome them with open arms (sometimes too credulously, though). On their side, they always have the stink of a conservative on them.

She will have to fully sacrifice for the revolution in order to gain a handful of cred.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (Fi81e)

306 I think this Louisiana pastor is much better at beat downs than I am. He goes after nutcase threatening to rape his wife and daughters:

https://tinyurl.com/yt22u4m9

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (8Cor4)

Be better, Fen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)

307 MTG's move to her new digs in Costa Rica raised a few eyebrows.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (jehhT)

308 The T in TPS stands for

GTFOOH. Sorry. We already have enough home grown layabouts. We don't need to import more.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (Dvo57)

309 France Nguyen I think her name was. Super hawt actress of that mixture, she is in a Star Trek episode Helen of Troyus(?)

Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (YwEeS)

310 That video of the Red Dodge hitting dumbass protester should be the only dialogue with leftists going forward

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (1ehvT)

311 > Think you're having a bad day?

I can't believe they're making him wax his 'stache.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (mkw2N)

312 I was on a cruise one time and the ship stopped at Labadee. For some reason I still can't explain we decided to do this stupid kayak thing. The guide tells us not to take pictures if the natives are on the shore because they believe the camera will steal their souls. I blurted out, "no shit, do they have the fucking wheel?" Shit holes aspire to be haiti.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (snZF9)

313 270 How you doing this fine Friday? Has your week been ok?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:06 PM (xcxpd)

I'm doing alright. It's Fryday, so.....

Week went well. Got work things accomplished. Actually got off my ass and did some work in the bathroom, which I hope to continue and have it ready for paint by next week.

Got the kid another car, which I'm working on to get it as tip top as I can. Got time, tho, since her license is suspended.......

How about you?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:09 PM (2YhKe)

Pretty good week, took a couple days off and spent some time with IRL friends playing D&D all day Tuesday. Pizza and bourbon and dice. A good time.

No real problems worth complaining about.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (xcxpd)

314 I think this Louisiana pastor is much better at beat downs than I am. He goes after nutcase threatening to rape his wife and daughters:

https://tinyurl.com/yt22u4m9
___

Just saw that.

20-year-old kid threatening his wife, daughters, and granddaughters.

Pastor beat that kid into next week.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (Q28kH)

315 The French opened the back door and let them in

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (l9DAo)

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This is a euphemism, isn't it?

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (t/lcw)

316 Saigon at night.

https://tinyurl.com/dke26yj7

Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (GxJkO)

317 MTG's move to her new digs in Costa Rica raised a few eyebrows.

This is what most GOPers want - get enough money so they can get away from their constituents and never work again

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)

318 Meh news is good news.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (FMtrg)

319 Long tow straps FTW.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

They could have had a mile of chain and that van was not moving unless they got a real truck on the other end.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (Rmhd1)

320 Saw the Goo Goo Dolls at The Chance in Poughkeepsie just as A Boy Named Goo came out. Good show, then they got huge. Rzeznik is a big lefty from Buffalo

Good record. Tim Pierce plays the mandolins and the guitar solo on "Iris".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (2ocoG)

321 > I think this Louisiana pastor is much better at beat downs than I am. He goes after nutcase threatening to rape his wife and daughters:

Apparently that was just the latest threat by this wackjob. Reportedly he's been shouting threats at parishioners of this church for a long time.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:17 PM (mkw2N)

322 1993 earthquake ???

Maybe 2013.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 26, 2026 01:17 PM (/lPRQ)

323 Sooooo.....Haitian.....what's this I hear about your having trouble with your TPS reports.

Posted by: Bill Lumberg at June 26, 2026 01:17 PM (6Rf1G)

324 Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (t/lcw)

Where ya been man. If you say working my whole opinion of you is going to take a hit

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (l9DAo)

325
No real problems worth complaining about.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (xcxpd)

Good for you, man.

We're towing the RV to a lake for the 4th next week. Bud is bringing his boat, so we'll do some sunin' and funin' and fishin' for a few days.

We really need it. Hopefully the RV issues have been corrected and I won't be spending the whole time working on it like I did last month........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

326 304 > I hear she does....other stuff

The rumor was she was going butt wild with a couple of guys at her CrossFit gym while she was married. She denied it. I dunno if it had any merit. It might have been a media hit job.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:14 PM (mkw2N)

She is far from the only Congresscritter credibly accused of infidelity. Too bad, in a way. Butterface but she was reliably pro-gun and that's kinda my single issue.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (xcxpd)

327 Tge weekend is coming
West bound and down, back when I get home

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (sgkY8)

328 Good for you, man.

We're towing the RV to a lake for the 4th next week. Bud is bringing his boat, so we'll do some sunin' and funin' and fishin' for a few days.

We really need it. Hopefully the RV issues have been corrected and I won't be spending the whole time working on it like I did last month........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

That sounds sweet!

What kind of car did you get? Old Honda or Toyota?
Fingers crossed for you and the RV.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (xcxpd)

329 Here is the corrected link for the understandably irate pastor:

https://tinyurl.com/yt22u4m9

So Comrade Flounder

Do you think k I should be better at beating down nutcases or better at posting links or both?😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (8Cor4)

330 Ok...under control. I applied my Haitian VooDoo...

Step 1. Put on 1929 Cole Porter collectable record of "That VooDoo You Do".

Step 2. Made a VooDoo doll representing all illegal immigrant Haitians.

Step 3. Placed VooDoo Doll inside a model plane.

Step 4. Flew model plane into a collision with a bowl filled with French Fries covered in gravy and cheese curds.

The Haitians are on their way to Canada. NEXT!!!!

Posted by: Orson at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (dIske)

331 Dang. Id hoped they come to my town to hunt and eat the Canada geese.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (wBaIH)

332 France Nguyen I think her name was. Super hawt actress of that mixture, she is in a Star Trek episode Helen of Troyus(?)
Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (YwEeS)

Pretty lady. I saw her in Code Name: Diamondhead, starring Roy Thinnes and Ian McShane. Via MST 3000 of course.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (PSEDc)

333 Saigon at night.

https://tinyurl.com/dke26yj7
Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (GxJkO)

You asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/GVlCpGDolv4

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)

334 Be better, Fen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)

She can't.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (l9DAo)

335 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (8Cor4)

I'm flexible.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:20 PM (dK+Kv)

336 The way that usually goes is the band doesn't know and doesn't care, the media descends like locusts demanding comment, and they press until they get something disapproving of Orange Man.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (2ocoG)
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Because the press are Party operatives, and they know how to get these statements. They go after them and get them.

Just like they need uniform denouncements of something that one conservativ-ish person said. And that's agenda #1 on all talk shows that demand to get the denouncement out of the way before they can talk about anything else.

They even said that the guy who said that Big Mike was a tranny was an "extension of Trump".

It never goes in the opposite direction for them--and they don't care.

One of the most shocking statements I heard in the past week was Amala, the mulatto chick at Daily Wire (or maybe Prager), saying that, as a former Wokester, she couldn't see herself celebrating Charlie Kirks' assassination, but she knows that she wouldn't have cared, either.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:20 PM (Fi81e)

337 316 Saigon at night.

https://tinyurl.com/dke26yj7
Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (GxJkO)

Charlie has stopped squatting the bush, clearly

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:20 PM (xcxpd)

338 They could have had a mile of chain and that van was not moving unless they got a real truck on the other end.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (Rmhd1)

Straps. Not chain! Tow straps are slightly elastic; take bit of a run at it, and the impulse may break the stuck vehicle loose. And with a long strap, the towing vehicle can be planted on dry ground.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 01:20 PM (1z8ji)

339 I was on a cruise one time and the ship stopped at Labadee. For some reason I still can't explain we decided to do this stupid kayak thing. The guide tells us not to take pictures if the natives are on the shore because they believe the camera will steal their souls. I blurted out, "no shit, do they have the fucking wheel?" Shit holes aspire to be haiti.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 01:16 PM (snZF9)

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Found out from a friend that there are cruises with lots of rock bands that play throughout.

A couple of Caribbean cruises out of MIami next year are the "Cruise To The Edge" (progressive rock bands) and the "On The Blue Cruise" (started out as a "Moody Blues Cruise" with traditional rock & roll bands.

Haven't looked to see if there are any Heavy, Death, and/or Shred Metal Cruises ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:20 PM (t/lcw)

340 It's like Carnival ran an airline.

https://tinyurl.com/25ht8957

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 01:21 PM (ndZc7)

341
What kind of car did you get? Old Honda or Toyota?
Fingers crossed for you and the RV.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (xcxpd)

Taurus. It's in great shape for it's age and seems in great shape.

Honda's and Toyota's were just too expensive, or abused.

I can work on Ford's, still.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

342 Do you think k I should be better at beating down nutcases or better at posting links or both?😉
__

Embrace the power of 'and'.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 01:21 PM (Q28kH)

343 DEATH TO ALL BUT METAL
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:48 PM
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Butt Metal?

Posted by: Steel Panther at June 26, 2026 01:21 PM (dvvVb)

344 I just saw that a GOP governor has placed a temporary restriction on fireworks between July 2 and July 5. In this case, his reasoning makes sense - 94% of the state is in drought conditions, ripe for wildfires.

https://tinyurl.com/bdrmvzzw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 26, 2026 01:21 PM (qx7Zg)

345 Whoaaaa. Haitians know how to work the system (rather than improve their home)? Mind blown!
Imagine if Haitians put this savvy to work on fixing, I dunno, part of a Caribbean island. That place would be awesome!
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (gKWVE)

It is amazing that the Dominican Republic is on the other side of the island, and built barriers to keep the Haitians on their side of the island.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 01:21 PM (ksbjf)

346 Haven't looked to see if there are any Heavy, Death, and/or Shred Metal Cruises ...
Posted by: ShainS

Look into Carnival Section 8 cruises.
I hear they're all the rage.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 01:22 PM (Dvo57)

347 Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:17 PM (mkw2N

I can understand being annoyed if you live across from a mega church and the music and lights are coming into your house, but it's no cause yo
For threatening harm against the pastor's family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 01:22 PM (8Cor4)

348 334 Be better, Fen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)

She can't.
Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (l9DAo)

Just needs a good coach for ground and pound.

Posted by: Methodist Martial Arts at June 26, 2026 01:23 PM (TbWk/)

349 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 26, 2026 01:23 PM (Lx4gz)

350 Here is the corrected link for the understandably irate pastor:

https://tinyurl.com/yt22u4m9

That's good stuff. Threaten his family, get checked. As it f*cking should be.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (2YhKe)

351 I saw this on Xitter yesterday. Is it really illegal to ship pre-build high performance gaming machines to California?

http://tiny.cc/o8p5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (mkw2N)

352 Pretty lady. I saw her in Code Name: Diamondhead, starring Roy Thinnes and Ian McShane. Via MST 3000 of course.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 01:19 PM (PSEDc)

Lovejoy!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (k9OZB)

353 A couple of Caribbean cruises out of MIami next year are the "Cruise To The Edge" (progressive rock bands)

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:20 PM (t/lcw)
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Cruise to the Edge is one I'd like to be able to afford. I'd have to go with my son, though. My wife has no appreciation for prog.

Ever since I got over the fiddly bits on the rest of Kansas' Leftoverture album, prog has been for me.

Steve Hackett (part of my handle) and various members of the 90s mainstay Spock's Beard are frequent performers.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (Fi81e)

354 Found out from a friend that there are cruises with lots of rock bands that play throughout.

A couple of Caribbean cruises out of MIami next year are the "Cruise To The Edge" (progressive rock bands) and the "On The Blue Cruise" (started out as a "Moody Blues Cruise" with traditional rock & roll bands.

Haven't looked to see if there are any Heavy, Death, and/or Shred Metal Cruises ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:20 PM (t/lcw)

Hell yeah there is. Its called 70,000 tons of metal. I did 7 of them. 60 metal bands, 2 shows each, and on the first year we drank the ship dry before it left the port.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (snZF9)

355 Honda's and Toyota's were just too expensive, or abused.

I can work on Ford's, still.
Posted by: Sponge

Messers Honda and Messers Toyota can't be bought cheaply. Also, you should not try to buy people.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 01:25 PM (diia5)

356 I wonder if the van was in neutral or park judging by their plan.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 26, 2026 01:26 PM (n5tGW)

357 Where ya been man. If you say working my whole opinion of you is going to take a hit

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (l9DAo)

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Busy doing a lot of hiking including a snake bite last month (gotta get outta the house) and on a road trip the past week with a friend.

Was wondering if anybody would miss me; figured at least you would.

Cheers!

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:28 PM (t/lcw)

358 Hell yeah there is. Its called 70,000 tons of metal. I did 7 of them. 60 metal bands, 2 shows each, and on the first year we drank the ship dry before it left the port.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (snZF9)

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Epic.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 01:30 PM (t/lcw)

359 Letting in Haitians is another case of Democrats trying to clean up after the French. That has never ended well in the history of ever.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)

It a way, so are our issues with Canada. A huge distorting issue in Canada since forever is the special treatment of Quebec, and a lot of the abuse of Alberta comes from needing to dump money on the French.

Break it up.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 01:32 PM (uhVAy)

360 How selling $85.7 billion of SpaceX stock makes Musk a billionaire ...

Summary:
Initial offering: 555.6 million shares
Greenshoe option exercise: +83.3 million shares
Total shares sold: ~639 million shares
Total proceeds: ~$85.7 billion Stocktwits

Yeah. Musk and SpaceX are still holding shares in reserve which they will sell some time in the future to cover company expenses, but there is no real pile of a trillion dollars to be taxed by anybody. I they try, the market will reduce the value of SpaceX.

Posted by: SMOD at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (RHGPo)

361 I'm pretty sure that earthquake was in 2010 not in the 90's. But still, plenty of time to fix yourself, you don't need 16 year old earthquake relief.
A great book was written on the NGO response called "The big truck that went by", very damning of how corrupt and ineffective they were.

Posted by: Rdubs at June 26, 2026 01:34 PM (vrekR)

362 France Nguyen I think her name was. Super hawt actress of that mixture, she is in a Star Trek episode Helen of Troyus(?)
Posted by: steevy at June 26, 2026 01:15 PM (YwEeS)

Elaan of Troyius

Posted by: Oldcat at June 26, 2026 01:37 PM (uhVAy)

363 The 'Stache pleads guilty.

https://tinyurl.com/399bk8fc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (ndZc7)

364 "26 I've always hated Semisonic. They were better when they were Trip Shakespeare. "

Agreed. Except the one hit Semisonic had was they best song they ever recorded under wither name.

Mpls used to be a great music centerbway back when.....

Posted by: caf at June 26, 2026 01:57 PM (qS/Xm)

365 So our cats, dogs, and ducks are safe from a Haiti grill now?

Posted by: TJ jackson at June 26, 2026 03:00 PM (9on0R)

366 300,000+

!

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:18 PM (6wpGE)

367 363 The 'Stache pleads guilty.

https://tinyurl.com/399bk8fc
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 01:47 PM (ndZc7)

Forfeits his pension!

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 03:22 PM (6wpGE)

THE MORNING RANT: Apple and the NFL Are Diverging on the “Financialize Everything” Business Fad

A subject I frequently return to is the destructive business trend that some critics refer to as “The Financialization of Everything,” which seeks maximum short-term profit through whatever means, irrespective of the long-term damage it causes.

MGM Resorts and Panera Bread are two vivid examples of companies who did immense damage to their brands by pursuing a strategy of slashing headcount, reducing quality, and gouging customers. As I wrote in a piece last November about their greedy self-harm, “A corporation can target its loyal customers for revenue mining and temporarily increase its profits. It can also slash employee headcount and customer service, thereby reducing labor expense to produce a short-term increase in profits. It can even reduce its product size and cheapen the product’s quality to reduce cost of goods sold, also giving a short-term boost to gross profit. But in every case, these actions tell customers that rather than being valued, the corporation sees customers as marks to be exploited. A great many customers may get hoodwinked once, providing the short-term profit boost that was being sought, but then never come back, thus destroying the company’s long-term prospects. A downward spiral of alienated customers, declining revenue, deteriorating facilities, and degraded reputation ensues.”

Related to this, there are two recent business stories that have caught my attention. On the positive side, Apple may have re-discovered the value of having a loyalty-building “loss leader.” On the negative side, the NFL has reached the “eating its seed corn” level of revenue mining, by forsaking long-time customers and future fans to gain a short-term increase in streaming revenue. Here’s a quick look at both of them:

1) APPLE

An individual named Aakash Gupta explained on X/Twitter how Apple TV+ loses over a billion dollars per year, but rather than being a money-losing problem, Apple TV+ is instead a strategic “loss leader” which draws in users and revenue for its other products. Mr. Gupta wrote:

Apple deliberately built the only money-losing service in its entire company, and it might be the smartest line item they have. Apple TV+ loses over a billion dollars a year.
Music, the App Store, iCloud all print money. TV+ bleeds. And this was the plan: the projections written before launch budgeted $15 to $20 billion in losses across the first decade. Here's the math that makes it rational. Apple cleared $93.7 billion in profit last year. A billion-dollar TV loss runs about 1% of that. For that 1%, Apple gets Severance, Ted Lasso, a wall of Emmys, and a legendary game designer telling his millions of followers he couldn't stop watching their new horror show until 2am.
Netflix spends $18 billion a year on content to own that cultural slot. Apple spends $4.5 billion, eats a $1 billion loss, and buys a version of the same prestige for a fraction of the price. The show is the marketing. Every awards sweep quietly answers the only question that matters to someone choosing between a $1,200 iPhone and a cheaper Android: which company makes things worth your time. TV+ has under 1% of US streaming viewership. By streaming math, that's a flop. By Apple math, it's a rounding error that makes a $3 trillion hardware company feel like culture. Cheapest marketing budget in the building.

Matthew J. Peterson of the Claremont Institute reposted Mr. Gupta’s tweet about Apple TV+ with the advice to “Internalize this.” Good advice. More businesses need to do so.

In fact, that was pretty much the thesis of a piece I wrote for The Blaze which discussed how Buc-ees provides gas at loss-leader pricing and has famously clean restrooms that are free to all. In return, patrons flock in and spend their money on other goods. Buc-ees is also well staffed and pays its employees very well, ensuring that customers receive excellent service and that the store is immaculately maintained. Everything Buc-ees does is contrary to the business school practices that caused so much damage to Panera and MGM Resorts.

2) The NFL

The NFL, which is a monopoly without competition, has shown that it is fully committed to this familiar strategy of short-term revenue-maxing, irrespective of how it affects long-term customer retention.

Clay Travis testified before Congress a few days ago (the transcript is here) about the NFL divvying up its product among numerous subscriber-only streaming services, and how this is a betrayal of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. That congressional act from 65 years ago provided professional sports leagues with anti-trust protection and other special privileges. In exchange, the sports leagues were required to sell viewing rights to their product to over-the-air television networks.

What should we expect from a reasonable fan and what should Congress do to ensure he's not being taken advantage of by sports leagues who are exploiting laws put on the books back in 1961, when television was a new technology and its implications were just being tested, to extract more money from the reasonable fan while giving him less in return for his money? I would submit that the absolute bare minimum a reasonable fan should expect is a fair price for a fair product. That bargain no longer exists. I would submit that reasonable fans have been taken advantage of over the past generation, that at some point we all started getting charged way more and getting way less, and I would submit that this is the exact opposite direction that a successful marketplace should move in a capitalistic society. Our sports fan viewing experience is broken when it comes both to affordability and access.

Mr. Travis points out in his testimony that to watch the full slate of NFL games and his favorite MLB baseball team, he must have 12 different subscription services beyond the ever-shrinking number of games that are shown on over-the-air television.

This sparked an interesting online discussion among some friends of this blog:

Hampton Prescott: “Sports leagues used to recognize the set up they had – benefiting from monopoly under the implicit knowledge that they maintained at least a resemblance of accessibility. Now nosebleeds going for $10K & spreading coverage behind multiple paywalls risks blowing the whole thing up.”

George MF Washington: “I can’t believe the number of smart people who don’t see the problem here. I think I watched two, maybe three NFL games last season. Ten years ago I would’ve laughed if you told me that.”

Hampton Prescott: “As you know very well being in the entertainment industry, eventually the reservoir of goodwill dries up if neglected.”

Buck Throckmorton: “’Goodwill’ is an actual Balance Sheet asset that has value. The short-term spike in revenue that comes from degrading a sports league’s customer goodwill is no different than removing equity from a business, running it through the Income Statement & then announcing record Revenue.”

Hampton Prescott: “This is a vital point that the financial engineers frequently miss.”

It’s time to revoke the anti-trust protections of these monopoly sports leagues. Ace himself advocated this point in a recent piece about MLB forcing players to wear uniforms advocating for the LGBT agenda while prohibiting those same players from displaying their Christian faith.

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— Hampton Prescott (@HamptonPrezcott) June 10, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

2 1

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (sgkY8)

3 Bows to Sponge

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (sgkY8)

4 Apple and the NFL.

What are "Two things that suck worse than a black hole?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

6 Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

7 Bows to Sponge

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM

Not required. Ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

8 Legalinsurrection.com just popped in The Stash pleads guilty to 1 count od stealing documents

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (sgkY8)

9 Look a Buck flexing his HTML tag muscles.

Ace hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:02 AM (2YhKe)

10 On the positive side, still $20, same as in town

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C)

11 Hi

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 11:03 AM (X8xt3)

12 A great many customers may get hoodwinked once, providing the short-term profit boost that was being sought, but then never come back, thus destroying the company’s long-term prospects.

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Yep. As I likely back in November as a response to that:

I worked in Technical Customer Support for awhile, and the lesson I learned was ... it can take months or even years to gain a new customer, and seconds to lose them. And once lost, nearly impossible to every get them back.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:03 AM (t/lcw)

13 At this point, the NFL would have to pay ME to get me to endure their "product".

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

14 ... it can take months or even years to gain a new customer, and seconds to lose them. And once lost, nearly impossible to every get them back.

Yes, but they make it up on volume.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

15 Everything Buc-ees does is contrary to the business school practices that caused so much damage to Panera and MGM Resorts.

Buc-Ee's has incredibly strict dress codes. No visible tattoos or extraneous piercings. Ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:05 AM (2YhKe)

16 That's a really good analysis, Buck. Well done!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:06 AM (Jr5Lq)

17 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

*fistbump*

Just finished reading the content.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 11:06 AM (NcvvS)

18 Buc-Ee's has incredibly strict dress codes. No visible tattoos or extraneous piercings. Ever.

What about hair colors not found in nature?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

19 >>Clay Travis testified before Congress a few days ago (the transcript is here) about the NFL divvying up its product among numerous subscriber-only streaming services, and how this is a betrayal of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961.

Same problem with college football and other sports.
Incredibly frustrating when you'd like to, say, watch the local state university football team only to discover that the channel it's on changes weekly AND half the time it is a subscriber-only channel.

You want to kill sports? Make it impossible to casually watch.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 11:07 AM (X8xt3)

20 On the positive side, Apple may have re-discovered the value of having a loyalty-building “loss leader.”

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Quick, someone tell Las Vegas (whose tourism industry according to various increasing anecdotes over the years of friends from my old hometown, has been strangled by the modern MBAs who insist on every cost center being a profit center).

Make La Cosa Nostra Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:07 AM (t/lcw)

21 I'd really like to see if any of the top business schools offer a course in "Customer goodwill, and how not to lose it by doing stupid, short-term s***".

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

22 >>>A great many customers may get hoodwinked once, providing the short-term profit boost that was being sought, but then never come back, thus destroying the company’s long-term prospects.

I was buying coffee on a subscription plan, 5# at a time. Subscription plans are the bane of customers, because it is a trend to make them near impossible to manage (resulting in too much product purchased), and impossible to cancel.

I got shorted near half a pound on an order and tried to cancel, with no clear option to do so. I went full BBB/AG threat, and thankfully the owner quickly cancelled my subscription and apologized.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 11:08 AM (dK+Kv)

23 Go Clay Travis go.

He's a solid dude who seems to give no f*cks about your feewings.

Good for him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:08 AM (2YhKe)

24 The final June consumer sentiment numbers are out today from the University of Michigan.

Consumer sentiment is 86.2 for Republicans.

Consumer sentiment is 37.3 for Democrats (and 44.5 for independents).

The figures were approximately reversed during the Biden Administration.

We are increasingly inhabiting two separate perceived realities.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 26, 2026 11:09 AM (aD4fx)

25 The NFL, in particular, lost me when the games were being dragged out by constant flags, "TV timeouts" and officials dithering on calls for 15 minutes because reasons.

A one hour "game" should be, you know, an hour. Not four.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 11:09 AM (jehhT)

26 "Subscription plans are the bane of customers"

This is true. Avoid.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:09 AM (Jr5Lq)

27 What about hair colors not found in nature?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

Don't think they allow that either. Next time I go to one, I'll have to pay closer attention, but I believe that's part of it as well. You got blue toilet water hair? Your services aren't needed here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)

28 Time to end the monopoly for the NFL. That way, the Browns can keep moving to new leagues where they might go to the playoffs more than once a generation.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 11:10 AM (Dv3i1)

29 >>>By Apple math, it's a rounding error that makes a $3 trillion hardware company feel like cult~~ure~~.

Fixed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 11:10 AM (dK+Kv)

30 At this point, the NFL would have to pay ME to get me to endure their "product".
Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

ALL of this.

What are they going to do when Mr. Taylor Swift retires and Tay Tay is no longer in the suites at home games?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

31 This apparently has been Warren Buffett's modus operandi forever - take a well-regarded consumer brand (like Sees Candy), cut the quality, and boost the profits.

Wash and repeat.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 26, 2026 11:11 AM (aD4fx)

32 The New York Yankees are sliding merrily down that slope.

It used to be easy to find where the game was broadcast. 95% of the time it was on the YES network, which is their network. The rest of the time it was on a national feed.

Now? Apple Streaming. Amazon Streaming. Roku Streaming. And for all I know, somewhere else also.

The result? I watch far fewer games.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 11:11 AM (PLxDd)

33 Time to end the monopoly for the NFL. That way, the Browns can keep moving to new leagues where they might go to the playoffs more than once a generation.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 11:10 AM (Dv3i1)

But, if they're a monopoly, why is the UFL allowed to exist and play on TV?

Geez I crack myself up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

34
Costco has their $1.50 hot dog and $5 rotisserie chicken. But they probably make it back from people buying more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:12 AM (O0L8i)

35 The only subscription I have is Amazon Prime, and that's because I live way out in the boonies, and it's easier to just order what I need.

As far as watching anything, I don't, beyond my DVDs.

Sports isn't even on the radar, so to speak.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 11:12 AM (Q28kH)

36 You want to kill sports? Make it impossible to casually watch.
Posted by: Lizzy

College Football knows how this works. On the other hand, NIL still might ruin the sport.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 11:13 AM (Dv3i1)

37 >>I worked in Technical Customer Support for awhile, and the lesson I learned was ... it can take months or even years to gain a new customer, and seconds to lose them. And once lost, nearly impossible to every get them back.

Think the problem is that nowadays, companies don't even want to deal with customers. Go to our website, interact with a chatbot, call our 800# and interact with an automated system (press 1 for yes, blah blah blah).
IF you manage to actually come in contact with a live human being, it's a 99% chance it's a call center on the other side of the world, and a representative who reads a script quickly, with a heavy accent.

American companies have, for the most part, ditched the entire concept of customer service. They don't want to keep us, they just want us in a position where it's them or nothing.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 11:13 AM (X8xt3)

38 Unfortunately HEB allows the weird hair color not found in nature. Not sure about the tattoos and piercings. I know they have some but it's not crazy by today's standards.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (rZgqp)

39 Starting pay at Buc-ees is $16 /hr. That's a lot of money for virtually unskilled labor in Florence SC.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (qFwJc)

40 Costco has their $1.50 hot dog and $5 rotisserie chicken. But they probably make it back from people buying more.

Don't forget their $10 pepperoni pizza, which is, to my mind, every bit as good as any of the chains.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

41 Costco has their $1.50 hot dog and $5 rotisserie chicken. But they probably make it back from people buying more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:12 AM (O0L8i)

$14 pizza dinner for 4, including for at least one hungry teen. It is impossible to pass up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (dK+Kv)

42 Apple gets Severance, Ted Lasso, a wall of Emmys, and ...

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Never seen Ted Lasso, but heard it's a good TV Series.

A friend and I were discussing this recent phenomenon of folks saying "I appreciate YOU" instead of how we grew up saying "I appreciate IT."

I first heard it about 5 years ago, and assumed it was a modern Christian phenomenon -- or most likely spread from some TV Series.

Sure enough I searched online, its long been of southern/Appalachian origin but owes its viral spreading to the TV Series Ted Lasso.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (t/lcw)

43 SMH, hi. Hon. I'm with you on the DVD s but I don't buy anything from Amazon .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (afJtY)

44 I’m no fan of NFL behavior the last 15-20 years but anyone who thinks it’s going away is wishcasting. It’s the most popular thing on TV by far and fans have demonstrated they’re not going away no matter now retarded the league office is…. The product on the field now stinks compared to 1975-2010 but it doesn’t matter it still crushes all competition ratings wise. Heck their draft coverage beat NBA playoff games! I like Clay Travis but his testimony was a little misleading. If you have access to over the air networks plus ESPN you can watch 3 games every Sunday and the Monday night game. Add Amazon Prime Video… which many people have and you can also watch Thursday night

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (g7CYy)

45 Sol Price, the guy that started Price Club told his executives "If you ever raise the price on the hot dogs, I'll fire you."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 11:15 AM (qFwJc)

46
Don't forget their $10 pepperoni pizza, which is, to my mind, every bit as good as any of the chains.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

___________

Recently had a hankering for a pepperoni pizza. Got a large from a nearby Pizza Hut. It was awful, thin and tasteless.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:15 AM (O0L8i)

47 I’m no fan of NFL behavior the last 15-20 years but anyone who thinks it’s going away is wishcasting.

I don't think about it going away. I don't think about it at all.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:16 AM (Riz8t)

48 SMH, hi. Hon. I'm with you on the DVD s but I don't buy anything from Amazon .
Posted by: Ben Had
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Hey Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 26, 2026 11:16 AM (Q28kH)

49 The WNBA knows how to win an audience!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 11:16 AM (Dv3i1)

50 >>I'm with you on the DVD s but I don't buy anything from Amazon .

They have them at the public library!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 11:17 AM (X8xt3)

51 This is a really good post. Even five years ago, I watched a lot of NFL. Today I don’t even check scores. Ten years or so, I watched NBA, at least the playoffs. Fifteen years ago, I’d follow an NBA team or two. Now I don’t watch any of it. I never followed MLB unless my local team was in the playoffs.

I’ve quit watching all US professional sports. I’ve quit watching college basketball. I watch college football and European soccer. I used to watch Formula One, but it moved to streaming only. I won’t buy streaming while I already pay the parent networks via satellite service.

If I can get streaming services from a limited point of sale (I don’t want five or more subs), I’ll drop satellite. There’s a limit on what I’ll spend, and to whom. Not because I can’t afford to, but because I don’t want multiple providers with duplicate content.

Posted by: Advo at June 26, 2026 11:17 AM (jO4mz)

52 The WNBA knows how to win an audience!

Right? Have your thugs beat up the white, straight franchise player.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

53 I can get 2-3 Costco pizzas for what the big chains charge. Plus they are huge and taste good. Not a lot of choice but you can add toppings at home.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 11:17 AM (rZgqp)

54 This mindset has been laying waste to everything. Consumer electronics. Entertainment of all sorts. Restaurants and other food. Clothing. You name it. Extend it beyond just dollars and this kind of short-termism has infected other things two; "max the next quarter's profits" in business becomes "win the news cycle and next elections" in politics. Same mindset. Same results. What seems like a win in the small case becomes catastrophic when extended over a nation...or a civilization.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 26, 2026 11:17 AM (OUMaO)

55 I worked in Technical Customer Support for awhile, and the lesson I learned was ... it can take months or even years to gain a new customer, and seconds to lose them. And once lost, nearly impossible to every get them back.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:03 AM (t/lcw)

It's a write off, Jerry. They just write it off!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 11:18 AM (rii+a)

56
Oh, those hot chicken things Costco has for $3.99 are super excellent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:18 AM (O0L8i)

57 Costco used to have polish sausage and Combo pizzas. COVID-19 killed it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 11:18 AM (qFwJc)

58 30
ALL of this.

What are they going to do when Mr. Taylor Swift retires and Tay Tay is no longer in the suites at home games?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

Return to the BLM logos on the field? LGBTQ rainbows for yard lines?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:18 AM (N39Ws)

59 At the point that mlb.tv decided that I was in the blackout zone for the St. Louis Cardinals (9 hr drive) and the Milwaukee Brewers (also a 9 hr drive), they lost me as a potential customer.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at June 26, 2026 11:18 AM (Wt5PA)

60 NASCAR of eternal viewership decline, thought this was a good idea as well.

They went to NetFlix, which pissed people off. They went to The CW, whatever the f*ck that is, and pissed people off.

ESPN declined renewal and they're still on TNT for part of their season. I really don't know who broadcasts their stuff anymore, not that I care, honestly. They shit on me, so I'll not be back until they apologize, which they'll never do.

Bristol Motor Speedway used to be the Lambeau Field of motorsport. You couldn't get a ticket unless you knew someone or someone died. Nowadays, you can walk up on the day of the race and get a good seat, likely still overpriced, and enjoy open spaces in the 1/2 capacity crowd.

Nice job, NASCAR. Your executive group is f*cking retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

61 We need to dispel this notion of the "Cheaper" Android.

Android phones are on par with, and in several cases, more expensive than iPhones. Especially in the foldable market which Apple hasn't gotten into despite the technology being mature now for going on 8 years (the Z Fold 8 will release in September).

Its baffling to me how these stereotypes persist. It's not 2009 anymore and iPhones aren't the best hardware you can buy. They're nothing but status symbols at this point - symbols that don't match the communicated status. Its cultish devotion.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (WYStd)

62 56
Oh, those hot chicken things Costco has for $3.99 are super excellent.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:18 AM (O0L8i)

Seacoast NH is finally getting a Costco - in about a year. Can't wait. Only time you'll hear me say "It'll beat BJs".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:20 AM (N39Ws)

63 Kids an teens aren't watching any of this sh*t.

I believe, in roughly 5-10 years, you will se the absolute collapse of everything as people simply find other things to occupy their time and aren't going to let these companies strip mine their wallets.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:20 AM (XV/Pl)

64 Has the NFL cured breast cancer yet?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 26, 2026 11:20 AM (CJnkZ)

65 Time to end the monopoly for the NFL. That way, the Browns can keep moving to new leagues where they might go to the playoffs more than once a generation.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 11:10 AM (Dv3i1)

And you can work your way up. You stick with it long enough, you'll manage your own location making over $200k a year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:20 AM (2YhKe)

66 I dimly remember a comment (from Jerry Pournelle?) describing this scenario: the aliens have landed and they want the planet. They're a patient lot and in no hurry, so they'll give us an end to famine, war, disease, and they'll toss in a lifespan of 1000 years to everybody. But from the moment of accepting the deal, every human born will be born sterile. The problem with current business practice is that it offers no real basis for refusing the deal.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at June 26, 2026 11:21 AM (q3u5l)

67 MLB channel will offer me maybe four games a day through Hulu. Usually three of those games are blacked out. My understanding is that ESPN has taken over the MLB channel, but while ESPN is broadcasting more games, MLB continues to black out games. I haven't seen the Cardinals on MLB this season.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 26, 2026 11:21 AM (l26NL)

68 It's not 2009 anymore and iPhones aren't the best hardware you can buy. They're nothing but status symbols at this point - symbols that don't match the communicated status. Its cultish devotion.

Posted by: Defenestratus

That's been the case for a decade or more now. Stop thinking of Apple as a consumer electronics company and look at it instead as a designer label, just for gadgets instead of evening wear. It makes sense then.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 26, 2026 11:21 AM (OUMaO)

69 Thx Buck.
The leagues put a lot of cash in political coffers both Republican and Democrat. They'll keep gouging until the fans walk away from the various TV deals whether cable or streaming. Until then, these hearings are just show

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 11:22 AM (ik64N)

70 . it can take months or even years to gain a new customer, and seconds to lose them. And once lost, nearly impossible to every get them back.

Yes, but they make it up on volume.
Posted by: Archimedes
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They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at June 26, 2026 11:22 AM (XeU6L)

71 I think the whole policy of having publicly-traded companies report their financials quarterly is bad. It encourages short-term thinking. Semiannual reporting would be better, or even just annual.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

72 Its baffling to me how these stereotypes persist. It's not 2009 anymore and iPhones aren't the best hardware you can buy. They're nothing but status symbols at this point - symbols that don't match the communicated status. Its cultish devotion.

If all your computers/pads/phones are seamlessly integrated into the Apple ecosystem, it's tough to give that up.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 26, 2026 11:23 AM (aD4fx)

73 60
Nice job, NASCAR. Your executive group is f*cking retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

Amazon Prime has some of the races now. Those clowns took over the souvenir trailers that race teams would bring in. They wanted the money themselves.

NASCAR used to embrace local media on the days leading up to a race. Drivers used to get on radio stations. They shut all that down too.

There is no name recognition with most of the drivers on the premier circuit. What is left used to be considered "also rans". Everyone else got out when the getting was good.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:24 AM (N39Ws)

74
If all your computers/pads/phones are seamlessly integrated into the Apple ecosystem, it's tough to give that up.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 26, 2026 11:23 AM (aD4fx)

All your life are belong to Apple.

No thanks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:24 AM (2YhKe)

75
Financialization is driven by MBAs, who can't even conceive of organic growth or nurturing the customer base.

The Soviet Union discovered huge oil fields in western Siberia. They set to work pumping out as much as fast as they could. They neglected well and rig maintenance and soon output collapsed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:24 AM (O0L8i)

76 We are an Apple family and all our devices are seamlessly connected in good ways. I have to use a windows computer for work. I don't like it. The only thing good in Microsoft is Excel. I hate sheets

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 11:24 AM (rZgqp)

77 Still sitting right here in the back of the store, boss.

Posted by: The Costco rotisserie chicken at June 26, 2026 11:24 AM (CJnkZ)

78 Hoping this is relevant: 🤷‍♀️

"That congressional act from 65 years ago provided professional sports leagues with anti-trust protection and other special privileges. In exchange, the sports leagues were required to sell viewing rights to their product to over-the-air television networks."

Comcast and Verizon Fios utilize itemized surcharges, including Regional Sports Network (RSN) fees and Broadcast TV fees, which add ~ $20 to ~ $45 to a monthly bill on top of advertised rates. These are not government-mandated fees, but rather pass-through costs that providers charge to carry local sports networks.

For basic TV packages via Comcast, these fees are non-negotiable, heavily inflating the total price of their service. package. For Verizon Fios, some higher-tiered plans or custom packages may waive the RSN fee or the separate "Sports Pass."

Reportedly, the money is primarily funneled to the sports franchises and regional networks, rather than staying with Comcast or Verizon.

Cable and fiber providers use these surcharges as direct "pass-through" costs to recoup the massive carriage fees demanded by Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) & local broadcast channels.

It's all too much.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 26, 2026 11:24 AM (NFX2v)

79 I am in the barely above 2 cans and a string technology.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:25 AM (afJtY)

80
Costco chicken: plump, hot and juicy.

Kroger chicken: may have been starved to death.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 11:26 AM (O0L8i)

81 Still sitting right here in the back of the store, boss.
Posted by: The Costco rotisserie chicken
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Don't worry, we still love you.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 11:26 AM (rZgqp)

82 Never seen Ted Lasso, but heard it's a good TV Series.
Posted by: ShainS

Season one was great. Season two was ok, season three not so good. That being said, season four starts in August so we'll see if they can recapture the fun of the first season.

Posted by: Tuna at June 26, 2026 11:26 AM (lJ0H4)

83 There is no name recognition with most of the drivers on the premier circuit. What is left used to be considered "also rans". Everyone else got out when the getting was good.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:24 AM (N39Ws)

Carl Edwards was the first to see the writing on the wall. After he retired, they started dropping like flies.

All the big names walked away. Some went to the booth, some started podcasts some just went away.

Surprisingly, propping the racist piece of shit Bubba Wallace, who actively tried to destroy the sport, as the face of the franchise DIDN'T kill it.

I won't be back mainly because of that right there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:26 AM (2YhKe)

84 I'm so glad I don't watch nor care about sportsball in any of it's various genders. Except of course women's softball, witch I don't watch either. All of them could disappear suddenly and I wouldn't know it unless it was reported here.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 11:26 AM (LHPAg)

85 If all your computers/pads/phones are seamlessly integrated into the Apple ecosystem, it's tough to give that up.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 26, 2026 11:23 AM

Yep, the wife and I both have Iphones and pay 99 cents a month for what amounts to unlimited storage for us. I have an older model Ipad that also links to the cloud. We will never have any storage issues and any one of our devices has access to our entire photo albums on demand.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 26, 2026 11:27 AM (0N4FZ)

86 A corporation can target its loyal customers for revenue mining and temporarily increase its profits. It can also slash employee headcount and customer service, thereby reducing labor expense to produce a short-term increase in profits. It can even reduce its product size and cheapen the product’s quality to reduce cost of goods sold, also giving a short-term boost to gross profit. But in every case, these actions tell customers that rather than being valued, the corporation sees customers as marks to be exploited. A great many customers may get hoodwinked once, providing the short-term profit boost that was being sought, but then never come back, thus destroying the company’s long-term prospects. A downward spiral of alienated customers, declining revenue, deteriorating facilities, and degraded reputation ensues.”

Yeah, now apply that same ethos to a society and you'll understand why young people are starting to consider socialism.

If there is no good faith between an entity and its participants, people begin to look elsewhere.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 11:27 AM (6Rf1G)

87 Part of the reason I don't play video games anymore is they are all "pay to win."
Sure, sure you can play without buying anything after buying the game.
But, you'll never have the good stuff unless you pay.

BTW, do go and watch "Chronicles of Bone" on YouTube.
It's the type of AI production that will kill Hollywood.
Really well done.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 11:27 AM (73/SM)

88 NASCAR's currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Their coverage of cup is in (IIRC) the 2nd season.

TBH... it's way better than FOX. The camera work is top notch, the race call is on point, and the fluff pieces don't cringe as bad as FOX either.

But... it's a subscription (Prime) that many probably already have.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 11:27 AM (jehhT)

89 "I worked in Technical Customer Support for awhile"

It is so very depressing to try to help customers when you know the product is shit. Been there.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:28 AM (Jr5Lq)

90 Its cultish devotion.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (WYStd)

Maybe- but as an avid Apple user with questionable tech skills, I can attest to the intuitive nature of their products. I have 2 iMacs my studio, one runs the front desk, POS, and my management system, the other has audio and visual through it. The connection between these, my MacBook, both of my iPhones, my iPad and my watch is seamless and set up by me.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 11:28 AM (Wmg4n)

91 ESPN's broadcast of the Stanley Cup absolutely sucked. The camera work sucked, the between periods analysis sucked, and PK Subban is just outright boring and his mom dresses him funny.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 11:28 AM (3Ope8)

92 I'm so glad I don't watch nor care about sportsball in any of it's various genders. Except of course women's softball, witch I don't watch either. All of them could disappear suddenly and I wouldn't know it unless it was reported here.
Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 11:26 AM (LHPAg)

SPORTSBRA!

Go boobs!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:28 AM (2YhKe)

93 Its baffling to me how these stereotypes persist.

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (WYStd)

It's a cult.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 11:29 AM (dK+Kv)

94 83
I won't be back mainly because of that right there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:26 AM (2YhKe)

My dad and I used to go to the Charlotte 600 every year. Had great seats one section before the start/finish line. Always was a good time for us.

When drivers started leaving, they introduced the race staging b.s., the noose saga in the garages, and Bubba Wallace -- that cemented my decision to never ever go again. Or watch.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

95 Got through decades of tech career without having to engage with Apple tech. I don't have any beef with their stuff, but thank goodness it was one less platform I had to wrestle with.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

96 There has been a fair amount of discussion on "whole life subscription" like some insane Philip K Dick novel where everything is pay as you go and nothing is owned.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 11:30 AM (rbvCR)

97 SPORTSBRA!

Go boobs!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:28 AM (2YhKe)

This guy gets it. Go TEAM!!!!

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:31 AM (N39Ws)

98 And yeah, NASCAR dumping the merch trailers on the outside of the track was a REALLY stupid move.

The race weekends were 4 day tailgates where people spent one or 2 afternoons roaming the trailers and picking their merch.

The worst thing to happen to NASCAR was the deaths of Bill France and Bruton Smith.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:32 AM (2YhKe)

99 A pretty Turkish lady

https://tinyurl.com/378pjkr5

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 11:33 AM (rbvCR)

100 we hung onto i7 phones for years and then all at once they became bricks...bought i15 phones when the 16s were a thing and I don't use a 10th of its spectrum of frustration

fortunately for me DanMa'am is an ace on this kind of stuff

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 11:33 AM (8uzBS)

101 There has been a fair amount of discussion on "whole life subscription" like some insane Philip K Dick novel where everything is pay as you go and nothing is owned.

I still remember the story where the talking door to your apartment refused to open because you owed the door money.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 26, 2026 11:34 AM (aD4fx)

102 avid Apple user with questionable tech skills . . . [=] intuitive nature of their products.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 11:28 AM (Wmg4n)

Nailed it. People use what they know, and attribute habitual momentum to intuition.

Where do you find the "save as" file command? Under the "file" menu, of course.

What is copy-paste? CTRL-C, CTRL-V, silly.

These are all learned behaviors that became habits and that could be any other habit.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 11:34 AM (dK+Kv)

103 ESPN's broadcast of the Stanley Cup absolutely sucked. The camera work sucked, the between periods analysis sucked, and PK Subban is just outright boring and his mom dresses him funny.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 11:28 AM

PK is a quality human. He donated $10m to a children's hospital in Canada. He finished the last payment during the season and they made him an honorary Dr. He wore a lab coat in studio. It was funny.

But, the biggest name at ESPN is Stephen A. Smith as they've lost so much money and respect and talent.

You're not winning with that.

The TNT broadcasts are markedly better and more entertaining.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)

104 BTW, do go and watch "Chronicles of Bone" on YouTube.
It's the type of AI production that will kill Hollywood.
Really well done.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
++++
Yuck.
Zombie people with swords in a grim world where the sun never shines.

Posted by: No, thanks at June 26, 2026 11:35 AM (CJnkZ)

105 Quick, someone tell Las Vegas (whose tourism industry according to various increasing anecdotes over the years of friends from my old hometown, has been strangled by the modern MBAs who insist on every cost center being a profit center).

Make La Cosa Nostra Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:07 AM (t/lcw)

There's a lot of people living in Vegas that would agree with you.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 11:35 AM (HZUER)

106 A pretty Turkish lady

https://tinyurl.com/378pjkr5

Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2026 11:33 AM (rbvCR)

Yum.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 11:35 AM (dK+Kv)

107 Apple has always been something of a cult. Back in 2000 I attended one of those certification camps for Apple. You get "educated" on their hardware and software so you can troubleshoot and potentially fix issues in your specific enterprise deployments.

A lot of time was spent on Steve Job's "visions" for us.

Deeply weird experience. Deeply weird people.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 11:36 AM (jehhT)

108 “Never seen Ted Lasso, but heard it's a good TV Series.”

Ted Lasso started as a couple extended commercials for Premier League soccer on NBC Sports, now on USA network (and some NBC and Peacock). Ted Lasso is an American football coach hired to coach an English soccer team. Those commercials are on YouTube, and they’re worth looking up. The first in particular is a stitch.

I’ve never seen the show, cause it’s on streaming.

Posted by: Advo at June 26, 2026 11:36 AM (jO4mz)

109 Regarding college football, it irks me that you can't watch state university team games without subscriptions. It's a state school supported by our tax dollars but we have to pay ESN, Fubo, etc.to watch a d@mn game???
Sure, sometimes it's on a regular channel, but IIRC, there were bowl games last year that were only on pay channels.

Not everyone is a sports superfan, and an extra pay channel just to catch some games on a fall Saturday is not in the budget.

They are monetizing the shizz out of this, yet making the appeal much more selective. You've made the choice: either be a superfan who invests 100's/1000's of dollars per year to watch the games vs. not watching, stop caring because it's too much work to hunt down if it might be free this week.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 11:36 AM (X8xt3)

110 So I have to get rid of my Apple products and not buy stuff from Amazon?? Will I be okay then? How about Starbucks?

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)

111 63 Kids an teens aren't watching any of this sh*t.

I believe, in roughly 5-10 years, you will se the absolute collapse of everything as people simply find other things to occupy their time and aren't going to let these companies strip mine their wallets.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 26, 2026 11:20 AM (XV/Pl)
There is a novel, Flood, by Stephen Baxter. One of the themes is a cartoonish voice on children's phones singing "I'm your best friend'. Erie.

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 11:38 AM (LHPAg)

112 When drivers started leaving, they introduced the race staging b.s., the noose saga in the garages, and Bubba Wallace -- that cemented my decision to never ever go again. Or watch.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

We had season tix and camping at Texas for something like 17 years.

The product on the track declined and the levels of fun in the campgrounds was diminished with crackdowns on DJ's, live music and such. Now, there were f*cking idiots acting like f*cking idiots, sure, but when women are sitting around laughing and having fun at 2AM on a Friday and the cops come up, something is wrong.

We've never been back. Driving by the track on the Thursday before race weekend, the campgrounds are MAYBE 1/4 full.

They've earned that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

113 fortunately for me DanMa'am is an ace on this kind of stuff

Posted by: DanMan at June 26, 2026 11:33 AM (8uzBS)

I refuse to use the Apple stuff, and, as a result, the wife is the Apple tech here, except for rare networking and setup issues.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 11:38 AM (dK+Kv)

114 >>There has been a fair amount of discussion on "whole life subscription" like some insane Philip K Dick novel where everything is pay as you go and nothing is owned.

Ah, you've seen our 2035 plans?

Posted by: WEF at June 26, 2026 11:38 AM (X8xt3)

115 These are all learned behaviors that became habits and that could be any other habit.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026

Or command as the case may be. 🤣 I do love the Universal Clipboard, though. That is a useful feature.

Posted by: Piper at June 26, 2026 11:38 AM (Wmg4n)

116 110 So I have to get rid of my Apple products and not buy stuff from Amazon?? Will I be okay then? How about Starbucks?
Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar

Definitely Starbucks. Dunks is better. If you are in the upper midwest - try Bigby. Beats both of them.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:38 AM (N39Ws)

117 So I have to get rid of my Apple products and not buy stuff from Amazon?? Will I be okay then? How about Starbucks?
Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:37 AM

The beauty of a free country is you can do what you want.

Unless, of course, you're a millennial sheep and will do what you're told.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM (2YhKe)

118 But, the biggest name at ESPN is Stephen A. Smith as they've lost so much money and respect and talent.

You're not winning with that.

The TNT broadcasts are markedly better and more entertaining.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)
Is Smith the idiot with the hats?

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM (LHPAg)

119 BTW, do go and watch "Chronicles of Bone" on YouTube.
It's the type of AI production that will kill Hollywood.
Really well done.

*watches 10 minutes worth*

*wets self*

Posted by: Hollywood at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

120 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:34 AM (2YhKe)

I don't have anything but respect for PK, I just don't want to listen to him blather about the game. He doesn't really bring any insight into the discussion as much as he just restates what you already saw. Even Moose kinda rolls his eyes once in while.

TNT on the other hand has BizNasty, Chelios, Carter and Lundqvist on the regular line up and all those guys seem to have some keen insight.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM (3Ope8)

121
College football is doing the same thing as the NFL.

If a harder problem to solve, because where I generally want to see UT play, I could give a flying about TAMU or BAMA or Notre Dame, etc.

Unless they're playing Texas, then it's okay for them to infest muh eyeballs.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM (iJfKG)

122 So I guess Project2025 went ahead and then killed us all right?

Notice they just.... stopped talking about it?

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 11:40 AM (l9DAo)

123 We've never been back. Driving by the track on the Thursday before race weekend, the campgrounds are MAYBE 1/4 full.

They've earned that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

At NH Motor Speedway, there was one parking lot referred as "The Jungle". It was everything you can imagine it would be based on the name. But that too is history.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:40 AM (N39Ws)

124 Is Smith the idiot with the hats?
Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM (LHPAg)

No. He's the loudmouth racist a-hole who thinks he'll be president one day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

125 whatever you think of Vivek, he would be a massive upgrade from this clown:

"AP - Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a new Republican-passed bill that would have required Ohioans to show a photo ID to vote by mail.

DeWine announced late Wednesday that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for voting since 2023.

The Republican governor issued an unusually lengthy statement explaining his decision. He said the requirement would pose an unwieldy challenge for voters without providing any real benefit."

Posted by: Commodore at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (V6W16)

126 As someone who uses both daily, I prefer Apple.
Hubby is a back end engineer. Has worked in all the environments and also prefers Apple.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (rZgqp)

127 Apple and the NFL.

What are "Two things that suck worse than a black hole?"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

Exactly. Both are selling "product" that I would not have in my home. Both are luxury goods that have no need to exist, at all. I might watch NFL if it's on a TV that I am not paying for. Football on TV can be decent entertainment, but then so are Roadrunner cartoons.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (1z8ji)

128 I took a job as sole coder on a legacy product. (Everybody else had quit.) Support was handled by a third party. After a few years, I had to take over support too. That's when I found out about all the customer problems that the support company never reported to us. Cripes.

When I have to call support for a defect in a product, I always ask them to 'please report this defect up to the devs! Please!!'

I do that because I enjoy doing futile things so much.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:42 AM (Jr5Lq)

129
TNT on the other hand has BizNasty, Chelios, Carter and Lundqvist on the regular line up and all those guys seem to have some keen insight.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM

You are correct.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:42 AM (2YhKe)

130
BTW, do go and watch "Chronicles of Bone" on YouTube...

They have porn on YouTube now?!?!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 11:42 AM (iJfKG)

131 Is Smith the idiot with the hats?

Posted by: Eromero at June 26, 2026 11:39 AM (LHPAg)

No. That's Cam Newton.

Stephen A Smith is the negro that does the shuck and jive telling routine with all the uptalking inflection, Ebonics and wild gesticulation.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 11:42 AM (6Rf1G)

132 Or more accurately: "Screamin' A. Smith."

Posted by: Loudmouf at June 26, 2026 11:43 AM (CJnkZ)

133 Just FYI

To download Citizen Vigilante from X (or other video)

https://ssstwitter.com

Posted by: mindful webworker - preserve and conserve at June 26, 2026 11:43 AM (C8pEi)

134 Hewlettt Packard printers (and all their other stuff) used to be built like a tank constructed by a fine jeweler.

Carly "The C**t" Fiorina decided that they could make major bank by just slapping an HP badge on the same ubercrappy Chinese printers that all the other companies were selling.

That worked for about a year.

I still can't believe she was ever considered a serious Republican presidential contender.

Posted by: Guy at Fijian Bar at June 26, 2026 11:44 AM (IG3/x)

135 In fact, that was pretty much the thesis of a piece I wrote for The Blaze which discussed how Buc-ees provides gas at loss-leader pricing and has famously clean restrooms that are free to all. In return, patrons flock in and spend their money on other goods.

===

Costco and the $1.50 Hot Dog!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 11:44 AM (GD0B3)

136 I like these columns. Somebody needs to wave a pen at these shibboleths, if anyone's going to question them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 11:45 AM (BI5O2)

137 I would guess those MBAs coming up with financialization schemes to goose next quarter's profits are saying exactly what company management wants to hear.

Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 11:45 AM (2ap+5)

138 "To download Citizen Vigilante from X (or other video)
https://ssstwitter.com"

Very cool! Does anybody have the link for 'Citizen Vigilante' so I can plug it in there?

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

139 I have no problem with any non Apple tech. Whatever people want. I am convinced that ALL tech has progressivism baked into the cake. Cannot think of any exceptions.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar8)

140
The fact that almost every single movie critic from every single political angle hates the new "Supergirl" movie,

kinda makes me want to go see it.

On the other hand, I don't want my eyeballs and brain to hate me.

It is a dilemma.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 11:46 AM (iJfKG)

141 I'll put in a good word for Panera. I went back to their shop after a decade long absence (because, as noted, they had enshittified) and the sandwich I got was good again. Maybe not as good as in the late 2000s but fine.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 11:46 AM (gKWVE)

142 Hewlettt Packard printers (and all their other stuff) used to be built like a tank constructed by a fine jeweler.

HP printers used to be like IBM. Never got fired for buying IBM. Now they brick their printers if you try to use the wrong toner. Won't buy another one, ever. Brother is starting to follow in HP footsteps, sadly.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:47 AM (N39Ws)

143 Stephen A Smith is the negro that does the shuck and jive telling routine with all the uptalking inflection, Ebonics and wild gesticulation.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 11:42 AM (6Rf1G)

----------

You're gonna need to be A LOT MOAR specific than that ...

/I denounce myself

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:47 AM (t/lcw)

144 OT

This sounds like an awful film. I only looked it up because of the title - Leviticus . It's about two Australian boys who are (surprise ! ) attracted each other and the hypocrisy of their strict religious Christian community . How groundbreaking! / s

https://tinyurl.com/55mh6akc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (8Cor4)

145 I’ve never had the Costco hot dog (it’s got pickle relish on it, which I hate), but I’ve had decent meats there just going around to all the free-sample stations on a Saturday.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

146 Why would the nfl do anything other than it’s doing? They’re printing money because their customers will hand over their money under any circumstances.

It would be like your employer saying hey want to make $2M a year and you going nahh $75k is sufficient.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (5ZewQ)

147 Hasn't Grrrrrrrl Power! run its course? Can't we be done with that?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (CJnkZ)

148 Panera used to have good bread. Then they did something to is and it started to have weird texture and weird taste. So I said adios.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (GD0B3)

149 Curious about what the colors are that cannot be found in nature.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (MDua2)

150 144 OT

This sounds like an awful film. I only looked it up because of the title - Leviticus . It's about two Australian boys who are (surprise ! ) attracted each other and the hypocrisy of their strict religious Christian community . How groundbreaking! / s

https://tinyurl.com/55mh6akc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (8Cor4)

Bait and Switch, defined.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (Gqar8)

151 "it’s got pickle relish on it, which I hate"

Bulg, you are dead to me now.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:49 AM (Jr5Lq)

152 never had the Costco hot dog (it’s got pickle relish on it, which I hate),

—

It doesn’t come with relish on it. Condiments are self serve after you get the dog.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 11:49 AM (5ZewQ)

153 Curious about what the colors are that cannot be found in nature.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (MDua2)
----
Yesterday's Art Thread should give you a clue...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 11:49 AM (gnNyN)

154 As someone who uses both daily, I prefer Apple.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (rZgqp)

John Moses Browning designed stuff 115 years ago that is still the class of the industry.

Apple products are the striker-fired techno-pistols of tech.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 11:49 AM (PLxDd)

155 FenelonSpoke, if cinemas weren't also thoroughly enpooped, they'd consider screening "Citizen Vigilante". Which I'm sure you'd also refuse to watch, but I bet more people would pay to see that than to watch Gay Cowboys Eating Pudding IV: The New England Creampie

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 11:50 AM (gKWVE)

156 I’ve never had the Costco hot dog (it’s got pickle relish on it, which I hate), but I’ve had decent meats there just going around to all the free-sample stations on a Saturday.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM

The costco we go to has their hotdogs plain and you put whatever you want on them after you buy it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 26, 2026 11:50 AM (0N4FZ)

157 >>Panera used to have good bread.

Wife was a huge Panera fan until about 8 years ago. Now, she never asks to go there, and pretty sure she doesn't go at all.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 11:50 AM (NcvvS)

158 I still can't believe she was ever considered a serious Republican presidential contender.
Posted by: Guy at Fijian Bar at June 26, 2026 11:44 AM (IG3/x)

Same. She killed HP in Colorado. My dad used to work for them as a cleanroom tech and then they were just *gone*. Wouldn't have voted for her even if she'd gotten the nomination. Too much chance she'd do that to the country as a whole.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (lFFaq)

159 John Bolton pleads guilty to one count of illegal possession of classified material. Plea deal. He could get up to five years and/or fine of $2.25 million. I'm confident Ace will post about this.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (5rh/l)

160 Nice job, NASCAR. Your executive group is f*cking retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

NASCAR lost me long ago, when they stopped racing ostensible stock cars, and went to formula cars with blow-molded plastic shells for bodies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

161 "it ain't what ya use but how you use it"

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (afJtY)

162 I have no problem with any non Apple tech. Whatever people want. I am convinced that ALL tech has progressivism baked into the cake. Cannot think of any exceptions.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:46 AM (Gqar

--------------

* Even most Linux distros now has entered the chat (going #Woke and all-in on "Mandatory Age Verification" as a ruse for Adult Surveillance and Ability to Infringe on Digital Privacy *

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:52 AM (t/lcw)

163 154 As someone who uses both daily, I prefer Apple.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (rZgqp)

John Moses Browning designed stuff 115 years ago that is still the class of the industry.

Apple products are the striker-fired techno-pistols of tech.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 11:49 AM (PLxDd)

And a good thing in my world.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)

164 "It doesn’t come with relish on it. Condiments are self serve after you get the dog.
Posted by: Heroq"

Thats when you put the ketchup on.

Posted by: urban pedestrian at June 26, 2026 11:52 AM (MWfyi)

165 147 Hasn't Grrrrrrrl Power! run its course? Can't we be done with that?
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (CJnkZ)

Look, until somebody figures out how to defend the flying muff smother girl power will rule!

Posted by: G.O. Gurley at June 26, 2026 11:52 AM (+BtIE)

166 The trailer for Supergirl was okay. The actress is very cute and she is trying to save her dog, I think?

Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

167 161 "it ain't what ya use but how you use it"
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (afJtY)

Ehh there's two sides to every Schwartz.

Posted by: Dark Helmet at June 26, 2026 11:53 AM (gKWVE)

168 And a good thing in my world.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar

Then you are not of the body.

Begone with you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 11:53 AM (PLxDd)

169 When half of your college education is hate America, why would you care about pride in your American product?
It's intentional as far as I'm concerned. I'd bet there are whole courses in those institutions of lower living based on how to milk a legacy company for every penny and get the founders heirs to chear it on.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 11:54 AM (mTPps)

170 I'll go to Panera for the coffee and Wifi when I'm on a road trip and need some laptop time. It's a good atmosphere for focus. Maybe get a Greek salad.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 26, 2026 11:54 AM (CJnkZ)

171 I read the Critical Drinker review of Supergirl. Pretty well sums up all current movies.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:54 AM (Gqar8)

172 Brother is starting to follow in HP footsteps, sadly.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:47 AM (N39Ws)

That sucks. Brother has been our go-to for a while as Inspector was always impressed by how well the ones in business venues held up. No idea where our next one will come from.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 26, 2026 11:54 AM (lFFaq)

173 For some reason, I thought the dogs at our local Costco came with the relish already applied. Guess I’ll have to investigate further.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 11:54 AM (77rzZ)

174 167 161 "it ain't what ya use but how you use it"
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (afJtY)

Ehh there's two sides to every Schwartz.
Posted by: Dark Helmet at June 26, 2026 11:53 AM (gKWVE)

I see your Schwartz is as big as mine.
--Dark Helmet

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:54 AM (N39Ws)

175 John Bolton pleads guilty to one count of illegal possession of classified material. Plea deal. He could get up to five years and/or fine of $2.25 million. I'm confident Ace will post about this.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (5rh/l)

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Can we haz flaming skull with 'stache?

/Maybe if our buddy ellipsis has time ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (t/lcw)

176 My first smartphone was an iPhone back in the late 2000s. I tried a Samsung once. First and only time. Back to iPhone I went and never looked back. Samsung wasn’t bad it just wasn’t as good.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (5ZewQ)

177 I have a 50 dollar phone and don't watch sportsball. Am I a criminal?

Posted by: The Ballots at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (LOZbR)

178 If they made a move about SuperDog, and kept Supergirl as an accessory part, they would make a fortune.

"Puts out Palisade fire with a single lift of his leg!"

It almost writes itself.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (MDua2)

179 Polliwog. How is Inspector doing?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (afJtY)

180 Nerdrotic applied a Chaca head to Supergirls body.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (oUQlg)

181 Sure, customers get apple tv at a subsidized price ... subsidized by themselves, by overpaying for every other apple product. The losses on the tv content are accounting tricks and gimmicks.

Don't get me wrong, I like apple products and think it's a great company. And unlike many on our side, I think companies should maximize profits. They don't owe their customers anything.

The reverse is true too: the customers don't owe companies anything, and are free to leave for a competitor or just drop the product/service altogether.

If companies like panera bread want to go after short-term profits or gains, so what? That's their business. If their customers don't like it, the customers are free to take their money elsewhere.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (iFTx/)

182 > John Bolton pleads guilty to one count of illegal possession of classified material. Plea deal. He could get up to five years and/or fine of $2.25 million. I'm confident Ace will post about this.
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He's getting a fine. No prison time. I don't think the fine is the max $2.25M either.

He'll be back in front of some TV camera on FOX or CNN or wherever by this time next week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 11:56 AM (jehhT)

183 177 I have a 50 dollar phone and don't watch sportsball. Am I a criminal?
Posted by: The Ballots at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (LOZbR)

Yes. Turn yourself in.

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)

184 trailer for Supergirl was okay. The actress is very cute and she is trying to save her dog, I think?
Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

Save a filthy dog? Horrible movie.
- Muslims

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 11:56 AM (5ZewQ)

185 I am in the barely above 2 cans and a string technology.
Posted by: Ben Had
---

I very reluctantly have a cell phone, a flip phone. I do not 'text'. I quite contentedly hunt and peck on a laptop, running Win 8.1.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2026 11:56 AM (XeU6L)

186 I buy the $50 smartphone when they don't have the $40 one.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (oUQlg)

187 Brother is starting to follow in HP footsteps, sadly.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 11:47 AM (N39Ws)

That sucks. Brother has been our go-to for a while as Inspector was always impressed by how well the ones in business venues held up. No idea where our next one will come from.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 26, 2026 11:54 AM (lFFaq)

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Yeah, we've owned two Brother printer/scanners over the past couple of decades and a-half, and they've been extremely reliable and robust.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (t/lcw)

188 On the other hand, I don't want my eyeballs and brain to hate me.

It is a dilemma.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 11:46 AM (iJfKG)

Here, let me help. For the money you might spend on this movie, there are so many other fun things you could do rather than propping up a studio that thought putting out this piece of sh*t while simultaneously disrespecting the audience, was a good idea.

Did that help?

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (k9OZB)

189 Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 11:50 AM (gKWVE

I don't think I'd refuse to see it, but I don't have an X account so can't watch it for as long as it's available over there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (WFtAr)

190 decades and a-half

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I guess I could have gone with "quarter-century" for clarity.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (t/lcw)

191 185 I am in the barely above 2 cans and a string technology.
Posted by: Ben Had
---

I very reluctantly have a cell phone, a flip phone. I do not 'text'. I quite contentedly hunt and peck on a laptop, running Win 8.1.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2026 11:56 AM (XeU6L)

Do you use fire??

Posted by: tubal at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (Gqar8)

192 never had the Costco hot dog (it’s got pickle relish on it, which I hate),
It doesn’t come with relish on it. Condiments are self serve after you get the dog.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 11:49 AM (5ZewQ)

Dilemma in Costco's: A Short Play About Life

*pays for a receives Costco Hot Dog*
"I love Costco hot dogs!"

*adds pickle relish to his Costco hot dog*
"But, I hate pickle relish!!!"

*Adds more pickle relish to hot dog*
"But...but, it's Free!"

*keeps adding more pickle relish*
"Help...help me. I can't stop. It's free! So freeee!'

*pickle relish now over flowing hot dog*
"Oh, you bastards!!!! Yoooou Bastars!!!!"

*has stroke, collapses on floor*

FIN

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 11:58 AM (iJfKG)

193 Didn't someone build a printer with cheap color ink?

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 11:58 AM (oUQlg)

194 Zombie people with swords in a grim world where the sun never shines.
--
Those are the vampires, descended from Vlad, who rule over all the realms of man.
They recently helped Captain Hook conquer NeverLand, killing Peter Pan.
They are fighting off a rebellion by King Author in the south.
There's also Robin Hood leading another rebellion against them.

It's a bunch of different stories, but I'm enjoying it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 26, 2026 11:59 AM (73/SM)

195 I only have a cell phone because the landline and the ISP don't support each other.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:59 AM (afJtY)

196 Polliwog. How is Inspector doing?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:55 AM (afJtY)

Much better. Getting stronger daily. The main concern is that they never really found a definite cause, so it could happen again.

At least he can eat now, which increases his chances of improving.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 26, 2026 11:59 AM (lFFaq)

197 "I very reluctantly have a cell phone, a flip phone. I do not 'text'. I quite contentedly hunt and peck on a laptop"

Yeah, we desktop and laptop people got left way behind by the smartphone phenomenon. I've got a $40 Tracfone smartphone with no phone service. I use it only as a music player.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

198 My canon mx-something printer myst be more than 10 years old. We don't print a lot these days, so I don't have the itch to get a new one. Plus the ink goes quick and costs a lot which means less to spend on booze, which my liver appreciates.

Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (2ap+5)

199 And unlike many on our side, I think companies should maximize profits. They don't owe their customers anything.

—

Same.

As a consumer I’ve never been offended that a company did something. I have two choices buy the product/service or not. If the company provides what I want at a price I’m willing to pay, that’s all I care about. The rest is noise.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (5ZewQ)

200 I don't think I'd refuse to see it, but I don't have an X account so can't watch it for as long as it's available over there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (WFtAr)

You can also watch Citizen Vigilante here via the following blog (Conservative TreeHouse):

https://is.gd/7wYtAq

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (t/lcw)

201 Do you use fire??
Posted by: tubal
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Zippo

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (XeU6L)

202 DeWine announced late Wednesday that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for voting since 2023.

The Republican governor issued an unusually lengthy statement explaining his decision. He said the requirement would pose an unwieldy challenge for voters without providing any real benefit."
Posted by: Commodore at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (V6W16)

Can the House override the veto by repassing the bill?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (1z8ji)

203 I haven't had a landline in longer than I can remember. They had a $70 connection fee.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (oUQlg)

204 The actress is very cute and she is trying to save her dog, I think?
Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

Assumes facts not in evidence......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:01 PM (2YhKe)

205 Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (t/

Thanks. I'll have to watch it after Sunday to have some uninterrupted time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 12:02 PM (WFtAr)

206 I'll go to Panera for the coffee and Wifi when I'm on a road trip and need some laptop time. It's a good atmosphere for focus. Maybe get a Greek salad.

===

Old and Busted: Panera Bread
New hotness: Panera Greek Salad, Atmosphere and WiFi !

Speaking of , they did do a rebrand I believe, something like "Bread and More".

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:02 PM (GD0B3)

207 I know an author who writes everything on a smartphone. I offered to give him a real keyboard and desktop monitor to hook up to it. Maybe make his life a little easier. Nope, he's not having it.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

208 decades and a-half
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I guess I could have gone with "quarter-century" for clarity.
Posted by: ShainS

One score and five years ago...

Posted by: Honest Abe, scribbling on a napkin at June 26, 2026 12:02 PM (MDua2)

209 Supergirl is an antihero.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:02 PM (oUQlg)

210 I never understood why DUNKIN DONUTS rebranded as DUNKIN. Dunkin what? Basketballs?
Bro. You sell doughnuts.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (gKWVE)

211 Supergirl is an antihero.
Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:02 PM (oUQlg)

I believe in The Critical Drinker.

He says it sucks, hard, and not in a good way.

I will avoid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)

212 "My canon mx-something printer myst be more than 10 years old. We don't print a lot these days, so I don't have the itch to get a new one. Plus the ink goes quick and costs a lot which means less to spend on booze, which my liver appreciates."

I tossed my home printers, and switched to printing stuff at the public library. Costs way less in the long run.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

213 Can the House override the veto by repassing the bill?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 12:00 PM (1z8ji)

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the governor's veto can be overridden with a 60% vote in the house and the senate. the republicans have more than 60% of the seats in both chambers, but who knows how the vote would go

Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (2ap+5)

214 American companies have, for the most part, ditched the entire concept of customer service. They don't want to keep us, they just want us in a position where it's them or nothing.
Posted by: Lizzy

Gas and electric services.

Just spent three days saying Customer Service, Representative on the phone.

Finally, got a message that if I'd like to speak with someone for other than a bill (which a subcontractor in another country handles) or an emergency service (to which a union tech will respond), I could chat...with a bot.

Yelling at air that I was going to the PUC, a Customer Care (v. Service) rep. got online and quickly resolved the issue. I think. Will find out Monday afternoon.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 26, 2026 12:04 PM (NFX2v)

215 Pathetic sports addictis will continue bending over for the NFL and then ask for more.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at June 26, 2026 12:04 PM (UInKc)

216 I don't think I'd refuse to see it, but I don't have an X account so can't watch it for as long as it's available over there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 11:57 AM (WFtAr)

You can, actually.

I don't have an account and had no trouble whatsoever.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:05 PM (rii+a)

217 Some have compared Supergirl to the Feral Kid in The Road Warrior. Now I can't unsee it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 12:05 PM (PSEDc)

218 I'd rather rewatch, eyes tapes open, England and Ghana passing a soccer ball for two hours (again) than Supergirl.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:05 PM (gKWVE)

219 The Blade would bang Poopergirl. But he won't see her shitbag movie. The Blade has zero interest in another stupid superhero movie with a Rad Girlboss Badass that nobody cares about.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 26, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

220 DeWine announced late Wednesday that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for voting since 2023.

The Republican governor issued an unusually lengthy statement explaining his decision. He said the requirement would pose an unwieldy challenge for voters without providing any real benefit."

Posted by: Commodore at June 26, 2026 11:41 AM (V6W16)

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Allowing illegal aliens to vote disenfranchises and dilutes the votes of American citizens. Asshat. lol gf

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:07 PM (t/lcw)

221 never had the Costco hot dog (it’s got pickle relish on it, which I hate),
It doesn’t come with relish on it. Condiments are self serve after you get the dog.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 11:49 AM (5ZewQ)
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Quick Survey: Do you go to the food court before or after you shop.

I've done both. Doing it before does eliminate the hassle of dealing with a full shopping cart.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 12:07 PM (G0vdT)

222 Some have compared Supergirl to the Feral Kid in The Road Warrior. Now I can't unsee it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 12:05 PM (PSEDc)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:07 PM (2YhKe)

223 They have this thing now called the internet. You can watch everything for free.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:07 PM (oUQlg)

224 210 I never understood why DUNKIN DONUTS rebranded as DUNKIN. Dunkin what? Basketballs?
Bro. You sell doughnuts.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (gKWVE)

Been in one recently? Not many donuts any more. Lots of sandwiches, croissants, etc.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 12:08 PM (N39Ws)

225 Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:05 PM (rii+a)

Thx.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 12:08 PM (oT1li)

226 217 Some have compared Supergirl to the Feral Kid in The Road Warrior. Now I can't unsee it.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 26, 2026 12:05 PM (PSEDc)
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From the previews I've seen, I can't disagree.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 12:08 PM (G0vdT)

227 NASCAR lost me long ago, when they stopped racing ostensible stock cars, and went to formula cars with blow-molded plastic shells for bodies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

I lived NASCAR as a kid. MIS is on property that belonged to my family. My grandparents lived so close you could walk there. My grandpa was big with Elias Brothers who had catering and trinket shops set up. I had signed hats from Bill Elliot, Dale Earnhart and Richard Petty. Met more racers than I can count.
Haven't watched a race in 30 years. I only know Bubba from news.
I did watch that dude plant his car into the wall around 3 and 4 somewhere and gun it. Used that safety barrier to go from 10th to 5th. Very impressive tactic.

Posted by: Reforger at June 26, 2026 12:08 PM (mTPps)

228 Quick Survey: Do you go to the food court before or after you shop.

Food court after the bookstore, before the other shopping.
*taps side of head like that African guy meme*

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:08 PM (gKWVE)

229 Couldn't Trump veto the war powers resolution? They lack the votes for an over ride.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:09 PM (oUQlg)

230 Quick Survey: Do you go to the food court before or after you shop.

I've done both. Doing it before does eliminate the hassle of dealing with a full shopping cart.

==

But then you'll have no appetite for the little snacks offered throughout the facility!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:09 PM (GD0B3)

231 Quick Survey: Do you go to the food court before or after you shop.

I've done both. Doing it before does eliminate the hassle of dealing with a full shopping cart.

Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2026 12:07 PM (G0vdT)

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It's often impossible to get a seat in our Costco food court, so I plan on buying a hot dog & soda or slice of pizza after shopping -- then taking it with me in the shopping cart out to the parking lot and eating it in my car, usually while driving home.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:09 PM (t/lcw)

232 I never understood why DUNKIN DONUTS rebranded as DUNKIN. Dunkin what? Basketballs?
Bro. You sell doughnuts.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (gKWVE)

And coffee. And breakfast sandwiches.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

233 Couldn't Trump veto the war powers resolution? They lack the votes for an over ride.

==

the already backtracked and devoted it

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (GD0B3)

234 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 26, 2026 12:04 PM (NFX2v)

We got "slammed" by an electric utility (or was it a phone company?) in PA almost 30 years ago. It took 3 *months*, and a threat to call the PUC, to get them to stop billing us. Imagine my dismay when we moved back to CO and that company bought out the one that we had started using there.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (lFFaq)

235 Nood Haitians.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (rii+a)

236 But then you'll have no appetite for the little snacks offered throughout the facility!

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 12:09 PM (GD0B3)

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THIS!

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (t/lcw)

237 Beyond suburbia the malls are dying.

Posted by: Boss Moss at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (oUQlg)

238 Last land line I had was 2010ish. I’m not sure if I could get one even if I want one. My house doesn’t have any phone jacks.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 12:10 PM (5ZewQ)

239 I never understood why DUNKIN DONUTS rebranded as DUNKIN. Dunkin what? Basketballs?
Bro. You sell doughnuts.

No doubt 'cuz some whizbang MBA decided it'd be a great thing because reasons.

Can you imagine the costs associated with that decision just as they affected the most mundane things like letterhead, documents, legal stuff, etc...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 12:12 PM (3Ope8)

240 >the actress is very cute
Posted by: Diego Taylor at June 26, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

Dude.

She's a Walmart 6 at best.

Helen Slater was a cute Supergirl.
Melissa Benoist was a cute Supergirl.
Laura Vandervoort was a cute Supergirl.

Milly Alcock is not a cute Supergirl.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 26, 2026 12:13 PM (IG3/x)

241
I watched the US/Turkey soccer game last night.

Not a big soccer guy so I might have this wrong but it looked like the (probably)muslim ref from Algeria had his thumb on the scales for the (probably) muslim Turkey team.

Almost every time the US got momentum near the net, he whistled them for offsides, which often looked pretty questionable.

To be fair though, the TurkaaaaaYYYYs, played with much more enthusiasm and aggression than the US team. They clearly wanted the win while the US was kind of ambivalent to go by their play last night.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (iJfKG)

242 232 I never understood why DUNKIN DONUTS rebranded as DUNKIN. Dunkin what? Basketballs?
Bro. You sell doughnuts.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (gKWVE)

And coffee. And breakfast sandwiches.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

Used to love Double D as we would call it. Now in my area all the donuts are cooked in a factory 45 miles away and shipped to the stores. Might as well be eating a friehoffers box donut.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (+BtIE)

243 Apple makes crappy hardware and can't design a user interface to save their life. They used to be the exact opposite. Top notch hardware they would stand behind and intuitive interfaces that if you walked up and didn't immediately understand just by looking at it Steve Jobs would beat the designers with a crowbar.

No more. They've transitioned to throw away status symbols that people will still scramble to buy. I don't see anyway that will ever change. The quality and profit margin has been completely uncoupled and apple is progressing the way that uncoupled control systems normally do.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 26, 2026 12:18 PM (3uBP9)

244 The gaming industry is doing this self-strangulation as well, killing IPs that don't/won't hit arbitrary profit goals - while still being profitable - in the short term. Destiny 2 is a current example, a 15 year IP with loyal fans being put into maintenance while hitting historic player counts in preference for Marathon, a stumbling un-impressive extraction shooter (a genre that is fading) with less than 1/10th the engagement. Across the industry you had Activision threatening old guard founders of Blizzard if their projects didn't hit an arbitrary profit milestone by firing half their team and blaming them personally. Same for Microsoft gutting a projects and projected profitable ready-to-release products because it didn't make ENOUGH for them. It's crazy, and they are eating themselves with this short term madness.

Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (lFFaq)

245 >>> I never understood why DUNKIN DONUTS rebranded as DUNKIN. Dunkin what? Basketballs?
Bro. You sell doughnuts.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 12:03 PM (gKWVE)

And coffee. And breakfast sandwiches.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

Used to love Double D as we would call it. Now in my area all the donuts are cooked in a factory 45 miles away and shipped to the stores. Might as well be eating a friehoffers box donut.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at June 26, 2026 12:15 PM (+BtIE)

It's like that stupid gimmick social media rebrand that IHOP did saying they were burgers now. That completely flopped and the company would rather we all forget about that unpleasantness. Keep doing what people like because you're new fancy idea to pull in new customers is most certainly crap. Because marketing people don't build things. They just come up with stupid ideas that other poor competent people have to mitigate the fallout of.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 26, 2026 12:23 PM (3uBP9)

246 Good one, Buck!

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (6wpGE)

247 >>> The gaming industry is doing this self-strangulation as well, killing IPs that don't/won't hit arbitrary profit goals - while still being profitable - in the short term. Destiny 2 is a current example, a 15 year IP with loyal fans being put into maintenance while hitting historic player counts in preference for Marathon, a stumbling un-impressive extraction shooter (a genre that is fading) with less than 1/10th the engagement.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at June 26, 2026 12:20 PM (lFFaq)

I feel bad about all the bungie IP. A solid mac gaming company, bought out by microsoft to steal halo as a xbox unique. All the great marathon, myth, oni worlds shut down. Each with a huge narrative universe like halo. But now all gone like tears in the rain.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 26, 2026 12:28 PM (3uBP9)

248 The idea that I'd be more inclined to buy an iPhone over a vastly more affordable Android because I like a TV show made by a division connected in name only is the silliest thing I've heard today. On par with the heavily pierced and tattooed girl telling people they were idiots if the didn't see the connection between earthquakes and climate change.

I quite liked 'Monarch, Legacy of Monsters' but it affects my phone choice not in the slightest. (I'm not an AppleTV subscriber.)

Posted by: Epobirs at June 26, 2026 12:55 PM (/0z9K)

249 Buck, COBS and ace, thanks so much for all your posts. I can't write or type well, so no comments { STOP CHEERING!} but rest assured I read 'em all.

Posted by: creeper at June 26, 2026 01:01 PM (80oeU)

250 #61

My 2024 Moto G Power was under $150 new. You can get a lower end version for as little as $40 by buying a Tracphone package from Walmart or supermarket. After a few months with the carrier you can transfer to any other compatible carrier. Has a microSD slot, so storage is as much as you choose to buy, even after the purchase of the phone. (I added 256GB to mine.) For most people, these units are plenty powerful enough and nothing remotely comparable is offered by Apple in terms of price. You can get an outdated used iPhone but then get to put up with Apple increasingly locking you out of the latest features.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 26, 2026 01:05 PM (/0z9K)

251 The NFL is doing the same thing that killed boxing. Boxing used to be broadcast on TV fairly regularly - I remember watching Leonard, Hagler, Ali, Hearns, etc. on broadcast channels. It was the rare big fight (Leonard-Hearns, Ali-Foreman, etc.) that was closed circuit and that wasn't broadcast live (although usually by the weekend it would show up on something like Wide World of Sports).

But then, with the advent of Pay-Per-View, promotors started putting more and more fights behind a paywall, while boxing on broadcast TV declined. And along with that, so did its popularity. Not enough people will pay PPV prices to watch fights between a couple of so-so fighters or even a big name fighter taking on somebody who's not that well known. So pretty soon, boxing became out-of-sight, out-of-mind for a critical mass of people, and its popularity declined precipitously.

The NFL is walking right down the same path, with the hubris of thinking it can't happen to them. But the inertia they have now will eventually fade if they keep trying to extract more dollars from the fans.

Posted by: Cynical Stoic at June 26, 2026 01:18 PM (2r+jB)

252 AMEN

The two banks I am dealing with now to make a big purchase treat me like a criminal. Online banking sucks.

Posted by: Random PJ at June 26, 2026 01:24 PM (+jscL)

253 249: Thank you Creeper. We appreciate those kind words.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at June 26, 2026 02:13 PM (Q8hAS)

254 Nice job, NASCAR. Your executive group is f*cking retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Yep. Used to love it back in the 90s/early 2000s. Can't stand it now. The Bubba Watson Garage Door Hanging Noose BS was my final straw. Haven't watched it since that embarrassment.

Posted by: Biergood at June 26, 2026 02:15 PM (PwgSL)

255 This process is older than I am...
The Big Four American automakers in the late 50s and early 60s had essentially a monopoly in the US and market control over the whole world, used the UAW to eliminate minor competitors in the US and allowed their quality to go to hell.
Several American beer manufacturers of the same time frame, notably Schlitz and Pabst, sacrificed quality for the bottom line, and wound up with miniscule market shares.

Posted by: Philip Nolan at June 26, 2026 02:16 PM (1kQia)

256 I finally recognized the NFL for what it was during the strike, back in the 1980s. You may recall that actual fans were an after thought during that debacle. I decided then that I'd care for them exactly as much as they cared for me. Once I stopped caring, I stopped watching. It's been at least 35 years since I watched an entire NFL game. My only regret is that I can't cut them off twice.

Posted by: STW at June 26, 2026 03:55 PM (sUQEO)

257 My best friend & I got into NASCAR 50+ years ago. Various divisions including lots of the smaller tracks up and down the east coast and as far west as Indianapolis. I ended up with a job that limited the races I could catch but still tried to watch the bigger races and my friend would update me on the rest. There were a few tracks over the years (Daytona, Charlotte, New Hampshire, Martinsville, Indianapolis) that I had still made an effort to catch in person or on TV but my friend and I hate the change to paid channels. She still tries to watch only the network ones but I'd rather support a small local track (not always NASCAR) then spend my money on a pay channel for a few hours.

Posted by: bunnymommy at June 26, 2026 09:46 PM (Mrf+u)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Bright Light at Russell's Corners
George Ault

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Dvo57)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)

3 I want that lightbulb!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Dvo57)

4 There is one light....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (jehhT)

5 Painting: I've been there. Looks just like it!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

6 not bad

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 26, 2026 09:31 AM (sJHOI)

7 Well, it's better than what we got the rest of the week.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:31 AM (ExV1e)

8 Shelbyville, six miles down the blacktop, has two lights. The place is kickin!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

9 Title checks out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

11 No dog. No boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

12 "A light was switched on. . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (+/hEQ)

13 And it's a good-looking, bright light. No ugliness today.

Posted by: No Name Today at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (8mulE)

14 Atmosphere! Gothic romance in the hinterland!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

15 What happened?

I thought this was shArt Week.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

16 The roof on that barn seems to be in trouble.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

17 No bewbs?

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (r8sI/)

18 Much better than his first attempt, "Lights Out at Russell's Corners"

Posted by: t-bird at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (EJWxb)

19 Is there a phone at the top of that pole?

Posted by: Oliver Douglas, Gentleman Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

20 Shelbyville, six miles down the blacktop, has two lights. The place is kickin!
Posted by: gp

My town is so small.

How small is it?

Our blinky light is a mile outside of town at the crossroad.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (Dvo57)

21 This painting is fun because I've seen this type of scene in a small town. It resonates with my memory.

Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (FMtrg)

22 All this needs is Dirty Harry standing with his Magnum, silhouetted against the light. And casting a looong shadow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

23 When I was a kid, a rural streetlight like that would always be thickly clouded by swarms of bugs.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

24 Have we seen this artist before? Seems familiar.

Posted by: Tuna at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

25 I like it but it has a discordant feel. The red building on the left is a barn so we’re in the country right? But the white building on the right and the streetlight are what you might see in a small town. So are we in a village or out in the country?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (qpCPq)

26 I want that lightbulb!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Dvo57)

The power company put a new post and light in the back of the house by the barn. It's either LED or some such that puts out a painful amount of light. Very piercing and slightly annoying for me and my eyes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

27 The only rational explanation is aliens.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (6LYkH)

28 Russell was angry that night, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (CJnkZ)

29 there's a bizarrini in that garage.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

30 The streaks on the driveway or roadway look a little like dry blowing snow. But there isn't any white stuff clumped on the grass to the left or at the base of the buildings . . . so maybe it's dust.

"All we are is dust in the wind . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

31 Random thought on the art: I love how older buildings have symmetrical windows. I drive by the horrible new Ryan Homes subdivisions and the back windows of these ugly new houses just look like they were stuck in randomly.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (r8sI/)

32 Well, at last something normal.

Not particularly compelling, but at least normal.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

33 23 only before the wristrocket took it out.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (R11M+)

34 That light is so bright that you can't see any stars.

Posted by: dantesed at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

35 25 I like it but it has a discordant feel. The red building on the left is a barn so we’re in the country right? But the white building on the right and the streetlight are what you might see in a small town. So are we in a village or out in the country?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (qpCPq)

It's not a streetlight; it's a yard light. Traditional on most farms.

Posted by: No Name Today at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (8mulE)

36 Reminds me of many TV show and movie scenes. Having one of these scenes in your show or movie must be relentlessly hammered into the minds of students at film schools.

still - would hang. I've been to a number of small bits of civilization like this, at night.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (5rh/l)

37 All the chirruns must be at midnight basketball.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (A5RD0)

38 Russell's Corners has a ways to go to catch up to Tyson's Corner.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

39 Alternate title:

"All the Ugliness In This Picture Is Hiding In The Dark...Just Around The Corner, Waiting For You To Approach and Then Jump Out To Horrify You In All Its Modernist Glory!"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

40 The power company put a new post and light in the back of the house by the barn. It's either LED or some such that puts out a painful amount of light. Very piercing and slightly annoying for me and my eyes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I need one that I can mount on a pole that'll light up 500+ yards to illuminate the pasture. However, I can't afford Globe Life Field lights.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (Dvo57)

41 26 needs spray paint.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

42 How many corners does Russell need?

Posted by: Budding socialist at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (CJnkZ)

43 The streaks on the driveway or roadway look a little like dry blowing snow. But there isn't any white stuff clumped on the grass to the left or at the base of the buildings . . . so maybe it's dust.

Cement road and them kids is always coming along on their one-speed bikes and back pedaling to leave skid marks. I sic the dogs on 'em. -- Old Man Jones

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (ExV1e)

44 I like it but it has a discordant feel. The red building on the left is a barn so we’re in the country right? But the white building on the right and the streetlight are what you might see in a small town. So are we in a village or out in the country?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026

***
The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

45 Picasso is asshole!

https://tinyurl.com/4pvvkv4m

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (ndZc7)

46 Nice wall dormers.

Posted by: Person who likes wall dormers at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (CJnkZ)

47 42 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

48 "before the breathin' air is gone..."

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

49 Jeff Miller is peering out of his upstairs bedroom window wondering if Lassie will come home tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

50 Nice scene for a Redneck Rampage.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

51 Thx CBD Russell's Corners are buildings and area about 15 m from my house. Ault moved to Woodstock NY and lived in a cabin with no electricity and no running water. He died when he fell into the Sawkill Creek. Deemed a suicide. His three brothers all committed suicide. The series of painting of Russell's Corners was his most famous work.
Would hang , thx CBD for the local view

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 09:39 AM (ik64N)

52
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

53 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

Someone's been dealing with realtors lately.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (ExV1e)

54 Alternate title:

"The Time Pennywise the Dancing Clown Took a Week Off To See the World Cup Games in LA"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)

55 "goodnite, jonboy"

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

56 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026
*
Someone's been dealing with realtors lately.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026

***
Guilty as charged!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

57
Ida's not under the streetlight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)

58 52 the dog is strongly implied.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

59 The artist made a big mistake. The mailbox is on the wrong side of the pole.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (5rh/l)

60 Outside so cansee well, looks like its a good painting

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (sgkY8)

61 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Live over grocery store. Double doors are loading/unloading bay at rear of store.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (Dvo57)

62 Alternate title:

"Where's the Graffiti?"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

63 Looks like a 7th grade art project. Would not hang.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (3Ope8)

64 There could be several boobs or dogs or trees in the dark beyond the small lighted area so who knows how many snipers are out there.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (R+iUD)

65 Never heard of this artist, I think,
although I do remember an artist who had the top of a barn. Is it the same one ?It's great ! Thanks so much, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (GaEpB)

66 the dog is strongly implied.
Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

As are the boobs. See those perky dormers, or whatever, on the white building. Saucy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (ExV1e)

67 53 my buddies wife can't say master bedroom anymore.
at work they made him change the stickers on the sump pumps to "parent" and "child"
that has been rectified.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

68 Ida's not under the streetlight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Cop came along and rousted her. She's down by the cafe now.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (Dvo57)

69 42 One corner a month should be enough for anyone.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

70 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Live over grocery store. Double doors are loading/unloading bay at rear of store.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026

***
Maybe a local home converted into an auto mechanic shop, like the one in King's Cujo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

71 The sniper will be particularly difficult to spot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (U/Eoe)

72 " The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM"
+++
I always wanted to be an architect. Jerry, let me be an architect!

Posted by: George Costanza at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (CJnkZ)

73 Got tired of kids breaking into the barn. I wonder if it's one of those lights that makes kids' zits show worse.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (ftFVW)

74 59 that was an easter egg just for you.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

75 "All the Ugliness In This Picture Is Hiding In The Dark...Just Around The Corner, Waiting For You To Approach and Then Jump Out To Horrify You In All Its Modernist Glory!"

Had a sleep paralysis nightmare last night. It was set in the room where I was sleeping. It was pitch black. None of the lights worked. And something inhuman was in the room with me making guttural throat noises.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (SYhdn)

76 This is an improvement over Helen Thomas ready for action and gray puke, and road-kill women...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)

77 16 The roof on that barn seems to be in trouble.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

Most barns in New England and Upstate NY look like this. Farmers barely scratching an existence. Many sit empty and unused now, rotting away with time.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (N39Ws)

78 I did that

Posted by: Edison at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (HcoTw)

79 There's a Russell's Corner in Massachusetts but I don't think this is it.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (sl73Y)

80
Very photographic and boring.

Would not hang.

Doctor's Office reject found in dumper behind Dr Franklin's Podiatrist Practice

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

81 Had a sleep paralysis nightmare last night. It was set in the room where I was sleeping. It was pitch black. None of the lights worked. And something inhuman was in the room with me making guttural throat noises.
Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (SYhdn)
---
Ugh. I hate those dreams.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

82
Paradox - a limerick

A modern philosopher named Parker
Proclaimed like a carnival barker:
"A single point of light
On a dark, moonless night
Makes the darkness beyond just seem darker!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (I0N4X)

83 I don't know what a grange hall is, but I think that's a grange hall.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

84 Maybe a local home converted into an auto mechanic shop, like the one in King's Cujo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

We need the Horde writers to step up. We could come up with a dozen different short stories.

Somewhere, in the distance, a screen door slammed...

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Dvo57)

85 No Crowes at Russell's Corners?

Ace would not hang ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (t/lcw)

86 Shootout vibes.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Fi81e)

87 66 so that's bluto on the ladder...

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

88 Most barns in New England and Upstate NY look like this. Farmers barely scratching an existence. Many sit empty and unused now, rotting away with time.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (N39Ws)

I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.

That was kinda cool, preserving history like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

89
Somewhere, in the distance, a screen door slammed...
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Dvo57)

Don't pee through it. You'll strain yourself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

90 I don't know what a grange hall is, but I think that's a grange hall.
Posted by:

Gruene Hall, Texas' oldest dance hall. Live music every day since 1975!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (Dvo57)

91 75 you're gonna like backrooms.
and jupiter home network.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)

92 71 The sniper will be particularly difficult to spot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (U/Eoe)

He's in the grass

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (l3cgK)

93 "All the Ugliness In This Picture Is Hiding In The Dark...Just Around The Corner, Waiting For You To Approach and Then Jump Out To Horrify You In All Its Modernist Glory!"

Had a sleep paralysis nightmare last night. It was set in the room where I was sleeping. It was pitch black. None of the lights worked. And something inhuman was in the room with me making guttural throat noises.
Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (SYhdn)

Don't you know better than to invite CBD for a sleepover?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (iJfKG)

94 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

95 I LOVE IT!!

Posted by: A Moth at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (Fi81e)

96 There is too a dog in this painting.
He's sleeping, right inside those double barn doors of the white building.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (kU0PQ)

97 84 it was the submarine preparing to dive.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

98 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

I have some fond memories of things that happened after midnight when I was a yoot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:48 AM (ExV1e)

99 Alternative Title: The Barn Could Use a New Coat.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:48 AM (Fi81e)

100 Don't pee through it. You'll strain yourself.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Dad joke #47,841

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (Dvo57)

101 94 Happy Hour happens after midnight.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

102 95 because your sign was on.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

103 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

---
Huh?

Posted by: Eric Clapton at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

104 There's walkers in the barn!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

105 101 aw, shucks. no cussin' 'til midnite.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

106 103 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

---
Huh?
Posted by: Eric Clapton at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NO ONE ACTUALLY WANTS TO SEE MOST PEOPLE LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at June 26, 2026 09:50 AM (Ot/FD)

107 I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.
Posted by: Sponge

The main barn at my grandparents' farm had sash sawn chestnut boards used as the walls in the main bays. The know it all kid that owns it now has no idea. I hope he's taking care of it.

But I doubt it.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:50 AM (+/hEQ)

108 Paradox, CO is a ghost town in Montrose County, located in the Paradox Valley near the CO-UT border. The town only had two physicians in its heyday, which makes sense when you think about it.

Wait for it...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

109 I love old barns.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

110 Whelp, at least the electric bill was paid on time...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)

111 108 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)

112 Whelp, at least the electric bill was paid on time...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)
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Or the notice hasn't expired.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Fi81e)

113 The art ---- me like.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (wL9+l)

114 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet

Gramma would tell my sisters "The only things open after midnight are bars and your legs. Get your ass home!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (+/hEQ)

115 The light is on the barn and not the pole. I would have liked a little more separation as it makes initial viewing a bit confusing to the subconscious.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (GP8V/)

116 cmeat, your comments are pretty much unreadable.

Just citing a comment number doesn't work. It's too hard for us to scroll back up and see what you're referring to.
It's much better to copy and paste the remark you're replying to.
Consequently I just skip your comments whenever I see your nic.

Posted by: Brutally honest feedback at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (CJnkZ)

117 Wait for it...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

Ooph.

Groan....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (PLxDd)

118 Don’t whizz on the electric fence!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (ek9tn)

119 116 it's hard to say.

Posted by: lee & perrins at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

120
Long ago and far away...

When my folks lived in the Hill Country, and we would visit them for the weekend or a holiday,

we often couldn't leave, because of our jobs, until around 8 or 9 at night which was fine because the traffic was light and once you got into the countryside the roads were nearly abandoned as we rolled through between 12-3am.

Anyway, all of the small towns we drove, because of their minimal street lighting had streets that looked very similar to this.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

121 I mean, really, it draws me in...

Posted by: Same Moth at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Fi81e)

122 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down... but that's relatively newfangled thing, isn't it? Probably not much older than mid-20th c.?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Ot/FD)

123 116 it's hard to say.

Posted by: lee & perrins at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
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Like syzygy.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Fi81e)

124 There's a Russell's Corner in Massachusetts but I don't think this is it.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM

Definitely not.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (Wnv9h)

125 I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.

That was kinda cool, preserving history like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

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A few days ago I was visiting a friend in Cedar Rapids, IA -- and we went to The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library there.

Pretty interesting history, but the most amazing thing was that they literally picked up and moved that 3 million pound building to higher ground and a new foundation (in 2011) (11 feet higher) following a horrible 500-year flood of the Cedar River that left it half-submerged (destroying many exhibits and artifacts -- while of course destroying many other structures downtown).

Quite the engineering feat; they had a short film of the event, but didn't show how they initially raised the building before moving and reinstalling it.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (t/lcw)

126 Paradox, CO is a ghost town in Montrose County, located in the Paradox Valley near the CO-UT border.

The Yellowstone train station.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (Dvo57)

127 there's a bizarrini in that garage.
Posted by: cmeat
_________

Where's the white-haired uncle?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (XvL8K)

128 116

ok boomer

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

129 "I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down..."
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It's called a metal roof.

Posted by: The More You Know at June 26, 2026 09:57 AM (CJnkZ)

130
This painting makes me feel.

It makes me feel that if I were moving between those two buildings, I should be running and keeping low.

Can't use the pole for cover, because it's out of the way.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Fi81e)

131 Pretty interesting history, but the most amazing thing was that they literally picked up and moved that 3 million pound building to higher ground and a new foundation (in 2011) (11 feet higher) following a horrible 500-year flood of the Cedar River that left it half-submerged (destroying many exhibits and artifacts -- while of course destroying many other structures downtown).

Quite the engineering feat; they had a short film of the event, but didn't show how they initially raised the building before moving and reinstalling it.
Posted by: ShainS

We got this.
Posted by: The Amish

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Dvo57)

132 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down... but that's relatively newfangled thing, isn't it? Probably not much older than mid-20th c.?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Ot/FD)

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Looks like our new metal roof from a couple years ago.

Do NOT ask what it cost ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (t/lcw)

133 Looks like our new metal roof from a couple years ago.

Do NOT ask what it cost ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (t/lcw)

What did it cost?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ExV1e)

134 @79 just outside Woodstock NY, see post #51

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ik64N)

135 Oh oh.

F bombs incoming.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ek9tn)

136 116 you're not missing much.

Posted by: brutally honest feedback at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

137 just outside Woodstock NY, see post #51
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ik64N)

Amazing it wasn't destroyed by acid tripping hippies, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

138 There was once a Fotomat and a Blockbuster Video on Russell's Corners, but not anymore.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (u/oMr)

139 this

Posted by: brutally honest reply at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

140
F bombs incoming.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ek9tn)

Woodpeckers again?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

141 Oh oh.

F bombs incoming.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ek9tn)

SCOTUS announcement?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ExV1e)

142
Paradox, CO is a ghost town in Montrose County, located in the Paradox Valley near the CO-UT border.

Mostly famous for the very limited Medical Care available, as-

there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

143 Really love the depiction of light and dark in this piece. There is a world unseen in the dark hidden by the lights.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (RIvkX)

144 Do NOT ask what it cost ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (t/lcw)

I'll assume it wasn't twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (u/oMr)

145 Couldn't hit that.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (MDua2)

146 So George Ault was at Woodstock?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

147 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down

I pass a sign for that all the time. They call it "Standing Seam Roofing", and they can roll-form it for you on site.

Posted by: t-bird at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (EJWxb)

148 It makes me feel that if I were moving between those two buildings, I should be running and keeping low.

------------

Hillary, is that you?

/Claiming that as SoS, Ms. American Lie ran and ducked for cover from sniper fire in Bosnia (specifically at the Tuzla airbase) in 1996.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (t/lcw)

149 Hellhole much?

Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

150 I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.

That was kinda cool, preserving history like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

That is cool - at least preserving the wood. Thinking about the painting and this conversation, I can close my eyes and smell the hay and cow barns I was around in my youth. Great memories.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (N39Ws)

151 @147 died in 48. Probably would have fit in though

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (ik64N)

152 Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

Why do we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

153 128 wait, so it is possible?

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (R11M+)

154 there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake

The optometrist plainly sees that the proctologist is a pain in the ass.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (+/hEQ)

155 This scene reminds me of my granddad's farm on the eastern Colorado plains. There was a sizable open area surrounded by the farmhouse, garage, chicken coop, milking barn and various other outbuildings. All us cousins would set up a tin can near the pole light in the middle of this area and a rousing game of "Kick the Can" would take place. Hiding in the dark shadows around the perimeter waiting for the opportunity to dash in and kick the can, releasing the captured players before the one who was "It" could beat you to the can and count "one two three on Seamus" thus capturing me.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

156 That is cool - at least preserving the wood. Thinking about the painting and this conversation, I can close my eyes and smell the hay and cow barns I was around in my youth. Great memories.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (N39Ws)

Nice.

I cleaned horse barns for a real estate broker one summer......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

157
Well, hell.

Muldoon beat me to the punch.

But, it was such a low hanging pitch it had to be hit.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

158 Proctology.

Where you start at the bottom and you stay there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

159 Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

Why do we have an embassy there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

And what are the Haitians getting uppity over? Cuz their relatives are getting sent home so they won't be getting that sweet US taxpayer cash anymore?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

160 Nice painting. I'm in a farming community so...

CNN - small aircraft crashes into Beijuing's tallest building. Hmmm. Interesting.

FoxNews....Dems move towards socialism

CBC - renovating PM's residence....preferably with fire

MS Now - Oh noes!! Iran and the Strait...

Comes Crude Oil ....$69.33

Coffee is ready....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (Sco7b)

161 Why do we have an embassy there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

For the food?

Posted by: Jeffery Dahmer at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (yYROg)

162 That is cool - at least preserving the wood. Thinking about the painting and this conversation, I can close my eyes and smell the hay and cow barns I was around in my youth. Great memories.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

Those smells are grand, aren't they? I can unfortunately attest to the fact that after 60 years of non-use, a smokehouse no longer smells of hickory smoke. How sad.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (+/hEQ)

163 If I aim well before I pull the trigger, I could probably hit that barn.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (wL9+l)

164 Hiding in the dark shadows around the perimeter waiting for the opportunity to dash in and kick the can, releasing the captured players before the one who was "It" could beat you to the can and count "one two three on Seamus" thus capturing me.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

We used to play that.

Good fun.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

165 Comex crude oil.
See..
No coffee

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (Sco7b)

166 Last winter my wife and I went our granddaughter's archery tournament. The route was through some really rural areas. Navigating was by sight; like at this white house with the creek next to it, we turn right, or whatever.

We went up to the tourney in daylight. Returned in the dark. It was "interesting" coming home. No streetlights to speak of. Really dark too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:07 AM (jehhT)

167 Marines in firefights on Haiti. Arm the TPS Haitians, send them home and let them fight him battles to build a competently governed Haiti. Heh, I crack myself up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (ik64N)

168 Haiti has been a basket case since 1803. Just sayin.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (gfO9L)

169 We went up to the tourney in daylight. Returned in the dark. It was "interesting" coming home. No streetlights to speak of. Really dark too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:07 AM (jehhT)

I do look forward to those days coming ahead.

I've actually made some progress on the bathroom this week, so hopefully I can have it ready for new paint this weekend. One step closer to getting this place ready to sell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)

170 Needs a barn quilt. Are those a thing throughout the country, or just in the midwest?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (XvL8K)

171 And what are the Haitians getting uppity over? Cuz their relatives are getting sent home so they won't be getting that sweet US taxpayer cash anymore?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

Yup.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (wL9+l)

172 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

173 125 my ossa wildfire came from cedar rapids.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

174 there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake

**********

The proctologist went there to look up a few old friends.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

175 Needs a barn quilt. Are those a thing throughout the country, or just in the midwest?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (XvL8K)

Wife has a couple of the old quilts her grandmother and the ladies in town used to get together and sew on the regular.

They each embroidered their names on squares.

It's quite cool.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

176
What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Free-Range Cannibalism?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

177 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

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They're there to accept donations for The Clinton Foundation.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (t/lcw)

178 142 anal glaucoma.
"i can't see my ass working today"

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)

179
They're there to accept donations for The Clinton Foundation.
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (t/lcw)

But Chelsea hasn't divorced and getting remarried......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:11 AM (2YhKe)

180 There's a new cover sheet for the TPS Haitians.

Posted by: Office Space at June 26, 2026 10:11 AM (CJnkZ)

181 Betsy McCaughey: Will China Ever Be Held Accountable for COVID-19?

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Ooo! I know! I know!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

182 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Voodoo zombies?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 10:12 AM (wVcYX)

183 122 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down... but that's relatively newfangled thing, isn't it? Probably not much older than mid-20th c.?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Standing seam or something like that. But AFAIK not done in the 1930's.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:12 AM (E4rtv)

184 "What did you learn at Ace's today?"

A barn quilt is a large, painted replica of a traditional fabric quilt block, typically made from plywood or composite aluminum and mounted on the exterior of barns, houses, or other structures. These squares, which usually measure 4x4 feet or 8x8 feet, feature bold, solid-color geometric patterns like the Ohio Star or Bear’s Paw designed to be visible from a distance.

While the modern movement began in 2001 in Ohio as a tribute to quilting heritage, the tradition has roots in 17th-century Central European immigrants who painted symbolic designs on barns to identify their farms or signal safe havens. Today, they serve as a form of Americana folk art that preserves regional history, honors family legacies, and promotes rural tourism through organized quilt trails across the United States and Canada.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:13 AM (t/lcw)

185 @22/Wolfus: "All this needs is Dirty Harry standing with his Magnum, silhouetted against the light. And casting a looong shadow!"

Here you go:
https://youtu.be/Hq-lpm_IbDg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 26, 2026 10:13 AM (O7YUW)

186 They each embroidered their names on squares.

It's quite cool.
Posted by: Sponge
__________

I meant those big quilt squares painted on wood and hung on the side of the barn. Like 4' x 4' or bigger. It started in Ohio about 20 years ago.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 10:15 AM (XvL8K)

187 182 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Adventurous sex tourism?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)

188 Well, at last something normal.

Not particularly compelling, but at least normal.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

My reaction is, "So what?" I guess it's a play on a Still Life using different subject matter, but I don't like Still Life paintings.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)

189 Haiti is just an op run by Big Solenodon.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

190 Shellbyville Courier, Sep 7 2026: "Russell's Corners chosen as new site for 100000 sqft data center!"

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

191 I know I probably should have used protection but then I thought... when's the next time I'll be able to visit Haiti?

Posted by: bad idea jeans at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (yYROg)

192 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Adventurous sex tourism?

Just be careful that when your new lady friend says she wants to eat you up that she is in fact NOT being literal

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

193 Well, as I live and breathe!

WNBA Suspends Player for Hitting Caitlin Clark in Throat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

194 On of the more recent things about the modern world is their are lights EVERYWHERE even out in the burbs.

Yes we've had street lights for some time but now we also have people with lights on their houses/sheds/barns on all night long too.

You really have to go out into the boonies to see a full starlit night sky

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

195 [From the Smithsonian Institute's .edu website on this painting:]

"These (1946) images of lonely farm buildings symbolized traditional farm life and reflected Ault's desire to isolate himself from others.

He often incorporated religious imagery into his works, and here, a single bright light marks the center of a cross formed by the power lines.

But the bleak landscape and vast expanse of darkness threaten to overwhelm, and this painting perhaps reflects the artist's depressed state of mind."

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (t/lcw)

196 No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (J4Dwc)

197 I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.

Posted by: red speck at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (Ve/HL)

198 196 No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM
+++
Is this about me?

Posted by: Wall Drug at June 26, 2026 10:19 AM (CJnkZ)

199 You really have to go out into the boonies to see a full starlit night sky

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

------------

Or North Korea.

/obligatory

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:19 AM (t/lcw)

200 Shellbyville Courier, Sep 7 2026: "Russell's Corners chosen as new site for 100000 sqft data center!"

I do love the disconnect on data centers among the left.

The elites want them because they see $$$. The line level folks though see green space getting destroyed and massive new energy sinks - things they were told are bad.

I do expect in the next couple of years almost the whole of the left will be onboard with data centers though because the people controlling the left want them and the left is very heirarchical.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

201 When I drove back to Michigan last year, I passed three Mail Pouch tobacco barns on the PA turnpike. Really cool!

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

202 there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake

**********

The proctologist went there to look up a few old friends.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

Heh!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:21 AM (iJfKG)

203 "this painting perhaps reflects the artist's depressed state of mind."

WTF? How is it depressing?

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)

204 Illegal immigrants admitted under TPS have full access to every taxpayer provided benefit including those normally reserved for citizens like SSDI.

Every one of them takes some level of welfare. Most take part in every single handout.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (Lzgl8)

205 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Threat value to keep people in line. Nobody in a president's cabinet wants to hear " you're going to be the ambassador to haiti, dickhead."

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (snZF9)

206 Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury

Staged.

See. You cant send them back.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ItWcy)

207 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor
The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.
This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.
I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

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More concise: F*ck whitey!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

208 I had a coworker in Ohio that got married in a barn.

It was apparently really nice and is a thing.
Kind of.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (Sco7b)

209 My problem with data centers is just how damn ugly they are.

And they’re everywhere here in NoVa.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

210 Well, as I live and breathe!

WNBA Suspends Player for Hitting Caitlin Clark in Throat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

Flagrant 2 and a one game suspension.

Meh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

211 They each embroidered their names on squares.

It's quite cool.
Posted by: Sponge

My MiL and prior generations would quilt all the time. When MiL passed away, she had one bedroom with nothing but fabric for quilts that were never made.
My grandmother would knit, so spools of yarn vs. fabric.
When I married Mrs OCiS, they each gave us a handcrafted blanket. When my daughter was born, she too was gifted blankets. Absolute family treasures. And a lost art.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (N39Ws)

212 He often incorporated religious imagery into his works, and here, a single bright light marks the center of a cross formed by the power lines.

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My college freshman English Lit professor would NOT give you an A or B on your essays if -- in whatever novel you just read and had to write a book report on -- you did not see the symbolism somewhere of Christ and/or homosexuality.

I shit you not ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM (t/lcw)

213 Btw there are an estimated 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the country under TPS.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM (Lzgl8)

214 "Kick the Can" is like a cross between "Hide and Seek and "Capture the Flag".

With a slight hint of "Red Rover"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM (I0N4X)

215 This is not terrible
I might could even hang it

Posted by: Don Black at June 26, 2026 10:24 AM (Ad/kh)

216 The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.
This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.
I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

-
More concise: F*ck whitey!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

Great news, Mayor! They have this place called an “embassy” in Port au Prince. They can go there, and GET IN FUCKING LINE!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:24 AM (gfO9L)

217 >>s to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

No you don’t belong here. Legal immigrants do.

Temporary means temporary. Bye!

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:25 AM (Lzgl8)

218 Well, as I live and breathe!

WNBA Suspends Player for Hitting Caitlin Clark in Throat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

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What, "assault and battery" and a racist "hate crime" weren't available?

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:25 AM (t/lcw)

219 PSA:

Dubai chocolate is just expensive Kit Kat bars.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 10:26 AM (diia5)

220 187 182 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Adventurous sex tourism?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)

TBF there is a stop for cruise ships there. But that’s about it.

That and we need a place to stuck worthless politicians as an Ambassador. Maybe Trump can send Cornyn there as a consolation prize.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:26 AM (gfO9L)

221 213 Btw there are an estimated 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the country under TPS.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM
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They'll each need a new cover sheet.

Posted by: Gubmint Printing Office at June 26, 2026 10:26 AM (CJnkZ)

222 Contemporary Flip Wilson: The Devil made him do it!

Afghan migrant blames Satan after being accused of raping 14-year-old British girls

-
In fairness, the Devil, Islam, tomayto, tomahto.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

223
No you don’t belong here. Legal immigrants do.

Temporary means temporary. Bye!
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:25 AM (Lzgl

What I wouldn’t do for the feds to pull CBP from NYC and see how they like it. Yes, you CAN go to NYC from anywhere in the world. But you have to process through CBP somewhere else first…

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:27 AM (gfO9L)

224
Howzabout we send the Syrians to Haiti and the Haitians to Syria?

That way nobody is in danger from leaving our soil and Our Cultural Enhancers get to bring their enhancing powers to another country.

Win win win!

Why, yes! I would make a great King of America!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:28 AM (iJfKG)

225 > Needs a barn quilt. Are those a thing throughout the country, or just in the midwest?
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We see a few here and there in our area of Kentucky. Some are huge.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:28 AM (jehhT)

226 I really like this one...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:28 AM (SbjuD)

227 Wait... Mandani says he wants the Haitians and the Syrians in NYC ? .. I suggest they all head there now...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (SbjuD)

228 203 "this painting perhaps reflects the artist's depressed state of mind."

WTF? How is it depressing?
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)
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It's a dark scene, a lovely scene, but the painter had a dark life and ultimately committed suicide. You don't paint scenes like this if you have a sunny disposition.

Posted by: Johnny Painter at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (0OHKH)

229 For the people!

In Honor Of Pride Month, Minneapolis Decriminalizes Public Sex Bathhouses

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

230 "My problem with data centers is just how damn ugly they are."

My very minor quibbles with the frantic datacenter buildout:

1) When they choose to site on good farmland rather than in worthless brownfields, which we have plenty of.
2) It just feels like a bubble to me. A massive capital overinvestment in an industry that has high risk of rapid tech obsolescence.

That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

231 Mike DeWhine (OH):
"Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling allowing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be canceled or expire.
"Today’s decision is a legal decision. As I have stated in the past, the policy to remove these individuals from this country is a mistake.
"As a result of today’s ruling, the over 10,000 Haitians who have been living in Ohio (mostly in the Springfield area) legally through TPS will now be here illegally and will be subject to immediate deportation. This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday, today it is now illegal to employ them.

"The situation in Haiti could hardly be much worse. The violent gangs run most of the country. The government barely functions. And, the economy is in shambles.
"Further, our federal government has an advisory against traveling to Haiti, and our Federal Aviation Administration prohibits U.S. carriers from flying there because of the danger to planes of being shot at by the gangs.
"But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:32 AM (yYROg)

232 My wife went to Haiti on a cruise with her parents when she was a kid. They even took a short incursion inland. The taxi they were riding in got a flat, and she remembers a little kid with a distended starvation belly rolling a fresh tire up to the vehicle.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

233 No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.
Posted by: one hour sober

No Walnut Bowls, Stuckey's or Marvel Caverns ads.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (Dvo57)

234 2) It just feels like a bubble to me. A massive capital overinvestment in an industry that has high risk of rapid tech obsolescence.

That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.
Posted by: gp

It does feel like a tulip bloom. I don't see how it has a useful application other than fucking up code, though.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (diia5)

235 We see a few here and there in our area of Kentucky. Some are huge.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
__________

Yeah, I'm in Ky and seeing them now on garages and backyard fences.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (XvL8K)

236 "But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

FFS... DeWHINE... Put a sock in it...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (SbjuD)

237 That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

Me too.

Kate at smalldeadanimals had an article where the idea was AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material.

Hmmm.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Sco7b)

238
Threat value to keep people in line. Nobody in a president's cabinet wants to hear " you're going to be the ambassador to haiti, dickhead."
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (snZF9)

Heh.

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)

239 Inside, does lime nice, good details

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (sgkY8)

240 Cloudy, drizzling and 56 on the water.

Summer is over! Whoohooooo! I hate summer.

Why do they call it tourist season if we can’t shoot em, tie them to the roof rack and drive off?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (aGb4i)

241 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Neat painting. Where's the tractor?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:35 AM (2WIwB)

242 Summer is over! Whoohooooo! I hate summer.

This is terrible.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)

243 Wait... Mandani says he wants the Haitians and the Syrians in NYC ? .. I suggest they all head there now...
Posted by: It's me donna

Ohio:
Get them off our public dole toot sweet!
Send them to NYC. Put them on New York's public dole!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (Dvo57)

244 "Haiti has been a basket case since 1803. Just sayin."

Well, you have a slave revolt and kill all the white people and then no white person is going to invest in your shithole place again.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (qFwJc)

245 DeWine needs someone to eat his pussy.
BTW he's lying. The Haitians in Springfield didn't come here from Haiti. They came from Chile and Brazil. When deported they'll enrich those communities instead.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (yYROg)

246 240 Cloudy, drizzling and 56 on the water.

Summer is over! Whoohooooo! I hate summer.

Why do they call it tourist season if we can’t shoot em, tie them to the roof rack and drive off?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (aGb4i)

I hate summer too....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (SbjuD)

247 Wait... Mandani says he wants the Haitians and the Syrians in NYC ? .. I suggest they all head there now...
Posted by: It's me donna

But the replacement theory is just a vast right wing conspiracy.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

248
That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.
Posted by: gp
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We feel the same way about you.

Posted by: AI at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (XeU6L)

249
I hate summer too....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (SbjuD)

You people are deranged. Summer is the greatest thing ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

250 Kate at smalldeadanimals had an article where the idea was AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material.

"The Backrooms" lower-levels

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:38 AM (yYROg)

251 LLMs - the extrapolated dimwits

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:38 AM (c1sJh)

252 Threat value to keep people in line. Nobody in a president's cabinet wants to hear " you're going to be the ambassador to haiti, dickhead."
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (snZF9)

Heh.

Valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

What do you call the guy who finished last in his poli sci class at Columbia?

Ambassador to Haiti.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (Dvo57)

253 Has the FNM started blaming Trump for Venezuela's lack of fire fighting, and search and rescue yet? I'm not going to give them any clicks, but I expect the commies will try to push the narrative that "if Trump hadn't kidnapped Maduro, Venezuela would be handling this crisis much better"

Posted by: PaleRider at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (PV+Zw)

254 FIFA is gay and retard med for putting an Algerian ref in for a Turkey/US game. Ref was so biased might as well have put on a Turkey shirt and started playing.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (BO1UE)

255 ...AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material.

**********

The ultimate self-licking ice cream cone.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (I0N4X)

256 AI: "We feel the same way about you [being useful.]"

Well good. At least I'm useful to somebody!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:40 AM (Jr5Lq)

257 Mandani - "Let's make jihad jerky a daily event."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:40 AM (c1sJh)

258 The Extrapolated Dimwits would be a good name for a rock band.

Posted by: In my best Dave Barry voice at June 26, 2026 10:40 AM (CJnkZ)

259 Summer is has one use, and one use only: To serve as a setting for Independence Day celebrations.

Come July 5th, I’m ready for the greatest season, fall.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

260 I remember under biden the 10's of thousands under that bridge in Texas they then just waved through...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:41 AM (SbjuD)

261 Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)

262 John Bolton is supposed to be rendering his plea today. CatTurd thinks he'll be pleading guilty

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (yYROg)

263 Joey Bidet probably licks himself at this point.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (c1sJh)

264 Joey Bidet probably licks himself at this point.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (c1sJh)

Nothing wrong with that.

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

265 Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM

^^^ This.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:44 AM (Wnv9h)

266 262 John Bolton is supposed to be rendering his plea today. CatTurd thinks he'll be pleading guilty
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (yYROg)

He did plead guilty

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:44 AM (SbjuD)

267 Mike DeWhine (OH):

Issue him a crimson sash and a toy lightsaber, declare him to be the military Governor of Haiti, and drop in off in Port-au-Prince to be with those he loves.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:44 AM (ExV1e)

268 Not mentioning the copious amounts of free, natural (ORGANIC!!!) vitamin D that makes you feel oh so good.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

269 "Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin."
++++

Sittin' right here, boss.

Posted by: Mosquitos, humidity, sunburn, sweat stains and diaper rash at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (CJnkZ)

270 268 Not mentioning the copious amounts of free, natural (ORGANIC!!!) vitamin D that makes you feel oh so good.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe

And the skin cancer...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (SbjuD)

271 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)

Those are great things! I am that God loves me and us even if we don't do any of those things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (etuti)

272 FIFA is gay and retard med for putting an Algerian ref in for a Turkey/US game. Ref was so biased might as well have put on a Turkey shirt and started playing.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (BO1UE)

And, yet, as I understand it, the US is on to the next round and Turkey isn't. Given that it's the 427th most popular sport in the US... who really cares?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (ExV1e)

273 269 LOL

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

274 If Haiti can field a world cup team then Haitians can go back to Haiti. All these illegals are here taking jobs/money from us and sending it home. Their home countries don't want them back because the money would stop. Remittances are a huge part of many third world's GDP.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (rZgqp)

275
Sittin' right here, boss.
Posted by: Mosquitos, humidity, sunburn, sweat stains and diaper rash at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (CJnkZ)['i]

Mosquitos are a spring thing. They're not terrible in the summer heat because they're all cooked.

The rest just means you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

276 Fast-talking nerd panics over flood of new MS zero-day vulns for ten minutes:
youtube.com/watch?v=VtFaQjTcRts

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

277 >>Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM

^^^ This.

Yesssssssssss!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (X8xt3)

278 > No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.
Posted by: one hour sober

No Walnut Bowls, Stuckey's or Marvel Caverns ads.
Posted by: rickb223
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I still seen old barns with faded "Mail Pouch Tobacco" on them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (jehhT)

279 donna, just saw it "John Bolton pleads guilty to 1 count of mishandling classified information" on ABC News website. also this: The guilty plea makes Bolton thus far the only successfully prosecuted case in Trump's campaign of retribution against those he perceives to be his political enemies

WAAAAA

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (yYROg)

280 Sweat stains means work. Never afraid of work.

Diaper rash means you didn't follow Redd Foxx's advice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (2YhKe)

281 For the people!

In Honor Of Pride Month, Minneapolis Decriminalizes Public Sex Bathhouses

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

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BREAKING: Unexpectedly, Minnesomalia Has Sudden Epidemic Outbreak of MonkeyPox. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:48 AM (t/lcw)

282 ABC News website. also this: The guilty plea makes Bolton thus far the only successfully prosecuted case in Trump's campaign of retribution against those he perceives to be his political enemies

Um....the guilty plea means he's been brought before a court of law to be tried for a CRIME HE COMMITTED.

Seriously. When does media become open season?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

283 And, yet, as I understand it, the US is on to the next round and Turkey isn't. Given that it's the 427th most popular sport in the US... who really cares?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (ExV1e)

A loss is still a loss. Momentum matters. And are we still doing the nobody watches 😀soccer thing? Come one man that’s so 1982.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (aRxqp)

284 Leftists

Jan 6 - "They attacked police!!!!!!!!!!"

July 4, 2025 - "It was a noisy protest outside the ICE facility."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (c1sJh)

285 Diaper rash?

*shudder*
— Joe Biden

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

286 "AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material."

Working with me probably makes it stupider. I don't know where it finds the patience.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

287 This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday

What contributions? Be specific.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 10:50 AM (Riz8t)

288 From Wikipedia

"His personal life henceforth was troubled. He became alcoholic during the 1920s, after the death of his mother in a mental institution.[1] Each of his three brothers died by suicide, two after the loss of the family fortune in the 1929 stock market crash."

He later offed himself as well.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 10:50 AM (zFsEm)

289 A loss is still a loss. Momentum matters. And are we still doing the nobody watches 😀soccer thing? Come one man that’s so 1982.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (aRxqp)['i]

History repeats itself.

Most Americans don't give a flying f*ck about soccer. It's only the imports that care.

Sorry to break it to you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

290 Monkeypox?

Beats DonLemonpox.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (c1sJh)

291 How come there's no Women's Metric Kickball?

Posted by: Equality! at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (CJnkZ)

292 How come there's no Women's Metric Kickball?
Posted by: Equality! at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (CJnkZ)

*leans in*

*waves*

Posted by: The NWSL at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

293 Question for the leagle egals: Bolton pled guilty only to count 12. There are 18 counts. Does that mean he's still being tried for the other stuff?
anyway he gets sentenced in October. I'm hoping Leavenworth for this asshole.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (yYROg)

294 If Haiti can field a team for the World Cup then the TPS peeps can go home. They are sucking up our money and sending it home. Remittances are a big part of many third world countries GDP.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (rZgqp)

295 A loss is still a loss. Momentum matters. And are we still doing the nobody watches 😀soccer thing? Come one man that’s so 1982.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (aRxqp)

I'm sure that there are people who watch but I thought it was largely limited to children and communists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (ExV1e)

296 >>This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday

What contributions? Be specific.

IIRC, the people that bring them over rent them rooms, drive them to and from work, and get a % of their salary. They are making excellent contributions to the wealth of their handlers/slavers!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:53 AM (X8xt3)

297 "The NWSL"

And you thought we were an also ran league!

Posted by: The WNBA at June 26, 2026 10:53 AM (CJnkZ)

298 If Haiti can field a team for the World Cup then the TPS peeps can go home. They are sucking up our money and sending it home. Remittances are a big part of many third world countries GDP.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (rZgqp)

BILLIONS in the Mexico economy every year is illegals and/or actual legal immigrants sending USD back across the border.

Trump has often mentioned taxing this money, but don't know that he's ever actually done anything about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (2YhKe)

299 Yesterday, working on a tough project, I got one of those AI doom loops:

It tells me to try A. I try A, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'well of course A does not work because of X. Try B instead.'

I try B, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'yes, naturally B does not work because of Y. Try A instead.'

That happens sometimes.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

300 >>ABC News website. also this: The guilty plea makes Bolton thus far the only successfully prosecuted case in Trump's campaign of retribution against those he perceives to be his political enemies

He was CREDIBLY ACCUSED!
We've been told that is as good as a guilty plea.

Alinsky #4 m'f'ers

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:55 AM (X8xt3)

301 You haven't tried me.

Posted by: C and Z at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (CJnkZ)

302 Huh. I kind of like it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (mPXxA)

303
He was CREDIBLY ACCUSED!
We've been told that is as good as a guilty plea.

Alinsky #4 m'f'ers
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:55 AM (X8xt3)

Yeah, not so much.

Posted by: Tara Reade at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (2YhKe)

304 Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM

It is easier to find my golf ball in the summer than in the winter.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (2WIwB)

305 As far as "perceives", why the hell was Bolton stealing those documents then? To help Trump out? To make paper airplanes?

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (yYROg)

306
It is easier to find my golf ball in the summer than in the winter.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (2WIwB)

Truth!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:57 AM (2YhKe)

307 280 it has to be desitin. the generic buttgoo has the same ingredients, not the same.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+)

308 299 Yesterday, working on a tough project, I got one of those AI doom loops:

It tells me to try A. I try A, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'well of course A does not work because of X. Try B instead.'

I try B, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'yes, naturally B does not work because of Y. Try A instead.'

That happens sometimes.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

Maybe you should break up with it?

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 10:58 AM (6wpGE)

309
That happens sometimes.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

AI is female?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)

310 "Desitin, the buttgoo most doctors recommend for sensitive fartclams."

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

311 289 it pisses off the "non- regulars" when i yell gooooaaaall! at the top of my obnoxious. therefore i enjoy met. kick.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (R11M+)

312 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

313 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

314 A I is menopausal?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (afJtY)

315 314 A I is menopausal?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (afJtY)

We were all thinking it!

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (6wpGE)

316 "That happens sometimes."

Yet even with all its faults, it's more productive to work with, than it is to work with people. IMHO. YMMV.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:02 AM (Jr5Lq)

317 SAAM -

The radiant light at Russell’s Corners forms the center of the mysterious world Ault painted there. His wife Louise chose a quotation from the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to describe her husband: “Unless there be chaos within, no dancing star is born.”

To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America, 2011

A fine lead-in to the weekend. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 26, 2026 11:05 AM (NFX2v)

318 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .

.......

The Korean guy who sounds exactly like Michael Jackson begs to differ

https://youtu.be/AAxBjzUPkMw

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (3pubI)

319 Art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 26, 2026 11:48 AM (tJBLS)

320 I remember the one big yard light at my grandparents' farm. Nighttime out there was deep black, and the light just emphasized the small area of comfort surrounded by, to a child, God knows what.

Posted by: MartynWW at June 26, 2026 12:25 PM (IUbKC)

321 I like this painting. A lot. I liked it so much I made it my background picture. Never done that before with a Mid-Morning Art pic. That's something I think.

Posted by: AlecK at June 26, 2026 01:12 PM (cMlC1)

The Morning Report — 6/ 26 /26

Good morning kids. The scope of the disaster in Venezuela, in the wake of a devastating earthquake staggers the imagination.

Look at the despair and the sorrow of the people unable to rescue their injured loved ones from beneath the tons and tons of rubble, some of them calling out, dying, in homes transforming by the hour into tombs. . . There's no search and rescue, there's no ambulances, there's no hospitals, there's no fire trucks, and yes, fires are breaking out nightmarishly enough -- Venezuela's health care lies in ruins - nor is there an organized effort to dig out.
Socialism has well and truly taken over in that country, and as this leftish but still good essayist in the Caracas Chronicles notes, one of the effects is that the state has abandoned its basic functions of government. . .
Since at least 2022, the Venezuelan state has increasingly adopted a hands-off approach to governance. This shift, shaped by a post-socialist form of laissez-faire economic policy, reduced state control over large parts of the economy and contributed to a modest but visible revival in business activity. In many ways, the tate appeared to retreat from major areas of public administration while preserving absolute control over others, particularly the security apparatus and the machinery of censorship and political repression.

And yet the very system of government that resulted in making a natural disaster into a dystopian nightmare is seemingly on the march in New York City and perhaps across America as a whole.

Young urban voters across the country are flocking to the hip new politics of urban socialism.
Across urban America, the socialists are on a roll.
This week, all three democratic socialist candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their primaries for the U.S. House in deep blue New York City. You might be tempted to dismiss the latest victories on the grounds that New York City — which recently elected Mayor Zohran “Warmth of Collectivism” Mamdani — is America’s designated socialism containment zone. But the far-left’s momentum is by no means unique to The Empire State. Arguably more important are the democratic socialists’ victories in some of America’s other largest cities, representing a realignment where the urban, educated base of the Democratic Party increasingly sees the once-poisonous s-word in a candidate’s biography as a credential rather than a liability.

And yet, despite that, I give you this glimmer of hope.

Political scientist John Sides recently dropped a data-heavy report detailing a massive vibe shift that has left the professional panic-mongers utterly bewildered. For decades, the media smugly preached the gospel of the "inevitable liberal consensus." The theory was simple: as old conservatives died off, the enlightened youth would usher in a progressive utopia of gender-neutral communes and government-mandated weed dispensaries. It was a nice little fantasy for the faculty lounge, but the data shows it has officially crashed at high speed into the brick wall of reality. . .
. . . The beautiful irony in all of this is that the left’s aggressive push to colonize every corner of American life has utterly backfired. By turning every major institution—from universities to comic books to Fortune 500 companies—into a humorless, hyper-woke HR department, they did the unthinkable: they made conservatism cool again.

So, as we approach America's 250th birthday whither our future? Will the era of Donald Trump be merely a one-off last desperate gasp of the last remnants of the saner children of the Greatest Generation to stave off disaster or will it be the harbinger of American revival?

As Tina Turner sang it "Will our story shine like a light, or end in the dark?!"

With that I bid you,

Have a great weekend,

THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

The attack casts further uncertainty on the stability of the recent agreement between the U.S. and Iran, which is aimed at ending the conflict. Specifically, the attack is likely to complicate the ongoing dispute over shipping routes. The U.S. wants to allow vessels to sail freely along the Omani coastline, while Iran is opposed, arguing that all vessels should seek permission before entering the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran Attacks Ship in Strait of Hormuz, Defying U.S. Deal.
Why?
Trump’s Deal: Rescuing Hezbollah
Obviously, the U.S. would never adopt the Soviet approach. However, what the Soviet’s response reveals is that in any negotiations with Iran, there can be no quarter.
Dealing With Islamic Extremism: How The Soviets Did It
Exploring its terms.
Prager U Video: A Deal With Iran
"U.S. forces remain present and vigilant throughout the region."
Iran Attacks Cargo Ship, Taunting U.S. Peace Deal

* * * * *
The MSM loves to promote drama within the Donald Trump administration — even when there actually is none. The latest fixation is on the Vice President and the Secretary of State.
Marco's Mic Drop Moment: 'We Have No Drama, We Have No Games'
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Sammie Lee says she was leaving Whiskey J’s bar in Longview, Texas when she was attacked by a group of girls she had never met before, Fox News reported. Lee alleged that the crowd was angered by the verdict against Karmelo Anthony — the 19-year-old who was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering Austin Metcalf in a fatal stabbing at a high school track meet.
Mob Shouting ‘Free Karmelo’ Violently Assaults ‘The Smallest White Girl They Could Find,’ She Claims
If convicted on all three arson charges, Rinderknecht could face up to 45 years in prison. In a summary of Rinderknecht’s answers during questioning, investigators wrote: “[Rinderknecht] responded that it would be out of resentment of the rich enjoying their money as ‘we’re basically being enslaved by them.'” This case could potentially represent another instance of far-left terrorism, comparable to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, allegedly carried out by Luigi Mangione.
Alleged Palisades Fire Arsonist Wanted to Punish ‘The Wealthy’ for ‘Destroying the World.’
The crisis we face today is existential. Too many Americans, both native-born and naturalized, have been taught to despise their country.
After 250 Years, Our American Republic Is Coming Apart
The rise of the Hate America crowd is not a bug; it's a feature
The Original Sin Behind The Anti-America Movement.
Chevalier, a convert to Islam, has called for the abolition of police, prisons and the country’s borders. She also co-founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a Muslim Brotherhood front group whose goals are the “full eradication of Western civilization” and the cultivation of “unrest and violence in America.” All three candidates made ending American support for Israel a centerpiece of their campaigns. All three used the “genocide” libel against the Jewish state. Chevalier has doubled down on the support she voiced for Hamas the day after the terrorist group led the attack against Israel on Oct. 7.
NYC’s black-red alliance of Islamism and ultra-leftism wants us to hate Israel and America
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“Yes!! Supreme Court allowing deportation of Haitians to continue!!!” said a message from a local Facebook group, Stop the Influx into Springfield, Ohio.
Citizens in Springfield, Ohio Rejoice at Trump’s Haitian TPS Amnesty Win
Known as Mullin v. Alt Otro Lado, the case centers around a previously used border policy called “metering,” which involves U.S. immigration officials turning away asylum seekers before they reach the U.S.-Mexico border.
SCOTUS: No, Asylum Seekers Don’t ‘Arrive’ In America When They’re In Mexico
Hundreds of thousands of migrants will now "have to leave" the United States.
How Trump’s Big Day At SCOTUS Opens Door For Border Crackdown, Deportations
On Thursday, Judge Evelyn Padin, appointed to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2022 by Biden, dismissed the DOJ’s case against the cities of Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Paterson for their sanctuary policies that shield illegal aliens from federal immigration law.
Biden-Appointed Judge Throws Out DOJ Lawsuit Against New Jersey Sanctuary Cities
. . .the arrests are part of the administration’s extensive immigration enforcement campaign, aimed at removing violent criminals from U.S. communities.
Trump Admin Announces Arrest of More Than 10,000 Suspected Gang Members
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
“The Trump Administration greatly improved the integrity of SNAP, but cooperation from the states remains vital to ensure that federal funds go only to eligible Americans,” said DOGE Chairman Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) “In Fiscal Year 2024, SNAP cost taxpayers $100 billion, despite a payment error rate of nearly 11 percent.”
House DOGE Committee Launches Investigation Into Blue States That Refused to Provide SNAP Data to USDA
Don't allow hyperbole to get in the way of facts – or accountability.
How Many People Did DOGE Really Kill?

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The unspoken assumption of the UK rape gang scandal: Muslims are at war with us.
Rape as a Weapon of War
Because the religion’s clearly stated rules are hostile to Western norms and our Constitution, Western governments fail their citizens by refusing to address it.
The Tenets Of Islam: License To Kill
The bioweaponds [sic] are doing exactly what they were imported to do, and that’s carry out European genocide.
Louis, a beautiful young French boy, lured to a construction site and stomped to death by migrants
Is he being honest about his prior statements?
Tucker Carlson Says He Used to Criticize Islam, but Now He Sees the Light
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
FIFA security staff at Los Angeles's SoFi stadium are caught on video confiscating an American fan's Star of David flag
Exclusive: FIFA Threatened with Lawsuit for Seizing Jewish Fan's Israeli Flag at World Cup Match While Permitting Palestinian and Iranian Flags
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Nunes and Patel never stopped working on exposing the Deep State’s efforts to destroy Trump, and we’re finally getting close to indictment territory.
The Mar-a-Lago Raid Was About Burying the Fake Russia ICA
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Race hustling commentator Joy Reid claims that, because of slavery that she nor anyone she knows experienced, black people don't celebrate the 4th of July. It's like they made her in a moron factory.
Joyless Reid Speaks For ALL Black People...Apparently
Embraces 'mustachioed villain' theory of American Founding while warning against it
New York Times Marks America’s 250th With Claim Revolutionary Cause was ‘Anti-Native Sentiment,’ Land Grab

* * * * *
Grassley agreed to allow lower-profile executives to testify in their places at the hearing scheduled for July 28, Politico reported, citing five sources familiar with the events. In return, the White House said it would support the James T. Woods Act, a package that would combat online child exploitation.
Washington’s Special Rules For Tech Oligarchs Reportedly Let Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai Off Hook
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Iran has been avoiding U.S. sanctions by using Chinese yuan to sell its oil, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday. This avenue opened amid years of American leaders making it less desirable for China, Iran, and Russia to use the U.S. dollar.
How US Leaders’ Attempts To Dominate The World Are Weakening One Of Our Greatest Advantages
The price increases could set a precedent for other PC and tablet manufacturers. While Apple’s loyal customer base is expected to absorb the hikes without significant backlash, the broader tech industry may face challenges in maintaining affordability.
Apple Announces Huge Price Hikes, Citing Soaring Chip Costs.
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Blame Fedeal fuel economy standards for the rise in pedestrian deaths.
CAFE Kills, And Trump Is Doing Something About It
Ferrari expressed gratitude for Galliera’s contributions and stated that he had “decided to embark on a new chapter in his professional journey — a decision shared with the company some time ago.” The announcement notably made no reference to the recent launch of the Luce, Ferrari’s inaugural electric vehicle, which has generated massively negative attention when revealed in May.
EV Loser: Ferrari Marketing Chief Steps Down After Electric Car Fiasco
“The idea of somebody plowing up pasture to grow lentils is ludicrous.” – Henry Graham, Berkshire farmer
UK Govt Wants Cattle Farmers to Transition to Growing Oilseeds to Save the Climate.
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
We already know that Joe Biden tried to turn our border into a free-for-all and treated narcos with kid gloves, but now, we're learning it's even worse than we imagined. . . According to a new report out by the Associated Press, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) "permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 and 2025." Essentially, the agency knowingly allowed the drug to hit U.S. communities, so it could focus on going after bigger fish.
Trump's Blowing Up Narcos. Biden Ignored Them — Now We're Learning Just How Bad It Was.
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
A defense of Western meritocracy against the academically destructive DEI incursion.
The Decline Of Academia
SECOND AMENDMENT
A Virginia court issued a preliminary injunction Thursday, halting a ban on the sale and transfer of modern semiautomatic firearms and securing a victory for pro-Second Amendment organizations.
Virginia Court Temporarily Blocks Abigail Spanberger’s Semi-Auto Gun Ban
Breitbart News reported that SCOTUS ruled 6-3 against a Hawaii gun control in Wolford, finding the limitations against licensed concealed carry on private property violated the 2nd and 14th Amendments.
Justices Barrett, Gorsuch, Thomas: Public Opinion Can’t Block Constitutional Gun Rights
Here are the best quotes from Justice Alito’s majority opinion in Wolford v. Lopez.
5 Killer Quotes From Alito’s Takedown Of Hawaii’s Illegal Gun Control Law
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Republican Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and others vowed to oppose all floor action until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act. The chamber canceled rules votes scheduled for Wednesday afternoon and cannot proceed without these rules.
House Cancels Votes As GOP Holdouts Revolt Over Failure To Pass SAVE America Act
While the issue of voter fraud will always be subject to debate and scrutiny, Scanlon’s claim that voter ID would disenfranchise voters falls short when examining the facts. In Georgia, for instance, where similar laws were put into effect, voter turnout either went up or stayed relatively the same. During the 2022 midterms following several reforms, early voting actually tripled from 2018 and doubled from 2020, with black voters casting over 100,000 more early ballots than they did in 2018.
Fact Check: Democrat Mary Gay Scanlon Claims SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Half of Pennsylvania Voters (Translation: 50% of PA voters are foreigners and or dead and 100% Democrat - jjs)
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The four-minute video. . . intersperses headlines and news-anchor segments about allegations and controversies surrounding Platner with clips of Democrat senators, representatives, governors, and candidates being pressed on whether they support him, whether he has the character to serve in the U.S. Senate, and whether they would campaign with him.
Exclusive — RNC Video Shows Democrats Squirming over Support for Graham Platner
The far-left Michigan Democrat expressed strong support for ex–cons to run for office so they could share their experience with 'a deeply broken system'
‘We Need Your Voice’: Abdul El-Sayed Urged Registered Sex Offender Debate Coach To Run for Office, Told Him ‘You Have Something Deep To Offer’
The Hyatt Hotels heir and Illinois governor once removed five toilets from his mansion to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes
James Talarico, Running for Senate as a Crusader Against Billionaires, Holds Big-Ticket Fundraiser With Billionaire Hyatt Heir JB Pritzker
Brown has accused his opponent of taking money from “Wall Street” and “billionaires,” declared “Workers > Wall Street,” said “Wall Street does not believe in the dignity of work,” and claimed, “We continue to see the power Wall Street has over the political system.”
Sherrod Brown-note Took Nearly $4.9M from Wall Street-Affiliated and Billionaire Donors While Railing Against Them
As socialist candidates surge in New York and New York City, it’s worth noting that one leader of New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter is the niece of Neville Roy Singham — a propagandist for the Chinese Communist Party and ardent supporter of Maoism and socialism.
NYC Socialist ‘Leader’ Is Billionaire CCP Propagandist’s Niece
POLITICS
Today's young conservatives have looked at the mandated chaos of modern progressivism and realized that the ultimate middle finger to the regime isn't self-destruction but self-mastery.
America's young conservatives are leading a counterrevolution
The Democrat Party hasn’t “fully recovered” since being “soundly defeated in 2024,” Slotkin, a Democrat , argued during an appearance on SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A” – hinting that Schumer (D-NY) and Jeffries (D-NY) are to blame.
Senate Democrat suggests it may be time to replace Schumer and Jeffries: ‘Let others lead’
Democrats are getting exactly what they wanted, if not exactly how they wanted. They appealed to and recruited anti-American communists, largely by importing their voters from the Third World, and cultivated their electoral power one election at a time.
Dems Aren’t Afraid Of The Communists Their Party Is Electing. They Just Hate Losing Their Jobs To Them
Tuesday’s Democratic Socialist romp can’t be blamed on outside factors like inflation or Israel or the national party’s mad obsession with countering President Donald Trump’s every move.
No, it’s the result of 15 years of New York Democrats’ single-party rule — and the monstrous ego of Andrew Cuomo. (No it's 80-200 years of the lust for absolute power of the thousands who voted for it over and over again - jjs)
Look in the mirror, New York Democrats — your misrule paved the DSA’s way
Young urban voters across the country are flocking to the hip new politics of urban socialism.
Big City Socialism In Every Pot
“I’ve had to live with the question of whether I can afford to stay in the city I love."
Democrats’ Newest Star Is Fully Funded By Your Tax Dollars
We should ask: What is controversial or unusual about a far-left candidate condemning nationalism?
The answer is: nothing. Except for when that candidate is condemning nationalism as practiced by a non-white group.
Winning Socialist Who Stormed Out Of Interview Exposes Unnoticed, Deeper Rift Among Far-Left
The legislature, where Zohran Mamdani got his start, is becoming the far-left mayor’s farm team for future socialist leaders
Meet the Mini-Mamdanis: Budding Crop of Extreme Left-Wing, 9/11-Justifying, Israel-Hating Socialists Win Primary Nods for New York State Legislature Seats
The California congressman embodies the uneasy place of Indian Americans in progressive racial politics.
The Meaning of Ro Khanna
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Rogers’ remarks are likely to resonate with those advocating for a stronger post-Brexit Britain, while also serving as a critique of the country’s current leadership, and policies that have failed to deliver on Brexit’s potential. Her comments echo those of President Donald J. Trump during King Charles III’s recent state visit to America, where he also emphasized the shared heritage of Britain and America.
Under-Secretary Rogers Backs Britain: ‘Our Greatness Comes From You.’
The United Kingdom cannot deport half of the approximately 400,000 illegal migrants known to be in the country due to asylum and human rights claims, according to leaked government documents.
Half of Illegal Migrants Are Impossible to Deport Due to Asylum and Human Rights Claims.
The long-suffering peoples of Europe have had enough.
In Rome, Thousands March Demanding Remigration
What is the West waiting for?
South Africa Says Enough to Illegal Migration
Socialism and natural disasters are a lethal combination.
Venezuela: The terrible wages of socialism
America is not abandoning Europe; it is forcing Europe to confront an uncomfortable truth: a continent that cannot enforce its own rules cannot claim to shape the world.
After the Protectorate: America, Europe, and the Return of the Decision
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Fred Fleitz: Putin’s war machine is facing mounting pressure as Ukraine’s drone strikes expose Russia’s vulnerabilities, leaving the Kremlin leader with one choice: negotiate before the window closes.
Why Putin Needs a Deal with Trump Now
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The discovery comes with increased military activity and rising tensions around Taiwan.
Satellite Images Show China Built Replica US Destroyer for Missile Testing
Why do we keep empowering our existential enemies?
Now We’re Going to Sell Stealth Fighters to Turkey(Maybe if they were made out of cardboard like Iran's mullah du jour? - jjs)
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
What crimes have Western governments committed against their citizens?
The COVID Conspiracy Continues
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
In a 7-2 decision authored by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Monsanto’s parent company Bayer, stating that U.S. states cannot require pesticide label warnings beyond those mandated by federal regulation. In handing down its decision, the Court halted thousands of lawsuits alleging that the Big Pharma company failed to warn consumers about the weedkiller’s potential cancer risks. (RELATED: Anna Paulina Luna Takes Swing At John Thune As GOP Factions Battle Over MAHA-Backed Pesticide Provision)
MAHA World Livid After SCOTUS Pesticides Ruling
“Wave after wave of therapeutic fads have washed over our society...This ship is unlikely to turn around any time soon.”
Stop Talking About Mental Health
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
One interesting tidbit: Though the data suggests both planets are spherical, this is not confirmed with certainty. Overall, the nature of such puffy planets is not really understood at this time.
Astronomers discover two exoplanets as dense as cotton candy
Now, Kaib and Raymond have shown that the orbits of long-period comets suggest HD 7977 came within 6000-10000 AU of our Sun, setting off a major shower of new comets into the inner solar system.
Astronomers: We might be experiencing a shower of comets from the distant Oort cloud due to a close pass of another star 2.5 million years ago
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
A new Oregon study shows that pediatric gender transitions aren’t as rare as advocates of the “affirming” model assured us.
How Many Girls on Testosterone Is Too Many?
Men built, protected, and sustained civilization. If we want stronger families and communities, we must stop dismissing masculinity and start supporting men.
Embracing Masculinity: Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Iger’s “approach to the Trump administration was scrutinised when Kimmel was taken off the air following his comments about the shooting of the rightwing culture warrior Charlie Kirk,” writes the Financial Times. “Iger says people mistook the move as being politically motivated.”
Ex-Disney CEO Iger Says Trump Had Nothing to Do with Kimmel Suspension
Pope Leo and the road to hell.
Rome vs. The True Catholic Church
Christian Toto: Thriller calls out radical Islam, shocking rise of terror sympathizers on campus
Daily Wire’s ‘Run Hide Fight: Infidels’ Tease Is Pure Fire
HITHER & YON
A short film about miraculous survival.
Video: The Long Return

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 07:17 AM (NcvvS)

2 1

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 26, 2026 07:17 AM (lBqsU)

3 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 07:17 AM (NcvvS)

4 Too slow. And the Italicans are here!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 26, 2026 07:18 AM (lBqsU)

5 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

6 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 07:19 AM (jehhT)

7 It's Flapjack Friday!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 26, 2026 07:20 AM (0N4FZ)

8 They are having brawls in France over air conditioners. Hey Mohammed, maybe don't wait until June to buy one.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)

9 It's Saturday Eve.

Posted by: Celebrate responsibly at June 26, 2026 07:21 AM (CJnkZ)

10 It's Flapjack Friday!

It’s too early for flapjacks.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 26, 2026 07:22 AM (fuPRJ)

11 News seems kinda slanted….

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 07:23 AM (3Ope8)

12 Urban socialism? Like where you live in a community and everyone shares and shares alike and everyone is happy because they are COMMUNISTS?

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

13 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

14 Happy Friday all. Thank you JJ

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 07:25 AM (WsUVh)

15 Alleged Palisades Fire Arsonist Wanted to Punish ‘The Wealthy’ for ‘Destroying the World.’

The irony is lost on folks like these...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)

16 4 Too slow. And the Italicans are here!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 26, 2026 07:18 AM (lBqsU)

Yeah, seems JJ's fault...

"Known as Mullin v. Alt Otro Lado>/i>,"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:26 AM (l3cgK)

17 "If convicted on all three arson charges, Rinderknecht could face up to 45 years in prison."

He will be out long before the homes he destroyed are rebuilt.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

18 Rosasharn twirled on the Pixy thread, so all is going well for a Friday.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

19 Good morning Horde, thx JJ. Happy Friday to all.
JJ , I didn't see it in the report but there is an unbelievable video at Twitchy of Scott Weiner being accosted by a man with a phone camera demanding that Weiner say "Free Palestine" . Weiner looks terrified. You almost feel sorry for him but then you remember he's Scott Weiner

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:29 AM (ik64N)

20 When are these communists gonna practice their beliefs and actually live in communes with Sky Aquarian (aka Gopi aka Hester)? Little Rockford Files reference there; the sound of one hand clapping…

Those perfect commies of the USSR… always seemed like their leaders lived in these beautiful massive dachas while the workers lived in tiny drab cookie cutter apartments

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 07:31 AM (WsUVh)

21 "Socialism has well and truly taken over in that country, and as this leftish but still good essayist in the Caracas Chronicles notes, one of the effects is that the state has abandoned its basic functions of government. . . "

Socialist Great Britain. How many girls have they abandoned to the hordes. Perhaps not all dead, but some for sure and the vast majority permanently scarred. The numbers of that tragedy certainly exceed the quarter million low estimate reported.

Whither now, New York?

Posted by: Diana Pool at June 26, 2026 07:31 AM (S7k2w)

22 Just how many "elections" are these socialist/communists running in? Are any of them national? Or is it mostly local/state/city races with typically low turnout or near zero interest? What's the fraud like in these contests?

I suspect we all know the answer to that last question.

Whatever the case there's a warning here to the rest of us to get our collective shit together and act, or submit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 07:31 AM (jehhT)

23 Smell the Glove

Wasn't there an old book that says "You reap what you sow?"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

24 Happy Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 07:31 AM (/+uur)

25 @23 NaCly Dog , you know I believe you're correct

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:34 AM (ik64N)

26 "Astronomers: We might be experiencing a shower of comets from the distant Oort cloud due to a close pass of another star 2.5 million years ago"

More climate change. Damn that Trump.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 07:35 AM (MWfyi)

27 IMHO, the entirety of Hezbollah should be air lifted out of Lebanon and into Iran.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 07:35 AM (qFwJc)

28 The entirety of Hezbollah should be air lifted out of Lebanon and into Paris, where they will die from climate change.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 07:36 AM (MWfyi)

29 no one of any consequence

Plenty of sharks in the Gulf of Oman that need feeding. Why waste protein?

Posted by: Air Pinochet at June 26, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

30 My record remains intact: I still haven’t watched one second of WC…. But what’s up with a headline I saw that said “Turkiye” (complete with an umlaut over the u) and not Turkey?? When did they change the spelling, I missed this… just like I missed when Kiev became Kyiv…. I know Istanbul is Constantinople (which got the works and that’s nobody’s business but the Turks), but I can’t keep up

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 07:37 AM (B+fc+)

31 "we must stop dismissing masculinity and start supporting men."

We do support men.

Posted by: Playtex at June 26, 2026 07:38 AM (MWfyi)

32 "Will the era of Donald Trump be merely a one-off"

I pray not. Stop the immigration thru airlines.

Posted by: Joe at June 26, 2026 07:39 AM (Uy/WF)

33 fd

I had no idea Trump had a space-time continuum altering machine. Is there nothing he can be blamed on by the Left?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)

34 …. I know Istanbul is Constantinople (which got the works and that’s nobody’s business but the Turks), but I can’t keep up
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 07:37 AM
+++

It'll always be Burma to me, Elaine.

Posted by: J. Peterman at June 26, 2026 07:39 AM (CJnkZ)

35 IMHO, the entirety of Hezbollah should be air lifted out of Lebanon and into Iran.

IMHO, FWIW, the entirety of Hezbollah should be ruthlessly hunted to extinction. Then we can discuss Iran.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 07:40 AM (3Ope8)

36 "we must stop dismissing masculinity and start supporting men."

We do support men.
Posted by: Playtex at June 26, 2026 07:38 AM (MWfyi)

Do you know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza, Mansiere Inventor at June 26, 2026 07:41 AM (wVcYX)

37 Plenty of sharks in the Gulf of Oman that need feeding. Why waste protein?
Posted by: Air Pinochet at June 26, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

Are these sharks armed with lasers by any chance?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 07:41 AM (26GAh)

38 It's the Bro!

Posted by: Kramer at June 26, 2026 07:42 AM (CJnkZ)

39 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:42 AM (sgkY8)

40 Oh and on Cut Jib Speaks you guys forgot Seattle, quickly going Marxists as well

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 07:43 AM (sgkY8)

41 Mullin v. Alt Otro Lado>/i>

renders the blog unreadable, forever

Posted by: norman at June 26, 2026 07:43 AM (HZp68)

42 35> Hunting Hezbollah into extinction

Can we try a comprehensive pilot project on the Koranimals here in the US first?

At least the operators can sleep in their own beds at the end of the work day.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 07:46 AM (xE0sV)

43 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NEITHER THE FRENCH MEN NOR THE MUSLIMS USE SOAP WHEN THEY BATHE.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 07:46 AM (qFwJc)

44 Interesting that Lebanon is a wholly owned subsidiary of Iran and not a Country.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 07:47 AM (afJtY)

45 So, did they have the "Pride Night" at the stadium in Seattle last night during the Egypt vs Iran ( or whatever country it was competing against Iran in the WC) competition, or it's on for tonight?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 07:48 AM (Yl2Ob)

46 Those "Free (murderer) Karmelo" animals are one of the reasons I'm very thankful Jr. Black just turned down a very good job in Atlanta. White people are being terrorized by ignorant, hate-filled racists in many cities across the country.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 26, 2026 07:48 AM (qBdHI)

47 Holy moley. Paris is going to be hot today. 101 F.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 07:48 AM (qFwJc)

48 Leftists then: OMG, Trump called Haiti a third world shithole!!!

Leftists now: We can't send our Haitian immigrants home because it's a dangerous, third world shithole!!!

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 07:49 AM (J4Dwc)

49 26> Astronomers trolling for some grift

Unlike Antifa, the Oort Cloud is only an idea.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 07:50 AM (xE0sV)

50 Community Notes

*Gasp*

A Number 6 on those miscreants?

What will the Nabobs say?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:50 AM (u82oZ)

51
Re CAFE Kills:
Next time you take a drive, notice how often in the city or parking lot how pedestrians step out without even looking to see if it's safe.
Do pedestrians bear any responsibility for their own safety, and did they seem to take more back before CAFE standards kicked in?

Posted by: Speller at June 26, 2026 07:50 AM (pSotA)

52 Lebanon was wrecked when the PLO relocated there after getting the snot kicked out of themselves by the Jordanians in Black September. The Civil War broke out in 75 between the with a number of different factions. Hezbollah has become the most powerful because Iran funded them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:50 AM (ik64N)

53 19 Good morning Horde, thx JJ. Happy Friday to all.
JJ , I didn't see it in the report but there is an unbelievable video at Twitchy of Scott Weiner being accosted by a man with a phone camera demanding that Weiner say "Free Palestine" . Weiner looks terrified. You almost feel sorry for him but then you remember he's Scott Weiner

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:29 AM (ik64N)

A "free Palestine" means dead Jews and defenestrated gays. The Wiener-mobile is all about the trans and the gheys and buggery of little boys (well, the last one is a commonality with the Muzzies)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:50 AM (l3cgK)

54 Brutal Heatwave coming to the Midwest, starting Sunday

Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:51 AM (YCxFk)

55 Since at least 2022, the Venezuelan state has increasingly adopted a hands-off approach to governance.”

Don’t we call that Anarcho-Fascism? The State ignore all parts of governance in which it could be serving a useful purpose, and instead focuses only on those things which serve to maintain its power and strip any remaining wealth from those subjects under its control.

It is government run, quite literally, by a gang of psychopathic criminals.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 07:51 AM (o8hG1)

56 8 They are having brawls in France over air conditioners. Hey Mohammed, maybe don't wait until June to buy one.
Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)

We can send them goat-scented deodorant by the container load.

Posted by: Roy at June 26, 2026 07:51 AM (qwype)

57 Young urban voters across the country are flocking to the hip new politics of urban socialism.

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And so it goes that the gullible, very pampered, never had to live under socialism American idiots are clamoring for something they know nothing about.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 26, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

58 while the workers lived in tiny drab cookie cutter apartments"

Evening wear, very nice...

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 07:52 AM (XuXeR)

59 NYC lost a lot of political clout in Congress Tuesday night, and Sistah Leticia and Carville are upset. Head of Hispanic Caucus and Moneybags Goldman, booted for Commies

Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:53 AM (YCxFk)

60 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

The addition of the PLA and Hezbollah to Lebanon turned Beirut from Paris in the Middle East to a third world, bombed out, scarred ruin.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

61 Next time you take a drive, notice how often in the city or parking lot how pedestrians step out without even looking to see if it's safe."

Hmm. Wonder what they're looking at instead of their surroundings?

Beuller?

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)

62 "Next time you take a drive, notice how often in the city or parking lot how pedestrians step out without even looking to see if it's safe."

Walking on the edge of the road, staring at a phone, traffic flying by at 60mph, oblivious.

Posted by: urban pedestrian at June 26, 2026 07:54 AM (MWfyi)

63 55. Agree Tom, but what is more important is that a right winger won in Columbia, after 4 years of Marxism in Bogota. That keeps the region a little more in check now

Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:55 AM (YCxFk)

64 30 My record remains intact: I still haven’t watched one second of WC…. But what’s up with a headline I saw that said “Turkiye” (complete with an umlaut over the u) and not Turkey?? When did they change the spelling, I missed this… just like I missed when Kiev became Kyiv…. I know Istanbul is Constantinople (which got the works and that’s nobody’s business but the Turks), but I can’t keep up

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 07:37 AM (B+fc+)

WC? Water Closet (i.e. bathroom)?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:55 AM (l3cgK)

65 staring at a phone"

The deuce you say.

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

66
54 Brutal Heatwave coming to the Midwest, starting Sunday
Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:51 AM (YCxFk)

I remember my grandfather, who was hauling product in Iowa and Wisconsin at the time, said 1936 was the summer that it got so hot that “all the flies died”. I looked it up, that year there were a string of days all over 100 degrees across the Midwest.

The coming heatwave will be warm, but it won’t be close to what that year was like.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (o8hG1)

67 61 Next time you take a drive, notice how often in the city or parking lot how pedestrians step out without even looking to see if it's safe."

Hmm. Wonder what they're looking at instead of their surroundings?

Beuller?
Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 07:54 AM (XuXeR)
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I've noticed more and more that drivers are doing the same damned thing.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (SgdqL)

68 43 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NEITHER THE FRENCH MEN NOR THE MUSLIMS USE SOAP WHEN THEY BATHE.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 07:46 AM (qFwJc)

True, but prison gives opportunities for a different use...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (l3cgK)

69 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (2YhKe)

70 NaCly, it is as if Lebanon doesn't exist.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (afJtY)

71 I've noticed more and more that drivers are doing the same damned thing."

Pizza slicing. It's a thing.

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (XuXeR)

72 Wasn't expecting a plate of poo first thing this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (2YhKe)

73 so is it true that the abolishment of US aid, is the reason so many South American countries are swinging to the right?

Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:57 AM (YCxFk)

74 73. LOL

Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:57 AM (YCxFk)

75 57 Young urban voters across the country are flocking to the hip new politics of urban socialism.

--

And so it goes that the gullible, very pampered, never had to live under socialism American idiots are clamoring for something they know nothing about.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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In this particular case, it is foreign sourced and indoctrinated and indebted college graduates are lapping the idea of free shit up. It isn't really a popular movement from the bottom up but rather an affectation of a particular subset of big city liberals turning leftist because they won't do as well as their parents.

Worthless degrees, massive student loan debt, high taxes in urban areas, and expensive living in cities due to illegal influx are to blame.

Natural progression of the blue service model of government right before it rolls over and sinks.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 07:58 AM (E4rtv)

76 16 4 Too slow. And the Italicans are here!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at June 26, 2026 07:18 AM (lBqsU)

Yeah, seems JJ's fault...

"Known as Mullin v. Alt Otro Lado>/i>,"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 07:26 AM (l3cgK)

Fixed thanks!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2026 07:58 AM (x0n13)

77 66. Right tom, but the worst one for Chicago area was 1995. Many people died in the city that summer.

Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:59 AM (YCxFk)

78 It's been reported that those in the UK who actually have an air conditioner, are being told not to use them.

It's for the environment, you see.

*the real reason was likely riots over the haves vs. the have nots*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 07:59 AM (jehhT)

79 man

I would be slowly moving 12 tons of yellow, honking death up to the high school to drop off kids. Students looking only at their phone would walk right in front of me. Happened even 10 years ago. It has gotten worse.

They put their lives in my hands. Fortunately, in this case they were safe.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

80 The communists did a very good job of taking over the education system and indoctrinating young skulls full of mush into socialism.

Now, the same idiots who demanded that insurance companies cover "pre-existing conditions" and hospitals treat anyone who showed up in an emergency room for free are screeching that health care is "unaffordable."

The people who demanded rent control, mass immigration, and fought "gentrification" screech that housing is "unaffordable."

The people who demanded ever increasing minimum wages for no-skill workers screech that food is 'unaffordable.'

Uruguay looking better all the time.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 07:59 AM (YPR7M)

81 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:00 AM (Dvo57)

82 Well, my Nats have now blown three straight games in the 9th inning. And against the Philthies, alas.

They may as well sign me for their bullpen. I couldn't be any worse.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at June 26, 2026 08:00 AM (SgdqL)

83 Back in the day, Cowtown had 100+ days of 100+ temps. I was diving a 76 Vega GT with no AC and black vinyl seats. But a case of beer was $10 and gas was pretty cheap so it was just a reason to spend all day at the lake.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 08:01 AM (3Ope8)

84
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck gettin' dirt' and gritty

Posted by: The Lovin' Spoonful at June 26, 2026 08:01 AM (CJnkZ)

85 74 so is it true that the abolishment of US aid, is the reason so many South American countries are swinging to the right?
Posted by: Jonah

Probably yes but also in the context that every Socialist government inevitably becomes ridden with cronyism, dysfunction, and outright theft of public taxes. No socialist government actually 'works', it can only exist as long as wealth in society is there to be looted to pay off the masses for a time. And inevitably, the biggest beneficiaries of such governments are the El Presidente and their governing circle where they loot the public treasury and take bribes (Petro, Maduro, Morales, Lula, every past Mexican President, etc. have all become fabulously wealthy from that).

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:01 AM (E4rtv)

86 78 66. Right tom, but the worst one for Chicago area was 1995. Many people died in the city that summer.
Posted by: Jonah at June 26, 2026 07:59 AM (YCxFk)

My late aunt, an 86 year old Jewish lady at the time lived on the south side and spent that summer in the basement to stay cool. She passed away about a year later.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2026 08:02 AM (x0n13)

87 Scanlon issued her claim during a congressional town hall this week.

“Under this SAVE Act, Real ID that shows citizenship is required,” she began. “Only five states have Real ID that shows citizenship. Pennsylvania is not one of them.”

Liar
“(1) A form of identification issued consistent with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 that indicates the applicant is a citizen of the United States.

“(2) A valid United States passport.

“(3) The applicant's official United States military identification card, together with a United States military record of service showing that the applicant's place of birth was in the United States.

“(4) A valid government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government showing that the applicant’s place of birth was in the United States.

“(5) A valid government-issued photo identification card issued by a Federal, State or Tribal government other than an identification described in paragraphs (1) through (4), but only if presented together with one or more of the following:

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

88 @53 jim, the guy who was accosting Weiner didn't give two shits about da gays. The gays ought to realize they're down the pecking order from the Palis. Oddly the guy going after Weiner was an African American. News flash pal, the African Americans are down the pecking order also

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 08:03 AM (ik64N)

89 It's been reported that those in the UK who actually have an air conditioner, are being told not to use them.

--

Wondering what the temperature setting is at 10 Downing Street. I'm sure they're just running rooms full of fans.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 26, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI)

90 I would guess that most residences in France have a bathtub and cool water.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:03 AM (afJtY)

91 80 man

I would be slowly moving 12 tons of yellow, honking death up to the high school to drop off kids. Students looking only at their phone would walk right in front of me. Happened even 10 years ago. It has gotten worse.

They put their lives in my hands. Fortunately, in this case they were safe.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
=======
I think peak phone has arrived and is now declining a bit.

States and schools are increasingly banning them during class times because they literally make students stupid by causing inattention and more likely to do whatever stupid trend is on TikTok because their frontal brains haven't developed enough to realize some things are both risky and stupid to do.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:04 AM (E4rtv)

92 So, as we approach America's 250th birthday whither our future?

You asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/PgIsxxq4EBg?t=51

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

93 92 I would guess that most residences in France have a bathtub and cool water.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Have you smelled a Frenchman? I think the idea of water is foreign to them let alone submerging in it.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:05 AM (E4rtv)

94
“Is he being honest about his prior statements?
Tucker Carlson Says He Used to Criticize Islam, but Now He Sees the Light”

He’s certainly being “honest” about his current statements - he now loves Islam, and hates America.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:05 AM (o8hG1)

95 I would guess that most residences in France have a bathtub and cool water.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:03 AM (afJtY)

Judging by the smell, they really need to heed the immortal words of Redd Foxx: WASH YO ASS

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

96 Posted by: Paul at June 26, 2026 08:03 AM (zgYlH)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

97 89 @53 jim, the guy who was accosting Weiner didn't give two shits about da gays. The gays ought to realize they're down the pecking order from the Palis. Oddly the guy going after Weiner was an African American. News flash pal, the African Americans are down the pecking order also

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 08:03 AM (ik64N)

Yes, high skin melanin content is frowned upon by the Muzzie Arabs. There are still many, many black slaves owned by Muzzies (even though it's technically "illegal" according to laws that are not enforced, because, hey, the Koran says slavery is A-Okay)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (l3cgK)

98 79> Socialism = Misery

Many units are mini-split heat pumps. The temperature delta in the winter vs summer makes summer cheaper to cool than warming in the winter.

One would think with summer and more hours of daylight, that solar power would easily cover the heat-pump's use.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (+4Cf6)

99 "Students looking only at their phone would walk right in front of me. Happened even 10 years ago. It has gotten worse."

This is why I want a train horn on my truck.

Posted by: Playtex at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (MWfyi)

100 Ben Had

About 30% of Lebanese are Christian, and shrinking. This is down from almost 50%. The more Islamic Lebanon gets the more dysfunctional it becomes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

101 Oops off supportive sock.

Posted by: fd at June 26, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi)

102 98 Posted by: Paul at June 26, 2026 08:03 AM (zgYlH)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

I dun tried shootin' my flue, but it just broke things...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:07 AM (l3cgK)

103 Paul forgot to mention that Hegseth's policy of voluntary flu shots was reversed by the Pentagon. *sad trombone*

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 26, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

104 In all seriousness though, dehydration works differently for elderly and is a real problem in the hot seasons because a) lots of them are on diuretics for blood pressure, etc., b) elderly are often forgetful about fluid intake, and c) UTIs are aided by even moderate dehydration and you get into a vicious cycle, d) they don't realize that with age, comes greater sensitivity to matters like dehydration.

Seen it play out in family members.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:08 AM (E4rtv)

105 Students looking only at their phone would walk right in front of me. Happened even 10 years ago. It has gotten worse."

Indeed. iWatches are the rage (slip by cell phone "bans")

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 08:09 AM (XuXeR)

106 93> Observed: More phones, more Darwin

Not to mention that with a phone, a student can upload a photo of their test and AI will select all the correct answers and write out grammatically correct essay responses.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 08:10 AM (+4Cf6)

107 Why should I give a flying f*ck what the temperature is in France?

Anyone check what the sun is doing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:10 AM (2YhKe)

108 I'm a distracted driver / pedestrian magnet. Trying to thread my way thru a Kroger/HEB parking lot is the worst. I've long learned to circle around the far outer reaches which vastly reduces the opportunities to score DeathRace2000 points.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 08:10 AM (wVcYX)

109 Why should I give a flying f*ck what the temperature is in France?"

Well, some friends touring urrrup. They're in the Normandy area right now, and said it's *gasp* almost 80F in spots!

C'est dommage

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)

110 About 30% of Lebanese are Christian, and shrinking. This is down from almost 50%. The more Islamic Lebanon gets the more dysfunctional it becomes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

When I was a grad student in college I shared a (tiny) office on campus with a Lebanese Christian. Very nice guy. As far as I know he never went back there due to the constant chaos…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (26GAh)

111 There is nothing bewildering about the shift toward socialism. It only appears to be happening rapidly in the sense that the flush of blossoms of on a cherry tree appear in a matter of days.

The desiccated monkey skeletons of the boomer Left spent 50 years in power, governing as a mafia that jealously clutched their political monopoly with increasingly bony old claws. At the same time, they weaponized cultural and educational institutions to carefully create the hyper-Left Monster Babies that pushed their opposition into a position of submission, and bullied the general population into accepting their gangster rule as somehow "moderate."

Their rule was so long and so total and so successful, that these Monster Babies are a flat-out supermajority of people under 50. Time is a cruel master, and the boomers are making their shambolic exit from the public arena, leaving these Jacobins as their only possible successors.

The tree is blooming right now. You'll hate the taste of its fruit.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (BI5O2)

112 About 30% of Lebanese are Christian, and shrinking. This is down from almost 50%. The more Islamic Lebanon gets the more dysfunctional it becomes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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A lot of Lebanese Christians have left the country and I'd imagine the birth rate for them is below replacement. They are perfectly ok with Israel taking out Hezbollah but aren't going to stick their necks out to do it themselves. They got burned in the 80's for that. Same with the Druze and even Sunnis.

The Shi'a percentage of Lebanon was nearly 50 percent last time I checked and they are predominately in the Southern part of Lebanon and some precincts of Beirut. That is the fount of Hezbollah.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (E4rtv)

113 States and schools are increasingly banning them during class times because they literally make students stupid by causing inattention and more likely to do whatever stupid trend is on TikTok because their frontal brains haven't developed enough to realize some things are both risky and stupid to do.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:04 AM (E4rtv)

I only look to one thing to determine just how stupid phones have made society:

The Tide Pod Challenge

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (2YhKe)

114 Count de Monet

Wanted to drive an absolute beater car with stick figure stencils on the driver door. My late wife was persuasive in her argument against this.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

115 100 79> Socialism = Misery

Many units are mini-split heat pumps. The temperature delta in the winter vs summer makes summer cheaper to cool than warming in the winter.

One would think with summer and more hours of daylight, that solar power would easily cover the heat-pump's use.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (+4Cf6)

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings. The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."--Sir Winston Churchill

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (l3cgK)

116 i
90 It's been reported that those in the UK who actually have an air conditioner, are being told not to use them.
--

I don’t think it’s due to envy; rather the reason Euro governments (and their controlled media outlets) are against AC is because they have *never* built their energy supply close to what American users take for granted.

If even half the people there had AC and used it, they would easily crash the grid. I believe that a lot of the “global warming” nonsense is just an endlessly repeated excuse which the governments use to shield their incredible incompetence.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:13 AM (o8hG1)

117 Socialism, because misery wants company.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:14 AM (afJtY)

118 90 It's been reported that those in the UK who actually have an air conditioner, are being told not to use them.
--

Because everyone must make sacrifices to save da erf.

Global warmening n' shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:15 AM (2YhKe)

119 Wanted to drive an absolute beater car with stick figure stencils on the driver door. My late wife was persuasive in her argument against this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)

Yup.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)

120 These 100 degree temperatures would not have been possible 50 years ago. Our thermometers didn't even go that high.

Posted by: A expert at June 26, 2026 08:17 AM (MWfyi)

121 > Observed: More phones, more Darwin
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Just the other day; following a crossover SUV and the driver's drifting all over the road. Over the double yellow, then nearly off the shoulder on our side.

This went on for about a minute. Then the drift to the right, onto the shoulder kept going, I slowed way down and watched them take out a roadside speed limit sign without stopping.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 08:18 AM (jehhT)

122 You cannot get an FHA mortgage if the house does not have A/C is many parts of the country. 101 here won't kill me because my A/C works.

I imaging Paris has very few places with A/C.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 08:18 AM (qFwJc)

123 No one ever experienced 100 degree temps before the invention of the Rubix Cube.

All that friction.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

124 110 About 30% of Lebanese are Christian, and shrinking. This is down from almost 50%. The more Islamic Lebanon gets the more dysfunctional it becomes.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

When I was a grad student in college I shared a (tiny) office on campus with a Lebanese Christian. Very nice guy. As far as I know he never went back there due to the constant chaos…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (26GAh)

A woman I was interested in college was born and raised in Lebanon...her entire family left after their apartment building was hit by shells during the Lebanese Civil War. They'd heard all sorts of bad things about how violent America was, but her brother, who was liviing in America pretty much told her that only applied to certain bad parts of large cities and America was actually quite the peaceful place...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:19 AM (l3cgK)

125 72 Wasn't expecting a plate of poo first thing this morning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 07:56 AM (2YhKe)

"That's just avocado that's gone brown"--Beta O'Rourke

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:20 AM (l3cgK)

126
This went on for about a minute. Then the drift to the right, onto the shoulder kept going, I slowed way down and watched them take out a roadside speed limit sign without stopping.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 08:18 AM (jehhT)

Because reading about the sushi meal Fanny just had and posted to Facebook is SOOO much more important than paying attention while driving a 4,000 lb missile.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)

127 Monster Babies are a flat-out supermajority of people under 50. Time is a cruel master, and the boomers are making their shambolic exit from the public arena, leaving these Jacobins as their only possible successors.
The tree is blooming right now. You'll hate the taste of its fruit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (BI5O2)

Even worse are the Monster Babies' Monster Babies.

Savages who are lazy, disrespectful, unkempt, sexually disordered and prone to violence.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Good Times Ahead at June 26, 2026 08:20 AM (8tSC/)

128 Right tom, but the worst one for Chicago area was 1995. Many people died in the city that summer.
Posted by: Jonah

Summer 1980 DFW Metroplex -
42 consecutive 100+ days
113 degrees June 26-27
31 100 degree days in July
About 43% of homes in 1980 did NOT have AC.
65% or higher humidity

Yeah. That was a bitch summer.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (Dvo57)

129 They'd heard all sorts of bad things about how violent America was, but her brother, who was liviing in America pretty much told her that only applied to certain bad parts of large cities and America was actually quite the peaceful place...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:19 AM (l3cgK)

See: Euros visiting America for the first time for the World Cup

"The media has been lying to me about what America is like for my entire life."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)

130 117 Socialism, because misery wants company.
Posted by: Ben Had

Socialism is always the refuge of the lazy, mediocre, and envious, among us even back to the time of Aesop. Ant and Grasshopper is illustrative tale of the mindset.

So you get some wannabe elites that are locked out of the current power structure, they figure out promising something for nothing will get votes to get into power and the lazy/disaffected to vote for them. The funny thing as society gets poorer as the new 'socialists' go quite well in improving their personal financial conditions.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (E4rtv)

131 The tree is blooming right now. You'll hate the taste of its fruit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:12 AM (BI5O2)

The positive side - it’s only “blooming” in those portions of the country that are dying, which may not be apparent if you’re unfortunate enough to still live in those areas.

It’s certainly not the case in Texas or Florida. You might say “well those are just two states” but given recent trends, it is not a stretch to say that within about 20 years, half of the wealth of the entire country is going to be based in those 2 states (wealth moves to where it is treated well). And places like Cali, NY, and Illinois will just be fading cesspools of decay and abandonment.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:22 AM (o8hG1)

132
Yeah. That was a bitch summer.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (Dvo57)

I wasn't here yet, but I do remember summers of 60+ days over 100 degrees. I had a/c, but it was woefully inadequate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

133 122 You cannot get an FHA mortgage if the house does not have A/C is many parts of the country. 101 here won't kill me because my A/C works.

I imaging Paris has very few places with A/C.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 08:18 AM (qFwJc)

They use a heat wave as a double-edged sword over there.
1) Climate Change is causing heat waves, and Climate change is caused by carbon emissions.
B) Air conditioning uses power, generating lots of carbon emissions, so you need to stop using air conditioning.
III) Look at all the deaths! It's Climate Change! We need to take everybodys' money and force Commie Socialism on everyone. Do it for the Planet! Do it for the Chillins!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)

134 Longview, TX - White woman leaves an establishment minding her own business when a group of black women approach and begin attacking her screaming "FREE KARMELO!"

Only one has been arrested.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

135 It's not the heat.... it's the humidity. amirite

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 08:25 AM (jehhT)

136 If you want to hate America, watch the news.
If you want to love America, drive across it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 26, 2026 08:25 AM (CJnkZ)

137 132
Yeah. That was a bitch summer.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (Dvo57)

I wasn't here yet, but I do remember summers of 60+ days over 100 degrees. I had a/c, but it was woefully inadequate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

I remember a New Year's Day in the mid-to-late 1980's when I lived in the Desert...the temp got up to 100ºF or 101ºF that day...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:25 AM (l3cgK)

138 III) Look at all the deaths! It's Climate Change! We need to take everybodys' money and force Commie Socialism on everyone. Do it for the Planet! Do it for the Chillins!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)

Isn't it amazing that the solution for literally EVERYTHING is bigger government and more burden on the taxpayer?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

139 III) Look at all the deaths! It's Climate Change! We need to take everybodys' money and force Commie Socialism on everyone. Do it for the Planet! Do it for the Chillins!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)

*cue an Eric Andre meme where he shoots Hannibal Burress sitting innocently in a chair, and this time cries out:*

"Why would Capitalism do such a thing?!?!?!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:26 AM (Ot/FD)

140 The funny thing as society gets poorer as the new 'socialists' go quite well in improving their personal financial conditions.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (E4rtv)

See:

The Live and Times of Bernie Sanders

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

141 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:27 AM (afJtY)

142 The positive side - it’s only “blooming” in those portions of the country that are dying, which may not be apparent if you’re unfortunate enough to still live in those areas.

------

Exactly.

Which is why I am so passionate about my quixotic goal of national divorce NOW. Their regions form the popular majority in a federation split between Monster Babies and Garbage People, and I don't fancy being bulldozed into a landfill just yet.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:27 AM (BI5O2)

143 *Life

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

144 Isn't it amazing that the solution for literally EVERYTHING is bigger government and more burden on the taxpayer?
Posted by: Sponge
======
Power gets you money is why.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:27 AM (E4rtv)

145 I wasn't here yet, but I do remember summers of 60+ days over 100 degrees. I had a/c, but it was woefully inadequate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

That was my first summer here. Holy cow was it hot.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:27 AM (Dvo57)

146 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

147 Isn't it amazing that the solution for literally EVERYTHING is bigger government and more burden on the taxpayer?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

It's kind of funny how our solution to everything is "Leave it the hell alone you'll just make it worse"... because that usually is the right solution?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (Ot/FD)

148 Yeah. That was a bitch summer.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (Dvo57)

Oh yeah those of us who were around still remember that Summer of ‘80! Nothing since then has been nearly as bad.

And the global warming crowd hates people who know that, because it contradicts the claim that “everything is getting hotter and hotter!”
Nope. Heat waves happen from time to time, always have, always will. They’re part of this world. And it’s incredibly arrogant of men to think they’re powerful enough to do anything about it one way or the other.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (o8hG1)

149 Or we're doing the "Boomers" are all awful!" screed again? Where's "Howdy" or whatever his most recent handle was. See you on the art thread.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (2sfNr)

150 141 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had
=======
Envy is a sin.
Be grateful for what you have.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (E4rtv)

151 It's kind of funny how our solution to everything is "Leave it the hell alone you'll just make it worse"... because that usually is the right solution?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (Ot/FD)

Out = Man will find a way

In = Only GOVERNMENT can make that happen

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

152 132
Yeah. That was a bitch summer.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (Dvo57)

I wasn't here yet, but I do remember summers of 60+ days over 100 degrees. I had a/c, but it was woefully inadequate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

My folks had a swamp cooler (for dry hot days) and an air conditioner in ONE small room...it was many years until we got a larger air conditioner that cooled the entire house (using fans to spread the cool air around the house).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (l3cgK)

153 - @49 Community Notes

The Oort Cloud.
Yep. Ask em to show you where it's at. They can't.
But it has to be out there somewhere, making new comets, otherwise there couldn't be any comets.

Make Genesis 1 mean whatever you want, you can do the same to the rest of the prophets I reckon. Including the One who holds the offices of Prophet, Priest and King.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (xI6JS)

154 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had
=======
Envy is a sin.
Be grateful for what you have.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (E4rtv)

Socialism SUCKS

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

155 It's not the heat.... it's the humidity. amirite
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 08:25 AM (jehhT)

As a new resident of Florida, I say you are absolutely positively completely right! Now excuse me while I try to clear up the fog on my glasses

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (ugElV)

156 It's kind of funny how our solution to everything is "Leave it the hell alone you'll just make it worse"... because that usually is the right solution?
Posted by: Warai-otoko
=====
Calvin Coolidge did pretty well in office with that philosophy.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (E4rtv)

157 The California congressman embodies the uneasy place of Indian Americans in progressive racial politics.
The Meaning of Ro Khanna
====

This piece of sh*t isn't even worth the time to consider.

A living artifice who married wealth and is know insulated from the Marxism he wants to put on everyone else.

The most active inside trader in Congress.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

158 151 It's kind of funny how our solution to everything is "Leave it the hell alone you'll just make it worse"... because that usually is the right solution?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (Ot/FD)

Out = Man will find a way

In = Only GOVERNMENT can make that happen

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

Gov't takes a small problem, promises to fix it, makes it worse, and takes your tax money to fund their clusterf**k and perpetuate it, because if the problem goes away, so does their excuse for the tax monies to "tackle" the problem...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

159 If you want to hate America, watch the news.
If you want to love America, drive across it.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Stolen.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)

160 All men are created equal. What you do with that is up to you

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (afJtY)

161 Socialism SUCKS
Posted by: Sponge
=====
About as easy to say Socialism=Theft

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:31 AM (E4rtv)

162 154 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had
=======
Envy is a sin.
Be grateful for what you have.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (E4rtv)

Socialism SUCKS

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

Che Guevara Shirt: "I may Hate Capitalism, but These Shirts make me Lots of Dough!"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:31 AM (l3cgK)

163
Gov't takes a small problem, promises to fix it, makes it worse, and takes your tax money to fund their clusterf**k and perpetuate it, because if the problem goes away, so does their excuse for the tax monies to "tackle" the problem...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

California teachers are demanding more money because they want 'what they're owed.'

Um, education in California is some of the worst in the country.

What you're owed is a pink slip and a patch of concrete on Skid Row.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

164 Quarter Twenty, stolen

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (afJtY)

165 Trying to persuade the rabid younger generations to reject socialism is akin to someone saying the answer to the problem of radical Islam is just figuring out how to sell them on Christianity. This is a fool's errand. We need some other answer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)

166 160 All men are created equal. What you do with that is up to you

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (afJtY)

Gov't makes some people more equal than others...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (l3cgK)

167 116> ERCOT != Europe electrical usage profile

Summer is usually 3-7PM intensive. Winter is bimodal (peaks morning + evening)

ERCOT dominant peak season is Summer, main driver is A/C
France/Germany/UK dominant peak season is Winter with heating and lighting as main drivers.

Winter demand in Western Europe is consistently 35% HIGHER in winter than summer

Summer in France: 40-50 GW
Winter in France: 55-70 GW

Its social/political, not dispatchable energy constrained.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (+4Cf6)

168 All men are created equal. What you do with that is up to you
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (afJtY)

I've been saying that for years.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (2YhKe)

169 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had
=======
Envy is a sin.
Be grateful for what you have.
Posted by: whig

Socialism is wonderful
Until you run out of other people's money

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (Dvo57)

170 Yeah. That was a bitch summer.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:21 AM (Dvo57)

I don’t ever remember as a teen worrying or even thinking much about the summer weather. Yes I knew it was hot but it was expected because summer…. Detassling corn was hot sweaty work; knew that going in

Now that I’m 29 I do notice the heat when it’s really bad

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:33 AM (ugElV)

171 California teachers are demanding more money because they want 'what they're owed.'

Um, education in California is some of the worst in the country.

What you're owed is a pink slip and a patch of concrete on Skid Row.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

They ought to pray to whatever fairy dirt spirit it is they pray to that they never actually get what they deserve.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:33 AM (Ot/FD)

172 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had
=======
Envy is a sin.
Be grateful for what you have.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:28 AM (E4rtv)

Socialism SUCKS
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

You Have Two Cows.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 08:33 AM (wVcYX)

173 165 Trying to persuade the rabid younger generations to reject socialism is akin to someone saying the answer to the problem of radical Islam is just figuring out how to sell them on Christianity. This is a fool's errand. We need some other answer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)

And even when some are hit square in the face by the hammer of reality, they won't let go of their stupid fixation with Marx and Engels..."it just wasn't done right!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)

174 "Hello, it can NEVER be done right"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)

175 Sponge, hugs to you both.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (afJtY)

176 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

Oh the earth is warming up? Fuck you, pay me.

Got homeless people and rising housing prices? Fuck you, pay me.

Economy took a dip, huh? Fuck you, pay me.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (l9DAo)

177 ERCOT sucks.

Texas NEVER suffered rolling blackouts before THEY took control over energy in the state.

Well, that and Rick f*cking Perry signing off on 0webama's energy plan that killed off all the coal plants.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

178 Gov't takes a small problem, promises to fix it, makes it worse, and takes your tax money to fund their clusterf**k and perpetuate it, because if the problem goes away, so does their excuse for the tax monies to "tackle" the problem...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

Govt will never understand the first rule of holes…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (ugElV)

179 Trying to persuade the rabid younger generations to reject socialism is akin to someone saying the answer to the problem of radical Islam is just figuring out how to sell them on Christianity. This is a fool's errand. We need some other answer.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Shove socialism up their ass & break it off?
Give it to them Mayor Jihadi NYC style and don't bail them out.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (Dvo57)

180 Uruguay looking better all the time.
Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 07:59 AM (YPR7M)

Didn't Uruguay buck the recent South America trend and vote in a socialist government?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

181 The Heat IS On.

Posted by: Zombie Glenn Frey at June 26, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

182 178 Gov't takes a small problem, promises to fix it, makes it worse, and takes your tax money to fund their clusterf**k and perpetuate it, because if the problem goes away, so does their excuse for the tax monies to "tackle" the problem...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (l3cgK)

Govt will never understand the first rule of holes…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (ugElV)

Don't put your dick in crazy?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:35 AM (l3cgK)

183 The Heat IS On.

Posted by: Zombie Glenn Frey at June 26, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

*Axle Foley dances in the street*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

184 Govt will never understand the first rule of holes…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (ugElV)

Of course they understand it.

"Twenty Bucks. Same as in town."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:36 AM (Ot/FD)

185
134 Longview, TX - White woman leaves an establishment minding her own business when a group of black women approach and begin attacking her screaming "FREE KARMELO!"

Only one has been arrested.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

I have to question a lot about this story; first Longview is a nice but very boring little town where nothing newsworthy ever happens. Second, I tried to look up local accounts and looks like the “mob” consisted of three friends, one of whom was arrested for assault.

The actual story doesn’t seem to match the hype.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:36 AM (o8hG1)

186 We need some other answer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)

The answer is to have their precious socialism affect them directly and without question.

For example, instead of fighting it, let's do reparations.

That changes minds and hearts faster than anything.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:36 AM (l9DAo)

187 181 The Heat IS On.

Posted by: Zombie Glenn Frey at June 26, 2026 08:35 AM (wVcYX)

Oh, I guess you ARE a zombie now...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:36 AM (l3cgK)

188 You Have Two Cows.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 08:33 AM (wVcYX)

We don't have a cow. We have a bull.

Posted by: Mr. Boorg at June 26, 2026 08:36 AM (8tSC/)

189 "Hello, it can NEVER be done right"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:33 AM (l3cgK)

Just like accounting.
It's only boring when done right.
It's never boring.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 08:37 AM (wVcYX)

190 Govt will never understand the first rule of holes…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:34 AM (ugElV)

Don't put your dick in crazy?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:35 AM (l3cgK)

Ha! That one yes, but I was thinking of: When you’re in one, stop digging

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 08:38 AM (ugElV)

191
Gov't takes a small problem, promises to fix it, makes it worse, and takes your tax money to fund their clusterf**k and perpetuate it, because if the problem goes away, so does their excuse for the tax monies to "tackle" the problem...
Posted by: jim
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Public education is a perfect example. We are now less literate as a society than we were before public education was established. Public Education is our version of Soviet Agriculture.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:38 AM (E4rtv)

192
The actual story doesn’t seem to match the hype.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:36 AM (o8hG1)

Two more women have since been arrested.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

193 Uruguay looking better all the time.
Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 07:59 AM
++++

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Costa Rica at June 26, 2026 08:39 AM (CJnkZ)

194 Public education is a perfect example. We are now less literate as a society than we were before public education was established. Public Education is our version of Soviet Agriculture.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:38 AM (E4rtv)

The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the waaaaaaa why do i have to work to make nice things happen to me it's not fair i hate you daddy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:40 AM (Ot/FD)

195 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had

Too poor to be a socialist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)

196 Gov't takes a small problem, promises to fix it, makes it worse, and takes your tax money to fund their clusterf**k and perpetuate it, because if the problem goes away, so does their excuse for the tax monies to "tackle" the problem...
Posted by: jim
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Public education is a perfect example. We are now less literate as a society than we were before public education was established. Public Education is our version of Soviet Agriculture.
Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:38 AM
_____

Now do recycling.

Posted by: Mother Erf at June 26, 2026 08:41 AM (CJnkZ)

197
168 All men are created equal. What you do with that is up to you
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 08:30 AM (afJtY)

Go with one of the most popular slogans of the Old West.

“God created man; Samuel Colt made them equal.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:41 AM (o8hG1)

198 Socialism Free Trial:

Give me everything you own so I can tell you you're what's wrong with the world.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:42 AM (Ot/FD)

199 Socialism. Where the 'haves' control what the 'have nots' have.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

200 198 Socialism Free Trial:

Give me everything you own so I can tell you you're what's wrong with the world.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:42 AM (Ot/FD)

Hah! Nice.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:43 AM (l3cgK)

201 Austin 2011 had 90 days over 100 degrees. It hit 112 degrees on August 28. That was a hot summer.
2023 has 80 days over a 100 degrees, 40 of those days were 105 or hotter. The spawn was outside practicing that summer. This was the hottest summer on record so far.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 08:43 AM (EneHm)

202 When radical Islamic terrorists hijack a liberal college’s pro-Palestine encampment to enforce barbaric Sharia law on students and execute infidels in a makeshift caliphate, a ragtag band of red-blooded students, a security guard tired of ‘Uncle Tom’ smears, and a Delta Force vet must arm up to save their clueless peers and keep America from surrendering to the enemy on its own soil.

Typical weekend in Harvard.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

203 173 165 Trying to persuade the rabid younger generations to reject socialism is akin to someone saying the answer to the problem of radical Islam is just figuring out how to sell them on Christianity. This is a fool's errand. We need some other answer.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)

And even when some are hit square in the face by the hammer of reality, they won't let go of their stupid fixation with Marx and Engels..."it just wasn't done right!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That is because most people grow up in a socialist economy--e.g. the family. The parents work to provide for the kids (From each according to his abilities) and those kids consume a lot of what their parents worked for (to each according to their needs). The missing formula is love but one cannot 'love' innumerable masses, it simply does not scale. A form of socialism works in a family because the parents love (or should) their children.

It doesn't work very well as you scale up-unless you are something like a monastery/abbey, the military, or some other community united around one purpose with enforceable discipline ejecting those not willing to live like that.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:44 AM (E4rtv)

204 I think the summer of 100 was 80.
I was remodeling Skillerns Drug Stores.
It was HOT.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 26, 2026 08:44 AM (/+uur)

205 JJ , I didn't see it in the report but there is an unbelievable video at Twitchy of Scott Weiner being accosted by a man with a phone camera demanding that Weiner say "Free Palestine" . Weiner looks terrified. You almost feel sorry for him but then you remember he's Scott Weiner

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 07:29 AM (ik64N)
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I hope the tiger eats his face off.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

206 The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the waaaaaaa why do i have to work to make nice things happen to me it's not fair i hate you daddy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Adam should have thought of that before he ate that fruit.

"By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground--because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return."

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:46 AM (E4rtv)

207 No one likes humidity, but at least you don't have to shovel it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 26, 2026 08:46 AM (CJnkZ)

208 Socialism: "using other people's money and labor to make money for the people using other people's money and labor."

It's what it does. One big f-ing circle jerk with a death cult as your guide.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 08:47 AM (jehhT)

209 Gov't makes some people more equal than others..."

Samuel Colt waves...

Posted by: man at June 26, 2026 08:47 AM (XuXeR)

210 You almost feel sorry for him but then you remember he's Scott Weiner

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Out in society perverts are leftists because it affords them political protection. Until the real leftists/Islamists show up who promptly dispense with the public perverts.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:48 AM (E4rtv)

211 "Do I still have to pay all the taxes and insurance on my free Palestine, or do you cover that, too?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:48 AM (Ot/FD)

212 I'm willing to try socialism here in America.

The class divide has grown too large and the effects of inflation have made basic things like purchasing a house and raising a family, the underpinnings of society, out of reach for both my generation and the generations behind me.

Socialism is not a good system, but the government has failed to important anti-trust laws, usury laws, and control the printing of fiat currency that has left the old generation wealthy, a handful of corporations in control of everything, and mercantilism is rampant.

The failure of the American government to properly administrate the capitalist system here has left us with little alternative but to turn to more heavy handed governmental systems and the seizure of privately held capitol.

I wish it weren't this way, but the greed of Boomers has forced our hand.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

213 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (77rzZ)

214 To follow up on YD's comment, these young socialists are coming out of university. They got their "International Studies" degree. This is hardly something that can commend them to employers of electrical engineers (or coders, but no degree seems to help there anymore).
By becoming an extremist "community organizer" or whatever, they might be able to get a job at a NGO.
Telling them that socialism doesn't work is like telling a forty year old union longshoreman that unions are inefficient. They don't care. Fuck you, pay them.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 08:50 AM (gKWVE)

215 Adam never had a chance; Surveys indicate that no man ever born would turn down a piece of fruit offered to him by a naked lady.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:50 AM (o8hG1)

216 Those "Free (murderer) Karmelo" animals are one of the reasons I'm very thankful Jr. Black just turned down a very good job in Atlanta. White people are being terrorized by ignorant, hate-filled racists in many cities across the country.
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 26, 2026 07:48 AM (qBdHI)

Until white people finally have enough. After working in Newark for 20 years at one of our studio facilities, my tolerance level dropped to zero. We closed down that facility in 2015 and spent my remaining years at a much "better" site devoid of the ferals that roamed the streets in Newark. I retired a few years later.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 26, 2026 08:51 AM (5xuJ/)

217 I wish it weren't this way, but the greed of Boomers has forced our hand.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

If that's your submittal for your Bulwark internship, you're going to need to cut a lot more subjects from your sentences. And would it kill you to throw in a Simpsons reference or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:52 AM (Ot/FD)

218 I wish it weren't this way, but the greed of Boomers has forced our hand

Your concern is noted.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 08:52 AM (C8QQs)

219 Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

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Maybe crack a history book once in your life.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

220 "Their rule was so long and so total and so successful, that these Monster Babies are a flat-out supermajority of people under 50."

Are they? I'm honestly asking.

There a lot of Monster Babies but from what I see they're not a super-majority. Non-College outnumber College by more than two to one. Monster Babies tend to be college-educated. And they gravitate to Blue Enclaves like Brooklyn. Where they get lots of media attention.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 26, 2026 08:52 AM (dtajH)

221 ...The missing formula is love but one cannot 'love' innumerable masses, it simply does not scale. A form of socialism works in a family because the parents love (or should) their children.

It doesn't work very well as you scale up-unless you are something like a monastery/abbey, the military, or some other community united around one purpose with enforceable discipline ejecting those not willing to live like that.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 08:44 AM (E4rtv)

Family takes the selfishness of individuals and directs it into the ones you love, so you are selfishly protecting and caring for your loved ones. As you wrote, that DOES NOT scale up to entire populations, because, again, people, at their very core, are selfish and lazy.
Capitalism, despite it's flaws, leverages this selfishness to positive ends. You don't want you or your family to starve, so you work to eat. You want stuff other folks have (yes, envy is a sin), but to get it, you have to work harder and provide goods and services others want. Socialism has none of these incentives.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:54 AM (l3cgK)

222 Ok which one if you wise acres is using Millennial Conservative as a Sock? Come on , fess up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 08:54 AM (ik64N)

223 Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

You're making the very common mistake of viewing Socialism in a strictly economic context rather than as the total human-behavior reconstitution and control project that it conceals within its promises but always becomes.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 08:54 AM (fZiTB)

224 I got a slogan.

"Pay for..."

Pay for Palestine. Pay for Karmelo. Pay for Luigi. Pay for all the atrocities, great and small, that you support.

You want to yoke yourself to so much evil, then the onus is on you to make amends for it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:54 AM (Ot/FD)

225 And even when some are hit square in the face by the hammer of reality, they won't let go of their stupid fixation with Marx and Engels..."it just wasn't done right!"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If Lenin & Stalin, who could kill whoever got in their way, couldn't do it right, it can't be done.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:54 AM (Dvo57)

226 Burl Ives! That's the name I couldn't think of last night!

*sips coffee*

G'day, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - reporting in for the morning at June 26, 2026 08:55 AM (C8pEi)

227 Wants to give socialism "a try"

You can vote your way in, but you'll have to shoot your way out.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 08:55 AM (C8QQs)

228 all trolls are average joe and the cock is what they choose to suck

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (gKWVE)

229 Those college 'educated' rent seeking kids with useless degrees should be given a chance to work off their student debt alongside the politicians that decided to fund college for everyone. Someone suggested a 'dignity canal'.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (3Ope8)

230 Socialism NEVER works. It is never the answer to anything.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

231 r
I remember a New Year's Day in the mid-to-late 1980's when I lived in the Desert...the temp got up to 100ºF or 101ºF that day...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Lol

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (ItWcy)

232
I wish it weren't this way, but the greed of Boomers has forced our hand.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

If you are feeling this way, odds are good that you live in a blue shithole city that does all it can do to suppress the creation of new jobs.

So get off your ass and move someplace where there ARE new jobs being created, like all the generations of Americans before you have done. Nobody’s going to care about helping you out if all you do is sit on your butt and cry about how mean the world is.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (o8hG1)

233 223 Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

You're making the very common mistake of viewing Socialism in a strictly economic context rather than as the total human-behavior reconstitution and control project that it conceals within its promises but always becomes.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 08:54 AM (fZiTB)

Socialism is the pitcher plant of economic systems.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

234 Maybe crack a history book once in your life.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

Perhaps you should.

You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope.

I think you'll find it to be interesting reading.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (6Rf1G)

235 I saw Greed of Boomers open for Black Sabbath at Poplar Creek in '79.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

236 Socialism NEVER works. It is never the answer to anything.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

It just has never been done correctly.

Posted by: John F. Kerry at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

237 "The failure of the American government to properly administrate the capitalist system here has left us with little alternative but to turn to more heavy handed governmental systems and the seizure of privately held capitol."

I see a class divide between the non-college working class and those with college degrees and cushy jobs. The divide has aspects of men v women.

Our working class have been getting f*cked over for the last 50 years by deliberate government policies. This is what Trump is working to change.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (dtajH)

238 You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope.

I think you'll find it to be interesting reading.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (6Rf1G)

The history of Europe?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

239 The economic output of the 11 Southern states together now form the 3rd largest GDP in the world.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (fZiTB)

240 I wish it weren't this way, but the greed of Boomers has forced our hand.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good

Posted by: Gordan Gekko at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

241 233 223 Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

You're making the very common mistake of viewing Socialism in a strictly economic context rather than as the total human-behavior reconstitution and control project that it conceals within its promises but always becomes.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 08:54 AM (fZiTB)

Socialism is the pitcher plant of economic systems.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (l3cgK)

And you are the ant.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (l3cgK)

242 You can vote your way in, but you'll have to shoot your way out.
Posted by: Halfhand

When do we start? Because I have a list.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (Dvo57)

243 I ran across an interesting bit of Aztec mythology.

They have a story about a goddess of vegetation kidnapped by an underworld god causing the world to have seasons.

Now, obviously this invites parallels to Persephone from Greek myth and while the Persephone story has parallels all over the middle east those cultures had ties with Greece so that isn't surprising.

But the Aztecs? Supposedly the American Indians came over 10-30k years ago and came from north east Asia so they shouldn't have shared myths and for example the Mongolian people do NOT have a Persephone myth.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (sKqQm)

244 I do think that "greed" should be the official collective noun for Boomers.

"A Greed of Boomers".

Sounds kinda badass. Not like "A Squish of Millennials", or "A Spasm of Zoomers".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (Ot/FD)

245 I never realized that being a retired boomer living in the sticks gave me "elite" status. Fetch me my Grey Poupon, serf.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 08:59 AM (C8QQs)

246 all trolls are average joe and the cock is what they choose to suck
Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (gKWVE)

Kickin' it old school. Well done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 08:59 AM (2YhKe)

247 Socialism: Take Your Neighbor's Happiness Away

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:59 AM (l9DAo)

248 236 Socialism NEVER works. It is never the answer to anything.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

It just has never been done correctly.

Posted by: John F. Kerry at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

What economic system NEVER works? Socialism is the answer...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 08:59 AM (l3cgK)

249 TGIF, all!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 08:59 AM (X8xt3)

250 That took me way too long Ben Had but I like it.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 08:59 AM (l9DAo)

251 The vid of Weiner which exemplifies the Dem divide and people babbling about trying socialism reminds me that you can never be pure enough in the leftist world. The purity tests of adherence to ideology are just a way of keeping power. Go ahead middle and upper class lefties , try and ride the tiger.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 08:59 AM (ik64N)

252 Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

Posted by: Retief at June 26, 2026 09:00 AM (I8M2J)

253 238 You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope.

I think you'll find it to be interesting reading.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (6Rf1G)

And you might want to educate yourself on what is happening when the elite degrade, deride and marginalize young men to the degree the Leftist culture has been doing for decades.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:00 AM (fZiTB)

254 There a lot of Monster Babies but from what I see they're not a super-majority. Non-College outnumber College by more than two to one. Monster Babies tend to be college-educated. And they gravitate to Blue Enclaves like Brooklyn. Where they get lots of media attention.
Posted by: Ignoramus
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Yep. It is a function of college educated nowadays and even there, a lot of them have degrees that simply do not help with getting jobs and they are indebted up to their eyeballs to get those prestige degrees.

We have been pumping out too many degrees and devalued college credentials. And those credentials have been watered down because colleges wanted to keep their students paying tuition and get even more of them.

Too many wannabe elites competing for too few jobs that they deem suitable for a white collar existence.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:00 AM (E4rtv)

255 Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (6Rf1G)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (2YhKe)

256 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/6r4m)

257 the Mongolian people do NOT have a Persephone myth.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 08:58 AM (sKqQm)

They don't need one.
Aztecs - and Maya, they have a dying/resurrected god too, 1 Ahau - became agricultural people.
Semites had Tammuz / Damuzi.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (gKWVE)

258 The people that are embracing socialism want is to get goods and services without having to work.

We normally call this theft but socialism pretties it up. Now it reality most people calling for socialism will be digging "dignity canals" if they get their wish but...the lure of free shit is that strong.

And one amusing part of this the people demanding socialism also commonly complain that their parents didn't leave them generational wealth which, of course, is supposedly a BAD THING if you believe in socialism.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

259 I ran across an interesting bit of Aztec mythology.

They have a story about a goddess of vegetation kidnapped by an underworld god causing the world to have seasons.

Now, obviously this invites parallels to Persephone from Greek myth and while the Persephone story has parallels all over the middle east those cultures had ties with Greece so that isn't surprising.

But the Aztecs? Supposedly the American Indians came over 10-30k years ago and came from north east Asia so they shouldn't have shared myths and for example the Mongolian people do NOT have a Persephone myth.
Posted by: 18-1

I'm not saying it was aliens, but it was aliens.
Posted by: Georgio Tsoukalos

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (Dvo57)

260 How many "kids" are still in school or college and being indoctrinated into socialism/communism?

See... this thing's not going to die off anytime soon. Unless the "experiment" they're trying with socialism dies on the vine (probably with them too.) BAMN

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (jehhT)

261 good morning JJ, Horde
Posted by: callsign claymore at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (/6r4m)

Where you been?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:02 AM (2YhKe)

262 Let's try socialism on those who want it. No problem. I will take their guns away first.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

263 >>I see a class divide between the non-college working class and those with college degrees and cushy jobs. The divide has aspects of men v women.

The business vs. NGO.
One understands where money comes from, and how to use it wisely vs. those who see it as magically arriving, to be used on whatever makes them feel good.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:02 AM (X8xt3)

264 Millennial Conservative has gotta be a sock being purposely stupid and obtuse… that can’t be for real

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:03 AM (26GAh)

265 How about when governments CREATE huge swathes of disaffected young men without families or hope?

That's the "Socialism" you yearn for.

That's the major thrust of this whole thread right now. Create the problem. Dangle the problem in front of the afflicted. Promise a Better World for those whose world you actively ruined.

And then blame it all on the poor bastards who were actually working towards a better world the entire time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:03 AM (Ot/FD)

266 Millennial Conservative has gotta be a sock being purposely stupid and obtuse… that can’t be for real
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:03 AM (26GAh)

IF not, should he have experience higher education, he should get his money back because he is f*cking stupid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:03 AM (2YhKe)

267 Large numbers of disaffected young men cause trouble in communist/socialist societies as well. Look at China which has a huge number of unmarried young men because of the aborting of baby girls. Right now that society and government isn't too stable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (ik64N)

268 Too many wannabe elites competing for too few jobs that they deem suitable for a white collar existence.
Posted by: whig

Starbucks always needs baristas.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (Dvo57)

269 You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (6Rf1G)

I'll play but only for a minute. Because I think (for the moment) you are trying to say something of interest but doing it particularly badly -

What exactly do the "elite" owe to young men, and how are they expected to deliver it?

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (l9DAo)

270 You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope.

I think you'll find it to be interesting reading.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (6Rf1G)

Well if you’re talking about early medieval Europe, or the Arab world anytime, what happens is that they get packaged up and sent into some foreign country to cause as much trouble as they can, or die trying. It’s a very effective pressure release system.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (o8hG1)

271 Capitalism, despite it's flaws, leverages this selfishness to positive ends. You don't want you or your family to starve, so you work to eat. You want stuff other folks have (yes, envy is a sin), but to get it, you have to work harder and provide goods and services others want. Socialism has none of these incentives.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Well said. Thanks for extending and clarifying my remarks. And Adam Smith with his Theory of Moral Sentiments said exactly that. Later pops up in the Wealth of Nations.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (E4rtv)

272 They don't need one.
Aztecs - and Maya, they have a dying/resurrected god too, 1 Ahau - became agricultural people.
Semites had Tammuz / Damuzi.

So obviously this could be a coincidence, the Aztecs needs to explain seasons and independently came up with something similar to what the classic civilizations of the fertile crescent and surrounding regions did. That just seems odd to me though

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

273 "Point on the map where socialism works and the people are happy and successful."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

274 Obvious troll is obvious.

Don't engage the trolls, folks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 26, 2026 09:05 AM (O7YUW)

275 I wish it weren't this way, but the greed of Boomers has forced our hand.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:49 AM (6Rf1G)

I know this tract. The conclusions are all wrong.

Posted by: Captain Ramius at June 26, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)

276 Then from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. So anyone making over 25K will feed those who are bumming around, shitposting on the internet, while mommy and daddy subsidise their lifestyles. I like it! And if they don't like it, they will go someplace where they can learn to work for free.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:06 AM (GD0B3)

277 Socialism has none of these incentives.

Yep. Work in a capitalist system creating more goods and services and you get more goods and services.

Work in a socialist system creating more goods and services and you get 1/330millionith of the goods and services you produced.

The incentives in socialism then say "don't work it isn't worth it"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)

278 And one amusing part of this the people demanding socialism also commonly complain that their parents didn't leave them generational wealth which, of course, is supposedly a BAD THING if you believe in socialism.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

Would those be the same parents who were able to buy a 100,000 sqft house and raise 300 children at age 18 on a single minimum wage job?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:06 AM (ExV1e)

279 Obvious troll is obvious.

Don't engage the trolls, folks.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 26, 2026 09:05 AM (O7YUW)

He started it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

280 You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 08:57 AM (6Rf1G)

I'll play but only for a minute. Because I think (for the moment) you are trying to say something of interest but doing it particularly badly -

What exactly do the "elite" owe to young men, and how are they expected to deliver it?
Posted by: ...

It's been 81 years since the last major dust up. We're overdue.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:07 AM (Dvo57)

281 I had to call the FD after my roommate fell twice yesterday. My roommate is currently eating cereal in the rumpus room. Living with roommates is not fun. Too bad I'm related.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 09:07 AM (diia5)

282 You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope

And there it is. The same threat that stacked 100 million bodies like cord wood.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 26, 2026 09:07 AM (C8QQs)

283 149> Boomers are awful

Just a reminder, the mean and median age of a US Congress critter is around 54 years.

The mean and median age of a Congress critter's staff is 30.

GS-15s are 40-55

None of that is Boomer territory for policy, Deep State bureaucracy and Ruling Class.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (xE0sV)

284 I had to call the FD after my roommate fell twice yesterday. My roommate is currently eating cereal in the rumpus room. Living with roommates is not fun. Too bad I'm related.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 09:07 AM (diia5)

Ouch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

285 273 "Point on the map where socialism works and the people are happy and successful."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

The local cemetery...those folks seem peaceful...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (l3cgK)

286 Goddess of Vegetation? The Great Kudzu?

Posted by: Fred Flintstone at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

287 Just finished Citizen Vigilante.

It's about an American in Europe who has chosen to solve the violent migrant problem the European governments refuse to solve themselves.

Line: "I do this for you until you learn to do it for yourself."

Whoa... The EU is absolutely going to ban that film.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (rii+a)

288
So obviously this could be a coincidence, the Aztecs needs to explain seasons and independently came up with something similar to what the classic civilizations of the fertile crescent and surrounding regions did. That just seems odd to me though
Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

The earliest stories of Quetzalcoatl said that he came to the early Mayans from across the sea.
Lost Carthaginian fleet?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (o8hG1)

289 Yeah, people engage with trolls bringing the most stupid topics. Next we'll be trying to prove that Earth is not flat and that rain is wet.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (GD0B3)

290 282 You should read about what happens when the elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope

They probably won't bother voting.. I'm more concerned with young women who will

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (SbjuD)

291 Goddess of Vegetation? The Great Kudzu?
Posted by: Fred Flintstone at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (wVcYX)

Shark status:

[ X ] Jumped

[ _ ] Not Jumped

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (2YhKe)

292 The local cemetery...those folks seem peaceful...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (l3cgK)

Ooooh look at her over there, all 5'11" deep like she owns the place.

Whole place is going to the dogs, I tell ya. Someone should do something.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (Ot/FD)

293 Another funny thing right now you can see...

The left tells you capitalism is bad because the people that it gives wealth/power to are also corrupted by this wealth/power.

But if instead you give wealth/power to a governing elite they will make good, fair decisions because when power comes with a government office it is no longer corrupting.

And then they tell you Trump is a NAZI and everyone associated with him in the government is corrupt.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (sKqQm)

294 What exactly do the "elite" owe to young men, and how are they expected to deliver it?

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (l9DAo)

Contractually....nothing.

Morally and socially....the same society they thrived in, if not a better one.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (6Rf1G)

295 elite ignore huge swaths of disaffected young men without families or economic hope
_____

Are they ignoring these men or are they actively creating these huge swaths by policy via DEI?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (Dv3i1)

296
Contractually....nothing.

Morally and socially....the same society they thrived in, if not a better one.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (6Rf1G)

Why are they owed anything at all for simply just existing?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:10 AM (2YhKe)

297 261 Hey Sponge. Changing up the morning routine. Still dropping by here from time to time. Someone has to post ridiculous Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn quotes for no good reason

Posted by: callsign claymore at June 26, 2026 09:10 AM (/6r4m)

298 >>What exactly do the "elite" owe to young men, and how are they expected to deliver it?

Stop demonizing them?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3)

299 Socialism has none of these incentives.

Yep. Work in a capitalist system creating more goods and services and you get more goods and services.

Work in a socialist system creating more goods and services and you get 1/330millionith of the goods and services you produced.

The incentives in socialism then say "don't work it isn't worth it"
Posted by: 18-1

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:11 AM (Dvo57)

300 JJ posted half a mile of links, and all you can do is engage with trolls...sad

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:11 AM (GD0B3)

301 Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (6Rf1G)

You're on weak ground raising the issue of how the elite treat young men. You can't possibly not see the veritable cultural jihad waged by the Left against masculinity over the last 30 years.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:12 AM (fZiTB)

302 Hey Sponge. Changing up the morning routine. Still dropping by here from time to time. Someone has to post ridiculous Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn quotes for no good reason
Posted by: callsign claymore at June 26, 2026 09:10 AM (/6r4m)

Glad to hear you're still plugging away.

Just know your commentary has been missed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

303 What exactly do the "elite" owe to young men, and how are they expected to deliver it?

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:04 AM (l9DAo)

Contractually....nothing.

Morally and socially....the same society they thrived in, if not a better one.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative

We don't owe you shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:12 AM (Dvo57)

304 Whoa... The EU is absolutely going to ban that film.
____

I was curious where in Europe it was filmed. Turns out - Croatia. They have cultural memory of being occupied and living under the tender mercies of Islamic rule.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at June 26, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)

305 300 JJ posted half a mile of links, and all you can do is engage with trolls...sad
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:11 AM (GD0B3)

It's not a terrible thing to engage them now and then.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

306 JJ posted half a mile of links, and all you can do is engage with trolls...sad
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:11 AM (GD0B3)

The troll is actually engaging and didn't just shitpost and run.

Get over it. It's what we do around here. We debate, even with retards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)

307 Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (GD0B3)

You would never engage in a stupid argument.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:13 AM (l9DAo)

308 runner: perhaps the Millennial Con Man represents that plate of doo doo

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 09:13 AM (gKWVE)

309 The earliest stories of Quetzalcoatl said that he came to the early Mayans from across the sea.
Lost Carthaginian fleet?

Portugal claimed to have found Brazil by a a ship sailing the coast of Africa getting blown off course.

Carthage did send ships further south then Morocco so could they have had the same thing happen to them? Its an interesting question...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

310 Starbucks always needs baristas.
Posted by: rickb223

I can kind of sympathize with the plight of college age yutes--they were promised all kinds of bullshit from their parents, corporations, K12, society, and colleges. Like the college degree will open the key to the career you want.

The truth is that colleges in their best incarnation were grounded in teaching students how to think. As they became more watered down in the Humanities into socialist indoctrination camps, the practical degrees sprung up--business, comp sci, STEM, etc. etc.

And those in turn were watered down, turned into socialist bootcamps, etc.

So an indebted kid with credentials, a massive chip on their shoulder from socialist indoctrination from education, and a disdain for manual work but an instant desire for an executive position, come out and find out the world does not work that way.

Don't go to college because you want a 'job' that pays well without working. For many males, they would do better to work at whatever jobs rather than go straight to college anyway. I promise you that colleges will take your money any time you are ready to spend it.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:14 AM (E4rtv)

311 >>Just finished Citizen Vigilante.

It's about an American in Europe who has chosen to solve the violent migrant problem the European governments refuse to solve themselves.

Line: "I do this for you until you learn to do it for yourself."

Whoa... The EU is absolutely going to ban that film.
- - - -

The main character has no moment self-reflection, no moment where he wonders if he has become just as monstrous as those he pursues, no hesitation, ever.

Yeah, not so much a movie/story as a reaction to the state of Europe.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)

312 Damn that Musk!

Karen Piper
@PiperK
Wow. A Lancet study says Elon Musk will have killed 14 million people by 2030. Lancet is the world's top medical journal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

313 Whoa... The EU is absolutely going to ban that film.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 09:08 AM (rii+a)

I believe that the UK already has. That's probably why Elon put it up on X for free for 2 days.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:15 AM (ExV1e)

314 They probably won't bother voting.. I'm more concerned with young women who will

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 09:09 AM (SbjuD)

There it fucking is.

Leave it to donna to cut right to the heart

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:15 AM (l9DAo)

315 Portugal claimed to have found Brazil by a a ship sailing the coast of Africa getting blown off course.

Hell of a blow job.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:15 AM (Dvo57)

316 "The main character has no moment self-reflection, no moment where he wonders if he has become just as monstrous as those he pursues, no hesitation, ever."

Good. Now I'd like to see it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:16 AM (fZiTB)

317 The troll is actually engaging and didn't just shitpost and run.

Get over it. It's what we do around here. We debate, even with retards.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)

I agree, I suspect it’s an old friend. Much much better than the idiot who was saying Trump caused earthquakes in Venezuela.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 09:16 AM (o8hG1)

318 I saw Debating with Retards front for Men at Work at the Central Club Hotel in Melbourne in 1980...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:16 AM (l3cgK)

319 Think Locally. Act Locally.

The Globe doesn't give a rats ass about you or your life.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:16 AM (Ot/FD)

320 We don't owe you shit.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:12 AM (Dvo57)

I understand that is your position and the position of everyone like you.

If you don't believe one generation of Americans owes it to the next to maintain and build the quality of life, that's fine. I'm not here to convince you of that.

What I am telling you is why I'm willing to investigate into an American version of socialism.

I understand my struggles fall on deaf ears. That's why I, too, am listening to the "socialism never works" mantra with deaf ears as well.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (6Rf1G)

321 A well designed society structures itself to pressure young men and to start working and looking for a wife, and for young women to start looking for a husband and preparing to have children.

We have not had a well designed society for some time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)

322 317 The troll is actually engaging and didn't just shitpost and run.

Get over it. It's what we do around here. We debate, even with retards.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:13 AM (2YhKe)

I agree, I suspect it’s an old friend. Much much better than the idiot who was saying Trump caused earthquakes in Venezuela.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2026 09:16 AM (o8hG1)

What did Trump do? Bare his legs?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)

323 Haven't the Democrats suffered enough?

POLITICO
@politico
Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

324 @PiperK
Wow. A Lancet study says Elon Musk will have killed 14 million people by 2030. Lancet is the world's top medical journal.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

Now do the covid 19 'vaccine.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

325 >>You can't possibly not see the veritable cultural jihad waged by the Left against masculinity over the last 30 years.

This.
As institutions have become led by women, they have been feminized and hostile to men. I am so f'ing sick of the term "toxic masculinity."

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:18 AM (X8xt3)

326 It amuses me that every day people, presumably in the US, bid up the price of oil and every night it goes back down again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:18 AM (ExV1e)

327 Stop demonizing them?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:11 AM (X8xt3)

Step back and you'll note the elites are suddenly the biggest fans of young disaffected men going.

This ain't 2017 anymore. All men rape but it's become a good thing overnight and also, what rape.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:18 AM (l9DAo)

328
What did Trump do? Bare his legs?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)

Took over their oil industry and started fracking. Fracking destroyed Venezuela in 6 months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:18 AM (2YhKe)

329 What I am telling you is why I'm willing to investigate into an American version of socialism.

I understand my struggles fall on deaf ears. That's why I, too, am listening to the "socialism never works" mantra with deaf ears as well.

Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (6Rf1G)

Um, hello! We ALREADY have socialism in this country. Gov't price controls. Subsidies to various groups, including farmers. Social Security. Medicare. Food Stamps.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

330 rent control

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (l3cgK)

331 >>@politico
Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success

And really, isn't this the story of Obama?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

332 Neville Roy Singham — a propagandist for the Chinese Communist Party and ardent supporter of Maoism and socialism.

I remember when the communists thought billionaires were bad.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (0paAZ)

333 What I am telling you is why I'm willing to investigate into an American version of socialism.

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And that's why I'm willing to let you eat socialist cake.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ndZc7)

334 It's not a terrible thing to engage them now and then.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:13 AM (fZiTB)

My view is that if you engage with trolls, you are reducing yourself by accepting nonsense as engagement and "serious argument" .

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

335 The Phoenicians supposedly circumnavigated Africa about 600 BC.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (77rzZ)

336 Millennial Consevative

With deaf ears, perchance your eyes still work.

Name a socialist country that does not have outmigration of productive citizens. We see in everywhere, since the Paris Commune, including from US states like CA & NY

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:20 AM (u82oZ)

337 "The main character has no moment self-reflection, no moment where he wonders if he has become just as monstrous as those he pursues, no hesitation, ever

There is a funny aspect to this.

Imagine some popular Euro director were to make a film about a young Muslim in Gaza who sees the Muslims around him killed by "Jewish colonizers" and then reacts with "anti-colonial" violence. It would win awards and be the talk of Europe.

But Jews have lived in Israel for all of recorded history with Muslims showing up much later...as colonizers.

And Muslims have very explicitly come to Europe as colonizers.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)

338 This.
As institutions have become led by women, they have been feminized and hostile to men. I am so f'ing sick of the term "toxic masculinity."
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:18 AM
+++

And everything becomes feelings based.
Stop putting women in charge.

Posted by: That's right, I typed it at June 26, 2026 09:20 AM (CJnkZ)

339 What I am telling you is why I'm willing to investigate into an American version of socialism.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (6Rf1G)

Then I suggest you check out the history of Socialism and Communism in America via Robert Owens and Fourierism in the early 19th century.

You keep dodging the key challenge: show us where Socialism has worked, that is, produced success, prosperity and social stability anywhere. If there is some new model that miraculously avoids every tragic feel-good failing of Socialism of the past, please enlighten us.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (fZiTB)

340 runner

Do we ask CBD to ban him?

He sharpens our arguments. Practice.
At least he is not insulting us much.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (u82oZ)

341 If we can talk about boobs and make endless Seinfeld references, we can engage with trolls.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

342
What I am telling you is why I'm willing to investigate into an American version of socialism.

I understand my struggles fall on deaf ears. That's why I, too, am listening to the "socialism never works" mantra with deaf ears as well.
Posted by: Millennial Consevative at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (6Rf1G)

So, you're in the John Kerry swiftboat that believes that socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried because they just "didn't do it right."

Got it. Again, if you paid for higher education, get your money back. They failed you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (2YhKe)

343 >>Step back and you'll note the elites are suddenly the biggest fans of young disaffected men going.

Only because the 2024 election revealed a huge disparity in support for Democrats between Gen Z women and men. They've been scrambling to woo young men back ever since.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

344 Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck. A bot may be to blame
tinyurl.com/3572kahm
Springer bought out Naturwissenschaften, the journal which had published Planck's papers in the 1940s. The papers got retracted in 2011.
One was "Sinn und Grenzen der exakten Wissenschaft". This was an opinion / philosophical piece which Planck was floating to other journals. Naturwissenschaften at the time didn't care. Springer, now, cares.
Didn't stop Springer from charging $40 for the retracted pdf though. The empty pdf. We're serious.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 09:22 AM (gKWVE)

345 Add the Lancet to the list of skin suit zombie orgs…. Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:22 AM (YXvTV)

346 U.S. states cannot require pesticide label warnings beyond those mandated by federal regulation.

Doesn't California do this all the time? Or are all those cancer-causing warnings that mention CA federally mandated?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 26, 2026 09:22 AM (0paAZ)

347 And everything becomes feelings based.

In a very odd way.

The left felt bad about George Floyd dying...but not him threatening to kill a pregnant woman.

The left feels bad about Karmelo going to jail...but not him murdering a kid

And so on.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)

348 If we can talk about boobs and make endless Seinfeld references, we can engage with trolls.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

Especially with the ones that stick around and argue their point.

I have little issue with that.

Fling poo and run, f*ck off.

Stick around and stand by your flung poo, I'm ok with humoring you a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

349 328
What did Trump do? Bare his legs?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:17 AM (l3cgK)

Took over their oil industry and started fracking. Fracking destroyed Venezuela in 6 months.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:18 AM (2YhKe)

That's fracking we-todd-did...Yes, fracking can cause earthquakes (like in Oklahoma and Texas), but were they even fracking anywhere near the epicenter? And how much fracking? Remember, faults already exist, already have tension. And Venezuela has a history of large quakes. A 200 year delay is not unheard of for faults in some areas (Cascadia has a 300 to 500 year repeat on its massive subduction quakes)...I wonder what archaeoseismology has been done in the region to substantiate the frequency of occurrence...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:22 AM (l3cgK)

350 The earliest stories of Quetzalcoatl said that he came to the early Mayans from across the sea.

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I thought that was Puff the Magic Dragon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

351 Do we ask CBD to ban him?

He sharpens our arguments. Practice.
At least he is not insulting us much.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (u82oZ)

Ignoring, as all of the COBS advised is sufficient. You can't fix stupid trolls, so don't try.

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:23 AM (GD0B3)

352 How Many Girls on Testosterone Is Too Many?

Just look at the WNBA...

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 26, 2026 09:23 AM (0paAZ)

353 My view is that if you engage with trolls, you are reducing yourself by accepting nonsense as engagement and "serious argument" .
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

Okay. I choose to take it on a case-by-case basis.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:23 AM (fZiTB)

354 Representatives from Springer Nature declined to comment, beyond saying that “detailed information about specific retractions is usually confidential and can only be shared with the relevant authors.”

The relevant author is Max fucking Planck. Might be a mite challenging to discuss his papers with him.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 26, 2026 09:24 AM (gKWVE)

355 Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

I read a really interesting book about the Chinese 'Plate Fleet' that supposedly explored the southern Americas a century or so before Magellan.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 09:24 AM (3Ope8)

356 Just look at the WNBA...

Hmm, I might have to agree

Posted by: Caitlan Clarke looking at the man hands punching her in the throat at June 26, 2026 09:24 AM (sKqQm)

357 346 U.S. states cannot require pesticide label warnings beyond those mandated by federal regulation.

Doesn't California do this all the time? Or are all those cancer-causing warnings that mention CA federally mandated?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 26, 2026 09:22 AM (0paAZ)

In Kalifornia, everything causes cancer; it's just to what degree.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:24 AM (l3cgK)

358 I’m GenX and I quickly get tired of the generational skirmishes… GenX gets lost in the shuffle anyway and rarely gets mentioned. Astrology is quackery and so is thinking that all born in a certain range of years are identical widgets. Lazy thinking

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:24 AM (Jehr5)

359 As institutions have become led by women, they have been feminized and hostile to men. I am so f'ing sick of the term "toxic masculinity."
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:18 AM

Not to put too fine a point on it Lizzy because you know I greatly admire and respect your wit, knowledge, and commentary, but the world is currently marinating in the most toxic version of masculinity imaginable, all fomented into western society by these very same elites. It's happened overnight and under our noses.

While you're busy trying to get them to leave masculinity alone, they already have. They are dumping the worst possible animal version of it on our heads and laughing about it. Just make sure you understand the nature of the battle!

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:25 AM (l9DAo)

360 People all over the world strive to come to The United States because it ISN'T a socialist country and the dream of doing whatever you want to get whatever you want can still be realized.

Take that away and the world desire to achieve, accomplish and strive for greatness diminishes greatly.

So, f*ck you for trying to destroy the last best hope for mankind on Earth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:25 AM (2YhKe)

361 Maybe we can argue that astrology is real science...

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:25 AM (GD0B3)

362 341 If we can talk about boobs and make endless Seinfeld references, we can engage with trolls.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

Or references to Mel Brooks movies.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 09:25 AM (N39Ws)

363 I read a really interesting book about the Chinese 'Plate Fleet' that supposedly explored the southern Americas a century or so before Magellan.

Zheng He? He is recorded as reaching Eastern Africa.

Not long after though China turned very insular and I think we lost some of the records of their explorations.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:25 AM (sKqQm)

364 CrotchetyOldJarhead

Hoax. That fleet got to Australia and the east coast of Africa.

The Japanese did get to Mexico, but after the Spanish.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

365 If you don't believe one generation of Americans owes it to the next to maintain and build the quality of life, that's fine.

We gave you a quality of life.

I saw a video where some young-ish woman was bemoaning the uselessness of her PhD in soil biology just because she wasn't willing to move out of San Francisco to where the soil was.

I've seen videos where young folks bemoan the fact that they can't have the "good life" because jobs don't pay enough while they have a smart phone, two tablets, three flat screen TVs and a coffee table covered in takeout and coffee flavored sugar.

The younger generation wants what they THINK Boomers had plus everything that Boomers created. They want it now, and they want it handed to them.

Good luck with your socialism. Hopefully I'll be dead before it comes to Texas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:26 AM (ExV1e)

366 - @243. 18-1

Check out "Dr Nathaniel Jeanson Traced" on utube.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 26, 2026 09:26 AM (xI6JS)

367 Posted by: It's me donna
========
AI is probably going to eliminate a lot of those white collar jobs currently going to college educated females. And government has reached a point where a lot of the blue states are overextended as is Uncle Sam--those gubmint air conditional easy jobs are likely to decline in the coming years.

Too many young women are going to college now in quantity as colleges, will incur massive debts, and come out with declining job prospects. E.g. teaching jobs going away due to declining enrollments (the baby dearth), governments retrenching on employment, service industries using AI instead of new hires, fewer DEI and HR jobs, less requirement for paperwork jobs, etc. etc. And that means female voting will start to decline as well. Voting rates in genera decline as poverty increases because of personal economic instability. Women are just a bit behind the males in the economic shift is all.

The males willing to do hard manual trade labor will still get jobs as AI doesn't build houses, doesn't dig ditches, doesn't redo the wiring, fix the cars, etc.

And the reason is too many college degrees for fewer jobs that need them.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)

368 So, you're in the John Kerry swiftboat that believes that socialism has failed everywhere it's been tried because they just "didn't do it right."

Got it. Again, if you paid for higher education, get your money back. They failed you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Let me kill 100 million Soviets with zero pushback. I'm SURE I can do it right!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:26 AM (Dvo57)

369 What happened with Caitlin Clark, did she get mauled ? Did they do anything about it ?

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)

370
Or references to Mel Brooks movies.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 09:25 AM (N39Ws)

DO WHAT HE SAY! DO WHAT HE SAY!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

371 355 Are you referring to that stupid Menzies book about Zheng He? That’s been debunked pretty thoroughly.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

372 The main character has no moment self-reflection, no moment where he wonders if he has become just as monstrous as those he pursues, no hesitation, ever.

Yeah, not so much a movie/story as a reaction to the state of Europe.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)

Perhaps that's for later.

You deal with the closest alligator to your canoe first. That alligator is the deliberate, unchecked, forcible installation of violent Muslims onto Western societies.

Without reading or listening to ANYTHING about the film, I wonder if the main character's moment of self-reflection can only come after the problem has been solved.

Sometimes, the fastest way out is 'through.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (rii+a)

373 358 I’m GenX and I quickly get tired of the generational skirmishes… GenX gets lost in the shuffle anyway and rarely gets mentioned. Astrology is quackery and so is thinking that all born in a certain range of years are identical widgets. Lazy thinking

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:24 AM (Jehr5)

Yet we are influenced and affected by the times and surroundings we were born into. My Dad grew up during the depression and fought in WWII (not eleven); those two things had an immense influence on his thoughts and how he handled situations...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (l3cgK)

374 How Many Girls on Testosterone Is Too Many?
======================
This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: John Thune at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (XvWvi)

375 18-1

Horde minds.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ)

376 What happened with Caitlin Clark, did she get mauled ? Did they do anything about it ?

I think the official answer from the WNBA to violence against Clark is...

She needs to stop being so white
She needs to stop being so straight

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (sKqQm)

377 299 Socialism has none of these incentives.

Yep. Work in a capitalist system creating more goods and services and you get more goods and services.

Work in a socialist system creating more goods and services and you get 1/330millionith of the goods and services you produced.

The incentives in socialism then say "don't work it isn't worth it"
Posted by: 18-1

For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat”

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:11 AM (Dvo57)

From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs.

From this and history I conclude:
Commie leaders have insatiable needs yet only have the ability to give misery to their society.

Maybe this should be pointed out to the idiots voting themselves into serfdom.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 09:28 AM (5rh/l)

378 Poor baby!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Gavin Newsom claims that Democrats don’t have the same kind of friendly media ecosystem that Trump and conservatives do.
“I don’t see that on MSNBC…I sure as hell don’t see it on CNN. I don’t see it anywhere."
Gaslighting levels here are stratospheric.

-
The View are practically Christian nationalist extremists!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:28 AM (ndZc7)

379 169 whig, I am looking for a pithy statement about socialism that I can put on a t-shirt.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Envy is a sin.
Be grateful for what you have.
Posted by: whig

Socialism is wonderful
Until you run out of other people's money
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 08:32 AM (Dvo57)

"Just Be Thankful For What You've Got"

William Devaughn 1974

Diamond in the back
sunroof top
Diggin' the scene
with the gangster-lean!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)

380 How Many Girls on Testosterone Is Too Many?

Just look at the WNBA...
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 26, 2026 09:23 AM (0paAZ)

... yeah, and deep, too!

Posted by: Brittney Griner at June 26, 2026 09:28 AM (wVcYX)

381 >>@politico
Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success

Saw a European on X marveling at American World Cup fans, asking if they really thought they had a chance to win it.

Yeah, buddy, you've just discovered American optimism and the can-do spirit, they really believe it's possible. Imagine the shock!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (X8xt3)

382 I think the official answer from the WNBA to violence against Clark is...

She needs to stop being so white
She needs to stop being so straight

===

She needs to stop being so talented, makes us look bad

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (GD0B3)

383 If you don't believe one generation of Americans owes it to the next to maintain and build the quality of life, that's fine.

Every generation has built a better quality of life for the next generation, without question. The fact that YOUR f*cked off generation doesn't want to work to better the quality of life for the NEXT generation isn't our problem.

That would be a YP, lazy bitch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

384 The world would instantly improve (by epsilon) if the WNBA would just dissolve and go out of business

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (2mApq)

385 294> buying uncritically all of the 70s Boomer Pr0n on TikTok

You want gas lines, the Misery Index, Vietnam War conscription, 20% home mortgage rates, constant union strikes, hostages, shitty cars suffering conflicting EPA and CAFE mandates, Japanization of the economy, race riots, communist uprisings and bombings, three broadcast networks totally captured by the Left, Fairness Doctrine, and long distance phone rates?

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (xE0sV)

386 I wonder if he's grokked yet that Socialism can only function on a wider basis through coercion.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (fZiTB)

387
Diamond in the back
sunroof top
Diggin' the scene
with the gangster-lean!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)

CAAAANN YOUUUUU DIIIGGGG IIIIIITTTTTTT!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

388 376 What happened with Caitlin Clark, did she get mauled ? Did they do anything about it ?

I think the official answer from the WNBA to violence against Clark is...

She needs to stop being so white
She needs to stop being so straight

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 09:27 AM (sKqQm)

The WNBA is one of the immumerable organized Mean Girls Clubs.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (5rh/l)

389 >>I think the official answer from the WNBA to violence against Clark is...

She needs to leave the WNBA, voluntarily or involuntarily.
It's not all that stealth that they are determined to not let her compete.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)

390 I think we should only tolerate opinions which sound good to us on the surface and not try to listen to or understand anything being said that sounds suspiciously like it doesn't comport with what "we" think. That's what I think.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (l9DAo)

391 361 Maybe we can argue that astrology is real science...

Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:25 AM (GD0B3)

There's a cartoon where it's the first day of class for Astronomy 101, and the class is full. A student asks the prof, "What's the difference between astrology and astronomy?" Prof replies, "Lots and lots of math". Last frame shows the class almost entirely empty.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (l3cgK)

392 Wnba suspended the thug who punched Clark in the throat for one game and fined her. The beatings of Clark will continue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (ik64N)

393 Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)

Seriously? It seemed pretty well researched and cited what seemed to be pretty sound sources. Who debunked it?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (3Ope8)

394 Decent art ip

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Dvo57)

395
She needs to stop being so talented, makes us look bad
Posted by: runner at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (GD0B3)

This is the biggest part of their hatred.

She's a straight, white female with chops that dwarfs 99.9% of the league that DEI has NEVER produced.

The experiment is failing greatly and it pisses them off.

F*ck the WNBA. Clark should leave it. She owes it nothing because it's given her nothing in return for what she's done other than cuts, scratches and bruises.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

396 "The males willing to do hard manual trade labor will still get jobs as AI doesn't build houses, doesn't dig ditches, doesn't redo the wiring, fix the cars, etc."

Robots will do those.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (r8sI/)

397 You can't have the world your parents had, because you are not your parents. They made the world they lived in. You make the world you live in. Your children will make the world they live in.

"The World", in this gauzy socio-economic sense, is not like a '68 Mustang or a cedar chest. It's not some durable object that gets fashioned once and handed on as an inheritance.

You can't inherit "The World My Parents Lived In" any more than you can inherit your father's skill as a welder. If you're patient and diligent, and you let your father teach you how to weld without being a snotty know it all shit and telling him he actually sucks at welding, you can have that. But you don't get to sit in a filthy apartment dirt poor complaining that your father didn't give you a job as a master welder in a gift-wrapped box for your eighteenth birthday just because that's what he was.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (Ot/FD)

398 whatever you think of Vivek, he would be a massive upgrade from this clown:

"AP - Gov. Mike DeWine has vetoed a new Republican-passed bill that would have required Ohioans to show a photo ID to vote by mail.

DeWine announced late Wednesday that he had vetoed House Bill 472, which expanded the strict photo ID requirement Ohio has had for voting since 2023.

The Republican governor issued an unusually lengthy statement explaining his decision. He said the requirement would pose an unwieldy challenge for voters without providing any real benefit."

Posted by: Commodore at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (V6W16)

399 The Statue of Liberty play.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
MSNOW’s Nicolle Wallace invokes the “Statue of Liberty” defense over the SCOTUS TPS ruling.
Says “Trump’s Supreme Court made a mockery” of it.
A poem on a statue isn’t immigration law. No matter how badly they want it to be.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (ndZc7)

400 Young urban voters across the country are flocking to the hip new politics of urban socialism.

--

And so it goes that the gullible, very pampered, never had to live under socialism American idiots are clamoring for something they know nothing about.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 26, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

We should create socialism camps, whereby they could experience socialism first hand, as a precondition of receive student loans.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (dK+Kv)

401 CrotchetyOldJarhead

The written record, DNA evidence, and archaeological finds. And me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (u82oZ)

402 And that's why I'm willing to let you eat socialist cake.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:19 AM (ndZc7)

Is that the stuff at the bottom of a urinal?

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (0paAZ)

403 358 I’m GenX and I quickly get tired of the generational skirmishes… GenX gets lost in the shuffle anyway and rarely gets mentioned. Astrology is quackery and so is thinking that all born in a certain range of years are identical widgets. Lazy thinking
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Eh, useful in some contexts but not the way people usually employ them. Shorthand heuristic for life experiences around events differ by generations. But the danger in any statistical model is to attribute all the causal relationships to just one variable--e.g. the Boomers are the source of all evils. Or that the Greatest Generation was.

Each generation has to live with past mistakes of their ancestors and yet confront whatever challenges exist in their time. Or simply roll over and die because the next generation will simply step over their corpse on the way to the future.

The most pernicious tendency for a lot of folks is sunk costs and looking backward to figure out who to blame. It is far better to look forward and what to fix today than marinating in grievances.

That gets you stuck in the trap that most of the world has adopted. Historical grievances become destructive.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (E4rtv)

404 Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

A year on a North Korean farm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (u82oZ)

405 Is that the stuff at the bottom of a urinal?
Posted by: Question Authority
=====
Commies don't even get that. They don't have indoor plumbing. They get to eat dirt, leaves, and grass. See N. Korea for an example.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (E4rtv)

406 392 Wnba suspended the thug who punched Clark in the throat for one game and fined her. The beatings of Clark will continue

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (ik64N)

Sounds like how the UK handles Muzzie rapists...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

407 buying uncritically all of the 70s Boomer Pr0n on TikTok

You want gas lines, the Misery Index, Vietnam War conscription, 20% home mortgage rates, constant union strikes, hostages, shitty cars suffering conflicting EPA and CAFE mandates, Japanization of the economy, race riots, communist uprisings and bombings, three broadcast networks totally captured by the Left, Fairness Doctrine, and long distance phone rates?

Posted by: Community Notes at June 26, 2026 09:29 AM (xE0sV)

Umm, tube tops.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (dK+Kv)

408 We should create socialism camps, whereby they could experience socialism first hand, as a precondition of receive student loans.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
=======
Happy Fun Death Camps. You slave so others may live large. But we already have those socialism camps, they are called Universities.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (E4rtv)

409 China does not mind a ground war...it would take care of their over population of young males and alleviate the problems associated with it.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (EneHm)

410 Umm, tube tops.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Something something, Boobs and Circuses for the masses.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)

411 Remember back when Obama was elected and the progressive rags were saying things like "We're all Socialists now!"?

These trends are ephemeral.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (fZiTB)

412 408 We should create socialism camps, whereby they could experience socialism first hand, as a precondition of receive student loans.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
=======
Happy Fun Death Camps. You slave so others may live large. But we already have those socialism camps, they are called Universities.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (E4rtv)

National Socialism said that in the camps, work made you free...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

413 The most pernicious tendency for a lot of folks is sunk costs and looking backward to figure out who to blame. It is far better to look forward and what to fix today than marinating in grievances.

That gets you stuck in the trap that most of the world has adopted. Historical grievances become destructive.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (E4rtv)

Speaking of looking forward, SPCX is at its market opening price right now if you were looking to get some and did not.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (dK+Kv)

414 osted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

Sorry I meant the swarthy ones they imported by the millions.

Posted by: ... at June 26, 2026 09:39 AM (l9DAo)

415 409 China does not mind a ground war...it would take care of their over population of young males and alleviate the problems associated with it.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas
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They are underpopulated with young males--the population bulge is in 40's or older before the one child rule took full effect. About 9 percent of their population is fighting age males from 18-30.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (E4rtv)

416 But we already have those socialism camps, they are called Universities.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (E4rtv)

Those are the artificial utopias that skew all these young socialist perceptions of the world.

There are never the brutalities of socialism, even if only only artificial, except maybe Top Ramen Sustenance 101.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (dK+Kv)

417 Speaking of looking forward, SPCX is at its market opening price right now if you were looking to get some and did not.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
=====
I stick with index funds nowadays as loss avoidance is more important than a massive gain at my age.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (E4rtv)

418 National Socialism said that in the camps, work made you free...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

-------------

And Nanzi Pelozi said that socialism was freedom from work and "job-lock."

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (t/lcw)

419 Nood, BTW.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (dK+Kv)

420 415 409 China does not mind a ground war...it would take care of their over population of young males and alleviate the problems associated with it.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas
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They are underpopulated with young males--the population bulge is in 40's or older before the one child rule took full effect. About 9 percent of their population is fighting age males from 18-30.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (E4rtv)

Yeah, they'd want to take the old folks and put them in the front lines, not the young folks. The over-abundance of males, due to abortion and the one-child policy, can be fixed by importing females from other regions (oh noes! The "purity" of the Chinese!)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (l3cgK)

421 I stick with index funds nowadays as loss avoidance is more important than a massive gain at my age.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (E4rtv)

I just play around with a relatively small amount I can afford to lose.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (dK+Kv)

422 Whig what percent of china's population is young women between 18-30?

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (EneHm)

423 There are never the brutalities of socialism, even if only only artificial, except maybe Top Ramen Sustenance 101.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

The brutality is not the Universities themselves but the massive debt (about 2 trillion now) of unpaid student loans due upon graduation. Massive hit on living standards upon exit.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:54 AM (E4rtv)

424 422 Whig what percent of china's population is young women between 18-30?
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas

About 18 percent 0-30--about 11 percent 18-30.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (E4rtv)

425 I just play around with a relatively small amount I can afford to lose.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
=======
I do that in reverse with medical bills.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 09:57 AM (E4rtv)

426 "Just Be Thankful For What You've Got"
William Devaughn 1974

Diamond in the back
sunroof top
Diggin' the scene
with the gangster-lean!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)

Love that song. It's one of the two videos I post up on my Fakebook page every Thanksgiving. The other should be blindingly obvious....

Posted by: goozer at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (eTh1u)

427 Mr Mamdami, I have seen the great achievements of the workers.

Posted by: Mao at June 26, 2026 10:21 AM (gfO9L)

428 Early stage socialism: "We will provide everything you need -food, fuel, medicine - so that you can live with complete freedom."

Mid-stage socialism: "In order to provide everything you need, you must understand it is necessary for us to police political opinion so that the coming utopia is not sabotaged by fascists and other subversives."

End-stage socialism: "There is no food, there is no fuel, there is no medicine. The only thing the state can afford to sustain is the iron-fisted control of political power and expression."

Posted by: DaveL at June 27, 2026 08:17 AM (Acnsc)

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